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• Moblin.org provides a glimpse into MID/netbook development

  Moblin.org is Intel's Linux-based initiative to develop a software stack for a new range of highly mobile computing devices, including MIDs (mobile Internet Devices) and netbooks (like the Classmate). This ...

  Tags: Christopher Dawson, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Moblin.org, Developer, Marketing, Mobile Computing, Mobile, Wireless, Netbooks

  Apr 06, 2008 4:36 PM PDT

• In Web world of 24/7 stress, writers blog till they drop

  Some professional bloggers complain of the stressful demands of a constant flow of news and comment.The New York TimesThe stress of blogging: Why I didn't make the cut (ZDNet) They ...

  Tags: Digital media,

  Apr 06, 2008 3:46 PM PDT

• 9000 PCs in Swiss schools going Linux only

  9000 computers in Swiss schools have been dual-booting Windows and and Ubuntu for some time now in anticipation of guidelines from the Switzerland's Department of Public Instruction, whose motto is ...

  Tags: Software, Christopher Dawson, Tools & Techniques, PC, Management, Computer, Operating Systems, F/OSS, Productivity, Open Source

  Apr 06, 2008 3:45 PM PDT

• Google to launch BigTable this week?

  It sounds like the press is being briefed on a new service Google is about to release to developers -- possibly as early as this week. The service is called ...

  Tags: Garett Rogers, Marketing, Storage, Amazon.com Inc., Marketing Research, Pricing, Hardware, BigTable, Google Inc.

  Apr 06, 2008 1:42 PM PDT

• JavaFX preview coming in May with a 1.0 release "shortly thereafter"

  I've been really bad about keeping up with the news lately because we're in Europe with the on AIR tour but during our RIA Weekly podcast, Coté mentioned an article ...

  Tags: Software/Web Development, Programming Languages, JavaFX, Rich Internet Application, Software Development, Podcasts, Ryan Stewart, Internet, Java

  Apr 06, 2008 12:42 PM PDT

• Can Technology Meet the Challenge?

  I remember when there were population explosion predictions more than forty years ago: famine and global doom were touted as likely outcomes. Then farmng practics and crop varieties changed and ...

  Tags: Global Warming, Humans, Famine, Harry Fuller

  Apr 06, 2008 12:34 PM PDT

• That's a QED - on "odd internet risks"

  Back on February 12th of this year I had this bit in my blog for the day -dedicated the proposition that bad guys can abuse your internet access for their ...

  Tags: Richard Warman, Paul Murphy, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Mr., Internet

  Apr 06, 2008 12:33 PM PDT

• IT search and SCM search may together bridge the design time-run time divide

  Productivity improvements in software development and deployment strategies will ultimately have to reckon with the lingering lack of feedback between design time and run time. Software is still a hand-off ...

  Tags: Krugle, Software, Operational Planning, Tools & Techniques, Management, Application, Dana Gardner, SCM, Business Operations, Asset Management

  Apr 06, 2008 11:27 AM PDT

• A mobile Linux reporter's notebook

  A great mobile Linux device starts with a set of requirements. It's not enough to say, oh we'll use Prizm or we'll build it with Qtopia, the LiMo stack, OpenMoko ...

  Tags: Software, Operating Systems, Mobile Linux Reporter, Mobile Linux, Linux, Dana Blankenhorn, Mobile, Notebook

  Apr 06, 2008 11:03 AM PDT

• VR study says 40% of us are paranoid

  UK researchers have recently used virtual reality (VR) to check if people had paranoid thoughts when using public transportation. Their VR tube ride experiment revealed that 40% of the participants ...

  Tags: Virtual Reality, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille

  Apr 06, 2008 9:41 AM PDT

• I'm dying to blog on the NYT story, but it's nothing to lose sleep over

  The blogosphere is having a field day with The New York Times page one Sunday story on killer blogs. (They came from Africa via South America, and are moving north ...

  Tags: Blogging, Story, Dana Gardner, Blog, Internet

  Apr 06, 2008 9:36 AM PDT

• Crazed supermodel pissed at Heathrow T5 failure

    While researching a detailed post on Heathrow's T5 baggage systems failure, I came upon this tidbit regarding supermodel Naomi Campbell. Turns out she was traveling through the airport, learned ...

  Tags: Blogging, British Airways Plc., Corporate Governance, Productivity, Michael Krigsman, Corporate Law, Business Operations, Internet

  Apr 06, 2008 8:06 AM PDT

• Anatomy of a 'Blogging will kill you' story: Why I didn't make the cut

  I read the New York Times' take on how the stress of blogging and how it can kill you with great interest: I was interviewed for it. But I pretty ...

  Tags: Blogging, Larry Dignan, Matt Richtel, Internet

  Apr 06, 2008 4:48 AM PDT

• Walt Mossberg says 3G iPhone coming within 60 days

  There has been a lot of speculation on when the 3G version of the iPhone would be coming, but today Walt Mossberg appeared to let the cat out of the ...

  Tags: Personal Technology, 3G, Consumer Electronics, Cellular Phones, Walt Mossberg, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Apple iPhone, Wireless, Video

  Apr 05, 2008 9:59 PM PDT

• What mobile Linux is missing

  Design. While lots of people (including Paula) were ga-ga over the promise of mobile Linux as exhibited at Intel's Developer Forum in Shanghai, I couldn't help noticing that the devices ...

  Tags: Software, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Mobile Linux, Linux, Dana Blankenhorn, Mobile, Shanghai, China

  Apr 05, 2008 6:08 PM PDT

• China allows access to English Wikipedia

  Authorities have lifted a block on the English-language version of online encyclopedia, but politically sensitive topics such as Tibet and Tiananmen Square are still off limits. (From Reuters) Chinese authorities ...

  Tags: Politics & government,

  Apr 05, 2008 6:04 PM PDT

• Ballmer tells Yahoo board: Get off the pot

  On April 5, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sent a new missive to the Yahoo board of directors, advising them not to let "this window of opportunity pass" by failing to ...

  Tags: Corporate Governance, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley, Board, Financial Accounting, Steve Ballmer, Corporate Law, Finance, Business Operations, Yahoo! Inc.

  Apr 05, 2008 5:49 PM PDT

• The three week Microhoo countdown begins...

  Microsoft took off the gloves and gave Yahoo three weeks to negotiate or the software giant will launch a proxy war. In a Saturday memo, Microsoft dropped the negotiating through ...

  Tags: Microsoft Corp., Financial Accounting, Steve Ballmer, Larry Dignan, Finance, Yahoo! Inc., Shareholder

  Apr 05, 2008 5:44 PM PDT

• What do we Americans want? Individuals shopping for, longing for greener transport. Where the h--- is it?

  Americans are saying they want more economical and environmentally friendly fuel, and they're backing that up with action. Two separate looks at American drivers found that many are saying and ...

  Tags: Americans, Car, Alternative Fuel, Harry Fuller

  Apr 05, 2008 3:19 PM PDT

• UPDATE: $3 billion Census Bureau IT failure

  The Census Bureau's $600 million custom-handheld initiative has finally been scrapped. The upshot: the 2010 census will now cost $3 billion more than planned. Guess those pesky handheld computers are ...

  Tags: Management, Translation, Handhelds, Strategy, Michael Krigsman, Information Technology, Hardware, Census Bureau

  Apr 05, 2008 9:29 AM PDT

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