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Beta: Thunderbird 0.9. The Mozilla-based email and newsreader adds saved search folders, message grouping by attributes, improved privacy controls for blocking remote content in email, and other changes. [MacInTouch]

Update: DEVONnote 1.5. DEVONtechnologies' notepad and information collector uses the new DEVONthink Pro core and adds an overhauled interface, extended text editing functions, and other improvements. [MacInTouch]

Update: REALbasic 5.5.4. The cross-platform development system adds improvements in several areas, including team development, shell scripts and OLE objects for Windows [MacInTouch]

Protecting the Freedom to Dissent During War. Geoffrey R. Stone's timely book gives the reader an illuminating brief of the tension in American history between liberty and security. By MICHIKO KAKUTANI. [NYT > Books]

Ten Ways to Kill Design. “It’s a given that we at Cooper—and most of you reading this article—believe design is the right tool for translating market needs into tangible product specifications. The people who hire us to design their products or who attend our Cooper U courses think the same thing. Unfortunately, the best designs… Continue reading Ten Ways to Kill Design

Workplace blues in election aftermath. Tech industry workers find that the election's outcome is affecting workplace morale, concentration. … [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service]

Political tactics in selling Operating Systems. I didn't know how to title this entry, as I am still trying to get the mud slinging US political election out of my head. You know the one. Where everyone slings mud at everyone else, meanwhile it only looks like everyone is dirty. Well, that happens with operating… Continue reading Political tactics in selling Operating Systems

Not secrets. The Democratic Party lost big yesterday. They lost the popular vote. They lost the electoral college. They lost the Senate. They lost the House. I've mentioned before that in 2000, I was having a hard time choosing between Gore and Nader. And I've mentioned that Kerry wasn't my first choice. No; what brought… Continue reading Not secrets

Computer Security and Liability. Information insecurity is costing us billions. We pay for it in theft: information theft, financial theft. We pay for it in productivity loss, both when networks stop working and in the dozens of minor security inconveniences we all have to endure. We pay for it when we have to buy security… Continue reading Computer Security and Liability

Sorting through the rubble. While I still await the results from Ohio, New Mexico, and Iowa, I’m not optimistic. Sorry, Matt, but I don’t see a lot of hope out of this election; if we couldn’t beat this administration in a fair fight after the last four years, we need some serious overhauling. I’m thinking… Continue reading Sorting through the rubble