Even as U.S. government prosecutors continue to berate Bill Gates for his alleged unsportsmanlike conduct toward Netscape, a new browser war threatens to make the old one look like an amateur boxing match. This time, the battleground is the hand-held market. And the battle lines are being drawn between Microsoft’s Windows CE and 3Com’s Palm OS platforms. To the victor goes a hand-held computing market that is estimated to be worth more than $4 billion within four years. Read the rest of this entry »

Although anxiety and even a bit of depression are considered normal in the wake of the recent traumatizing events, parents should be aware of signs that children may be having more serious problems that may require professional help. Read the rest of this entry »

Because children have recently been subjected to the real-life horrors of the terrorist attacks, many parents may find it hard to imagine a more inappropriate time for a holiday that celebrates fear and ghoulishness. Read the rest of this entry »

If the Linux operating system ever becomes successful with consumers on the desktop, it may be thanks to a 26-year-old programmer from Mexico City, Miguel de Icaza. De Icaza is the head of the Gnome Project, a far-flung group of more than 300 programmers who work around the clock building a graphical user interface (GUI) for the otherwise arcane UNIX-based operating system. Read the rest of this entry »