Tuesday, October 29, 2002

Wireless WarDrive: Wee Bit of Fun. Aficionados of fledgling wireless networks have taken to their cars, locating plenty of security breaches. In Manhattan, 'WarDrivers' sadly found too few places to, um, go.

Network Tries to Foil Ad Skipping. The schedule of a new cable network, Fine Living, has been to set up to foil personal video recorders like TiVo from digitally skipping commercials.

Dell to Join Handheld Market in 2003: Dell Computer Corp. said Tuesday it would introduce a handheld personal digital assistant device in the United States sometime next year.

DVD burning a hot ticket for laptops: Toshiba on Tuesday plans to unveil its first notebook capable of DVD burning. But an ongoing standards battle and other competition could throw some cold water on its plans.

Slashdot: Group Outlines Specs For Linux-based Set-top boxes

David Berlind: Why wireless still isn't ready for prime time

David Coursey: New Microsoft cell phone: Why I just love it!

David Coursey: More than a mouse: How MS is embracing Bluetooth

New Palm PDAs run almost a week without recharging: Man, I wish I had $500 bucks burning a hole in my pocket.

IBM Says It's Time for 'Smart Homes': IBM is joining the Internet Home Alliance as a principal and board member. The alliance is a nonprofit group whose goal is to promote cross-industry collaboration, research and real-world testing opportunities for concepts and products such Smart Home, VOiP, Interactive TV, games, video conferencing and video on demand.

TV Linux Alliance releases first spec (vers. 0.8): The specification simplifies the implementation of TV middleware and device drivers for the Linux operating environment, allowing network operators to select from a variety of vendors whose offerings are interoperable with the common API.

Nokia and Orca Interactive team up to deliver broadband iTV services for fixed network operators

Concurrent Computer 1st Quarter Revenue $22.1 Million: Concurrent Computer Corp.'s first-quarter earnings were a penny shy of a Thomson First Call analysts' consensus estimate, compiled from a survey of 11 analysts.