Saturday, November 9, 2002

Fighting Microsoft The Open-Source Way : Apple, IBM, and Sun have opened up their software code to the public in their battle against Redmond. It just might work. (Business 2.0 via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu] 9:07:44 PM    comment []

Slashdot | Secure PDAs. An anonymous reader writes "This article at LinuxDevices.com introduces a unique Linux-based 'secure PDA' co-developed by IBM and Consumer Direct Link, Inc. (CDL). The Paron MPC combines the functions of a PDA, Bluetooth wireless access, cellular telephone, and biometric fingerprint recognition, along with a security-oriented hardware/software architecture. The device is claimed to be the world's first handheld wireless device with built-in biometric user authentication. The Paron is based on an Intel StrongARM SA-1110 processor and uses a Linux 2.4.x kernel and provides a GUI environment and PDA app suite based on Trolltech's Qtopia and Opera's browser much like the Sharp Zaurus." [Privacy Digest] 6:46:50 PM    comment []