Vatican pace on abuse worries O'Malley. VATICAN CITY — In an unusual public display of unhappiness with his own church, Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley of Boston yesterday said he is frustrated at the slow pace with which the Vatican is resolving the cases of about two dozen local priests who have been in limbo for [...]

Apple Putting More Focus on Simplifying Searching. Steven P. Jobs, the chief of Apple Computer, demonstrated his answer to one of computing's most pressing problems: searching for files and information stored on desktop computers. By LAURIE J. FLYNN. [The New York Times > Technology]

CivicSpace: Distributed Organizing Toolkit. I was thrilled to meet a young man by the name of Zack Rosen at SXSW this year, and more thrilled when he told me that his reading of Smart Mobs was a key inspiration behind his effort to create the infrastructure for Deanspace. He's been working on a toolkit for [...]

New Post to Global Guerrillas: Iraq's Electricity Disruption. Global guerrillas have been able to hold electricity production in Iraq to less than prewar levels.  This has had a major impact on the country's economics, security, and governmental legitimacy.  If this continues, it may spell disaster for the current interim government.  [John Robb's Weblog]

New Post to Global Guerrillas. Network Analysis to Prevent Attacks.  Random arrests or assassinations will not stop next generation terrorists.  A slow methodical approach by experts with the right mindset is needed. [John Robb's Weblog]

Getting creative: five social tools to give you an edge!. Tomorrow I'm speaking at the Gurteen Knowledge Conference.  My topic is: Getting Creative: Five social tools to give you an edge! My aim is to establish the link between creativity and social networks, and then to show how tools like blogs, wikis, instant messaging and [...]

What should Apple do?. As I said previously, I’m not worried about NetNewsWire. I think the situation with Konfabulator and Dashboard is very different from the situation with Safari and NetNewsWire. The commentary on the Konfabulator situation has been interesting. Some of it has been knee-jerk: “How dare Apple!” and, on the other hand, “Apple [...]

Boston Globe on Groove Networks As “Accidental Government Contractor”. Today's Boston Globe has a major feature story on the front-page of its business section focusing on Groove Networks as “accidental contractor” to the government. Several are quoted within the story, including Glen Johnson of the U.S. State Department. Given this week's news, this element of [...]

Backyard computing. Connected to the great indoors.. This afternoon I drove over to David Allen's house to do some work with him. When I got here… [Eric Mack On-Line]

Guidance for Securing Microsoft Windows XP Systems for IT Professionals: A NIST Security Configuration Checklist. NIST has released Special Publication 800-68 to assist IT professionals (particularly Windows XP system administrators and information security personnel) in effectively securing Windows XP systems. It discusses Windows XP and various application security settings in technical detail. The guide provides [...]