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  • Study: Facebook relies on good design to retain users

    What is Facebook's secret to keeping the world's largest user base content? Sticking to well-proven software design principles, one study has concluded.

    Written by Joab Jackson • 10 May 12 07:12

  • Today, printers. Tomorrow, 'integrated peripherals'?

    Out went 42 aging black and white copiers with interface boxes that let them serve as printers. In went 42 new networked multi-function printers (MFPs) that could do color printing and copying and scan directly to e-mail, fax or files. And the owner, the Park Hill School District in Kansas City, MO, saves $19,000 yearly.

    Written by Lamont Wood • 08 May 12 20:56
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    Analysis: Why Linux is a desktop flop

    It's free, easier to use than ever, IT staffers know it and love it, and it has fewer viruses and Trojans than Windows.

    Written by Maria Korolov • 30 April 12 21:28

  • The future of the $200 tablet

    Spending $150 to $200 on a tablet won't get you much these days: In most cases, you're looking at an off-brand Android product with a single-core processor, barely any RAM and a low-resolution, low-quality display. Depending on the device, you might not even have access to Google's app market or other basic services -- and while that approach may work with retailer-backed, limited-use products like Amazon's Kindle Fire, when it comes to more traditional Androidtablets, it doesn't usually lead to the best user experience.

    Written by JR Raphael • 26 April 12 21:18
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    The upside of shadow IT

    First, a scary statistic: Gartner predicts that in less than three years, 35 per cent of enterprise IT expenditures will happen outside of the corporate IT budget. Employees will regularly subscribe to collaboration, analytic and other Cloud services they want, all with the press of a button. Others will simply build their own applications using readily available Cloud-based tools and development platforms.

    Written by Julia King • 23 April 12 23:55

  • Catching the eye of Google

    Google's man in charge of acquisitions - vice-president of corporate development David Lawee - was in Auckland recently, but he was keeping quiet on whether any Kiwi businesses were on his radar.

    Written by Sarah Putt • 17 April 12 03:33

  • The big promise of big data

    For Twitter, making sense of its mountains of user data was big enough of a problem that it purchased another company just to help get the job done.

    Written by Joab Jackson • 14 March 12 04:04
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    Mobile apps: The IT pro's new power tools

    Think the mobile revolution is all about word games and social networking apps? Think again. Heavy-duty apps for IT pros have arrived on mobile platforms and they're quickly changing the face of IT systems management.

    Written by Robert L. Scheier • 12 March 12 21:07
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    A deep dive into Windows 8 Consumer Preview

    Windows 8 Consumer Preview is one of the biggest changes that Microsoft has made to Windows, moving it from an operating system aimed at a single class of hardware (PCs and laptops) to one that spans a wide range of devices, including desktops, laptops, tablets and smartphones.

    Written by Preston Gralla • 06 March 12 05:04

  • Windows 8: What you need to get started

    Early yesterday, Microsoft shipped the Consumer Preview for Windows 8, the drastically different refresh of the venerable operating system.

    Written by Gregg Keizer • 01 March 12 22:54

  • The industrial robot revolution

    One small step for man, a giant leap for robot-kind.

    Written by Sandra Gittlen • 20 Feb. 12 22:25

  • 2012: The year storage becomes a celebrity

    While data storage has always been a necessary building block for technology, it's rarely garnered as much attention as it has in the past two years. The reason: Corporate and retail consumers are being forced to store greater amounts of data and they need to make that data more useful - and accessible.

    Written by Lucas Mearian • 31 Jan. 12 06:58

  • 9 hot technology startups to watch in 2012

    While there are sure to be a lot of new networking and IT companies that emerge in 2012, these nine stood out for their potential to deliver game-changing innovations in a wide array of fields, including Cloud computing, enterprise search, and mobile application development. (These are in addition to seven hot Cloud companies and seven storage companies to watch that we highlighted last year.)

    Written by Brad Reed • 11 Jan. 12 07:32

  • Seven strategies for keeping disaster recovery ON TARGET

    It was a normal Monday batch process at a well-respected global bank - until, that is, a critical back-office system failed. At first, IT administrators took it in stride. This wasn't the only time they'd had to recover lost data. But soon it became clear something more ominous was occurring: the bank's multi-terabyte database had become corrupted.

    Written by Craig Sands and Andrew Truscott • 12 May 08 08:14

  • 10 must-have tools for Cloud power users

    For many of us, the Cloud has changed the way we work and play. Thanks to well-known services like Gmail, Dropbox, Facebook and Instapaper, practically our whole lives - photos, documents, contacts and more - are online. So isn't it time to take control?

    Written by JR Raphael • 08 Dec. 11 03:06

  • Google's Ice Cream Sandwich - a new era for Android

    Google's Android 4.0 operating system is more than just another upgrade.

    Written by JR Raphael • 23 Nov. 11 03:18

  • Future world: Today, the Internet - tomorrow, the Internet of Things?

    Embedded in the heel of his shoe was an early example of the Internet of Things -- but Andrew Duncan didn't know it at the time.

    Written by Lamont Wood • 10 Nov. 11 02:22

  • Technology argument 5: iPad vs. everything else

    We debated whether to call this piece "iPad vs. Motorola Xoom" or "iPad vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1" or whatever the Android tablet du jour is. But really it's still "iPad vs Everything Else."

    Written by John Cox • 02 Nov. 11 21:33

  • Car tech: The connected car arrives

    Automobile technology has become so advanced that today's cars are essentially computers with wheels. So why aren't we using them to surf the Web, communicate with other cars or order food at nearby restaurants?

    Written by John Brandon • 27 Oct. 11 06:53

  • Gartner: The top 10 strategic technology trends for 2012

    ORLANDO -- The technology that makes up many of the systems in the ITworld today is at a critical juncture and in the next five years everything from mobile devices and applications to servers and social networking will impact IT in ways companies need to prepare for now, Gartner Vice President David Cearley says.

    Written by Michael Cooney • 19 Oct. 11 04:41
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