January 14, 2002

Microsoft takes Web services to the Office

we knew this was coming, but it’s still interesting … “Microsoft next week will deliver its Office XP Web Services Toolkit in hopes of turning the desktop into a more strategically important Web services platform.”

more quotes:
“Users can then construct Word-based or Excel-based templates that import and integrate external data and Web services.”

“Office XP would eventually play a big role in making Web services available among clients via a peer-to-peer implementation, most likely using Groove Networks’ environment.”

January 10, 2002

Military plane crashes near New Jersey highway

LITTLE EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — “An F-16 with the New Jersey Air National Guard crashed Thursday morning near the Garden State Parkway during a training mission, officials said.”

From: NJ.com – NewsFlash

January 10, 2002

Is DHTML Dead?

… a question asked and answered in detail by senior editor A. Russell Jones in article on DevX:

“The bottom line is: DHTML is dead for serious application development; browsers, as application delivery platforms, are past their peak; and the future of distributed, interactive applicationsat least on Windowsbelongs to .NET. If you’re developing these types of applications and you’re not learning .NET, you may want to rethink your career plans.”

January 9, 2002

Weblogs for Knowledge Management

interesting … there’s a fairly new mailing list called k-log that’s “dedicated to the discussion of Weblogs for Knowledge Management and collaborative groupware within corporations and non-profit organizations.”

January 3, 2002

CIA Using Mariah Carey Movie in Al Qaeda Interrogations

funny … “In a controversial interrogation tactic that one prominent human-rights organization says “borders on torture,” CIA operatives in Afghanistan have been showing Al Qaeda prisoners the Mariah Carey film Glitter.”

January 2, 2002

3 percent IT spending spur

Corporate spending on technology is expected to inch ahead 3 percent in 2002, Merrill Lynch said, as companies refocus their priorities amid ever-tightening budgets and a heightened emphasis on security.

From: Merrill sees 3 percent IT spending spur – Tech News – CNET.com

January 2, 2002

Version 2.0 of Morpheus (soon)

MusicCity is close to releasing version 2.0 of Morpheus with support for searching Gnutella

January 2, 2002

One Victim: A Son, a Sibling, a Fiance, a Best Friend

really sad story about our friend Bob McIlvaine who died in the WTC attack.

December 31, 2001

American Airlines flight 63

A webloggers account of the shoe-bomber incident on American Airlines flight 63

December 20, 2001

Protect the snowman from melting

my buddy marty “martoon” leone of step2media put together another hilarious game in flash. this one is for the holidays and it’s as he describes it, “another one of those protect the snowman from melting game for your flashing pleasure."