Workshare Deltaview for the Small Firm

June 9, 2005

Workshare has released a version of its Deltaview document comparison software for the solo practitioner and small office: Workshare DeltaView PE provides a single comparison document in a simple, easy-to-read format. This entry-level product uses the same engine as DeltaView and provides a fast and economical way to compare files and to understand detailed changes […]

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The Laptop Trail

June 9, 2005

The WSJ carries an article today on the details of outsourced manufacturing of laptops. It’s a fascinating look at the manufacturing processes that are coming out of the drive for efficiency and low cost.

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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Lexmark Suit

June 8, 2005

In a very strange case, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied Lexmark’s petition to appeal the February decision of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal denying Lexmark’s request for an extension of an injunction that would have prevented a competitor, Static Control Components, from marketing a printer cartridge that competed with Lexmark products. Got that? […]

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Cheap Wireless E-mail

June 8, 2005

Via Forbes: Yahoo! and Sprint PCS said today they have introduced a wireless service for cheap access to e-mail on mobile phones. The two companies announced they have teamed with a privately held wireless-messaging company called Seven to offer Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. The service will allow existing U.S. customers of Yahoo!’s (nasdaq: YHOO – […]

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Reading Outbound Corporate E-mail

June 8, 2005

Via Slashdot: Aviran’s place reports that a recent survey of 332 technology decision-makers at large U.S. companies reveals that more than 63% of corporations with 1,000 or more employees either employ or plan to hire workers to read outbound email, due to growing concern over sensitive information leaving the enterprise through email.

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A Current Picture on Computer Security Attack Trends

June 8, 2005

Bruce Schneier posts this week on the current trends his company, Counterpane Internet Security, is seeing in attacks on network security.

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Technology Development and the Military

June 8, 2005

The NYT has a piece on the U.S. military’s problems with technology development and purchasing – the article delves into the question of why it is so difficult for the Pentagon to get value for money.

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More on Corporate Blogging Policies

June 7, 2005

Via Between Lawyers, CorporateBlogging.info, a terrific resource on corporate blogging. The blog includes a recent post in which the author, Fredrik WackÃ¥ of Malmö, says he’s “compared and categorized the corporate blogging policies and guidelines of IBM, Yahoo! (pdf), Hill & Knowlton, Plaxo, Thomas Nelson, Feedster, Groove and Sun.” This is a must-see if you’re […]

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Lost Citibank Data was not Encrypted

June 7, 2005

The Register is the first report I’ve seen that answers my first question on hearing the news of Citibank’s loss of data on 3.9M customers. We are going to start seeing a transition to encryption and electronic transmission, though given the mountain of data that must be moved, transitioning to electronic instead of physical movement […]

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The Chilling Power of IP Infringement Fear

June 7, 2005

With the rise of the DMCA-society we’ve seen many examples in recent years of the chilling power of the fear of IP infringement. Today, boingboing reports the bizarre news that Walmart is refusing to print digital images that it considers (well, “feels”, actually) to have been professionally shot. This out of an apparent fear of […]

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On Gullibility

June 6, 2005

The NYT has an interesting article on why social engineering scams continue to work.

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Another Data Loss – 3.9 Million Affected

June 6, 2005

Citigroup has announced that computer tapes containing personal information on about 3.9 million customers were lost by United Parcel Service Inc. while in transit to a credit-reporting bureau. The announcements of data loss are coming so frequently now in the aftermath of California’s new law requiring notification of data disclosure, that one wonders how much […]

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