The Economist: Wi-Fi's big brother. Heavyweights such as Intel, Nokia and AT&T are lining up behind the standard. Sean Maloney, the head of Intel's telecoms division, says it will put "the next 5 billion users" on the internet. But whereas WiMax has promise, says John Yunker, an analyst at Pyramid Research, it is currently surrounded by much confusion and "a ton of hype". [Tomalak's Realm]

 

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DIY...Technology Review: Home Is Where the Server Is. Simson Garfinkel. Well, I've had a server in my basement since 1995, and frankly, I wouldn't want to live without it. Always running, my server holds my personal files, my music collection, and all of the digital data that I've been building up over the past 20 years. [Tomalak's Realm]

 

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Filming the Hand That's Stealing His Wallet. Bob Arno, a security consultant in Las Vegas, spends seven months each year traveling the world filming pickpockets and other street thieves. By With Francine Parnes. [New York Times: Technology]

 

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Final robot grunts picked for $1million DARPA race. Slow going [The Register]

 

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Groove, Kubi extend collaboration workspaces. Groove 3.0 brings common tasks, contacts to one location.

 

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MySQL Cluster gets ready to ship. Open source database gets high availability technology [InfoWorld: Top News]

 

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T-Mobile ware to ease hot-spot searches. The wireless communications company releases software to make it easier for subscribers to find and connect to its hot spots. [CNET News.com]

 

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