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Microsoft fixes 'critical' XP firewall issue. Microsoft has quietly released an update to Windows XP to fix a potentially serious configuration problem in the firewall that ships as part of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). [InfoWorld: Top News] 5:27:24 PM

32.3% of men and 24.9% of women spend 3+ hours per day on the Internet at work. The BURST! Media survey found that men at work are heavy users of the Internet. 32.3% of employed men 25-34 years old say they spend three or more hours per day on the Internet at work. This compares to a still substantial 24.9% of employed women 25-34 years old. Some 27.4% employed 18-24 year olds (both men and women) spend three hours or more per day on the Internet, and 23.2% of employed men 35-44 years log three or more hours of Internet use per day. Even among older employed segments... [AlwaysOn Network] 3:52:14 PM

In software industry, size matters. As the shakeout in the software industry continues, Microsoft, IBM, SAP and Oracle are likely to be the top companies left standing in the software sector, analysts said. [Computerworld News] 10:40:56 AM

Furl as Classroom Tool. George Siemens at elearnspace says: One of the complaints often directed at blogging is that not everyone is a blogger - not everyone has the interest, time or the skills to write for others. While glancing through Furl's Popular List , I realized how effective it could be as a learning tool. Anyone can use Furl (it simply stores a copy of a webpage in your user folder, so pages aren't lost or links broken). Making connections is a knowledge era skill. Imagine a group of 25 students subscribing to each others online topics of interest (Furl folders can be public or private)...gaining insight into what other classmates found interesting enough to keep. Note to self: start a Furl pilot program in one subject specific courses like Psychology or Law. [Weblogg-ed News] 10:30:10 AM

Apple and Motorola may soon produce mobile phone [The Macintosh News Network] 10:14:58 AM

Mobiado Professional The last thing "crafted on a CNC machine" I had next to my face was a pair of hand-made brass knuckles outside of my 10th grade "bowling education" class. The Mobiado Professional looks a lot less stitchy, although it still has plenty of hard edges in its aircraft aluminum body to be used as a weapon should duty call. These couture phones come unlocked and ready to work on almost any worldwide GSM network and run an OS based on Nokia's Series 40 platform, meaning all the requisite minimums, like VGA camera and Bluetooth and MP3 playback are all here. Unfortunately the horse/griffin on the back appears to be standard-issue¡Xyou'd think for $1,200 you could go horseless. Mobiado, I hope you come to your senses. Product Home Page [Mobiado via SlashPhone] - lev (joeljohnson@gmail.com) [Gizmodo] 9:09:28 AM

Reading on personal information management. Was sifting through my bookmarks/blog/paper collections on personal information management for a workshop... Found some papers I haven't seen before and finally got a bit better feel for PIM research (at least between CSCW/HCI crowd). I'm going to blog some papers, but if you don't want to wait check PIM+papers del.icio.us bookmarks And, an overview of PIM challenges from Personal Information Management Group Report by William Jones and David Maier: Information is fragmented; so too, is the study of PIM How do we capture information from our lives away from the computer (and other electronic devices)? How do we keep others from capturing and disseminating our information? Where do the bits and pieces go? Who owns the information in the workplace? How can an employee's knowledge of the information space be captured for later use? How do we know what is working and what isn't? How can we make more effective use of existing tools and technology? A lot of these applies to personal KM as well (and don't ask me about relations between PIM and PKM, read the role of information in knowledge sharing instead :) My favourite piece at the moment: Evaluation of new PIM tools and techniques is very difficult for a number of reasons: a.) the tool/technique may help with one aspect of PIM but hinder others. It is necessary to evaluate the overall effect of a tool/technique on an individual¡¦s ability to manage information. b.) PIM tools/techniques cannot be easily evaluated in a laboratory setting. Management of information occurs against a backdrop of other information and everyday tasks. A synthetic benchmark or common information collection can¡¦t very well play the role of an arbitrary subject¡¦s personal information space. c.) People adapt and their needs change. An accurate picture of a tool or technique¡¦s utility emerges only over an extended period of evaluation. [Mathemagenic] 9:04:06 AM