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Tom Wolfe once wrote that “you can’t go home again.”
In the computer world, at least, Wolfe has been proven wrong. Prodigal son Steve Jobs was shown the door at Apple and returned to strike gold with the PowerMaC, the iPod, and the iPhone.
Now it’s Michael Dell’s turn to rule the roost...
Read More | May 30th, 2008
I know that, technically speaking, airline stocks aren't technology stocks (although I can't think of a more amazing technology that one which enables a 10-ton tube of metal to become airborne in New York and drop you safely in Chicago two hours later) but hear me out.
This could be a good play...
Read More | May 28th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 182 | Views: 153,793 | Last Entry: 15 Hours Ago | Overall Rating: 
khess in a Nutshell
I am a techie, a Linux evangelist, and an activist of sorts. I am also a DaniWeb Staff Writer/Blogger, a Linux Feature Writer and Columnist.
You can see my work in Systems Management News (www.sysmannews.com) or in Linux Magazine (www.linux-mag.com). Hit my website at www.kenhess.com to find out... (Read Blog)
Linux not only wants to dominate the Data Center and your Desktop but now it wants your unused CPU power as well. Nightlife is a grid-based computing effort that is Fedora Linux-specific.
Designed for scientific and medical research, the Nightlife project starter, Bryan Che explains the project's...
Read More | May 29th, 2008
VIA Technologies, Inc., maker of innovative and power-efficient processor platforms, announced today that they have released an open source laptop design to the public. Formally known as the VIA OpenBook Mini-Note Reference Design, VIA is responding to global demand for ultra-portable notebook...
Read More | May 27th, 2008 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: May 27th, 2008
Yet another victory in the open source vs. all takers (well, one taker for sure) battle for world dominance--London's Oyster system is now Linux-powered. Oyster is a RFID (Radio frequency identification) card recognition and payment system for London's Tube (Subway) and bus network. The old system...
Read More | May 23rd, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 37 | Views: 27,751 | Last Entry: 3 Days Ago | Overall Rating:
Techwriter10 in a Nutshell
I've been writing about technology since 1988. I divide my time between technical writing and technology journalism.
I am Contributing Editor at EContent Magazine and Contributing Writer at InsideCRM. I have written for a variety of other publications including Streaming Media Magazine, CIO.com,... (Read Blog)
When Bill Gates gave a speech last winter and hinted that the need for a keyboard was going to be diminishing, the writer in me scoffed, but I should learn to take Bill’s little hints a bit more seriously because the next version of Windows (aka Windows 7) is going to feature the same...
Read More | May 29th, 2008 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: May 30th, 2008
I love browsing in the Refurbished section of Apple’s online store trolling for bargains. When the second generation 1GB iPod Shuffle dropped below $40 U.S., I couldn’t resist and ordered one in metallic green.
Just last year I had ordered a refurbished first-generation iPod shuffle, so I have...
Read More | May 27th, 2008
I can’t stand this indecision
married with a lack of vision
Everybody wants to rule the world
~Tears for Fears, Everybody Wants to Rule the World.
There has certainly been a lot of gamesmanship going on in the computer industry these past few weeks as the industry’s biggest players try to...
Read More | May 23rd, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 41 | Views: 41,756 | Last Entry: 23 Minutes Ago | Overall Rating:
EddieC in a Nutshell
My first computer was an Atari 800, with which I played Zork and other adventure/fantasy games and dabbled with BASIC programs; circa 1980. After 1984, I moved on to PCs, clones and NetWare, and then to Apple IIs and Macs until 1990. In July of that year I got my first job at a publishing company,... (Read Blog)
Here’s a new twist on the open source craze. Fabless chip and system designer Via Technologies has released to the community OpenBook, a reference design for a low cost ultra portable laptop that runs Windows or Linux at up to 1.2 GHz and includes WiFi, BlueTooth and high-res 3D graphics...
Read More | May 27th, 2008 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: May 30th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 86 | Views: 48,923 | Last Entry: 19 Hours Ago | Overall Rating: 
slfisher in a Nutshell
People thought it was weird enough that I was both a writer and a computer geek. So then I went and started getting involved in government to pull that in, too. And, y'know, there's a heck of a lot more connections than one might think! (Read Blog)
The city of Santa Fe, N.M., is finding itself fighting a group that wants the city to ban wireless Internet signals from public buildings, claiming the signals are making them sick.
The group, calling themselves "electro-sensitive," say they are allergic to the waves generated, and say that Santa...
Read More | May 27th, 2008
Blog Stats: Entries: 13 | Views: 5,842 | Last Entry: 19 Hours Ago | Overall Rating:
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