Shuttle Flights May Resume Before NASA Culture Changes. The co-chairman of the panel monitoring the resumption of the shuttle program also said that the remaining shuttles could never be made completely safe. By Matthew L. Wald. [New York Times: Technology]
Author: Vince Kimball
Dreaming of WorldCat APIs
Dreaming of WorldCat APIs. bibliographic info and MTAmazon “In response to my post on using MT plugins to include and display bibliographic information in my booklist, Dp writes to ask if I've tried using MTAmazon to automate the inclusion of most of that information that I currently add via manual entry. I haven't yet, though… Continue reading Dreaming of WorldCat APIs
Consumer Database Company Hacked
Slashdot | Consumer Database Company Hacked. fermion writes “The NYT(FRR) and others are reporting that a hacker has broken into a Acxiom server. Acxiom evidently is “one of the world's largest consumer database companies” and serves most top credit card companies and retail banks. There are a few items that stand out in this case.… Continue reading Consumer Database Company Hacked
Study: Privacy Laws Unevenly Enforced
BizReport, Denmark – Study: Privacy Laws Unevenly Enforced. The government's enforcement of privacy laws is uneven at best, with federal agencies lacking any way to detect unauthorized reading, altering or disclosing of personal information from about one-fifth of agency files, congressional investigators said Wednesday. The General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, concluded that enforcement is so… Continue reading Study: Privacy Laws Unevenly Enforced
Protecting Privacy in the Database Nation
CATO Institute, DC –Protecting Privacy in the Database Nation. The convergence of privacy-invading technologies and Washington's appetite for surveillance have put civil liberties on the run. This is especially true in the war against terrorism. Controversial initiatives have included biometric face cameras, wiretap enhancements, invasive computer-assisted airline passenger screening, escalated e-mail monitoring fostered by the USA Patriot… Continue reading Protecting Privacy in the Database Nation
Analysts Hoping Three's a Charm
Analysts Hoping Three's a Charm. Forecasters for IDC, a market research company, have been wrong the last two times they've predicted a surge in IT spending. Undaunted, they're predicting the market will recover by the end of 2004. By Elisa Batista. [Wired News]
Gamers Struggle to Preserve Past
Gamers Struggle to Preserve Past. Thousands still long to play video game classics like Joust and Tempest. Unfortunately, the originals are becoming harder to find. Some are actually in danger of being lost forever. And the industry isn't willing to help preserve them. By Suneel Ratan. [Wired News]
Jeffrey Randow
Jeffrey Randow wants me to talk some sense into the Terminal Services team. “We need a common place to host a copy of the Terminal Services Web Client in a trusted spot that people could use to connect to their home or work systems.” [The Scobleizer Weblog]
Corollary: Blogging About Blogging LXVI
Corollary: Blogging About Blogging LXVI. Fast Company Now, Fast Company's new staff blog, is now live. It'll “officially” launch Monday, but check it out. I'm pretty jazzed. [Heath Row's Media Diet]
Usability Professionals Must Disappear
Good Experience: Usability Professionals Must Disappear. Instead of singing “me me meeee” about their job title (and, for that matter, their peculiar UX-centered research methods), usability professionals should disappear – like any good interface – and just serve the company and the various groups inside it. [Tomalak's Realm]