All we see now VoIP telephones using PoE, but it can be used also for PC's.
POET6000 combines state-of-the-art low power PC technology with an integrated Power over Ethernet power supply to provide an easy to install, flexible flat panel PC.
POET is network-ready, sourcing both power and data through a single CAT5 Cable. Low power PC technology provides solid state, silent operation and low cost of ownership makes POET an economical part of your infrastructure.
Each POET is shipped Microsoft Windows XP embedded pre-installed and our team of support engineers is available to discuss how best to install your application. Microsoft Windows XP Embedded provides a subset of the rich functionality of desktop operating systems tailored to dedicated computing devices.
Really interesting and with lot of practical applications.
This week was the week of new OS versions announce's.
Apple
Mac OS X Tiger including QT7 is into stores all news about it here
Requirements:
Microsoft released 64 bit version of XP Professional and 2003 Server.
Reasons to move:
Processors supported: AMD Athlon 64, AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon with EM64T, and Intel Pentium 4 with EM64T
Good news for legal owners of XP installed on 64-bit platform- upgrade is free (very unusual for Microsoft) and same for 2003 Server.
Here you can find applications supporting 64-bits.
ATI announced new ATI's Radeon® X800 XL 512 MB Graphics Card made especially for gamers.
Be ready for it. It will allow you to boost your resolution and color depth even more.
Apple announced new Apple iMac G5.
Specs:
After announcementsmade from some companies and governments :( peer to peer networks are threat for your privacy.
One solution for privacy is PeerGuardian . This program works on kernel level and usingless than 1% of CPU blocks list of well known IP addresses from accessin your computer.
The program is Open Source.