Identity theft is a growing problem and financial institutions in particular are under pressure to do something about it. It's going to require a significant investment to slow it down. InformationWeek > Identity Theft > I.D. Under Lock And Key > November 15, 2004

Visa Canada has provided a good example of how phishing works in their report on that topic in their website. Visa Canada | Personal Card Options | Secure With Visa

Visa has declared November 4th as "Anti-Phishing" Day Globetechnology

e-mail management is a problem we all face. there is often a tendency to delete old messages, but then sometimes we need those old messages to record what we said, or what was said to us, or for contract purposes. Keeping all the messages is not an option. Selecting the ones you want to keep is problematic and time-consuming. Here's a brief outline of how the city of Oceanside, California is dealing with the issue.InformationWeek > Building E-Mail Archives > California City Relieved It Has E-Mail Archives > November 1, 2004

You wonder why an advanced technological society like the United States can't introduce a reliable means of voting electronically. The plain and simple fact is that the technology just isn't there yet. Technology Review: Technology and Democracy

Peoplesoft and IBM and Oracle - they continue their dance. there are big stakes.VARBusiness | PeopleSoft Anchors Itself To IBM

Here's your opportunity! Vote for the Trites E-Business Blog!!TechWeb: The Business Technology Network

Spam is getting deadly serious. Take a look: Globetechnology

This USA Today article presents some interesting ideas about the future of the Internet. Instead of having to look for information, the information will find us - everywhere. USATODAY.com - Next big thing: The Web as your servant

eBay is on the move, in Canada and Internationally. They've done a remarkable job of adapting their business model to change and continue to do so. But for how long can they continue their growth? Globetechnology

The growing use of laptops and handhelds has left many people with an exposure to losing their data with their unit. The answer is to add security so people can't access the data even if the computer is lost. The standard password doesn't do it. Some form of encryption is usually needed. Globetechnology

Here's an interesting Q&A with Tim Berners-Lee and his work on the Semantic Web. Technology Review: Sir Tim Berners-Lee

Lawrence Lessig, a Stanford law professor, is well known for his controversial take on copyright issues and intellectual property rights. His new book “Free Culture” offers an interesting tour of the world of intellectual property law and cyberspace. True to his own theories, Lessig offers a free PDF version of his book under a Creative Commons license at http://free-culture.org

We'll probably be hearing a lot more about Bot Networks. That's when others sell your computer's processing power without your knowledge. Technology Review: When Bot Nets Attack

Speech recognition may finally be coming in major ways. But what's this about intelligent systems? Computers talking to each other. Maybe your computer and mine will build a relationship! This report from Acccenture inspires some innovative thought.Speech Recognition Finds Its Voice

South Korea is so well connected with the internet, it may give us an indication of where we are headed in North America. Globetechnology

Is long-time CRM leader Siebel losing its edge? The New York Times > Technology > The Customer Relationship Expert Takes a Dose of Its Own Medicine

Cell phones have become a part of the landscape, but have not been used to their potential for e-business purposes, at least in North America. One of the barriers has been the difficulty of getting data into them and the lack of data transferability between the phones and the web. That is changing, and new technologies are coming out to make it all easier. Technology Review: Startup Aims for Easy Transfers of Web Snippets to Cell Phones

The use of XBRL for filing with governments and regulators is gaining acceptance quickly. This page has a new publication from Pricewaterhousecoopers on the subject. It adds to one recently published by KPMG. XBRL : How XBRL Web Services Impacts Regulatory Assessments

Philly, the hot spot! Make a whole city a wireless hot spot and make high speed internet available to everyone in it. Maybe it's an idea whose time has come. CNN.com - Philadelphia mulls wireless society - Sep 1, 2004