Thursday, June 26, 2003

First Review of the Treo 600 Smartphone First Review of the Treo 600 Smartphone Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday June 26, @09:32PM from the kicking-the-tires dept. jlouderb writes "Handspring debuted the biggest product at last week's lCeBit show in New York. Lots of news articles were written about the Treo 600, but I actually got to borrow one of the few prototypes for a day." Looks like the only real negatives are that there's no protection for the screen, and no removable battery, otherwise it's a tight little device. It'll be interesting to see the release model in action.    [Slashdot] 10:59:24 PM

DevX: Learn to Consume RSS Using DevX's New Content Feeds. [Scripting News] 10:58:02 PM

World's Smallest Desktop Pentium4? World's Smallest Desktop Pentium4? Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday June 26, @02:18PM from the and-they-say-size-doesn't-matter dept. Valour writes "The Jem Report has just published an in-depth review and installation guide for the new Iwill ZPC, a cool little Pentium4 ultra small formfactor PC. There have been similar designs in the past, but nothing with this kind of power." [Slashdot] 5:32:49 PM

Google tweaks toolbar to block pop-ups. The search giant is in the process of releasing a new browser toolbar that lets people block pop-up ads and easily update their blogs as they surf the Web. [CNET News.com] 5:22:08 PM

Amazon.com - Web Services:"At Amazon, we want to see Web services work. We believe they are important to the future of the Internet. To help stimulate Web service innovation, we now offer software developers the opportunity to integrate Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk features and content directly into other Web sites using either SOAP or XML over HTTP. Partner with the leader in e-commerce and join the Web services revolution today!" 10:48:31 AM

Access NT Terminal Server remotely with rdesktop or PXES - Any utility that makes connecting to Windows NT/2000 Terminal Server from Linux clients easier is well worth a look. And rdesktop and PXES make it about as easy as possible. I’ll provide you with the information to install and run rdesktop and PXES, which I feel are two of the best solutions out there. - TechRepublic 10:41:56 AM