Preparing For Apollo
2007 will bring the launch of the much anticipated Adobe Apollo platform, a cross platform run time that will allow developers to take rich internet applications, whether they be built on Flash, HTML,...
Person of the Year: You
Yes, you. You control the Information Age. Welcome to your world. — The "Great Man" theory of history is usually attributed to the Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle, who wrote that "the history ...
Turning off the digital world
The increasing energy demands of the digital world need to be addressed if we are to avoid severe global warming, argues regular commentator Bill Thompson. — This Christmas period offices will be em...
End of an Era: FCC to Drop Morse Testing for All Amateur License Classes
In an historic move, the FCC has acted to drop the Morse code requirement for all Amateur Radio license classes. The Commission today adopted, but hasn't yet released, the long-awaited Report and Ord...
Vista flaw could haunt Microsoft
Microsoft wants a bigger piece of Oracle and IBM's database business, but an oversight in its new operating system could cost the company plenty. — (Business 2. Magazine) — If you followed Microsoft...
Hackers Selling Vista Zero-Day Exploit
Underground hackers are hawking zero-day exploits for Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system at $50,000 a pop, according to computer security researchers at Trend Micro. — The Windows Vista ...
Nintendo to Offer Sturdier Straps for Wii
Nintendo said Friday that it was taking steps to keep energetic users of its new Wii video game console from breaking their televisions and ceiling fans. — The Wii, which Nintendo began selling in N...
Goodbye to the embargo
I read on Frank Shaw's blog that Nick Denton thinks that embargoes will soon be a thing of the past. I think this is a good thing, even though I fully understand why big companies like Microsoft (Sha...
What makes Second Life eerily powerful is the zero-distance between thinkers and technology
It took about an hour before I finally switched from thinking that my initial experiences with Second Life were a waste of time — to actually finding them being productive in new ways.
PayPerPost Does Something Right
PayPerPost, a marketplace for advertisers to pay bloggers to write about their products, will make a significant policy change on Monday: Bloggers will now be required to disclose that they are being ...
ABC: Final Feedback
Consider this post fueled by whatever you will - I find it very important and worthwhile. I'm going to set aside all of the technical problems everyone has already mentioned with the video distributi...
Tech t-shirts aren't sexy enough
I've been to seven JavaOne conferences. I've paid more than $10,000 of my own money, just for the attendance fee. You'd think—just once—they'd give me a show shirt that didn't hide the fact that I h...