Author of BitTorrent gives away his marketing secret. I met Bram Cohen last night at a party again. I keep running into him in places I don't expect. Don't know who he is? He's the guy who wrote BitTorrent. He tells me he's had more than 10 million downloads. It came out in the summer… Continue reading Author of BitTorrent gives away his marketing secret
Author: Vince Kimball
I'm in Kunal's World now, (Now I know why we called them K-Logs)
I'm in Kunal's World now, (Now I know why we called them K-Logs). You know, Kunal's OutlookMT feature is, for me, a killer feature. One of those that'll change — dramatically — my life forever. The Outlook team and Sharepoint team should hire Kunal to implement this feature ASAP. It is THAT IMPORTANT. What does… Continue reading I'm in Kunal's World now, (Now I know why we called them K-Logs)
An important article…
An important article…. An important article in the Sunday New York Times presents a long, detailed and I would say generally mixed picture of the Bush administration's handling of mounting threats of a major terrorist attack during the spring and summer of 2001. The article makes clear that the quickening pace of threat warnings was far… Continue reading An important article…
FTC and BBB Tips on Business Computer Security
FTC and BBB Tips on Business Computer Security. A useful checklist of safety recommendations from the FTC, Better Business Bureau and the National Cyber Security Alliance focuses on issues that include password and virus protection, using firewalls and updating security patches, the risks of file sharing, the utility of encryption, and employee education. [beSpacific]
U.S. Could've Stopped 9/11 Attacks, Panel Chief Says
U.S. Could've Stopped 9/11 Attacks, Panel Chief Says. The chairman of the commission investigating the attacks said that even as the White House sought to dispel the notion that the attacks were avoidable. By Kirk Semple. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
InstallingDebian
InstallingDebian In recent weeks I've gone on a major binge of installing Debian Linux. In the last few months have seen a lot of new environments appear in my setup. I've acquired a new desktop machine which I installed Windows XP on, a Powerbook laptop with MacOS X, and a new work laptop with windows… Continue reading InstallingDebian
MARC Format – An Endangered Species?
MARC Format – An Endangered Species?. There's been talk in certain librarian circles for several years now about the failings of MARC format. MARC was designed when catalog cards were the norm, and considering today's technology, seems quite unnecessarily complex and inflexible. Online library catalogs, typically based on the MARC format, suffer in comparison to… Continue reading MARC Format – An Endangered Species?
Emerging VAR Opportunity
Emerging VAR Opportunity. Barb Darrow of Computer Reseller News focuses on our VAR initiatives in this week's issue. As Peter O'Kelly, an analyst with the Burton Group points out, one of the big opportunities for VARS revolves around the vastly improved forms tool in v3.0. Says O'Kelly: “You can build real, nontrivial forms-based applications without… Continue reading Emerging VAR Opportunity
Computer Forensics, Cybercrime and Steganography Resources
Computer Forensics, Cybercrime and Steganography Resources. This morning I opened up my mailbox to find an email from Jacco Tunnissen over at honeypots.net letting me know that my Linux harddrive forensic analysis presentation (slide deck here) is now being linked on the Computer Forensics, Cybercrime and Steganography Resources page. One of these days I will… Continue reading Computer Forensics, Cybercrime and Steganography Resources
Time Records Often Altered, Job Experts Say
Time Records Often Altered, Job Experts Say. Experts on compensation say that the illegal doctoring of hourly employees' time records is far more prevalent than most Americans believe. By Steven Greenhouse. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]