P. J. Connolly

iOS 4.1, released Sept. 8, is the version that Apple should have shipped in the first place to showcase its mobile device hardware. It takes full advantage of the camera built into the iPhone 4, allows full-function use of Bluetooth headphones and brings a number of security-related fixes. Perhaps the most useful features from a […]

Today, at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs unveiled iOS 4.1 for the iPhone and iPod Touch in an event that focused on the company’s consumer technology. Since the presentation was billed as a music-focused event, I chose to follow the Internet broadcast from the comfort of […]

In a first look at Office for Mac 2011, eWEEK Labs finds a lot to like and no significant cause for complaint. Office for Mac 2011 marks the return of Outlook for Mac and Visual Basic for Applications to the Apple desktop platform. The office suite, which is only available for Intel-based Macs running Mac […]

Cisco’s new AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Apple iOS allows IT managers and users to get what both want: a secure, yet flexible, browsing experience. Read my full review at eweek.com.

LogRhythm does a good job of putting needed information in one’s hands accurately and quickly; it supplies alerts for predefined events and data for compliance reporting. Read my full review at eweek.com.

For the first time in 18 years, AutoCAD will be available for Apple’s Mac platforms; Autodesk raises the ante by jumping on the iPad bandwagon. Read my full review at eweek.com.

Autodesk will announce on Aug. 31 the planned release of AutoCAD for Mac, a native version of the company’s professional design and engineering software built to run natively on Mac OS X, and the first version of AutoCAD for an Apple platform since George H. W. Bush was in the White House. The company will […]

After AMD purchased graphics heavyweight ATI four years ago, industry watchers began wondering how long the ATI brand would survive, and today we seem to have an answer. Although AMD was promoting the ATI legacy as late as the first week of August, reports published overnight at Anandtech and Techreport claim that, after customer research […]

Perhaps, just perhaps, there is a glimmer of hope for iPhone 3G users who made the mistake of “upgrading” their devices to iOS 4. U.K. technology news site The Register is reporting that an unnamed, unhappy 3G owner e-mailed Apple CEO Steve Jobs over the weekend to kvetch about the degraded performance following the installation […]

So, we’re planning a new space for eWeek Labs, and despite being the new kid in school (or perhaps because of it) I was tapped to draft a proposed specification for the network cabling and related infrastructure. I’ve spent the best part of the last three or four days working on drafts and have finally […]