Surprising User Expectations

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A surprising step

A surprising step 04/22/2004 02:35 AM
USA Today Apr 22 2004 6:16AM GMT

Java's Surprising Comeback

Java's Surprising Comeback 03/20/2003 01:05 PM
Java may have been outflanked by Microsoft on the desktop, but the programming language is as prominent as ever in computing, playing a major role in servers, handhelds and embedded devices. Microsoft has repeatedly insisted it will not support Java in the future, but said last week that it will include an older version of Java in a new Windows XP update.

"Surprising Expiration Dates"

"Surprising Expiration Dates" 06/22/2005 02:20 AM

Surprising CPAN mirror

Surprising CPAN mirror 08/16/2004 02:54 AM
Lots of cool organizations and companies are providing open source mirrors. I was surprised though to see that Playboy has an open source mirror, including a CPAN mirror. "I read it for the source code"?...

"Surprising to see a Leftist admit this"

"Surprising to see a Leftist admit this" 07/03/2004 08:04 PM

"It was surprising how thick the smoke
had become

"It was surprising how thick the smoke
had become 09/27/2004 03:14 AM

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HP's Surprising Partnership With Apple

HP's Surprising Partnership With Apple 01/11/2004 09:01 AM
The HP/Apple alliance confirms that the iPod is miles ahead of the competition, not just in terms of hardware but interms of strategy. (Apple Matters via MyAppleMenu)

Two Small, Surprising Moons at Saturn

Two Small, Surprising Moons at Saturn 08/21/2004 02:51 AM

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“The Cassini spacecraft has spotted two previously unknown and small moons orbiting Saturn in an unexpected location. The satellites are tiny, about 2 miles (3 kilometers) and 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) in diameter. They orbit within 131,000 miles (211,000 kilometers) of the planet’s center. The discoveries bring the total of Saturn’s known moons to 33. Number 31 was discovered last year with a ground-based telescope….

Surprising vote from Norwegian Socialist
Left

Surprising vote from Norwegian Socialist
Left 02/10/2004 02:53 AM
According to this article, the norwegian socialist left (SV) just helped our christian rightwingers make it more difficult to perform...

Cast of unknowns has Bucks off to
surprising start

Cast of unknowns has Bucks off to
surprising start 01/24/2004 07:13 PM
Talk about lack of name recognition. If you typed "Joe Smith" into Google and hit search, it comes up with 2,020,000 hits. Smith ...

Apple Airport Express cracked -
surprising?

Apple Airport Express cracked -
surprising? 08/29/2004 05:16 AM
The guy who broke DVD encryption and iTunes Music Store has now cracked the encryption used in Apple's Airport Express, reports Edward Felten and asks what will be Apple's reaction.

My guess is that they will grumble and issue warnings, but essentially do nothing.

I have a theory that many of today's content protection systems have been designed to be crackable. You see, the technology companies are fully well aware that a) any DRM/encryption system is vulnerable, b) it is very expensive to design a good cryptographic system, c) having DRM on their systems means that their products are not as good or consumer-friendly as they could be, and d) if they don't put in protection, then content producers will sue their asses off.

So what is the logical conclusion? Put in a half-assed and cheap cryptographic system, that offers perhaps a few weeks or months protection, just enough to keep the content providers happy. And when it gets cracked, point at the evil hackers and say "their fault, we tried to protect this stuff, but the hackers are just too brilliant", and so they cannot be held responsible. And they will continue to sell their devices happily, because the market is now bigger. And I am sure that the content producers know this fully well, too (unless they have their heads up their asses, which is of course entirely possible).

I am also convinced that this is the reason why DMCA is not thought to be that bad by the consumer electronics companies: it just means that you can keep making really cheap, not-good-for-anything protection systems, because if a blind monkey happens to crack one, RIAA and others can just sue those monkeys and anyone using that cracking scheme - and the tech companies are again safe. It's like the proverbial bowl of water Pilatus used to wash his hands.

Eurgh.

Now what is interesting is what will happen to the companies that are now producing both content and devices (like Apple and Sony)? Can they survive this inherent rip in their business models - where the other half wants (and needs) to be open to survive in the marketplace, and the other half wants to close things down? My guess is that in the end, technology will win. After all, they are the ones making more money. And also because technology is controlled by a younger generation than content, and is willing to adapt much more quickly.

Real Simple | Surprising Expiration
Dates

Real Simple | Surprising Expiration
Dates 06/22/2005 02:44 AM
Real Simple's list of product expiration dates .. (Simple via Waxy) .. Deixa de ser bobo .. goes off

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A Surprising Result in Lung Cancer Fight

A Surprising Result in Lung Cancer Fight 04/22/2004 01:09 AM
A Japanese study has found that a drug combination rejected as a cancer treatment in the United States can add years to the lives of people with early lung cancer.

Surprising Choice for Premier of Iraq
Reflects U.S. Influence

Surprising Choice for Premier of Iraq
Reflects U.S. Influence 05/28/2004 11:03 PM
In the choice of Iyad Alawi for prime minister of Iraq, the United Nations found itself appearing shoved aside by the U.S.

Voice over Internet Protocol bringing
surprising benefits

Voice over Internet Protocol bringing
surprising benefits 05/30/2004 01:33 AM
Taipei Times Online May 30 2004 5:55AM GMT

Surprising Email Test Results: Text vs
HTML Survey Versions

Surprising Email Test Results: Text vs
HTML Survey Versions 06/09/2004 08:31 PM
Marketing Sherpa Jun 9 2004 11:32PM GMT

Revenge of the User: Lessons from
Creator/User Battles ETCON talk notes

Revenge of the User: Lessons from
Creator/User Battles ETCON talk notes 02/11/2004 04:31 PM
Here're my running notes from danah boyd's Re venge of the User: Lessons from Creator/User Battles at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego.

The response is an attempt to "configure the users" -- constrain behavior to acceptable behavior with messaaging, kicking people off, etc.

This won't work: you can't tell a hacker not to hack. These kids are social hackers. You can stop some bad behavior, but you chase off your best users, too.

Dating doesn't happen because you're in a dating context. Dating arises out of real contexts.

Taking away fakesters didn't make Frienster more real. Friendster is unreal because people never remove their friends, even if they never see them (the exception is when you break up, ironic, because ex-lovers are strong ties!).

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HotFix Watch: Programs that are
advertised to a user run when another
user logs on to an SMS 2.0 client
computer

HotFix Watch: Programs that are
advertised to a user run when another
user logs on to an SMS 2.0 client
computer 08/30/2004 05:24 PM

How to deal with packages where user
specific data configuration has to be
user portable

How to deal with packages where user
specific data configuration has to be
user portable 09/11/2004 11:26 PM

"Lance Arthur slightly loses it over
BitTorrent - which I will confess does
not have the greatest user experience
for a naive user"

"Lance Arthur slightly loses it over
BitTorrent - which I will confess does
not have the greatest user experience
for a naive user" 08/14/2004 09:34 AM

Review - The Elements of User
Experience: User-Centered Design for the
Web

Review - The Elements of User
Experience: User-Centered Design for the
Web 12/08/2002 10:04 PM
WebmasterBase Dec 8 2002 8:41PM ET

10.3: Kill another user logged in under
Fast User Switching

10.3: Kill another user logged in under
Fast User Switching 12/02/2003 12:38 AM
Fast User Switching has been a popular Panther feature in my lab where several students share one computer. However, ocassionally a user forgets to log out, and I (logged in as Administrator) have not figured out how to log t...

SMS Query: Match Computer with User and
the User Fullname

SMS Query: Match Computer with User and
the User Fullname 05/15/2004 08:42 AM

Modify The User Description Attribute
For An Ad User Account

Modify The User Description Attribute
For An Ad User Account 08/17/2004 09:19 PM

Back to the User: Creating User-Focused
Websites

Back to the User: Creating User-Focused
Websites 10/17/2002 08:03 AM

Power User: Google is a user’s best
friend

Power User: Google is a user’s best
friend 08/05/2002 10:45 PM
Every Web user should know how to exploit the features of the powerful Google.com search engine. Besides the news.google.com beta test site I've mentioned before, it also features a free but invaluable Google toolbar that you can download from google.com. It appears as a little search window in every browser session.

On Beyond Help: User Assistance and the
User Interface

On Beyond Help: User Assistance and the
User Interface 09/09/2002 06:29 AM

"Lower Expectations"

"Lower Expectations" 06/28/2004 08:27 AM

3G Australia below expectations

3G Australia below expectations 01/16/2004 11:02 AM
Net 4 Nowt Jan 16 2004 7:30AM GMT

Budgets? Up. Expectations? Way Up...
Probably

Budgets? Up. Expectations? Way Up...
Probably 12/09/2003 10:54 PM
If you're working in technology these days, you've probably noticed that budgets are suddenly opening up. Companies are willing to spend again. From here, it appeared like things really started freeing up in the second and third quarter - but most of those budgets were still somewhat constrained by overall year 2003 budgets. Now that most companies have their 2004 budgets in place, the story is that there's a lot more money there to spend. Does that mean a return to the carefree "sure, we'll buy whatever you have to sell" days of the boom years? Not quite. It sounds like at least a few people have learned their lessons, and while they may have more money to spend, customers want to make sure they're actually getting some value out of what they buy. At least, that's the story they tell the analysts. Whether or not that's what actually happens remains to be seen. Of course you're going to tell an analyst that you need to be cautious in how you spend, but when you realize you still have half your budget left, and are afraid the folks higher up will simply give you less cash next time, you find a way to spend it... fast.

Microsoft: May expectations for Longhorn

Microsoft: May expectations for Longhorn 04/14/2004 01:16 PM
Alpha code for WinHEC?

Red Hat subscriptions beat expectations

Red Hat subscriptions beat expectations 11/18/2003 07:47 PM
ZDNet Nov 18 2003 6:49PM ET

AT&T beats analyst expectations

AT&T beats analyst expectations 01/23/2004 12:20 AM
AT&T Corp. reported income from continuing operations of $340 million for its fourth quarter Thursday, turning around from a loss of $611 million in the fourth quarter of 2002, and translating into an earnings per share slightly better than analyst expectations.

China Tempers 3G Expectations

China Tempers 3G Expectations 04/28/2004 02:24 PM
The Chinese government indicates that it's in no rush to get to 3G and will allow mobile operators to choose their own standards.

BEA misses analyst expectations

BEA misses analyst expectations 05/13/2004 05:04 PM
Revenue from the company's software licenses drops 2 percent to $120 million.

Yahoo earnings top expectations

Yahoo earnings top expectations 01/16/2003 04:04 AM
Some analysts are worried that Yahoo will become too dependent on Overture, which is locked in a fierce battle with search engine powerhouse Google. ...

Longhorn's Diminished Expectations

Longhorn's Diminished Expectations 04/09/2004 05:24 PM
As Microsoft struggles to fix Windows XP, the bright promise of Longhorn dims.

Longhorn's Delayed Expectations

Longhorn's Delayed Expectations 04/12/2004 08:38 AM
Internet News Apr 12 2004 12:23PM GMT

G.M.'s Earnings Beat Expectations

G.M.'s Earnings Beat Expectations 04/20/2004 02:17 PM
General Motors' first-quarter profits were driven by record results in its lending business, surging Asian auto sales and a shrinking tax bill in the U.S.
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There Are Alternatives To User
Registration

There Are Alternatives To User
Registration 06/24/2004 06:03 PM
Just last week we wrote about how many more newspaper sites were making the mistake of forcing users to register, even though it wasn't helping them at all. First, it was drastically cutting their traffic by keeping out all the casual visitors (and links from blogs or other news aggregation sources) who don't want to register. That is, it's reducing their ad inventory. Second, even that additional info that they claim would help them sell more targeted ads is wrong, since many users just use bogus information. So, they get fewer users and useless info. This doesn't seem like a recipe for success. Earlier this week, I sent a note to that effect to the Sydney Morning Herald, which is trying to implement a registration scheme. They wrote me back, ignoring my points, and simply cutting and pasting the reason for adding registration. Steve Outing has written up a piece for Editor & Publisher explaining why online newspapers don't need to go to forced registration. First, he points out that one of the main problems with forced registration is that the users don't feel they're really getting anything of value -- and it clearly turns off casual readers. Instead, he suggests setting up offerings that add real value to get users to register, while still letting the casual reader in free. In that way, you also get rid of much of the dirty data, by giving users a reason to be honest. It seems like a smart solution: you don't lose any visitors, and for a core subset of loyal readers you get good data. It's so intelligent, in fact, that most online newspapers will ignore the idea.

Mercury News Starts User Registration

Mercury News Starts User Registration 04/14/2004 10:19 AM

My newspaper, the San Jose Mercury News, has started asking users of our site to register. Here's the FAQ explaining the whats and whys of this move.

Webmail.us Releases Webmail Version 3.1,
Adding Dozens of New Features and System
Improvements

Webmail.us Releases Webmail Version 3.1,
Adding Dozens of New Features and System
Improvements 03/22/2005 04:55 PM
Latest Version Provides New Security Features, Additional Web Browser Support and Webmail Client User Interface Enhancements [PRWEB Mar 21, 2005]

Linux-based Confernce Registration

Linux-based Confernce Registration 12/21/2002 04:16 PM
There's a good story over at NewsForge about a Linux-based Conference Registration System. It uses LAMP, iOpeners, LTSP, and some custom-built Java code. Very cool....

A low-cost, Linux-based conference
registration system

A low-cost, Linux-based conference
registration system 12/19/2002 11:29 AM
- By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller - Massachusetts resident Dave Belfer-Shevett likes to attend both technical and science fiction conferences, and for years he has been appalled by the poor systems they used for registration and badge printing. "I could do better than this," he said. And so he did -- using Linux, MySQL, and surplus hardware he picked up on eBay and elsewhere.

ssh user@linux.ars

ssh user@linux.ars 01/28/2004 01:13 AM
Linux.Ars serves up a primer on SESCH port forwarding, plus Inkscape, a SVG app.

IA WebMail 3.x PoC

IA WebMail 3.x PoC 11/19/2003 06:58 PM
Peter Winter-Smith (Nov 19 2003)

NS WebMail 0.10.3

NS WebMail 0.10.3 08/16/2004 12:08 PM
A POP3/SMTP Web mail client.

NS WebMail 0.10.2

NS WebMail 0.10.2 05/15/2004 06:51 PM
A POP3/SMTP Web mail client.

Linux Getting More User Friendly

Linux Getting More User Friendly 02/03/2003 10:14 AM
The old line on Linux that it was hard to install and harder to maintain is finally starting to give way: "...a fresh Redhat 8.0 install its amazing how far its come. The Font's, icon crispness and overall look is light years from where it was."

SCO to Sue Linux User today

SCO to Sue Linux User today 03/06/2004 01:54 AM
I tell you one thing if SCO thought they where hated before go ahead and let them sue a Linux...

WEBmail 5.2 with WEBcalendar available
for Mac OS X

WEBmail 5.2 with WEBcalendar available
for Mac OS X 01/06/2004 03:18 AM
Tenon Intersystems today announced that iTools 7.2, its Web server package for Mac OS X, now supports a version of WEBmail and a WEBcalendar...

Wired Webmail

Wired Webmail 01/06/2004 06:56 AM
Development begun

OverLook Webmail 2.1.3

OverLook Webmail 2.1.3 06/17/2004 11:46 AM
A Web mail client based on SquirrelMail.

Null Webmail 0.8.4

Null Webmail 0.8.4 04/26/2004 02:22 PM
A simple POP3/SMTP webmail CGI.

OverLook Webmail 2.1.2

OverLook Webmail 2.1.2 06/16/2004 12:10 AM
A Web mail client based on SquirrelMail.

Dolda Webmail

Dolda Webmail 05/11/2004 09:13 AM
First release of d-mail

Claros Webmail 0.8.0

Claros Webmail 0.8.0 06/24/2004 04:20 PM
A MIME-compatible Web mail application.

Phil's Webmail 2.2

Phil's Webmail 2.2 04/26/2004 06:58 PM
A CGI script for accessing POP3 email accounts.

Surprising User Expectations