Contact information:
Alexander Wolfe
alex@alexwolfe.net

Alexander Wolfe is editor-in-chief of InformationWeek.com, where he runs the daily editorial operations of the site. He also contributes technology reviews and how-to features, on Windows Vista, Linux, and multi-core processors. He posts daily to the site's comment-generating "Wolfe's Den" blog, which offers insights into Microsoft, Intel, and Google, delivered with wry humor. (See for yourself, here.)

In his two decades as a technology editor, he has written and edited for IEEE Spectrum, Byte.com, Electronics magazine, and TechWeb. Wolfe has also written extensively on embedded computing; he has served as editor-at-large for Embedded Systems Programming magazine and has prepared content for corporate clients.

During his nine years at EE Times, Alex's contributions included the creation of a regular section on embedded computing. He wrote the popular "Embedded Insights" column and broke the acclaimed 1994 story of the Pentium floating-point division bug.

At Byte.com, he authored the monthly "Wolfe's Den" column providing insight into technology from Intel and Microsoft.

Alex has appeared as an industry analyst on the television networks CNN, CNBC and Fox News Channel.

He is also co-author of "From Chips to Systems: An Introduction to Microcomputers, 2nd Edition" (cover, right). His Op-Ed pieces have appeared in The New York Times and Newsday.

Alex has won five Society of Business Press Editors (ASBPE) writing awards and an award from the Association of American Publishers.


Resume

Click here for my resume.


Video
It's a Web 2.0 world, so I'm now a video content creator, specializing in short "technology with attitude" clips. click here to see the vids.







Blog

Go to the Wolfe's Den blog home page. (Wolfe's Den blog was a finalist in the 2008 Jesse H. Neal Awards.)





Clips

InformationWeek.com & TechWeb

Is The Smartphone Your Next Computer?


Inside The GPhone: What To Expect From Google's Android Alliance


Build The Ultimate Quad-Core Desktop With Intel's QX9770


HDTV Buyer's Guide 2008


7 Reasons Why Linux Won't Succeed On The Desktop


Intel's Hottest Quad Core Ever: Build A QX6850 PC Without Busting Your Budget


Quad-Core Processor Buyer's Guide 2007


Ubuntu Linux's Achilles' Heel: It's Tough To Install On Laptops


What To Do When Windows Vista Crashes: Little-Known Recovery Strategies


Inside AMD's Phenom And Opteron Quad-Core Architectures


Inside Intel's Spring Analyst Meeting: 8 Things To Know About Its Quad-Core And Mobile Plans


Top 5 Windows Vista Tips To Personalize Your PC


5 Google Tips To Improve Your Search Experience


Windows Vista Ultimate, 1 Week Before Release: Report Card


First Look: Windows Vista RC2


Top 10 Windows Vista Hits & Misses


Quad-Core Processor Forecast


Dual-Core CPU Buyer's Guide


Build A Dual-Core PC Without Busting Your Budget


Six Things You Didn't Know About Linux: A Beginners' Guide


Five Things You Didn't Know About Apple's iPod


Five Things You Didn't Know About Dual-Core Processors


Five Ways To Keep Your Google Searches Private



(A Couple Of Channel Features)

The Great Grid Computing Partner Grab  Jan. 18, 2005


AMD's 64-Bit Gambit  Aug. 13, 2004



(Very) Deep Tech, from The Semiconductor Reporter

Industry doesn't yet recognize 'sea change' in technology due to power limits, says Intel process guru May 26, 2004


The power problem: Beyond multiple cores and SOI, IBM sees SRAM challenge ahead as geometries scale downward June 10, 2004





IEEE Spectrum

HDTV--Ready for the long drive? June 03


IBM Sets Its Sights on "Autonomic Computing" Jan 02


Putting Pen to Screen On Tablet PCs, page1, page 2 Oct 02


An Open-Source Platform To Tackle Scientific Computing Jun 02



ACM Queue Magazine

Get Your Graphics On: OpenGL Advances with the Times Mar. 04


Samba Does Windows-to-Linux DanceJuly/Aug. 04


Longhorn Ties Platform Apps to Core Operating SystemSept. 04


Intel Is Stealth Source of Heavy-Duty Software ToolsApr. 04


Java is Jumpin', This Time for Real Feb. 04


GNU Tools, Still Relevant? Dec./Jan. 03/04


Eclipse: A Platform Becomes an Open-Source Woodstock Nov. 03


Microsoft's Compact Framework Targets Smart Devices Oct. 03



Byte.com, Wolfe's Den columns

Will HP Efforts Yield Custom Chips? August, 2000


MEMS The Word (From Intel) May, 2001


The Fun We Had -- Soldering April, 2000


Java Is Not A Done Deal July, 2000


Will Transmeta Make It With Crusoe? Feb., 2000


Problem-Solving, Unsung Heroes, And Prediction Jan., 2000


Intel Looks To I/O Future Feb., 2001


Merced Beyond The Millennium Nov., 1999


Transmeta: Embedded Powerhouse Or Pentium Killer? Dec., 1999


Who Decides When Merced Is Fully Cooked? July, 1999


More Byte columns TK



Embedded Systems Programming magazine

Alliances drive embedded Linux toward prime time June, 2000

The Software Side of Crusoe April, 2000

Embedded ICs: Expanding the Possibilities Nov., 2002

VLIW Architecture Emerges as Embedded Alternative Feb., 2001

HP and STMicroelectronics Launch "Lx": A new VLIW architecture promises to shake up the system-on-chip design world Oct., 2000

Real-time Java Wars Yield Uneasy Truce May, 2000




WindowsForDevices  (I was the launch editor in 2002/03)

Analysis: What's ahead for the Tablet PC? 11/09/02

Intel double-duties Smartphone development kits 2/19/03

Microsoft buys Windows ads on Linux web site 11/25/02

FCC opening up smart-device spectrum space 12/23/02

HP farms out manufacture of iPAQ Pocket PC 2/26/03

Microsoft uncharacteristically quiet on big Smartphone news 2/17/03

"Reverse GPS" repositioned as infotainment enabler 12/12/02

Wolfe's Den: Will .NET CF support Smartphone? 2/20/03

Bug report & fix: Large files may slow down CE.NET 11/04/02

Bill Gates says Tablet PCs are the future of computing 11/07/02

Microsoft teases "smart personal objects" initiative 11/18/02

Where does digital-media fit in at Microsoft? [Analysis] 10/13/02

Wolfe's Den: Shared source, shared trust [Opinion] 11/7/02

Weekly newsletter, Jan. 13, 2003

Weekly newsletter, Jan. 21, 2003

Weekly newsletter, Feb. 04, 2003

Weekly newsletter, Feb. 21, 2003

Weekly newsletter, Mar 06, 2003


Electronic Engineering Times

Tech news & features

Intel Settlement May Affect 64-Bit Platforms

Analysis: Intel shows CPU strategies to dominate Internet computing

Two patents shed further light on Merced

Intel Reveals How Merced Will Retain X86 Compatibility

Intel upgrades firmware for IA-64 architecture

Intel protects software with IA-64 patents

Intel tips plans for two additional IA-64 CPUs

Intel Confirms Latest Pentium Glitch

HP Releases Trimaran Compiler For IA-64

Microsoft Challenges Sun's Jini Technology

Microsoft Girds Win CE For Embedded Battle

Microsoft to offer first peek at real-time WinCE

DVD-equipped PC on the way

Time-bomb ticks in no-name Pentium motherboards

Sun's Jini competes for post-PC paydirt

Transmeta's Ditzel looks to VLIW's future at Micro-31

Java cited as weak brew for tech applications

Wind River puts post-PC embedded apps in its sights

U.S. eyes 30-Tflops computer by 2001

AMD working quietly on copper interconnects

Intel Moving to Block IA-64 Cloning

ISI moves embedded Java to real-time markets

Intel preps plan to bust bugs in Pentium MPUs

Merced grips Intel in verification vise

IBM Plans VLIW Chip That Runs Java

Java Virtual Machine at heart of picoJava chip

New design twists await Xeon systems builders

Sun Vows To Perk Up Java-Chip Program

Two Start-ups Seed Java Silicon

HP, Sun Split Over Real-Time Java Spec

New Web Site Tracks Computer Viruses

Intel Hit With $833 Million Patent Lawsuit

Multiprocessing Bugs Aren't New To Pentium II


EETimes: "Wolfe's Den" columns

McNealy comes to TV

WinCE sparks RTOS chatter

Sun sees the light on Java

Java silicon gets real

Make time for Micro-31

Sic transit Comdex?

Real-time Java disputes

MIPS makes embedded run

Intel spreads CPU tentacles

The challenge of Java chips

Unix clipping NT's wings?

Flying on Ada and a prayer

Merced tipoff in HP compiler

Cracking Katmai

What makes Merced tick?

'Hard' CE faces hard sell



Embedded Watch

Microsoft patents "interactive entertainment" 5/31/03

World-beater 3D graphics IC due at HotChips 6/18/03

Ill wind blows for Wind River 8/6/03

More



Encyclopedia Britannica
Yearbook of science and the future

2000 TK

1999 TK



Water's Magazine

Battle of the superservers Dec., 2001





Quoted as analyst in the press

Salon TK
Ziff-Davis TK
USA Today TK
San Jose Mercury News TK



Also available in hard copy are older (pre-Web) clips from Electronics magazine, Computers in Physics, Mechanical Engineering magazine, Datamation, and Supercomputing Review.