Friday, July 19, 2002

There are 10 types of people in the world: those that understand binary, and those that don't. [From the Desktop of Dane Carlson] 10:17:29 PM     Comments[]

Thursday, July 18, 2002

APPLE NEWS IS EVERYWHERE Take a look at The Macintosh News Network for photo galleries of Day 2 of the SoHo store opening & Day 3 of Macworld. Over at 80211b News there's coverage of file transfers over Bluetooth using Jaguar (OS X 10.2). MacCentral covers the Macworld show awards. The SoHo store is covered by Wired and The New York Times. Finally, Scripting News links to Aaron Swartz. 3:37:39 PM     Comments[]

A SPAM STRATEGY Kevin Werbach has his email running through five layers of filtering which results in only about 10 spam a day. [lawrence's notebook] 6:12:30 AM     Comments[]

CLEVER ADS ALONE WON'T 'SWITCH' THE CRITICAL MASSES Apple needs the Unix switchers and a software switching incentive for Windows users In Midst of a PC Slump, Apple Still Aims for Growth. A prosperous future for Apple depends on persuading legions of personal computer users to switch from Microsoft Windows to Apple's Macintosh technology. By Steve Lohr. [New York Times: Technology] 5:58:57 AM     Comments[]

Wednesday, July 17, 2002

IN THE EARLY 1980'S I worked with some AT&T products that were thought of as the 'first' convergence of the phone and personal computer. They were, of course, built on Unix. I was impressed at the serious power that was obvious in Unix as contrasted to whatever version of DOS we had at the time. Now, I see Apple. They have found Unix and Unix has found them. I really want them to be successful. I'm a Windows user. I will probably remain a Windows user for the next 24-36 months. Sometimes, when I see stuff like this, I wonder if we've really advanced much at all beyond DOS. Diamond Icons, Leopard-Skin Frames: Dressing Up Windows XP. SkinStudio XP, a Windows XP version of the WindowBlinds program made by the Stardock Corporation, can change the look of dialog boxes, windows and other visual features of the operating system. By J.d. Biersdorfer. [New York Times: Technology] 9:41:12 PM     Comments[]

ABOUT AS EXPECTED I.B.M. Posts Sharp Drop in Quarterly Profits. I.B.M. said it eked out a second-quarter profit of just a few pennies a share as it took a $1.4 billion charge to cover job cuts and write-offs. By Reuters. [New York Times: Technology] 9:24:28 PM     Comments[]

COMPUTING BY ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION Can't get to the Macworld keynote stream? Read Rob's report. [Steven's Weblog] 9:37:42 AM     Comments[]

AN UNIDENTIFIED INVESTOR Hmm... Williams Cos. is near an accord to end its relationship with its former telecom unit, which recently filed for bankruptcy-law protection. [Wall Street Journal] 8:17:19 AM     Comments[]

IT'S A BETTER MOUSETRAP, BUT... Apple Reports Profit Slide; No Rebound Is Seen Soon. Despite an impressive introduction of its new flat-panel display iMac in January, the total number of Macintosh computers shipped in the quarter fell 2 percent. By John Markoff. [New York Times: Technology] 7:22:15 AM     Comments[]

Tuesday, July 16, 2002

ALAN'S COMMENTS ARE BETTER THAN THE ARTICLE Alan Reiter weighs in on Project Rainbow: Alan comments on today's New York Times story about a coalition of a number of hardware and cell companies to build a national Wi-Fi/data network. [80211b News] 2:40:13 PM     Comments[]

Monday, July 15, 2002

ANOTHER BLOW TO THE TELECOM MONOPOLY Take a look at Yipes! InfoWorld: Broadband horizon. Ethernet in the first mile. [Hack the Planet] 9:24:43 PM     Comments[]

IN SPITE OF ITS SIZE much of the end-game for Worldcom could be visible by the end of the week. We may not precisely know who the participants in a takeover will be, but we should get a clearer picture of what will happen to the business. FCC chief Michael Powell , declaring the telecommunications sector in "utter crisis," suggested his agency could let a Baby Bell take over WorldCom. [Wall Street Journal] 7:19:36 AM     Comments[]

Saturday, July 13, 2002

MY ENTRY into the Mac-users-are-smarter debate has more to do with left brain/right brain than smarter. Today, at the Apple Store here, I took a look at the iBook and the Powerbook again. For someone wanting to own a notebook style computer for the next three years, it seems to me you have to look at the Powerbook. To take it to the proper amount of memory and equip it with wireless, you're looking at a number north of $2700 or so. For $3200 you can buy a faster Powerbook fully equipped. Here's where it gets tough to justify. I'm a former Fortune 500 exec. Much of what I'm involved in simply demands that I have MS Office or complete compatibility. That means buying a copy of Office for the Mac. Then, some of the other tools I need must be purchased. Bottom line: I'm going to buy a new Windows XP notebook. The Mac would be great (and great fun), but I simply cannot justify the higher cost associated with software licensing. Does this nearly ANALytical assessment make me smarter or merely stingy? Are Mac users smarter?. Or do smarter people use Macs? According to the research firm Nielsen/NetRatings, "Mac users are more web savvy than the average netizen, make more money, have used the web longer on average, and are 58% more likely to build their own web page." Hmmm. [Yahoo] [MSNBC-c|net] [Steven's Weblog] 7:09:47 PM     Comments[]

Friday, July 12, 2002

"THE SAME USA TODAY REPORT... says that US officials also believe al-Qaeda operatives have uploaded 2300 images containing encrypted information to the internet auction site eBay since the start of 2002." Hunt for hidden web messages goes on. New claims emerge of terrorist steganography - but one expert warns that apparently supporting evidence may be misleading [New Scientist] 1:47:23 PM     Comments[]

HERE'S A HOME RUN Bluetooth's Virtues [80211b News] 1:36:12 PM     Comments[]

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