EMAIL NO LONGER RELIABLE BUSINESS TOOL

An interesting problem has developed, and there’s no good answer in sight. Email is no longer a reliable business tool. We’re going to keep using it but there will be more occasions when I have no good answer to mail-related complaints. Spam is the primary...

MAKER FAIRE 2008

Sebastopol-based O’Reilly Media has clearly filled a need with Make Magazine, devoted to do-it-yourself technology – but a long, long way from Popular Mechanics and the other DIY magazines that baby boomers recall from their dad’s garage in the 60s....

OFFICE 2007 COMPATIBILITY PACK

Microsoft Office 2007 features top-to-bottom rewrites of Word, Excel and Powerpoint, with ribbons replacing the familiar menus and toolbars. There is another change lurking under the hood that might affect you even if you don’t buy a new computer and start using...

CELL PHONE SPAM

The advertising industry is starting to turn its attention to advertising on cell phones. Here’s an article that forecasts a “perfect storm” of annoying advertising. “It audibly interrupts your life like telemarketing. It�s cheap to...

AT&T: PROUD TO BE STUPID

Jim Cicconi, vice president of legislative affairs for AT&T, made some extraordinarily stupid comments in London this week.ISPs are doing a full-court press to ensure they can shape our Internet traffic to maximize their revenue. They want to do deals with media...

BLUE JEANS CABLE STRIKES BACK

This is for my lawyer friends and clients – and anyone who enjoys seeing a lawyer smack down a company that deserves it. Monster Cable makes high-end, expensive audio and video cables. It’s not obvious that Monster Cables are worth the price –...