Tuesday, May 07, 2002

InfoWorld: N+I: Intel unveils 10-Gigabit Ethernet, dual wireless LAN. [Hack the Planet] 9:03:06 PM

Eric Norlin interviews Microsoft's Charles Fitzgerald.  [Scripting News] 8:47:09 PM

Microsoft: Few Changes to OS. A Microsoft exec concedes in court that the company hasn't really made that many changes to Windows in response to last year's antitrust verdict. It wasn't technically required to. But the admission may not help much. Robert Zarate reports from Washington. [Wired News] 2:34:14 PM

Five Worlds [of software] [joelonsoftware] 1:45:41 PM

Top 20 IT Anthems [Zdnet UK] 1:08:57 PM

Wife fakes theft so husband wouldn't view porn 1:07:31 PM

Unfazed by Defectors, Sun's Chief Charts Next Era. Scott G. McNealy made the rounds among his senior managers recently insisting that those who were not ready to sign up for the next five years, step aside. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Technology] The second half of the article is talking about Sun's newer strategy which they hope will make them less vulnerable to price battles in the hardware market, and move sun away from a being a hardware player. Also mentions a strategy called N1. 12:37:20 PM

States Call Microsoft Out on Music. A Microsoft official acknowledged that the company uses its Web browser to play digital music files even if the user has already chosen a different music player. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology] 11:05:31 AM

Microsoft gives developers a voice. Hoping to spur adoption of speech recognition technology, the company releases a test version of a new development tool that helps software interact with a human voice. [CNET News.com] 10:54:20 AM

Microsoft Expands in Europe With Navision Deal. Microsoft said today that it was buying Navision, Europe's fifth-largest software company, in a deal worth about $1.3 billion. By Paul Abrahams, Ft.com. [New York Times: Technology] 10:51:17 AM

Allchin stands up for Windows security. The states' antitrust remedy would expose Microsoft's OSes to hackers and viruses, and could further the illegal spread of digital content, according to Windows exec Jim Allchin. [CNET News.com] 10:44:34 AM