So google gets search and ads and android to Sprint. Clearwire gets money. We all get WiMax by 2010? Cool.
Here's the skinny:
"WiMax, which pipes data at up to 70M bps to an area that covers up to 30 miles, has been praised as a technology but has struggled to find widespread traction. Clearwire, with backing of Sprint Nextel, Google and others, plans to change that."
Our fav Tech commentator John C. Dvorak is much more "down to earth" about the iPhone replacing desktop/laptop/notebook PCs.
Here's the skinny:
The iPhone Is No Desktop - Columns by PC Magazine: "Everyone thinks that the iPhone is going to be the next major computing platform. Some even hope that it will replace the laptop as the primary PC platform. And what if it does? What are folks going to do when they spill coffee on their iPhones? They've already done a lot worse--they drop them into toilets over and over."
With the Apple iPhone SDK and announced Exchange support will apps soon appear to entice us to give up our desktop/laptop/notebook pcs?
Here's the skinny:
Good-Bye Desktop PC, Hello iPhone - Columns by PC Magazine: "My generation's concept of what it means to compute is so quaint and firmly rooted in the 20th century. Young people and teens computing 10 or 20 years from now will look back and laugh at people like me (and, most likely, their own parents and grandparents) who sat down at desks and worked on 20-pound boxes."
I posted earlier that some browsers didn't work with Google's Gmail label colorizer. Well it looks like Google listened, (not that my post caused them to listen), I'm sure it was a cumulative thing. IE now works properly with Gmail labels.
No Skinny.
Scrum is a part of Agile development. Looks like if Microsoft does buy Yahoo! they will also benefit from this practice.
Here's the skinny:
Lessons from a Yahoo Scrum Rollout: "The easiest way to describe it is that [software is developed in] small groups, which means small cycles and incremental [changes], which means that you release pieces of software rather than the typical big bang. Agile is the web describing the commonality between these things, which is very values driven, and Scrum is one of the methods. Scrum is a very lightweight framework in which you can adapt--and it's not just confined to software."
Ya ya so Microsoft wants Yahoo! and Yahoo! doesn't want Microsoft. This will come to pass. Here's a simple slideshow of the pros and cons from eWeek. A bit over simple, but really boils it down.
Here's the Skinny:
5 Reasons Why Yahoo Should/Shouldn`t Take Microsoft Up On Its Offer: "5 Reasons Why Yahoo Should/Shouldn`t Take Microsoft Up On Its Offer"
It's been 3 Torchwood episodes and they are tighter. The are also a little less about Captain Jack, though his snogging with Ianto was pretty hot!
No skinny, BBC blocks non .uk surfers....
