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October 26, 2005 (10:00 AM EDT)

Network Security's Biggest Threat, Still -- By Stuart Glascock, Nov. 8, 2005
Now that we've been fighting DDoS attacks for at least five years, why don't I feel any safer or more secure?

Heavy-Handed And Wrong-Headed -- By Valerie Potter, October 26, 2005
The feds wants to listen in on our online conversations—who do you think is going to pay for it?

Notebook Totes Get Glamorous -- By Barbara Krasnoff, October 18, 2005
Things are looking a bit brighter these days for notebook toters.

Why Everyone Hates The Music Industry -- By Fredric Paul, October 11, 2005
Forget technology and piracy, the record companies are their own worst enemies.

200 Press Releases A Day And Counting -- By Stuart Glascock, September 23, 2005
The tech economy must be chugging along because my email inbox is positively bursting at the seams.

Doing The IT-Business Tango -- By Valerie Potter, September 9, 2005
When business and IT folks work together on a project, the ride can sometimes be a little bumpy. Here are some tips to help smooth the way.

Secure Systems Vs. Satisfied Staff -- By Barbara Krasnoff, September 6, 2005
It's vital to keep your systems safe from malware, but it's not wise to punish your employees in the process.

Finally, A Map (And More) I Can Read -- By Cora Nucci, August 26, 2005
With Google Maps, the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single click.

Intel, Microsoft And The Coming DRM Clampdown -- By Alexander Wolfe, August 18, 2005
Digital rights management is here to stay. Unfortunately, it's mostly honest folks who are penalized by DRM.

Microsoft's Hyper-Connected New World Of Work -- By Stuart Glascock, August 10, 2005
In the new world of work, the challenge isn't about staying connected; it's about dealing with the volumes of data that come your way.

Printer Prices Tumble, But At A Cost -- By Barbara Krasnoff, August 2, 2005
Printer prices are tumbling this summer. Will you fall for it?

You Wow Us With Your Prose -- By Valerie Potter, July 22, 2005
Your entries to The Great Tech Call-'Em-Like-You-See-'Em Contest were entertaining, well-written, and a lot of fun to read--and we learned a little about you in the process.

Ajax Challenges Web Development Leaders -- And Web Publishers And Advertisers -- By Fredric Paul, July 15, 2005
Even as Ajax wins new converts, it's threatening some long-cherished online conventions--including how Web traffic is measured.

Is The PC Passing Wintel By? -- By Alexander Wolfe, July 08, 2005
Two countervailing trends are converging. Together they could upend long-standing notions about just what constitutes the standard PC architecture.

Summer 2005: It's About Security, Browsers, Dual-Core, & Search -- By Stuart Glascock, June 24, 2005
Read all about it: The mid-year results are in. Readers have spoken, and the results are irrefutable.

You Speak, We Listen--And Learn -- By Cora Nucci, June 7, 2005
A survey of our newsletter subscribers reveals a few surprises.

Fired Up Over Firefox -- By Valerie Potter, May 24, 2005
Microsoft can copy all the Firefox features it wants for IE 7 and beyond, but it will never inspire the affection that Firefox does.

Cisco Saves The World -- On TV -- By Fred Paul, May 17, 2005
Blatant product placement on Fox's "24" series sets the network security bar higher than any company can reach.

10 Essential Free Or Cheap Windows Utilities -- By Mitch Wagner, April 19, 2005
These tools keep the workflow humming.

Can The Mac Mini Save Apple? -- By Scot Finnie, March 31, 2005
Is it a desktop winner, or a glorified iPod?

Podcasting 101 -- By Cora Nucci, March 23, 2005
Never have so many had so much to say about so little. It's irresistible.

Jigsaw Plays Names Game -- By Fred Paul, March 17, 2005
Online exchange deals in customer contacts, expects to be sued.

Top Tech Terms -- By Stuart Glascock, March 14, 2005
No clue what bluesnarfing is? Ask the TechEncyclopedia.

It's News To Us -- By Tim Moran, March 3, 2005
What pushes your buttons? Beats us.

Tale Of The Long Tail -- By Mitch Wagner, February 23, 2005
It's either a revolutionary economic force, or a bunch of horse hooey, or an old idea with new legs.

The Ping's The Thing -- By Cora Nucci, February 16, 2005
IM is a blissfully quiet and ruthlessly efficient tool.

Six Reasons To Love The Tech Industry -- By Fred Paul, February 9, 2005
Fred Paul—and a number of TechWeb editors—send a Valentine to the industry.

Kill Your Instant Messenger -- By Stuart Glascock, January 31, 2005
It's killing creativity and it's getting out of hand.

As Microsoft Lumbers On, Google Guns It -- By Scot Finnie, January 27, 2005
Microsoft, busy squeezing nickles out of customers, doesn't see that people love Google's simplicity.

URL-y Days Of The Web -- By Tim Moran, January 18, 2005
Do you remember when the Internet first hit you? If you do, we'd like to hear about it.

I Came, I Saw, I RSS'd -- By Mitch Wagner, January 10, 2005
Don't go clicking for news. Let the news find you. Mitch Wagner explains the power of RSS.

Microsoft Shows Its IBMness -- By Scot Finnie, January 4, 2005
Adopt Firefox in the enterprise and do your part to bring competition back to desktop software.

'Tis The Season For Gee-Whiz Tools, Toys -- By Stuart Glascock, December 20, 2004
From wireless e-mail to camera phones, there's never been a wider array of high-tech gizmos and gear.

You Can Always Get What You Want -- By Fred Paul, December 14, 2004
Now that Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has gotten what he asked for, let's see how much he really likes it.

Stats Nice -- By Tim Moran, December 8, 2004
Tracking and understanding Web-site traffic may be the black art of the 21st Century. Our intrepid editor learned it in Utah.

Universal Surveillance Doesn't Make Us Safer -- By Mitch Wagner, November 29, 2004
Security expert Bruce Schneier argues that "wholesale surveillance" undermines civil liberties—and security!

All For Fun And Fun For All -- By Fredric Paul, November 22, 2004
The perfect all-in-one personal mobile device has to do more than get down to business. It's got to have game, too!

Digital Healing -- By Cora Nucci, November 16, 2004
Does my cell phone think I’m fat? Does my breath leave something to be desired? When I get these feelings, I need some digital healing.

Rage Against Spyware -- By Stuart Glascock, November 8, 2004
Advice on winning the battle against spyware, adware, malware, and miscellaneous other creep-ware.

Vanity, Thy Name Is Blog -- By Tim Moran, November 2, 2004
Blogging seems to have become the perfect high-tech replacement for the fading "vanity" book-publishing business.

Robots On Parade -- By Fredric Paul, October 26, 2004
TechWeb's Fredric Paul says a quirky exhibition points out the problems, and, to some extent, the potential, of robotics today.

Longhorn Of Plenty? -- By Scot Finnie, October 19, 2004
Microsoft's ambitious Windows upgrade is behind schedule and will be less robust than expected.

San Francisco's Taste For Tech -- By Fredric Paul, October 12, 2004
Bay Area restaurants offer a unique--and tasty--way to monitor the health of the technology and Internet economies.

Dot-com Bubbles, Iraq And Brighter Days -- By Stuart Glascock, October 5, 2004
Stuart Glascock pines for the dot-com era but sees brighter days ahead for the tech industry.

The Best Technology Blogs -- By Mitch Wagner, September 28, 2004
The headline of this article is a lie, but, "Hey, Mitch, What Links Do You Have In Your 'Best Technology Blogs' Folder" isn't very catchy.

Is Your IT Operation Up To Par? -- By Tim Moran, September 21, 2004
New golf clubs demonstrate the dangers of trying to get by with obsolete technology.

A New And Improved TechWeb -- By Fredric Paul, September 13, 2004
You may not have noticed yet, but the site you’re looking at has added some cool new features and functions.

All Windows E-Mail Clients Suck -- By Mitch Wagner, September 8, 2004
TechWeb's Mitch Wagner won't put the stamp of approval on any e-mail package.

Bill Gates' Excellent Adventure -- By Stuart Glascock, August 30, 2004
Microsoft passes beyond the sheer jubilance of its youth, and into a most excellent position.

Poor Microsoft -- By Scot Finnie, August 24, 2004
The heat surrounding Windows XP Service Pack 2 shows just how abused the software giant is by the marketplace. Yeah, right.

'Mobilized' By Moto? -- By Tim Moran, August 16, 2004
Has this self-confessed cell-phone phobic finally heard the siren call of mobile communications?

Cell Phone Criticism Doesn't Connect -- By Mitch Wagner, August 9, 2004
Watch TechWeb editors get into a big fight over whether cell phones are a burden.

Deep Six The Macintosh? -- By Fredric Paul, August 2, 2004
A Modest Proposal: It's time for Apple to move on and concentrate on slick software and even slicker consumer electronics.

A Vote Of Confidence For Technology -- By Stuart Glascock, July 26, 2004
The tsunami of networked computing's influence on political campaigns has only started.

Necessary Evil: Microsoft's WinXP Service Pack 2 -- By Scot Finnie, July 19, 2004
The new version of Internet Explorer 6 appears to be on a collision course with enterprise apps, Web sites, and end users everywhere.

Not Sold On Cell -- By Tim Moran, July 12, 2004
If you didn't need a cell phone for business, would you use one? TechWeb's Tim Moran doesn't--and won't.

Single Sign-On Still Stinks -- By Mitch Wagner, July 6, 2004
Single sign-on puts all your ID eggs in one not-very-secure basket. Is that a good idea?

What If All Spam Were True? -- By Fredric Paul, June 28, 2004
Imagine a world in which every spam message you get is absolutely, positively true.