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Nikon Releases WiFi Digital Camera. LegendOfLink writes "Nikon just revealed the world's first WiFi-enabled camera! It runs 802.11b/g and allows users to send files over a network. From the blurb: "Wireless shooting automatically transfers each picture to a selected computer as soon as it is shot. Pictures can then be viewed with Nikon's powerful yet fun-to-use and easy PictureProject software. And wireless printing delivers the convenience of cable-free direct printing to PictBridge-compatible printers. All these functions are easy to implement, too. Just set them up with the Wizard utility to enjoy easy wireless capabilities that add outstanding flexibility to the digital photography experience. " [Slashdot]

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The View from the Top of Husband Hill. chriscrick writes "After 14 months of climbing, the Mars rover Spirit has reached the summit of Husband Hill, 269 feet above the edge of the Martian plain. The panoramic view from the top is spectacular. According to lead scientist Steve Squyres, 'What field geologists typically do - and Spirit is a robotic field geologist - is you climb to the top of the nearest hill and take a look around so you get the lay of the land and figure out where you want to go.'" [Slashdot]

9:01:59 AM

Gulf Coast storm and floods challenge IT. Even companies that have prepared for disasters by geographically distributing their data centers or contracting for extended stays at hot sites may not have taken into account the magnitude of the crisis spawned by Hurricane Katrina in Gulf Coast states. [Computerworld News]

8:59:30 AM

New Orleans multimedia firm turns to telecommuting. Brad Brewster, founder and creative director New Orleans-based Bent Media Inc., fled the city ahead of Hurricane Katrina and is now telecommuting from a safe distance to keep his business open. [Computerworld News]

8:58:18 AM

Smartballs come to relief of footie refs. They think it's all... bugger, the system's crashed [The Register]

8:57:18 AM

Trusted Computing standards won't apply to Vista - Schneier. Machiavellian software machinations [The Register]

8:56:26 AM

Zotob worm perps: hanging's too good for 'em. Letters Straight talk on violence, surveys and 'mobes' [The Register]

8:55:43 AM

IBM developerWorks: But does it come in purple? Most customization options do very little to alleviate repetitive tasks. Cutting a few centimeters off of the total area a mouse travels in a 10-step process does not substantially alter the time it takes to perform the process. On the other hand, certain customization options are very important, at least for some users. [Tomalak's Realm]

8:54:36 AM

The Role of GIS in Response to Hurricane Katrina. The Role of GIS in Response to Hurricane Katrina [GISCafe.com Weekly Reviews]

8:53:29 AM

Air travel to become more high-tech, study says.

(InfoWorld) - Almost half the world's airlines plan to offer some form of in-flight communications for passengers by the end of 2007, with most favoring Internet access, e-mail and SMS (short messaging service), according to a new study released this week.

By James_Niccolai@idg.com (James Niccolai). [InfoWorld: Top News]

8:51:06 AM

Jabber to roll out IM appliance next week.

(InfoWorld) - SMBs looking for an easy solution for instant messaging will get access next week to a new secure business-grade IM appliance from Jabber. On Tuesday, Jabber will ship its JabberNow appliance, which the company says can allow SMBs and enterprise workgroups to set up secure IM in about 15 minutes.

The plug-and-play appliance is based on Jabber's XCP (Extensible Communications Platform) for enterprises, which in turn is based on the XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) open standard.

The decision to package Jabber's enterprise technology into an appliance was driven largely by government customers who were looking for quick IM and presence interoperability with state and local agencies but didn't want to require the smaller agencies to buy into a whole software stack, said Michael Helfrich, senior vice president of product strategy and marketing.

"With the appliance, we took XCP and insulated the complexity of configuration. We made it Linksys simple," he said, referring to the easy-to-configure wireless router from Cisco Systems.

Other industries Jabber is targeting with the appliance include financial services, manufacturing, legal, and consulting.

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