Month: December 2003

eu constitution. Remember the california recall? Well, here in the netherlands we're about to witness a similar procedure in a referendum. Only this will be about surrendering our dutch constitution to that of the European Union. Think about that for a second if your're a US citizen. Wouldn't that be weird? Perhaps just as weird… Continue reading eu constitution

The Mirra arrives. The Mirra Personal Server is finally out. Basically, a hard drive that connects to your home network, the Mirra can be set to automatically backup and synchronize files from all the computers in the house so that if there's a crash, you'll always have your data. It can also be accessed remotely… Continue reading The Mirra arrives

What Happens When Your Job Is Taken By Someone in India or China?.  If you're a white-collar professional and your job has been sent to India or China, what are your prospects today? Not all that good. A recent study by McKinsey Global Institute found that only 36% of Americans displaced in the past two… Continue reading What Happens When Your Job Is Taken By Someone in India or China?

Krugman on electronic voting. NYT columnist Paul Krugman has discovered the electronic voting scandal. He expresses surprise that it's been treated as a technology story thus far, instead of as an important political one. [Ceejbot]

A Gentler Type of Colonoscopy Proves Effective. A new study finds that virtual colonoscopy, a method that uses a C.T. scanner for colon cancer screening, can be just as effective as traditional colonoscopy. By Gina Kolata. [New York Times: Technology]

Sorting out SSL VPNs. Network Computing reviews eight SSL-based VPNs: SSL VPNs are an enormous trend, as they rely on client-side applications using standard protocols instead of kernel-level networking. As the article points out, a classic VPN puts a remote user on a local network as a local node; an SSL VPN typically extends access… Continue reading Sorting out SSL VPNs

Comcast exploits oligopoly power On April 26, we wrote on this site about Comcast's ability to use its growing oligopoly status to “get a seat at the table.” More and more, it's sitting at the head of the table. A year ago, the company completed the acquisition of AT&T's cable television network, making it the… Continue reading we wrote

Riding the rails. I'm trainblogging on the way up to Boston, where I'll be speaking this evening, then doing a few meetings tomorrow.  With the option of using my Treo 600 as a modem, I now have pretty ubiquitous connectivity, and to quote McDonalds, I'm lovin' it!  [Werblog]

Turkeys, Laughs and SBS 2003. My twin sisters visited over the Thanksgiving holiday. One sister said her company, a provider of computer educational services, planned to adopt Microsoft’s Small Business Server 2003. I chuckled, because I had just finished a report on the product. She laughed when I told her she’d have to pay for the… Continue reading Turkeys, Laughs and SBS 2003

Microsoft's Security Risks. During a security Webcast today, Microsoft revealed that it receives 2,500 to 3,000 attempted intrusions or scans a day–or about 100,000 month. Despite the posed security risks, the last major breach occurred in October 2000. … [Microsoft Monitor]