Author: Vince Kimball

Steve Watkins: Why OS X Matters. “Our iMac installation of OS X is over four months old and has not crashed — not once… My installation on the accelerated Power Mac 8500 is about three months old and has only destabilized once. It did not 'crash' per se. I was able to successfully reboot using the… Continue reading Steve Watkins: Why OS X Matters

News.com  Palm makes a mess of its brand and its support sites.  Another clueless train fiasco. [John Robb's Radio Weblog]

BBC.  Senior clerics in Afghanistan have called on Osama Bin Laden – the Saudi-born militant named as the key suspect behind the suicide attacks on New York and Washington – to leave the country voluntarily.  A glimmer of sanity. [John Robb's Radio Weblog]

David Coursey: “Microsoft says it wants Passport and Hailstorm, its foundation services for Web-based applications, to play well with others. So in a shocking move, the company is announcing today that Passport will be changed to use an Internet-standard security model and Hailstorm won't be the only place for users to store their personal information.”… Continue reading David Coursey

Mapquest aerial picture of the WTC site. [Scripting News]

Identity-Based Encryption. Stanford University – Identity-Based Encryption. With IBE, if Alice wants to send Bob an encrypted message, she simply encrypts using Bob's email address. Thus Bob's email address is his public key; there is no need for Bob to use cryptography software to generate a public key, nor does Alice have to retrieve a… Continue reading Identity-Based Encryption

Navigation Technologies' NAVTECH(R) Map data Offers Nationwide Coverage Throughout the Continent…. Company Strengthens Dominant Market Position Through Upgrade of Its Flagship Digital Map Data [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

McDonald's Keeps Cooking. In a year that the company has seen almost everything go wrong, McDonald's is raising profit estimates. [The Motley Fool]

Zaki Badawi: “The atrocity of September 11 is a violation of Islamic law and ethics. Neither the people who were killed or injured, nor the properties that were destroyed, qualified as legitimate targets in any system of law, especially Islamic law.” [Scripting News]

Barry Cohen: “I saw a bumper sticker today: 'Forgive your enemies, it drives them really nuts.'” [Scripting News]