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PC World: Three Minutes With the MIT Lab Director. Q&A with Michael Bove. It would be really sort of nice if, wherever I was and whatever access means I had to the network, all of my information just appeared to be there. And whatever security issues and digital rights management issues and everything else would… Continue reading Three Minutes With the MIT Lab Director

Chandler's Network Architecture: Priorities Change. We've changed our priorities for the network architecture we will use to support sharing and collaboration in Chandler. If you follow OSAF's work here or here, this won't come as a surprise, but as it's a pretty significant shift it's worthy of elaboration and broader discussion. For small groups, the… Continue reading Chandler's Network Architecture: Priorities Change

mental models of persistence. It is a challenge to introduce a new model of UI to the web. People are clearly frustrated by the standard web application experience where interaction has devolved into a series of forms. The RIA model provides an opportunity to solve this problem. Jonathan Boutelle writes about User Mental Models of… Continue reading mental models of persistence

Apple Chief Has Emergency Cancer Surgery. Steven P. Jobs, co-founder and chief executive of Apple Computer, underwent emergency cancer surgery on Saturday. By JOHN MARKOFF. [The New York Times > Technology]

Jonathan Schwartz: “Whoever owns Novell controls the OS on which IBM's future depends.” [Scripting News]

Secrets of Online Merchandising. One out of every seven consumers who walks into a store makes a purchase. For shoppers on the Web, it is fewer than one out of 50. It wasn't supposed to be this way. After all, shopping on the Web from the comfort of home was supposed to be so much… Continue reading Secrets of Online Merchandising

Startup Monitor. Real Player is evil, it seems. I actually like and use Real Player every day – both on my Windows box and on Linux. I love the new TiVo-like capabilities of the newest player, and the fact that it's supported by a bunch of different websites so I pretty much don't ever have… Continue reading Startup Monitor

Can I Market MY Law Practice With Both Hands Tied Behind My Back? In Missouri, I May Have to. Missouri's newly proposed revisions to the rules for lawyers wanting to advertise, market or solicit potential clients have been released for comments. Comments are due by the end of August. I discuss the proposed rules in… Continue reading Can I Market MY Law Practice With Both Hands Tied Behind My Back? In Missouri, I May Have to

Ron Friedmann on Elephants and e-Billing. Ron Friedmann consistently writes some of the best analysis of legal tech and law practice issues that you will find. His latest gem is called “E-Billing Ignores the Elephant in the Room.” The money quote: “E-billing may save on administrative costs but misses the main point. Now watch out… Continue reading Ron Friedmann on Elephants and e-Billing

FirstOnScene, the 10-second Forensic Data Gathering Tool. bmonday announced that he has released a script called FirstOnScene which basically will take a working forensic snapshot of a Windows system within 10 seconds. Basically he has written a visual basic script wrapper of some of the more common tools from guys like SysInternals and Foundstone. I… Continue reading FirstOnScene, the 10-second Forensic Data Gathering Tool