Monthly Archives: April 2003

Les Vadasz Leaving Intel

Les Vadasz, one of the first employees at Intel, is retiring next month. Andy Grove calls him an “engineer’s engineer,” and that seems appropriate. More in my special Saturday column. Comments

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Barn-Raising for Iraq, and Humanity

Doc Searls: Proposed: A barn-raising for civilization. It’s barn-raising time for civilization, folks. Smart Mob Rulez at their best. Hunting down bad guys and offering cash rewards might be necessary moves, but they’re highly insufficient. Let’s do something sustained and … Continue reading

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‘HP Way’ Going Going…

Mercury News: One year later, `HP Way’ no longer rules workplace. But some employees say that HP’s culture seems to be losing. There has been a strong feeling that many HP managers were replaced with Compaq managers, purely to inject … Continue reading

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OmniWeb’s Continuing Browser Challenge

Stopped yesterday at the Omni Group HQ in Seattle to chat with co-founder Wil Shipley about new and old technologies. He and his colleagues came out of the NeXT world when they formed Omni, and they’ve been among the most … Continue reading

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Tax Day Approaches; Tax Policy Needs Fixing

April 15 is no one’s favorite day, partly because we have such a screwed-up tax system. Naturally, President Bush and his allies in Congress are angling to make things worse, with the most reckless fiscal policy in a long, long … Continue reading

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On the Road

I’m heading to Seattle to speak on a panel Monday at the Internet Law Institute meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General, the organization of top state law enforcement officials. More on that tomorrow. Comments

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After Close Call, Warblogger Safe

Xeni at BoingBoing says Kevin Sites, Warblogger and CNN reporter, was captured then released in Iraq. Comments

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Parody? Yeah, Right

Salon: Steal this barcode The Web site Re-Code.com parodies the design and chipper lingo of Priceline.com’s “name your own price” shopping site. It invites shoppers to “recode your own price,” by making their own barcodes using the site’s barcode generator. … Continue reading

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Google’s Extremely Imperfect Web Filters

CNet: Report criticizes Google’s porn filters. Google argues that SafeSearch is designed to err on the side of caution. Caution? According to Ben Edelman’s

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Alternatives to Dishplayer PVR?

Does anyone know about a hard disk video recorder that works with the Dish satellite system? The Dishplayer model I’ve been using has become progressively less reliable, and the one the company replaced it with for retail sales is actually … Continue reading

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