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Technology in 2010

Technology is in a state of constant change. Always advancing. Simplifying yet complicating our lives at the same time. Predicting what will happen in the tech industry is next to impossible. Heck, by Hollywood standards we should all be conversing with HAL (for almost 10 years). Clearly, HAL is quite a ways off and I [...]

Will Google Chrome OS Slay the Windows Giant?

Google announced plans Wednesday to enter the operating system business with a new product called Google Chrome OS, an open source project intended for netbook PCs. Details are sketchy, but it appears that a windowing system based on the Google Chrome Web browser will run on top of a Linux kernel and function as the [...]

A Little Sunshine on a “Cloudy” Day

Though IT spending is expected to slow this year due to an increasingly despondent economy, at least one sector continues to gain momentum – Cloud Computing. Though its impact is yet to be measured, this next-generation infrastructure has been quickly adopted by IT vendors, adding fire to the cloud computing flame. InformationWeek’s Mary Hayes Weier [...]

Third Thursday Tech Talk: The Technology of Green

The 38th Earth Day (4.54 billionth if you really want to get technical) has come and gone. Have we learned anything new? In the past few years, you could not open a newspaper, magazine, trade publication, or flip the channel without someone talking about how they were greening it up. Unfortunately, 2009 has not seen [...]