http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2005/12/data_center_mel.php Sun Microsystems is a funny company. It jumped directly from hyperactive adolescence to midlife crisis, complete with ponytail. Ever since the dot-com crash decimated its free-spending customer base, the company’s been on a quest to find itself – and give a jolt to its flat-lining stock price. That quest, dutifully chronicled in the blog of company president Jonathan Schwartz, has looked increasingly desperate of late, as Sun has bounced between marketing pitches like Ricochet Rabbit... en-us http://carsblog.biz/ Secret cars, concept cars, flying cars, vintage cars... http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=4b230bd0-0e8a-4e53-bb67-4b307d847ae6 http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/1415 In today's IT Blogwatch, we look at how Intel hates MIT's $100 laptop with a passion, and peer into the murky world of the latest battery tech. Not to mention today's annoyingly addictive time waster [I have horrible visions of offices around the world ec http://www.nyquistcapital.com/2005/12/10/sun-wants-to-change-the-planet/ Last week it was open source, this week Sun (Symbol: sunw) wants to change the planet. Unfortunately it is starting to look like they are focused on a head to head hardware dual with Intel. Nicolas Carr writes about the opportunity for low-power ente...