The inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has talked up the prospects of the semantic Web, which he calls the "Web of the future".
Cisco CEO John Chambers has predicted that the IT industry will enjoy a second era of productivity which will mirror the growth spurred by the original Internet revolution in the mid-90s.
While most would agree that Google has set the current standard for Web search, some technologists say even better tools are on the horizon thanks to advances in artificial intelligence.
Fewer viruses are being detected, but spam and spyware continues to plague enterprise networks.
The number of companies reporting spyware infestation has increased by just under 50 percent over the past 12 months, according to a survey released by Internet security specialists Websense.
By allowing people both in and outside of companies to connect with each other, and share information over the network, the pace of business operations will escalate.
Thousands of Australian Web technologists and internet workers are attending the Web Directions South conference in Sydney this week. We dropped in to see what all the fuss was about.
If there is a Web 2.0 version of heaven, it must be Webjam. Last night Sydney's Bar Broadway was packed to the nines as 18 presenters got three minutes each on stage at Webjam 8 to show off their hot Web work. We were there to see it all go down.
Google's vice-president of engineering was in London this week to talk to potential recruits about just what lies behind that search page.
The pressure on Redmond seems to be intensifying, following a week-long string of "Is-there-life-after-Microsoft?" headlines: Gartner declaring Windows' permanent beta status, Ballmer acknowledging StarOffice challenges in Europe, IE-only developers lamenting their futures, plus a lot of pro-Firefox coverage.
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Despite an underpowered CPU, the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC offers the best balance of small size, comfort, and functionality we've seen in a mini-notebook, making it fast a favourite for on-the-go use.
HP's attractive Compaq 2710p convertible tablet suffers from one fatal flaw, choosing a ThinkPad-style pointing stick over a touchpad.
A sleek-looking ultraportable, the Fujitsu LifeBook P7230 will turn heads with its polished design, but its middling performance make it best suited for basic office tasks.
The software company has released a streamlined version of Dreamweaver to take the hard work out of Web design.
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