The proliferation of Microsoft’s operating platform has become so widespread that it has the potential to become more of a risk than a convenience. This article explains the danger of the Microsoft “monoculture.”

Hewlett-Packard will create a digital archive of all 4000 issues of Time magazine, which Time will then make available on their web site.

The 19-year-old female virus programmer known as Gigabyte has been arrested in her home town of Mechelen, Belgium. If convicted of data sabotage, she could receive six months to three years of prison and a fine of up to 100,000 Euros.

Verge Wireless has turned the central business district of downtown Baton Rouge into a giant Wi-Fi hotspot. Get more details in this article on 2TheAdvocate.

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), the Japanese telecom corporation, has this press release regarding their development of a 1 GB storage device based on thin-film holography.

PalmInfocenter has put together this compilation of recent software announcements from the PalmSource Developer Conference.

From PalmBoulevard comes this in-depth review of the Palm-powered Tapwave Zodiac gaming system.

The Gadgeteer has this brief review of the Roadwired Keycard Travelock system. It’s a cable and lock system that uses a punched key card rather than a traditional key.

Kevin Werbach offers this editorial view of the future of mobile computing based on the advances made in storage technology.

Let’s try this story again, only with the link included this time. Texas Instruments has developed technology to allow it to combine multiple cellular phone functions on a single digital chip. The new chips will result in a 50 percent reduction in power consumption.