Friday, December 31, 2004

Ever think about including a list of passwords in your will? With the increase in digital assets and financial records being kept on computers, it is becoming more and more a necessity. CNN.com - Digital inheritance raises legal�questions - Dec 24, 2004

Thursday, December 30, 2004

The Oracle takeover of Peoplesoft will leave two major players in the huge enterprise Business Systems market. It will also mean that many Peoplesoft people will be heading out the door. The Peoplesoft CEO has lready announced his departure. The next big question is what will happen to the Peoplesoft brand? Welcome to Technology Review

Tuesday, December 28, 2004

AOL has reported a big drop in SPAM, which they attribute to their spam blocking technology. This is encouraging. Dare we hope that the spam war is winnable? InformationWeek > > AOL Reports Big Drop In Spam > December 27, 2004

Sunday, December 26, 2004

Google is king of the search engines these days. But can this last? Will Yahoo or even Microsoft be able to do an end run? While this question is being asked, IBM has entered the ring with a surprising and innovative idea - discovery searching, which employs semantic methods to search out the underlying meaning in stored text. The New York Times > Business > Your Money > Techno Files: At I.B.M., That Google Thing Is So Yesterday

Thursday, December 23, 2004

Fitting a website into a corporate retailing strategy has been one of the core issues since e-business began. Does the website add a new sales channel or does it complement existing ones. Does it cannibalize existing business? REI, a retailer, has specifically launched a strategy to have its website act to bolster its in-store sales. How REI Scaled E-Commerce Mountain - Channel Integration - REI uses Web to drive in-store sales; website can complement retail strategy - CIO Magazine May 15,2004

Saturday, December 18, 2004

Google is always doing something interesting. This time, they are making available millions of books on the net. That is, copying them in. Legally, of course! VOANews.com - IN THE NEWS - Google to Put Millions of Books on the Internet

Tuesday, December 14, 2004

AOL is moving away from its traditional method of providing software that needs to be installed by users, and developing its own web browser. The new browser will be based on Internet Explorer as a core, but they are planning to improve on it with added functionality.Technology Review: AOL's Crumbling Walls

Tuesday, December 07, 2004

Probably the most striking case of a big company re-inventing itself is found in the current changes going on in IBM. There are persistent reports that they have decided to sell their PC manufacturing business and are moving more into internet services, thus re-affirming the view of many that the internet is where computing is going. E-Commerce News: Business : IBM Lands Voice, Data Deal Worth Nearly $1 Billion

Friday, December 03, 2004

Academics are excited about the advent of a new search engine for scholarly papers and materials. It's Google Scholar, and will be a big help in doing serious research. Electronic databases have been used for years, but this is the first really good web-based service and is likely to become very widely used. Google Scholar
A new study by the London School of Economics is reported on here, which says that technology is being used to monitor people closely in the workplace. Shades of 1984, 21st century style! Study: Managers misuse tech to control workers - Computerworld