CNet: Nullsoft founder says he's had it with AOL. [Hack the Planet]

Mozilla on the move. Joel Spolsky's endorsement of Mozilla Firebird — he says “it has finally caught up with Internet Explorer” — has attracted lots of notice. It is, indeed, a sweet piece of work. I love how the extensions work. The first one I picked up was LiveHTTPHeaders which seems to instantly obselete Proxomitron… Continue reading Mozilla on the move

Searchable slides. I've added an XPath search feature to the OSCOM slideshow. Thanks to Brendan Eich, it's working identically in both IE and Mozilla (though coded somewhat differently for each). I'll have more to say about this technique in an upcoming article, but since the feature is already public I thought I'd at least mention… Continue reading Searchable slides

Wired News: Tech a Key in Media Rule Change. In a statement issued Monday, Commissioner Kathleen Abernathy, one of three Republicans who backed the measure (which passed by a three-to-two margin), concluded that consolidation of media is less problematic now that the public has more sources of information from which to choose. [Tomalak's Realm]

Wave of Strikes Leaves Much of Western Europe Crippled. Protesting workers in France and Austria shut down subway systems, ports, trains, toll roads, and airlines. By Mark Landler. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]

Stop Wardriving: Protect Your Wireless Network. Computerworld News has a story on Protecting Organizations From Prying Wi-Fi Hackers. Not sure why this is important? Check out C|Net's step by step explanation of how “wardrivers” can penetrate an unsecured wireless network. Using an unsecured wireless network for client matters is risky. In fact, I recommend lawyers think twice before using even… Continue reading Stop Wardriving: Protect Your Wireless Network

Loislaw vs. Alternatives. The recent ABA LawTech archives have an interesting discussion of Loislaw vs. Westlaw/Lexis. The analysis by Carol Levitt is particularly lucid. [net.law.blog]

Bashman's Problem? (AKA Blogging Domain Name Headaches). What is Howard Bashman's biggest problem? Success. Catastrophic success, to be precise. His dilemma contains lessons for many other lawyers who are considering getting into the blogging game. The popularity of Mr. Bashman's How Appealing blog has created headaches for him. As he notes, Blog*Spot, which hosts his blog under the URL … Continue reading Bashman's Problem? (AKA Blogging Domain Name Headaches)

If You Don't Know These Rules, Then You're Already Fired. Insurer writes about sane WLAN policy guidelines: However, his several suggestions are so basic to enterprise WLAN security, that any IT professional who has deployed any part of a WLAN without adhering to these guidelines shouldn't have a job much longer. Actually, the first of… Continue reading If You Don't Know These Rules, Then You're Already Fired

Why Centrino and VPNs Don't Mix. Intel's Centrino chipset is not compatible with most Virtual Private Networks, an Intel spokesman admits. Unless laptop users disable a key feature of the chip when it runs with a VPN, they get nothing but a blue screen. By Elisa Batista. [Wired News]