Wireless Mail on the Road
Edited by chromatic
November 2003
The continued growth of free wireless hot spots, and the growth in popularity of wireless-capable devices, unlimited GPRS data plans, and GPRS-capable handsets, all with lots of Bluetooth glue in between, make it easy for an enterprising hacker to keep in touch. (Of course, you still have to get at your data, and in public places, security should be a primary concern.) A recent thread on the Editors List started as a paean to continual connectivity, and then the thread turned practical: Just how do wireless hackers read and write their mail on the road? Here's one ever-more-common scenario.
Read this discussion.
Return of the Self-Destructing DVD?
Edited by chromatic
September 2003
A few years after the ill-fated DivX player failed, media companies are again flirting with the idea of limited-use DVDs. This time, the pitch includes environmental concerns and convenience. Will it fly?
The Editors List is still dubious.
Read this discussion.
Apple and Linux: A Mutual Friendship?
Edited by chromatic
May 2003
Apple's been pretty friendly to the open source world lately. It distributes quite a bit of open source software, adapts existing projects and sponsors new ones. Apple has even lent hardware to significant projects, such as Perl 6.
Maybe the real test of Apple's patience and good citizenship is the Linux/PPC movement. What would motivate someone to put a GNU/Linux distribution on Apple hardware? Isn't Mac OS X Unix enough?
Read this discussion.
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