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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this very subject Webcast: Because businesses today have more network connectivity and more kinds of devices, firewalls no longer represent barriers that separate corporate intranets from the Internet.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

Biz Journal: More law firms mull blogs. Only a small number of Boston-area law firms have blogs, but more are in the works, according to the Boston Business Journal article, 'Blawgs' — Lawyer musings that raise firm awareness. The article cites Boston bloggers Brandy Karl, John L. Welch and the Gesmer Updegrove crew — Lee… Continue reading Biz Journal: More law firms mull blogs

Don't give up your day job – part 1 of a series. If you understand the concept of multiple sources of income, you can broaden your interests and use more of your skills to support yourself. Very few of us are one-trick ponies. Most of us can apply ourselves skillfully to a number of areas… Continue reading Don't give up your day job – part 1 of a series

Basecamp (a.k.a. “Basecrack”) in BusinessWeek. BusinessWeek Silicon Valley Bureau Chief Robert D. Hof was invited to tag along and watch how one design firm (R.Bird) and one client (Chelsea Milling Co, the people behind Jiffy Mix) used Basecamp to collaborate on a project. Some highlights: Chelsea’s experience with Basecamp illustrates why. Created by the five-person… Continue reading Basecamp (a.k.a. “Basecrack”) in BusinessWeek

Two things I can't stop thinking about: ZFS and Joyent [7]. People often ask me what I’m most excited about technology-wise and I have to be honest that this week it’s two things: ZFS and Joyent. They’re at different levels in the grand scheme of server things but whenever I find myself idle, my mind… Continue reading Two things I can't stop thinking about: ZFS and Joyent [7]

Open Invention Network Formed to Promote Linux and Spur Innovation Globally. This week was revealed in this press announcement that with financial support from IBM, Novell, Philips, Red Hat, and Sony Open Invention Network (OIN) was formed, a a company that has and will acquire patents and offer them royalty-free to promote Linux and spur… Continue reading Open Invention Network Formed to Promote Linux and Spur Innovation Globally

Why engines and components are not evil but distracting. I’ve been following the enthusiasm for engines, components, and bigger plugins from the sidelines for a while now. It’s a subject of very mixed emotions. On the one hand, I’m really glad to see that people get so excited and start dreaming of bigger and better… Continue reading Why engines and components are not evil but distracting