Editor's Blog | Eric Knorr

The final plea to save Windows XP

Eric Knorr — 2008-06-30T03:00:00-08:00

Last Friday, we FedEx'd the Save Windows XP petition to Steve Ballmer. I have to say that sliding the memory stick into the envelope was an emotional experience: More than 210,000 users have made their voices heard to the world's... READ MORE

Calling all world travelers

Eric Knorr — 2008-06-23T03:00:00-08:00

I like living where I do. The climate agrees with me; the views are to die for; the people are relaxed. More to the point, living on the edge of Silicon Valley gives me a sense of career security: Were... READ MORE

I can't believe I just did that

Eric Knorr — 2008-06-16T03:00:00-08:00

I've had my share of stupid moments. Abandoning the wrong doc file. Frying a sound card by creating a feedback loop (I think I still have hearing loss from the shriek). Altering a router configuration until Vista considered the router... READ MORE

Forks in the road

Eric Knorr — 2008-06-09T03:00:00-08:00

If you’ve been watching the technology industry as long as I have, you may like to think you can detect an historical turning point while it's happening. The big picture stuff is the most fun. Today, for example, as the... READ MORE

The carrot and the stick

Eric Knorr — 2008-06-02T03:00:00-08:00

My, how tech culture has changed. A decade ago, the archetype of success was the audacious hero at the vanguard of a limitless technology boom, hatching brilliant schemes and basking in the spotlight. But if this year's InfoWorld's CTO 25... READ MORE

Take the InfoWorld Tech Celebrity Trivia Quiz

Eric Knorr — 2008-05-26T03:00:00-08:00

Our first question: Is "tech celebrity" a contradiction in terms? Answer: Could be. The continual lament of all of us who work in this industry is that no one understands us -- with mainstream coverage like David Brooks' "The Alpha... READ MORE

Enterprise startups of choice

Eric Knorr — 2008-05-19T03:00:00-08:00

We're highlighting this year's batch of top enterprise tech startups at an interesting time. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, equity investments into venture-backed companies stayed above the $7 billion mark in the first quarter of 2008 -- down only 6 percent from... READ MORE

The long good-bye to the browser

Eric Knorr — 2008-05-12T03:00:00-08:00

I can't believe I'm still using a Web browser. I spend as much time peering into its depths as I do reading and writing e-mail in Outlook -- maybe more now that certain Google apps have become part of my... READ MORE

Youthful indiscretions

Eric Knorr — 2008-05-05T09:14:27-08:00

We tend to get a little serious about security at InfoWorld. Following the lead of ace contributing editor Roger Grimes, we focus on the ingenuity of new exploits and the endless race to stay ahead of criminal hackers who pounce... READ MORE

Steve Ballmer wants your "feedback" -- so let's give it to him

Eric Knorr — 2008-04-28T03:00:00-08:00

Last week we almost broke out the champagne. At an event in Belgium on Thursday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said that the company might reconsider its decision to stop selling Windows XP on June 30. An Associated Press report quoted... READ MORE

Decision times for Windows and Mac OS X

Eric Knorr — 2008-04-21T03:00:00-08:00

It's a time of change for operating systems, with the Mac OS gaining market share and IT as well as individual users wrestling with the decision over when -- or whether -- to migrate from Windows XP to Windows Vista.... READ MORE

Windows Sentinel launches

Eric Knorr — 2008-04-15T03:00:00-08:00

This is the most exciting week at InfoWorld since we launched our Save Windows XP campaign at the beginning of the year. Today, I'm happy to announce the beta version of InfoWorld Windows Sentinel, a joint project with the exo.performance.network... READ MORE

Creative corner-cutting

Eric Knorr — 2008-04-14T03:00:00-08:00

People who feel passionate about what they do always have the potential to become anti-heroes. If the process for completing a project is broken, then that process should be fixed. But if the process won't budge, or there's no time... READ MORE

Fuzzy thinking

Eric Knorr — 2008-04-07T03:00:00-08:00

I've had my head in the clouds the past few days, mulling the nature of cloud computing. Some might ask: Why bother? It's just another marketing concept cooked up by vendors that has no real meaning. Call me credulous, but... READ MORE

Hardware roars again

Eric Knorr — 2008-03-31T03:00:39-08:00

One of my favorite tech adages is "transistors are free." This is a relatively recent saying: adding transistors to a microprocessor die used to incur considerable cost. Today, unless you really go hogwild, the cost of the chip design and... READ MORE