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Mon, 19 Jan 2004 02:50:33 GMT

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Start saving up your money...

Mon, 05 Aug 2002 03:13:23 GMT

This is quite an expensive upgrade...

Mac OS 10.2, $82,402.02
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=295690

In case they fix it, here is a screenshot:

Via TooMuchSexy.Org

Wed, 19 Jun 2002 02:29:18 GMT

EarthLink's Passwords Are Naked. EarthLink's practice of allowing service reps to see customers' passwords could be exposing subscribers to a range of security threats. By Brian McWilliams. [Wired News]

Sat, 06 Apr 2002 05:39:37 GMT

Amen, Brother...Lawrence is cool.

BTW, to the people who say UserLand never helps its users, I gotta say this. They must not know Lawrence. Raise your hand if Lawrence Lee has helped you get past some kind of problem. He does such excellent work, he's so steady and smart, and helps so many people, and it's as if he didn't exist to some. [Scripting News]

Sat, 06 Apr 2002 00:46:07 GMT

EchoStar pulls out of satellite Net access. The company is backing out of its satellite-based Internet access business in what many see as a tactic to pressure U.S. regulators to approve its proposed takeover of Hughes Electronics. [CNET News.com]

Sat, 06 Apr 2002 00:44:17 GMT

Hotmail back on track after glitch. update Microsoft says a partial outage of the Web-based e-mail service's servers delayed or prevented some people from logging in to their accounts. [CNET News.com]

Sat, 06 Apr 2002 00:39:46 GMT

Hotmail glitch shuts out users. The problem blocks access or causes long log-in delays in the Web-based e-mail service. Microsoft attributes the partial outage to a Hotmail server error. [CNET News.com]

Fri, 05 Apr 2002 09:36:40 GMT

Dell Says Hewlett Merger Is Opening Doors. Michael Dell said that his company had benefited from the uncertainty among customers about the effect of Hewlett-Packard's planned purchase of Compaq Computer. By Steve Lohr. [New York Times: Business]

Sun, 31 Mar 2002 13:14:44 GMT

Doctor, Programmer ...Basically, we are a group of enthusiastic doctors who wrote a medical textbook for junior doctors / medical students , and have made it freely available for all handheld platforms. Our model is the open source movement...Via Lori Bell at [The Handheld Librarian]

Sun, 31 Mar 2002 12:54:04 GMT

Enlisting the Cellphone to Send Laptop E-Mail. Can I connect my laptop to the Internet with my cellphone to send and receive e-mail? By J.d. Biersdorfer. [New York Times: Technology]

Sun, 31 Mar 2002 12:52:42 GMT

AT&T and Comcast Commit to Choice of Internet Providers. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Comcast Corp. (CMCSK.O) and AT&T Broadband (T.N), cable operators seeking federal approval to combine, have committed to offer consumers a choice of high-speed Internet service providers (ISPs) via cable lines, documents revealed on Friday. By Reuters. [New York Times: Technology]

Sun, 31 Mar 2002 12:44:12 GMT

AvantGo Removes Limits on Custom Channels.

Lori is on the ball yet again! She picks up the following encouraging news from PalmInfocenter:

"Last month, AvantGo announced a new policy under which it limited the number of subscribers to custom channels to just eight people for each channel. It has now discarded this policy and announced a new one. AvantGo will still limit access to some custom channels but the company will look at each channel individually before making a decision on it. Channels that become popular by word of mouth will not be restricted. Channels that advertise for subscribers and offer products or services for sale will need to sign a contract with AvantGo.

However, AvantGo will still require an agreement for all channels with more than 1,000 subscribers. The owners of these channels will be notified when they reach the limit."

I'm glad they're seeing the problem with thinking they could cut off everyone that can't afford $1000 to pay them for a channel. I would like to see this company succeed, especially now that they're back in touch with their user base.[The Shifted Librarian]

Fri, 29 Mar 2002 12:43:08 GMT

A Tracking System That Calls Balls and Strikes. A new system for showing the path of pitches is bringing a bit of military intelligence to the ball field. By David F. Gallagher. [New York Times: Technology]

Fri, 29 Mar 2002 12:40:26 GMT

Amateur Radio Packet Over 802.11 Cards [Slashdot: News for nerds, stuff that matters]

Fri, 29 Mar 2002 12:39:09 GMT

Segway auctions close on Amazon. Three lucky consumers will have the chance to be among the first to own a Segway Human Transporters, but they may each have to pay a pretty price for it. [CNET News.com]

Fri, 29 Mar 2002 01:45:06 GMT

Windows NT/2000 hole alleged to let attacker take over systems [IDG InfoWorld]

Fri, 29 Mar 2002 01:41:10 GMT

eBay security draws scrutiny. The online auction giant doesn't encrypt much of the data sent between customers' computers and eBay's servers, which may be an open invitation to hackers, security experts say. [CNET News.com]

Thu, 28 Mar 2002 23:15:08 GMT

Online Journalism Review: Preparing for the Coming Era of Participatory News. Today, those forces unfold at the speed of a click. They create new media, new freedoms, and new stories. We tend to overlook their role in the society we have created and the future we are inventing. Ours is a future of stories ... of stories and clicks. [Tomalak's Realm]

Thu, 28 Mar 2002 23:05:19 GMT

PalmSource to ship Palm OS 5 in June [IDG InfoWorld]

Thu, 28 Mar 2002 23:03:53 GMT

IBM introduces intranet services. Big Blue introduces a new unit of its Global Services business aimed at helping companies set up Web portals that let their employees, customers and suppliers find information and perform tasks. [CNET News.com]

Thu, 28 Mar 2002 23:02:49 GMT

Why Dial Up If You Can Wi-Fi?. A startup called Joltage creates quite a stir at a convention by unveiling a system that can connect wireless users on the go. Naturally, some hurdles remain. By Paul Boutin. [Wired News]

Thu, 28 Mar 2002 01:33:29 GMT

Navy to IT vendors: embrace, don't replace [IDG InfoWorld]

Wed, 27 Mar 2002 02:24:39 GMT

James Robertson: "Without content creators, there would be no need for a CMS. Yet surprisingly, this user group is often the worst served by a new content management system." That's true of the expensive CMS's but not with Radio. We've totally flipped it around. A personal content management system. Get started in five minutes. Build a portal around content that's easy to create. Web Services top to bottom. There's a mind bomb waiting to happen over in content-management-land. Never say never. [Scripting News]

Wed, 27 Mar 2002 02:19:33 GMT

Picture looks bright for digital cameras. According to a survey, digital cameras continue to gain momentum in their bid to replace film, with 33 percent of respondents saying they owned a digital camera in 2001. [CNET News.com]

Wed, 27 Mar 2002 02:18:19 GMT

I started a directory of domain expert weblogs that I know of. We can build it with the suggest-a-link feature. Lawrence Lee and I will maintain the directory. Through inclusion we will be able to seamlessly incorporate other directories. The bootstrap will be more human than technological. Our directories are built out of OPML. Any outliner can be used to edit branches of any directory if it supports OPML and if the documents are stored on the Web. Radio is the ideal tool for working on such structures, but any combination of software that supports OPML and HTTP can play. [Scripting News]