Network World columns

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2012

see "Edited" for the version that ran in the paper.

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• 2012-01-03: Is vulnerability an objective? Edited

Joel Bruner’s America the Vulnerable.
 

• 2012-01-17: Science, technology and politicians Edited

Why is it so hard to get politicians to listen to the people who know what they are talking about?

• 2012-02-07: Europe cares about privacy, so you must to Edited

Proposed European data privacy rules would require significant changes in the way U.S. companies that deal with non-U.S. customers operate.

• 2012-02-21: Apple's Gatekeeper: A low cost for partial security Edited

Gatekeeper functionality in OS X Mountain Lion provides somewhat enhanced security with only a potential downside.

• 2012-03-07: Apple's "new iPad": Too late to be corporate game changer Edited

Apple's original tablet was a game changer; updated iPad reinforces loss of corporate IT control.

• 2012-03-19: Abusive websites and customer retention Edited

High-end racing series is case study in forgetting that you need customers.
 

• 2012-04-03: Are Facebook passwords fair game for employers? Edited

Are companies who demand applicants' social media passwords hurting themselves?
 

• 2012-04-16: Is Apple destroying the Internet? Edited

Google co-founder Sergey Brin claims Facebook and Apple are clear danger to Internet.
 

• 2012-05-01: NBC, the Olympics and the Internet Edited

NBC finally admits that the Internet is real, but Olympic organizers are in a different place altogether.
 

• 2012-05-14: SMS a killer app at 20; irrelevant at 25? Edited

Use of SMS has dropped or leveled off around the world as people expand use of 'free' Internet-based services such as Facebook, Apple's iMessage.
 

• 2012-05-29: Usage-based Internet service: Sometimes competition in name only Edited

The basic conflict of interest present in today's cable business.
 

• 2012-06-12: Apple: Great new products, but secrecy as a religion Edited

Disruptive products introduced at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference but some things are missing.
 

• 2012-07-09: Purposeful pollution: An Apple patent, but not an Apple idea Edited

Apple just received a patent, based on a Novell one, for a very interesting privacy protecting concept.
 

• 2012-08-07: Rewriting Internet history Edited

Wall Street Journal op-ed rewrites the history of the Internet to make a political statement.
 

• 2012-09-04: Apple vs. Samsung: innovation vs. clones Edited

Apple's win against Samsung is good for customers and will force Apple to continue to innovate.
 

• 2012-09-19: When does free mean none? Edited

Proposal to change how Internet is paid for may impact availability of most 'Net content in some countries.
 

• 2012-10-15: The personal computer tifosi Edited

The vehemence of the people who do not like Apple is quite stunning.
 

• 2012-10-30: Progress only by permission Edited

We the people are not included in the U.S. Copyright Office's mission.
 

• 2012-11-14: If the Internet is magic, why can't we vote on it? Edited

On Internet voting the press wonders if we are a third-world country, politicians posture and most security experts say "don't go there."
 

• 2012-11-27: The non-Internet that never was but might be. Edited

The Internet as we know it might never have happened if the CCITT had not turned down the offer of TCP/IP.
 

• 2012-12-11: Reminiscences of another Internet transition year Edited

2012 year was not all focused on the spectre of a United Nations takeover of the Internet.