Microsoft prepares for search assault | CNET News.com

Small, safe fuel cells are finally coming to pass. This is a fantastic development. This should decrease the size and weight of laptops and other devices while increasing the on-battery running time. TOBISHA TO MARKET THUMB-SIZE FUEL CELL: “TOKYO – Toshiba, one of the Japanese companies racing to develop electronic devices powered with a miniature…

From the Globe and Mail, With IM so pervasive, I expect to see far more features and tools added. I hope the Balkinization of IM ends, soon. Having multiple clients running or something like Trillian is like needing a different phone number for each country that wants to call you. Globetechnology

And I thought I was the only one who jumped when the phone rang thinking “What is that strange sound? Oh, the phone!” I definitely prefer e-mail and IM to phone calls. My wife and I IM between my and her home offices. The phone is great and I often “resort” to it when the…

Since I've started this blog at Blogger.com, owned of course by Google, they offered users here GMail accounts. Curious, I accepted. The advertising part is disturbing, but what I'm really interested in is the concept of not throwing much away and using powerful search to find your e-mail later. So if you'd like to e-mail…

This is interesting in that one serious barrier to rural access and rural teleworkers has been access to broadband. Hopefully new wireless broadband (like microwave and opening up unused TV bands) will spread broadband Internet into the hinterlands. EarthLink hooks up to wireless broadband | CNET News.com

Here is the eWeek review of Groove Virtual Office. It's not as glowing as some others, but the one point I this is important is the lack of cross-platform compatibility. I also wonder how many organizations will be willing to pay for a system that allow duplicates e-mail and other systems. The strongest feature I…