Author: Vince Kimball

Toronto Star, Canada –TheStar.com – Everyday life tracked by society's prying eye. Privacy vanishing with surveillance Ordinary actions leave a digital trail The Star kicks off a three-day series on privacy today by documenting a work week in the life of the Besharats, a typical Canadian family with roots in Toronto that stretch back 30 years. Their… Continue reading TheStar.com – Everyday life tracked by society's prying eye

Charlie Munger's Worldly Wisdom. Buffett's right-hand man on Berkshire Hathaway, how to get rich, and more. [The Motley Fool]

Feds Doing More Secret Searches. The growing number of secret searches and wiretaps by federal investigators has privacy advocates up in arms about the impact on civil liberties. The use of such measures jumped 30 percent in 2002, according to a recent report. By Julia Scheeres. [Wired News]

North Chadderton School.  North Chadderton School: 'Make no mistake, this wonderful phenomenon known as Open-Source, has enabled schools such as North Chadderton, to develop resources that would have taken years to put together, by traditional, html page-by-page, approach. It is now done by using a combination of  PHP scripting  and MySQL databases, again provided by… Continue reading North Chadderton School

Microsoft Admits Passport Security Flaw. Microsoft acknowledged a security flaw in its popular Internet Passport service that left 200 million consumer accounts vulnerable to hackers. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology]

Gateway to Expand Line, Remodel Stores. Gateway said it will vastly expand its offerings in consumer electronics and remodel its 192 stores this year. By The Associated Press. [New York Times: Technology]

PeopleSoft Decision is a Watershed Event for Linux. PeopleSoft's announcement that it will port all of its apps to Linux marks a watershed for Linux. [DennisKennedy.blog]

The Rising Cost of Patriot Act Compliance. More unintended and expensive consequences from well-intentioned legislation raise the cost of doing business in an already tough market. [DennisKennedy.blog]

Hey Tim, I've been programming in a dynamic language since 1990, and I'd never turn back. And going dynamic is just the beginning. Add an integrated object store to the language and you really start flying. Don't forget cross-network scripting. Progress didn't stop just because so many went ga-ga over Ja-va. [Scripting News]

Jurors' web-surfing is a problem. Not because they are wasting time, but because jurors are not supposed to independently investigate the case that is being presented to them.  This month's Litigation News (an ABA publication) has a short blurb about the increasing incidence of jurors doing Internet research at home in multi-day trials.  Why shouldn't… Continue reading Jurors' web-surfing is a problem