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Messaging and Presence, Part Two: IMPS. A couple of months ago I wrote some words about Jabber and Presence to allow for presence and messaging on the cheap for operators and savvy end-users. I also made mention of something called Wireless Village and said that I'd follow the Jabber piece with something more targeted for… Continue reading Messaging and Presence, Part Two: IMPS

The Curious Incident of the Boxes. An auction of Arthur Conan Doyle's artifacts has provoked a fight and a mystery almost worthy of Sherlock Holmes himself. By Sarah Lyall. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

Pushmepullyou.  Recently I spoke with Dave Lewis, vice president of deliverability management and ISP relations at Digital Impact. His company's motto: “Making e-mail marketing more effective is our single-minded passion.” In one of his online essays, entitled “How to Keep B-to-B E-mail From Getting Caught in Filters,” his first rule is “Get permission.” I argued… Continue reading Pushmepullyou

Another door opens.  Scripting News: “At some point in the next few months, there will be an open source release of the Frontier kernel.” Congratulations to Dave Winer on reaching a new milestone in the history of Frontier. Another loop closes as a new door opens. The roots of blogging today can be traced back,… Continue reading Another door opens

Update: SubEthaEdit 2.0. The collaborative text editor adds regular expressions for Find and Replace, iChat and Mail integration, more powerful syntax definitions and modes, auto-completion, Invitations, a split view, and other changes. [MacInTouch]

techuser.net – Why Windows is a Security Nightmare. Security in all mainstream operating systems is non-existent; however, things are especially bad for Windows. Windows happens to be the favorite target of worm and virus writers. Conventional wisdom suggests that the huge installed base of Windows helps spread the worms and viruses, and also makes it… Continue reading Why Windows is a Security Nightmare

On thinking big….  I just finished giving a talk to a group of 400 high-powered (high-leverage, high-paid) credit card execs. As I left the hotel, I passed a much smaller room, where a seminar for local CPAs was going on. The snacks didn't seem as good. The booklets weren't that interesting either. apparently. But what… Continue reading On thinking big…

Advice on ID cards came from firm 'set to make millions'. The Home Office was advised on David Blunkett's controversial identity card scheme by a company that stands to make millions of pounds from the project, The Scotsman can reveal. [The Scotsman]

Open warfare as rivals line up to succeed Blair. Tony Blair's premiership appeared to be entering its final phase yesterday, with Cabinet ministers led by the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, openly manoeuvring to succeed him. [The Scotsman]

eWeek – Cisco Source Code Reportedly Stolen. SecurityLab is reporting that the source code for Cisco Systems Inc.'s main networking device operating system was stolen on Thursday. According to the report, criminal hackers broke into Cisco's corporate network and stole 800MB of source code for IOS 12.3 and 12.3t (an early deployment version containing features… Continue reading Cisco Source Code Reportedly Stolen