Computers will be instant-on, Digg becomes the new Friendster and virtual adultery ends in real-life murder. Here are our predictions for 2007. By Wired News staff. Plus: 2006 Foot-in-Mouth Awards
Original post by The Associated Press on Topix.net

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales plans to use open-source software and the collaborative power of wikis to transform the search engine. Google, watch your back. Wired News interview by Michael Calore.
Original post by VC Circle

This "meat-and-potatoes" collaboration service offers enough services and administrative features to be taken seriously.
Original post by xpBargains.com computer deals RSS feed

One thousand attendees of the Chaos Communication Congress voluntarily wire themselves up to RFID location-tracking devices. Just because they can. Quinn Norton reports from Berlin.
Original post by The Associated Press on Topix.net

It’s time for Wired News’ annual Vaporware Awards, celebrating all those wonderful technologies promised for 2006 that never quite delivered. By Michael Calore.
Original post by The Associated Press on Topix.net

Apple’s head cheese must surely now be counted as one of America’s great business leaders after his great year. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
Original post by The Associated Press on Topix.net

Microsoft’s free Windows Live Writer offers bloggers some convenient tools and freedom from their browsers’ limitations.
Original post by xpBargains.com computer deals RSS feed

Toy design is going exclusively digital thanks to advances in haptic sculpting tools. Alexander Gelfand reports from a high-tech toy studio in Brooklyn, New York.
Original post by The Associated Press on Topix.net

In an exclusive jailhouse interview with Wired News, Hans Reiser, accused of killing his wife, says he’s looking to unload his open-source file system company to help pay legal costs. Joshua Davis reports from Dublin, California.
Original post by The Associated Press on Topix.net

Jabra’s Bluetooth earbud frees up busy hands, an HP Pavilion notebook gets lusty looks, and Dance Dance Revolution does Disney. In Gadget Lab.
Original post by The Associated Press on Topix.net

The quest to connect with the elusive 18- to 24-year-old set leads corporations to set up shop in social networks like MySpace and Facebook. Now soft drinks, mobile phones and leather shoes want to be your friend. By Chaddus Bruce.
Original post by VC Circle

Using speech-to-text software and studying the contextual relationships between words, a new startup makes audio files as searchable as text on the web. By Eliot Van Buskirk.
Original post by VC Circle

Three senior executives are leaving AOL following a recent shake-up that brought in a veteran NBC executive as the online company’s new chief executive, two people familiar with the matter said Friday.
[via Bismarktribune.com]
Original post by Bismarktribune.com

Dave Winer on the embargo is dead meme that’s been talked about on several blogs lately.
[via Newsfactor.com]
Original post by Newsfactor.com

Traditionally, enterprises have used PLM, usually in engineering-centric industries like automotive and aerospace, to create component lists that are then used by ERP systems to generate bills of materials.
[via Internet News]
Original post by Internet News