Cringely on security and identify

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Learn to identify the new generation of
security threats and protect your
network

Learn to identify the new generation of
security threats and protect your
network 05/17/2004 09:09 PM
Computer Weekly May 18 2004 1:45AM GMT

Cringely: Wi-Fi in the Sky

Cringely: Wi-Fi in the Sky 07/16/2004 10:06 AM

Cringely on Diebold

Cringely on Diebold 12/08/2003 09:14 AM
Robert Cringely writes: Diebold makes a lot of ATM machines. They make machines that sell tickets for trains and subways. They make store checkout scanners, including self-service scanners. They make machines that allow access to buildings for people with magnetic cards. They make machines that use magnetic cards for payment in closed systems like university dining rooms. All of these are machines that involve data input that results in a transaction, just like a voting machine. But unlike a voting machine, every one of these other kinds of Diebold machines — EVERY ONE — creates a paper trail and...

I (can see into the future), Cringely

I (can see into the future), Cringely 01/02/2004 08:38 PM
Robert X. Cringely's Predictions for 2004 : first he updates readers on his 2003 predictions (80% accuracy) and then dishings 15 new techie prophecies.

Robert X. Cringely on Palladium

Robert X. Cringely on Palladium 07/02/2002 01:44 AM
This week, Microsoft announced Palladium through an exclusive story in Newsweek written by Steven Levy, who ought to have known better. Palladium is the code name for a Microsoft project to make all Internet communication safer by essentially pasting a digital certificate on every application, message, byte, and machine on the Net, then encrypting the data EVEN INSIDE YOUR COMPUTER PROCESSOR. Palladium compatible hardware (presumably chipsets and motherboards) will come from both AMD and Intel, and the software will, of course, come from Microsoft. That software is what I had dubbed TCP/MS.

The point of all this is simple. It may actually make the Internet somewhat safer. But the real purpose of this stuff, I fear, is to take technology owned by nobody (TCP/IP) and replace it with technology owned by Redmond. That's taking the Internet and turning it into MSN. Oh, and we'll all have to buy new computers.

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"PBS | I, Cringely . Archived Column"

"PBS | I, Cringely . Archived Column" 12/02/2003 12:28 AM

Cringely : Phish or Cut Bait

Cringely : Phish or Cut Bait 06/05/2005 11:27 PM
"Is the government now going to be telling me I'm sending too much e-mail? How much mail is too much? And what are they doing monitoring my e-mail, anyway? Will they next be clamping down on my unhealthy propensity for forwarding Jenna Bush jokes?"

PBS | I, Cringely . Archived Column

PBS | I, Cringely . Archived Column 01/11/2004 03:51 AM
Bob Cringely says the problem with WiFi aggregators is there aren't enough of them .. his idea for a killer WiFi aggregator business model .. January 8, 2004 WiFi column by Robert X. Cringely .. Cringely's WhyFi: .. real industry

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Comment : Robert X. Cringely

Comment : Robert X. Cringely 04/10/2004 07:42 AM

Cringely Proposes New WiFi Plan

Cringely Proposes New WiFi Plan 01/10/2004 02:14 PM
DarkHelmet writes "This week, Cringely examines the current state of WiFi aggregators, and challenges their business model. His notion? An aggregator should ...

Cringely: MS To Hurt Linux Via USB
Enhancements

Cringely: MS To Hurt Linux Via USB
Enhancements 09/17/2004 02:33 PM

Cringely Builds Cloud Castles

Cringely Builds Cloud Castles 01/10/2004 03:53 AM
There's nothing wrong with this Robert X. Cringely column that a little expertise and knowledge couldn't solve: A little background on why I'm spending so many words to tear this essay apart. It's not that I'm opposed to the premise or some thought experiments. It's that it's so horribly uninformed. Cringely is a well-known fellow in the industry who has written and produced videos about the business side of the Internet. Cringely is a nom de plume, but it's how the fellow appears to want to be known. He writes a regularly column on PBS's site and whenever one appears, it's quoted and linked to all over the Net. So it's my duty, unfortunately, to explain how bad this one is. (This is the same Cringely who stated two years ago that he was using a passive repeater to obtain Wi-Fi service to his hill-top home in a manner that community wireless folks said was impossible. He promised to provide details and never did, although a personal tragedy was part of that.) In the first part of the article, he completely botches explaining the hotspot industry in comprehensible terms. He calls several different categories of business aggregators, and completely ignores a whole other set of trends. It's not important that one adopt the cant of an industry, but when well-defined and well-used terms exist, you could use them or invent equally good distinctions if you must. He does neither. A hotspot operator or wireless ISP installs hotspot infrastructure and manages the network, offering a revenue split and other incentives to real-estate venues to allow the hotspot to be set up; or a real-estate venue may contract with a WISP to have hotspot service installed. Wayport is the categorical WISP at this point, a practically pure play in this space. They contract with venues, install hardware, handle billing, and work with end users. T-Mobile HotSpot is also a WISP in its current model. Infrastructure builders contract with real-estate venues to install hotspot service that they resell to hotspot aggregators. Cometa and Concourse Communications are infrastructure builders. They typically create vendor-neutral installations in which many operators and aggregators can pay for access for their downstream customers. Aggregators resell access to other networks, typically handling the billing and authentication negotiation. Boingo Wireless and iPass are aggregators. Most of the cell companies are also aggregators, reselling access to a number of WISP networks, but...

Cringely Wants To Save The Smart Network

Cringely Wants To Save The Smart Network 06/25/2004 03:42 AM
Robert Cringely's latest column is all about trashing the telcos for actually recognizing the future and doing crazy things like building an all IP fiber network. His argument is that the circuit-switched networks are already built and paid for (which has been the argument the telcos have made all along) and there's simply no reason to throw that away. He brushes off the issue of competition (which is what's forcing the telcos to finally get moving), as if that's a minor issue to deal with. Instead, he comes up with a convoluted plan to give people all the bandwidth he thinks they need over a circuit-switched network, assuming that the biggest bandwidth issue anyone needs is the ability to see video over the network. Apparently, he doesn't think that applications are going to advance to the point where they need more bandwidth, which is incredibly short-sighted. There are, in fact, some make a very convincing case that even the RBOC's fiber plans will leave them far short of the amount of bandwidth they're going to need in the future. Obviously, if there are ways to make good use of the existing circuit-switched network, the RBOCs should go for it -- but to ignore where the world is heading is simply asking for disaster. It's like telling the horse and buggy makers that instead of figuring out how to make automobiles, they should keep their existing offering going, and work on ways to make horses run faster to better compete with cars. Sure, if they can pull it off, it may keep the old system relevant a little longer, but it's tough to do, and they'll still eventually be left in the dust.

Robert X. Cringely On Microsoft: They're
Wankers & Cowards

Robert X. Cringely On Microsoft: They're
Wankers & Cowards 04/30/2004 09:48 PM
Mac Observer May 1 2004 1:41AM GMT

Cringely Argues Against Offshoring,
Offers No Solution

Cringely Argues Against Offshoring,
Offers No Solution 01/22/2004 06:21 PM
Robert Cringely's latest column spends a bunch of time criticiz ing offshoring - but seems to be terribly short sighted (though, he claims those supporting offshoring are the ones who are short sighted). There are plenty of reasons to be against offshoring. As I've said many times before, there's a lot of evidence that offshoring is a lot more expensive than companies seem to believe it is - and many are now regretting their decision to offshore. That said, there are other cases where it makes sense. That's not what Cringely says, though. He seems to buy into the argument that there simply aren't any jobs after we offshore programmers. There's an awful lot of evidence that that's not the case. There are many programming jobs that do require programmers to be near customers or to have a good understanding of the culture - and those are likely to increase. I'm also a bit confused in his logic. He admits that Silicon Valley (and, he should admit, the whole country) has reinvented itself time and time again - each time we outsource jobs to cheaper locations. However, he says that this time we won't be able to because "the labor is leaving". Does he mean the people? I don't think so, because earlier in the article he says all those programmers are "working down at Home Depot" because they can't find a job. So, it's just the jobs that are leaving. Of course, that's the definition of outsourcing - and it's the same thing that's always happened historically. This is no different. In fact, we're now in a situation where we have a lot of these programmers who are looking for work - so there's a huge resource there to help people reinvent our economy. Cringely claims he's not advocating protectionism, but if you read the article, he doesn't offer any other solution. How about this? The solution, which he ignores, seems obvious: we have an untapped resource in all of these smart un- or underemployed tech workers. That's an opportunity to get them involved in reinventing our economy and creating the next great thing.

IDentify! v4.0.0

IDentify! v4.0.0 01/11/2004 10:12 AM
Identify callers before you answer. Get rid of those pesky telemarketers. With IDentify! and a Caller ID capable modem, you can have a Caller ID box built right into your computer, but with many features that regular Caller ID boxes don't have. [Shareware $17.95 30 days 1.42 MB]

Identify that Font

Identify that Font 10/28/2003 11:09 PM

Lingua-Identify-0.01

Lingua-Identify-0.01 05/18/2004 10:16 AM

Stuff I can identify with...

Stuff I can identify with... 12/17/2003 09:32 PM
Jay starts but does not finish many blog posts. I know the feeling. My ~/blog directory is starting to feel more like a mail queue. I've got a bunch of stuff that's anywhere from 5% to 80% done. Here are a few of the titles: Load average considered harmful - an admonishment and tutorial Why do you read my blog? - a survey [censored] - this one is secret until early January What kind of company are we? Kasia's adventures...

Identify the funny cartoon!

Identify the funny cartoon! 01/09/2004 10:15 PM

My new favourite witty cartoon du jour follows. Anyone know anything about who produced it and where it was originally published?

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Use Your AT&T Phone to Identify Music

Use Your AT&T Phone to Identify Music 04/15/2004 11:42 AM
JOEL JOHNSON -- AT&T Wireless has announced a new service that helps you identify songs with your cellphone. After dialing '#ID' and playing the phone close to the music source for 15 seconds, customers will receive a text message with the name and artist of the song. Using the Musicphone...

Police identify murder victim

Police identify murder victim 06/16/2004 11:54 AM
Detectives identify a man whose remains were found badly burned in County Londonderry.

Holograms Help Identify Sham Script

Holograms Help Identify Sham Script 08/10/2004 11:26 PM

Celeron D fails to identify itself
properly

Celeron D fails to identify itself
properly 07/22/2004 09:41 AM

Web Log 'Word Bursts' Could Identify New
Crazes

Web Log 'Word Bursts' Could Identify New
Crazes 02/19/2003 09:50 AM
We are not responsible for them in any way. Could this be what Google wants with Blogger? They have the capacity to do this, I don't see why they wouldnt.

SMS FAQ: Query to Identify the Type of
SQL Connection

SMS FAQ: Query to Identify the Type of
SQL Connection 04/22/2004 10:52 PM

Navy lab uses Web search to help
identify MIAs

Navy lab uses Web search to help
identify MIAs 07/12/2004 04:11 PM
USA Today Jul 12 2004 8:12PM GMT

Scientists identify Crohn's gene

Scientists identify Crohn's gene 04/11/2004 06:21 PM
A gene that predisposes people to Crohn's disease has been identified by researchers.

HTML Tip: Identify Your Page Elements

HTML Tip: Identify Your Page Elements 04/13/2004 07:32 PM
Net Mechanic Apr 13 2004 11:29PM GMT

Help business drivers identify the
reports they need

Help business drivers identify the
reports they need 01/14/2003 02:16 AM
CNET Jan 14 2003 1:34AM ET

Families Try to Identify Dead in Club
Fire (AP)

Families Try to Identify Dead in Club
Fire (AP) 01/01/2005 10:51 PM
AP - Anguished families struggled Saturday to identify the bodies of relatives killed in a Buenos Aires nightclub fire that left at least 186 people dead, many after being trapped inside by locked emergency exits.

British ISPs Must Identify File Sharers

British ISPs Must Identify File Sharers 03/14/2005 04:42 PM
British record companies applauded Friday's ruling in court that gave them the right to obtain the identities of people who use file sharing programs from Internet service providers. The labels were looking for the identities of 31 persons suspected of uploading large numbers of illegal files.

Software Uses Math to Identify Future
Hit Songs

Software Uses Math to Identify Future
Hit Songs 02/05/2005 09:12 PM

A Barcelona-based company, Polyphonic HMI , founded in 2002, predicted the success of Nora Jones with its software, Hit Song Science, which "analyzes the underlying mathematical patterns in unreleased music and compares them to the patterns in recent hit songs."

Online shoppers can't identify insecure
sites

Online shoppers can't identify insecure
sites 09/01/2004 06:34 AM
Computing.co.uk - Wed Sep 1, 09:15 am GMT

Dutch AG pressures Lycos in identify
case

Dutch AG pressures Lycos in identify
case 06/24/2005 04:04 PM
Stamp spat case closely watched by anti-piracy groups

Companies Flock To Identify With iPod
Enthusiasts

Companies Flock To Identify With iPod
Enthusiasts 01/11/2004 11:15 AM
From snowboarding companies to soda conglomerates, marketing-savvy multinationals that worship at the altar of hip are fixated on wooing the iPod generation. By May Wong (Associated Press via MyAppleMenu)

Iraq Excavators Identify Kuwaiti Graves
(AP)

Iraq Excavators Identify Kuwaiti Graves
(AP) 04/16/2005 03:03 PM
AP - The bodies of 41 Kuwaitis believed killed during the first Gulf War have been unearthed in southern Iraq, one of 295 mass graves containing thousands of Saddam Hussein's victims uncovered in the two years since U.S.-led forces invaded and ousted the dictator, Iraq's Human Rights Minister said Saturday.

$100,000 effort to identify foul stench
in Las Vegas

$100,000 effort to identify foul stench
in Las Vegas 07/31/2004 08:29 PM
For the last ten years, a mysterious nasty smell has been coming out of storm drains on Fremont Street in Las Vegas. Officials there want to spend $100k to track down the source of the vile odor.

The stink emanating from the storm sewers has plagued the area around the Fremont Street pedestrian mall for a decade, and every time the city has thrown time, effort and deodorizer at the problem, the "sewer-type" aroma has just returned.

On Wednesday, City Council is to consider a $100,000 US consulting contract aimed at finding the source of the olfactory offence.

A tiny closed-circuit television system would be used to examine the downtown storm drains, smoke would be pumped into the system to identify outlets and dye would be used to follow water flows.

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Use desktop images to identify current
user

Use desktop images to identify current
user 06/10/2004 11:31 AM
I have a 'day-to-day' user I use for most of my time in Mac OS X. It does *not* have Admin privileges, as I don't worry about making stupid mistakes that could render my Mac inoperable (or be exploited!). To install apps like...
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