Anne Chen

A former eWEEK editor used to be inundated by pop-ups during the most inopportune times—for example, during interviews with hotshot CEOs. Its a pity he wasnt armed with a pop-up killer such as Stopzilla. In my tests of Stopzilla Version 3.0—a pop-up-killer service from Stopzilla—I experienced pop-up-free Web surfing. The service, which costs $29.99 per […]

These days, $1,500 wont buy you much in terms of desktop replacements, but with Acers TravelMate 290LMI, that sum will get you on the Intel Centrino bandwagon—and more. This enterprise-oriented desktop replacement, which was released last month, is a good fit for organizations on tight budgets. Armed with a 1.3GHz Pentium M processor, an Intel […]

When youre Electronic Data Systems Corp., the largest independent systems management and services company in the United States, mandatory jobs such as the deployment of operating system service packs can turn into yearlong projects. To react faster to the needs of its managed hosting clients, EDS in January began deploying automation software. So far, EDS […]

These days, all IT vendors ever want to talk about is utility computing. Research firm Gartner Inc. says utility computing will become part of the mainstream by 2005, and IDC research indicates theres strong interest in utility computing now. Utility computing is a service model in which a service provider makes computing resources and infrastructure […]

I/O softwares SecureSuite XS Workstation 4.2 reduces help desk costs associated with forgotten user passwords by eliminating passwords altogether. The authentication software, which is usually bundled with third-party hardware, can be deployed as a stand-alone application or in a client/server setting that includes integration with Windows Active Directory. SecureSuite XS supports more than 24 authentication […]

Adobe Systems Inc.s Photoshop is the gold standard among image manipulation tools, but its facing increasing competition from alternatives in the open-source world. GIMP is one such graphics tool that was developed for Unix and X Window System. It has since been ported to other platforms, including Windows, and is the most widely used digital […]

Last year, when the Walt Disney Co.s feature animation unit, in Burbank, Calif., announced that it was using Linux for digital animation work, speculation grew that Adobe Systems Inc. would finally port its products to Linux. To this day, however, Adobe has done no such thing. Rather than wait, Disney, along with two other motion […]

Netgears first layer 3 gigabit switch is proof the company—best known for its consumer routers and hubs—is serious about a push into the small- and medium-size business marketplace. Released earlier this month, the $3,400 GSM7324 24-Port Layer 3 Managed Gigabit Switch features 24 copper 10/100/1,000M-bps Ethernet ports. The unit also incorporates four optional Fibre Gigabit […]

For those who dont type fast, Ventris this month released the $39.95 HandyScript for Windows text input system. Rather than hunt for letters on a keypad, Ventris lets users touch-type using 11 graphic symbols representing handwriting strokes. Ventris said it hopes users will eventually use the HandyScript input system to enter text on anything with […]

Theres no arguing that without identity management, Web services will not reach its full, formidable potential, which research group International Data Corp. predicts could be an industry worth $21 billion by 2007. Enterprises that are serious about identity management are already examining the issues theyll need to address to successfully roll out an identity management […]