“Has the Web lived up to the wide-eyed promise of the early years —
circa 1995? Heck, no. My desktop doesn’t talk to my toaster, and I can’t
download the Gladiator movie and a Russell Crowe inflatable doll in half a
second. I don’t check my stock quotes using a broadband chip implanted in
my femur, which also washes my car.” From a (funny) report at Business Week.

Slashdot says, “This is a detailed description which should interest anyone lucky enough to have one of these
cuties.”

OSOpinion: “Apple has been, from the beginning, the only company in Silicon Valley that mattered. They were, and may very well continue to be, the force behind computers, the face of the screen, and its design. Every component you are touching right now, whether it is the keyboard, or its monitor, has somehow reached into Apple’s life and pulled its existence from it. To be more specific, it came from Steve Jobs.” –Kelly McNeill

Slashdot is discussing a ZDNET article that analyzes the dangers of humans translating syntax into meaning.

OSOpinion: “I composed an e-mail that, I hoped, would not immediately attract buzzword-compliant sales babble. One that would give concrete reasons for our expectations of complete delivery of what we’d already paid for, and been certified to instruct upon. Amazingly, this did penetrate. We did get what we needed to conduct the class. (And we even got the silly t-shirts too.)” –Kelly McNeill

CNet warns of another vulnerability in Microsoft’s recent Internet Explorer version 5.5 allowing near total control of a targeted computer, using ActiveX and Java.

ZDNet comments on the growing popularity of wireless peripherals such as keyboards and mice, and why people are turning away from traditional connectors.

ZDNet has an article about the technology of the future. The article claims that paper will be around in twenty years while other technologies may come and go. After thousands of years of use, paper may yet prevail.

Intel, says NW Fusion, is releasing five new NetStructure products.

Slashdot has a discussion about a story on the rebuilding of the British code-breaking computer Colossus from World War II.