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Phone.com Developer Program
Resources for developers working with WAP and creating wireless applications. Requires free registration.
WAP Forum
A site bringing together the major players in the wireless access industry. Includes developer information, event listings, and more.
ARTICLES
According to a study conducted at Ball State University, though students prefer textbooks to ebooks, using ebooks doesn't diminish a student's retention of material. (8/26/2002 at The Chronicle of Higher Education)
@Home Puts Speed Limits on Uploads by Subscribers
@Home, in conjunction with its cable-based Internet access partners, will be limiting the speed at which customers can upload data to the Internet. (1/21/2000 at The New York Times)
AOL, GWU Create Wireless Research Lab
American Online and George Washington University are working together to build a home where almost every device in the home is connected wirelessly to the Internet. (4/25/2001 at NewsBytes)
AOL, Time Warner Pledge Open Cable
AOL/Time Warner has detailed its plans to allow open access through its cable networks; cable network customers will be able to use any ISP, and ISPs will be able to bill customers directly. (2/29/2000 at ZDNet)
Bandwidth Bandwagon
In the first quarter of 2000, only 4.5 percent of Internet users had broadband (cable or DSL) Internet access; and 75 percent had no plans to upgrade from regular modem speeds in the next two years. (5/15/2000 at The Industry Standard)
The Biggest Lie I Heard at CES
A conference report from the 2001 Consumer Electronics Show. Intel, Microsoft, and Palm push their products as the center of future technology; MP3 players, personal TV recorders, Web appliances, wireless PDAs, and home gateways abound. (1/8/2001 at O'Reilly Network)
Biggest Waste of Worker's Time--E-mail
According to a Gartner survey, workers spend an average of 49 minutes dealing with email, and should be using email more efficiently. (4/19/2001 at ZDNet)
Broadband Gaining Momentum In Access Race
While sales of broadband access devices (DSL and cable modems) climb quickly, service providers continue to sign up dial-up customers, hoping to convert them to more-expensive broadband services later. (9/1/2000 at Forbes)
Can Napster's Week Get Any Worse?
In one week, the makers of Napster - file-exchange software often used for trading pirated music - have gotten a warning letter from a rapper, had their product banned on Yale campus, and been chastised by a pro-Napster student group. (4/20/2000 at The Industry Standard)
Chip Rivalry Yielding Unexpected User Bonanza
Competition between Intel and AMD is bringing faster, cheaper chips to market faster than ever before; 1 GHz processors may be available in 2000. (11/16/1999 at ZDNet)
Consumer Electronics - CES
Reports on new consumer technology unveiled at the CES 2001 conference. Portable CD burners, wristwatches that receive email, and more. (1/9/2001 at CNET.com)
DVD Industry's Fallback Plan: Sue!
The DVD industry is suing the hackers who developed the software to bypass DVD copy protection, as well as a number of websites that contained, or linked to, such information. Emmaneul Goldstein of 2600, and the owners of Slashdot.org, are under fire. (12/29/1999 at ZDNet)
E Ink's Message: We're Creating a New Medium
A look at E Ink - the MIT Media Lab-spawned startup that hopes to create an industry out of electronic paper. (11/16/1999 at Business Week)
E-Mail Privacy Remains Elusive
Though it's gotten easier to use recently, few Internet users use PGP to encrypt their email; people in the legal and medical fields, among others, don't want to deal with unencrypted email. (3/11/2001 at Wired News)
Faster, Baby, Faster!
Gearheads are fueling websites, and hardware manufacturers, who can satisfy their desire to upgrade and optimize old hardware rather than buy completely new systems; the entire personal computer market may change as a result. (4/23/2001 at The Industry Standard)
Feed Daily: Yahoo Is Microsoft's Greatest Threat
Based on the abilities of the Yahoo Companion software, it might seem that the greatest threat to Microsoft's domination of technology comes from media companies. (11/18/1999 at Feed)
Film's Rival Is Gaining
A look at some 4-megapixel digital cameras, priced from $800 to $1100, due out soon. (7/19/2001 at The New York Times)
Floppy Disk, 48, Is Buried by New Tech
An obituary for the Floppy Disk, age 48. (3/9/2000 at Dallas Morning News)
Intro to HDML
An explanation of, and sample code in, HDML - the Handheld Device Markup Language. Covers setting up a web server to serve pages to web phones, and basic code for setting up pages. (11/23/1999 at WebMonkey)
Is a Little Mouse Hurting You? Experts Say Try a Bigger One
A recent study suggests that using a larger mouse tends to reduce users' wrist angles, and might thus reduce the chances of developing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. (1/13/2000 at The New York Times)
Machine Lets You Taste the Web
Start-up Trisenx is working on technology that will let you taste things over the web. Their printer-like device will inject flavors into an edible wafer based on code transmitted over the Internet. (12/21/2000 at The New York Times)
Solar Modules May Ensure Mobility for Wireless Devices
German company Fraunhofer Institute is working on ulta-efficient solar power for PDAs and wireless devices, and small hydrogen-powered fuel cells for laptops. (7/13/2001 at InternetNews.com)
The Spray-On Computer Screen
IBM researchers say they have created a transistor that can be sprayed onto surfaces and is flexible enough to be used on devices like bendable computer screens. (10/28/1999 at Wired News)
Stealth Plan Puts Copy Protection Into Every Hard Drive
Dicussions for incorporating Content Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM) technology into ATA hard drives (used in most PCs) are underway; if they come to fruition, nearly all hard drives sold in the future will keep their owners from copying protected (12/20/2000 at The Register)
Study Shows Huge Surge In DSL Wave
At the end of the second quarter of 2000, 1.2 million DSL lines were operational, compared to 159,000 in the second quarter of 1999. (9/7/2000 at TechWeb)
Sun Cooks Java for Real-Time Computing
Sun is making a modified version of Java for use in real-time devices, such as cars' anti-lock braking systems; Java inventor James Gosling thinks the language's added utility is worth forking the language. (4/11/2001 at ZDNet Developer)
Technology: Is That All There Is?
Michael Dertouzos, director of MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science, has a vision for how computers and associated machines can take a greater role in simplifying people's lives; he's trying to make computers easier through Project Oxygen. (3/13/2001 at Wired News)
There's a Little Cheapskate in All of Us
A list of, and links to, Web Review staffers' favorite cheap tools - covering HTML Tools, Graphics and Multimedia Tools, and Utilities. (12/10/1999 at Web Review)
Why The Web Still Isn't Ready For Consumers
A lament regarding the problems ordinary users face in using computers and the Internet: computers are error-prone and difficult; search engines aren't good enough; the Net is rife with viruses and hackers; and there isn't enough online privacy. (1/8/2001 at Web Developers' Journal)
Will Wireless Vanish Into Thin Air?
The Federal Communications Commission has delayed auctioning off some prime wireless frequencies, because broadcasters already "own" the frequencies and may not want to give them up. (8/2/2000 at ZDNet)
Wireless Data Dilemnas
As the wireless access market heats up, a number of questions still need to be resolved. Do phone service providers try to provide applications and content to customers too, or pass them on elsewhere? Will WAP work as a cross-device protocol? (12/6/1999 at ZDNet)
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