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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

Video on demand to the TV through the internet. It seems the next logical step in the dissemination of entertainment material. Music is already a long way there. Video presents bandwidth issues, but maybe it's time has come. It'll be interesting to see how this new startup does. Technology Review: Startup Akimbo to Launch Internet Video-on-Demand Service for TV

e-learning goes wireless with the handing out of Blackberry handhelds by the University of Maryland. There's a lesson here. Students need to be thoroughly comfortable and conversant with the technologies being used in business. Globetechnology

Proceedings from the annual European conference on e-Business Productivity are available from this website. e-Business Watch: "The main Annual Event of the e-Business W@tch in 2004 (Brussels, Centre Albert Borschette) discussed methods and results of measuring the economic impacts of ICT on productivity, competitiveness and growth. Speakers included representatives of the OECD, from the EC, official statistics and research organisations.
In the morning session, representatives of the e-Business W@tch presented the results of recent e-Business Sector Studies on the textile industries, transport equipment manufacturing, the chemical industries and retail."

Slowly, the "wild west" phase of World Wide Web development is coming to an end, as the laws and law enforcement practices catch up with technology. The US Justice Department's new Operation Slam Spam is a case in point. Details coming out on Thursday. InformationWeek %3E Spam %3E Justice Department Cracks Down On Spammers %3E August 25%2C 2004

There is quite a controversy about e-voting these days, yet it seems the way of the future. Computerworld has compiled an interesting and timely section on this topic.Electronic Voting - Special Coverage

The benefits of blogs are beginning to be realized by some businesses. Blogs are a useful and simple way to get a message out to the public or to customers. They can be incorporated into existing websites and readily picked up by search engines such as Google. Globetechnology