What's Really Behind the Apple-Intel Alliance. In striking a computer chip deal with Intel, Steven Jobs, Apple Computer's chief executive, has opened a range of tantalizing new options for his quirky company. By JOHN MARKOFF. [NYT > Technology]

Companies Unable to Settle BlackBerry Suit. Final talks in a patent infringement lawsuit involving the popular BlackBerry e-mail messaging device have reached an impasse. By IAN AUSTEN. [NYT > Technology]

Insurgency seen forcing change in Iraq strategy. WASHINGTON — Military operations in Iraq have not succeeded in weakening the insurgency, and Iraq's government, with US support, is now seeking a political reconciliation among the nation's ethnic and tribal factions as the only viable route to stability, according to US military officials and private specialists. [Boston… Continue reading Insurgency seen forcing change in Iraq strategy

Ruby on Rails, and the Rails Beta Book. By marc I've been reading Agile Web Development with Rails, and it's a great book, as well as a great structure, the “Beta Book” program from the Pragmatic Programmers, for providing early access to books. Rails (for the most part) feels like the future of Web application… Continue reading Ruby on Rails, and the Rails Beta Book

Wil Shipley compiles the Delicious Library on Xcode 2.1. Wil Shipley: “It turns out all Apple has ready now are prototype machines, which are in plentiful supply here at WWDC. So, we went into their lab, opened up our source code for Delicious Library, clicked on the “compile for 10.4 only” option, and compiled our… Continue reading Wil Shipley compiles the Delicious Library on Xcode 2.1

Intel buys Apple next?. I've been waiting for Bob Cringely's reaction to the Apple/Intel deal and it didn't dissapoint. He see's the announcement of Apple's with Intel chips as the first public steps in a dance that will see Intel buying Apple in order to strike back at Microsoft whom it see's as an unfaithful… Continue reading Intel buys Apple next?

School shuts to ward off parents. The Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, seeking to head off the possible occupation of a closing Catholic school by angry parents, yesterday abruptly changed the locks, canceled graduation ceremonies for children as young as 3, and canceled the final two days of classes. [Boston Globe — Front Page]

When grades become meaningless. Over the weekend, the Washington Post had a column about grade inflation written by Alicia Shepard, a journalism professor at American University. The piece didn't approach the subject from the perspective of documenting the existence of grade inflation, though; that much was (and is) assumed to be true. Instead, Shepard relates… Continue reading When grades become meaningless

Audit finds Homeland Security IT not ready for disaster. IT operations within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are generally unprepared to recover from a major disaster, a government audit has found. The report, published Wednesday by the DHS Office of Inspector General, found that nearly 80 percent of the department's IT facilities lack… Continue reading Audit finds Homeland Security IT not ready for disaster

Knowledge Work as Craft. Jim McGee has fascinating post called “Apprenticing at Light Speed” about “knowledge work as craft” and the strains that the pace of change place on the apprenticeship model (we are all apprentices). The money quote (among many choices): “That leads me to my more fundamental concern about apprenticing our way to… Continue reading Knowledge Work as Craft