Month: July 2003

I just can’t resist… Microsoft Wins Homeland Security Contract. Microsoft admits critical flaw in nearly all Windows software. [inessential.com]

Contribute wrapup. Contribute wrapup: I've been hitting the forums and lists today, seeking opinions to bring back on three items: Contribute 2.0, its FlashPaper importer, and any comments on the “product activation” protection built into it. Summertime is usually slow for discussions,… [JD on MX]

Picking Up the Pieces. Advanced scanning technology and software now make it possible to reconstruct paper documents that have gone through a shredder. By Douglas Heingartner. [New York Times: Technology]

Semantic Studios: International Information Architecture. The ways we categorize are rooted in language and culture. This creates unique challenges for information architects. For example, a web site targeted for a Japanese audience may require a completely different structure and organization than its German equivalent. Localization isn't limited to translation. [Tomalak's Realm]

Mach II. The Mach II website is now up! You can read about Mach II and download the (beta) framework and example code. The site is still being worked on so keep watching that space…… [An Architect's View]

Linux Stability. An interesting news story which says enterprise customers looking at Linux are more interested in the stability it brings to the table than whether it is more or less expensive to run than Windows. … [An Architect's View]

www.Feedster.com. The Sanctity of Blogs From time to time, there has been some debate in the blogging community about the need to protect blog content and its underlying links.  Various bloggers have argued long and hard (and well, I believe) that: The intellectual content of blogs belong to the blogger who wrote it and not… Continue reading www.Feedster.com

Say no to UK ID. UK ID scheme complex, costly, unworkable, says expert. Biometric bog-up ahoy… [The Register] Blunkett gets it wrong again?  There's a surprise. I want to say that he's a fool, or inept, or what-have-you.  But I'm sure he isn't. Why then do we end up in these situations?  [Curiouser and curiouser!]

Tangled in their own web of deceit. The Moussaoui nightmare. The so-called 20th hijacker looked like a slam-dunk case for federal prosecutors. Now everything has changed. [Salon.com] It seems to me that the Bush administration has a severe inability to weigh, accept and live with the consequences of their actions.  Now tangled in their own… Continue reading Tangled in their own web of deceit

How IT Fixed London's Traffic Woes [Smart Mobs]