Adam Gaffin

Executive Editor, Online

Responsible for editorial content on this Web site, so blame him, especially when it comes to Compendium. In his spare time, he runs Boston Online, a service devoted to the Hub of the Universe. He is learning to talk wicked good.

agaffin@nww.com (508) 490-6433

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Recent articles by Gaffin

Google Chrome: 30-second impression | NetworkWorld.com Community
Sep. 02, 2008
Wow, rendering of pages is way fast. Chrome Google About Adam Gaffin Compendium archive Executive Editor, Online, Network World. Started as a reporter covering messaging (cc:Mail, anyone?) and object-oriented ...

Putting the Mr. T in IT | NetworkWorld.com Community
Aug. 21, 2008
Jerry Seinfeld? Pfft. Check out this celebrity endorsement for Hitachi Data Systems: Data Center About Adam Gaffin Compendium archive Executive Editor, Online, Network World. Started as a reporter covering ...

Cloud computing vs. P2P | NetworkWorld.com Community
Aug. 15, 2008
Are centralized "clouds" just too risky for your data? Some companies are looking to build similar functionality, but through distributed networks. Read/Write Web lists some P2P startups. Data Center cloud ...

What the media is missing in all those counts about the MIT hackers and the Boston subway ...
Aug. 11, 2008
Yeah, yeah, evil MIT nerdboys threatening to take down a vast transit system with their evil hacker ways. If you actually read their DefCon presentation (thanks to the MIT Tech), though, you'll see that they start ...

Jay-Z for HP | NetworkWorld.com Community
Aug. 25, 2008
Another in a series of celebrity IT endorsements. More here.

John Cleese for Compaq | NetworkWorld.com Community
Aug. 25, 2008
Another in a series of celebrity IT endorsements. More here.

Homeless man disrupts Internet2 service
May. 02, 2007
A fire started by a homeless man knocked out service between Boston and New York on the experimental high-speed Internet2 network Tuesday evening.

Gisele Bundchen for the Mac | NetworkWorld.com Community
Aug. 25, 2008
Another in a series of celebrity IT endorsements. More here.

Raise your pinky to your lips and say, '$1 billion'
Mar. 16, 2007
As you probably read last week, that's how much Viacom wants from Google for alleged copyright infringement by subsidiary YouTube.

Virtualization and you | NetworkWorld.com Community
Aug. 06, 2008
Roundtable discussion that attempts to answer the question: How does a Systems/Network guy get started on this exciting technology? Careers Data Center virtualization About Adam Gaffin Compendium archive ...

So maybe you don't want to trust all your personal data to the cloud | NetworkWorld.com ...
Aug. 06, 2008
Because your provider could just cut you off and not even tell you why. Google About Adam Gaffin Compendium archive Executive Editor, Online, Network World. Started as a reporter covering messaging (cc:Mail, ...

Merrill Lynch blocking access to LinkedIn? | NetworkWorld.com Community
Aug. 04, 2008
Ari Herzog reports a friend in a senior position at Merrill Lynch tells him he can no longer access the social network for the corporate set. And he wonders: How does productivity go up if a financial advisor is ...

Best captcha ever | NetworkWorld.com Community
Jul. 30, 2008
If you don't have a Network World Community account (what?!?), when you try to add a reply to a posting (say, this one), you'll be asked to type in a random word. It's part of our efforts to block comment spam, natch. ...

Women are more social than men | NetworkWorld.com Community
Jul. 30, 2008
Study shows women outnumber men on most social networks.s social networking About Adam Gaffin Compendium archive Executive Editor, Online, Network World. Started as a reporter covering messaging (cc:Mail, ...

Phishers with a sense of humor? | NetworkWorld.com Community
Jul. 28, 2008
I just got some phish that would have me entering my PayPal info at pwned.ca. Security phishing About Adam Gaffin Compendium archive Executive Editor, Online, Network World. Started as a reporter covering ...

OpenID expands exponentially, about to die | NetworkWorld.com Community
Jul. 28, 2008
What? Johannes Ernst explores the strange bloggy reaction to the news that MySpace and others are adopting OpenID. OpenID social networking About Adam Gaffin Compendium archive Executive Editor, Online, ...

Twenty useless social networks | NetworkWorld.com Community
Jul. 09, 2008
LimeDuck goes to the trouble of signing up with these twenty losers so you don't have to. An example: HelloTxt - One of several sites (see also Ping.FM and their oh-so-exclusive beta) that exist only to push your ...

Twitter spam | NetworkWorld.com Community
Jul. 08, 2008
I know I can just turn off the e-mail notifications, but it's starting to get really annoying to get a constant stream of "following" messages from purty young thangs who are allegedly following me on Twitter - all of ...

The security expert's dirty little secret | NetworkWorld.com Community
Aug. 15, 2008
Sometimes even security pros re-use passwords.

I can't be the only one perpetually disappointed with Technorati | NetworkWorld.com ...
Jul. 10, 2008
Just now, I typed in a blog URL in the search box on Technorati and got back a 404 error page. What? A "page not found" error for a results page on a search engine? Not good at all. search engines Technorati ...

Compendium: His PC drives him to drink
Dec. 15, 2000
Weird happenings from around the 'Net.

Compendium: The ultimate Palm accessory
Dec. 08, 2000
Weird happenings from around the 'Net.

Compendium: How's Jeeves? Don't ask
Dec. 01, 2000
Weird happenings from around the 'Net.

Compendium: What's wrong with Netscape 6?
Nov. 23, 2000
Weird happenings from around the 'Net.

Compendium: Early review of a stinking Web module
Nov. 17, 2000
Weird happenings from around the 'Net.