- Jeff Ventura writes about Apple's role in Microsoft's downfall. The agent is OS-X.
- CrunchGear reports that Comcast thinks its best customers should get off its network. Broadband networks are not to be used to watch videos or download software.
- Web Worker Daily wants to know what chores you outsource? I briefly outsourced housecleaning before my wife took personal offence.
- And the Linux and Open Source Blog reports that GAIM makes nice with AOL and gets a new name. On my MacBook, I use AdiumX, which uses the GAIM libraries.
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Google's new sewage powered broadband service
How TiSP Works
Google TiSP (BETA) is a fully functional, end-to-end system that provides in-home wireless access by connecting your commode-based TiSP wireless router to one of thousands of TiSP Access Nodes via fiber-optic cable strung through your local municipal sewage lines.
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AppleInsider | Intel introduces first solid-state drives based on flash memory
While these are still too expensive for the average budget the race is on. I expect in the next few years we will see dropping prices and increased capacity. Although I do not expect that flash drives will match the cost per megabyte of magnetic storage at some point in the very near future the price/performance curve will make flash based HD a very attractive alternative for laptop hard drives. The SanDisk drive mentioned in the article is already at the right capacity for most corporate notebooks.
AppleInsider | Intel introduces first solid-state drives based on flash memory
Conceived as a drop-in replacement for other notebook drives, the "SATA 5000" fits into a standard 2.5-inch space without any changes but consumes less than half the power. The 32GB drive will run system builders about $350.
