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Source: OS Opinion

IBM's research division said it has developed a prototype of a computer no bigger than an index card that the company claims packs the computing power of a regular-sized desktop unit. The company plans to unveil its "MetaPad" next Monday at an Arizona technology conference.

The device has a 10 GB hard drive and an 800 MHz processor. It is just five inches long, three inches wide and about three-quarters of an inch thick. The MetaPad holds 128 MB of memory and weighs in at nine ounces.

Source: OS News

Source: Vnunet

We've seen web servers that fit into matchboxes, but now a protocol hacker has created the world's first web-enabled Lego brick.
By porting the extremely small uIP TCP/IP (transmission control protocol/internet protocol) stack to the Lego Mindstorms platform, Olaf Christ has set the foundations for a Lego brick web server.

In a posting to the LegOS newsgroup on Monday, Christ said: "I've got the very first and only TCP/IP enabled RCX [Robot Command eXplorer] in my room, cool, eh?"

Source: IDG.net

Sun Microsystems Inc. upgraded its Cobalt Qube server appliance line Monday, adding new security and management software along with faster processors to its hardware targeted at small and medium-sized businesses.

Source: ZDNet

Back when many users were moving from single to multi-tasking systems, the bottleneck to productivity was the system. The hardware couldn't keep up with the demands of the software, and many of us were caught in the middle, staring at an hourglass while we waited for our systems to catch up. Naturally, no one wanted hourglasses, so we sought out systems that broke the least amount of sweat when asked to do anything marginally complicated.

Source: Chicago Tribune

With its enigmatic silver plastic case, the new Sony Micro Vault looks as though it could be anything from a felt-tipped pen to a prop for the next James Bond movie.

The Micro Vault is, however, a stylish pocket-size data storage device that plugs into a computer's USB port and works with both Windows and Macintosh systems.

The two groups striving to make their respective formats the standard for rewritable DVDs showcase their progress at the Consumer Electronics Show.

The two groups striving to make their respective formats the standard for rewritable DVDs used this week's Consumer Electronics Show as an opportunity to demonstrate their progress.

Source: CNN

Minolta soon will sell a digital still camera with 3X optical zoom in a package less than an inch thick, the company has revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show.

The 2-megapixel Dimage X weighs 4.8 ounces and measures 3.3 inches by 2.8 inches by 0.8 inches, making it the most compact 3X optical-zoom digital still camera on the market, according to a statement from Minolta. Its inner-zooming system allows the camera to keep its flat shape for close-up shots, it says.

Source: CNN

L33tdawg: I wonder what impact Tivo would have if more cable companies start shipping video on demand. I mean, why bother recording something for playback at a later point in time, if your cable box already allows you to start, stop, pause, ffw, and rewind a movie whenever you please?

Source: CNet News

L33tdawg: I just heard about Rearden Steel today on TechTV ... seems like set top boxes are forcasted to be the 'in thing' for 2002.

After two years of secrecy, start-up Rearden Steel will jump into the home entertainment market Monday by announcing its first products and a name change at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.