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I have read a great deal about the Internet Bubble and the collapse surrounding the failures of so many Dot Coms. I found the references article a very informative read. Well worth the 10 minutes it took to get through it. [What the Bubble Got Right]
Great pictorial commentary from 2020 Hindsight direct from Mojave. [2020 Hindsight]
I have a favor ask of you. I am researching how the personal computer (PC) has affected the face of America. Specifically, I am interested in the PC's effect on American culture and attitudes. For example, how has access to a PC affected behavior and expectations? To do this , I'm asking for your experiences that were brought on by the PC revolution.
Spaceship one unofficially reached space this morning. The only surprise came during the vertical climb when the Spacecraft went into a barrel roll while going straight up. An amazing flight and amazing video. Links later as their website is getting hammered. [Scaled Composites] [CNN] Update Here.
Ok folks suitcase is packed and I am off to the Dallas/Waco/Austin area for the next 30+ days tomorrow night. I will have full connectivity thanks to broadband offered by Hampton Inn. This should be my last extended travel I will have to make as I change jobs in December and get a bit of a break which I am
I watch my site statistics very closely and I realize that a lot of you are not paying attention. 72% of you still use Internet Explorer to visit the site and that makes me frown. I suppose old habits die hard. I can tell you this for every person I have invited to switch to Firefox personally 9 out 10
Ok I must confess I am not fully up to speed on this topic but the more I read the more I am getting the picture of things to come. We all know that by July 15th 2005 all DVR must have a DRM technology embedded to block recording of HDTV shows and non HDTV programming that has a broadcaster
US Federal law requires that phone companies etc make available provisions so Law enforcement can wiretap lines when they have a court order. Currently their are no provisions or if their are they are not being talked about for Law enforcement to tap VOIP conversations. I imagine that those that are involved in criminal activity are smart enough to realize
The referenced article is full of great links and commentary on RSS and new content delivery systems. People want their news and radio content anytime, anywhere, anyplace and technology is making that ever more possible. [ZDNet] Update somehow we put in the wrong URL initially.
Imagine you are issued a mobile phone for your work and as you travel in the field the home office periodically check's on your location. Or worse yet you stop to get a soda and a bag of chips and the establishment you go into is in a companies off limits list. Thus once you return to the office you
An electrical fire broke out at where Technorati host it's server farm and when electrical generator backups failed to come online their server 's turned off without a graceful shutdown.. All the gory details [www.sifry.com]
Seems Burt Rutan and Spaceship One are about ready to go after the X-prize. With the initial flight scheduled for Sept 29th we should be in for a heck of a show. God Speed and Good Luck to the Spaceship One crew. [BBC] [Wired]
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