200 KBPS is Not Broadband
http://gigaom.com/2005/08/02/200-kbps-is-not-broadband/
>>>According to TeleTruth, the U.S. is actually 16th in the world in terms of broadband connectivity.
-- following up on my earlier comments about the US being at Third World-level in terms of our telecom.

See also:
Y Tori Kan’t Browse - Broadband Ain’t Broadband
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadge...and-115653.php
>>>In truth, the U.S. is 16th in terms of real broadband penetration, after just about every other developed country in the world. This is absolutely ridiculous. Oh, but wait! We have 3G and CDMA running at 100 kbps in an open field on a clear day 50 feet from a cell tower. We’re living in Future Town! Robot, fetch me my food pills.

Startups vie to make Linux more attractive with bundled offerings
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...nfoworld/64777
>>>San Francisco (InfoWorld) - Integrating open source applications is a task daunting enough to lead some companies toward proprietary products. To that end, a several startups this week revealed plans to offer prebuilt, certified solutions so customers have fewer integration migraines
-- very interesting. The kind of apps they mention just cry out for a client that will run on the 770 to allow wireless DB queries.

An open-source misstep at IBM?
>>>Nobody's questioning the massive contributions IBM makes to open source. But it goes to show how the open-source label can give and take away.
-- heed this, Nokia! Tread lightly! MS will be waiting for you to trip up -- like unintentionally alienating the Open Source whizzards.