01/06/29 A night at the opera
01/06/26 Without Sanctuary
01/06/23 Microsoft (5)
01/06/16 Microsoft (4)
01/06/12 Microsoft (3)
01/06/11 Yahoo / Nazi auction case
01/06/10 Microsoft (2)
01/06/09 Microsoft (1)
01/06/07 Metafilter defacement
01/06/03 DOS attacks against GRC.com
01/06/02 Hillerphoto.com
And even more old stuff: Robert Wilson and Lou Reed at the Amsterdam opera house.
01/06/29 A night at the opera (journal)
Another of my old Astounding Websites reviews: well-made site showing photos and postcards of lynchings in America.
01/06/26 Without Sanctuary (review)
There's an article about the Microsoft smart tags in the latest issue of A List Apart. It links to most of the recent coverage of the subject and gives a good overview, concentrating on the potential problems with this technology. My own thoughts on the subject can be found elsewhere on this site.
Microsoft's Smart Tags (my article)
A List Apart: article
A List Apart: discussion
My Pictures is a simple feature that allows users to more easily save, print, and email images found in web pages, without having to right-click the image. I see a number of potential problems with this technology, and I've discussed them in more detail elsewhere on this site.
Microsoft's My Pictures (my article)
Description on MSDN online Web Workshop, quoted above
Discussion on Metafilter
Here is some more coverage of Microsoft's smart tags. Both pages have several good links. On the Scripting news page, you'll have to scroll down a bit to find the smart tags discussed.
Scripting News 2001/06/15
Discussion on Builder Buzz
Microsoft bashers were out in full-force last week, chastising the company for a new technology in the forthcoming version of its Windows operating system they say infringes on free speech, intellectual property and the copyrights of Web content creators. (Link to ZDNet article via Hack the planet prime.)
ZDNet: Microsoft tries to get smart (quoted above)
Discussion on Slashdot
Discussion on Arstechnica (1)
Discussion on Arstechnica (2)
Hack the planet prime
A US judge is to decide the future of the Internet. According to the BBC, Judge Jeremy Fogel has agreed to consider whether law courts can determine what Web sites based in other countries can host. Judge Fogel is becoming a bit of a specialist in IT and Internet matters, but it doesn't take a legal genius to work out that the implications of such a ruling are enormous. It cuts to the core of the multitude of legal confusions the Internet has joyously thrown up.
The Register, quoted above
CDT's Jurisdiction page, with extensive coverage of the case
Background information on GigaLaw.com from January 2001
Technology embedded in the upcoming version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) browser could run afoul of the law by placing unauthorized links on privately owned Web sites, an intellectual property attorney said today. Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) attorney Robin Gross said today that the Microsoft "Smart Tag" technology could violate both copyright law and federal rules prohibiting deceptive and unfair business practices.
Newsbytes: Microsoft 'Smart Tags' Could Violate Law
Microsoft is not, as the new administration has made abuntantly clear, about to be broken up. It has cashed in on its enormously profitable near-monopolies for desktop and server software. Analysts believe it will soon return to 20 percent revenue growth, up from 14 percent today, which already is nearly double last year's.
Slashdot: the return of Microsoft, part two
Microsoft's Internet Explorer Smart Tags are something new and dangerous. They mean that the company that controls the Web browser is using that power to actually alter others' Web sites to its own advantage. Microsoft has a perfect right to sell services. But by using its dominant software to do so, it will be tilting the playing field and threatening editorial integrity. (Via Zeldman.com)
The original Wall Street Journal article
Comments by Anil Dash
Coverage on Yahoo! News
Discussion on Metafilter
Zeldman.com
In response to Open Source getting stronger and showing off better products, such as the Linux operating system, the Apache web server, and the KDE and GNOME desktops, Microsoft recently announced it will release its products under a new type of licensing, called Shared Source. Microsoft claims that Shared Source has all the advantages Open Source has, and doesn't have some things they perceive as disadvantages of Open Source. Looking at the details behind Shared Source, it is quite obvious that it won't live up to this hype. (Link to the Kuro5hin discussion via Camworld)
Shared-source.com, quoted above
Article on Linux Today
Microsoft's shared source page
Discussion on Kuro5hin
Camworld
Metafilter was defaced last night.
Lessons learned
Discussion on Metafilter
Nothing more than the whim of a 13-year old hacker is required to knock any user, site, or server right off the Internet. I believe you will be as fascinated and concerned as I am by the findings of my post-attack forensic analysis, and the results of my subsequent infiltration into the networks and technologies being used by some of the Internet's most active hackers.
The attacks on GRC.COM
Discussion on Builder Buzz
Discussion on Metafilter
One of my old Astounding Websites reviews: well-designed photography site with multi-media presentations about Vietnam, Eastern Europe and Burma.
01/06/02 Hillerphoto.com (review)
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