Monthly Archives: June 2001

Microsoft, Oracle, Web Services, .Net and ASPs

they're discussed in this article, which is worth a read … "Forget what you know about Web services. Forget what you know about application service providers. Microsoft and Oracle are quietly building a new software delivery and management model that … Continue reading

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CMS and Weblogs

"Maybe the most exciting advance in CMS over the last two years has been the development of Web log, or blog, technology. While not originally intended as CMS, that's just where the programs are headed."

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Poor Netscape

“As a browser company, Netscape laid the groundwork for the portal businesses it now finds itself struggling to compete against. Portals don’t spark the same fire they did just a short while ago. Excite.com, Yahoo, AltaVista and others have all … Continue reading

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Messaging technology offers new options to widen Web

i must be missing something because this article talks about Juice and KnowNow as if they are doing something special by using "messaging technology" to facilitate enterprise application integration … to me it sounds a lot like a framework for web … Continue reading

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1GB Storage device

ya know you want one of these … too bad you can't use it during a concert encore ;-)

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Play Atari on your cell phone

try this one while driving … "British mobile phone developer iFone is planning to put versions of classic Atari computer games on future mobile phones." From: BBC News | SCI/TECH | Back to the future for Atari games

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Triumph of the Weblogs

Kevin Werbach mentions us in the latest issue of Release 1.0 (thanks kev!)

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A Taxonomy of Computer Systems and Different Topologies: Standalone to P2P

Dan Bricklin has started a good primer on P2P vocabulary and how it fits into the computing world.

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Better than Google?

"Vivisimo's clustering technology is based on a specially developed algorithm to group or “cluster'' textual documents … The output is a clear and hierarchical folder structure, allowing users to avoid “link overload'' and to click only on the specific category … Continue reading

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Doh! is now a word according to Oxford

Doh! this is no joke, the following is quoted from the Oxford English Dictionary doh, int. colloq. – "Expressing frustration at the realization that things have turned out badly or not as planned, or that one has just said or … Continue reading

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Best Exercise That’s Also Fun: Mountain Biking

ha! as if we didn't know … so, who's up for a ride? from Men's Health: "Mountain biking uses tons of energy and tons of muscles and takes a ton of balls, and you aren't even aware of what it's … Continue reading

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Windows 2000 Security Recommendation Guides

NSA released their Windows 2000 Security Recommendation Guidese. the site includes INF security configuration templates for the security configuration editor and PDF white papers on windows security.

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SmartTags, a trigger for hypocrisy

finally, a realistic commentary about microsoft's new proposed SmartTags feature

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Local bike shop …

ahh … my favorite bike shop is now online millburnbikeshop.com … nice site pat!

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So long and thanks for all the fodder

"Two of the Web's longest-lived magazines, Feed and Suck, said on Friday that they had suspended publication and laid off their skeleton staffs because they were unable to raise the money needed to continue." From: 2 Long-Running Internet Magazines Shut … Continue reading

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