Hijacked Computers Responsible For One-Third Of All Spam. These kinds of article make you wonder how lucrative the spam business really must be and serve as a reminder that good computer security practices are a social responsibility. [DennisKennedy.blog]

News.Com: Skype's VoIP ambitions. Q&A with Niklas Zennstrom, Skype. What we're saying is that telephony is just an application. You can use this software application that does all the call setup and routing, which traditionally has been done by big company switches. Telephony is software. It's not big software in a centralized system. [Tomalak's Realm]

Say Truck Stop Hot Spot Three Times Fast. Truckers find hotspots invaluable as aid to life on the road: Truckers are using Wi-Fi hotspots as extensions of their truck cab as the service rapidly pops up at truck stops across the U.S. It's a natural offering for the truck stops, which already provided Internet access… Continue reading Say Truck Stop Hot Spot Three Times Fast

Roy Disney Quits: Corporate Governance Fails at Disney. The striking thing about Roy Disney's letter of resignation is how studiously he ignores the real problem. This is not to say that the management issues he identifies are not genuine concerns, but merely to suggest that they are symptoms of the underlying root cause. This is not… Continue reading Roy Disney Quits: Corporate Governance Fails at Disney

New Scientist.  UV light can mitigate “sick building syndrome.”  It is interesting how little work is being done to make work environments better. [John Robb's Weblog]

Another Niche Filled in Libraryland. And speaking of library-related blogs, New Library Career Blog Available! “Sarah and Rachel writes 'Sarah and Rachel (the Library Job People) announce the creation of a brand new site, Beyond the Job, a career development blog for information professionals. Find calls for contributors, job search advice, articles on the profession,… Continue reading Another Niche Filled in Libraryland

eu constitution. Remember the california recall? Well, here in the netherlands we're about to witness a similar procedure in a referendum. Only this will be about surrendering our dutch constitution to that of the European Union. Think about that for a second if your're a US citizen. Wouldn't that be weird? Perhaps just as weird… Continue reading eu constitution

The Mirra arrives. The Mirra Personal Server is finally out. Basically, a hard drive that connects to your home network, the Mirra can be set to automatically backup and synchronize files from all the computers in the house so that if there's a crash, you'll always have your data. It can also be accessed remotely… Continue reading The Mirra arrives

What Happens When Your Job Is Taken By Someone in India or China?.  If you're a white-collar professional and your job has been sent to India or China, what are your prospects today? Not all that good. A recent study by McKinsey Global Institute found that only 36% of Americans displaced in the past two… Continue reading What Happens When Your Job Is Taken By Someone in India or China?

Krugman on electronic voting. NYT columnist Paul Krugman has discovered the electronic voting scandal. He expresses surprise that it's been treated as a technology story thus far, instead of as an important political one. [Ceejbot]