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It's much more involved and complex than many assume it to be.",{"_176":177,"_154":852,"_178":853,"_160":855,"_162":855,"_165":856,"_829":857,"_167":168,"_169":858,"_171":168,"_163":859,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[854],{"_57":822,"_182":823,"_184":824,"_825":826},"Second Life, First Impression 2: \"Your Clothing Is Still Downloading\"","/it-infrastructure/second-life-first-impression-2-your-clothing-is-still-downloading-",{},"Jan 22, 2007","This afternoon I learned to walk, and fly, and fix my hair. I picked up a beachball and put it on a table, I'm ready to leave Orientation Island and go out into the real world. Or, rather, the real, virtual world of Second Life.",{"_176":177,"_154":861,"_178":862,"_160":864,"_162":864,"_165":865,"_829":866,"_167":168,"_169":858,"_171":168,"_163":867,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[863],{"_57":822,"_182":823,"_184":824,"_825":826},"Second Life, First Impression: I Find My First Life Pretty Confusing Already","/it-infrastructure/second-life-first-impression-i-find-my-first-life-pretty-confusing-already",{},"I'm now ready to make a pronouncement about Second Life, based on well under an hour of experience with it this morning: It's pretty confusing. Also, my hair looks terrible.",{"_176":177,"_154":869,"_178":870,"_160":872,"_162":872,"_165":873,"_829":874,"_167":168,"_169":858,"_171":168,"_163":875,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[871],{"_57":822,"_182":823,"_184":824,"_825":826},"Virtual Worlds: The Next Big Thing Or Next Big Nothing?","/it-infrastructure/virtual-worlds-the-next-big-thing-or-next-big-nothing-",{},"Are virtual world and online games like World of Warcraft and Second Life what the Internet will look like in coming years? A few people I've been talking to recently think so, including Corey Bridges, co-founder of Multiverse Network, whom I interviewed Friday afternoon for an article on virtual worlds. A generation of young people is growing up hacking and slashing their way through virtual worlds -- that's literally true in the case of World of Warcraft -- and they're going to expect a 3-D",{"_176":177,"_154":877,"_178":878,"_160":884,"_162":884,"_165":885,"_829":886,"_167":168,"_169":887,"_171":168,"_163":888,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[879],{"_57":880,"_182":881,"_184":882,"_825":883},"Thomas Claburn","/author/thomas-claburn","https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blt69509c9116440be8/blt4818d0e945f9905b/64bbfbd1e620414347de14fd/Tom_Claburn_20125x125.jpg","Editor at Large, Enterprise Mobility","MySpace Lawsuits Called Losers","/it-infrastructure/myspace-lawsuits-called-losers",{},"Jan 19, 2007","Four families are suing MySpace for failing to prevent adults from contacting and subsequently sexually assaulting their daughters.",{"_176":177,"_154":890,"_178":891,"_160":893,"_162":893,"_165":894,"_829":895,"_167":168,"_169":887,"_171":168,"_163":896,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[892],{"_57":822,"_182":823,"_184":824,"_825":826},"The Revolution Will Be Vlogged","/it-infrastructure/the-revolution-will-be-vlogged",{},"Will privacy become a quaint custom that people in the 20th century used to practice? While government and corporate surveillance and massive, petabyte databases of personal data are making it harder to keep secrets, the biggest threat to privacy is something you're carrying around in your pocket: Your cameraphone.",{"_176":177,"_154":898,"_178":899,"_160":901,"_162":901,"_165":902,"_829":903,"_167":168,"_169":887,"_171":168,"_163":904,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[900],{"_57":822,"_182":823,"_184":824,"_825":826},"Reach Out And Touch Your Computer","/it-infrastructure/reach-out-and-touch-your-computer",{},"What will the computer user interface of 2017 look like? Maybe something like this, which allows users to reach out to the computer screen and touch and move objects on it as though they were physically real. Check out the mind-blowing video demo.

",{"_176":177,"_154":906,"_178":907,"_160":909,"_162":909,"_165":910,"_829":911,"_167":168,"_169":912,"_171":168,"_163":913,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[908],{"_57":822,"_182":823,"_184":824,"_825":826},"Rumor-Busting: Bloggers Won't Be Required To Register","/it-infrastructure/rumor-busting-bloggers-won-t-be-required-to-register",{},"Jan 18, 2007","Looks like yesterday's rumors that bloggers might be required to register as lobbyists, or face jail time, turns out to be just plain wrong. U.S. Sen. David Vitter has a statement clarifying the proposed law.",{"_176":177,"_154":915,"_178":916,"_160":922,"_162":922,"_165":923,"_829":924,"_167":168,"_169":912,"_171":168,"_163":925,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[917],{"_57":918,"_182":919,"_184":920,"_825":921},"Paul McDougall","/author/paul-mcdougall","https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blt69509c9116440be8/blt9080060430e25b83/64bbfc92671e25faea451473/1113.jpg","Editor At Large, information","Reality Check: Senate Bill S.1 Poses No Threat To Bloggers","/it-infrastructure/reality-check-senate-bill-s-1-poses-no-threat-to-bloggers",{},"My colleague Mitch Wagner and some other journalists have picked up on a report by an organization called Grass Roots Freedom that a Senate bill designed to bring transparency to the lobbying process could result in the jailing of political bloggers. Did you know that the bill does not even mention the words \"blog\" or \"blogger\"? There's also a couple of things you should know about \"Grass Roots Freedom.\"",{"_176":177,"_154":927,"_178":928,"_160":933,"_162":933,"_165":934,"_829":935,"_167":168,"_169":912,"_171":168,"_163":936,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[929],{"_57":930,"_182":931,"_184":932,"_825":845},"Stephen Wellman","/author/stephen-wellman","https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blt69509c9116440be8/blt8d1c14a687d4ebaa/64bbfdf59a29080a5714d723/6544.jpg","SNL Mocks Steve Jobs And The iPhone","/it-infrastructure/snl-mocks-steve-jobs-and-the-iphone",{},"Just in case you had any doubts that the iPhone has trescended mere techdom to become the cultural trend du jour for January, perennial TV sketch show Saturday Night Live mocked both Steve Jobs and the iPhone in a recent episode.",{"_176":177,"_154":938,"_178":939,"_160":941,"_162":941,"_165":942,"_829":943,"_167":168,"_169":944,"_171":168,"_163":945,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[940],{"_57":822,"_182":823,"_184":824,"_825":826},"Political Bloggers Could Be Required To Register Or Face Jail Time","/it-infrastructure/political-bloggers-could-be-required-to-register-or-face-jail-time",{},"Jan 17, 2007","Update (1/19/2006): This bill does not affect bloggers. The initial report by GrassRootsFreedom.com is, quite simply, false. See posts by my colleague Paul McDougall and me for more info. Beet.TV reports that U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, who this week formed an exploratory committee to investigate running for U.S. President next year, has a deal with Brightcove to manage the senator's online video strategy.

",{"_176":177,"_154":962,"_178":963,"_160":965,"_162":965,"_165":966,"_829":967,"_167":168,"_169":944,"_171":168,"_163":968,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[964],{"_57":822,"_182":823,"_184":824,"_825":826},"Top 10 Potential iPhone Problems","/it-infrastructure/top-10-potential-iphone-problems",{},"Our friend Dave Greenfield at Network Computing came up with a list of top 10 potential iPhone problems. These include the low-resolution camera, slow data feeds, missing GPS, and lack of support for the most popular instant-messaging platform: AOL's.

",{"_176":177,"_154":970,"_178":971,"_160":973,"_162":973,"_165":974,"_829":975,"_167":168,"_169":976,"_171":168,"_163":977,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[972],{"_57":842,"_182":843,"_184":844,"_825":845},"Can Your Enterprise See Software as a Service?","/it-infrastructure/can-your-enterprise-see-software-as-a-service-",{},"Jan 16, 2007","We are moving toward a day when most of our enterprise applications may be delivered as services, and thus provide a more economical way to approach information technology management. Let's face it; the Web has grown from a simple information delivery platform to a grouping of many valuable exposed services with rich dynamic user interfaces. It's really the global SOA, and those who learn to leverage it now will be well ahead of those who ignore the trend.",{"_176":177,"_154":979,"_178":980,"_160":985,"_162":985,"_165":986,"_829":987,"_167":168,"_169":976,"_171":168,"_163":988,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[981],{"_57":982,"_182":983,"_184":984,"_825":845},"Larry Greenemeier","/author/larry-greenemeier","https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blt69509c9116440be8/blta31c749ff5ca07b4/64bf3c929bc48c59aa2d48a3/Author-Icon.png","'Whitelisting' Repairs Broken Anti-Malware Model","/it-infrastructure/whitelisting-repairs-broken-anti-malware-model",{},"Whitelisting defines up front the programs allowed to execute inside one's corporate network and excludes everything else.",{"_176":177,"_154":990,"_178":991,"_160":996,"_162":996,"_165":997,"_829":998,"_167":168,"_169":976,"_171":168,"_163":999,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[992],{"_57":993,"_182":994,"_184":995,"_825":845},"information Staff","/author/information-staff","https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blt69509c9116440be8/bltf6866111140df5bb/6515ef45f3d316b9fb5271a6/IWK23_1000x1000_solid.png","Blancco Protects Stolen PC Data","/it-infrastructure/blancco-protects-stolen-pc-data",{},"Blancco has just released Blancco - Stealth Cleaner 2.0, a technologically advanced erasure software",{"_176":177,"_154":1001,"_178":1002,"_160":1004,"_162":1004,"_165":1005,"_829":1006,"_167":168,"_169":976,"_171":168,"_163":1007,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[1003],{"_57":930,"_182":931,"_184":932,"_825":845},"An Ironic User's Guide To The iPhone","/it-infrastructure/an-ironic-user-s-guide-to-the-iphone",{},"It seems everyone is talking about the iPhone these days, including Dave Eggers' hip literary journal McSweeney's. McSweeney's writer Darren Cahr offers some interesting and creative ways to make use of the iPhone.",{"_176":177,"_154":1009,"_178":1010,"_160":1012,"_162":1012,"_165":1013,"_829":1014,"_167":168,"_169":1015,"_171":168,"_163":1016,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[1011],{"_57":822,"_182":823,"_184":824,"_825":826},"Your Digital Life","/it-infrastructure/your-digital-life",{},"Jan 12, 2007","Starting next week, we're launching a new area of reporting, focusing on how information technology changes people's lives and how it changes society. This will include a hodgepodge of subjects: Internet law, politics, censorship, digital rights management, online gaming, blogging, a bit of Web 2.0, online communities, local search, and more.",{"_176":177,"_154":1018,"_178":1019,"_160":1025,"_162":1025,"_165":1026,"_829":1027,"_167":168,"_169":1015,"_171":168,"_163":1028,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[1020],{"_57":1021,"_182":1022,"_184":1023,"_825":1024},"Charles Babcock","/author/charles-babcock","https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blt69509c9116440be8/blt3b55ae9515b235d4/64bbfbf77b3528ea2cc5a2cb/Charles_Babcock125x125.jpg","Editor at Large, Cloud","Where's The iPhone's Software Development Kit?","/it-infrastructure/where-s-the-iphone-s-software-development-kit-",{},"After you spend $500 on an iPhone, what will you be able to do with it? Not enough, unless Apple makes it easy for third-party developers to build applications for it. Is Apple doing that? Not yet.",{"_176":177,"_154":1030,"_178":1031,"_160":1035,"_162":1035,"_165":1036,"_829":1037,"_167":168,"_169":1015,"_171":168,"_163":1038,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[1032],{"_57":1033,"_182":1034,"_184":984,"_825":845},"Tom Smith","/author/tom-smith","Mac OS Or Vista? Your Turn To Weigh In","/it-infrastructure/mac-os-or-vista-your-turn-to-weigh-in",{},"Last Saturday, we published a review comparing Mac OS X and Windows Vista. The topic was a huge hit with you, our audience, prompting a flood of e-mails.",{"_176":177,"_154":1040,"_178":1041,"_160":1046,"_162":1046,"_165":1047,"_829":1048,"_167":168,"_169":1049,"_171":168,"_163":1050,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[1042],{"_57":1043,"_182":1044,"_184":1045,"_825":845},"Alexander Wolfe","/author/alexander-wolfe","https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blt69509c9116440be8/bltf1854f0ea8050186/64bbfe0b3b85ab7a398b2edc/Wolfe-IWK-125x125.jpg","Top 7 iPhone Questions Steve Jobs Doesn't Want You To Ask","/it-infrastructure/top-7-iphone-questions-steve-jobs-doesn-t-want-you-to-ask",{},"Jan 11, 2007","Apple CEO Steve Jobs was the star of the Mac(world) universe this week, with his unveiling of the uber-cool iPhone. While the device is earning kudos in many circles as a \"leapfrog\" device, it's also prompting a backlash. In that vein, we present a David Letterman style list of questions, which take a few pointed but not necessarily unfair potshots at Apple's as-yet-unproven product.",{"_176":177,"_154":1052,"_178":1053,"_160":1057,"_162":1057,"_165":1058,"_829":1059,"_167":168,"_169":1049,"_171":168,"_163":1060,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[1054],{"_57":1055,"_182":1056,"_184":984,"_825":845},"David DeJean","/author/david-dejean","Walking the CES Walk, Talking the CES Talk","/it-infrastructure/walking-the-ces-walk-talking-the-ces-talk",{},"LAS VEGAS -- Three things I learned at the Consumer Electronics Show: (1) IT is irrelevant. It used to be that innovations in computing flowed from big business down to the small-office and home markets. Now it flows in the other direction. (2) Hardware is no longer the bottleneck for anything. And (3) universal connectivity is still a long way off.",{"_176":177,"_154":1062,"_178":1063,"_160":1065,"_162":1065,"_165":1066,"_829":1067,"_167":168,"_169":1068,"_171":168,"_163":1069,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[1064],{"_57":822,"_182":823,"_184":824,"_825":826},"I Want My Apple TV","/it-infrastructure/i-want-my-apple-tv",{},"Jan 10, 2007","While the hype is targeting the iPhone, the Apple TV is a more interesting device. The market for cell phones is relatively mature -- there's plenty of good and great cell phones out there -- which makes me skeptical tha",{"_176":177,"_154":1071,"_178":1072,"_160":1076,"_162":1076,"_165":1077,"_829":1078,"_167":168,"_169":1068,"_171":168,"_163":1079,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[1073],{"_57":1074,"_182":1075,"_184":984,"_825":845},"Barbara Krasnoff","/author/barbara-krasnoff","Keeping Your Energy Up At CES","/it-infrastructure/keeping-your-energy-up-at-ces",{},"With all the gadgets and devices that are being shown at CES (a large portion of them mobile) something has to power them. This can be really apparent during a big trade show, where the use of notebooks, PDAs, and especially phones is constant -- and you really don't want to drag around a power cord along with the hundreds of product info brochures and CDs that you've piled into your bag.",{"_176":177,"_154":1081,"_178":1082,"_160":1084,"_162":1084,"_165":1085,"_829":1086,"_167":168,"_169":1068,"_171":168,"_163":1087,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[1083],{"_57":1055,"_182":1056,"_184":984,"_825":845},"The Scourge of CES: The Content Crisis","/it-infrastructure/the-scourge-of-ces-the-content-crisis",{},"LAS VEGAS - The second-biggest problem at the Consumer Electronics Show, the World's Most Exhausting Tradeshow, is apparently the Content Crisis. (The biggest problem, as always, is the wait to get a cab.) I hadn't been aware of the Content Crisis or its effect on consumers, but in every aisle of the exhibit halls vendors are anxious to tell me that they have the solution to the Content Crisis - a way to give me more media, more audio and video to play on my iPod, my HD TV, my home theater. And",{"_176":177,"_154":1089,"_178":1090,"_160":1092,"_162":1092,"_165":1093,"_829":1094,"_167":168,"_169":1068,"_171":168,"_163":1095,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[1091],{"_57":822,"_182":823,"_184":824,"_825":826},"iPhone Hype: I Just Don't Get It","/it-infrastructure/iphone-hype-i-just-don-t-get-it",{},"Reading up on the Apple iPhone, I'm not seeing what's so exciting about it, and I'm even tempted to say that the thing is going to sink like a lead balloon and everybody who's jazzing about it now is going to feel foolish in a year. It's a cell phone that's also an iPod that does the Internet and takes pictures. Why is that exciting? I already have a cell phone and an iPod, and my cell phone -- a 14-month-old Palm Treo 650 -- is Internet-enabled and a cameraphone too. I grant you there will be a",{"_176":177,"_154":1097,"_178":1098,"_160":1102,"_162":1102,"_165":1103,"_829":1104,"_167":168,"_169":1068,"_171":168,"_163":1105,"_833":168,"_188":834,"_172":339,"_174":340,"_186":248,"_835":-5,"_836":837},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[1099],{"_57":1100,"_182":1101,"_184":984,"_825":845},"John C. Welch","/author/john-c-welch","iPhone Phone Home, And Reaction To My Mac OS X Review","/it-infrastructure/iphone-phone-home-and-reaction-to-my-mac-os-x-review",{},"My initial reaction to Apple's Macworld announcements was: \"Um...OK, a phone, the Apple TV, and a name change...OK.\" Now, I think the iPhone is a solid phone. I think it has a lot of things that people will want, and it will probably shake up the phone market quite a bit. Am I going to get one? Probably not. 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