FCC Lets SBC Get Net Phone Numbers Directly

February 4, 2005

A small move, but another step in the direction of growing penetration of VoIP: the US FCC is making  it easier and cheaper for VoIP providers to get 10-digit phone numbers – "another federal boost for the mushrooming broadband phone industry".  Money quotes: In essence, the Federal Communications Commission gave SBC permission to get telephone […]

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EC’s Data Protection Working Party Releases Working Document on Data Protection

February 4, 2005

Via Michael Geist’s BNA’s Internet Law News – the European Commission’s Data Protection Working Party has released a working document on data protection issues related to intellectual property rights.  One of the concerns raised in the report is the growing trend in DRM to track individual information: The Working Party acknowledges the necessity of implementing […]

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First it was Phishing, Next Pharming

February 4, 2005

David Coursey at eWeek thinks the next wave of attacks will be pharming attacks – attacks designed to spoof you into believing you are at a trusted site.  Money quotes: Today’s phishing attack usually consists of an official-looking e-mail from a bank, credit card company or other financial services provider. Some of what passes for […]

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Law Firm Management, 1984-2004

February 4, 2005

The always interesting Bruce MacEwen has a post on trends 1984-2004 in law practice management, based on an article by John Smock, co-founder of Smock Sterling Strategic Management Consultants outside Chicago.  Money quotes: "Law firms used to be in denial that they are businesses; no longer so. Work of impeccably high quality was thought to […]

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VC’s Fund Health IT Ventures

February 4, 2005

eWeek reports on recent data from a PwC report on health services and health information technology investments by US VC’s.  2004 numbers were up dramatically over 2003 (admittedly a very down year), with the biggest deals going to Genomic Health, a medical diagnostic genomic information company that received a total of $50 million in two […]

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My Website is Up

February 3, 2005

My website is up!  An exciting moment in the life of a new firm.  Thanks to my designer, Steven Turnbull, for all of his excellent help.  Any and all comments, observations, etc. are welcome.

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What Happens to Your Data When You Die, Redux

February 3, 2005

WaPo has a story on another (see here and here) dispute over the data of a Marine killed in combat in Iraq.  Quotes: Stationed in a remote corner of Iraq, Marine Corps reservist Karl Linn’s only means of communicating with the outside world was through a computer. Several times a week, the 20-year-old combat engineer […]

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Employee Handbooks

February 2, 2005

George’s Employment Blawg has an interesting post on how to create an employee handbook, and some useful observations on whether you ought to.  Keeping in mind that his blawg is written for a US audience, and US employment law does differ from the law of Ontario (most notably perhaps, Ontario does not have employment at […]

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A New Outsourcing Frontier

February 2, 2005

The NYT is running a story on the growth of Kenya and other African countries as outsourcing destinations.  Money quotes: After looking on for years as Asia cashed in on the outsourcing boom, Africa is now aggressively seeking its piece of the action. Datamonitor, a consulting firm that follows outsourcing, estimates that there are 54,000 […]

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Web Pages That Suck

February 2, 2005

Vincent Flanders, of Vincent Flanders’ Web Pages That Suck, has rolled out his collection of The Biggest Web Design Mistakes of 2004.  Brilliant, very funny, and very good advice. Via Seth Godin.

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When Bad Things Happen to Good Technologies

February 2, 2005

Another truly lame idea – spy on your employees even more.  That’ll encourage them to dig deep and perform.  Exinda Networks has developed a technology (this does not seem that novel frankly, and the article makes that point) that allows employers to, in addition to monitoring employee usage of the ‘net, calculate the bandwidth cost […]

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Software Freedom Law Center

February 2, 2005

A lot has been written in the short time since the Software Freedom Law Center was first announced – for obvious reasons – yet another smart development in the movement to change the way we view intellectual property rights and their role in a digital world.  Free and Open Source, Creative Commons, EFF, ChillingEffects.org – […]

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