Friday, September 7, 2007

Eudora e-mail program reborn as open source (Reuters)

Eudora, a pioneering e-mail program named after author Eudora Welty, is rising from a technical grave as an open source program after owner Qualcomm Inc quit selling the product in May.
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Apple, partners announce iTunes Tagging for HD radios (ars technica)

If you keep forgetting that one song by that one artist while on the road, a new iTunes Tagging feature coming to HD Radios will make it even easier for you to remember and buy tracks once you get home.
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Talks under way to put Intel inside OLPC's $100 notebook (Network World)

Discussions are under way to put an Intel microprocessor inside a version of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project's "$100 laptop" for children in developing countries, according to representatives from both parties.
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Opinion: The Fox and the Hedgehog (Campus Technology)

There's a business management principle known as the "hedgehog concept." The whole thing apparently comes from a Greek poet, Archilochus, who wrote: "The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." Okay, so right away I think, "I want to be a fox!" But, no. Apparently, in the business world, the thing to be is a hedgehog.
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Microsoft opening up on the Web (CNET News.com)

On the PC, Microsoft may not be writing every program that people use, but by controlling the operating system, the company has maintained a dominant position. The company is in the early stages of trying to carve out a similar role on the Internet.
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