Month: November 2005

The Web as it was meant to be used. Paul Graham's essay on Web 2.0 explains why I chose the tagline “Building Web 2.0” for XTech 2006. [Edd Dumbill's Weblog: Behind the Times]

Michael Covers Library 2.0 Whitepaper from Talis. Today is turning into a very lucky day for me, because I was also going to write about the recent Talis whitepaper on Library 2.0, along with some context for what libraries should be starting to talk about in this area. However, Michael beat me to it on… Continue reading Michael Covers Library 2.0 Whitepaper from Talis

iFolder, Drag and Drop Style. History: Last night I was trying to show the new iFolder UI to my wife last night. I tried to make it as interesting as I could so that I could observe how she might try to use the client (kind of just a non-formal usability study on the new… Continue reading iFolder, Drag and Drop Style

Microsoft CTO Ray Ozzie starts new blog. He referred to it as Ray's Weblog v3. The reason: Before taking the CTO spot at Microsoft, Ray Ozzie had more than one blog of his own. Now he's back in the blogosphere, this time as a Microsoft executive. Ozzie wrote in this inaugural post that he intends… Continue reading Microsoft CTO Ray Ozzie starts new blog

Kaminsky: Rootkit Causing Widespread Infection.. Kaminsky: Rootkit Causing Widespread Infection. This morning, security researcher Dan Kaminsky announced an ingenious method for gauging the extent of the Sony XCP CD rootkit infection. His findings suggest that at least hundreds of thousands of computers are likely already infected, and that Sony probably has data that would show… Continue reading Kaminsky: Rootkit Causing Widespread Infection.

Google's bet on small. Forbes has a nice piece on how Google takes advantage of small teams in a big organization to actually get things done. For all those who say “this wouldn’t work for us because we’re too big,” just have a look at one of the world’s most successful companies. Brin and Page… Continue reading Google's bet
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Lessons of Nuremberg, 60 years on. SIXTY years ago tomorrow, the greatest war crimes trial in history began at Nuremberg – the city the Nazis called their own. [The Scotsman]

Where's your perimeter?. Where's your border? What do you have to defend? Tuesday at 9 a.m PST there will be a web cast on this very subject Webcast: Because businesses today have more network connectivity and more kinds of devices, firewalls no longer represent barriers that separate corporate intranets from the Internet. We need to… Continue reading Where's your perimeter?

Hotel rooms. “When regulars like Laurence Wiener check into the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York,they get more than a smile from the concierge and a mint on their pillow”,this article in IHT says.”Wiener's hotel room “knows” exactly how warm.It welcomes him with a personal message on his television.It even loads his most frequently dialed… Continue reading Hotel rooms

Exchange 12 to be Exclusively 64 bit.  As announced at the sold out Microsoft IT Forum 2005 in Barcelona, Spain, Exchange 12 will ship exclusively for 64 bit hardware. “To help customers take full advantage of the power of 64-bit computing, products including Microsoft(R) Exchange Server “12”, Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003, Windows Server(TM) “Longhorn”… Continue reading Exchange 12 to be Exclusively 64 bit