Semantic Studios: Trust by Design. Peter Morville. In recent months, I've become a big fan of the Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab and the Web Credibility Project. Their studies regarding how people evaluate a web site's credibility show the critical importance of information design and structure. [Tomalak's Realm]

Look what Don Norman hath wrought! Information appliances!. Philips iPronto Does It with Linux [Slashdot] In addition to providing a traditional infrared interface, the iPronto also implements Wi-Fi (802.11b) wireless connectivity and even an Ethernet port for LAN or broadband Internet access. There's also a USB port as well as an MMC/SD card slot for… Continue reading Look what Don Norman hath wrought! Information appliances!

ENT Solution #3. myRadio supports ENT 1.0. My supports Announcing the release of ENT 1.0 (Easy News Topics) support in myRadio. One of the stated goals of ENT is to “represent topics sufficiently that they be useful in enabling smart aggregators (e.g. filtering, recombining feeds, etc…)”. RSS+ENT feeds can be filtered in myRadio, by selecting… Continue reading ENT Solution #3

Marriott Launches April 26. A little birdie leaked to me that Marriott is geared up for an April 26 hot spot launch: This is part of STSN's Intel Capital-funded rush to push out access now instead of gradually. The cost is $10 per day with discounts of up to 50 percent negotiated for large groups.… Continue reading Marriott Launches April 26

One Chip Wi-Fi. Via to offer one-chip Wi-Fi: It's not precisely the holy grail, but putting Wi-Fi's radio, baseband processor, and MAC on a single chip does reduce power consumption, signal loss, and physical space, not to mention manufacturing processes. Gigabit Ethernet continues to pace Wi-Fi: both are benefitting from enormous competition, and have become… Continue reading One Chip Wi-Fi

Cisco Wi-Fi Phone. Cisco to ship Wi-Fi cordless phone in June: The Cisco phone requires some kind of PBX (phone exchange), but it's unclear from any of the articles I've read whether there's a gateway box you need to interface with specific PBX models. Cisco might later release a version of the phone that does… Continue reading Cisco Wi-Fi Phone

Disney Adds Biz-Fi. Disney offers wireless in several of its Florida resort properties: Disney, via Smart City, is offering wireless service at the Grand Floridian, Contemporary Resort, the Yacht and Beach Clubs, and Coronado Springs properties. The cost is about $5 for an hour or $10 for a day. Service is available in common areas,… Continue reading Disney Adds Biz-Fi

The Register (UK) – Office workers give away passwords for a cheap pen. Workers are prepared to give away their passwords for a cheap pen, according to a somewhat unscientific – but still illuminating – survey published today. The second annual survey into office scruples, conducted by the people organising this month's InfoSecurity Europe 2003… Continue reading The Register (UK)

Salon.com News | The secret society.  Under Attorney General John Ashcroft, America is becoming an Orwellian state where people are locked up and no one can find out why — least of all a compliant Congress. Paid subscription (or watching an ad) required if you want to read the entire article. There is only a… Continue reading The secret society

U.S. News Goes RSS!.  U.S.News & World Report “Articles from the last 14 days are free. Archived articles may be purchased for as little as $1.99.” [Recently approved feeds from Syndic8.com] Check it out – U.S. News hops the RSS gravy train! They even have the white-on-orange XML button on the page (bottom right-hand side)… Continue reading U.S. News Goes RSS!