Monthly Archives: July 2001

I’m heading to the O’Reilly Open Source conference today. Look for updates later in the day. Comments

I’ve received at least two dozen copies of the W32.Sircam.Worm@mm worm in the past four days. Some copies have come from technically adept people. I loathe attachments. I do not open them. Period. Comments

The U.S. Department of Commerce is rushing as fast as it can to give away a valuable taxpayer-owned asset — the .us (pronounced dot-US) top-level Internet domain. You’re probably familiar with the most widely recognized top-level domains. They include the … Continue reading →

I stopped in Finland for a couple of days on a recent European trip. As I anticipated, I was impressed by what I saw and heard. The Finns are doing fascinating things with telecommunications, and have been for years. In … Continue reading →

Good news from the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Will Doherty regarding the outrageous arrest of Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov: Congratulations folks! The pressure we all have put on Adobe has resultedin an agreement to meet with representatives fromthe Electronic Frontier Foundation … Continue reading →

Because some of you did speak up to your state-government representatives, Californians may be on the verge of regaining a key bit of privacy in how big companies handle their personal financial information. Earlier this week, the state Assembly Banking … Continue reading →

Today’s Mercury News Personal Technology section offers a long list of suggestions on how to spend (or not) the special U.S. tax rebate that will soon be in the mail. Here’s what I suggested: Invest your tax refund in something … Continue reading →

A group led by Clay Shirky and Tim O’Reilly has issued a challenge to the manufacturers of Intel-compatible personal computers. It’s a direct result of two events — Microsoft’s supposed liberalization of its licensing practices, allowing PC makers more flexibility … Continue reading →

As you may know, a group led by Clay Shirky and Tim O’Reilly has issued a challenge to the manufacturers of Intel-compatible personal computers — put the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) on all new PCs. The call to arms is … Continue reading →

Rob Malda: Why Linux Won’t Ever Be Mainstream. Linux won’t ever be accepted as a truly mainstream OS by most vendors. The reason for this is quite simply the users. And I’m not talking about everyone, I’m talking about the … Continue reading →