Residents Continue to Flee Gulf Coast as Hurricane Closes In. With maximum sustained winds of 135 miles per hour, Ivan is expected to make landfall late tonight or very early Thursday. By THOMAS CRAMPTON and MARIA NEWMAN. [The New York Times > Home Page]
Month: September 2004
Price tag called high for Bush's proposals
Price tag called high for Bush's proposals. WASHINGTON — President Bush's spending and tax-cutting proposals would cost the federal government $3 trillion or more in the coming decade, and would probably have a deeper impact on the federal budget deficit than the plans offered by his Democratic opponent, Senator John F. Kerry, according to independent… Continue reading Price tag called high for Bush's proposals
Apple's Cheshire convinces me to Rendezvous
Apple's Cheshire convinces me to Rendezvous. At FooCamp Stewart Cheshire of Apple convinced me to install their new Rendezvous software. Today I started it up clicked on the new icon it added to Internet Explorer, and, sure enough, it found some printers near me and automatically set them up. Cool. I'll have to play with… Continue reading Apple's Cheshire convinces me to Rendezvous
Fraser spreads the blame
Fraser spreads the blame. LORD Fraser delivered a comprehensive and damning verdict on the Holyrood fiasco yesterday, blaming Scotland's secretive and unresponsive civil service for the delays and cost increases that have plagued the project from the start. [The Scotsman]
Job Woes Plague High Tech
Job Woes Plague High Tech. Researchers say the industry bled 403,000 jobs between March 2001 and April 2004, and the high-tech market continues to shrink. [Wired News]
Don't Mess With Librarians
Don't Mess With Librarians. The timid media won't do it, so 'radical' librarians are standing up against the government to protect free speech and fight censorship. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg. [Wired News]
Detect and Block IM–for Free
Detect and Block IM–for Free. Do businesses really know who's using IM and P2P applications? Research suggests probably not. To help detect and block unauthorized activity, IMlogic today announced a free tool that shows what's happening behind the firewall. [Datamation Product News]
Key Findings from the AmLaw Tech Survey
Key Findings from the AmLaw Tech Survey. “Firms are making roof repairs rather than remodeling the kitchen.” So concludes the 9th AmLaw Tech survey of large law firm technology, published in the September 2004 issue of American Lawyer magazine. This survey is one of the best and most reliable for large law firm technology spending… Continue reading Key Findings from the AmLaw Tech Survey
Technology is Not Enough
Technology is Not Enough. Consulting company McKinsey has found that information technology investment by itself has little effect on productivity. Management practices have a much bigger impact on productivity. When IT lifts productivity in the The McKinsey Quarterly (2004, #4; free registration may be required) reports that “a new study of 100 manufacturing companies in… Continue reading Technology is Not Enough
Doing the impossible
Doing the impossible. It's funny how circumstances can change your perception of what's possible. A few months ago, key Microsoft architects were telling me that it would be impossible to decouple the Avalon presentation subsystem from the Longhorn OS. Now they're huddling in conference rooms trying to figure out how to do just that. It… Continue reading Doing the impossible