Thinking about what's after Windows

Platforms: Microsoft is pondering a Windows successor, and saying it will better leverage multicore chips, which requires tools that don't exist today. "It's not a question of running on a multicore artchitecture," a program manager explains. "It's a question of what you do to fully exploit the capabilites there."

Columnists' corner: Tom Yager reveals the ugly truth about agencies that promote contract-to-hire positions, dubbing the whole game the tech worker's contract to nowhere. "An employer who uses boiler-room agencies to look for help misses out on prime prospects, and can end up with the agency's dregs: joyless workers who came your way only after being run once too often through the agency's soak cycle. But then, if you use contract-to-hire, you get what you deserve," Yager writes.

The news beat: Net nuetrality gets rejected and will not be added to a broadband bill as it goes to the Senate floor. Google changes its tune on San Francisco Wi-Fi tracking and will no longer require an e-mail address for login, but it is not clear whether privacy issues catalyzed the decision. An Intel executive, speaking at The Venture Forum, cites the importance of innovation, pointing to Netflix and the Toyota Prius as examples. And Red Hat's revenue is on the rise along with subscriptions.

Posted by Tom Sullivan on June 29, 2006 04:44 AM