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- http://www. msnbc. com/news/841222. asp? |
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- That Local Video Object looks a lot like me... One might enjoy the wit of Total Information Awareness by Mark Fiore while still sensible of the irony of its being created in Flash 6, the application with its very own surveillance capabilities. This weekend I looked a little more closely at how the real time videoconferencing ability of Macromedia's Flash 6 is explained, or not explained, via corporate press releases, white papers, tech media, Google groups, etc. It's pretty clear that of the nearly half-billion owners of machines that contain Flash, very few have any idea that Flash 6 can turn your computer, via its camera and microphone, into a large bug in your home or office. It's also fairly clear that Macromedia has gone out of its way to downplay this fact. |
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- P-to-p's next frontier? David L. Margulius JUST WHEN IT seemed peer-to-peer architectures might fade into the sunset, another horizon opens up. |
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Stratellite (Dec 02 2002 15:42 GMT) - Stratellite™ Home www.sanswire.com What is the Stratellite™? |
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- John Partrick writes... The Public Internet Project The Public Internet Project is dedicated to the evolution and development of close range wireless technologies in urban environments -- WiFi. Their mission is to "gain understanding into the evolution of consumer adoption of close proximity wireless technologies such as 802.11b, and to promote free public 802.11 hot spots, like the Bryant Park wireless network in midtown Manhattan, for the economically disadvantaged. |
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Technorati (Dec 02 2002 15:22 GMT) - David Sifry writes... Technorati I wanted to let you know about a new project I've been working on called Technorati. Essentially, it is a site that creates a set of web services that I've always wanted for myself - services layered on top of the wealth of current search functionality and tools available for bloggers. There are 4 core services that Technorati provides: |
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- The Cause of RSI. An intriguing, but unresearched, speculation as to the cause of Repetitive Strain Injury. Could it be the light action and short travel of modern keyboards and mice that cause the trouble? Dysponetic activity (inappropriate and misdirected as well as unconscious muscle bracing) is implicated in the aetiology of RSI. How much of this is due to the need to support the weight and muscle tone of one's fingers to avoid inadvertent key presses? |
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- Homebound But Plugged In... Wirelessly. The Washington Post has an article about a group of seniors at a nursing home that connect to the outside world using the internet. They have a fixed wireless connection to their building, attached to a Wi-Fi system that lets them have access to the internet wherever they want. It's certainly an indication that things like wireless technologies are starting to catch on beyond just the early adopters. |
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- Browser History Mechanisms. So we're rapidly approaching 10 years of web browsing, and browser history mechanisms are showing their age. There's good evidence to show the back button is broken. More on this to come as I crusade to fix it in Mozilla, and hack up my own solution to prove the utility. Lot's of context for this effort, here's some fresh waves: |
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- Mac Loyalists: Don't Tread on Us. Mac users are famously loyal. No matter how much Apple upsets users, they stick with it. But why? |
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