Friday, December 6, 2002

Script locally, publish globally. InfoWorld Test Center Director Steve Gillmor and I have always thought that Groove is the tool we ought to be using to coordinate our team's ongoing mind-meld, aka the InfoWorld editorial process. It hasn't worked out that way, though. I used to blame that on Steve, who has little use for communication that doesn't show up as text (in the body, *not* an attachment!) of e-mail messages delivered to his BlackBerry. As for me, I was perfectly willing to haul my ThinkPad everywhere ... until Apple's OS X-powered TiBook lured me from the straight-and-narrow, that is. Can a BlackBerry junkie and a TiBook renegade get any collaborative mileage out of Groove? Assuming that Windows PCs continue to figure prominently in our technology mix -- as they most assuredly do -- the answer appears to be "yes," thanks to Groove Web Services. [Full story at InfoWorld.com.] ... [Jon's Radio] 11:11:29 AM

Microsoft's electronic stamp to certify e-mail messages Mercury Times - By Brier Dudley, Seattle Times, Posted on Thu, Dec. 05, 2002 Microsoft has unveiled an electronic stamp the U.S. Postal Service plans to sell to certify authenticity and delivery time of e-mail. The technology, called "electronic postmarks,'' will not necessarily end the era of free e-mail. But it does create a "first-class'' version with a small delivery charge. The postmarks are likely to be used to transmit sensitive documents, for instance, to authenticate the sender and to give the recipient more reassurance.... 6:35:44 AM

Fraudit helps registrars battle global online fraud. The new product, developed by the CEO of Alice's Registry Inc., is the first to provide registrars with fast, accurate registrant data validation. [Source: Computerworld News; 12/6/02; 4:43:29 AM.] Task force report looks at accuracy of Whois data. While the study, released by the Whois Task Force, discusses ways to quickly correct inaccurate data, it doesn't lay out proactive measures to screen out incorrect registration information. [Source: Computerworld News; 12/6/02; 4:43:28 AM.] 5:50:15 AM

Is That Really You? Check My DNA By Kristen Philipkoski, Wired, 02:00 AM Dec. 06, 2002 PT "DNA is nature's digital signature," said Clay Shirky, an adjunct professor in the interactive telecommunications program at New York University. Describes how readily DNA can become digital. Doesn't really touch on how you assure the authenticity of that digital DNA record. 4:32:16 AM

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