Monday, January 21, 2002



Paul Boutin has Bill Gates's memo on security.  [Scripting News]
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Intel readies speedier mobile chips [IDG InfoWorld]
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Logica builds SMS roaming service. Operator Friendly [The Register]
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Getting sexual with Virgin textual. Flirting by SMS [The Register]
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Dawn of the real-time enterprise [IDG InfoWorld]
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Lotus links to Web services [IDG InfoWorld]
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Vendors fortify Web services' messaging [IDG InfoWorld]
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Palm to unveil OS 5 [IDG InfoWorld]
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Streamlining IT [IDG InfoWorld]
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Who wins if AOL swallows RedHat?. Trick question [The Register]
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Computerworld: Anticiparallelism. Microsoft Corp. researcher Eric Horvitz says he's trying to figure out "what a computer should worry about when its thumbs are twiddling." Computers spend a huge amount of time twiddling their digital digits, wasting computational resources, he says. [Tomalak's Realm]
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Useit.Com: Field Studies Done Right: Fast and Observational. Field studies are one of the most valuable methods for setting a design project's direction and discovering unmet user needs. But studying and questioning users does no good if you tell them the answers--because then you won't truly learn anything new. [Tomalak's Realm]
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Web Informant: The new digital home hub. The sexy Apple iMac, Microsoft's Freestyle and Mira technologies and delivery of the latest Sony Vaio desktops all portend great things for the well-connected home. The trouble is, while each of these efforts have some promise, all are ultimately doomed to failure. [Tomalak's Realm]
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Boingo delivers 1.0 of its Wi-Fi software: Boingo announced this evening that their 1.0 release is available for download, and that 400 locations are included in their initial rollout. As the company said in December and reiterated in today's press release, several hundred more hot spots will be available as part of their first pass. It's unclear at the moment why they're starting with 400, although the locations mentioned correspond closely to Wayport outlets. The next wave mentions a number of airports that have service from the former Global Digital Media (unreachable since summer) and partners of hereUare Communications. More news as it emerges.

[80211b News]
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