Sensible Home Wi-Fi Security Advice. Solid advice on securing your home Wi-Fi network: This straightforward About.com article notes six steps to securing your network, all of which are sensible and well explained. (The link is for page 2; page 1 explains what Wi-Fi is.) Along these lines, Windows XP users should note that Microsoft recently… Continue reading Sensible Home Wi-Fi Security Advice
Author: Vince Kimball
Ma Broadband
Ma Broadband. Two random tidbits from AT&T CEO Dave Dorman's presentation today at the New America Foundation: “AT&T is investing across the spectrum in last-mile technologies.” In particular, Dorman mentioned a combination of fiber to the neighborhood and some variant of WiFi from there into the home. AT&T has the largest Internet protocol network in… Continue reading Ma Broadband
Good news, bad news
Good news, bad news. Anna-Maria Kovacs has long been one of the few Wall Street analysts to really understand the FCC regulatory process and its implications for the telecom industry. In today's note ahead of the FCC meeting expected to take up VOIP issues, she nails the crucial business implications of the VOIP regulation debate:… Continue reading Good news, bad news
The Last Internet Campaign?
The Last Internet Campaign?. Clay's coda for the Dean campaign hits the nail on the head: “We are seeing the last internet campaign. The advantage of having the Dean story play so big is that everyone was watching. None of this was lost on Karl Rove, or on Terry McAuliffe. Given what Dean was able… Continue reading The Last Internet Campaign?
Patched Yet?
Patched Yet?. While this isn't a security blog, last week's ASN.1 vulnerability (MS04-007) requires your attention. Without panic, all Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 systems need this patch. Because of the nature of the vulnerability, systems that accept authenticated connections are especially susceptible. This includes your Exchange Server. As quoted in this ZDNet article, “TruSecure said business should… Continue reading Patched Yet?
Back to Software Garden
Back to Software Garden. I have resigned from Interland as an employee and CTO. I will be available to them to provide advice on product and service offerings, and possibly participate on their behalf in various external relationships. I am going back full-time to Software Garden, the tiny company that I founded in 1985. I… Continue reading Back to Software Garden
More KM and e-learning
More KM and e-learning. The interesting areas of overlap IMO cover social learning, communities of practice and peer to peer learning. There is a close relationship between e-learning and KM as both domains seek to increase awareness, increment competencies, stimulate innovation and introduce new ideas. Both areas have tended to focus way too much on… Continue reading More KM and e-learning
'The Working Poor': Can't Win for Losing
'The Working Poor': Can't Win for Losing. David K. Shipler reports from the world of 35 million people, most of them employed, who are not making it in America. By Ron Suskind. [New York Times: Books]
Trippi's back online
Trippi's back online. Joe Trippi (former Dean campaign manager) is back on the Net, posting to his very own blog at Change for America. Stay tuned. [tins ::: Rick Klau's weblog]
It's all about scale
It's all about scale. My discussions at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference today have all revolved around scale. First, I ran into Sam Gassel (old bio here), who architected the backend for CNN.com in the early days and scaled it to amazing levels as web traffic grew. CNN.com was the most demanding web environment I've… Continue reading It's all about scale