Stories about: Bluefish

If you'd like to get started with Ajax, I highly recommend Ajax Construction Kit by Michael Morrison. It's terrific. Morrison's writing is clear, strong, and informative. The sample projects are practical applications that make great starting points for real-world applications. He thoroughly explains the stuff you need to know and doesn't get bogged down in the stuff you don't. Plus he includes just enough humor to keep things light and fun.

Linux buffs tend to scoff at one of the major reasons that Windows users like me haven't switched yet: We don't want to give up our favorite applications. With countless open-source options, plus a rising number of commercial apps for Linux, their argument goes, we can certainly find a replacement for whatever software we're running on XP or Vista.

Wireless server vendor WideRay this week introduced a device that lets users with Pocket PC and Palm OS handhelds access information via the widely installed, but rarely used, infrared interface found on most such devices.

Imagine doctors armed with personal digital assistants (PDAs) to record patient information during hospital rounds and then beaming the updated information to a point somewhere within the hospital environs; this is the future according to Australian startup Bluefish.