Fast Company: Jazzed About Work. Ozzie offered several lessons on how people can use technology to work together well — and on how they can work together to create great technology. Every interview is a kind of collaboration. This interview, involving a master of collaboration, was no exception. [Tomalak's Realm]
Month: April 2001
Court: No Selling Credit Data
Court: No Selling Credit Data. After a nine year battle, a federal court has rejected one company's claim that selling addresses to junk-mail distributors is protected under the right to free speech. The ruling could bolster the constitutionality of future privacy legislation. By Jeffrey Benner. [Wired News]
NO HIDING PLACE
The Sunday Times Magazine (UK) – NO HIDING PLACE. Britain is now a surveillance state. The authorities may be prying into your 'private' life this second. And in the electronic age, it is much easier for innocent people to be mistaken for criminals. Bryan Appleyard investigates [Privacy Digest]
YOUR WHOLE LIFE LAID BARE
The Sunday Times Magazine (UK) – YOUR WHOLE LIFE LAID BARE . You may go to great lengths to guard your privacy – but here are some of the weak points that can leave you dangerously exposed [Privacy Digest]
Bush Baffles Med-Privacy Pundits
Bush Baffles Med-Privacy Pundits. The Bush Administration baffled pundits and defied predictions on Thursday when it decided to allow sweeping privacy regulations drafted under the Clinton Administration to take effect this Saturday. Once they become law on Saturday, the new regulations (PDF file) will grant patients more control over their medical records. Any time medical… Continue reading Bush Baffles Med-Privacy Pundits
Anti-UCITA sentiment growing
InfoWorld: Anti-UCITA sentiment growing. Legislators in the states of Iowa, New York, North Dakota, and Oregon have introduced anti-Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act bomb shelter legislation, designed to negate the effects of the software licensing law on residents of those states. [Tomalak's Realm]
Paul Andrews: “There is some ineffable lure of the shopping experience — often because it supplies us with one of our few remaining outlets for community — which Kozmo could not reproduce.” [Hypodermia
Paul Andrews: “There is some ineffable lure of the shopping experience — often because it supplies us with one of our few remaining outlets for community — which Kozmo could not reproduce.” [Hypodermia]
vBulletin
Tiffany Trott of ilovejeeps.com says “there are several very good forum software packages out right now:” Here's the one she recommends: vBulletin – “I think this is by far the best, affordable package out there. It runs with PHP and MySQL and the set up time is truly about 10 minutes if you can read,… Continue reading vBulletin
GE: Good Things to Investors?
GE: Good Things to Investors?. General Electric posted solid results today in tough conditions, partly due to cost-cutting initiatives. [The Motley Fool]
Former NSI CTO Calls ICANN A “World Government”
Slashdot | Your Rights Online: Former NSI CTO Calls ICANN A “World Government” . David Holtzman, Chairman and CEO of Opion Inc. and former Chief Technology Officer at Network Solutions Inc, has written this interesting ICB editorial titled 'If we're going to have a world government, I want a revolution first.” He argues that 'ICANN… Continue reading Former NSI CTO Calls ICANN A “World Government”