Wednesday, August 20, 2003

WIRED: PowerPoint Is Evil. Edward Tufte. At a minimum, a presentation format should do no harm. Yet the PowerPoint style routinely disrupts, dominates, and trivializes content. Thus PowerPoint presentations too often resemble a school play -very loud, very slow, and very simple. [Tomalak's Realm] 1:57:20 PM

InfoWorld: Microsoft to lock down MSN Messenger network. Sundwall would not comment on what type of agreement Microsoft would want with third-party IM software providers. "We are very interested in interoperating with all third parties, there just needs to be a formal agreement," he said. [Tomalak's Realm] 1:57:01 PM

New Radio macro: Monthly Archive links. David Phillips has written a new Radio macro that creates links to Radio's monthly archive pages. You can see how the macro works on David's weblog. By lawrence@userland.com (Lawrence Lee). [UserLand Product News] 1:56:30 PM

Key FCC broadband rules expected soon. The Federal Communications Commission is poised to release controversial rules that many believe will shape the future of the broadband and telecommunications business. [CNET News.com] 1:55:52 PM

Geeks Grapple With Virus Invasion. Security experts are finding plenty of targets to blame for an onslaught of worms and viruses over the last two weeks. Among the targets: ego-ridden hackers, bad Microsoft code and clueless users. By Michelle Delio. [Wired News] 1:55:35 PM

When Bad Breath Means Bad News. A simple breath test promises to become an excellent diagnostic tool for identifying chronic conditions like neurological disorders and diabetes. Hector Mackenzie reports from Inverness, Scotland. [Wired News] 1:55:09 PM

Outlook Express: dead, not dead, or just deadly?. All of the above... [The Register] 1:53:54 PM

Salkever: No G5 iMacs, laptops for now is a 'wise' move. By not using the PowerPC G5 chips in iMacs and laptops just yet, Apple is "wisely awaiting" the improvements that will "make a good thing even better," Alex Salkever writes in the latest Byte of the Apple column at Business Week Online. [MacCentral] 1:51:50 PM