Robin Bloor on IT-Director.com

Is AV product testing corrupt?

Robin Bloor — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:00:00 +0100

The testing of AV products in various guises is flawed and biased, according to a well-written essay I was sent. I reproduce it here for your comments. [Read More...]

iPhone, Therefore I Am (American?)

Robin Bloor — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:30:00 +0100

I got my hands on a display model after my local Apple store sold out. Americans like it but Europe will be another story... [Read More...]

The Decline of AntiVirus and the Rise of Whitelisting

Robin Bloor — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Patchlink buying SecureWave is another step forward for whitelisting technology [Read More...]

Why Toshiba was zapped by the Blu-Ray

Robin Bloor — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:00:00 +0100

Scissors beat paper, VHS beats Betamax, Blu-Ray beats HD-DVD [Read More...]

Apple v Microsoft continued...

Robin Bloor — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:00:00 +0100

The Apple v Microsoft piece I wrote generated enough comments for me to want to provide further thoughts [Read More...]

Second Life Lines

Robin Bloor — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:00:00 +0100

It appears that IBM, unless I'm missing something, is gearing up to be THE VR company [Read More...]

TruViso: shaking up the Streaming market

Robin Bloor — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:00:00 +0100

TruViso offers the streaming market a completely new method that is set to shake the market up. [Read More...]

When will Apple Overtake Microsoft?

Robin Bloor — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Available figures and the promise of new products point to Apple's dominance in the future [Read More...]

10 reasons why the Black Hats have us outgunned

Robin Bloor — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Black Hat activity: it's no longer just a serious threat - it's a well organized and expanding industry. [Read More...]

IT Security and Cyberwarfare

Robin Bloor — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Estonia was recently the target of a cyber attack. It's ironic that the Internet is now the battleground for countries with 'cyber warriors' [Read More...]

The Slow Death of AV Technology

Robin Bloor — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:00:00 +0100

AV technology is gradually dying and being replaced by far more effective IT security technology based on whitelisting [Read More...]

CA, Rolling Thunder and the Integration Platform

Robin Bloor — Mon, 07 May 2007 13:00:00 +0100

CA is busy integrating things with an eye to SOA - and it is going to be huge [Read More...]

Is Digg digging its own grave? or is DRM in deep trouble?

Robin Bloor — Thu, 03 May 2007 09:00:00 +0100

Kevin Rose is betting his business (Digg.com) on the latter. [Read More...]

Second Life: The Campaign For Real Life!

Robin Bloor — Tue, 01 May 2007 07:00:00 +0100

I received an email yesterday from the IBM analyst relations which read... [Read More...]

Vista Sales Disappoint Microsoft And Cheer Apple

Robin Bloor — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Leopard's delay comes into focus because of poor Vista sales - not because of engineers needed for the iPhone. Steve Jobs can afford to wait. [Read More...]

AV Vendors embarrassed yet again

Robin Bloor — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:00:00 +0100

The Storm Worm, released earlier this year, is a polymorph virus that managed to get past the AV Vendors [Read More...]

Is HP now the dominant IT vendor?

Robin Bloor — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:00:00 +0100

In the two years since Mark Hurd took the reins at HP, its revenues have grown by $12 billion. From where I'm standing, it now looks like the dominant IT vendor [Read More...]

AVID: Why it's over for the AntiVirus industry

Robin Bloor — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:55:00 +0100

You may not have heard the news yet, but there's a new whitelisting kid on the block - and it's not a small startup from Nowheresville, Nova Scotia. [Read More...]

Apple v Omnifone Revisited

Robin Bloor — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00:00 +0100

My last posting on this subject touched a nerve. After getting one fact incorrect, I look again at this argument and state that the cost is immaterial - Omnifone is still a credible player [Read More...]

Is Apple's iTunes Monopoly About To Die?

Robin Bloor — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:00:00 +0100

The idea that a credible rival to iTunes could appear from nowhere and compete head-to-head with Apple seems far fetched to say the least. But never mind, it's happening. [Read More...]

ChaCha: A threat to Google?

Robin Bloor — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:00:00 +0100

No, not a dance - although you may dance with joy - but a new search engine to rival Google [Read More...]

Why Anti-Virus Profiling is inadequate

Robin Bloor — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:00:00 +0100

I have already looked at signatures in my AVID (Anti-Virus Is Dead) campaign. In this post, I look at so-called heuristic techniques and explain why they, too, are ineffective. [Read More...]

Rose By Any Other Names�

Robin Bloor — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 08:00:00 +0100

In this post, I look at getting meaning from data on the Web, with a couple of fun examples [Read More...]

Lotus gets aggressive, and a Second Life

Robin Bloor — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Here I am at Lotusphere and there I am at Lotusphere (inside of Second Life) [Read More...]

AVID: The Code Red Kid

Robin Bloor — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:00:00 +0100

An old-style Western story to illustrate a new-style threat (and what could meet that threat) [Read More...]

2007 Forecast: Open Source

Robin Bloor — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:00:00 +0100

My continuing look at specific technologies' future for 2007 continues with Open Source - good in parts. [Read More...]

The Cisco v Apple Law Suit

Robin Bloor — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:00:00 +0100

Cisco has more than one axe to grind in their suit against Apple [Read More...]

Apple's iPhone

Robin Bloor — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:00:00 +0100

Apple's iPhone has set the cat among the pigeons and changed the design of the mobile phone - forever, probably. [Read More...]

2007 Forecast: Apple

Robin Bloor — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 07:00:00 +0100

A look forward on the eve of MacWorld 2007 to see how Apple will fare in 2007. Are they unstoppable? [Read More...]

Forecasts: Google in 2007

Robin Bloor — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:00:00 +0100

What will Google come up with in 2007 - and can it compete with the social network? [Read More...]