Palm CEO admits lack of innovation, vows to change [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]
The year in tech: the highs and lows
SJ Mercury: The year in tech: the highs and lows. Dan Gillmor. The events of Sept. 11 cast a long shadow over 2001, and last week we looked at the technology year solely in the context of the attacks and their aftermath. Now let's look at the rest — the highlights and lowlights, sometimes intertwined,… Continue reading The year in tech: the highs and lows
'Win-XP hole' mis-represented by FBI, press, Gibson
'Win-XP hole' mis-represented by FBI, press, Gibson. Cashing in on Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt [The Register]
First Night 2002
Happy New Year 2002!! I had a great time at Boston's First Night 2002 celebration.
Mark
John Robb: Mark flames me for calling Open Source a “Flop of 2001.” Hey, the reason it is a flop is this: it didn't live up to the hype. I don't dismiss the value of open source, but rather the bombastic rhetoric of its proponants. A lot of stuff was said by open source zealots in… Continue reading Mark
John Robb's top picks for the biggest trends of 2001:
1) Tivo. The death of free TV.
2) WiFi. The solution to home networking, laptop mobility, and urban last mile bandwidth. The death of regional Bell laziness in rolling out last mile bandwidth and home networking.
3) Digitial cameras. The death of film.
Top flops for 2001:
1) P2P. A solution for nothing except copyright infringement.
2) Wireless 3G and WAP. It would do what?
3) Portals. Yawn.
4) Open Source. You get what you pay for.
Top picks for 2002:
>1) The browser (next generation). The two-way Web emerges.
2) Instant messaging (next generation). Real collaboration through IM.
3) Geo computing. Location matters.
Starts for huge long-term trends in 2001:
1) Nanobiotech. This is where the smart money in nanotech is going.
2) Quantum computing and communication. Real advances this year. It works!
3) Web Services. [John Robb's Radio Weblog
John Robb's top picks for the biggest trends of 2001: 1) Tivo. The death of free TV. 2) WiFi. The solution to home networking, laptop mobility, and urban last mile bandwidth. The death of regional Bell laziness in rolling out last mile bandwidth and home networking. 3) Digitial cameras. The death of film. Top flops… Continue reading John Robb's top picks for the biggest trends of 2001:
1) Tivo. The death of free TV.
2) WiFi. The solution to home networking, laptop mobility, and urban last mile bandwidth. The death of regional Bell laziness in rolling out last mile bandwidth and home networking.
3) Digitial cameras. The death of film.
Top flops for 2001:
1) P2P. A solution for nothing except copyright infringement.
2) Wireless 3G and WAP. It would do what?
3) Portals. Yawn.
4) Open Source. You get what you pay for.
Top picks for 2002:
>1) The browser (next generation). The two-way Web emerges.
2) Instant messaging (next generation). Real collaboration through IM.
3) Geo computing. Location matters.
Starts for huge long-term trends in 2001:
1) Nanobiotech. This is where the smart money in nanotech is going.
2) Quantum computing and communication. Real advances this year. It works!
3) Web Services. [John Robb's Radio Weblog
Astrosell – Create And Manage Your Own Online Shop
Astrosell – Create And Manage Your Own Online Shop. Flexible, powerful and easy to use shopping cart software, for the pro and amateur Web designer or retailer. [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]
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Fraud of the Rings
Fraud of the Rings. “There can be only one!” No wait, wrong movie. “These are not the hobbits you are looking for.” Whoops, wrong world. “They boldly go where no hobbit has gone before” Hmmm, I guess hobbits don't have spaceships, now do they? If you're looking for some parody amusement based on the Lord… Continue reading Fraud of the Rings
New York Times
New York Times – Editorial Op-Ed: By William Safire free registration required Threat of National ID. The plastic card would not merely show a photograph, signature and address, as driver's licenses do. That's only the beginning. In time, and with exquisite refinements, the card would contain not only a fingerprint, description of DNA and the… Continue reading New York Times