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I thought the next generation devices would use voice input. But maybe written is more likely. You can write on IBM’s Thinkpad and on Sony’s VAIO desktop.

Apple releases a UNIX-based operating system – OS X.

Stephen’s Guide to the Logical Fallacies – a comprehensive list of common fallacies.

More deaths. Chemdex, the B2B chemical market. Send.com, the gift store. Musicmaker, the CD-burner. Foodline, the restuarant agent.

Cellular calls will become cheaper. I might buy a phone.

Bhagavad Gita online. Has audio, translations in several languages, etc. Very well organised. The final quote was very fitting for Mr. Krishnan’s IIMPressions, incidentally.

Consumer Electronics Show 2001 is going on.

Vishwabharat and Lead Networks let you register domain names in Indian Languages.

Microsoft makes video games – Sony’s domain. Sony moved into PCs – Compaq’s domain. Compaq moves into electronics – Sony’s domain. Intel moves into consumer electronics – Sony’s domain. With growing technology, industry borders become blurred.

It’s been long since I solved lateral thinking puzzles. Hartman’s site has over a hundred (with answers).

VAIO Slimtop is a computer by Sony which has a flat screen monitor you can write on. $3,000.

We can read the questions for which various ministries are answerable in the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. What fun!

CIOL’s e-governance channel

The Fed lowers interest rates! Certainly hadn’t expected it till the end of the month. Obviously, since this is the first time they changed rates in-between policy meetings. The market was caught short too. Anyway, the NASDAQ has shot up. IT stocks in India are following.

Didn’t know dot-coms had unions. Amazon does. A reaction to the layoffs in dot-coms?

Coimbatore: The next IT destination?

Now Yahoo! will charge a fee for auctions. No more free PCs. No more free ISPs. No more ad revenues. No more free auctions. The trend is clear. Pay! Unfortunately, they’ll also monitor what’s being sold – an indication that country-specific legal barriers are creeping into the Internet.

The Economic & Political Weekly is online.

The Albuquerque Journal charges $50 if you want to link to their articles! A new revenue model? Legally its possible. I don’t think too many sites can get away with it, though. I mean, only the Wall Street Journal gets away with charging for content. Anyway, looks like flat rate pricing will eventually win.

A one-minute summary of movies. For some movies, if you’ve read it, you’ve seen it.