Peter Wolchak

Articles by Peter Wolchak

I believe Bill Joy is wrong

Bill Joy, the chief scientist at Sun Microsystems, recently penned a treatise for Wired magazine in which he argues that technological advances are increasingly threatening the very nature of humanity.

Amazon gets conciliatory. Darn

This was going to be a fun column. I was all prepared to unleash a barrage of righteous ...

Microsoft purchases Corel

Microsoft Corp. today announced it is buying Corel Corp. of Ottawa. The acquisition, according to a Microsoft...

Don

I have never been a notebook user. I love being a journalist, but the job comes with a ...

Microsoft has been stirred and shaken

"Ladies and gentlemen, Steve Ballmer." So Bill Gates is pushing Ballmer into the CEO limelight. Actually, this...

Y2K: have you hugged an IT worker today?

Nothing happened on Jan. 1. Thank you.Looking back on the ferment caused by Y2K, it is clear that Charles Dickens is a better ...

Decking the halls with boughs of paradigms

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the shopdata kept on moving, because business doesn't stop.IT Santa was still at it, wrapping up...

NCR innovating again, but to where?

NCR Corp.'s latest innovation brings to mind an old adage: just because you can do something doesn't...

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