Saturday, June 24, 2006

People are putting more things on the web, from photos, to complex accounting applications. They are joining online communities through google, yahoo, paypal and the like. These applications make use of web based applications, often using XML, called Web Services. The growing use of Web Services is attracting hackers, who are finding it profitable to attack these communities. Microsoft and the administrators of the online communities are scrambling to plug the holes that the hackers find. But it's a race, leaving people exposed to the attacks, some of which are bound to succeed. globeandmail.com : Web services under attack

Monday, June 19, 2006

RFID tags, which are very common in retail, do create potential privacy issues. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada is going after the issue in a big way. globeandmail.com : Privacy Commissioner weighs in on RFID

Friday, June 16, 2006

Discovery hearings have been a key part of civil legal disputes since before the cows came home. However, the rules and legislation have of course been built on paper documents. However, electronic evidence has been growing in importance over the past decade or so, and that means new rules are called for. The US Supreme Court has introduced new such rules, that go into effect in December. they require a company to disclose its handling of electronic evidence and covers among other things e-mail, another area that has cost a lot of companies a lot of money, because people are just not careful about what they say in their e-mail messages. New e-discovery rules go into effect in December

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

eBay and google are two information age powerhouses. Now they are going head to head in the online advertising market, with eBay launching a new initiative in this area. It'll be interesting to see if a background of auctioning helps in selling online ads. InformationWeek eBay eBay To Go Head To Head Against Google For Online Ad Market June 12, 2006

Saturday, June 10, 2006

A spammer crackdown has cost a man 10 million. Spam costs millions of dollars each year and causes havoc especially in businesses dependent on the internet for their business. More of this type of action is needed. Aljazeera.Net - US spammer fined $10m

Friday, June 09, 2006

Google is making a significant effort to have companies move their computing to the internet, and off the desktop and out of their own shops. Their objective is to bypass Microsoft, not compete with it. It'll be a whole new paradigm for the companies, raising issues of security and IS management particularly. CIO's will have to change their approach from one of control to one of risk management. Will companies do this? What's at stake? Will it benefit their e-business strategies or act as a deterrent? These are just some of the questions that CIO's will have to address in the short term. The Enterprise Gets Googled - Editorial - CIO
The Securities and Exchange Commission is holding an important public forum on Monday, June 12 to discuss ways in which the use of interactive data (XBRL) can improve disclosure for ordinary investors. It is expected to be well attended. Press Release: Commission Announces Speakers, Panelists, and Agenda for June 12 Interactive Data Roundtable ; 2006-90; June 7, 2006

Monday, June 05, 2006

A notable new website and blog has been launched to promote the concept of inherent quality in software and among IT professionals. It's worth keeping an eye on and can be found at the following link: Inherent Quality