Wired. Designer viruses. It took Adam Arkin and David Schaffer just $200,000 and a grad student to develop a potential treatment for AIDS. And that scares them. “If I can do it, anyone can do it,” Arkin said. “That's going to be a problem.” [John Robb's Weblog]
Author: Vince Kimball
Helping
Helping. Dave Winer on the new Movable Type pricing: “Yesterday we saw people complain about spending $60 for a big useful piece of software like Movable Type. I paid $60 for a cab ride in Geneva. A good dinner is $100. A hotel room $150. You want the software, find a way to help companies… Continue reading Helping
Files
Files. Writing mentor Lisa Firke is getting ready for Tinderbox Weekend by cleaning up her paper files: “Tinderbox is brilliant for collecting and tracking information, so I'm seeing if I can use it to make a digital key to my paper filing system…his is not just an exercise in what to purge and what to… Continue reading Files
Resource for Small Firms & Solos
Resource for Small Firms & Solos. Law.com's Small Firm Business page is a promising new resource. The article on remote Internet access has some good advice. [Netlawblog]
Security holes uncovered in Symantec, Norton products
Security holes uncovered in Symantec, Norton products. An important security warning not from Microsoft (via Computerworld): “MAY 13, 2004 (TECHWORLD.COM) – Almost the entire range of Symantec Corp. security software, from Norton Internet Security through to the Symantec Firewall, requires urgent updates, the company has warned, after four critical vulnerabilities were found by security company… Continue reading Security holes uncovered in Symantec, Norton products
First Impression
First Impression. “Most of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do — it comes from not keeping agreements they've made with themselves.” –David Allen , David Allen & Co. [Fast Company]
Other News: Virtual PC Delay
Other News: Virtual PC Delay. Microsoft drags out Virtual PC delays another six months following last year's Connectix takeover. [MacInTouch]
Lawyers & IM
Lawyers & IM. Robert Ambrogi's LawSites comments on the use of Instant Messaging as a productivity booster:My company, Jaffe Associates, operates “virtually” — our staff work out of home offices located throughout the world. All that connects us are telephones and the Internet …. [Netlawblog]
Microsoft to Battle Spyware
Microsoft to Battle Spyware. Microsoft says the upcoming release of Windows XP Service Pack 2 will make it much harder to sneak deceptive software onto users' computers. Is it game over for spyware authors? By Amit Asaravala. [Wired News]
UPnP, Web services, and Rendezvous
UPnP, Web services, and Rendezvous A few of us InfoWorlders spoke yesterday with one of Microsoft's Indigo architects, John Shewchuk. In the course of our conversation, Shewchuk mentioned the recent WinHEC announcement about device support for Web services protocols, reported in InfoWorld on May 5: Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Lexmark International Inc. and Ricoh Co.… Continue reading UPnP, Web services, and Rendezvous