Tech Tracker is a semiweekly digest of links. I've scanned the
broad scope of technology news and writing and summarized what I
thought was the most interesting or important (or both).
Microsoft designs a school. Maybe they've finally
found a product that suits their working model: restarting every
hour or so for a new class, easy transmission of colds, flu, and
other viruses; and getting the "user" (students, er, learners to
accomplish basic tasks without too much frustration and
difficulty.
In other Microsoft news: Business 2.0 relegates
Vista to "also-ran" category, saying the delays and high prices are
sufficiently discouraging to keep users from lining up to buy.
More Vista problems: Microsoft's knack for doing
their own thing may, once again, cause major headaches on the 'net.
This sounds like a problem exponentially worse than creating their
own HTML standards.
I'm not sure this is tech - I'm not even sure
it's science - but if you're an Area 51 buff you might be
interested in this piece from Popular Science.
You don't know it, but this guy's technology is
all around you. See why Shuji Nakamura deserved the Millennium
Technology Prize.
Amazon's Unbox turns out to be glorified spyware.
Let's see what Tuesday's Apple announcements offer us; otherwise,
we'll still have to wait for downloadable video.
Do you eBay? Here are some tips to do it
better.
Back to the "green scene" - here's an
earth-friendly idea if I ever saw one. A power plant is being built
in Florida that will use landfill and sewage as fuel and power the
nearby town adequately. Good move.
Is the iPod losing its cool? The Observer thinks
so. Will Tuesday's event show otherwise?
In the Linux vs. Microsoft operating system war,
Harvard believes that Linux can't win. See why they claim this.
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