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Helping.  Dave Winer on the new Movable Type pricing: “Yesterday we saw people complain about spending $60 for a big useful piece of software like Movable Type. I paid $60 for a cab ride in Geneva. A good dinner is $100. A hotel room $150. You want the software, find a way to help companies… Continue reading Helping

Files. Writing mentor Lisa Firke is getting ready for Tinderbox Weekend by cleaning up her paper files: “Tinderbox is brilliant for collecting and tracking information, so I'm seeing if I can use it to make a digital key to my paper filing system…his is not just an exercise in what to purge and what to… Continue reading Files

Resource for Small Firms & Solos.  Law.com's Small Firm Business page is a promising new resource. The article on remote Internet access has some good advice.  [Netlawblog]

Security holes uncovered in Symantec, Norton products. An important security warning not from Microsoft (via Computerworld): “MAY 13, 2004 (TECHWORLD.COM) – Almost the entire range of Symantec Corp. security software, from Norton Internet Security through to the Symantec Firewall, requires urgent updates, the company has warned, after four critical vulnerabilities were found by security company… Continue reading Security holes uncovered in Symantec, Norton products

First Impression. “Most of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do — it comes from not keeping agreements they've made with themselves.” –David Allen , David Allen & Co.  [Fast Company]

Other News: Virtual PC Delay. Microsoft drags out Virtual PC delays another six months following last year's Connectix takeover. [MacInTouch]

Lawyers & IM. Robert Ambrogi's LawSites comments on the use of Instant Messaging as a productivity booster:My company, Jaffe Associates, operates “virtually” — our staff work out of home offices located throughout the world. All that connects us are telephones and the Internet …. [Netlawblog]

Microsoft to Battle Spyware. Microsoft says the upcoming release of Windows XP Service Pack 2 will make it much harder to sneak deceptive software onto users' computers. Is it game over for spyware authors? By Amit Asaravala. [Wired News]

UPnP, Web services, and Rendezvous A few of us InfoWorlders spoke yesterday with one of Microsoft's Indigo architects, John Shewchuk. In the course of our conversation, Shewchuk mentioned the recent WinHEC announcement about device support for Web services protocols, reported in InfoWorld on May 5: Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Lexmark International Inc. and Ricoh Co.… Continue reading UPnP, Web services, and Rendezvous

The Power of Design. The cover story of this week’s Business Week is titled “The Power of Design”. It focuses on the process and practices of design firm IDEO, a major competitor of frog. For me, it’s an interesting look into the way a competitor does things. I think this article is good for IDEO, obviously,… Continue reading The Power of Design