Sunday, May 4, 2008

The WWW is 15 years old: what would we do without it? Happy 15th birthday, WWW-- Fifteen years ago yesterday, the World Wide Web became official and was put into the public domain. [CNET News.com] The rumor is that we would watch more television, but I think television viewing was dropping for its own reasons.  5:31:39 PM    comment []

Thursday, May 1, 2008

California Court Publishes Personal Identifiable Information California court posting SSNs and other personal data, privacy advocates charge. A court in California's Riverside County is openly posting sensitive personal data on its Web site, according to privacy watchdogs. But the court's IT director compared searching for that information to "finding a needle in a haystack."[Latest from Computerworld] 9:04:40 PM    comment []

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Social-Network Advancement Twitter gets another round of funding. Source says the term sheet is signed, sealed and delivered. Now we're just awaiting the official announcement. [CNET News.com] 4:12:25 PM    comment [] Recent Web Site Attacks Microsoft: Massive site attacks not our fault. Microsoft late Friday responded to news reports that hackers have leveraged weaknesses in the company's Web and SQL software to attack hundreds of thousands of Web pages. [Latest from Computerworld] Bill Sisk, Communication Manager at Microsoft Security Response Center, said the post was in response to reports that over half a million pages, including some belonging to the United Nations, have been compromised by SQL injection attacks. Once hacked, those sites were modified to download malware to visitors' PCs. Is it my reading, or has security become worse recently--Not much place to be secure any more. 4:07:24 PM    comment [] Law Resources Coming Online Lawyers Open Their File Cabinets for a Web Resource. Services are appearing on the Web that may make it easier for consumers to do their own preliminary homework on legal issues before seeking professional help. [NYT > Technology] So many services about laws and legislation want to charge subscriptions, so it's good to see some without subscriptions. 4:01:23 PM    comment []

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Interesting to Watch How Hosted Services Go Google Offers to Host Services on App Engine. Google is offering to host enterprise Web applications on its own infrastructure with a new tool for developers, App Engine. [NYT > Technology] 10:03:54 PM    comment [] E-voting Panel at RSA 2008 Expert says flawed e-voting systems need constant audits. Panelist at RSA 2008 says election officials are stuck with flawed electronic voting systems and the only solution is to require audits after every election. [CNET News.com] 10:00:24 PM    comment [] Green IT Strategy Whitepaper 3 Building Blocks for a Profitable Green IT Strategy. (Source: Verdiem) This practical white paper compares "greening" your IT department to "greening" your home: the key to a lasting return is starting with small steps. Learn how to create an IT carbon footprint baseline, draft a list of objectives, and implement for the best ROI. [Computerworld Breaking News] 9:58:27 PM    comment [] Gladwell at RSA 2008 Malcolm Gladwell tells security folks: Don't think too much. Author of Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, warns security professionals at RSA 2008 not to let too much data cloud their judgment. [CNET News.com] Al Gore is speaking on Friday. 9:56:47 PM    comment []

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Retirees Continuing to Work Going to the Company Elders for Help. Hewlett-Packard is trying to galvanize thousands of its retirees into an auxiliary army of senior marketers, good-will ambassadors and volunteer sales people. [NYT > Technology] HP connects its former employees as volunteers. While for many years the State of California has volunteers in its parks and museums, other State Departments have retirees who continue to work. The newer State of California Boomerang website provides a registration place for retirees interested in work and State departments looking for retirees. 7:53:20 PM    comment []

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Wikileaks.org Was Not Really Disabled Judge Reverses His Order Disabling Web Site. The ruling let a Web site that allows the anonymous posting of documents to discourage unethical behavior in governments and corporations continue operating. By JONATHAN D. GLATER. [NYT > Technology] 10:44:56 PM    comment [] Security Policy is Difficult but Necessary Five basic mistakes of security policy. Distilling an appropriate security policy for your company can trip you up in obscure details -- but don't discount the possibility of face-planting on the basics, as Anton Chuvakin explains. [Computerworld Breaking News] Personally I wish logs were easier to process and read or interpret, perhaps with better filtering. They are often messy or misleading. This weekend I need to download and delete logs on a couple sites (personal)--or they'll be growing beyond storage limits. 10:41:12 PM    comment [] Government and Web 2.0 Resources From slideshare, December 2007 presentation "Web 2.0 for Government 1.0" at a government event in Hawaii. I believe there is no chance I would ever be able to justify a research trip to Hawaii, so seeing the slides will suffice for now. | View | Upload your own I wish Hawaii great experiences when they are bringing in Web 2.0. I hope those "low-hanging fruits" (see slide 14) work well for Hawaii. His selection is RSS Microformats OpenID Mashups Mobile Podcasts (audio & video) I'd also put RSS very near the top ROI for government. 10:32:10 PM    comment []

Friday, February 22, 2008

Will Lessig Run for Congress? [Update: no for now.] Web Legal Scholar Considers Run for House. If Lawrence Lessig decides to run, it could pit the Internet icon in a race against a Democratic loyalist. By JESSE McKINLEY. [NYT > Technology] The California U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo, died recently, so a special primary will be held April 8. At lessig08.org (a site Lessig has something to do with), you can watch a 10-minute video explaining the launching of a Change Congress movement. Lessig's blog will carry Lessig's decision about whether to run for Congress. 10:31:23 PM    comment []

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