Sunday, December 07, 2003

US spending surges to historic level. Vote on gargantuan bill in Congress caps a year of stunning growth in government. [Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories] 10:36:55 PM    comment []

Hackers Steal From Pirates, to No Good End. The tactic that made music pirating programs so effective is now spreading to rogue programs that take over computers from afar. By John Schwartz. [New York Times: Technology] 10:28:25 PM    comment []

Howard sez, For Longer-Running Conversations: Brainstorms. I note that more people are posting comments, and many of you are from parts of the world other than California or the USA. If you are interested in more extended online discussion, check out Brainstorms, and if the idea interests you, contact howard at rheingold dot com. [Smart Mobs] 8:22:15 PM    comment []

Digital Divide to Be Big Issue at U.N. Summit on Internet. Although more than 60 nations will be represented in Geneva by their heads of government, only a handful of industrial nations are sending their leaders. By Jennifer L. Schenker, International Herald Tribune. [New York Times: Technology] 1:36:41 PM    comment []

As Iranian Elections Approach, Voters Lose Faith in the Reformers. NYT via [NewsIsFree: Popular Items] 11:09:31 AM    comment []

10 hottest wireless applications for 2004. According to Dan O'Shea in Telephony magazine Dec. 1 1. Multimedia messaging 2. Voice over WLAN 3. Localized content 4. Multicasting 5. Group press-to-talk 6. Remote networking 7. Wireless printing 8. Mobile blogging 9. Mobile community services 10. Industrial productivity "MULTIMEDIA MESSAGING MMS is sort of like hot apps 1 through 5. The kids in Asia and Europe are all over it. To the U.S., messaging is the initial application, but get ready for more. VOICE OVER WLAN It's the phenom of education and healthcare, where it's deployed for utility. In the enterprise, it could soon be deployed for cost (or lack thereof). SpectraLink, Vocera, Telesym and Symbol Technologies are good sources for what'll happen next. LOCALIZED CONTENT Small town newspapers and municipalities providing content over mobile devices?" [Smart Mobs] 11:08:03 AM    comment []

School Away From School. For the outcasts and oddballs, virtual high school can seem like an ideal solution. But for all that online students gain, what do they lose? By Emily White. [New York Times: Technology] 10:43:30 AM    comment []

Unconventional Approach: During Holidays, Seek Work. Career experts say that in many ways the period between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day is often one of the best times of the year to find a new position. By Melinda Ligos. [New York Times: Business] 10:37:26 AM    comment []

SUNDAY COMICS [Begging To Differ] 10:31:16 AM    comment []

TV's Possible Future -- What's Smart, What's Not. If the future of television is taking shape here, our choices of programming appear to be nearly infinite. But whether we have flexibility and freedom in how we use those choices will be someone else's decision. [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] 10:19:32 AM    comment []

45 Min. How 45-minute WMD Got from Baghdad to No 10 Downing Street. December 7, 2003 via Cryptome. It's a Telegraph piece on the guy -- the one guy -- in Iraq who was the source for the "Iraq could launch weapons of mass destruction within forty-five minutes times" claim. 10:14:51 AM    comment []