Rogers Expands into Mobile Push Mail

April 11, 2005

Rogers has announced that it will begin offering a new branded enterprise push e-mail offering to be called MyMail that will effectively compete with the e-mail service offered by the Blackberry. The service will use technology from Visto Corp. that works with corporate e-mail servers to push e-mail out to a wide variety of mobile […]

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Goodbye to Privacy

April 10, 2005

Today William Safire reviews two recent books on data privacy and security – Robert O’Harrow Jr.’s ”No Place to Hide” and ”Chatter: Dispatches from the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping” by Patrick Radden Keefe (a third-year student at Yale Law). Hair-raising title: “Goodbye to Privacy”, and hair-raising intro quote: In the past five years, what […]

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New Ontario Consumer Protection Legislation for Online Agreements

April 10, 2005

On July 30 new consumer protection provisions that apply to online agreements will come into force in Ontario. Subject to specified exceptions, these provisions apply to purchases over $50 and include disclosure requirements that require merchants to provide specified disclosure (including a fair and accurate description of goods and services, prices, extra charges, important terms […]

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VC Financing Levels

April 10, 2005

The Economist has an article exploring current levels of VC financing. Main message: lots. Quote: As in physics, so in finance: shockwaves keep appearing long after an explosion. Five years after the crash in technology shares, its residual effects remain in the area of venture capital. One sign is the huge amount of new money […]

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The Annotated New York Times

April 10, 2005

The really-rather-remarkable annotated New York Time blog – a reproduction of the NYT showing annotations of blog coverage of stories in the newspaper – is astounding.

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It’s a Flat World

April 9, 2005

Thomas Friedman has written a long article in the latest NYT Magazine about Globalization 3.0 and the coming impact of outsourcing. You must read this article.

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Forcing Digital Music Standards

April 9, 2005

Now that all those Members of Congress have new iPods they seem to be getting steamed about difficulties in DRM standardization. Hence, I suppose, the rather surprising Congressional Subcommittee Hearing on ‘Digital Music Interoperability and Availability’, in which mandatory compatibility of DRM standards is being discussed. Not to worry, according to industry players, because “the […]

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Carolyn Elefant’s on J.D. Bliss

April 8, 2005

Carolyn Elefant of MyShingle.com, whom I met at LexThink! last weekend, is profiled on J.D. Bliss today. That’s cool – way to go, Carolyn!

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Aspencer1.com Inc. v. Paysystems Corporation

April 8, 2005

A Quebec judge has ruled in Aspencer1.com Inc. v. Paysystems Corporation that an amendment to add arbitration provisions to an online contract, effected by a revision to an online version of the terms, is not binding because the other party did not specifically agree to the revision. While the facts of the case are apparently […]

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Indian Outsourcing Security Incident

April 8, 2005

David Fraser has the scoop on an incident in which call center workers at an Indian outsource provider are among those charged with fraud in connection with the misuse of a Citibank customer’s financial information.

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How to Blog Anonymously

April 8, 2005

The EFF has posted a resource on How to Blog Safely (Anonymously).

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Philadelphia MuniWiFi Plans Unveiled

April 8, 2005

Always on, always connected is one more step closer, if you’re in Philadelphia. Broadbandreports has the scoop on Philadephia’s plans for city-wide WiFi, which I last posted on here.

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