Here’s an interesting article on PC World about advances in real-time traffic reporting to various gadgets in your car. The question I have, is if everyone has a traffic avoidance system in their car, won’t that make unpredictable traffic patterns? Or, will traffic begin to resemble schools of fish, darting here and there in big droves?
The $100 laptop remains elusive, however, a company called Lite Appliances thinks that part of the problem is the cost of software, expensive high-powered CPUs, and hard drive space. So, they are running a stripped down OS on a stripped down PC, and will rely on what they call Rich Internet Applications (such as Google’s Docs and Spreadsheets, GMail, WordPress) to provide the user with all the functionality they could ever need or want. I have to wonder if using a Lite Appliance might be a tad frustrating with the current state of Rich Internet Applications. Also, I wonder what browser they are running. That might make a difference to adoption. Read up here.
From the thewirelessreport.com comes a blurb about WiMax product maker Alvarion adding WiFi to their BreezeMAX product line to help bridge the gap between the WiFi and WiMax worlds. It’s worth perusing thewirelessreport.com just for the heck of it, if for nothing else – there’s lots of interesting and useful info there.
Finding your PC isn’t quite keeping up with your ever increasing media demands? Here’s an article on PCMag.com covering critical (yet less expensive than buying a whole new PC) upgrades you might consider doing in order to keep your old beast humming along in an on-demand world.
Here’s an interesting article on Wired News about Wikipedia’s co-founder Jimmy Wales’ vision for a better, more human, search engine. Although search engine technology is far more advanced than it used to be, I think that it is missing that subtle human touch, and that he might be on to something.
