Intel unveils 'Web 2.0' software suite

Is Intel ready to be a software company?

The question is posed in this article about Intel's recent announcement that they will be releasing collaboration software suite. I guess if Bill Gates can purchase a hotel chain, why can't a hardware company get into the software market?

Imagine though that Intel expanded and grew a large software vertical within their business and it became a dominate player in the software market. Now they would control both halves of the computing equation allowing them to dominate the industry unchallenged. Software and hardware teams could work together to bring us seamless integrations, graying the line between hardware and software, producing applications not yet dreamed of... creating a monopoly, taking over the world!

Yea, ok... back to reality...

IT jobs healthy, study says

This article quotes a report stating that there are more IT jobs now than there were 6 years ago during the "Dot Com" peak.

Maybe it is just me, or maybe they are right and it is just the way I am perceiving the market, but finding a job six years ago seemed a lot easer than it is now. I wonder if someone has looked to see if the growth in the IT job market has been outpaced by the number of new workers in IT over the past 6 years?

Gates to buy Four Seasons

From software mogul to hotel chain?

This article caught me by surprise this morning. I suppose Gates is just diversifying his portfolio a bit. So what can we expect when staying at the Four Seasons in the future:

• automatic upgrades
  
• blue screens
  
• windows desktops in every room
  
• a damn robotic paper clip in the lobby asking if you need help

The full article can be found here.