Handheld Market Leaders: Who’s on First?
RIM stands out for wireless e-mail; PalmOne, for convergence; Sony, for multimedia; and HP, for flexibility. Which one will connect the dots? http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C4149%2C1414502%2C00.asp
U.S. lags beef exporter nations in developing cattle ID system
The U.S. lags behind other major beef-exporting nations in the development and operation of national electronic livestock ID systems key to ensure safe beef exports. http://www.computerworld.com/mobiletopics/mobile/technology/story/0,10801,88680,00.html
RFID tags key to some cattle ID programs
Allflex USA Inc. and Digital Angel Corp. in the U.S. and Aleis International Pty. Ltd. in Australia have the inside track on providing radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and readers to major beef-producing nations that have instituted national electronic livestock ID systems. http://www.computerworld.com/mobiletopics/mobile/technology/story/0,10801,88687,00.html
NASA needs plan for costly IT re-engineering project
A multiyear project by NASA to upgrade its financial management and supporting IT systems lacks a basic enterprise architecture that would rein in costs and define best practices, according to a U.S. Government Accounting Office report. http://www.computerworld.com/managementtopics/management/project/story/0,10801,88652,00.html
Oracle gets $1.5B credit line for PeopleSoft takeover
Oracle Corp. has arranged a $1.5 billion credit line for potential use in its bid to acquire rival PeopleSoft Inc., the company said in a regulatory filing. http://www.computerworld.com/news/2003/story/0,11280,88643,00.html
Pushing P4 to 5.25GHz with Liquid Nitrogen
The folks at Tom’s Hardware have an article up about their attempt to overclock a Pentium 4 over 5 GHz using liquid nitrogen as cooling. A DivX video is available along with pictures of the custom copper cooling head they made. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/12/30/2224225
FBI investigates hack at e-voting software company
Local and federal authorities including the FBI are investigating an intrusion into a computer network at an e-vote software company, which suspects the hack was politically motivated. http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5134106.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news
Israel se pasa a OpenOffice
El Ministerio de Finanzas israelà comenzará esta semana a distribuir miles de copias gratuitas de OpenOffice por todo el paÃs. Esta iniciativa tiene como objetivo liberar al Gobierno de las restricciones monopolÃsticas de Microsoft, según informa IsraelNationalNews. http://www.elmundo.es/navegante/2003/12/30/softlibre/1072780243.html
Japan, China, S. Korea developing next Net
Japan, China and South Korea are reportedly planning to jointly develop Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), the next-generation Internet standard, a move that will challenge the U.S.-dominated market for current IPv4-based Internet technology. http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5134110.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=news
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