Is Linux a Legitimate Network OS?
9/27/99, Michael J. Miller, PC Magazine. Does Linux bring both savings and increased reliability to your server room as it takes over a range of tasks from a more costly OS, such as Windows NT, NetWare and popular Unix variants?
www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/cgi-bin/print_story.cgi?story=story_3904

Internet-equipped taxicabs hit the streets of San Francisco
9/24/99, ASSOCIATED PRESS. Taxi customers stuck in city traffic can pass the time surfing the Web if they catch a cab equipped with a laptop under a venture sponsored by Yahoo! and several other high-tech companies.
www.uniontrib.com/news/computing/990924-0010_1n24taxi.html

Net is the last computing architecture
9/29/99, Nancy Weil, InfoWorld. For those curious about what the next computing architecture will be after the Internet, believed by many to be on its way to replacing the client/server model, Oracle chief Larry Ellison has the answer: Nothing.
www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?990929.iiellison.htm

University Unplugs Last Electronic Bottleneck
9/27/99, Guy Middleton, TechWeb. Light-speed switching, wireless broadband networks, and an intelligent multimedia network are among the ongoing research projects at Cambridge University. Friday, the university demonstrated works-in-progress as part of its Communication Explosion event during its annual Engineers' Association conference.
www.techweb.com/printableArticle?doc_id=TWB19990927S0003

Web on the wing
9/30/99, BBC News. Airline passengers will be able to surf the Web and receive email at 35,000 feet from next year. Thanks to satellite links, they will also be able take calls to their mobile telephones.
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_461000/461705.stm

Optical switch could bring great leap forward
9/27/99, BEN DOBBIN, Nando Times. A strand of optical fiber can handle 5 million telephone conversations at once, or up to 320 billion bits of voice, video or Internet traffic each and every second. In just 15 years, 120 million miles of fiber-optic cable have been installed worldwide - enough to handle more information than all the billions of miles of copper wiring laid down over the last century.
www.techserver.com/noframes/story/0,2294,500038423-500062356-500052567-0,00.html

Sprint PCS debuts wireless phones with Internet link
9/26/99, ELIZABETH DOUGLASS, Nando Times. Sprint PCS has unveiled the broadest launch yet of wireless phones and service capable of viewing e-mail and personalized Internet information, from weather and travel directions to stock quotes and breaking news.
www.techserver.com/noframes/story/0,2294,500038065-500061715-500037682-0,00.html

FYI: Talk your way around the Net
9/27/99, Star Tribune. Instead of clicking on Web page links, Conversa Web users simply read them out loud. For graphics that provide links, the program generates miniature cartoon bubbles containing a number that is read aloud to make the link - the company calls them "saycons" rather than "icons."
www.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisSlug=TECR27&date=27-Sep-1999

Internet technology causes war of the ages
9/27/99, JOHN CUNNIFF, The Associated Press. The young offer new ideas, a talent valued by employees in an age of vast technological change. Older workers offer stability and experience, often associated with a time fading into the past.
www.canoe.ca/TechNews9909/27_war.html