Palm puts pedal to metal for Tungsten W. The handheld maker gets set to ship its new hybrid phone, organizer and e-mail device, with service from partner AT&T Wireless. [CNET News.com]
7:23:02 PM    

Hopes dashed for UK IT jobs recovery. Sits Not Vacant [The Register]
7:22:33 PM    

World's biggest Luddite bares teeth in IT jobs spat. The Not so Lucky Country [The Register]
7:22:01 PM    

Synthetic Turf to Replace Grass at Giants Stadium. The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority announced that FieldTurf would become the new surface for the Giants, Jets and MetroStars at Giants Stadium. By Frank Litsky. [New York Times: Technology]
7:20:16 PM    

Priceline Says Sales Are Up. Priceline.com, the Internet travel service, said that first-quarter hotel sales to date rose more than a third. By Bloomberg News. [New York Times: Technology]
7:19:44 PM    

Napster gets a new lease of life. Napster, the pioneering online music file swapping service, will be relaunched by the end of the year as a legal subscription service. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
7:19:08 PM    

Premier 100: CIOs debate security, privacy, Linux and outsourcing issues. During a freewheeling panel discussion at the Premier 100 conference today, CIOs debated issues ranging from data privacy to wireless networking, what works and what doesn't. [Computerworld News]
7:18:35 PM    

Costa Rica's digital nature. Costa Rica is putting all its animal and plant life online to create a digital record of its rich ecosystem. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
7:17:58 PM    

Rainforest tree eats up pollution. A plant that absorbs large amounts of carbon dioxide, the global warming gas, is identified in Brazil. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
7:16:54 PM    

UK 'lags in e-government'. The UK is way behind other parts of Europe in providing useful e-government services, a study shows. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
7:16:20 PM    

LA Times: Internet users drive South Korean politics. [Scripting News]
7:15:01 PM    

Into flash phone hardware?

Samsung starts testing next 'Matrix' phone [InfoWorld: Top News]

7:12:52 PM    

LA Times: Studios, Firms in Piracy Talks. This time, the issue is how to preserve anti-copying signals on a digital television show, online video or DVD when converted from digital to analog. That kind of conversion, which has to happen before a digital program can be sent to the vast majority of TV sets, is inherently fatal to digital copy-protection techniques. [Tomalak's Realm]
7:10:06 PM    

Linux servers to host Office. New software from CodeWeavers will allow Linux servers to host Microsoft Office and other Windows productivity applications for hundreds of Linux or Unix users. [CNET News.com]
7:09:27 PM    

Ars Technica: "We're probably Harvard's oldest blog, and we're certainly its most popular." [Scripting News]
7:08:41 PM    

The instant messaging ...problem...?

IT managers must control instant messaging [InfoWorld: Top News]

7:07:30 PM    

Does this have anything to do with sustainable landscapes...sustainable landscaping?

WebHeadline:Sun backs bio-IT research [InfoWorld: Top News]

7:05:10 PM    

Are your servers secure?  Should they be?

Premier 100: What's the worst-case scenario for IT security?. A panel of security experts presented a scenario of an IT disaster of major proportions -- and there wasn't a happy ending. [Computerworld News]

7:02:59 PM    

Does anyone use Instant Messaging for other than chatting with friends?

Integration key to moving IM into the enterprise. As instant messaging use accelerates in the workplace, corporations need to understand how best to integrate IM with their existing IT infrastructure. [Computerworld News]

7:01:26 PM