Monthly Archives: May 2006
Readers Respond: SPARQL Will Make the Web Shine
Thanks for the excellent article on SPARQL (Jim Rapozas Tech Directions, "SPARQL Will Make the Web Shine," May 1).Im part of the SPARQL working...
Readers Respond: Thin Clients II: The Comeback
After reading the article "Thin Clients II: The Comeback" ("Thin Is In," May 8), I have to chuckle. Being a Citrix/Terminal Services administrator, I...
Pedophile-Hunting Technology Aimed at Insider Threats
NextSentry is hoping software partially derived from a pedophile-tracking application can keep corporate insiders on the security straight and narrow.
Security applications vendor NextSentry and...
Jitterbit Enters Crowded Open-Source Integration Space
A new open-source integration company, Jitterbit, is jostling to distinguish itself in an increasingly crowded marketplace through two factors: published, predefined integration documents, called...
Wikis Are a Waste of Time
People keep telling me how wonderful wikis are, how they let people work together in new and creative ways, and how they can harness...
Tech Revolution: Game On
That old PC hardware upgrade curve just isnt what it used to be. Remember the days when you would get a state-of-the-art, fully loaded...
Domain Wars: The U.S. Versus .xxx
Newly released e-mails allege U.S. government officials pressured a leading Internet authority into voting against creating a kind of red-light district for adult Web...
Is the VOIP Privacy Genie Already out of the Bottle?
I dont know whether to call it wishful thinking or assume evil motives, but the FCC has issued orders to communications providers to allow...
VA: Veterans Personal Data Swiped
The Department of Veterans Affairs said the personal information of up to 26.5 million veterans was swiped from an employees home.
According to the VA,...
Documents Reveal AT&T-NSA Surveillance Details
Wired magazine has posted the full text of the evidence former AT&T technician Mark Klein has presented to back up an accusation that AT&T...