Business Cliches: A to Z

October 21, 2005

alarm: clock and Fred Wilson are building the definitive list of business and VC cliches. Great Friday reading, if you’re looking to circle back around at the end of the day.

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The Human Side of Outsourcing

October 21, 2005

The Tyee has run the final instalment of a four part story on outsourcing and its impact on labour. Part 4, which is followed by links to the first 3 parts, is here.

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Climb on the Hughtrain

October 20, 2005

I’ve ordered my ticket (follow to the next image for the other side) for the Hughtrain. Miss Rogue convinced me.

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Liability for Software Vulnerabilities

October 20, 2005

Bruce Schneier writes today on the liability for software vulnerability issue that has been attracting attention recently, particularly since Howard Schmidt, former White House cybersecurity advisor, commented at Secure London 2005 that individual coders should be held accountable for flaws in their code.

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Two Factor Authentication, Redux

October 20, 2005

Bruce Schneier explains why two factor authentication is not a solution to phishing or identity theft and why it won’t secure online bank accounts from fraudulent transactions.

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Why I’ll Be Reading Mark Evans Today

October 20, 2005

Why will I be reading Mark Evans today? No reason.

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I Get No Spam

October 19, 2005

With apologies to John C. Dvorak, “I get no spam”. And I’m delighted. I’ve been trying a new technique for a couple of months now and it’s working flawlessly – all e-mail is routed through Gmail’s spam filters before it gets to me. I’ve read criticism and praise of Gmail’s filtering but so far I […]

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A New Billing Model

October 19, 2005

Jacquie McNish has a strong article in the Globe today outlining the drift away from the straight billable hour model that we have been seeing for a while in law in major markets in Canada, and presumably over a longer period in the U.S. This is a natural evolution of improvements in technology that allow […]

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Seven Questions Employees Should Ask Before Joining a Startup

October 19, 2005

David Beisel at Genuine VC posts a list.

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Top Ten Myths About Trademarks

October 18, 2005

McBinch lawyer Sharon Groom and student Terry Chan have a good article on Mondaq (free reg. required) explaining the truth behind the top 10 myths about (Canadian) trade-marks. Via Geoff Gussis.

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U.S. Banks to Use Two Factor Authentication

October 18, 2005

David Fraser points to a Reuters article noting that U.S. banking regulators have told U.S. banks to use two-factor authentication for online banking by the end of 2006: “Single-factor authentication, as the only control mechanism, (is) inadequate for high-risk transactions involving access to customer information or the movement of funds to other parties,” the council […]

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Wi-Fi in the Field and in San Fran

October 17, 2005

Literally in the field. AP is running a story on a rural wi-fi network built over 700 square miles of rural Oregon. The story gets right to the point of why this is so difficult in an urban context:

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