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September 18, 2006
"Wiki," writes Andrew Orlowski, "is a pun on the Hawaiian word for 'labyrinth.'"
Seth Finkelstein says the blogosphere is more about demagoguery than democracy, as it provides greater incentives for argumentativeness than for reporting.
John Markoff reports on a technological breakthrough that promises to allow data to be sent between a computer's microchips with laser beams rather than through wires: "Commercializing the new technology may not happen before the end of the decade, but the prospect of being able to place hundreds or thousands of data-carrying light beams on standard industry chips is certain to shake up both the communications and computer industries."
Dan Farber and Mark Anderson discuss the "super data centers" that will form the heart of utility computing.
Posted by nick at September 18, 2006 08:45 AM