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Tuesday, January 14, 2003

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Sam Ruby RSS Track Back: "As I'm more and more seeing my words appear excerpted on other people's site ( Hi Mark!), I decided to go after another source for related reads: RSS feeds. To participate, you don't need to use weblogging software that supports trackback or pingback, you simply have to update your templates to have a link to your RSS feed." [n3rd.net]

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George Orwell, here we come: "... the biggest problem with the criticism of the Total Information Awareness system is that it's too shortsighted. It's focused on what the Poindexters of the world can do with current database and information-mining technology. That includes weaving together strands of data from various sources--such as travel, credit card, bank, electronic toll and driver's license databases--with the stated purpose of identifying terrorists before they strike. [...] But what could Poindexter and the Bush administration devise in five or 10 years, if they had the money, the power and the will?" [News Is Free: Popular Items]

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Apple responds to proposed Microsoft settlement: "Under Microsoft's proposal, one third of these unclaimed funds are taken back by Microsoft and not given to our schools. Another third can be used by schools only to purchase Microsoft software, leaving just the remaining third available for our schools to purchase the products of their choice." [MacCentral]

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Open Source Group Issues Top Ten Web Vulnerabilities: "The ten most critical web application security problems for government and the private sector was unveiled Monday by the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), the Washington, DC-based open source community project." [Google Technology News]

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'Trustworthy' plan plods uphill: "Wednesday will mark the one-year anniversary of the day that Bill Gates decreed, via a companywide memo, that "Trustworthy Computing" would be the highest priority for all the work Microsoft Corp. employees do (see story)." [Google Technology News]

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Jaguar: year's best software: "Jaguar is Unix for the masses - a consumer version of the most stable operating system on the planet. Business users will love its ability to detect a wireless connection no matter where they roam. Consumers will be blown away by its simplicity and stability, as well as applications like iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie and iChat. Jaguar takes the operating system to a new level: It just works." [MacMinute.com: Up-to-the-Minute Apple Mac News]