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How amazing this is? IM a virtual travel agent and make travel bookings. The review I read said it was still a little buggy, but I think we're getting to poi...
Historical Archive
Article Archive (2004–2016)
A collection of 270+ historical articles covering early tech, blogging, WordPress, and digital culture.
Wired 12.06: VIEW:Smarter Than the CEO
Many minds collaborating better than one brilliant person solo...good arguements for collaboration software I think... > Instead of looking to a single perso...
With Data Analysis, Less Isn't More
There seem to be a lot of articles on metrics lately. This one is great for making the case that the basic glance at page views and visits isn't enough. Dig...
BT transforms phone network
This has far reaching implications. I think the major telcos of the world will be watching BT and seeing how successful the endeavour is. I hope that Canada...
Amazon Testing \"Plogs\
Well, after the terrible scandal of the reviews (some of which were written by the authors themselves, posing as other people), I wonder how this plog experi...
Groups debate wireless spectrum plans | CNET News.com
Although WiMax is a long way off, perhaps these dicussions could open up WiFi over the UHF band. Groups debate wireless spectrum plans | CNET News.com
Hotmail incinerates customer files | CNET News.com
This is a definate ouch. And when you think about how people have said they are going to be using Gmail, well maybe they'll burn a little more of that data o...
How Many People Read Your Webfeed?: Contentious Weblog
And the discussion continues...There are some good ideas presented, but most of them are way too complicated for most bloggers or those of us who use a servi...
PCWorld.com - Gmail: Google's E-Mail Winner
I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes Gmail. I really think it is a great technology. The fact that it is currently being offered for free with ads is part...
PCWorld.com - Spam Gets Dangerous
I think the most important parts of this article isn't the obvious spam-virus connection, but the discussion towards the end talking about e-mail 2.0 and mov...
Researcher Finds Hole In Popular Linksys Router
This underscores several things: a) Companies that sell network gear to home users have to improve out of the box security b) Most users don't know nearly en...
The Nitty Gritty Behind the Glamour / Help Yourself to a KPI!
Sometimes a great web metrics comes around that I know most people can wrap their heads around. This is one of those articles. Here's the skinny. Develop mea...
Yahoo! News - Veni, Vidi …Wiki?
More press on Wikis, this one from Forbes. So at this point a bunch of middle to senior managers up to CIOs are probably going to start asking aroung their I...
BBC NEWS | Technology | Instant messaging grows up
This is a nice look back and forward on probably one of the most useful collaboration technologies since e-mail:IM BBC NEWS | Technology | Instant messaging...
BBC NEWS | Technology | Return of Colossus marks D-Day
A landmark in computing and cryptography. When I think of Colossus I think of Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. BBC NEWS | Technology | Return of Colossus ma...