Emerging Technology

Nothing says "Evolving Web" like Gmail Labs, the incubator for baby features that might grow up and make it into Google's free Web-based email service. Users never know when a new feature is about to land in Labs, so it's a little like Christmas when one shows up.

A new service code-named 'Garbo' promises to painlessly remove your digital footprint from Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, and other social media. It's something we've needed for a long time.

Late Sunday night in Washington DC a Tweet appeared ....

The new Tesla Model S will have a 17 inch screen and Google Maps. Is there anything else Google' founders and Tesla investors, Sergey Brin and Larry Page would like to put in this vehicle? Here's my take...

In Thursday's IT Blogwatch, we read while we wait to watch Obama answer questions from around the Interwebs. Not to mention never gonna give you up ...

In Wednesday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches Google offer "semantic" Web search. Not to mention more "pet picture portfolios"...

A new Web site pushes social media as the next big thing for B2B companies. Be very skeptical.

Behold the power and majesty of the almighty Google algorithm. See how it glows even in the brightest sunlight and disappears when you try to touch it. Just don't ask how it works, cuz it's a big secret.

IE8 comes out of beta, Chrome slips back in, and Firefox cranks up another rev. The browser wars are back and badder than ever. And that's good news for you and me.

Five great (and somewhat unknown) products IBM would get by buying Sun

In all the hub-bub about networking powerhouse Cisco entering the server and virtualization biz, people have missed that Red Hat Linux will also be an important part of the package. Here's how Red Hat fits in.

The Seattle P-I newspaper is no more. The era of getting our news via dead trees is likely to follow shortly. What's next? Net visionary Clay Shirky has some thoughts.

In Tuesday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches Lenovo's "leak" of Project Yoga: a tiny "concept" portable PC that "fits" in a back pocket. Not to mention how the demise of newspapers started, in 1981...

The cover story on today's Computerworld is "The PC of 2019". It looks at what life will be like a decade hence -- though the technology featured is already in consumers' homes.

I really like Linux, but why is it so hard to find documentation on removing it and why is it so hard to actually do it?