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Motorola shows its wireless game strategy

Author: JT Smith

Phone manufacturer Motorola wowed gamers by demonstrating
games on the first of its GPRS (General Packet Radio Service)
enabled mobile devices. Read about it at ZDCOUK.com.

Making a Game of Web Searches

Author: JT Smith

Forget about the naked guy on the island and forget about Regis. A new
game show under development combines two of America’s biggest current passions — surfing the Web and
game shows. From Wired.com.

Opinion: behind the curtain

Author: JT Smith

The Standard.com tells us it’s the other side of the privacy debate: Allowing consumers to find out as much
about business and government as they know about us.

Category:

  • Linux

Tech sex is great (ab)normalizer

Author: JT Smith

As the two-day
Next Sex symposium wrapped up on Monday evening, this somewhat bold idea seemed more viable — and
more intriguing — than ever. From Wired.com.

Category:

  • Linux

Review: Master View CD-102U KVM switch

Author: JT Smith

Australian IT review: “Got two computers? Want to use one monitor, keyboard and mouse between
them? Want to switch as many USB devices as you like as well? Check this
out.”

Category:

  • Unix

Microsoft hits a wall in China

Author: JT Smith

High-level defections, nationalist pressure to overthrow an
entrenched power: A treacherous political plot? Not exactly. It’s Microsoft Corp. confronting the odd realities of China’s
computer software business, says Seattle P-I.com.

“I got a bad rap,” says Palm virus accused

Author: JT Smith

Repentant mistake-making programmers beware: admit to your error,
and you could find yourself in court. From The Register.

Gamers get first peek at Pentium IV

Author: JT Smith

Microprocessor giant Intel demonstrated the gaming prowess of the
Pentium 4 (P4) processor at ECTS in the first public demonstration
of its next generation architecture in Europe, reports ZDCOUK.com.

Category:

  • Unix

Sega to launch online service this week

Author: JT Smith

Reuters reports that SegaNet will let players face-off from anywhere around the
world, a move that could help Sega’s comeback.

A victim of bragging rights?

Author: JT Smith

Critics say oneupmanship with AMD led to inadequate testing of the defective 1.13GHz PIII chip, in this eWeek.com story.

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  • Unix