| Sunday, October 5, 2003 |
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Spam Fighters Turn to Identifying Legitimate E-Mail
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The software engineers helped create the spam problem. Can they solve it?
New York Times: Technology ::: 10:03:07 PM ::: |
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Text Messaging Addictions
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How much time do you spend text messaging friends? Acquaintances? Enemies?
Would you say you are addicted? I'm not. Really. I can quit any time I want. I'm serious! Why don't you believe me??? ;)
The head of a clinic in Britain stated that they have some patients they are treating that text message for seven hours a day. The article didn't say if these were weekend days or during the work week...
Obviously a large segment of PPCT readers are addicted to technology in one form or another. But are you addicted to text messaging? How long are your "buddy lists"? How much of your day do you spend chatting?
Pocket PC Thoughts ::: 8:42:24 PM ::: |
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"E-mail is broken" says Salon.com
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The continuing decline of email as a viable communications tool due to spam is something I'm very interested in. I keep jumping to new anti-spam solutions, looking for the "perfect" way to protect myself from spam. This Salon.com article is a must-read for those of you who share my interest in this topic.
"Somewhere between that spam promoting spyware disguised as a chipper e-greeting and the latest e-mail-borne virus masquerading as an urgent software upgrade, something got lost. Not just a single overlooked urgent message from your boss, lodged in a sea of ghastly teenage bestiality spam, but something more fundamental, something more essential.
It's impossible to say exactly when the ritual of opening the e-mail in box went from being the lure that brought you online in the first place to a slough of deleting drudgery, full not only of irritating commercial messages that you never signed up to receive, but also of potential threats that could bring down your computer. But there's no use being nostalgic for that earlier, simpler time, whenever you got online, whether that was in 1984 or 1998. You can't go home again, or at least, you can't go back to a home without spam.
The questions now are: Can e-mail be saved? How bad is the problem, really? And what can be done to fix it? Salon interviewed four Internet pioneers, computer scientists who have been online longer than most of the rest of world and who, in some cases, helped set up the systems we use today..."
If you're viewing this on the mobile site this version might be easier to read on your mobile device.
Pocket PC Thoughts ::: 7:00:00 PM ::: |
| Saturday, October 4, 2003 |
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A Richer RSS Format in the Works
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RSS-Data proposal expands RSS and lets it carry more kinds of data. Bound for the BloggerCon conference, the updated format could spur syndication of business information and content, says author Jeremy Allaire.
eWEEK Technology News ::: 8:05:57 AM ::: |
| Friday, October 3, 2003 |
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Microsoft's Office 'system' attacks collaboration from all sides
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Office, Exchange, SharePoint, and Live Communications Server cover the bases, but present a patchwork to users and IT
InfoWorld: Applications ::: 3:51:06 PM ::: |
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SPS 2003 offers tight Office integration, easy personalization
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SharePoint Portal Server 2003 has many collaboration advantages, but issues such as pricey licensing keep it from being everything
it claims
InfoWorld: Applications ::: 3:51:06 PM ::: |
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Wi-Fi in Cell Phones Coming Soon
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There was a discussion of integrating Wi-Fi into cell phones at the Communications Design Conference: Some analysts think we'll see the devices in production by the middle of next year. A lot will have to be worked out before a combined cellular/Wi-Fi voice service can be aptly offered. The only way that will happen is if the cell carriers can figure out a way to control the air time that their customers spend on the Wi-Fi networks to ensure that they continue to make money. There's a company here in Seattle called Bridgeport aiming to solve that problem for cell operators. A cell carrier would put Bridgeport's box in its mobile switching center. If a customer is within range of a Wi-Fi network, the call is routed to the carrier's mobile switching center like a regular cellular call. That way the carrier can track the usage on the Wi-Fi network and charge customers. It's not an ideal setup, but I think carriers are going to require something like this so they can control and charge their customers for using voice on Wi-Fi networks. This story in EETimes also covers the discussion of Wi-Fi and cellular from the conference: But the reporter also talked to Craig Barratt of Atheros about smart antennas. It sounds like there's a lot of work going on with smart antennas and Wi-Fi but a TI technical guy noted that his tests so far showed that smart antennas don't do much for Wi-Fi....
Wi-Fi Networking News ::: 10:03:04 AM ::: |
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IE Patch Still Not Working
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Hackers are still finding ways to get around Microsoft's Internet Explorer patch issued in August. Meanwhile, speaking of security exploits, Security Topic Center Larry Seltzer debates ">the merits of monoculture in his column this week.
Microsoft Watch from Mary Jo Foley ::: 9:02:53 AM ::: |
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