IBM portal takes dictation. Big Blue introduces a new tool that lets its personalized business portals take dictation from cell phones with a vocabulary of hundreds of thousands of words. [CNET News.com]
8:52:46 PM    

Who can tell me that they would not like to have their bid schedules linked to procurement resources?  EDS to link purchasing and design software. Move connects engineering and procurement teams early [InfoWorld: Top News]
8:52:06 PM    

Macromedia suite half off with new Mac. In an attempt to boost its share of the Macintosh market, Macromedia cuts in half the price of its Studio MX Web content-creation software suite for people who buy a new Mac. [CNET News.com]
8:48:47 PM    

The Zen of technology acquisition. With the current need for companies to focus on ROI, it is even more crucial that IT decisions be made objectively and impartially. [Computerworld News]
8:47:28 PM    

All for one and one for all saves money. ViewSonic spent $750,000 to migrate its ERP systems to a single, customization-free instance of Oracle 11i -- a move that now is saving it millions of dollars per year in personnel and systems costs. [Computerworld News]
8:46:52 PM    

IBM adds new Linux centers. Big Blue adds several new centers worldwide devoted to Linux specialties in energy, government and mainframes, part of its effort to spread the operating system as widely as possible. [CNET News.com]
8:46:03 PM    

Get your Face off My Pitch. The Mighty Kahn 1: EA FIFA World Cup 2002 0 [The Register]
8:45:13 PM    

Mediocrity Trumps in Oddball Race. The top prize in the fifth annual Kinetic Sculpture Race goes to the team that finishes right in the middle of the pack. And that's not even the weirdest aspect of this 15-mile event, billed as a collision of art and engineering. Michelle Delio reports from Baltimore. [Wired News]
8:44:23 PM    

War drive?  Through what kind of landscape?  Licensed to War Drive in N.H.. A proposed law could legalize the unauthorized use of open wireless connections in the Granite State. Digital rights activists hail the law as 'enlightened.' By Brian McWilliams. [Wired News]
8:43:46 PM    

Comical Ali resurfaces. Linux is a lie! [The Register]
8:42:09 PM    

Jon Udell: Blogs and InfoWorld. [Scripting News]
8:39:16 PM    

Howard Kurtz: "It seems this morning that bloggers have taken over the world. Or at least the 2004 presidential campaign. Or at least the not-so-invisible primary leading up to the campaign. The pundits are blogging. The journalists are blogging. And now the candidates are blogging." [Scripting News]
8:38:40 PM    

Viruses bite businesses hard. Viruses are getting nastier and better at damaging computers and networks, says a survey. [BBC News | Technology | UK Edition]
8:37:54 PM    

N+I: Wi-Fi group certifies security. Wi-Fi Alliance touts first products that comply with WPA [InfoWorld: Top News]
8:37:11 PM    

Tablet PC receives Pentium M boost. Motion Computing plans to put a little more swing into its tablet PC next month with a model featuring Intel's new 900MHz ultra-low-voltage version of the Pentium M. [CNET News.com]
8:35:14 PM    

Mobiles hail London cabs. Makes waving redundant [The Register]
8:34:16 PM    

Lights go up on CinemaNow, MGM deal. In its latest major Hollywood studio partnership, the company, which offers downloadable digital video, says it is licensing films from MGM Home Entertainment. [CNET News.com]
8:32:57 PM    

Sprint touts first Bluetooth CDMA phone. Company to offer Sony Ericsson T608 device [InfoWorld: Top News]
8:32:11 PM    

Storage gadgets, gimmicks at trade show. Those who want to try out networked storage on the cheap should keep an eye out for the NetDisk from Ximeta. Also at Networld+Interop: trampolines and game shows. [CNET News.com]
8:30:58 PM    

Real-time intelligence rises to surface. Analytics comes into focus in quest to improve supply chain [InfoWorld: Top News]
8:29:20 PM    

Oracle looks to scale management tool. Product is rewritten [InfoWorld: Top News]
8:28:39 PM    

If you are into elegant landscape design...Knuth is about elegant programming.  The Whole Knuth, and nothing but the Knuth. Letters Hardware Engineers are from Venus, Software Engineers are from Mars [The Register]
8:28:06 PM