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How has technology changed society? Take a look at the transponder. They're everywhere -- no, really, we mean it -- everywhere.
No pocket protectors required: You don't have to be a geek to be good at programming. And you don't have to be a cultist who thinks aliens from outer space are coming to take you away. Why, you could be an ultra-Orthodox rabbi and still be good at programming, as long as you're willing to put some brainpower into the work.
If not Sun... We're the only alternative to Wintel, Scott McNealy says.
Define "consolidate": We've shared a desk before, and even if you have the most congenial co-workers imaginable, it's a pain in the wristpad. Novell is thinking about consolidating its Utah offices and there's no indication that employees will have to double up, but a cautionary word to our brethern: Guard your cubicle.
The next time you're weighing whether to spend $100 or so of your hard-earned cash for a marginal upgrade, consider whether Bill Gates really needs the dough.
Computer Associates has 95 percent penetration of Fortune 500 companies, and 20,000 people have shown up at its New Orleans users conference. The $4 billion company, which is in the enterprise management software market, boasts of new moves into multi-protocol, multi-system software.
Netscape repackages its servers in an attempt to get more of the enterprise market.
Miss Manners wannabe: OK, AOL is rude (at least) for promising service they can't deliver. But how often do you as an engineer, programmer, system administrator, web site owner or techno-wizard blame the user for not understanding technology? Too often, we bet (and a mea culpa here, too).
The amazing U.S. economy may owe its low-inflation growth to technology, some economists are saying. Yet, 85 percent of Americans are uneasy with technology. And they still can't program the VCR.
Getting smart: A revamped smartcard specification is going to show up at Internet World in Chicago next week. It uses Java; Is this when it finally takes off?
Border guards in a wired world: Will nations begin to set up packet control at their access points? It seems to us that some already do. But a Wired columnist paints a grimmer picture.
If you're waiting for a sign that online commerce is coming of age, this may be it: One of the world's largest advertising agencies has opened a subsidiary devoted to online ads.
Opinions galore: An online columnist was amazed to discover that users really do care whether Microsoft or Netscape browsers will rule the day. Sounds like a flame war.
By Patricia Sullivan, online editor
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Technophobia -- it's not the people's fault, it's the designers' fault.
-- author Donald Norman
In Mercury Center today:
Flat-panel makers forced to adapt
New dish receives Net and TV
Dan Gillmor: Cambridge warily welcomes Gates
Chris Nolan: Losing track of time
David Plotnikoff: Mission landings
Mike Langberg: Digital eclipsing analog
Multi-computer homes and networks
Why Amelio was a poor fit
Sculley weighs in, again
Sculley speaks out on Apple
Embezzlement in Silicon Valley
Chip makers get a bonus
@Home gets Intel boost
First virtual high school on web
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