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Today (Dec 12 2003 14:36 GMT) - Won't be online much today, but here's the summary: 9am: Telus CRM Presentation It actually went very very well. Their price came in 50% lower than I was expecting, and the solution was exactly what we needed. They might just get this one (they were in dead last prior to today). |
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- While we were out running around last night, one of the stops we made was to browse around at Half-Price Books. (One of my favorite places!) As I was walking past the software section I noticed a little sign telling customers that they would be glad to buy and resell various games or children's software but would not be doing transactions involving Operating Systems or Office/Productivity software any longer. The reason given for this is that they felt that with all the various Product Activation and one-time installation schemes being built-in to software there was no way to be sure that they were selling a satisfactory product that would work for the customer who purchased it. I guess I can see why they would stop doing that. |
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- Windows Isnt the Only System With Serious Flaws Commentary By Lance Ulanoff PC Magazine Dec. 11 I know this is wrong, but in one respect I was happy to learn earlier this month about the discovery of a significant security hole in the Jaguar and Panther versions (10.2 and 10.3, respectively) of the Apple operating system (OS). |
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- Harris K. Telemacher: Let us just say: I was deeply unhappy, but I didn't know it, because I was so happy all the time. |
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- Aspyr today released a demo version of its Indiana Jones game for Mac. Players take on the role of "legendary adventurer" Indiana Jones. "It's 1935 and this time you must prevent a powerful Chinese artifact from falling into evil hands. This globe-spanning adventure pits you against evil Nazis and the Asian underworld with a mysterious and alluring partner, Mei Ying." |
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Left behind (Dec 12 2003 14:36 GMT) - Already struggling with declining subscriptions, ISP giant America Online also is missing out on the advertising rebound. |
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- December 11, 2003 North Atlantic marine creatures living along deep sea volcanoes known as seamounts are seriously threatened by expanding fishing activity, according to a three-year study. Environmentalists warn that commercial trawlers threaten orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) and other fish species |
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- December 11, 2003 For the first time, NASA scientists have directly observed a small but significant force that has the power to change an asteroid's orbital path. The force, previously known in theory only, could provide crucial data to help deflect asteroids headed for Earth. |
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- IBM unveils services for grid and autonomic computing that will ideally let large institutions run their most complex applications more efficiently. |
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- A day-old denial-of-service attack on the Web server of the controversial SCO Group has been expanded to assault the company's mail and file servers, SCO's top network administrator says. |
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- update The state's attorney general announces that his office made its first felony indictment under Virginia's antispam law. The charges are filed against two North Carolina residents. |
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- John Sidgmore dies of cancer. Sidgmore, seen by some as an instrumental figure in the growth of the Net, also had the dubious distinction of filing the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. |
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- The software maker reports record revenue and income for its fourth quarter, boosted by PDF-related sales and by strong growth in its publishing tools. |
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- The landmark retrial of Jon Johansen, dubbed "DVD Jon," ends with prosecutors demanding a suspended 90-day jail term. |
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- update The software maker is set to release a test version of an update to Windows XP, which adds security features and improved support for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi networks. |
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- IBM announces pair of substantial outsourcing agreements, reporting a $1.21 billion contract with Michelin and a "pay per use" deal with Zurich Financial Services. |
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- Research firm IDC raises its forecast for 2003 and 2004 worldwide PC shipments, citing evidence of a recovery in business spending. |
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- Companies that want to adopt the new China-only wireless encryption standard will have to acquire that technology from just 11 designated Chinese companies. |
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- filed under gadgets Went to the Apple Store in Soho yesterday with our friend Keren, who needed to pick up a new Powerbook, and just by coincidence came home to find an email suggesting this link to a Quicktime video of the incredibly, unbelievably long line there was to get into the opening of the Apple store in Tokyo last month. We've never seen anything like it, and what's even more amazing is how completely orderly the line, which stretches for blocks and blocks and blocks, was. Were they giving away free iPods or something? It's unreal. |
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- filed under wireless Since it's range is shorter and its speed is slower, one of the main advantages that Bluetooth has over WiFi is that it consumes far less power and thus won't kill the battery of your cellphone or headset or PDA. But maybe not for long. We mentioned something about this already back in October, but eWeek has more details on National Semiconductor's new low-power version of WiFi that might potentitally replace Bluetooth in some gadgets. |
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- A security flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 enables spoofers to take unsuspecting users to fake Web sites, says Danish security firm Secunia. Microsoft is investing the "new public reports of a possible vulnerability," says security program manager Stephen Toulouse. |
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- Software is not just for desktops, laptops and handhelds; to answer the big questions of science, business and life, supercomputers need old softie too. Researchers at Ohio State University are helping some of the world's fastest supercomputers get answers about global climate change and intricate molecular structures with MVAPICH, a new software app. |
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- -NEWSFACTOR SPECIAL REPORT The gains in market share that open-source software has made in recent years create a quandary for this newcomer to the computing world. As open source moves into the mainstream and takes on a variety of tasks in the corporate data center, will it be forced to become proprietary? |
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The Age (Dec 12 2003 14:36 GMT) - Key to a marsupial mystery? The Age- 55minutesago Bones of the earliest known marsupial - an ancient relative of the koala, kangaroo and possum - have been uncovered in China, forcing a major rethink of the origins of these types of mammals |
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- USA Today- 2hoursago SEATTLE Microsoft (MSFT) is investigating whether to patch a flaw in Internet Explorer that makes it easier for scam artists to commit identity theft. |
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- CAPPS II, the proposed system to profile airline passengers in the United States and weed out potential terrorists, is facing delays thanks to heightened scrutiny and criticism at home and abroad. |
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- The battle for dial tones is heating up as traditional phone companies, cable firms and Internet telephony providers roll out rival VoIP, or voice over Internet protocol, services. Look for falling prices ahead. |
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- In the mid 1990s, Kaleidoscope led to an explosion of funky custom skins for the Mac desktop. Now, Unsanity's ShapeShifter hopes to do the same thing for OS X. |
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- The heir to the Spanish throne is set to wed a popular TV anchorwoman, and the country is in a tizzy. So are the cybersquatters, who have been snagging domain names related to the royal couple. The government steps in. |
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- Climate change, linked by scientists to human emissions of gases such as carbon dioxide from cars and factories, caused 150,000 deaths in 2000, the World Health Organization says, and that number is rising. |
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- By S. LEE JAMISON A growing number of online services are bringing together New Yorkers who are just looking for friendship |
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- By WARREN E. LEARY NASA intends to line the wings of its space shuttles with sensors to detect hits by debris or other objects during flights, an agency advisory committee said on Thursday. |
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- By FLOYD NORRIS The Nasdaq 100, on its way to a very good year, is bringing in technology stocks again. |
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- Fortune has been very kind to Apple this year; it has named the G5 Power Mac one of the 25 Best Products of 2003, has published many positive articles about Apple products including the iMac and iChat AV |
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- Mr. Ulanoff is the senior executive producer for PCMag.com, and he has been kind enough to ask me, as a Mac user, how cocky I am feeling now that a big security hole has been found in Mac OS X. |
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- Someone struck by a large sports utility vehicle is more than twice as likely to die as someone hit by a saloon car, a new study finds |
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- An anti-clotting protein prolongs the lives of infected monkeys and even allows some to survive the deadly infection |
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- A bacterium that can help clean up radioactive contamination could also form part of a bio-battery, say scientists. |
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- The Reverend Young excavated on of the barrows on the hill and recored the following; "..a small urn, preserved entire, in possession of the author; discovered a few years ago at Upleatham, within a large urn. It is only 2. |
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- Tom Peters was in town to talk about his new book, Re-Imagine, that "walks the walk" when it comes to arguing that business ought to be in technicolor, not black and white. I've been a fan of his since I first entered the business world with the academic's prejudice that business must be boring and the people must be not as smart as the ones in academics. Hah! As I used to say, what academics believe about businesspeople is false about businesspeople but true of academics. Peters' books, starting with In Search of Excellence, helped open my eyes to... |
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- Topping the legal news this morning...Berlusconi ready to postpone deal on EU constitutionAFP reports: "Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Friday he is ready to postpone efforts to agree on a first-ever EU constitution until next year, if a sum |
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- Underdogs Team v Dublin Senior Football Team |
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- Juan Cole reads psychoanalyzes Rummy and Wolfie. Heh heh. Sometimes a dick is just a dick.... |
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- Am I the only one who thinks there is almost no market for this? They want to sell 10,000 a month? Well, maybe in Chile... |
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