TCP/IP, SMTP, HTML, WYSIWYG. The tech community has a habit of picking really dry and, perhaps, boring names for technologies. Bluetooth is a notable exception.

So where does the name, and the ubiquitous symbol (left) come from? Well, Bluetooth is actually named after Harald Bluetooth Gormson. He was a Danish king who live around 1900 years ago. He is credited with unifying tribes from around Denmark, Sweden (where Bluetooth was invented) and Norway. Bluetooth was decided on as a metaphor for how the radio transfer protocol was originally intended to unify disparate technologies.

The Bluetooth logo combines the Nordic runes of H and B.

You learn something new every day...

PS: This post inspired by this item on ThinkGeek. I couldn't find any reliable source to confirm that the Bluetooth moniker was actually given to King Harald due to his love for blueberries...

I haven't started to read it yet, but Charles Petzold wrote it. Nuff said.

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Don't know how this one slipped by my attention for two whole days, but MSRS has now gone '1.0' - I think probably due to outside pressures, I would have preferred to see some rolling betas for a while so that they didnt lock themselves down too soon in terms of implementation and API.

Also, I see there is now a 'Free Non-Commercial Licence' and a $399 (about R2800) 'Commercial License' which, although nominal, is a bit early in the game as well in my opinion.

Is anyone else out there playing with this?