Jason Brooks

Microsoft Corp.s recent announcement that Windows XP will ship without native support for Bluetooth sent a wave of concern through a tech community eager to see the fledgling short-distance wireless technology emerge from its trade-show demo stage to the point when solid Bluetooth products become widespread. Despite the heavy buzz that Bluetooth has garnered over […]

Exhibiting steady improvement over previous versions, The GNOME Projects GNOME 1.4 and KDE Projects KDE 2.1.1 each go a long way toward making Linux a viable replacement for Windows on mainstream corporate desktops. But neither desktop interface has yet reached parity with the established players—pervasive support for features such as cut and paste across the […]

Built around the Linux 2.4 kernel and boasting several new configuration and usability enhancements, Red Hat Inc.s Red Hat Linux 7.1 packs advances for the corporate server and desktop alike. In eWeek Labs tests, we were impressed with Red Hat 7.1s server configuration tools. The BIND tool provided a nice graphical editor that let us […]

The handheld devices that run Microsofts Pocket PC operating system come with processor power and clock speed Id have been happy to have on my desktop PC not too long ago. Maybe this is why its frustrating when these devices run up against limits from which their comparably powered forebears didnt suffer. Ive found a […]

AppForge Inc.s namesake add-on for Visual Basic is a great way for companies to leverage their training and software investment in Microsoft Corp.s Visual Basic programming language to speed development of applications for Palm OS-based handhelds. Forms-based development applications for the Palm OS platform such as Pendragon Software Corp.s Pendragon Forms and Pumatech Inc.s Satellite […]

POCKET PCs In developing its handheld operating systems, Microsoft has consistently chosen to err on the side of complexity in deciding which applications to include in its Pocket PC devices. Sure, it can be useful to take Excel documents out on the road, but anyone whos crouched over the small 240-by-320-pixel display of a Pocket […]

A year ago, Omnisky Corp. launched its wireless Internet and e-mail service for Palm Inc.?s Palm V handheld, and the service has become one of Palm?s strongest selling points. With the launch of its wireless service for Hewlett-Packard Co.?s Jornada 540-series and Compaq Computer Corp.?s iPaq H3600-series handheld computers, OmniSky has extended its wireless offerings […]

Having to lug a laptop along with you on business is bad enough; is it too much to ask to have a decent way to click and point your way through your work once youve got your computer open? Embedded laptop track pads, roller balls and little eraser-head control sticks all have one thing in […]

The second beta of Windows XP arrives this week clothed in its spacey, new Luna user interface. In tests of an early release of this beta of Windows XP Professional, eWeek Labs found Microsoft Corp.s latest Windows client to be a solid performer, with feature enhancements that will appeal to corporate users, such as remote […]

Opera 3.62 for Epoc was already the best web browser available on a handheld platform by far, and with last months release of the first beta of Opera 5.02 for Epoc, the speedy Norse Web marauder has gotten better. New in this version is support for multiple windows; CSS, Level 2; and JavaScript 1.3 extensions, […]