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Grid Computing Comes Mainstream

The Globus Consortium, founded by Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, and Sun Microsystems, announced today plans to design and market commercial grid-computing software applications. The consortium will promote technical standards to make grid computing a viable option for businesses. With a quarter million dollar investment from each company, the organization is sufficiently funded to begin operations. Other contributing participants include Nortel Networks,

Technorati Launches Tag Searches

This is a pretty cool option but beware the results for normal searches result in 1000's of results. [Technorati]

Microsoft ready to launch RSS Aggreator

It has been obvious to me that Microsoft made a commitment to RSS for a while. If the eWeek article is correct we will see something from them shortly more than likely integrated with MSN. [eWeek]

To many Subscribe RSS Icons

I have to agree with Dave Winer in that their are too many aggreator services out their that require you to have a subscribe button on your site so that readers can easily add your content to their favorite aggreator service. Look at all the wasted space on my sidebar column. Heck 1/3 of it is taken up by subscribe

Cable Installer burns down home after faulty Install

I have what is known as a smart home network, phone, fiber etc in every room. This house is truly wired we wanted it that way. When it came time to hook it up to the rest of the world we had a contract cable installer come in. He was not very happy with me trailing him all over the

Skype to offer Voicemail!

Well they obviously have been listening to all of us asking for it. It will be rolled early this year and is in testing now. [eWeek]

Tivo announce TiVoToGo

TiVo has introduced a service which allows you to put recorded programming on your computer. The service does not allow you to burn a DVD but at least you can take pre-recorded shows with you. [Yahoo News]