Beyond Google: Narrow the Search. Too much information, no matter how fast it appears, may muddy the results of Internet searches. New technologies for mining the Web attempt to make the quest more efficient. [Wired News]
Configuring the Outlook 2003 RPC over HTTPS Client
Configuring the Outlook 2003 RPC over HTTPS Client. Tom Shinder's been busy writing some new guides on RPC over HTTPS publishing . His latest piece explains how to configure Outlook 2003 to use RPC over HTTPS, with the article also containing links to the other four tutorials that he's recently written. [MS Exchange Blog]
BitTorrent + RSS = TiVo
BitTorrent + RSS = TiVo. A great idea over at ScottRaymond.net is the combination of two technologies that would enable him to keep up on TV programs he likes, without needing to even own a TV. BitTorrent allows you to share the downloading of large files with thousands of other people that have the file… Continue reading BitTorrent + RSS = TiVo
Strategy and Technology to Support Law Firm Growth
Strategy and Technology to Support Law Firm Growth. Ron Friedmann's post entitled Strategy and Technology to Support Law Firm Growth has some interesting ideas on the relationship between technology and law firm growth. Here's an excerpt: [A]t minimum, firms should think through how to improve the service they provide using technology. Options that could help… Continue reading Strategy and Technology to Support Law Firm Growth
Fears bin Laden tape 'signal for terror attack'
Fears bin Laden tape 'signal for terror attack'. Terrorism experts believe the latest taped message from Osama bin Laden is the signal for al-Qaeda operatives to launch a major attack against the United States in the next month. [The Scotsman]
Nick Bradbury
Nick Bradbury: “Shareware developers are losing enormous amounts of money to piracy.” [Scripting News]
Fiber Optics Takes the Long Way Home
Technology Review: Fiber Optics Takes the Long Way Home. An odd mix of public utilities, small telephone companies, and real estate developers are backing the new technology. Their resources are miniscule compared with those of the corporate behemoths that provide telephone and cable television service in urban and suburban America. Yet the giants are doing… Continue reading Fiber Optics Takes the Long Way Home
Scottish Parliament has 'failed to benefit' 75 per cent of Scots – poll
Scottish Parliament has 'failed to benefit' 75 per cent of Scots – poll. The full scale of public disillusionment with devolution was laid bare yesterday as a new survey showed that three quarters of the population do not think the Scottish Parliament has benefited them. [The Scotsman]
The challenges of synching
The challenges of synching. I predicted the other day that synching would appear in lots of newsreaders in 2004. (Some have it already, yes, but they don’t have it as I’ve defined it below.) A good question would be: why isn’t synching already a feature of every newsreader already? It can’t be that hard, right—just… Continue reading The challenges of synching
Wes Felter says
Wes Felter says that the new top level domain, dot-name, started off with the right idea, but then morphed to be just like all TLDs. Wes explains the right idea: you can't buy smith.name, but you can buy john.smith.name. This is even neater than the idea I discussed yesterday. Read the comments there, good stuff,… Continue reading Wes Felter says