Technology for Law Firm Marketing and Its Implications Yesterday I heard Swati Agrawal of firmseek and Anne Balduzzi, a legal and technology marketing consultant, present on “Using Technology to Make the Most of Your Marketing Dollars” at a an event hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Legal Marketing Association (LMA). Swati and Anne emphasized… Continue reading Technology for Law Firm Marketing and Its Implications
For First Time in 8 Months, U.S. Businesses Add New Jobs
For First Time in 8 Months, U.S. Businesses Add New Jobs. The Labor Dept. report suggested that a long-anticipated economic recovery might finally be enough to help workers. By David Leonhardt. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
Bush Cites Parts of Arms Report to Justify U.S. Action in Iraq
Bush Cites Parts of Arms Report to Justify U.S. Action in Iraq. President Bush today defended his decision to strike Iraq after the U.S. inspector said no illicit arms have been found. By David Stout with Terence Neilan. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
Wes Clark's War
Wes Clark's War. It is worth taking a step back and taking a fuller look at the record of the newest Democratic presidential hopeful. By Michael R. Gordon. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
Clay
Clay and Ross point at articles from Gelernter and Hornik regarding the death of eMail. I can't for the life of me imagine why this is a surprise to people. There is NO possibility of sustainable constraints on email – a fundamentally unaccountable medium. Are we surprised when we can't do productive work in an… Continue reading Clay
It's Time To Revive IE Development
It's Time To Revive IE Development. The Qhosts Trojan horse raises serious concerns, not about security but Microsoft’s Internet Explorer development strategy–or lack of it. For anyone missing news of the Trojan horse, CNET News.com has a pretty good story, here, explaining the problem. In a nutshell: Hackers are exploiting an IE flaw that lets… Continue reading It's Time To Revive IE Development
NEWS.COM
CNET NEWS.COM – Digital-rights group knocks 'trusted' PCs. A high-profile digital civil liberties group is criticizing a component of the “trusted computing” technology promoted by Microsoft, IBM and other technology companies, calling the feature a threat to computer users. The paper, which was set to be released late Wednesday by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, analyzes… Continue reading NEWS.COM
Florida Dorms Lock Out P2P Users
Florida Dorms Lock Out P2P Users. A program designed to nab file swappers at the University of Florida appears to be successful, much to the chagrin of students. The pilot project is a model for other schools coping with peer-to-peer sharing on campus networks. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]
Microsoft Sued for Weak Security
Wired News: Microsoft Sued for Weak Security. The lawsuit, which was filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, also claims that Microsoft's security warnings are too complex to be understood by the general public and serve instead to tip off “fast-moving” hackers on how to exploit flaws in its operating system. [Tomalak's Realm]
Getting Twisted
Getting Twisted. Twisted is a framework, written in Python, for writing networked applications. It includes implementations of a number of commonly used network services such as a web server, an IRC chat server, a mail server, a relational database interface and an object broker. Developers can build applications using all of these services as well… Continue reading Getting Twisted