BlackBerry reveals bank secrets.
A man bought a used BlackBerry from a former Morgan Stanley vice president and discovered that it still contains the VP’s email messages, revealing a treasure trove of confidential information, according to this Wired News story by Kim Zetter. In addition to personal e-mails that reveal the VP’s own
Dylan Tweney
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Living dead.
Telecom and networking companies blew through far more money in 1999-2001 than did their startup siblings in e-commerce and consumer-oriented Web sites. Plus, where the money is going now.
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Going mobile.
Some stats on the wireless market: U.S. Wireless Market Sees Surprising Growth (WSJ, 8/15/03) Mobile phone sales encroaching on handheld organizers (c|net news.com, 8/18/03) Notebook sales hit new highs (c|net news.com, 7/2/03)
Movable Type blogroll.
How to use Movable Type and PHP to manage a list of links automatically.
Dylan Tweney
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Wooden mirror.
830 squares of wood rotate individually to reflect your image in this work by artist Daniel Rozin.
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IT: Does it matter?
Nicholas Carr says IT has become a commodity utility. Michael Schrage says IT still matters, because it’s all in how you deploy it.
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Intel’s visionary.
Pat Gelsinger wants Intel technology to touch every last human being on the planet.
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Linux for the masses?
By all accounts, Linux is doggedly continuing its march toward respectability and, perhaps, even boredom. Like a motorcycle-riding, leathers-wearing, tattooed CPA, Linux has a whiff of youthful danger and rebelliousness about it, despite being, in its daily work, rather dull.
Dylan Tweney
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Son of Napster.
Robert X. Cringely has an intriguing idea for a music business he calls “Son of Napster,” or Snapster for short.
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Bloki eases Web page creation
Twelve years into the communications revolution sparked by the World Wide Web, companies are still searching for a product that will make it truly simple to create Web pages. The latest option, Bloki, is a useful tool for ad hoc page creation and collaboration, but it is not suitable for creating co
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