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Ginger: What is "IT"?
The device known as Ginger -- also known as "IT" -- has industry analysts across the world
asking what IT is. Whatever it is, I want it. Apparently, just a few people -- including
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and Apple Computer founder Steve Jobs -- are privy to specifics
about the device. What little information is available is based on hype; a short list of
factual information, including reports from those that have seen IT; and several patent
filings. Full Story
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Microsoft's Xbox -- Desktop PC of the Future?
If low pricing trends continue, there will be only one or two PC makers choose from,
thereby eliminating variety and doing away the only reason for the platform's growth in
the first place. The company with the most obvious "replace the computer" strategy is
Microsoft, with its recently released Xbox gaming console. Full Story
Judge OKs Excite@Home Shutoff - Despite FCC Plea
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A federal judge ruled that service to 3.7 million users of Excite@Home high-speed
Internet access could be blocked. Excite@Home bondholders and creditors, who are
reportedly owed hundreds of millions by the Redwood City, California-based company, had
asked U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Thomas E. Carlson to approve the suspension of services. Full Story
IBM Adds Business Intelligence to DB2 Server
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IBM announced it has incorporated online analytical processing and data mining into its
DB2 OLAP Server. Now, IBM said, companies will be able to gain insights
about customer behavior by automatically identifying fluctuations in large volumes of data. Full Story
U.S. Awards $86.9M Cybercrime Training Contract
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is awarding a contract worth US$86.9 million to
train cybercrime fighters. According to news sources, the DoD announced
that the contract will go to Computer Sciences Corporation, which will use the money to
assist the DoD's Computer Investigations Training Program. Full Story
What if Apple Made an iCam?
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There is a product niche in which Apple could end up with a killer product, one that
would really have no competition. I call it the iCam.
Full Story
Hollywood Wins One: Court Bans DVD Decoding Software
The motion picture industry scored a victory in its fight to protect
copyrighted materials as a federal court upheld a ban on DVD copying software, saying it
violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Full Story
Leading the Linux Bird
Technology is not static. It changes. Managing it requires an understanding of where the
industry is growing and planning ahead. This applies to Linux as much as anything else. Full Story
Palm Axes 250 Jobs, Predicts Typical Q2
Palm is set to wrap up another quarter in a pathetic economic environment. The
company expects to meet the admittedly sour estimates for its second fiscal quarter, and
it said it will lighten its payroll by cutting about 250 employees and contractors. Full Story
Apple CEO Jobs is Right, Microsoft Settlement is Wrong
Along with lots of angry consumers, a bunch of upset lawyers, several disenchanted
judges and a slew of dissatisfied business executives, Apple CEO Steve Jobs
joined the ranks of those vocally protesting
the proposed settlement of a group of private antitrust cases pending against Microsoft. Full Story
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