Month: October 2003

Microsoft Lassos Music Customers. A Windows XP feature forces consumers to use Internet Explorer to purchase music online, even if they specify that they prefer a competitor's browser. The feature also steers users to a Microsoft-owned website. The DOJ and 19 attorneys general are not amused. [Wired News]

Plan for 'window on the world' attraction. A window between cities that allows people hundreds or even thousands of miles apart to meet and talk could make its debut in Britain next year, reports Ananova. Tholos, named after a type of circular ancient Greek temple, consists of a large round screen nearly 10ft high and… Continue reading Plan for 'window on the world' attraction

LawTechGuru on Innovation. Innovation in law firms? There may be hope yet. Interesting observations from Jeff Beard. [DennisKennedy.blog]

Experts Look at the Future of Legal Technology. Bob Ambrogi has written two great articles – one on the future of legal technology (with quotes from leading experts) and one on the best legal web sites of the past 10 years. Highly recommended. [DennisKennedy.blog]

Blackberry to support Exchange 2003. “Research In Motion today announced support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 on the BlackBerry wireless platform”… it's not available now however… support for Exchange 2003 is due to be available next month with BlackBerry Enterprise Server v.3.6 Service Pack 2…. [MS Exchange Blog]

Ben Bederman's DateLens.  Responding to this week's column, Glen Vanderburg notes correctly that I should have credited Ben Bederson's pioneering work on fisheye distortion in GUIs. I checked, and Samuel Wan does cite Bederson on his blog. Glenn writes: Ben has been working for over ten years now to increase the richness of our GUIs… Continue reading Ben Bederman's DateLens

Library Web Site Design on a Shoestring. I came home from the ILA Conference to find a copy of Carrie Bickner's long-anticipated book, Web Design on a Shoestring, waiting on the doorstep, courtesy of The Rogue Librarian herself. From the introduction: “Web Design on a Shoestring tackles every aspect of web production from the point of… Continue reading Library Web Site Design on a Shoestring

Open WorldCat Project!. In response to my BloggerCon comments, Bill Brembeck from OCLC sent me the following message: “We began efforts in June of this year running through June 2004, which we have named the 'Open WorldCat' pilot. The purpose is to determine the feasibility of a new service to raise the visibility of libraries… Continue reading Open WorldCat Project!

Ernie the Attorney has a good wrapup of Pop!Tech.  [The Scobleizer Weblog]