Author: Vince Kimball

Ethically challenged  From buying organic to taking the bus, Leo Hickman is trying to adopt a more ethical lifestyle – and he's writing a book about the process. But he needs your help… A very interesting idea!

Hacker Takes a Crack at TiVo. An avid TiVo fan will release a book this summer detailing 100 ways to break into everyone's favorite digital video recorder. While the book's author says he isn't condoning anything illegal, TiVo, the company, said it doesn't encourage people to try the hacks at home. By Elisa Batista. [Wired… Continue reading Hacker Takes a Crack at TiVo

Earth to Microsoft: Why Do You Make it So Hard to Be a Good Customer?. A string of aggravations and a flurry of articles lead me to ask this simple question of Microsoft. Forgive me, but I haven't had a rant for a while. [DennisKennedy.blog]

G. Andrew Duthie points us to the new ASP.NET Community Starter Kit. Gotta check that out, since it's my job to help build communities around the PDC.  [The Scobleizer Weblog]

Who's weblog is doing the best job for Microsoft? I've been meeting with dozens of developers (both inside and outside Microsoft). Really hard core code slingers. By far the name that I hear the most often is Chris Brumme. That guy is doing a weblog that is way and above the rest. He makes my… Continue reading Chris Brumme

Yahoo Patches IM & Chat Software. Security consultant Bruce Schneier warned about the ubiquity of buffer overflow programming design flaws in his 2000 book, Secrets and Lies (still the best book on computer security I've seen). He gave tips on how programmers could avoid them. However, they continue to proliferate. Yahoo has just now caught up the the issue.… Continue reading Yahoo Patches IM & Chat Software

Here's one for Scoble. Register: “”Microsoft allegedly opened up Windows APIs last year, and Devos had some pithy comments on the subject. Now, Devos claims that Microsoft's disclosures remain sufficiently inaccurate and incomplete for developers to continue using his own documentation. His 'monopoly-breaking' software is the latest version of NSELib, the Namespace Extension Library. Namspace… Continue reading Here's one for Scoble

Proposed New EU Constitution. From UPI: “A proposed European constitution…calls for an elected president of Europe and a binding bill of rights, but at… [beSpacific]

The Technology is Cooler as a Solo. Vaio, Worldox, Enfish, CaseMap, ActiveWords, Lexar. Got something new for me to try? I've been experiment with some new hardware and software. It's so much easier to do as a solo than in a small firm. [DennisKennedy.blog]

Electronic Order in the Court. Courtrooms have been among the last workplaces to embrace technology, but courts are now taking their place in the wired and wireless worlds. By Sherri Day. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]