Archive for the ‘LINKS’ Category.
Is StarOffice ready to take on MS Office?
CNET: Is StarOffice ready to take on MS Office?
Perhaps the most significant opportunity for StarOffice is the recent increase in Office licensing costs. Our analysis shows that IT organizations are facing an increase of between 22 percent and 40 percent at the highest discount level.
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Bottom line for IT organizations: There are going to be a lot of changes in the productivity market. Find out now what your users actually use–and then plan accordingly.
Lampson: Computer Security in the Real World
Butler Lampson:
Computer Security in the Real World (paper) (slides)
Presented at the Annual Computer Security Applications Conference, 2000.
Robot Unveiled for Brain Operations
Reuters: Robot Unveiled for Brain Operations. [via iWon Tech latest]
Book Review: Web ReDesign: Workflow that Works
Book Review: Web ReDesign: Workflow that Works. Primarily aimed at project managers, this book is designed to streamline the redesign process for everyone involved. The authors’ “Core Process” methodology helps avoid unsightly scope creep to keep your projects on time and on budget. By Andy King. 0905 [WebReference News]
From Hot Concept to Hot Site in Eight Days
From Hot Concept to Hot Site in Eight Days
By James Hong
AmIHotOrNot.com evolved from an idea into one of the biggest sites on the Web in less than two months. Such rapid growth meant the site had to scale quickly, especially in the first eight days.
Exiscan v2.01
Exiscan v2.01
Exiscan is an email virus scanner which works together with the Exim MTA
(http://www.exim.org). It is written in Perl and designed to be very easy
to implement. Exiscan supports multithreaded unpacking and scanning of mail,
with a configurable number of processes. Exiscan has generic support for
available command line virus scanners. Exiscan can scan inside of MS-TNEF
and SMIME (signed) wrapped messages. [Security Focus]
Libraries Criticize Federal Report on Digital-Copyright Law
Chronicle of Higher Education: Libraries Criticize Federal Report on Digital-Copyright Law. Advocates for libraries are criticizing a U.S. Copyright Office report, released late Wednesday, that recommends against revising copyright law to assure that libraries and consumers can lend and archive software and other electronic material they purchase. [Tomalak’s Realm]
