August 1, 2003
News.Com: End of the road for SMTP?
In other words, SMTP trusts too much--and that has spam foes, security mavens and even an original architect of today's e-mail system agitating for an overhaul, if not an outright replacement, of the omnipresent protocol.
The Economist: Light on the horizon.
The first commercial holographic memory should be on the market next year, and more are expected to follow. When that happens, there may be a ballooning of computer storage capacity that will make existing disks look like leaflets compared with the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Boxes & Arrows: Report Review: Nielsen/Norman Group's Usability Return on Investment
Peter Merholz and Scott Hirsch. simply, the authors do not make a strong business case for usability—a requirement for passing the muster with the accountants and senior managers who have ultimate accountability for profit and loss in a business.
NY Times: Efforts to Stop Music Swapping Draw More Fire.
But on Thursday, Senator Coleman suggested that the statute, part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, should be re-examined: "Knowing that we have made it possible to rubber-stamp subpoenas, we have to look at how the law is being used," he said.
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