Wireless Compatibility

Brett McLaughlin, Author and Editor, O'Reilly Media, Inc.: "Not everyone can afford a $500 wireless device. If you're aiming for true wireless compatibility you need to support mainstream Nokia phones as much as you do high-end devices like Treo, Blackberry, and Sidekick."

Microsoft workes with Mozilla

Microsoft Team RSS Blog : Icons: It's still orange: "I'm excited to announce that we're adopting the icon used in Firefox. John and Chris were very enthusiastic about allowing us (and anyone in the community) to use their icon. This isn't the first time that we've worked with the Mozilla team to exchange ideas and encourage consistency between browsers, and we're sure it won't be the last."

Sony's new digital SLR camera

CNET News.com: "The resulting camera, the R1, is a hybrid. Like a compact, its screen remains live while you're shooting. But like an SLR, it has a huge sensor inside, 21.5 by 14.4 millimeters."

Law requires Italian Internet cafes to record ID

CNN.com, Dec 9, 2005: "A new Italian law requires businesses that offer Internet access to the public, like Sohel's, to ask clients for identification and log the owner's name and the document type.
Internet cafes also must make and keep a photocopy of the ID and be registered with their local police station, dictates the law, part of an anti-terror package approved after the July terrorist bombings in London."

America's Air Force fights in Syberspace

America's Air Force new mission statement: "The mission of the United States Air Force is to deliver sovereign options for the defense of the United States of America and its global interests -- to fly and fight in Air, Space, and Cyberspace."

HDTV Still 'Fuzzy' for Consumers

WebWire: "The analysis identified misperceptions of HDTV owners that could help explain why demand levels for HD services have remained significantly lower than HD television adoption rates. Results show that nearly half (49%) of HDTV owners surveyed are not taking full advantage of their HD televisions [...]

* Close to one in four (28%) of HDTV owners reported that they did not get any special equipment from their service provider to watch HDTV channels because the picture quality was already improved with the purchase of an HDTV.
* 23% of HDTV owners did not invest in special equipment to watch HDTV channels because a message at the beginning of the programs they watch tells them that those programs are being broadcast in HD.
* Nearly one in five (18%) reported that they believed the HD television would give them high-definition channels without additional equipment."

Talking Alarm Clock Wakes You Up Early in Case of Bad Weather

Knowledge Probe Inc.: "The Talking Headline News Alarm Clock is computer software that wakes people up by speaking the current news headlines and their local weather report. If the weather is bad in their area, the alarm is triggered earlier."

Feeds and well-formed XML

Microsoft Team RSS Blog: "Our years of experience in with HTML in Internet Explorer have taught us the long-term pain that results from being too liberal with what you accept from others. Hence, we've adopted the following overriding principle for IE 7 and RSS platform in Windows Vista:

We will only support feeds that are well-formed XML."

Honeypots Parallel Net

Techdirt:An Immune System For The Internet?: "So, some researchers have tried to attack the second part of that problem, and devised a system of honeypots that could be outfitted with the behavioral software. The trick, though, is that those honeypots would also be connected to each other 'via a dedicated and secure network.'
[...]Of course, even ignoring the questions about just how well this behavioral software can recognize a virus and create the 'cure' code, it seems the bigger issue is how can you really keep that separate dedicated network secure? Wouldn't that be the immediate target of the determined hacker?"

Teen Partying

DVD Review - Quick Peeks: "Rated PG-13 for Sexual Content, Language & Some Teen Partying. Funny as I didn't realize that 'Teen Partying' was something the MPAA concerned itself with. Strange how the first laugh in 'Mean Girls' takes place even before the film begins."

Service-Oriented Architecture - SOA

webservices.xml.com: "The idea of SOA departs significantly from that of object oriented programming, which strongly suggests that you should bind data and its processing together. So, in object oriented programming style, every CD would come with its own player and they are not supposed to be separated. This sounds odd, but it's the way we have built many software systems."

My Zip/Postal Code

Project Honey Pot's FAQ: "Q: Why do you ask for my zip/postal code and country?
A: [...]If you don't want to tell us your postal code, we understand. Instead just enter 00000 or XXXXX or a very short poem or something."