Software and applications comment and opinion on the latest software and applications

Google’s new Gmail Priority Inbox feature is ideal for Google Apps users, but is not so well suited to casual consumers, says Clint Boulton

Rich Internet Applications could be the next corporate development frontier, but developers must consider the security implications, says Larry Seltzer

The crash of Google Wave does not mean social marketing is doomed, but should remind companies to invest in strategic guidance, says StrongMail’s Ryan Deutsch

The cloud could do a lot more for users who understand how to work with licensing schemes which can limit it, says Martin Mutch of Rocela

Firefox will ultimately lose to a better designed browser, with more potential for the future, says Don Reisinger

Britain’s Energy Secretary can talk green, says Peter Judge, but will he deliver on actual measures to promote green technology?

BP is not doing very well at managing the oil spill. Tony Kontzer says It’s also doing a poor job of managing the flood of help it is being offered

Why are we still trying to define the cloud, asks Cameron Sturdevant? We should be asking about licence fees and service level agreements.

Facebook has made some concessions, but most of us are so addicted, it can pretty much do what it likes, says Peter Judge

Office 2010 has a mobile version - and it could be the making of Windows Mobile, says Nicholas Kolakowski