Month: October 2003

Yet Another Laszlo Widget – III. Laszlo Booklist Application. The animated book list at the bottom of my home page was written in Laszlo. It's 42 lines of code, and was written entirely in a text editor (emacs) — all the images are courtesy of Amazon. I was inspired to write this by Mark and… Continue reading Yet Another Laszlo Widget – III

ZDNet UK – Microsoft moves to integrate Windows with BIOS. A deal with BIOS maker Phoenix Technologies would allow the operating system to directly control hardware. It also raises concerns over who controls the software in PCs Microsoft has expanded its relationship with BIOS maker Phoenix Technologies in a deal designed to more closely integrate… Continue reading Microsoft moves to integrate Windows with BIOS

Axentra Rumba Server – Home Do-It-All Box [Slashdot] Coming Soon.  Sounds very interesting.

SBS 2003 to be launched next week. Microsoft's new Small Business Server 2003, which includes Exchange Server 2003 is going to be commercially available in just five days time. Details of pricing can be found here. If you're a small business and are considering purchasing this package, be sure to check out the special bundled… Continue reading SBS 2003 to be launched next week

Smart People in the News: Rheingold, Gosling. In “How Will “Smart Mobs” Play Out?,” BusinessWeek asked questions to Howard Rheingold, who published the “Smart Mobs” book at the end of 2002. Q: In your recent world travels, have you noticed any new developments in the year since your Smart Mobs book has come out? A:… Continue reading Smart People in the News: Rheingold, Gosling

Smart Innovations Come with PlanetLab. In “The Internet Reborn” (free registration necessary for this long Technology Review article), Wade Roush says that “a grass-roots group of leading computer scientists is working on replacing today's Internet with a faster, more secure, and vastly smarter network: PlanetLab.” PlanetLab, with its many innovations, will not be part of… Continue reading Smart Innovations Come with PlanetLab

Hey, You're Not My User!. Do you need a password? Not anymore, if a software developed at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology becomes mainstream. In this news release, Newswise writes that researchers have developed a software able “to identify computer users — with high accuracy — by their individual, distinct typing styles.” This “behaviometric” technology… Continue reading Hey, You're Not My User!

Paolo has heard that Apple is giving away iBlog (from lifli Software) to people that renew their .Mac accounts.  Backup Brain has heard this too.  Interesting.  This would make it impossible for Apple to put pressure on lifli to change the product's name (since it does infringe on Apple's itools portfolio of trademarks).  My guess that this is a try before you… Continue reading Paolo

Ray Ozzie hints that Groove is going to do something interesting with Web Services that will be very hot.  Any speculation?  My guess that the work being done is to integrate a Groove client with sources of corporate data that can be then shared across a Groove connection (other than simple documents).  Think of it… Continue reading Ray Ozzie