Thursday, December 26, 2002

Speaking of ZigBee, here's a comparision of ZigBee vs. Bluetooth (PDF) prepared by the ZigBee Alliance. [The Bluetooth Weblog]
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Persistent Drop in Fertility Reshapes Europe's Future. Fertility rates have plummeted over the last decades in Western Europe, shifting one-child families close to the statistical norm. By Frank Bruni. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
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Now Your Cellphone Can Remember Mom's Birthday. Sync your cellphone's calendar and address book with your PC, and leave your organizer at home. By Joe Hutsko. [New York Times: Technology]
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Rupert Goodwins reports in ZDNet UK on his techology predictions for 2003.
Look out for Zigbee, the low power, low speed technology promised to be cheaper than Bluetooth and to run for months on ordinary batteries, but it has competitors; with Microsoft launching Bluetooth systems that don't work with other Bluetooth devices, beware the fragmentation of the market into different semi-standards.
[The Bluetooth Weblog]
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Divine regroups and slims down. The company's buying spree is over, and it's now realigning operations to cut costs and become more efficient. [Computerworld Software News]
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FCC Approves Vivato's First Product Offering. Smart-antenna-based Wi-Fi Switch, first unveiled last month when developer Vivato emerged from stealth mode, gets thumbs-up from Washington regulators. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
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3G from ATT Delayed, Scaled Back. Instead of launching WCDMA service in major U.S. markets next June, the rollout will now be limited to four cities -- San Francisco, Seattle, Dallas and San Diego -- and won't be ready until the end of 2004. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
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Post-Boom Meal Plan: Order Online. The online food delivery model isn't buried with Kozmo.com and Webvan. Two Manhattan-based startups plan to succeed where others have failed -- and make money, too. By Dan Levine. [Wired News]
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