Another cheap mini-portable...competition rocks
Everex looks to be the latest to join the ranks of companies offering Ultra-Mobile PCs UMPCs at prices educational institutions can afford. While final details will be released early in the year, both Linuxdevices.com and engadget picked up on this device. The 7" mini-portable is slated to run...

Devon IT's Safebook
Thin clients, though not for everybody, have done a really outstanding job of meeting the needs of the students in my school. Easy manageability, very little maintenance, and transparent access to data and applications from a variety of locations around the school have made them a big hit. ...

From Samsung Q1 to Motorola Q
Samsung formally unveiled its ultra mobile PC, the Q1 this morning. Similar to other "Origami" Windows XP Tablet Edition systems, it has a 7-inch, 800x480 LCD with touch-screen capability, weights 1.7 lbs, only 512K of RAM, up to 9-hour battery life, and Bluetooth and wired/wireless LAN connectivity. However, the...

Wired and wireless at the same high speed
The next generation of optical networks needed to satisfy our appetite for bandwidth is currently under development. And researchers from Georgia Tech have built a new architecture which delivers super-broadband wired and wireless service simultaneously. This hybrid system "could allow dual wired/wireless transmission up to 100 times faster than current...

Neutrality perspectives
Here's a roundup of various points of view on net neutrality as Congress turns the hot air machine towards net neutrality. Of course, you've seen News.com's wrapup article, too. Gigi Sohn, president of Public Knowledge, writing on ZDNet's Wired & Wireless Blog: This is an...

Networking and security step up in Feb IT priorities rankings
Below is a summary of the latest findings from our monthly IT Priorities survey: •Software infrastructure remains the top initiative: Software infrastructure projects averaged 23% of IT spending in the last 12 months, but spending is expected to dip to 19% in the following year. Current spending on ERP projects...

New methodology changes up ZDNet's IT priorities rankings
January’s IT Priorities survey results show that software infrastructure is the no. 1 top priority followed by hardware upgrades and IT management. Rounding out the top 5 are wired and wireless and data management, according to our approximately 500 respondents who take our survey each month. (I'f you've been following...

ZDNet study: Web technology slips to number six IT priority
This month's IT Priorities results show that projects revolving around Web Technology, which include implementations like Web services, portals, and e-commerce, have taken a back seat to five other major areas of IT investment; wired and wireless networking (no. 1), hardware upgrades (no. 2), software infrastructure (no. 3), IT management...

Latest IT Priorites data shows software making gains
October’s IT Priorities findings show that software infrastructure has reclaimed the second place position from hardware upgrades, which is now back as the no. 3 top priority among our approximately 500 respondents who take our survey each month. Drilling down, we found that current spending on ERP projects averaged 25%...

What about..'GoogleNet by Verizon?'
Something big is about to pop at Google. Just exactly what this is going to be has been a big topic this week at the Fall VON show.I really have no inside information, but I do have some insight. I'd say a GoogleNet by Verizon partnership would be the ultimate...