Boomerang Entrepreneurship: How To Sell The Same Startup Twice
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Boomerang
Boomerang
07/16/2004 08:13 AMBoomerang goes Alpha
Boomerang 0.1 Alpha
Boomerang 0.1 Alpha
09/19/2004 02:04 AMA decompiler for native executables.
Boomerang is British? (Reuters)
Boomerang is British? (Reuters)
05/11/2004 05:12 AMReuters - A best-selling author says he has evidence the boomerang was
invented by Yorkshire
dwellers rather than Australian aborigines, but the claim may not fly.
The SCO Boomerang and the Strength of
Linux
The SCO Boomerang and the Strength of
Linux
04/17/2005 10:40 AMLawmaker hatches CD boomerang plan
Lawmaker hatches CD boomerang plan
04/16/2004 06:28 PMZDNet Apr 16 2004 10:16PM GMT
"Boomerang is British" claim (Reuters)
"Boomerang is British" claim (Reuters)
05/10/2004 07:14 AMReuters - A best-selling author says he has
evidence the boomerang was invented by Yorkshire dwellers
rather than Australian aborigines, but the claim may not fly.
The SCO Boomerang and the Strength of
Linux (NewsFactor)
The SCO Boomerang and the Strength of
Linux (NewsFactor)
04/15/2005 03:36 PMNewsFactor - Back in March of 2003, when SCO Group first brought its
suit against IBM for, we thought, copyright infringement related to
code IBM supposedly donated to Linux, the whole world thought it might
be the death of Linux. Even those who didn't think so certainly
believed the litigation was at least about Linux.
Budding Entrepreneurship
Budding Entrepreneurship
03/06/2004 01:49 AMIf you were about to graduate from college and had an interest in
becoming an entrepreneur, what would you do? That's the gist of an I
received in an email from Taylor Brooks, an entrepreneurship major
pondering the big questions...
Social Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship
01/17/2004 10:43 PMI've always had a hard time describing what I do. Recently,
depending on the context, I've started calling myself a social
entrepreneur. I first heard it in the context of the Schwab Foundation for
Social Entrepreneurship.
Here is a Stanford
Business School definition of Social Entrepreneurship.
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Open Source and Entrepreneurship
Open Source and Entrepreneurship
02/05/2005 09:30 PMA commenter asks: Mitch, you are a big supporter of open source, but
do you think you would reach the same position you are in today (in
terms of money and credibility) if you were starting now in the
software business embracing the open source model? I do not mean...
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Education
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Education
07/15/2004 01:36 PMNotes from a Always On session on Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Education with Professors Tom Byers and Bob Sutton of the Stanford
Technology Ventures Program. One of my favorite topics and perhaps the
best session at the event. Tom Byers: Can...
President Emphasizes Minority
Entrepreneurship at Urban League
President Emphasizes Minority
Entrepreneurship at Urban League
07/23/2004 04:38 PMthe money part of his speech .. This is brilliant ..
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Silicon
Valleys Resurgence: Is It for Real?
Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Silicon
Valleys Resurgence: Is It for Real?
02/11/2004 06:57 PMWharton Feb 11 2004 11:06PM GMT
Computer Divas Receives Grace Institute
Entrepreneurship Scholarship
Computer Divas Receives Grace Institute
Entrepreneurship Scholarship
08/19/2004 02:11 AMComputer Divas, a woman-owned networking solutions company located in
New York City, offers a diverse workforce and a creative attitude to
provide clients with the best technology services possible. [PRWEB
Aug 19, 2004]
TJ's Webl0g - "Technology, Venture
Capital and Entrepreneurship" - Looking
for web design talents
TJ's Webl0g - "Technology, Venture
Capital and Entrepreneurship" - Looking
for web design talents
04/12/2005 05:55 AMCarnival of the Capitalists .. week's edition .. TJ's
Weblog
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THE DUTCH
SHOW HOW TO NURTURE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
THE DUTCH
SHOW HOW TO NURTURE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
07/04/2004 12:37 PM
 A
new Dutch government program called SeniorStart
"aims at stimulating successful entrepreneurship by older (45+) people
who have lost or left their jobs or are re-entering the workforce
after
an extended period, by
creating a dedicated (virtual) professionally-staffed National Service
Centre and supporting the
sharing of knowledge and experience between experienced senior
entrepreneurs and new startups through regional networks".
The National Service Centre offers the following services.
- Connecting new entrepreneurs with experienced
entrepreneurs.
- An online test and preparedness courses that
assesses the
capabilities and readiness of new entrepreneurs.
- A computer
program that steps entrepreneurs through the
business planning process. If desired the resultant plan can be
evaluated by professionals.
- Expert financial, business
planning, pension benefit
securing and franchising advice.
Regional networks, staffed by 50-80 senior entrepreneurs each, will be
set up initially in three of Holland's twelve provinces, and later
expanded to all provinces. They will function as platforms for sharing
knowledge and idea incubators for qualifying new entrepreneurs.
Knowledge and ideas will be leveraged nationally by the Service Centre
and its sponsors.
The project is financed by the Taskforce on Older People and
Employment, the GAK (Industrial Insurance Administration Office), the
Ministry of Economic Affairs and the WISE (Working Network and
Information Centre for Senior Entrepreneurs) Foundation. It was
co-developed by WISE and MKB, an umbrella group of over 500 trade
organizations and business associations.
This is a wonderful initiative, one that deserves to be studied and
emulated in other countries.
Now, what I'd really like to
see is a network that connects these older, experienced aspiring
entrepreneurs with the other
group that desperately needs advice on how to set up a new business --
young people just graduating from school and unwilling to enter into a
lifelong contract of wage slavery as menial employees to pay off their
student loans -- and then advises both
groups on how to set up and operate a successful entrepreneurial
business.
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A HERETICAL
APPROACH TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP:
EXISTENTIAL ENTERPRISE 101
A HERETICAL
APPROACH TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP:
EXISTENTIAL ENTERPRISE 101
06/17/2004 01:15 PM
©2004 The Caring Enterprise Coach
This article is a summary of
what everyone should know before starting their own business. It
assumes that you've done the following groundwork:
- You've decided what you want the business to be
about
- You believe you have some core competency --
something you are exceptionally good at -- that will be valuable in
such a business
- You have the key attributes of an
entrepreneur: Common sense and self-confidence
- You have the
basic skills needed to succeed in any business: Creativity, communication skills,
information management skills and interpersonal skills
If you talk to your local accountant or small business advisory
office,
they'll probably tell you about the importance of doing a business
plan
to raise financing, the need to incorporate and register your business
name, how to advertise your product and service, and the importance of
administrivia like business cards and letterhead. They'll also
probably
tell you that entrepreneurship takes courage, patience, an ability to
handle enormous stress, and a willingness to take risks and work long,
hard hours. And they'll tell you that growth is paramount.
Most of this is nonsense, and all of it is putting the cart before the
horse. Why do they tell you this? Because it's what they've been
taught, and because of the frightening failure rate of small
enterprise. But most entrepreneurial businesses don't fail because of
bad advertising, cowardice, owner laziness or inability to handle
stress. They fail because they are poorly thought out, poorly
researched, set up wrong, marketed wrong, badly managed, and given
terrible business advice. I base this immoderate assessment on my
experience working with over a hundred entrepreneurs, listening to
their stories, and seeing what works (and what doesn't) in small
enterprise, and why.
Let's take a step back and consider what an entrepreneurial business
is. It is a (usually small) number of people with a shared idea and a
willingness to work together to make that idea commercially viable.
That means, according to what they teach you in business school,
finding capital, developing your product and then going out looking
for
customers for it.
This is a recipe for failure. The money you borrow (which in an
entrepreneurial business is always horrifically expensive) compromises
your control and immediately presents the possibility of the loan
being
called, and the personal assets securing it being forfeited. And there
are a million possible reasons why there could be few, or no,
customers
for your product. The #1 reason entrepreneurial businesses fold is
because they simply run out of cash. The #2 reason is because the
owners make one or more fatal decisions, and the most common fatal
decision is to produce a product that nobody wants to buy.
Here's an alternative model, based on what Charles Handy calls Existential
Enterprise, and which I have called New
Collaborative Enterprise. Its first two principles turn the
business school formula upside down:
- Marketing: Don't sell or market anything -- identify and
produce something for which there is a substantial unmet
need.
- Financing: Don't borrow money or sell part ownership in
your business -- only spend your own cash or cash you've
earned.
This isn't rocket science. The first rule simply says do your research
before you start, do it thoroughly,
and do it with potential customers. That way you have sales before you
have costs. Then rule number two becomes easy -- your customers
finance
your business, and the debt is quickly extinguished when the product
is
delivered. This is an oversimplification, of course. You can't always
finance operations this way. But if you have to borrow, the principle
is the same -- pay it off fast,
as part of the same transaction that gave rise to the debt in the
first
place, and never give up equity -- it's like selling your soul. Most
women can confirm the insanity of spending cash you don't have --
which
is one reason women entrepreneurs tend to start their businesses more
slowly, and keep them going much longer.
Time for some more heresy. MBA graduates will tell you to select a
management team with a balance of skills -- operational, financial,
sales, management etc. But they don't know what your particular
business needs -- if the business is an R&D outsourcer it needs
people with deep knowledge about research, not accountants and sales
executives. An Existential Enterprise will follow these principles
instead:
- Association: Make a living only
with people you love and trust -- life's too short to spend so much of
it with people you don't care about, or worse. In most cases, don't
incorporate -- it adds paperwork, has no tax benefit and usually
offers
no liability protection to the entrepreneur. A partnership requires
little or no bureaucracy and is infinitely flexible. Instead of a
shareholders' or partnership agreement, develop together a simple Statement of
Objectives and Operating Principles, which affirms why you're making a living
together, commits all members to live up to certain shared standards of behaviour, and
affirms that each member is responsible for the well-being of all
other members, as each member
defines well-being, and responsible as well to the community in
which it operates.
- Management:
Let the group that you make a living with select and manage itself
(new
members and expulsions require unanimous approval of other members),
based on the 'mutually exclusive/collectively exhaustive' skills
principle (i.e. each member should bring unique and critical skills to
the enterprise, and between all the members you should have all the
skills that you collectively decide you need).
- Structure:
Have no titles, no reporting lines, and no hierarchy -- all members
are
equal. No "employees". No "leaders". If ego-fulfilment is part of your
reason for starting a business (which wouldn't be surprising if you
were recently 'downsized'), you'll need to get that satisfaction from
making the business work and making yourself and your partners happy.
If you feel the need to boss people around, find somewhere else to do
it. The only reason for the cult of leadership in big business is that
big business is basically unmanageable, and arrogant, overpaid bullies
can make it appear slightly less so to its investors.
This may sound idealistic, but it works. Partnerships are a very
common
form of business organization, and those formed with family members
and
others where there is a bond of love and trust are especially durable.
And many large businesses are learning the benefits of flat
organizational structure, decentralized decision-making, and the
abolition of titles.
Next, the business school grad will tell you you need systems that
provide each person with compensation and reward that is 'commensurate
with performance'. That means your partner who's independently wealthy
and who self-promotes like crazy will get money he doesn't need, and
the young, modest partner with a big mortgage will get less money than
he needs, and so will probably leave to get more. And the partner who
values and needs her spare time but who has critical and scarce skills
will be bribed to work long hours and so will probably leave to get
less. Here's a more sensible
approach:
- Goal-Setting: Have each member discuss with
the others what (income, time off, travel, non-travel etc.) they want and reasonably need from the
business. Define that,
not growth or profit, as 'success'. Measure your attainment of it.
Don't bother with more traditional measures -- they don't matter.
Together, plan and operate the business to achieve that success for
each individual.
- Defining Roles:
From that definition of success, collectively define the enterprise's
goals, and have each member create their own role statement to achieve
those goals. Refine these role statements together, to close any gaps
and remove overlap. You may have to add members to do this, and
members
with redundant roles may have to self-select out.
Now everyone in your enterprise knows what you're trying to
accomplish,
what it will take to achieve it, what's in it for them, and what their
individual role is. If each member has the key attributes and basic
skills listed at the start of this article, you have all the
ingredients in place for a successful (on your own terms) enterprise. All you need
to do now is communicate well and avoid the
landmines.
Think of it as a jazz combo versus a traditional symphony orchestra.
In
the jazz combo, everyone knows their role, takes their cues from each
other, and communicates network-style with the other band members and
with the audience (customers). If the audience gets restless (customers are dissatisfied or their needs
change)
you can improvise quickly. You don't need hierarchy. By contrast, the
symphony orchestra, like the traditional business, is hierarchical,
communicates only through the guy at the top, and is totally stuck to
the rehearsed script (the business
plan). If the audience is unhappy, the symphony just ignores
them and plays on. Which business model makes more sense to you?
Once you're up and running, here are three final principles to keep
things going smoothly:
- Networks:
Networking is critical to every business. Business success correlates
highly with the amount and breadth of effective, face-to-face time
(telephone time is OK, but a very poor second) -- time you spend with
(a) customers and prospective customers, no matter what
your role is in the enterprise, (b) experts and coaches that can
listen
to your problems and provide richly contextual insight to help you do
your role better (these will often be other entrepreneurs, who you can
help and coach reciprocally), and (c) allies -- strategic partners who
offer you access to markets and supplies and connections, knowledge
you
wouldn't otherwise have, new ideas and emerging innovations and
technologies, and other mutual advantages.
- Managing Growth:
If the business needs so many people that it gets unwieldy, encourage
the members to break it into two or more small Existential Enterprises
with no members in common. Don't worry, it won't fall apart -- in fact
it may even be tighter and stronger, as long as each enterprise keeps
following these principles. We live in a World of
Ends, and command-and-control is now not only unnecessary, it's an
impediment to success, and it makes people unhappy.
- Stakeholders:
The needs and happiness of the members, you and your partners, come
first. Your customers come second. The interests and needs of the
community in which you operate come third. That's it. Remember this
priority when you make decisions. In Existential Enterprise, there are
no shareholders, absentee owners, creditors, Board of Directors or
Board of Management to usurp this critical priority, to interfere and
force you to do things you don't want to do, to make you a wage slave
in your own enterprise.
Most of the problems in traditional entrepreneurial business -- the
ones that lead to the stress, long hours, divorce, sacrifice,
unhappiness, and, often, failure -- are created by the MBA mythology
of
how to start, build and operate a business -- a mythology that often
defies intuition and common sense. And that's all these ten principles
are: Common sense, that I've seen work in dozens of small, successful
enterprises, and the ignorance of which has been the undoing of dozens
of others I have worked with. That's why people with no formal
business
training are sometimes the best entrepreneurs: They don't have to
unlearn
all the nonsense, and guided by common sense they instinctively build
something closer to the Existential Enterprise model than the Business
School model.
I'm not saying that this is easy.
Adhering to these ten principles (especially the first two) requires a
lot of time and energy, and considerable intelligence. But they are
relatively fool-proof and stress-free. After all, what could be more
joyful than creating a successful enterprise with people you love and
trust, on your own terms -- a true labour of love?
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A Startup Guy?
A Startup Guy?
04/06/2005 11:26 PMToday I was interviewing someone for a job at Yahoo. Near the end of
the interview, I asked one of the questions I always ask: "Do you have
any questions for me about Yahoo?" He asked one that nobody has ever
asked me before. After confirming that I'd been at Yahoo since some
time in late 1999, he asked "Why are you still here?" In the course of
explaining why I'm still at Yahoo, I mentioned that fact that I've...
Startup CEO and HR
Startup CEO and HR
01/22/2004 02:11 AMSusan Mernit points to an interview on Always On with Heidi Rozen and
sugggests startup CEOs pay attention to this: Q: "...What's the
hardest lesson for a startup CEO to understand? Answer: "Time and time
again, it is the lesson...
Starting a Startup
Starting a Startup
03/14/2005 06:25 PMPaul Graham has an absolutely fantastic essay that every entrepreneur
should read. Here's the summary...You need three things to
create a successful startup: to start with good people, to make
something customers actually want, and to spend as little money...
Startup Philanthropy
Startup Philanthropy
09/25/2004 04:00 PM Brad Feld highlights examples of startup philanthropy. Salesforce.com
mixes donation and employee service with 1% of their employees time,
1% of their equity, and 1% of their profits to the Salesforce.com
Foundation. Rally Software has a 1% fund for...
Data-Startup-0.01
Data-Startup-0.01
04/27/2004 05:30 PMStartUp Manager v1.01
StartUp Manager v1.01
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program that starts with Windows -- even those that don't appear in
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Not Just Another Nasdaq Startup
Not Just Another Nasdaq Startup
02/19/2004 08:41 AMBusiness Week Feb 19 2004 1:27PM GMT
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05/22/2004 04:57 PMStartup Candid
Startup Candid
01/29/2004 08:58 AMPitching in today at a hot startup; the scenario is classic, check the
picture: wires draped over the walls, O’Reilly books on the tables,
Doc Searls in the back room...
Startup Web Sites
Startup Web Sites
03/19/2003 10:24 PMWhat's your favorite web site by and for a startup? Who's done a great
job presenting themselves when there are only five people in the
company and one of them is a cat? I have some friends more or less in
that situation who are looking for ideas and lessons......
How to Start a Startup
How to Start a Startup
03/19/2005 02:18 AMspending as little money as possible .. “How to Start a
Startup” .. more likely to double your sales .. Paul
Graham
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Data-Startup-0.02
Data-Startup-0.02
04/29/2004 05:48 PMCustom StartUp v3.00
Custom StartUp v3.00
12/17/2003 10:43 AMCustom StartUp helps you to manage which programs will be stared when
Windows starts, without need to edit registry or WIN.INI file
manually. Moreover, Custom StartUp allows you to backup configurations
and restore them later. This option is useful when you want to test
several startup configurations. [Shareware $10.00 30 days 570 KB]
PPC FAQ: Startup Programs
PPC FAQ: Startup Programs
01/22/2004 02:28 AMStartup Organizer v2.2
Startup Organizer v2.2
11/05/2003 10:37 PMStartup Organizer is a Windows 9x/NT/2000 program that was developed
to provide quick access to all of the programs that are automatically
started when you turn on or logon to your computer. Using Startup
Organizer, you can inspect, edit, and/or temporary disable such
programs, and make backup configurations. You may significantly reduce
the time required for your system startup disabling programs which you
don't need all the time. Controlled Startup feature allows you to skip
certain programs from startup if ou hold key pressed while Windows is
logging on. [Shareware $25.00 30 days 726 KB]
Data-Startup-0.04
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05/27/2004 04:48 PMStartup Tackles Inventories
Startup Tackles Inventories
02/18/2004 09:24 PMConsumer packaged goods manufacturers facing Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s
increasing demands to plan and replenish inventory on a near-daily
basis can look to a new company for assistance.
Startup Inspectors for Windows
Startup Inspectors for Windows
09/01/2004 07:46 AMDirect and Related Links for ' Startup
Inspectors for Windows'
“Startup Inspector for Windows is a Windows™ platform
software that helps Windows™ user to manage Windows™ startup
applications. On www.windowsstartup.com, there are more than 4,100
known programs in the database. Startup Inspector for Windows can thus
provide a consultative information on the programs that are running at
your Windows startup process. Whether a program is necessary to the
system, or is the program a spyware. * Scans all programs that are in
the Windows Startup…
Windows Startup Online
Windows Startup Online
05/26/2004 03:12 PMStartup Faster! 2004 v1.65
Startup Faster! 2004 v1.65
05/15/2004 08:25 PMStartup Faster! 2004 is a revolutionary tool to make your computer
boot much faster than ever while protecting your hard disk from sudden
failure. [Shareware $29.95 21 Days 2.09 MB]
No more Web or IM viruses, startup
promises
No more Web or IM viruses, startup
promises
02/17/2004 05:13 PMStartup ScanSafe has launched itself in the U.K. with the bold claim
that its outsourced security service can protect enterprises from the
threat of Web and IM-borne viruses.
Set CHUD Nap setting at startup
Set CHUD Nap setting at startup
06/03/2004 12:15 PMAfter installing Apple's CHUD tools (explained in the middle of this
page), users have discovered the "Nap" preference setting in the
Hardware preference panel. Enabling this setting can lower operating
temperatures and heat ...
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GraphPad Statmate 2.0
GraphPad Statmate 2.0
07/14/2004 08:30 PMSample size and power analyses.
hellbot 1.0.9
hellbot 1.0.9
07/14/2004 08:52 PMAn IRC bot written in plain C and supporting many features.
GraphPad Prism 4.0b
GraphPad Prism 4.0b
07/14/2004 06:38 PMScientific graphing, curve fitting and statistics.
10.3: Find missing received faxes
10.3: Find missing received faxes
02/13/2004 03:35 AMTonight, I used 10.3's built-in fax receipt services for the first
time -- I was expecting a seven page fax, so I set the machine to
answer and waited for the call1. I heard the phone ring and the modem
connect, so I was pret...
Receive faxes using a non-Apple modem
Receive faxes using a non-Apple modem
12/28/2004 10:47 AMApple's fax tool will only use /dev/cu.modem and /dev/tty.modem. If
you use some other kind of device, like an external modem, Bluetooth
modem, etc, (in my case a Hermstedt ISDN Webshuttle II), your device
name is different, ...
10.3: Receive notification of incoming
faxes
10.3: Receive notification of incoming
faxes
12/08/2003 11:45 AMThis weekend, I had occasion to use the fax receive feature in Panther
for the first time. Though it worked well, I was somewhat surprised
that there wasn't a "fax received" notification. Sure, you can print
it or have it ema...
Seven-Year Hitch for Junk Faxes
Seven-Year Hitch for Junk Faxes
07/23/2004 04:34 AMLegislation to give businesses more leeway in sending unsolicited
faxes -- a seven-year permission-free window -- took another step to
becoming law, but it'll have to wait until September. By Ryan Singel.
Senate Moves Forward To Allow Junk Faxes
Senate Moves Forward To Allow Junk Faxes
07/23/2004 11:41 AMLast month we wrote about a controversial law that would roll back
many of the rules against junk faxes. It was a response to an FCC
ruling that probably went too far, that would have required written
permission to receive a fax from a business. The problem was that
this meant no one could ever call a business and ask for something to
be faxed to them. So, Congress came up with a bill that overruled
that and said businesses could fax with verbal permission too. The
problem, of course, is that junk fax companies have already been known
to alter call logs or lie about "permission" and this could make it
easier to get away with that. A compromise bill would
have
limited the time frame to 48 hours in which a company would be
allowed to fax someone after a verbal request, but the bill was passed
via committee with
the
time limit being seven years. The version that went
through basically says any company you have had contact with over the
past seven years is now allowed to fax you. Of course, part of the
reason the bill moved forward without any discussion or amendments is
because of some sort of childish procedural issues by some Senators
who cared more about making each other look bad than about actually
figuring out what's best for the country.
10.3: Fix Panther's handling of emailed
incoming faxes
10.3: Fix Panther's handling of emailed
incoming faxes
11/02/2003 07:37 PMWhenever an incoming fax came in and Panther's fax software mailed it
to my specified email address, the attached PDF file would show up as
plain text in its encoded form. The message was not properly formated
as a MIME mess...
Danish Company Fined for Commercial
Faxes
Danish Company Fined for Commercial
Faxes
01/22/2004 11:05 PMAP via Daily Press Jan 23 2004 3:11AM GMT
'Prevention' bill could trigger a flood
of faxes
'Prevention' bill could trigger a flood
of faxes
09/26/2004 04:56 AMBoston Globe Sep 26 2004 9:18AM GMT
Crusaders Against Junk Faxes Brandish
Lawsuits
Crusaders Against Junk Faxes Brandish
Lawsuits
12/16/2003 12:51 AMNew York Times Dec 16 2003 0:15AM ET
Microsoft Unveils Beta Version of Host
Integration Server 2004 Solution
Integrates Mission-Critical Host
Applications, Data Sources, Messaging
and Security Systems
Microsoft Unveils Beta Version of Host
Integration Server 2004 Solution
Integrates Mission-Critical Host
Applications, Data Sources, Messaging
and Security Systems
12/15/2003 12:56 PMMicrosoft Corp. today announced beta availability of the newest
version of its industry-leading legacy integration solution, Host
Integration Server (HIS) 2004, part of Microsoft® Windows Server
System(TM). With innovative support for XML Web services, Visual
Studio® .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework, HIS 2004 represents a
significant advance for customers seeking to connect to their IBM
mainframe and midrange systems in a more cost-effective,
industry-standard and efficient manner. Host Integration Server 2004
will include enhanced features for securing cross-platform access and
will offer improved application and data integration capabilities,
giving enterprise developers and administrators a complete, seamless
host integration experience.
Host.net Partners with ProtectPoint
Security, Inc. Host.net to Offer
Comprehensive Managed Security Service
Host.net Partners with ProtectPoint
Security, Inc. Host.net to Offer
Comprehensive Managed Security Service
04/07/2005 03:41 AMHost.net of Boca Raton, Florida, a highly respected provider of
Internet transit, network transport, colocation and Voice-over-IP
(VoIP) services, has now added the premier Managed Security Solution
from ProtectPoint Security, Inc. of Fort Lauderdale, Florida to its
Managed Services Division. [PRWEB Apr 7, 2005]
Junk faxes to be legalized as
"opt-out?"
Junk faxes to be legalized as
"opt-out?"
08/11/2004 10:31 PMThe Register ran a story on August 6th called 'Phone spam misery looms
stateside.' It seems that there's legislative nastiness underway in
Washington, DC to essentially gut the existing junk fax law, and
replace it with a marketer's wet dream.
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Just say no to Crack
Just say no to Crack
04/23/2004 02:51 PM
Staking out the high moral ground, a bill would punish
those wearing low-riding jeans. It seems that
Represe
ntative Derrick D. T. Shepherd of Louisiana, a Democrat no less,
wants to outlaw low slung pants. Plumbers beware, and stock up on
Butt-Crack Caulk!
Really, don't they have anything better to legislate besides fashion
or
holidays?
TV on crack
TV on crack
03/22/2005 04:44 PMIs A&E's "Intervention" the most exploitative reality show ever, or a
necessarily brutal snapshot of the perils of addiction?
First Crack in the Wall?
First Crack in the Wall?
03/22/2005 03:15 PMThis is the first announced change in the status quo since IBM
announced the sale of their entire line of laptops to the Chinese firm
Lenovo. As with some other people, I’m still awainting
experience to tell us if it’s a good or bad thing. Lenovo will
slightly modify the “IBM ThinkPad” brand in the relatively
near future, said Lenovo CEO-designate Stephen Ward on Monday at PC
Forum, which is taking place here this week….
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"Conservative Crack-Up"
"Conservative Crack-Up"
11/19/2003 03:31 PMNew Bluetooth Crack
New Bluetooth Crack
06/05/2005 11:47 PMHappy Friday:
Cryptographers have discovered a way to hack Bluetooth-enabled
devices even when security features are switched on. The discovery may
make it even easier for hackers to eavesdrop on conversations and
charge their own calls to someone else's cellphone.
"Our attack makes it possible to crack every communication between
two Bluetooth devices, and not only if it is the first communication
between those devices," says Shaked.
Check out the time required to pull this off:
They show that once an attacker has forced two devices to pair,
they can work out the link key in just 0.06 seconds on a Pentium
IV-enabled computer, and 0.3 seconds on a Pentium-III. "This is not
just a theoretical break, it's practical," says Schneier.
Via New
Scientist.
Alcohol is the new crack!
Alcohol is the new crack!
01/02/2005 11:10 PM
“N
ot only is it illegal, but it's becoming increasingly dangerous,”
Leggio said of underage drinking. How dangerous? Well apparently
dangerous enough that one affluent Kansas City community has decided
that it is best to have police spy on teens during high school
basketball games. Oh it gets better, apparently a carload of teens is
enough for a Lenexa cop to follow you! So the parents should be up in
arms right? Nope, they encourage the police, even calling them
("she told dispatchers that when she called home to check on her
son, it sounded like a party was going on"). Yet surprisingly,
despite this almost police-state like mentality against drinking,
atti
tudes are slow to change.
Kernel crack
Kernel crack
11/07/2003 05:31 AMCNET Asia Nov 7 2003 4:44AM ET
FeedDemon Crack
FeedDemon Crack
06/18/2004 09:27 AMDave
Winer and Evan
Williams commented that the people who shout the loudest are often
the ones who have no basis for their anger. I'm reminded of this fact
by an email I received this morning. Here's a quote:
"Fix your piece of s--- program! I upgraded to
FeedDemon 1.10 and it crashes with 'Win32 device error.' Did you even
test this s---?"
I've actually received a number of emails (and one forum post)
about this bug, but I have no plans to fix it. Why? Because the
error message only appears if you upgrade a cracked
version of FeedDemon 1.0. This is a deliberate error
message that FeedDemon 1.10 displays when it detects that you upgraded
from a specific cracked version of FeedDemon 1.0.
That's right, people who use a pirated version of
FeedDemon are emailing me for support. It never ceases to amaze me
when people not only steal from me, but also expect me to spend my
time answering their questions. And more often than not, the email
I've received about this problem reads like something a drunk teenager
would write.
I've written
about piracy befor
e and I'm not planning to start another lengthy rant. But I do
have a request for those who have justified their use of cracked
versions of my work: don't ask for support. I
support my family with sales of my software, and my life is affected -
dramatically - by the existence of cracks. Please, if you're using a
pirated version of my software, don't expect me to help you.
How to crack passwords, and why you
should
How to crack passwords, and why you
should
06/05/2005 11:28 PM3D holograms to crack forgeries
3D holograms to crack forgeries
08/11/2004 08:18 AMA 3D hologram technique could transform how experts spot forged
signatures and other handwritten documents.
"Don't do crack; it's a ghetto drug"
"Don't do crack; it's a ghetto drug"
06/19/2004 04:52 PMFifteen of us gathered last night for a screening of the 1992 Tim
Robbins political satire Bo
b Roberts. This mockumentary of a folksinging conservative
Wall Street trader turned politician has held up surprisingly
well. In the background of the movie, President Bush is in the
White House and American troops are about to invade Iraq. Gore
Vidal does a great job playing a Ted Kennedy-style career
senator. The songs are fun but sadly the soundtrack has never
been made available.
My favorite part of the movie is when Bob Roberts closes a letter
to a 7-year-old girl in Vermont with the admonition "Don't do crack;
it's a ghetto drug."
This is the perfect movie for an election-year party.
where i can give a crack for sims2?
where i can give a crack for sims2?
09/20/2004 03:02 PMTechTree Sep 20 2004 6:36PM GMT
MasterCard Looks to Crack Down on
Phishing
MasterCard Looks to Crack Down on
Phishing
06/22/2004 10:35 AMMasterCard is teaming up with digital fraud protection company
NameProtect to help shut down online scams.
crack found in foam
crack found in foam
04/07/2005 05:15 AMUsatoday.com - Wed Apr 6, 08:59 pm GMT
Boomerang Entrepreneurship: How To Sell The Same Startup Twice
