Thursday, February 10, 2005

Web OS - Loosely Joined. John Zeratsky writes: Major corporations like Amazon, Google, and eBay see the value in doing this. Smaller but significant players like Six Apart and Ludicorp (Flickr) obviously see the value. By making their services transparent (whether that is an implicit or explicit goal), they are providing in-roads for other developers. Which is how Andre Torrez can tie TypeKey’s authentication services to PayPal’s financial services and make something cool happen. Similar things are happening at every level, from the bloggers (who include del.icio.us links or Flickr photos on their sites) to the developers (who integrate DropCash with MovableType or iPhoto with Flickr). I think this is just the beginning. Forget the Google OS — we are well on our way to a viable Web OS. It may never have the grandeur of the semantic web, but it will have lots of small pieces, loosely joined. [E M E R G I C . o r g] 8:13:42 PM

Tech execs ask Bush for cybersecurity commission. Fed up with detritus of viruses, spam and "phishing" attacks, CTOs ask president to appoint commission to suggest solutions. [CNET News.com] 8:12:24 PM