I was wondering what happened to Jenny... 

Dave Winer:  "Via Radio Free Blogistan via David Watson via David Copeland, a reporter in Texas has been told to shut down his personal weblog by his employer, the Houston Chronicle."

"Wait, threre's more. The top item on Romenesko names the reporter: Steve Olafson, and links to a Houston Press article that says that he was fired for running the weblog." 

GlennLog:  "Wednesday: AmaSpam.com. I can't believe it, but I just received what looks an awful lot like very clearly identified spam from Amazon.com's Associates program..." 

InfoWorld:  Frustrated Microsoft users explore options  [Rodent Regatta]

The new licensing terms from Microsoft are not making corporate users very happy, it seems... 

Steve Pilgrim:  "there seems to be an informal consensus around SpamAssassin as the right tool for frying spam..."

I've been having second thoughts about SpamNet this week.  It seems to be letting more messages in than it did previously.  Perhaps a database problem on their end or just due to spammers constantly creating new forged return addresses.  But, the price is right for an underemployed web designer like me and I don't play the "wishlist" game, so I'll stick with it a while longer and see if it improves.  All in all, it has made dealing with spam easier for me and up to a few days ago, it was catching almost every single spam message sent to me - this week, it's catching about 2/3 of them. 

John Robb offers several interesting observations about Palladium and DRM today... 

From LemurZone News:

Formal expression of opinion
The EFF has created a page to voice your opposition to the Berman Bill, which would give copyright holders what amount to Letters of Marque, to hack and disable personal computers.

From the comfort of your chair you can send your representitive a letter in opposition to this bill which will only add more power to the "Entertainment Industry Congressional Welfare Program" and allow them to turn the internet into a gated community for themselves.

EFF.org:  Copyright Holders Want to Hack Your PC!

"Take action!  Send a message." 

Microsoft "Palladium": A Business Overview  PressPass feature from the Microsoft Content Security Business Unit  [The Snewp - Search Results] 

August 2002

 


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