Sweatshops of the Future
1 Comment Published February 7th, 2007 in Minnick, opinion, web 2.0, new technologyWeb 8.0
When the renowned computer scientist Jim Gray went missing at sea last week, the internet community rose up to help in the search in any way that they could. One of the more ingenious, although unfortunately not successful, methods employed was to upload thousands of satellite photos of the area where he disappeared to the Web and ask volunteers to examine them for objects that might be his sail boat.
Cyberspace and All That Jazz
1 Comment Published January 29th, 2007 in Minnick, web 2.0, new technology, internetWeb 8.0
Last fall, my old band from the early 1990s got asked to do a reunion show. Most of the members of the band had long ago given up on the rock star dream and had stopped playing music professionally. Personally, I hadn’t played the sax in 10 years. But, when we were given the opportunity to get back on stage in front of hundreds of fans one more time without having to worry about the irritants of touring or trying to make a living off of the band, of course we took it.
Spam Vigilantes Haven’t Gone Away
1 Comment Published January 29th, 2007 in Tech Fraud, spam, David Harley, opinion, security, internetFerris Research have just come up with a report on “Spam Control: the Current Landscape.” (1) Though the report is based on a “Spam Control Beauty Contest” webinar held in July 2006, it’s quite up-to-date. It offers a pretty good summary of the strategies offered by industrial strength solutions.
As a child, having your “nose buried in a book” was considered a sign of intelligence. Today, adult noses are more likely to be embedded in a BlackBerry. And that may signal the opposite.
Virus Protection: What’s Wrong With This Model?
1 Comment Published January 17th, 2007 in David Harley, opinion, securityWhat’s wrong with this model: Virus writer writes and releases new virus or variant (nowadays, often by spamming it to all and sundry). Computers are infected because antivirus software doesn’t yet recognise the new virus. Antivirus (AV) companies get hold of a sample and add detection to their product. Customers update their products, clean any infected systems, and are now protected from this virus. Virus writer writes and releases new virus or variant. Some computers get…well, you get the idea.
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Where is Web 3.0 going? To Monaco, of course
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Published January 16th, 2007 in Minnick, opinion, web 2.0, new technology, internet
While searching the Web recently to find out what other pundits believe Web 3.0 will come to mean, I found a blog post by Stephen Baker on BusinessWeek.com in which he says that his “assignment in Monaco was to lead a panel in defining Web 3.0.†After summarizing the ideas that his panel came up with, he ends his post by asking readers what they think. My favorite comment on this post (from ‘bob’) simply says “I think you all wasted your time.â€
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Where is Web 3.0 going? To Monaco, of course’
Anti-Virus - Who Needs it?
1 Comment Published January 8th, 2007 in opinion, David Harley, security, new technology, internet, microsoftMuch heat and confusion has been generated around the issue of Windows Vista security, especially as regards malicious software. Let’s see if we can resolve some of that confusion. In this instance, it’s worth our establishing a timeline to put the latest controversies into a historical context.
In the headlong rush from current to new technologies, it’s amazing what we forget. Sometimes without even realizing it.
I’m in the midst of a year-long effort to declutter my home office of 18 years, which has led to unearthing some historic business cards. Lately, I also discovered that I apparently have not thrown out a single 3.5″ floppy disk that I have ever owned.
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Heavy Weight Computer Interfaces of the Future
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Published January 8th, 2007 in virtual reality, Minnick, opinion, new technology
Alternative computer interfaces (i.e. other than keyboard and mouse) have become a bit of an obsession of mine lately. The primary reason for this new obsession is the recurring tendonitis in my right (mouse) wrist.
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Heavy Weight Computer Interfaces of the Future’
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Testing the Future
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Published December 26th, 2006 in Minnick, opinion, new technology, microsoft
Happy New Year. As I’ve done every year since 2000 I hereby declare that I am hopeful that the future is officially started. I would also like to announce a new test for whether it is actually true. I’ve humbly named this test the Minnick Test of the Future. The test is quite simple: when an article about speech recognition software that aims to be funny or make a point about how speech recognition software doesn’t work correctly yet isn’t funny, then the future has officially begun. The idea is that if the raiders attempt to score some shuttles distorted by O. well the software works then the technology for talking directly with their computers rather than using keyboards is here and the future along with the.
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