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News At A Glance
Sixteen Dead in The Great Cable Wars of 2004
Fortune - A large contingent of National Guard troops arrived here today to bolster Fremont's local police force after violence erupted in a dispute over cable bandwidth. More than 300 guardsmen are being deployed in this city's Central Park in an effort to quell continuing violence in what is being called the Digital Civil War.
SGI chief hints at next steps in comeback
NEWS.COM - We think Linux is important. We think it's the operating system of the Internet. The opportunity is to make Linux more powerful, which we intend to do.
The Future of Broadband
Wired - A new report predicts that high-speed access will spawn a ferocious appetite for the interactive experience, but a lack of interesting content could sabotage its future.
XML and Java: The Perfect Pair
WDVL - New Java software targeted for use with XML appears every month. What is it about XML and Java that make them such a good match? On the surface it may be hard to see the fit, since the two seem to be very different.
IBM adds Linux section to
developerWorks Web site
InfoWorld - developerWorks, which is still in beta testing, is a free online resource that lets programmers get access to tips, tools, technology-specific search engines, and emerging technology code.
Software is becoming online service
MSNBC/WSJ - Software, in fact, is morphing into an online service, reshaping an industry that has generated more than $600 billion in market capitalization. Instead of buying and installing programs, users increasingly can rent the same functions from Internet services — or get them for free if they sit through advertising.
ICQ, Net2Phone in Global Internet Telephony Pact
IDG.net - Next year the users of ICQ Inc.'s online chat service will be offered new client software that supports Internet telephony, as part of a four-year deal announced today between ICQ and Internet telephony provider Net2Phone Inc.
Netpliance faces high hurdles
MSNBC - A new company wants to jump into the cheap computer fray offering a small unit with a flat-panel display that does nothing but surf the Web and get your email. Netpliance, an Austin-based startup, is offering its “i-opener” computer for $399 plus about $19.95 a month for access to its Internet service.
MTV: Music Contest Is Interactive
GAMES.NET - New daily TV game show will enable not only the four, studio
contestants to compete, but also as many as 25,000
online contestants at the same time.
Apple's Biggest Challenge: Figuring Out What Business it's Really In
Anchordesk - Apple Computer has just finished it's sixth consecutive profitable quarter. This has pushed Apple stock to an all-time high. Is Apple still a personal computer company? Or has it become an information appliance company?
Sun-Netscape finds its orbit with i-Planet
NEWS.COM - Sun Microsystems will anoint all products from the Sun-Netscape alliance with a new brand name: i-Planet.
Cobalt Networks unveils another inexpensive network server appliance that doesn't do Windows
ZDNet - Network server appliance boxes seem to be all the rage these days, and Cobalt Networks is leading the pack.
Caldera aims new Linux version at the embedded
systems market
NC News - While Caldera Systems will continue to develop, market and sell it's OpenLinux products to PC software markets, it's new Lineo division will focus on extending OpenLinux to other products such as digital imaging devices, single task processors, Internet TV set-top devices, hand held devices, point-of-sale terminals, single board computers, networking infrastructure components and network computers.
Newspapers can learn from computer industry - former Apple exec has advice for new media execs
Editor & Publisher - Newspaper new media executives need to take a page out of the personal computer industry's history, by taking risks and getting ahead of the curve, says a former top Apple Computer official.
Show Will Spotlight Web Tools
TechWeb - Apple Interim CEO Steve Jobs is expected to show off the company's much-anticipated P1 consumer portable device in his keynote Wednesday, at the Macworld show held in New York this week.
Red Hat to add news to Linux site
NEWS.COM - Red Hat plans to create a full-fledged Linux news service as part of its effort to increase market appeal and potential profitability.
Philippines food company saves hundreds of thousands with Linux
ComputerWorld - RFM Corp., a food wholesaler in the Philippines, ended up spending $7,800 instead of $730,000 by choosing Linux over a Microsoft Exchange-based solution. In addition to saving a lot of money, they claim it also outperforms the Microsoft solution.
Low-cost PC or single-purpose info appliance?
ZDNet - A wide variety of choices are becoming available consumers who want inexpensive Internet access. So which is the best deal?
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