Jason Brooks

About

As Editor in Chief of eWEEK Labs, Jason Brooks manages the Labs team and is responsible for eWEEK's print edition. Brooks joined eWEEK in 1999, and has covered wireless networking, office productivity suites, mobile devices, Windows, virtualization, and desktops and notebooks. Jason's coverage is currently focused on Linux and Unix operating systems, open-source software and licensing, cloud computing and Software as a Service.

Red Hats Fedora Core 4

June saw new releases of two of the worlds most significant Linux distributions—Red Hat Inc.s Fedora Core and Software in the Public Interest Inc.s Debian—both of which are popular, freely available and capable of serving well in roles from the server room to the desktop. Click here to read the full review of Fedora Core […]

Mobile Computing Risks Are Rising

We prize mobile computing devices for the flexibility and convenience they provide, but mobility presents significant challenges for IT administrators charged with keeping their companies data and networks secure—particularly as mobile devices and networks have grown more sophisticated and ubiquitous. Whats more, the regulatory climate in which companies must operate is placing a greater demand […]

WinMagics SecureDoc 3.91 and SecureDoc PDA 1.0

eWEEK Labs tested two product families that add layers of protection to corporate clients: New products from Pointsec Mobile Technologies Inc. and WinMagic Inc. provide data encryption and tightened authentication on Microsoft Corp. Windows desktops and notebooks, as well as on Pocket PC-based devices. Click here to read the full review of SecureDoc 3.91 and […]

Pointsec for PC 5.1 and Pointsec for Pocket PC 2.3

eWEEK Labs tested two product families that add layers of protection to corporate clients: New products from Pointsec Mobile Technologies Inc. and WinMagic Inc. provide data encryption and tightened authentication on Microsoft Corp. Windows desktops and notebooks, as well as on Pocket PC-based devices. Click here to read the full review of Pointsec for PC […]

Pointsec, WinMagic Lock Down Mobile Data

eWEEK Labs tested two product families that add layers of protection to corporate clients: New products from Pointsec Mobile Technologies Inc. and WinMagic Inc. provide data encryption and tightened authentication on Microsoft Corp. Windows desktops and notebooks, as well as on Pocket PC-based devices. These products and others like them increase the management and performance […]

Apple Challenges Impossibilities

The OS X-on-x86 rumors have buzzed incessantly since Apple Computer began shipping its Unix-based (and therefore fundamentally multi-arch-friendly) operating system, but conventional wisdom tagged the transition as impossible. Now that Steve & Co. have confirmed the rumors by announcing that Apple will transition completely to Intel chips across its product line by the end of […]

Mac OS X 10.4 Server Impresses

Mac OS X 10.4, better known as “Tiger,” is a great upgrade for existing Macintosh installations and merits strong consideration from non-Mac shops as well. eWEEK Labs tested the server and workstation versions of Apple Computer Inc.s Mac OS X 10.4. In both cases, we were impressed by the mix of well-integrated open-source software components […]

Apples Tiger Desktop Is Slick

Mac OS X 10.4, better known as “Tiger,” is a great upgrade for existing Macintosh installations and merits strong consideration from non-Mac shops as well. eWEEK Labs tested the server and workstation versions of Apple Computer Inc.s Mac OS X 10.4. In both cases, we were impressed by the mix of well-integrated open-source software components […]

Apples Tiger Earns Its Stripes

Mac OS X 10.4, better known as “Tiger,” is a great upgrade for existing Macintosh installations and merits strong consideration from non-Mac shops as well. eWEEK Labs tested the server and workstation versions of Apple Computer Inc.s Mac OS X 10.4. In both cases, we were impressed by the mix of well-integrated open-source software components […]

Pings & Packets from eWEEK Labs – 30

Beagle Sniffs Out Linux Systems One thing that the interesting new desktop search tools from Google, Apple and others have in common is a lack of support for Linux. /zimages/5/28571.gifClick here to read Labs review of Mac OS X 10.4. Thats all right, though, because for Linux theres Beagle, a data indexing and search tool […]