e-mail Stephen Gallant Review: 03/01/2008 - 04/01/2008

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Arthur C. Clarke Dies

Writer Arthur C Clarke Dies at 90. BBC. March 19, 2008.
Visionary author Arthur C. Clarke dies at his home in Sri Lanka. This obituary from the BBC is accompanied by video tributes and last year's audio farewell by Clarke to his fans.

Decline of User-Generated Content

Revenge of the Experts. Tony Dokoupil. Newsweek.com. March 6, 2008.
Amidst the scandals involving Web 2.0 favorites such as Wikipedia, there is a growing appreciation for expertise.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Where Web Technology May be Going

Inventing The Future. Victoria Barret. Forbes.com. March 11, 2008.
A journalist attending the O'Reilly Emerging Technology conference looks for potential trends.

New Firefox Features

First Look: Firefox 3 beta 4. Preston Gralla. Computerworld. March 11, 2008.

The author reviews important new additions to the Firefox browser, which include a better download manager, zoom feature and improved performance.

Mobile Broadband Gaining on Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi's End is Near, Marketer Predicts. Sci-Tech Today. March 11, 2008.
Marketer Johan Bergendahl of Ericsson, speaking in Stockholm, predicts that mobile broadband will soon replace Wi-Fi.