Archive for July 2001

social scientists looking at how Internet2 is affecting those who use it

MIT Technology Review: Work the Problem, People. While researchers tap Internet2 to extend collaboration between universities and push the limits of new Internet technologies, another group of social scientists is looking at how Internet2 is affecting those who use it–in effect, researching the researchers. [Tomalak’s Realm]

Request Tracker 2.0.1-test3 (Development)

Request Tracker 2.0.1-test3 (Development). Web, command-line, and email-based trouble ticketing and bugtracking package. [freshmeat.net]

Is Web services the reincarnation of CORBA?

IBM developerWorks:
Web services architect, Part 3: Is Web services the reincarnation of CORBA?. : Web services architect, Part 3: Is Web services the reincarnation of CORBA? “Even during these early stages of the evangelism of Web services, customers have already begun to ask how this technology differs from CORBA. Isn?t it just another form of distributed computing? In this installment of the Web services architect, Dan Gisolfi offers a brief overview of the differences between SOAP, DCOM, and CORBA and suggests a value proposition for Web services within the distributed computing realm.” [via ZopeNewbies]

Workplace Surveillance Project

Security firms asleep at the firewall

Security Issues: Hackers rootkit for NT

More Microsoft Free Software

More Microsoft Free Software

“When the 602 Office software suite is registered all pop-up windows about registration will stop and the spell checker will be enabled! What are you waiting for? It’s FREE! “[via Scripting News] [Adam Curry: CurryDotCom]

Using a Cryptographic Hardware Token with Linux: the OpenSSL Projects New Engine