Wednesday, November 6, 2002

O'Reilly Network's Jon Udell - "Googling Your Email" Jon discusses how Zoe makes email-based information easier to find in the same way that Google helps you find information on the web. It's worth looking into (and I am...) 5:27:16 PM    comment []

New feature for Radio: Mail-From-Aggregator. "Some people like to read the news that the aggregator gathers in email. This can be useful if you travel a lot, or want to share news with a group of people who may not use Radio." [Scripting News] Another too-cool feature! Can't wait to try it out. 4:29:52 PM    comment []

Apple adds DVD burner to PowerBook. The company updates its entire portable line, most notably adding its first PowerBook capable of burning DVDs. [CNET News.com] I want one! Just bought a Sony TRV18 last weekend and now have a keen desire to start burning DVDs (I know, I could just get a copy of Toast 5 and burn VCDs on my iMac's CD/RW, but DVD's soooo much more cool, and a 1GHz G4 TiPB would be a screamer...) 3:47:58 PM    comment []

SAML 1.0 specification gets a thumbs-up. OASIS ratifies authentication and authorization open standard [InfoWorld: Top News] Question: How (if at all) does this impact the identity management efforts underway in the Liberty Alliance? 1:57:22 PM    comment []

Why Open Source Software / Free Softare (OSS/FS)? Look at the numbers!. David Wheeler makes the case for open source. Particularly interesting is his discussion of the infamous TCO (total cost of ownership) and the potential advantages derived from using OSS/FS. [dwheeler.com] 1:23:46 AM    comment []