NTT DoCoMo, Japan's trend setting cellular service provider is has sold out if its first batch of "Dick Tracy"-like watch cell phones. An article on CNN details the offering and the 20 minutes it took to sell out the 1000 limited edition phones.

The project page on SourceForge claims that they have added Layer 7 (Application Layer) priority queuing and filtering to the Linux networking kernel, allowing for the appropriate prioritization of traffic with non- deterministic ports.

One day after its announcement, AOL has pulled from release a peer to peer file sharing solution crested by subsidiary NullSoft. A report from CNET details some of the previous issues AOL has had with this subsidiary, including a similar problem over MP3 sharing software two years ago. This years …

An article on CNET relates that Sun, who owns the Java language, is once again trying to bring implementers back in line over compliance with the language specification. This time the issue is J2EE and the perpetrator is JBoss.

If you have Yahoo! messenger installed on your machine you should move immediately to get it patched to fix the latest security hole in the software. The most recent finding was a so-called buffer overflow error which can be used to gain access to the user's machine over the internet …

CNET is reporting that SCO plans to rebut the comments made earlier this week by Novell regarding the ownership of UNIX intellectual property. Not many other details available yet, but it fat lady isn't singing yet.

Although not a laughing matter for the former employees, BBC News is reporting that Accident Group (of the UK) has sacked over 3,500 workers and that many of them received notification of this via text message.

According to an article on Wired: SBC, Verizon, and Bell South have agreed on a method for connecting homes in America directly with fiber optic cable. No timetable is set, but this paves the way for some amount of standardization of equipment and techniques for laying out a nationwide customer …

All major media outlets are reporting today that Microsoft and AOL have settled the anti-trust suit filed against Microsoft by AOL claiming that the company pushed Netscape out of the market through uncompetitive means. The result was a $750M payment to AOL, an agreement between the two companies to cooperate …

After receiving my Windows copy of Adobe's Acrobat Professional yesterday and my Macintosh version today, I'm ready to give some initial reactions to the versions. So far, so great. It's been a long time coming on the OS X side, and because of the annoyance of missing features in "real …

Martha (as in Stewart, media darling turned stock suspect) makes a couple of comments about Bill (as in Gates, we all know who he is) and his house in this interview with Wired. I have to say that I find it amusing to hear her bashing him because his house …

iomega has announced that it is making its new iStorage online data storage service available free for 30 days. The system, not unlike Apple's .Mac iDisk provides rudimentary backup, online secure storage, access from the desktop (Windows only, unlike Apple's Windows and Mac) and "WhaleMail" file transfer. Annual pricing …

An excellent, but lengthy article on CNET provides some food for thought on Apple's Apple Music service, Microsoft's future in the area, some of the sour grapes by the "we were here first but nobody talks about us" crowd, and provides an interesting chart on who the author …

SlashDot was the first place I saw to post an article on this important issue. Looks like the folks at SCO have some backpedaling to do. Note in particular, the comments made by Novell CEO Jack Messman in his last paragraph to SCO: " We, like others, are concerned about the …

A Reuters report carried by iWon states that LinuxTag (a German lobbying organization whose name means "Linux day") has requested that SCO provide specifics on their claims of infringement or retract the claims otherwise LinuxTag will take them to court in Germany. The crux of the case is that SCO …

A CNET report indicates that Novell will (this morning, before the open) issue a statement regarding the ownership of UNIX patents that may have some bearing on the SCO trade secret case against IBM. It appears that Novell thinks they retained the ownership of the patents and thus the right …

In a move that is seen as conciliatory for the large software maker, Microsoft has announced changes to its controversial Software Assurance program. CNET is running an article describing the changes and intended effects. The revisions don't decrease pricing or make it more flexible, but do add support, training, and …

PC users are familiar with the term BIOS (standing for Basic Input/Output System), although few know exactly what it does, they do know that they need it and occasionally you are required to press F1 or some other combination to invoke it and save your computer from certain doom …

A report from Wired alerts that Microsoft has once again withdrawn an update from their site due to an "inadvertent" problem with the Windows XP security update. According to the company, "Most systems didn't crash; they simply lost network connectivity." Perhaps they should check out what most users use their …

Listen.com, the music service of Real Networks (the service's name is really Rhapsody) has dropped its pricing to $0.79/track for burning to CD. According to the article on Wired, the company ran a promotion earlier this year, which led it to the conclusion that the lower price …