Author: Vince Kimball

SmartID's WiFi Detector works. There's been a lot of grumbling (here and elsewhere) about how awful Kensington's new WiFi Finder is, and how it doesn't detect closed networks or 802.11g, or distinguish between cordless phones and WiFi. Well, we've been playing with the other WiFi detector out there, the WFS-1 from SmartID, and can attest… Continue reading SmartID's WiFi Detector works

CNET NEWS.COM – Bystanders caught in spam cross fire. AOL Time Warner's Road Runner cable-modem service has implemented a new policy to block suspected spammers and purveyors of malicious e-mail code. But the campaign has run over some innocent victims along the way. Road Runner's new policy calls for the blocking of any incoming e-mails… Continue reading NEWS.COM

Chris Brumme is one of the key architects on .NET (and hence, on the next version of Windows). Today he released a really long weblog post on .NET startup/shutdown and other matterswhich is really more like a book chapter than a weblog post. His stuff is super technical. But, if you got near the end… Continue reading really long weblog post on .NET startup/shutdown and other matters

Chris Brumme's blog. Microsoft senior developer Chris Brumme doesn't post often to his weblog often, but every one of his essays is a lengthy, authoritative, and candidly self-critical exploration of .NET and CLR arcana, the sort of thing you might expect to read on MSDN (minus the self-criticism, that is). And in fact, the absence… Continue reading Chris Brumme's blog

Paul Thurrott has what he says are some sneak peaks at Longhorn's new user interface (code-named “Aero”). I don't even have access to the Aero stuff (these look like early demonstration screens, and not how Longhorn will eventually look — the builds I'm using don't have the Aero interface, Microsoft really wants to make sure… Continue reading Paul Thurrott has what he says are some sneak peaks at Longhorn's new user interface

Experienced classifier wanted. One question bubbles up in my mind reading about Bayesian classifiers.  They all seem to be naive.  So, what does an experienced Bayesian classifier look like? [Curiouser and curiouser!]

TIF: Thesaurus Interchange Format. Semantic Blogging Demonstrator is pointing to Alistair Miles' and Brian Matthews' Thesaurus Interchange Format RDF schema, which is designed to link thesauri. [ia/ – information architecture news]

Small firms shun IT security. Blaster worm? What Blaster worm? [The Register]

How to build a rich, interactive Webtop for Web 2.0.  The first step is to do everything that is possible with the existing browser (IE primarily) behind the scenes.  What do I mean?  A desktop CMS (content management system) with hooks to open Web 2.0 transport networks would provide the ability to recombine data and content custom ways… Continue reading How to build a rich, interactive Webtop for Web 2.0.  The first step is to do everything that is possible with the existing browser (IE primarily) behind the scenes.  What do I mean?  A desktop CMS (content management system) with hooks to open Web 2.0 transport networks would provide the ability to recombine data and content custom ways within an existing browser.  With that in place, the second step is to build a new presentation layer that goes beyond the constraints of a vanilla Internet Explorer (by putting the CMS in place first, it is easier to leverage the capabilities of the enhanced browser).  Here are some ways to do this:

1. Hire a development company like Social DynamX
   

Note:  to publish any PowerPoint or Word doc to my Radio weblog, all I have to do is save the file as a Web page to Radio's WWW folder.  In a couple seconds, the files are uploaded.  I click on the link for the uploaded document in Radio's “events” page (on the main menu) and it… Continue reading events