Some Readers Want to Lock Up Al Neuharth
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"Some Readers Want to Lock Up Al
Neuharth"
"Some Readers Want to Lock Up Al
Neuharth"
12/30/2004 11:31 PMAl Neuharth, in Christmas Column, Calls
for Bringing Troops Home from Iraq
Al Neuharth, in Christmas Column, Calls
for Bringing Troops Home from Iraq
12/24/2004 01:08 PMUSA Today's publisher Al Neuharth, in Christmas Column, Calls for
Bringing Troops Home from Iraq 12/24 .. takes
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CD-DVD Lock v1.8
CD-DVD Lock v1.8
02/12/2004 06:15 PMCD-DVD Lock is intended for restricting read or write access to
removable media devices such as CD, DVD, floppy and flash, as well as
for restricting access to certain partitions of hard disk drives.
CD-DVD Lock will allow you avoid many of headaches connected with
unauthorized software installations from any removable media, and also
prevent data leak by removable media. [Shareware $29.00 30 Days 800
KB]
Don't lock me in
Don't lock me in
01/16/2004 11:04 AMThere's no shortage of articles hyping the Google IPO and today the
Washington Post contributes to the buzz machine with Google Fans Fill Web With Buzz Over IPO. Skimming through it,
I came across a passage (on page 3) that struck me, though I've
probably read the same sentiments a hundred times over the years.
Regarding Google's competition, the Post writes,
Yahoo is counting on its roster of registered users
and its portal status to give it the upper hand...Microsoft, having
seen the rich margins available in search, has also decided to make a
play there...In comparison with Microsoft and Yahoo, many analysts
say, Google is at an inherent disadvantage because it has no locked-in
users: It doesn't require people to pay or register for its
services.
Shouldn't the goal be to have services people use, not because
they're forced to, but because they want to? Though
Google hasn't locked me in according to "analysts," I depend on them
wholly for all kinds of things I do daily online, from spell-checking
to news reading to basic old-fashioned searching, because they meet my
needs. I have no interest in switching to some new improved Yahoo or
Microsoft search unless Google fails me.
It seems to me that Google's on the right track, and the analysts
are full of bunk. Focus on pleasing the users, give them what they
want, and they'll stick with you. You don't need to trap them with
registrations, you need to make it easy and pleasant for them to do
what they want to do and then let them get on with their lives. It
will only be when Google stops giving me what I want that I'd consider
changing search engines. Happy users are loyal users, and that's all
the lock-in you need.
Lock down your SAN
Lock down your SAN
06/24/2005 03:23 PMZDNet Jun 23 2005 11:27PM GMT
Lock Cup
Lock Cup
07/12/2004 12:38 PM
You know, if your
coworkers are so bad about stealing your coffee mug that you need a
lock for it, perhaps you should 1) kill them, or 2) start putting your
cup in your desk. But if you really need to be that one guy that just
has to make a point about it, this Lock-Cup with a hole pluggable only
by a special key is probably a good way to go about it, unless you
work in a tracheotomy ward, then I'd probably just deal with it.
Read -
design a key and what it opens [DesignBoom via I4U]
vp-usb-lock 0.1
vp-usb-lock 0.1
08/29/2004 12:28 PMA Linux driver and PAM module for the USB wireless PC lock.
I don't use RSS readers... until now
I don't use RSS readers... until now
06/28/2004 04:46 PMAfter hearing news
of Apple adding feed reading to Safari, I was a bit skeptical. As much
as I like reading weblogs, I hate using RSS readers. Readers have a
lot of basic problems: putting a count on every feed and item like
weblogs are suddenly my work inbox that I have to keep down to zero,
the counts are recorded by the program, so jumping from one computer
to another means you lose count of your feeds, and viewing comments or
the rest of a message requires jumping to a browser anyway. Personally
I use an update montior, and track the
newly updated sites with a sidebar.
But after seeing this
quicktime demo of the Safari reader, it just might be the first
one I ever use. Gone are the counts on everything telling me how many
more posts I must read. In its place is something more akin to Kinja or LiveJournal: you get a
universal home page of all the recent items you are interested in. The
"personal newspaper" metaphor is one that has been thrown around for
years, but few of the RSS readers offer it.
While this new feature isn't perfect (it still ties me to Safari
running on a single computer), the display of all feeds on a single
page and lack of incessant counting will probably be enough to make me
switch over.
More Microsoft lock-in
More Microsoft lock-in
06/02/2004 11:18 PMWindows
Media Player 10 Technical Beta.
Microsoft
released their technical beta of Windows Media Player 10 for download.
The major features include a new interface, a built in online store
(with choice of stores), an all in one smart jukebox as well as the
most important item: enhanced device support. The enhanced device support
includes Auto-Sync which "enables the seamless, automatic
synchronization of music, video, and even recorded TV and photos to
supported portable devices". It looks like you'll be able to map a
hard drive or storage location like a PPC or Smartphone to Auto-Sync
as well as transfer TV shows from the media center to a portable media
center, we're not sure what is and isn't supported yet but we're going
to check it out now.
[unmediated]
The real questions is - and speaking of Real - can this jukebox mix
and match music from Napster, MusicMatch, Rhapsody, WalMart,
etc? How 'bout iTunes?
Digital Lock-Down (NPR)
Digital Lock-Down (NPR)
04/09/2004 04:12 PM This is a near-transcript of a commentary of mine that ran on NPR's
All Things Considered on April 5. You can listen to it via Real or
Windows Media Player. (And please forgive my over-simplifications and
overstatements.; I only had 3 minutes, which makes it tough to be
subtle.) From the begining the Web has seemed like the Wild West. But
now we're being told that it's actually a looting spree, with people
smashing-and-grabbing all the music and movies and copyrighted text
they can, for free. The irony is that thanks to Big Content companies
such as the recording...
The Ultimate Lock-In
The Ultimate Lock-In
03/13/2003 10:22 AMMicrosoft Office 2003, which recently went into public beta, has the
potential to tie customers to Microsoft products all the way down the
line: desktop, productivity applications and server systems.
Everyone Wants to Lock Docs
Everyone Wants to Lock Docs
02/18/2004 09:34 AMOn Tuesday, Adobe unveiled its Adobe Policy Server technology. And
Authentica has its own solution to the doc-lock challenge, with its
Secure Office solution.
Examples of Really Bad Lock-In?
Examples of Really Bad Lock-In?
06/17/2005 04:33 PMIt seems that Jason is annoyed because he's run into something that's
rampant in the on-line services world: lock-in. I get a lot of inbound
email and I like to upload those contacts to LinkedIn every couple of
months so I can figure out which of my contacts are in there. However,
as best I can tell (and I could be wrong here) the only way to get
your contacts out of GMAIL is to cut and paste the “All...
"Pint Lock"
"Pint Lock"
06/05/2005 11:45 PMLock Folder XP v3.4
Lock Folder XP v3.4
08/16/2004 06:39 AMLock Folder XP is a new security tool that lets you lock your files,
folders and drives with your personal password. The program uses
advanced encryption algorithm approved by the US Government. The
program protects your sensitive data from unauthorized access,
malicious programs, accidental damage and intentional harm. Just drag
your file, folder or drive over to the program's window and the rest
is done automatically. Get Lock Folder XP now. [Shareware $19.95 30
Days 1.21 MB]
Thanko USB PC Lock
Thanko USB PC Lock
12/29/2004 01:45 PMEngadget Dec 29 2004 4:32PM GMT
The Pen Is Mightier Than the Lock
The Pen Is Mightier Than the Lock
09/17/2004 10:02 AMThe bicycle thieves of New York always seem to be one step ahead of
lock makers, and this time they figured out how to open the common
U-shaped lock with a ballpoint pen.
Lock-down CD scores No.1 hit
Lock-down CD scores No.1 hit
06/18/2004 04:55 AMDRM-tastic!
Is vendor lock-in bad?
Is vendor lock-in bad?
12/15/2002 02:28 AMCNET Dec 15 2002 1:03AM ET
The pen is mightier than the lock.
The pen is mightier than the lock.
09/14/2004 01:11 PM
Use one of those heavy U-locks to secure your bike? You might want
to
t
hink again. It seems the barrel style lock mechanisms some of them
employ can be
opened by
a Bic pen [.mov movie].
Folder Lock v5.2.0
Folder Lock v5.2.0
04/04/2005 04:05 PMFolder Lock lets you lock, hide or encrypt confidential files and
folders. It can also be used to protect removable disks. [Shareware
$35.00 20 Uses 1.77 MB]
IPO Lock-Up Period
IPO Lock-Up Period
05/21/2004 11:26 AMUnderstand how IPOs work before you invest in any.
Apology to my readers
Apology to my readers
07/02/2004 03:08 AMOver the past 2 1/2 weeks while I have been recovering from my
injuries/surgery I have been on heavy pain medications and today while
reading back thru some of my articles I got to thinking that you all
must think I have been drinking while witting.
I think the pain meds would qualify me for being slightly impaired
and if you have been scratching your head that may explain some of it.
My doctor and I have re-worked my pain meds and hopefully the new
prescription I pick up tomorrow will allow me to navigate better and
make more comprehensive sense.
Todd aka GeekNews
Readers and friends
Readers and friends
08/02/2004 11:50 AMWhen you write for a magazine, explicitly or not you adjust your style
to match your readers' expectations. And, if you don't, your editor
will do it for you. No matter how diverse the demographics of the
readers, their expectations are usually quite precise, including how
much profanity to use, how much description, the number of people
interviewed per article, how conspicuous the author herself is in the
story, the type of vocabulary, and the nature of the narrative. In
short, there is such a thing as a New Yorker article, and you can
recognize one even if it's not...
Note to Readers
Note to Readers
01/27/2004 11:30 AMOur traffic has been increasing, and we're seeing extremely high peak
loads between 10:30 and noon EST.
Word for readers
Word for readers
03/14/2005 05:40 PM[See note at the end of this post] Microsoft Word lets you view your
document in several modes: Normal (=draft), Web page, printed page,
outline, and print preview. Yet there's no view designed strictly for
readers. That's too bad since many of us end up reading Word pages we
have no editing rights to. If Word added a Read view, it could have
special functionality: At the bottom of each screen would be Next and
Previous buttons Adjust font family and size with a click of a
button...and save your adjustments as a theme We could highlight text
and have...
Thank you, WWdN readers!!
Thank you, WWdN readers!!
12/02/2003 01:07 AMTurns out that WWdN readers have sent
Dancing Barefoot to the
top of the
Literature
and S
ci-Fi charts!!! Because of you guys, Powell's is
completely
sold out!!Advertisers and Readers
Advertisers and Readers
04/17/2004 11:24 AMAngie McKaig again inspires me with "please stop making my eyes hurt".
Angie underscores the importance of readers to publishers that
support their work with advertising, and she also makes clear the
importance of good advertising to readers. Advertising and editorial
have to work together on the web more than in any other medium, in my
opinion, because there are so many alternatives out there for web
users.
Great report Angie.
CMP decides it doesn't want readers
CMP decides it doesn't want readers
06/24/2004 02:49 PMi'd love to hear the conversation at the meeting where this was
decided
Will RSS Readers Clog the Web?
Will RSS Readers Clog the Web?
04/30/2004 04:52 AMSure, news aggregators are handy tools, making Web surfing a breeze.
But the programs are greedy little buggers that swamp websites with
unwanted traffic. Something has to change, and soon. By Ryan Singel.
Keeping your identity under lock and key
Keeping your identity under lock and key
05/07/2004 01:29 PMLast issue, I talked about the differences between WS-Federation and
the Liberty Alliance schemes for federated identity. While having a
free-ranging discussion with Arvind Krishna, IBM's Vice President of
Provisioning and Security Development, I realized that the major
obstacle to consumer acceptance of federated identity might be the
issue of where data is stored: on the local PC, at a single "identity
provider" site, or scattered among all of the organizations with which
the user has accounts.
A Software Key to Lock Up Data
A Software Key to Lock Up Data
06/05/2005 10:45 PMI keep a spreadsheet file on my laptop with the passwords to all my
online accounts and the Social Security numbers of my family members.
How do I protect it?
Sitecom Wireless PC Lock
Sitecom Wireless PC Lock
04/06/2005 07:28 AMPC Authority Apr 6 2005 11:21AM GMT
Open source lock-in
Open source lock-in
01/23/2004 04:13 PM
With the release of MySQL 4.0, the licensing policy of the wildly
popular open source database underwent a subtle change. The code
libraries that client programs use to access the native MySQL API,
formerly licensed under the LGPL (Lesser General Public License), were
converted to the GPL. The LGPL was designed to exempt "nonfree"
programs that link against open source libraries from the GPL's strong
requirement to release source code. The purpose of the LGPL, according
to the Free Software Foundation, is "to encourage the widest possible
use of a certain library, so that it becomes a de-facto standard." And
indeed, MySQL has become the database pillar of the so-called LAMP
platform, whose acronym expands to Linux, Apache, MySQL, and the trio
of Perl, Python, and PHP. [Full story at
InfoWorld.com]
Here's an interesting bit of backstory. As originally filed, my use of
the terms LGPL and GPL in the lead paragraph was backwards. Not
because I don't know the difference, but because it's so darned easy
to get yourself mixed up when talking about this stuff. The error got
past my own proofreading, and got by several editorial checks as well,
but was fortunately caught before it went to print. I'm tempted to say
that the complexity of open source licensing can make your eyes bleed,
and that's true, but I guess it applies to all software licensing.
Oracle, for example, is apparently now offering
licensing seminars where you go to learn,
not how to use Oracle, but how to pay for it.
...Microsoft Attempts to Lock-Down As Much
as Possible
Microsoft Attempts to Lock-Down As Much
as Possible
02/05/2005 10:16 PMMicrosoft Licenses Analog Anti-rip Technology
CD copy-protection specialist Macrovision is to work with Microsoft
to ensure their respective DRM and anti-rip technologies are
interoperable, the two companies said this week. Sounds
straightforward enough, but the deal runs deeper. Microsoft agreed to
license a number of Macrovision's patents, in particular those
relating to analogue copy protection technology and more recent
extensions to that system that cover video-on-demand, pay-per-view
content and support for the US 'broadcast flag', which determines
whether consumers will be able to record digital TV broadcasts.
G-Lock EasyMail Professional v4.52
G-Lock EasyMail Professional v4.52
01/26/2004 10:14 AMG-Lock EasyMail is a fast, powerful yet simple to use bulk email
software designed primarily for applications in which the sender and
recipient have an existing relationship, a retailer's customer base, a
physician's list of patients, a newsletter. [Shareware $99.00 3.18
MB]
Automatically lock up your desktop PC
Automatically lock up your desktop PC
01/03/2005 07:31 AMSan Jose Mercury News Jan 3 2005 11:12AM GMT
Lock Your Workstation from a Shortcut
Lock Your Workstation from a Shortcut
06/16/2004 02:43 PMMicrosoft ERP may lock in firms
Microsoft ERP may lock in firms
03/25/2005 06:26 AMPersonal Computer World Mar 25 2005 11:20AM GMT
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