SCL London Group Meeting & AGM: 'Contract law - Developments relevant to technology contracts that cannot be i

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Trusted Computing Group Hosting
Technology Seminar at Infosecurity
Europe, London, England

Trusted Computing Group Hosting
Technology Seminar at Infosecurity
Europe, London, England 04/18/2005 04:25 AM
Business Wire UK Apr 18 2005 8:17AM GMT

SSCL and the Faculty of Advocates
Information Technology Law Group Joint
meeting: 'Data Protection & Freedom o

SSCL and the Faculty of Advocates
Information Technology Law Group Joint
meeting: 'Data Protection & Freedom o 04/05/2005 05:39 PM
SCL.org Apr 5 2005 8:26PM GMT

Major NHS London & North-East IT
contracts awarded to BT & Accenture

Major NHS London & North-East IT
contracts awarded to BT & Accenture 12/09/2003 03:47 AM
PublicTechnology.net Dec 9 2003 3:06AM ET

What the Latest Developments in Local
Search Technology Could Mean for Your
Small Business Website

What the Latest Developments in Local
Search Technology Could Mean for Your
Small Business Website 02/05/2005 09:50 PM
In the All Out War Taking Place Between the Top Search Engines to Gain the Priority Spot at the Top of the Search Engine Ranks, Small Businesses Have Added Incentives to Get Online. [PRWEB Feb 4, 2005]

For those wondering what happened to the
January UXnet social meeting in London

For those wondering what happened to the
January UXnet social meeting in London 02/05/2005 09:27 PM
The January UXnet meeting in London was forced made a last minute move: an explanation and apology.

Ericsson and MTN Group sign contracts
worth 1.5 billion dollars (AFP)

Ericsson and MTN Group sign contracts
worth 1.5 billion dollars (AFP) 05/24/2004 10:47 AM
AFP - Swedish telecom equipment giant Ericsson has signed two contracts to sell mobile network equipment and services to South African telecom operator MTN Group worth 1.5 billion dollars, the company said.

BioInvest 2005, the Biotechnology and
Discovery Informatics Investment Meeting
Selects 9 Companies to Present in London

BioInvest 2005, the Biotechnology and
Discovery Informatics Investment Meeting
Selects 9 Companies to Present in London 03/19/2005 02:43 AM
Register now to attend BioInvest 2005, the bioinformatics and biotechnology investment conference to be held at the DTI conference centre in London. The conference will be a showcase for emerging international biotechnology and bioinformatics companies. Investor pitches by companies will be focused on biotechnology companies in the morning, drug discovery and life sciences informatics in the afternoon. Venue: DTI Conference Centre, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1E 0ET - Web site: www.bioinvest2005.com [PRWEB Mar 18, 2005]

The 8th Annual GSM Americas Congress
will concentrate the key players from
the GSM community to discuss market
developments and technology expansion in
the Americas

The 8th Annual GSM Americas Congress
will concentrate the key players from
the GSM community to discuss market
developments and technology expansion in
the Americas 09/02/2004 02:11 AM
With free attendance for operators, the GSM Americas Congress will bring together the key players from the GSM community for their 8th Annual event to discuss the critical issues and success factors facing this developing region and provide an essential networking platform. The conference is co-located with GSM Latin America activities and the whole event will be held from November 8th to 11th at the Inter-Continental Hotel, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with the endorsement of the GSM Association, 3G Americas and CANTO. [PRWEB Sep 2, 2004]

STR-SpeechTech's Text-to-Speech
Technology Wins Contracts and Award
Nominations

STR-SpeechTech's Text-to-Speech
Technology Wins Contracts and Award
Nominations 02/13/2004 10:30 PM
BC Technology Feb 14 2004 2:11AM GMT

Laszlo User Group meeting

Laszlo User Group meeting 07/19/2004 09:28 AM

OK - so unless it's not already obvious - the future has MUCH to do with reich media interfaces - those 'webapp'-like entities that exist in a webpage, but act like a "normal" app.

I'm in love with a company called Laszlo Systems - and they've got abunch of new stuff coming down the pipe.....

So my friend Andrew Woolridge wants everyone to know - there's a Laszlo User Group meeting coming up......

Here's Andrew's pitch......

Next User Group Meeting: Tuesday July 27, 2004

At: Laszlo San Francisco Office
Time: 6:30 pizza; 7-9 pm meeting

A group of Laszlo enthusiasts have organized the Laszlo User Group. Meetings occur monthly at the Laszlo Systems offices in San Francisco, CA. Free pizza is often served. Members typically discuss and demo their latest projects. They also hear updates from as well as discuss issues directly with the Laszlo engineering team.

Directions.....

There may be something very significant demoed this week....

============

I'll be there = :-)

First OpenSolaris user group meeting

First OpenSolaris user group meeting 03/26/2005 02:36 AM
Technocrat.net Mar 26 2005 7:24AM GMT

Oracle user group meeting due in Florida

Oracle user group meeting due in Florida 09/10/2004 05:28 AM
Computer Weekly Sep 10 2004 10:15AM GMT

FCP, DVD Studio Pro topics of user group
meeting

FCP, DVD Studio Pro topics of user group
meeting 11/10/2003 11:27 PM
The New Jersey Final Cut Pro Users Group and the New Jersey Filmmakers will host a special joint meeting on Dec. 10 to discuss production and distribution trends for independent filmmakers. The event will start at 7 p.m. at William Patterson University in New Jersey.

Federal XML Work Group May 18 Meeting
Minutes

Federal XML Work Group May 18 Meeting
Minutes 06/13/2004 07:30 AM
Federal XML Work Group May 18 Meeting Minutes
http://technoflak.blogspot.com/2004/05/xml-work-group-may-1 8-meeting.html

Alice Marshall reports on the XML Work Group, May 18 meeting with her minutes.

Ping ID to host first users group
meeting

Ping ID to host first users group
meeting 04/19/2005 09:56 AM
Next month, in conjunction with Digital ID World in San Francisco, Ping Identity will hold its first (I believe) PingFederate Users Group meeting. The meeting is free to all members of the users group. Membership of the users group is free to everyone who uses the PingFederate server. The PingFederate server is free to download from Ping Identity. See a pattern here?

Anti-Phishing Working Group Meeting

Anti-Phishing Working Group Meeting 04/09/2004 05:30 PM

I was out all day yesterday to attend the Anti-Phishing Working Group meeting at Wells Fargo World HQ in San Francisco.  About one hundred people from wide assortment of backgrounds were there, some from law enforcement agencies like the Secret Service and FBI, lawyers, prosecutors, financial services, e-tailers, solutions vendors, and security experts.  APWG did an impressive job of pulling them altogether to focus on the phishing epidemic which continues to grow.

While everyone wanted to pool resources to combat phishing, I sensed a common desire to protect details about ongoing APWG activities from the public for various reasons.  Since I am not sure what APWG's policy is about blogging, I will limit this post to my thoughts and observations.

Toolbars

Warm receptions received by Account Guard feature of eBay Toolbar and Dan Boneh's SpoofGuard means more toolbars in the near future.  I predict we'll see about ten security-related toolbars released before this year is over.  Since highly integrated client-side software like browser toolbars are one of my specialties, all this is good news for me but I couldn't help worrying about the oncoming glut of toolbars, sidebars, and deskbars causing confusion among users.

Microsoft

Microsoft needs to do more to combat phishing.  Actually, they need to do 'less' by disabling or limiting use of hyperlinks and javascript in Outlook and Hotmail.  Since phishing is causing real financial damages to companies and individuals, Microsoft created an arguably very large liability exposure by introducing DHTML e-mail in Outlook.

My opinion is that hyperlinks in e-mail contents should require the user to approve each navigation after viewing a dialog that clearly indicate the link destination.  This constraint can be eased depending on the age of the hyperlinks because destination phishing websites are more likely to be takendown or abandoned over time.  I also think javascript should be disabled completely in e-mail contents to protect against new breed of javascript obfuscated webpages.

Hunters vs. Butchers

Law enforcement agencies are IMHO still in the hunter mode, meaning hackers they find and prosecute are more or less trophies for assuring the public.  Seen as services, they are open to denial of service attacks by organized hackers arming script-kiddies to overload or slowdown cybercops.  They need to think about ways to shift-gear from hunter to butchers mode now, if not just against phishers, then for homeland security.

Takedown.com

Most difficult part of fighting against phishing is taking down phishing websites.  Differences and confusino in law and legal jurisdictions, cross-language communication issues, availability, authority verification problems, and other issues make taking down a fraud site a skill or an art of social networking, ingenuity, and patience which most companies do not have.

Solutions suggested so far like contacts and standards are useless IMHO.  A more effective solution is to encourage entrepreneurs to startup federated or franchised businesses to offer takedown services around globe and around the clock with the local touch.  Having middlemen like them solves most of the issues mentioned above.

Spoofback

Considering the difficulty with takedown, another options is to 'spoof back' by posting phony information to the phishing websites in order to spoil the goods by diluting it with bad info.  Instead of receiving 3,000 good responses, phishers will receive 300,000 responses most of which will be bad.  Another variation is to post user info leading to honeypots in order to phish the phishers.  I am not sure about the legal issues, but hackback risk is no worse than the takedown IMHO.

APWG Future Threat Models SIG

I have volunteered to participate in the Future Threat Models SIG at APWG because I am both highly creative and insanely paranoid which means I can see blindspots where none exists.  :-)  I probably won't be posting about the activities there but I will post my thoughts and publicize imminent threats like the XSS Network threat I posted about before.

W3C Hosts Technical Plenary and
All-Group Meeting

W3C Hosts Technical Plenary and
All-Group Meeting 03/11/2003 01:22 AM
3 March 2003: W3C holds its third annual Technical Plenary and All Working Group Meeting from 3-7 March in Cambridge, MA, USA. 30 W3C Working Groups and Interest Groups hold face-to-face meetings. Mid-week, many of the more than 400 participants attend the all day public plenary, by far the largest group in the event's history. If your organization would like to join W3C, please refer to the Membership page. (News archive)

Information Technology Group, Inc.
Selected as a “Technology Pacesetter”

Information Technology Group, Inc.
Selected as a “Technology Pacesetter” 12/19/2004 03:46 PM
Information Technology Group (ITG) was selected as a "Technology Pacesetter" by Accounting Today and Accounting Technology magazines, an honor bestowed on only the top 100 VARs in the US and Canada. [PRWEB Dec 16, 2004]

East to speak at LIMac user group
meeting

East to speak at LIMac user group
meeting 04/20/2004 06:19 PM
Daniel East, founder and president of The Mid-Atlantic Apple/Macintosh User Groups Team (MaMUGs), will be a guest speaker at the Friday, May 14 meeting of The Long Island Macintosh Users Group (LIMac)...

London-based trade group launches an
e-shopping promotion site

London-based trade group launches an
e-shopping promotion site 10/31/2003 06:21 PM
InternetRetailer.com Oct 31 2003 4:44PM ET

MUG News: iPod Garage User Group meeting
today

MUG News: iPod Garage User Group meeting
today 06/21/2004 04:11 AM
The iPod Garage User Group will hold its monthly online meeting today, complete with free copies of the book "How to do everything with your iPod and iPod mini," and special guest Audio-Outfitters, suppliers of a variety of iPod peripherals...

Technology, Security Meeting at Airports

Technology, Security Meeting at Airports 05/09/2004 02:21 PM
Boston Globe May 9 2004 5:47PM GMT

September iPod Garage User Group meeting
was an enjoyable success

September iPod Garage User Group meeting
was an enjoyable success 09/22/2004 02:25 AM
The iPod Garage User Group held its sixth monthly online meeting on Monday, September 20th, and an enjoyable time was had by all in attendance. To learn more about the group or to become a member, visit http://www.iPodUserGroup.com . [PRWEB Sep 22, 2004]

Technology, Security Meeting at Airports
(Reuters)

Technology, Security Meeting at Airports
(Reuters) 05/09/2004 10:19 AM
Reuters - The technology to screen for security risks without the knots that bedevil and delay today's business travel is already on line at some of the world's airports, but its widespread use hinges on cost and other issues.

Act! Consultant Will Hold Next Meeting
Of The Act! Users Group Of South Florida
On October 5, 2004

Act! Consultant Will Hold Next Meeting
Of The Act! Users Group Of South Florida
On October 5, 2004 09/21/2004 02:49 AM
Local ACT! Consultant Will Demonstrate New ACT! Version 2005! [PRWEB Sep 21, 2004]

New England Area SMS User Group SPECIAL
MEETING With Microsoft Program Manager

New England Area SMS User Group SPECIAL
MEETING With Microsoft Program Manager 04/12/2004 02:16 PM

Militants in Europe Openly Call for
Jihad and the Rule of Islam---In this
former industrial town north of London,
a small group of young Britons whose
parents emigrated from Pakistan after
World War II

Militants in Europe Openly Call for
Jihad and the Rule of Islam---In this
former industrial town north of London,
a small group of young Britons whose
parents emigrated from Pakistan after
World War II 04/27/2004 01:56 AM
OK peacenicks, how do you propose dealingwith this?

nytimes.com/2004/04/26/international/europe/26EURO.html?hp
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Open maps of London event: April 14,
London

Open maps of London event: April 14,
London 04/04/2005 06:24 AM
Cory Doctorow: The Open Knowledge Forums are a series of lectures and panel discussions about the ways that "open knowledge" can benefit the public interest. The next one is a week away, in London, and it's about a plan to produce a set of public domain maps of London (London's maps were produced at tax-payer expense, but can't be freely used; rather, you have to pay the ordinance survey thousands of pounds for the privilege; by contrast, US government maps are free and plentiful, and form the basis for thousands and thousand of competing mapping efforts, from Michelin guides to Google Maps).

There are a number of interesting proposals for this, including deploying an army of GPS-wielding geohackers, and buying up Russian satellite photos of London. Check out this squib from last January's NTK:

London's geowanking fraternity have come up with an intriguing proposition. With a grand's worth of Russian 1-meter resolution satellite pics, they believe they can stitch together an entirely free, redistributable vector database of the capital, freed from the shackles of the Ordnance Survey's restrictive copyrights, and thus open to all manner of GPL-style repurposing.

Here are the details:

* When: Thurs April 14th 2005, 7-9pm

* Where: Stanhope Centre, Marble Arch, London. [WWW]Directions

* Who can attend: public. Registration is optional but useful so please notify us if you can via okforums-info@okfn.org.

* Speakers: Steve Coast of openstreetmap.org; Roger Longhorn (geodata policy expert); Giles Lane of urbantapestries.net; Jo Walsh of mappinghacks.com

Link

Web Hypertext Application Technology
Working Group

Web Hypertext Application Technology
Working Group 06/08/2004 03:02 AM
Web Hypertext Application Technologies Working Group .. Mozilla, Opera Developers Join On Web Apps .. Para-standards-bodies proliferating .. WHAT WG .. WHATWG

whatwg.org
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Huayi group values patent technology

Huayi group values patent technology 06/21/2004 10:17 PM
Xinhua News Agency Jun 22 2004 2:17AM GMT

"Web Hypertext Application Technology
Working Group"

"Web Hypertext Application Technology
Working Group" 07/08/2004 09:03 PM

Ann Livermore, HP's Technology Solutions
Group

Ann Livermore, HP's Technology Solutions
Group 05/28/2004 10:51 AM
Internet News May 28 2004 3:43PM GMT

Technology group lobbies in favour of EU
patent law

Technology group lobbies in favour of EU
patent law 06/24/2005 09:03 PM
Irish Times Jun 23 2005 2:26AM GMT

Group completes new RFID technology
standards

Group completes new RFID technology
standards 06/14/2004 05:53 PM
SAN FRANCISCO - Radio frequency identification (RFID) standards group EPCglobal Inc. said Monday that it has finalized its first global standards, promising to help speed companies' adoption of RFID technologies to improve supply chain operations.

IBM chip group still recovering from
move to 90-nanometer technology

IBM chip group still recovering from
move to 90-nanometer technology 07/19/2004 05:01 PM
IBM, which acknowledged in April that it had suffered yield problems at its new 90-nanometer manufacturing facility in East Fishkill, N.Y., said last week that yields had improved in the second quarter.

Actuate brings BI technology to
open-source group

Actuate brings BI technology to
open-source group 08/31/2004 09:05 PM
Computer Weekly Sep 1 2004 1:24AM GMT

Is TV Relevant Anymore?

Is TV Relevant Anymore? 02/01/2005 09:15 PM
To toss the TV or not to toss the TV - that is the question.

Information Technology Group, Inc. Hires
New Member of Development Team

Information Technology Group, Inc. Hires
New Member of Development Team 03/19/2005 03:13 AM
Responding to the growing need for custom application development from their client base, Information Technology Group, Inc. (ITG) has hired Chris Thornhill as a staff developer. [PRWEB Mar 18, 2005]

Moore's Law Relevant But Not Forever

Moore's Law Relevant But Not Forever 04/15/2005 08:57 PM
Internet News Apr 16 2005 12:36AM GMT
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