http://blog.datamation.com/blog/ en-us 2008-05-16T12:11:13-05:00 http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/05/there-are-buggy.html Looks like they'll have to come up with a new IT certification to deal with this problem...There's a new bug crawling around that can wreak real havoc on computer equipment.Dubbed the 'crazy rasberry ant,' the flea-sized pests have been causing... cnerney 2008-05-16T12:11:13-05:00 http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/05/cnet-internet-b.html tdunlap 2008-05-15T15:00:31-05:00 http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/05/on-women-in-it.html One of Datamation's more provocative columnists, Mike Elgan, bravely tackled the subject of women in IT earlier this week. Rather than pen the predictable (and somewhat patronizing) "It's a shame there aren't more women in IT and it's time we... cnerney 2008-05-15T09:25:46-05:00 http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/05/reasons-to-hate.html OK, maybe "hate" is too strong a word, but I've always had a strong aversion to instant messaging, especially in the workplace. I touched on this subject in a long-ago post, but a recent conversation with two of my colleagues... cnerney 2008-05-14T11:16:48-05:00 http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/05/another-reason-1.html Looks like Apple fans can point to one more feature that makes the Mac Notebook a better product than those other laptops. From Gizmodo...A White Plains, N.Y. woman who was the victim of burglary, including her MacBook, used the Back... cnerney 2008-05-12T17:05:31-05:00 http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/05/freedom-to-fbi.html The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and the putative War on Terror have spawned innumerable challenges to our democracy, most of which we never even hear about because they're done in secret. Worse, millions of Americans have been all too... cnerney 2008-05-08T10:32:34-05:00 http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/05/david-strom-how.html Since 2005, more than 3700 individual developers have contributed their time towards modifications of the Linux kernel operating system. A recent report here shows exactly how far and how fast that project has come, and the extent that Linux has become the... Editor 2008-05-08T08:37:36-05:00 http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/05/rep-seeks-secon.html tdunlap 2008-05-07T18:50:29-05:00 http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/05/wild-west-of-th.html There always have been dangers lurking on the Internet. But things are getting worse, according to this article on the San Francisco Chronicle's web site: Criminal attacks against major Web sites have grown so common that Internet users have no... cnerney 2008-05-06T17:38:50-05:00 http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/05/yahoos-market-r.html So much for being undervalued. In the first trading session after Microsoft on Saturday withdrew its revised $47.5 billion offer, shares of Yahoo plunged 16 percent at the opening bell.Microsoft recently upped its buyout offer to $33 per share from... cnerney 2008-05-05T13:24:08-05:00 http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/05/semantic-podcas.html tdunlap 2008-05-02T16:14:42-05:00 http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/05/madd-goes-mad-o.html tdunlap 2008-05-01T13:45:46-05:00 http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/04/saving-emails-a.html It looks like the Bush administration's effort to accidentally-on-purpose lose thousands of White House emails will pay off. With only months remaining in Bush's second term, it's highly unlikely congressional investigators will get anywhere in trying to force the administration... cnerney 2008-04-30T14:52:17-05:00 http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/04/maguire-happens.html tdunlap 2008-04-29T15:50:28-05:00 http://blog.datamation.com/blog/2008/04/bringing-you-la.html Yes, we all know Google makes a fantastic search engine, one so popular it's become a commonly used verb. And we understand that Google is the most successful Internet company in the world, not just because of search, but also... cnerney 2008-04-28T10:15:00-05:00