2005 Youth in Motion Women in Politics and Government Conference

February 11, 2005

My friend Denise Shortt is helping to organize the 2005 "Youth in Motion" Women in Politics and Government Conference.  The event is sponsored by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, Bell Canada, and the Ontario Women’s Directorate.  Through roundtable discussions, interactive workshops, keynote presentations, and panel discussions with women working in politics and government, […]

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A VC Reponds to Jason Calacanis

February 11, 2005

A VC responds to Jason Calacanis’ post on why he won’t take VC funds.

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Open Source Biotech

February 11, 2005

Wired reports on what might be the "first practical offering" of open source biology. A paper appearing in this week’s edition of Nature is antiseptically entitled: "Gene transfer to plants by diverse species of bacteria." But the information that lies within may herald a revolution in biology. The paper describes two new technologies: TransBacter, a […]

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Skype EULA and Security

February 11, 2005

An interesting discussion on Mr. Blog of (likely) little known details about the Skype EULA, bandwidth usage and security architecture.

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Carly Fiorina Not Leaving to Spend More Time With Her Family

February 11, 2005

Carly Fiorina’s resignation termination departure is the first departure of a senior publicco exec I’ve seen in ages not being spun as a (strangely sudden) desire to spend more time with the family.

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EVDO in NYC

February 11, 2005

Jason Calacanis has a nifty post on the speeds he is seeing on Verizon’s EVDO in New York.

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Strong Hints From the SCO-IBM Judge

February 10, 2005

US District Court Judge Dale A. Kimball, who is presiding over a lawsuit brought by SCO Group accusing IBM of copyright infringement – SCO is seeking at least $5 billion from IBM, accusing the company of illegally inserting its proprietary Unix code into Linux – issued an interim order today dismissing a motion by IBM […]

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Real Entrepreneurs Don’t Use VC Money

February 10, 2005

The (in the time since I’ve discovered him, anyway) very provocative Jason Calacanis on why he isn’t taking taking VC money: he doesn’t need it VCs think their money is more important then you giving up your life VCs are betting with OPM [other people’s money] 90% of the time VCs are hunting for one […]

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Virus Attacks MS AntiSpyware

February 10, 2005

Malware, viruses and trojans, oh my! Another day full of security alerts.  Oh, and that thing about North Korea and the bomb. Jack Kapica of the Globe reports that MS’s beta AntiSpyware app has been targeted by a virus that attempts to disable it, and then do various rude things to your computer: Microsoft’s AntiSpyware […]

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IBM Global Business Security Index Report for 2004 on 2005 Threats

February 10, 2005

IBM’s Global Security Intelligence Services Team has released the Global Business Security Index Report for 2004, predicting a "new and troubling trend" in 2005 of viruses and worms attacking handheld devices, cellphones, wireless networks and embedded computers, which include car and satellite communication systems.  Money quotes from a Globe article on the report: "After a […]

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Stop Fakes! Program Launched

February 10, 2005

The US Department of Commerce is launching what is described as a concerted effort to stop piracy.  Money quote: Growing global trade in pirated and counterfeit goods threatens America’s innovation economy, the competitiveness of our leading companies and small manufacturers, and the livelihoods of their workers. Bogus products – from CDs, DVDs, software and watches […]

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CIBC Suffers Online Banking System Malfunction

February 9, 2005

The Globe reports on a three hour outage on Monday of CIBC’s online banking system.  The cause of the failure has not been reported.

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