Clay and Ross point at articles from Gelernter and Hornik regarding the death of eMail. I can't for the life of me imagine why this is a surprise to people. There is NO possibility of sustainable constraints on email – a fundamentally unaccountable medium. Are we surprised when we can't do productive work in an… Continue reading Clay
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It's Time To Revive IE Development
It's Time To Revive IE Development. The Qhosts Trojan horse raises serious concerns, not about security but Microsoft’s Internet Explorer development strategy–or lack of it. For anyone missing news of the Trojan horse, CNET News.com has a pretty good story, here, explaining the problem. In a nutshell: Hackers are exploiting an IE flaw that lets… Continue reading It's Time To Revive IE Development
NEWS.COM
CNET NEWS.COM – Digital-rights group knocks 'trusted' PCs. A high-profile digital civil liberties group is criticizing a component of the “trusted computing” technology promoted by Microsoft, IBM and other technology companies, calling the feature a threat to computer users. The paper, which was set to be released late Wednesday by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, analyzes… Continue reading NEWS.COM
Florida Dorms Lock Out P2P Users
Florida Dorms Lock Out P2P Users. A program designed to nab file swappers at the University of Florida appears to be successful, much to the chagrin of students. The pilot project is a model for other schools coping with peer-to-peer sharing on campus networks. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]
Microsoft Sued for Weak Security
Wired News: Microsoft Sued for Weak Security. The lawsuit, which was filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, also claims that Microsoft's security warnings are too complex to be understood by the general public and serve instead to tip off “fast-moving” hackers on how to exploit flaws in its operating system. [Tomalak's Realm]
Getting Twisted
Getting Twisted. Twisted is a framework, written in Python, for writing networked applications. It includes implementations of a number of commonly used network services such as a web server, an IRC chat server, a mail server, a relational database interface and an object broker. Developers can build applications using all of these services as well… Continue reading Getting Twisted
Americans' Confidence In Bush Has Dropped, Poll Shows
Americans' Confidence In Bush Has Dropped, Poll Shows. The public's confidence in President Bush's ability to deal wisely with an international crisis has slid sharply. By Todd S. Purdum and Janet Elder. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
No Banned Arms Found in Iraq So Far, U.S. Inspector Confirms
No Banned Arms Found in Iraq So Far, U.S. Inspector Confirms. The chief weapons-hunter in Iraq told lawmakers today that his team had found no weapons of mass destruction so far in the country. By David Stout. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
Four Words to Improve User Research
Good Experience: Four Words to Improve User Research. The method is the “listening lab”: a more open-ended version of the traditional usability test. Listening labs generate strategic findings – not just tactics – and point the way to measurable business results – not just usability results like task success or time-on-task. [Tomalak's Realm]
Jeremy Allaire proposes
Jeremy Allaire proposes a new format called RSS-Data. He and I have been talking about this for several months. I think it's a good idea. The challenge will be to get it done without getting mired in working-group-itis. [Scripting News]