The eyeOS project is one that I have been checking in on from time to time. I’ve been keeping close watch on it because it seems to have a great deal of potential. For those who are not aware, eyeOS is exactly what people have…
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How far will this go? I have read many of the online discussions regarding the new patent granted to Balthaser. What caused the original panic (myself included) were quotes like the following: From News.com “The patent covers all rich-media technology implementations including Flash, Flex, Java,…
Microsoft has a new version of their IE7 Beta that will be introduced at the MIX 06 event this month in Vegas. The new beta version, which Andy is calling the IE MIX 06 release, seems to have addressed quite a few of the bugs…
Apparently I got behind in new technologies and had missed hearing about ROR somehow. Granted, the ROR technology is only celebrating its’ 1 year anniversary, but even still, I do try to keep up. So, essentially, let me cover what I’ve learned about ROR recently.…
There was an article that was Slashdotted in December. I was thinking about this and I wonder what the level of accuracy is. The figures referenced say that in 1985 the percentage of women who received Bachelors degrees in Computer Science was at 37%, but…
Lawsuit Filed for Lack of Accessibilty One would expect, or are we just hoping, that the larger the company, the more capable they are of affording to have their sites made accessible. The idea to this, of course, is that those with the financial power…
Another Step Toward Tech It appears that the BBC has decided to try out blogging using Nick Robinson as their guinea pig. Probably not a bad idea really, since Robinson wrote his Newslog for quite some time, so he has some experience in this sort…
The Trend Continues Yesterday saw the release of some new data on the 2005 Linux desktop survey over at DesktopLinux.com. There are a few interesting results from this survey, and also some that are reflected when you examine the Linux flavor usage from the last…
More News on the $100 Wonder It has been a while since I’ve seen much on the $100 MIT laptop that was talked about some months ago. However, there was an article today talking about some of the most recent developments. It seems that they…
The Software Monopoly – At it Again In what seems to be part of a new tactical run to try kill Opensource software, Microsoft apparently was able to score one point on this one. A document called the Vienna Conclusions was presented during the WSIS…