When you think of cloud computing, you probably think of lower costs. However, a recent Forrester Research report concluded that companies now spend as much on new projects as on ongoing operations. I see that in the field as well, both in formerly mothballed projects that are brought back to life and in the...

A former executive at NASDAQ has pleaded guilty to insider trading, allegedly using his wife’s online brokerage account on his work computer. Donald Johnson, 56, had access to pre-release data including earnings and product launches, in his capacity as managing director on the stock exchange’s...

When it comes to debugging hard-to-diagnose software and operating-system problems, there is no set recipe. Rather debugging is all about “having the right tools and knowing how to use them,” advised Microsoft technical fellow Mark Russinovich at the close of the Microsoft TechEd conference, held...

The printing industry is a curious mix of old and new–a world rich with history that harks back hundreds of years, but relies on technology that changes and improves all the time. The bad part is that dealing with the challenges presented by a print job-from business cards to posters-can be difficult,...

One of my favorite features of iOS 4.2 (and later) and the second-generation Apple TV is that if I’ve taken photos or video with my iPhone, I can use Apple’s AirPlay technology to stream those bits of media directly from my iPhone to the Apple TV — I don’t have to first sync the media...