This is a very disturbing ruling. Of course it only applies to the US, but where are Google, Hotmail, and Yahoo servers? Between this and the Patriot Act it almost makes encrpyting all your e-mail worthwhile. Hopefully the US wiretap law will be updated to include electronic communications in addtion to voice. Court case: E-mail…
I gave OneNote a shot when I upgraded to Office 2003 (yes, I know MS Office vs. OpenOffice…I needed to work with a lot of PowerPoint…) and I thought that it was pretty cool. I did do some brainstorming with it and doodling. I think it could have potential. Frankly the only reason I stopped…
MS is really taking it on the chin right now. This is yet another problem with IE. I think this vulnerability is perhaps the scariest. The fact that a trusted site's content could be altered right under your nose is very scary. One minute there are links to other good and trusted site, then the…
Sounds interesting, but they are almost too good to be true. I think this will be an interesting one to watch. Qnext Releases the World's Most Versatile P2P Communications Suite: “SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Qnext Corp. today announced the public beta release of its groundbreaking P2P communications suite available for the Windows and Linux operating…
This article and Amy Gahran's post on Contentious finally pushed me over the edge. I'm trying Firefox and so far am enjoying it. I do have Opera installed, but I'm finding it cluttered. MS really needs to deal with this asap. Can you say “negligence”? They've admitted it is a flaw, they've admitted that it…
I had a chance to hear Ray Ozzie talk about collaboration and webcasting today at Robin Good's Kolabora event today. Ray talked a little about how Groove is used within the military. A good webcast, if nothing else just to hear Ray pan whiteboards in applications like Groove and Netmeeting as pretty much useless. Boston…
This is a very important first step towards pulling ad-supported, free software off the blacklist. I hope Qualcomm does the same thing soon with Eudora. I really liked Eudora and didn't really mind the ads too much. Somewhere buried in the user agreement was a privacy clause, but a public statement like this will go…
This is a really good article from BusinessWeek on how businesses are taking adavantage of blogs both for external PR, but also helping people be more productive. Blogging with the Boss' blessing: “Blogging With The Boss's Blessing More companies are helping employees to speak freely — and bond with customers “
This looks like an interesting offering for OS X users. Nice interface and solid features. There is a trial version available. Near-Time Flow content management software debuts: “Near-Time Flow content management software debuts By Peter Cohen pcohen@maccentral.com June 28, 2004 10:50 am ET Near-Time Inc. on Monday announced the release of Near-Time Flow, a peer-to-peer…
An interesting step as blogging moves more into the mainstream and more companies (even CEOs) see the powerful potential of blogs as a communications medium. Sun's Schwartz Ponders Blogging: “Sun's Schwartz Ponders Blogging By Darryl K. Taft June 29, 2004 SAN FRANCISCO–The president of Sun Microsystems Inc. is looking at ways to express his views…