Darn and tarnation!! I'd have loved to join Dave and Bay Area folks for a blogger get together, but I'll just miss it by a hair. Dave hits the West Coast July 12-16, whereas I hit same (Menlo Park) July 6-12! I'll be in Las Vegas July 12-16. Don't know if any other bloggers will be at CAWorld, but let me know if you are, and maybe we can lose some collective blogging money on the tables or the one-armed bandits...
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HP endorses open grid standards. The technology giant, saying it wants computers to work well together, donates grid-computing software to the cause. [CNET News.com]
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Irish bloggers meeting: Are people still interested in meeting up on Saturday, July 5th? If this only has so-so interest, we can do something late in July. Or of course, someone else can set something up! I am away in mid-July.

10:51:43 AM  #   your two cents []

I also have a long interview in today's paper with Dr Chris Horn, the co-founder and former chairman of Iona Technologies, who returned to his original role as chief executive following the resignation of Barry Morris and poor results:

Right now, there's only one obvious question to ask Dr Chris Horn: "What went wrong?"

His answer, straightforward and more resolute than resigned, is equally blunt: "Where to start?"

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More on data retention in Ireland: Correspondence and documentation I received under the Freedom of Information Act from the Department of Communications reveals it has some major concerns about the Department of Justice's proposed three year data retention bill. Full story here from today's Irish Times; this is an excerpt:

According to the Department's comments, the Bill "is likely to impose significant costs on operators and service providers. This is a matter of considerable concern to the Department in light of the global downturn in the information and communications technologies sector".

A three-year retention period "would impose significant initial capital expenditure costs on operators as well as ongoing expenditure related to operational requirements. This would likely be an additional deterrent to market entry by new service providers. It must also be assumed that additional costs for industry will result in increased costs for subscribers and users".

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Zoo tracks children with Bluetooth tags. Using Bluetooth technology, Denmark's Aalborg Zoo is setting up a system that lets parents use their cell phones to keep tabs on their children's whereabouts. [CNET News.com]
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Dell readies new PDA, Smartphone. Axim handheld to offer integrated Wi-Fi, cell phone radios [InfoWorld: Top News]
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Record Companies Prepare Lawsuit Blitz. The big record companies, though their industry association, are going to sue the daylights out of file sharers. [Dan Gillmor's eJournal]
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Japan to cooperate with Europe on Mercury mission. Japan is set to approve plans to cooperate with Europe on an ambitious Mercury orbiter and lander mission scheduled for early next decade. [spacetoday.net]
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Microsoft Can Leave Java Out of Windows, Court Rules. A federal appeals court swept aside a lower court injunction that ordered Microsoft to distribute the Java software of Sun Microsystems. [New York Times: Technology]
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Finally, a Public Resting Place for History's Motherboards. Money is still tight, but at least the Computer History Museum now has a home. [New York Times: Technology]
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