Apple Makes Windows Hardware. In reading one of Apple's many press releases today: The Apple Xserve RAID has qualified under the Microsoft Designed for Windows Logo Program. Apple successfully completed all of the tests necessary for qualification for the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system. Heh. And… “This is the first time we are certifying… Continue reading Apple Makes Windows Hardware
One to Watch
One to Watch. Librarian in Black “This site was born out of my displeasure at having to wade through dozens of websites, blogs, & RSS feeds related to librarianship, technology, webmastery, and current issues to find those few posts that applied to me as a Tech Librarian. I hope this site can serve as a… Continue reading One to Watch
New Year's Technology Resolutions for Public Libraries
New Year's Technology Resolutions for Public Libraries. For 2004: Start a blog for your web site, and concentrate most of your news there. If possible, put the blog posts on your home page (either make it a blog or display headlines using RSS) so that your new information gets maximum exposure. I'm not just hyping… Continue reading New Year's Technology Resolutions for Public Libraries
Sells Talks Avalon
Sells Talks Avalon. Chris Sells has more on Longhorn and Avalon: On Genghis, WinForms, and how to move toward Avalon Chris is the guy who runs MSDN's Longhorn Developer Center. [The Scobleizer Weblog]
Bush Grabs New Power for FBI
Bush Grabs New Power for FBI. As the nation sat transfixed by Saddam Hussein's capture last month, President Bush quietly passed legislation granting the government new and sweeping surveillance powers. By Kim Zetter. [Wired News]
Why I’m switching to Mailsmith and SpamSieve
Why I’m switching to Mailsmith and SpamSieve. I’m switching from Apple Mail to Mailsmith and SpamSieve. I had grown increasingly unhappy with Mail back in the Jaguar days. Performance was a big issue, but there were also user interface issues—the big one being that I couldn’t navigate the mailbox list via the keyboard. Another issue… Continue reading Why I’m switching to Mailsmith and SpamSieve
Behr Paint gets press
Behr Paint gets press. More Interaction Equals More Value. More Interaction Equals More Value “A new generation of development tools is emerging for building dynamic, highly interactive Web applications with rich-client interfaces incorporating data, graphics, audio, and video. … Analysts at research firm IDC predict this segment will make up a big part of the… Continue reading Behr Paint gets press
Keynote Thoughts
Keynote Thoughts. Everyone has the same thoughts today I think: total let down. No cool-ass products, and the miniPod is too expensive. [Russell Beattie Notebook]
Securing Library Workstations
Securing Library Workstations. Any law firm intranet and/or document management system contains confidential documents not meant for general consumption. Any micreant can gain valuable information by simply sitting down at a computer connected to a law firm's network. Accordingly, all workstations on the network should be secured. This raises an interesting problem for law firm libraries.… Continue reading Securing Library Workstations
Web Services? What has the industry been smoking?
Web Services? What has the industry been smoking?: Let’s take an old idea, like RPC, and wrap it with some new hype and nomenclature, and then mediate it with a completely orthogonal protocol! Yeah, lets! Source: Robert C. Martin’s Weblog * [Archipelago]