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Another mainstream overview of the arguments for open spectrum. My long distance and not terribly informed view is that Michael Powell (head of the FCC) might actually support such thinking. Can he actually do this, and keep his job? Seems doubtful with the present administration.
Was using the thumb-board on my mobile in my dream last night. I guess I'm assimilated.
Check out how much of Manhattan is covered by wi-fi (wireless internet access.)
Chandler is the code name for the Open Software Application Foundation's networkable PIM I mentioned a few days ago. (That's Personal Information Manager: mail, calendar, contacts, to-do, etc.) The buzz around this project is huge. Vista is a prototype for what Chandler might be like. It's not a product that will be released, but it's described in detail, with screenshots, in the hopes of focusing discussion. This looks very very cool. The idea that we could have networkable PIMs without a centralized server is very promising.
One of the coolest features of Vista is the ability to browse remote repositories using Jabber to convey the necessary data and meta-data. It uses Jabber extension messages to determine what views are accessible to the requestor, and to request and receive the relevant data items, via a simple UI described in the next section. More sophisticated users can address remote views and data items directly, by typing a URL that has a Jabber ID at the beginning, as described above.