Wednesday, November 13, 2002

Delta gets it. About six months ago, the passenger to my right informs me, Delta Airlines installed the new information system that I just experienced for the first time at La Guardia airport this morning. It's one of the most effective uses of information technology I have ever seen. Even if you don't usually fly Delta (as I don't), you might want to wander by one of their gates next time you're in an airport and check it out. Air travel still sucks, of course, but Delta earns my eternal gratitude for a brilliant application that makes it suck less. ... [Jon's Radio] Jon Udell likes Delta. Me too. And unlike Jon, they're my go-to airline. 3:33:15 PM

Greeting card virus licensed to spread. If a computer user carelessly clicks an "I agree" button and downloads an infectious program, is that program a virus? That's the question raised by a sneaky new e-mail. [CNET News.com] This is what got me last week. I saw it as it was happening, but too late. This kind of attack is only going to get better, so we need a "trusted space" for opening email - a walled garden. Otherwise, we'll never know if an email is really from a friend or if it's a similar worm. 7:45:53 AM

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