Out-of-the-box airline carries over offbeat approach to IT. JetBlue Airways, the 3-year-old discount airline that has defied the odds and succeeded while most other airlines are struggling, takes an offbeat approach to running both its business and its IT operations. [Computerworld News]
6:27:43 PM    

Study: North American developers hit harder by layoffs than European developers. North American developers are paid more, but European developers are content with their jobs. [Computerworld News]
6:26:58 PM    

Baan pushes business intelligence wares. The software maker plans to announce its new "Measure Up" initiative tomorrow at the CeBIT trade show in Germany. [Computerworld News]
6:26:09 PM    

Hot-spot wannabes could get burned. Operators in search of a windfall are racing to set up wireless Internet hot spots, but the popularity of Wi-Fi is no guarantee of commercial success. [CNET News.com]
6:25:30 PM    

India Begins Lost Temple Dig. Archeologists in India will start digging for the remains of a temple in the northern town of Ayodya Wednesday that some Hindus say was buried under a 16th-century mosque. The legendary lost temple has long been a lightning rod for Hindu-Muslim tensions. [Wired News]
6:23:09 PM    

Want Fries or Wireless With That?. McDonald's customers who buy certain combination meals in New York City will also receive one free hour of wireless high-speed Internet access. And if they want another hour, they can pay $3 -- or buy another extra-value meal. Guaranteed to increase your bandwidth. [Wired News]
6:22:35 PM    

How Hydrogen Can Save America. Oil has held the United States hostage for a century, but the nation can be energy-independent in 10 years. Here's a five-point plan to reshape the economy. By Peter Schwartz and Doug Randall from Wired magazine. [Wired News]
6:21:58 PM    

Netherlands No Hacker Haven. Despite their country's permissive reputation, the Dutch don't have a license to swap copyrighted files, legal experts say. Recent publicity for the Honest Thief fed the misconception. By DaithÌ " hAnluain. [Wired News]
6:21:31 PM    

Free Wireless on Newberry Street. A computer reseller in Boston sets up a wireless network that gives denizens of cafÈs and bookstores in the vicinity free access to the Internet -- as long as they don't mind viewing an occasional pop-up ad. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
6:21:08 PM    

What Your Clothes Say About You. Clothing designer Benetton plans to weave radio frequency ID chips into its garment tags. While Benetton is poised to save money by tracking the clothes with RFID, it could also mean a loss of customers' privacy. By Elisa Batista. [Wired News]
6:20:21 PM    

Bollywood enters digital age. India's film theatres are embracing new technology, as movies are converted into a digital format. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
6:20:01 PM    

Tech slump coming to an end. The worst is over for the slump-stricken IT industry, say politicians and industry leaders at the giant CeBIT trade fair in Germany. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
6:19:31 PM    

Buy this supercomputer on eBay. Punters with large garages only need apply [The Register]
6:18:14 PM    

Europe finds MS guilty, but wonders what to do about it. Have we been here before? [The Register]
6:17:38 PM    

Commentary: Macromedia lacks common sense. The dizzying new design of Macromedia's Web site has more fundamental problems than its incompatibility with Apple's Safari browser. [CNET News.com]
6:17:05 PM    

Psion-Tek netBook in Swiss 4,000 unit GPRS deal. A customer? Good heavens... [The Register]
6:16:38 PM    

Survey finds little sign of IT rebound. Information technology spending has stabilized, but talk of general improvement for the rest of the year is premature, according to a new survey from Goldman Sachs. [CNET News.com]
6:15:31 PM    

IBM, BellSouth team up for hosting. Duo to offer network services [InfoWorld: Top News]
6:14:24 PM    

Swiss move to block Al Qaeda mobile phone supply. It's not just the clocks, then? [The Register]
6:04:31 PM    

Windows to support storage standard. Microsoft says it will add support in Windows for the recently approved iSCSI storage standard, which allows storage networks to be built using existing Ethernet networks. [CNET News.com]
6:03:47 PM    

Cingular, T-Mobile go gear shopping. Cingular Wireless turns to Lucent to increase its network's capacity, and T-Mobile plans to sprinkle Nortel Networks 3G cell phone equipment throughout Europe. [CNET News.com]
6:02:27 PM    

3Com launches Power over Ethernet family. POE eliminates need for power connections on each device [InfoWorld: Top News]
6:01:15 PM