Author: JT Smith
ZDNet’s IT Week reports that BrainDock is releasing a technology designed to allow downloading of software via BlueTooth onto PDAs and smartphones.
Satellite-delivered broadband becomes more common
Author: JT Smith
AOL and MSN are going to be offering satellite broadband, as reported by Slashdot, in addition to their landline modem services. Except for DirectPC, they are the only satellite-based broadband ISPs in the world.
Business to boost focus on customers, buy lots of CRM software
Author: JT Smith
The business of managing relationships with customers would be the biggest source of IT spending over the next two years, a new study has found. A lot of this money is expected to go into Customer Relationship Management [CRM] software. Story at www.afr.com.au.
Category:
- Open Source
Intel’s NetBurst architecture
Author: JT Smith
“NetBurst” is the official name for the new Intel P-4’s architecture. Learn more about it from AnandTech.
Category:
- Unix
Risc takers not going away in Europe
Author: JT Smith
Sketchy story at zdnet.co.uk about how, despite earlier predictions that Intel architecture (and Windows 2K) would soon dominate the server market, Risc-based Unix server sales are surprisingly strong, especially in the U.K.
Category:
- Unix
Appliance-type computers win over users
Author: JT Smith
Brief ZDnet.co.uk exploration of the growing market for small-footprint “sealed” appliance-type computers, mentioned here because Linux and other Open Source operating systems have a good shot at dominating this new niche in the computing world.
Category:
- Unix
US techies can increase employability by learning Spanish
Author: JT Smith
Dallas Morning News piece about a huge shortage of high-tech workers who can serve the fast-growing Latin American market. According to the story, it’s a problem in many industries, not just IT.
Category:
- Linux
Telcos and banks becoming software providers
Author: JT Smith
Cable & Wireless Optus revealed last week it would be ready to deliver rental software applications online to small businesses before the end of the year, says a story at www.afr.com.au.
Category:
- Linux
Lord Of The Rings being rendered under Linux
Author: JT Smith
From Saturday (yesterday), a Slashdot discussion about hardware and (Linux) software being used to create the upcoming Lord Of The Rings movie. (Big file – dialup modem users beware!)
Category:
- Linux
Behind AnandTech – The Search for the Perfect Server
Author: JT Smith
Anandtech story from Aug. 23 describes the evolution of Anand’s servers from the site’s humble beginning on Geocities to the current set of AMD-powered boxes housed at a data center in Pittsburgh.
Category:
- Unix