3 More Windows Vulnerabilities Found

December 25, 2004

Perhaps it really is time to move to a Mac.  Good grief.

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Comair Cancels All Flights After Computer System Crash

December 25, 2004

In what must have been a nightmare for all concerned, Comair cancelled all of its flights Saturday because of computer system problems triggered by the heavy rescheduling caused by the Christmas storm.

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Price Wars in US Online DVD Rental

December 25, 2004

Blockbuster US takes the monthly charge down to $15.  Proof once again that the internet is humankind’s as yet most perfect invention for squeezing margins until they shriek in pain. In Canada, not so much.  $25 per month seems to be the norm (for 4 vs 3 out at the same time).  Presumably because volumes […]

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Privacy Report Withheld to Protect Privacy of Report

December 25, 2004

I suppose I really shouldn’t be telling you this.

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So let me introduce to you the one and only Billy Shears

December 25, 2004

Ever wonder who everyone on the Sgt. Peppers cover was?  No longer.

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Top 10 Privacy Resolutions

December 25, 2004

The Electronic Privacy Information Center has released its Top 10 Privacy Resolutions for 2005.

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The Decline and Fall of American Liberalism

December 25, 2004

is entirely the fault of the The New Yorker’s cartoons.  I’m glad that’s been cleared up.  But since I was given this weighty tome for Christmas, I think I’ll spend the next, oh, 5-10 years studying the issue in detail.

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Ottawa Programmer Partially Hacks Google Suggest

December 24, 2004

A young programmer in Ottawa has managed to partially dissect Google Suggest.  Not an uncontroversial undertaking. And he’s been slashdotted —- sweet.

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Canadian iPod Prices Cut Due to Federal Court Ruling

December 24, 2004

The Federal Court of Appeal’s recent decision on the digital music player copyright levy has very quickly led to price reductions of approx C$30 on 20G iPods. 

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Another Proposal to Digitize Library Archives

December 24, 2004

Inter Alia has the story on another effort to digitize library collections – "ten major international libraries, including the Carnegie Mellon University Library and the Library of Congress, have agreed to have their collections digitized by the Internet Archive."

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LexThink! Chicago

December 24, 2004

US law bloggers Matthew Homann, Dennis Kennedy and Scheherazade Fowler are organizing LexThink! Chicago, a brainstorming / think-tanking / turning-everything-upside-down-and-shaking-out-all-of-the-loose-bits conference about the delivery of professional services. Another example of the disruptive power of blogging ….

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The Rise of Barack Obama

December 23, 2004

I still remember everything about the first time I heard him speak – during the Democratic National Convention.  A strong wind blew through the room, clearing away all of the cobwebs, all of the dust, everything that had accumulated for years.  In just a few sentences, he told you that tomorrow was going to be […]

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