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Company’s internal ICQ messages posted to web

Posted by Keith Elder | Posted in Internet | Posted on 15-03-2001

Have you ever wondered what happens when you send an ICQ message? Well I bet Efront wished they would have read the fine print before using ICQ. Apparently a lot of internal messages were sent back and forth from the CEO using ICQ. Since ICQ logs all of its messages (by default) all of the CEO’s messages were saved. Magically, these logs appeared on the web (how has not been confirmed) and it is has turned into a huge corporate nightmare. Read the complete story on Yahoo.

ps – happy birtday Miester!

Handspring releases 5th new Visor – The smallest one yet

Posted by Keith Elder | Posted in Mobile Devices | Posted on 13-03-2001

It’s slim. It’s sleek. It’s expandable. And it’s rechargeable too!
That pretty much sums up the new Visor Edge by Handspring released today. This is the 5th line of Visors released by Handspring. Read further for more details.

What is Ebay thinking?

Posted by Keith Elder | Posted in Internet | Posted on 12-03-2001

Today Ebay and Microsoft announced a partnership in which the two companies are going to merge their technologies together. Basically Ebay is going to use the Microsoft technology to drive its site and Microsoft is going to use Ebay’s marketplace technology and incorporate that into new .Net offerings…………

Did you ever watch the Jetsons?

Posted by Keith Elder | Posted in Computer Hardware | Posted on 07-03-2001

Do you remember the Jetsons? Da da da da! If so you will remember all of those cool gizmos and thingies they would always come up with. Like Geore would wake up and have a computer shower him, brush his teeth and then a conveyor belt would shove him out the door. Basically it was a brainless act waking up every morning and driving to work. Well let me introduce you to Smart Home, read on.

Toshiba releases new Linux Server Appliance

Posted by Keith Elder | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 05-03-2001

Toshiba on Monday launched a new Linux-based, special-purpose server that it hopes will attract business customers and home networking enthusiasts. The SG10 has seven ports to connect PCs and another to connect to a broadband Internet connection. It can house a Web page and host e-mail, and with an upgrade can serve as the hub of 802.11b or Bluetooth wireless networks. The machine, based on a 350MHz AMD K6-2 processor with 64MB of memory, uses the Red Hat 6.1 Linux operating system. You can read more about the release here.