May 6, 2003
News.Com: Dialing up the next transition.
Q&A with Jeff Hawkins. I could always go back and look at the tactical decisions that I made that didn't work out, but I still believe that this is the future of personal computing. Communicator-like devices will become the center of personal computing, while desktops and laptops will become more like workstations and will be considered accessories to these devices.
SJ Mercury: Microsoft, HP designing communication-centered PC.
The Athens PC has a 23-inch flat-screen monitor so that office workers can view more than one document or Web page at a time while they're working. It comes with a phone handset and a video camera so that a user can make video phone calls.
News.Com: Want to stop spammers? Charge 'em.
Like many victims of dirty air and befouled water, spam recipients are mostly powerless against the polluters. To curb pollution, we need to figure out how to change a polluter's cost-benefit calculations.
EE Times: Microsoft R&D efforts seek to bolster home networks.
Microsoft Corp. announced at its Windows Hardware Engineering Conference here Tuesday three R&D projects that could significantly improve ease of use for sharing audio/video information over next-generation PC home networks.
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