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Sun to debut new edition of Java
NEWS.COM - Sun Microsystems is expected to debut Java 2 Enterprise Edition next week, the next phase in the company's effort to make its Java technology all things to all people.
A Fan of Flavors For Thin Servers
PC Magazine - As server appliances and dedicated-task servers proliferate, an array of new concepts is taking shape.
If you were a Microsoft millionaire
ZDNN - If you were one of the growing legion of Microsoft millionaires, would you take your money and run, or hang on in search of greater glory?
Those Who Left Newspapers and Why
Editor & Publisher - Working in newspapers is not the highest-paying profession, but for most journalists it's a rewarding (and sometimes glamorous) one. Yet each year, a sizable number of people leave the newspaper industry...
Lucent debuts developer program
IDG.net - Lucent Technologies Inc. on Wednesday detailed a program intended to help software and Web developers create network services, including multimedia e-commerce and broadcast-quality video.
PC Magazine Identifies the Top Ten Technology Trends That Will Change Our Lives
NC News - Technology is changing our lives all the time. But what trends are defining which way the technology is going? PC Magazine names the ten technology trends that are defining the future.
When, Why and How Windows CE Will Save Bill Gates' Butt
ZDNet Anchordesk - Microsoft's Windows CE gets a lot of criticism. It's underdog of the Windows family. But CE is also Microsoft's ticket to success in the next century. Because the market for small devices will soon be much, much bigger and more important than the market for PCs.
Lucent Technologies Announces Personalized IP-Based Communications Routing Software
NC News - MyNetWorks is designed to enable service providers to build stronger relationships with their customers by putting the end user in complete charge of their own voice and data communications -- simply and intuitively.
Wired Wars: Cable vs. Internet
internetnews.com - Oregon is known for being wet, and the home of Nike and the Trailblazers. Perhaps there's more than irony to the fact that if we put these three ingredients together last Friday it produced a potential watershed moment for the fleet of foot clearing a path to the future.
Microsoft & the Internet Application Hosting Trend
Intranet Design Magazine - Ultimately, even if it wants to, Microsoft won't be able to block the Internet applications hosting trend - any more than it was able to block the rise of the Internet itself. But it is in a good position to influence both the pace and the profile of Internet applications hosting.
Vendor to ship $299 desktop with choice
of Linux or Windows
InfoWorld - In the game of how low can PC prices go, Cumetrix Data Systems, this week is taking a unique tack by shipping an almost fully-configured PC for $299 without the operating system.
Profit tricky in information appliance market
NEWS.COM - Information appliances represent a huge opportunity for PC manufacturers, but making money over the long term is--as always--the difficult part. "The free PC is not a sustainable business model. The purpose of the free PC is to generate revenue from services. But how can the service provider generate revenue from an unreliable PC?"
When the system is free, Microsoft can't win
LinuxWorld - Microsoft isn't the sleek, slick competitor its proponents would make it out to be. Far from it. Unable to react quickly to rapid changes in market trends, Microsoft bullies, buys, or bludgeons its competitors into submission. Nicholas Petreley offers several reasons why Linux is immune to these tactics, in this week's Penguin Brief.
Pay-per-use app market blooming, benefits unclear
NEWS.COM - A Forrester Research report notes that the growing shortage of skilled workers is likely to encourage companies to seek outside help in maintaining their packaged applications, helping this market hit $10.1 billion by 2001.
Microsoft to outsource BackOffice
NEWS.COM - Microsoft has begun a small pilot program for its BackOffice suite of software products, allowing a limited number of Internet service providers to begin leasing the products out by subscription
Acer coming out with set-tops, Net phone
NEWS.COM - Not one to miss out on the Internet revolution, Taiwanese giant Acer will bring TV set-top boxes to North America this year as it seeks to rebuild its presence in the U.S. market and a wireless phone with a built-in handheld computer for the rest of the world.
WebTV to add more entertainment options
NEWS.COM - WebTV is in the process of developing a deluxe version of its TV set-top box, say sources close to the company, which will offer expanded television viewing options, including digital video recording.
AMD eyes TV set-tops, budget PCs
NEWS.COM - Advanced Micro Devices said it is gearing up for a specialized, cut-rate chip for TV set-top boxes and budget PCs that it will release if the market continues to grow.
Java's past, present, and future
The Software View - My talk this afternoon is entitled, "Java's past, present, and future: How Microsoft impacted Java's past, how Sun Microsystems is shaping Java's present, and how we, as individual software developers, can affect Java's future."
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