Friday, January 09, 2004

Blogs As Intra-enterprise Technologies of Cooperation. George Dafermos at MIT, in Blogging the Market (93 page PDF) , looks at pervasive blogging as potential organizational dynamite, with case histories that include Slashdot, Amazon, Macromedia, Groove Networks, and Gizmodo. (Thanks, Jim!) [Smart Mobs] 10:10:07 PM    comment []

Pictures!. Baby pictures of our new baby. He was born yesterday, so there are unprecedented Brooklyn-bridge selling opportunities here... [Learning the Lessons of Nixon] Mazel tov! 10:07:29 PM    comment []

None of the above. From Nerve.com: Which Presidential Candidate Are You... in Bed? Thanks to John Dowdell for the pointer. [The Doc Searls Weblog] 4:58:46 PM    comment []

BNA News: FEDEX AND UPS CRACKING DOWN ON NET DRUG SALES Fedex and UPS have told U.S. lawmakers that they have taken steps to crack down against online pharmaceutical sales. The delivery companies say that they are refusing to carry shipments from some online drug sellers. http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB107361849676645400,00.html FTC SETTLES WITH ACCUSED ID THIEVES Two defendants from Chicago have been barred from participating in Internet auctions and may face jail time after being accused by the US FTC of using stolen identification to offer nonexistent merchandise for sale online. The judgments also precludes the two men from making false claims about being able to deliver merchandise to consumers and misusing consumers' personal information. http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,114203,00.asp IBM MEMO ADVOCATES MOVE TO LINUX In an internal memo that reached the Internet, an IBM executive challenges company employees to abandon Microsoft operating systems by the end of next year. Such a shift would be a dramatic boost for IBM's efforts to sell its corporate customers software based on the open-source Linux operating system. http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/7663769.htm NATIONAL PRESS CLUB PROTESTS WEB SITE CLAMPDOWN The National Press Club, a journalist's organization, is protesting the US military's decision to restrict what information is available on a Defense Department Web site. Last month, the Pentagon said that "information of questionable value to the general public" will no longer be posted on the Office of Inspector General's Web site. http://news.com.com/2110-1028_3-5138034.html 2:24:02 PM    comment []

Boy, Girl, Boy: Sexism at The NYT Book Review? The Press Clips column by Cynthia Cotts, in The Village Voice. The New York Times Book Review overwhelmingly favors books and book reviews written by men, according to a new study from Brown University. Over the course of a year, the study reveals, 72 percent of all books reviewed in the NYTBR were written by men, and 66 percent of all reviews also carried a male byline. In other words, the most influential venue in the publishing world showcases male authors and reviewers by an average of two to one. 1:23:52 PM    comment []

China issues first fifty Internet publishing licenses (Interfax) 11:23:34 AM    comment []

Frenchman sentenced in Senegal for Internet libel (AFP) 9:22:31 AM    comment []

The Click Heard Round the World. Fifteen years before the Mac, Doug Engelbart demo'd videoconferencing, hyperlinks, text editing and something called a 'mouse.' He tells Wired magazine writer Ken Jordan about his part in the point-and-click revolution. [Wired News] 6:44:16 AM    comment []

Fiorina calls for defense of digital rights. HP's chief executive declares open season on digital piracy, while also announcing new entertainment products that HP hopes will help make its digital entertainment strategy a reality. [CNET News.com - Front Door] 6:41:31 AM    comment []

Brain May Be Able to Bury Unwanted Memories, Study Shows. Researchers say they have identified a brain circuit that springs into action when people deliberately try to forget something. By Anahad O'connor. [New York Times: Science] 6:39:24 AM    comment []

Anti-Spam Law Needs Spammer's Heads On Pikes. hink of organized crime. Organized crime doesn't stop because there's a law passed against them. They stop when there are enough prosecutions so the leaders worry they will be next in line for a jail cell. [Infothought] 6:34:29 AM    comment []

The 20 Macs That Mattered Most. It's the 20th birthday of Apple's Macintosh personal computer. To mark it, we picked the 20 Macs with the biggest impact. By Owen Linzmayer. [Wired News] 6:31:27 AM    comment []

Following on yesterday's story, BNA News has this: MAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN BEST BUY EXTORTION CASE Thomas E. Ray III made his first appearance before a US Magistrate Judge in Minneapolis and pleaded not guilty in a case that authorities are calling one of the first "cyber-extortion" investigations in the area. Ray allegedly sent an email to a Best Buy outlet under the name of Jamie Weathersby, advising that there was security glitch on its Web site, www.bestbuy.com. Weathersby demanded that Best Buy pay him over $2.5 million or he would go public with the security breach, spelling out how to penetrate the Web site. http://news.com.com/2100-7355_3-5136932.html http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/local/7648238.htm 12:15:10 AM    comment []