Report: File Servers. several low-cost file-server options, and their limitations [MacInTouch]
Intelligent Information Gathering
Intelligent Information Gathering. Robin Good's Mini Guide: Become a NewsG-d: How to be the first one to know everything about anything – Intelligent Information Agents Come of Age …. [beSpacific]
oTimer 0.2b1
oTimer 0.2b1. oTimer is a little app I just wrote to place timers on my to do lists. (I keep my to do lists in OmniOutliner.) After a task is complete it will block out the time spent on the task in iCal. Should make filling out time sheets and producing invoices easier … [Designweenie]
NEWS.COM
CNET NEWS.COM – Hackers look to hide communications. Hackers intent on anonymously sending data across the Internet have a new tool. A program called NCovert uses spoofing techniques to hide the source of communications and the data that travels over the network–a potential boon to both privacy advocates and hackers, said Mark Lovelace, senior security… Continue reading NEWS.COM
Data Dump Required Before Flights
Data Dump Required Before Flights. The Transportation Security Administration outlines new requirements for passengers planning to board airplanes. CAPPS II will require every would-be flier to submit personal information, which will be checked against multiple databases. By Ryan Singel. [Wired News]
In Search of Stupidity
In Search of Stupidity. In every high tech company I've known, there's a war going on, between the geeks and the suits. Read all about it in my foreword to Rick Chapman's excellent new book, In Search of Stupidity. [Joel on Software]
NYC Time-Warner customers getting DVRs
NYC Time-Warner customers getting DVRs. A story in today's NYT talks about the current plethora of digital cable and satellite choices for customers. It includes a note about Time-Warner's NYC customers getting DVR boxes. They are deploying Scientific American's Explorer 800, which features dual tuners and a 80Gb hard drive that records native digital signals… Continue reading NYC Time-Warner customers getting DVRs
A Bounty From Salem's Globe-Trotters
A Bounty From Salem's Globe-Trotters. The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., was established in 1799 by rich entrepreneurs who had been everywhere and brought souvenirs home to prove it. By Holland Cotter. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
But the Lawyer Said I Have to Get a New PC
But the Lawyer Said I Have to Get a New PC. Some good reasons to upgrade computer hardware. [DennisKennedy.blog]
The marriage of SQL and XML
The marriage of SQL and XML. A major shift in the style of enterprise data management is under way, and there are huge architectural issues yet to be resolved. Oracle, not surprisingly, wants you to store everything in a centralized hybrid DBMS. IBM says it would rather enable you to federate data across a range… Continue reading The marriage of SQL and XML