May 30, 2007
Palm to announce Foleo device
Business 2.0
The early word about a Linux-based “smartphone companion”
“Palm appears to have inadvertently leaked word of its new device, the Foleo – and the early reviews aren’t good.”
The Gay Robot
Nerd World
Lev Grossman blogs about anything and everything that could be plausibly labeled geeky.
“I’m pretty sure it’s wrong to laugh at Gay Robot. I mean, I know it is. Which means there’s something wrong with me.”
Can history survive the Internet?
Information Week</b?
Patricia Keefe ponders an interesting question
“The Internet is a wondrous place indeed. Besides all the practical benefits that are too numerous (and obvious) to mention here, there are few limits to where your imagination combined with web technology can take you.”
May 29, 2007
Facebook version eight
Business 2.0
Owen Thomas has been writing about technology, the Web, and business since 1995.
“Still in love with Facebook’s new F8 platform? Convinced it’s going to bring digital nirvana to your widget startup?”
Tech Target
Kevin Murphy looks at the final draft of the GNU General Public License version 3. Could it interfere with Novell’s controversial patent covenant with Microsoft?
“Discussion Draft 3 of GPLv3 contains a provision that would specifically outlaw the types of patent covenant inked by Novell and Microsoft last November. Under this deal, both companies promise not to assert their patents against customers of the other.”
Pink Slip
Maureen Rogers is a Boston-based expect on layoffs in the high tech sector.
“Given that Second Life has sex, drugs, rock and roll, crime, real estate, fashionistas, travel agencies and just about every other thing you can think of, I don’t know why I’m so surprised that it would get religion, too. Still, the thought of avatars attending church services – standing, kneeling, waving their arms, sitting in the lotus position, participating in an altar call, prostate on a prayer rug – is just a tad bit too bizarre for me.”
