Microsoft’s non-privacy policy
I just went to download Microsoft Messenger, and reviewed the terms and conditions. The following is excerpted, emphasis mine. We consider your use of the Service, including the content of your...
View ArticleAOL’s IM content privacy policy
AOL’s privacy policy isn’t as bad as Microsoft’s, but it’s no joy either. “Rights” can be a slippery word, as partisans all over the political spectrum are apt to point out. The contents of your online...
View ArticleNick Carr pushes the back of the envelope
Nick Carr, who seems not to like computers very much, did a back-of-the-envelope calculation to show that the server load for a Second Life avatar consumes more electric power than the average...
View ArticleNoFollow does matter — a lot
Matthew Mullenweg, of WordPress fame, has posted the wistful thought that adding NoFollow tag support to WordPress didn’t really help with the problem of web spam. I emphatically disagree. Yes, it’s...
View ArticleThe technology of Guild Wars (overview)
Being an analyst has its perks, the main one being that you get to have some really interesting conversations. And so I recently had the chance to interview Mike O’Brien and Pat Wyatt, two of the...
View ArticleDimension Servers – when smaller is better in a web host
This post is no longer operative, and I am no longer a customer of Dimension Servers. Anne Truitt Zelenka writes of her need for a web hosting service that cares about its customers. Well, I have one...
View ArticleEarly thoughts on outsourcing to Google Mail
Google doesn’t just offer free email of the form address@gmail.com. You can also outsource your own domain to them (free if you accept incoming ads, $50/year/mailbox if you don’t). I’ve chosen to do...
View ArticleWe’re having a bit of a rocky server transition
I’m moving servers this morning. The result, I am told by my web host Dimension Servers, should be better response times and more stability. But my domain registrar NameCheap got weird when I...
View ArticleI retract any recommendation of domain registrar NameCheap
In the past, I have recommended domain registrar NameCheap.com. But after last weekend’s server move, I retract any such recommendation. I have 20-some odd domains registered, all with NameCheap. When...
View ArticleTechnology highlights of the 2008 US Presidential campaign
I’ve been writing quite a bit over on A World of Bytes about the technology used in the 2008 Presidential campaign. Subjects included: A brilliant viral get-out-the-vote video (from MoveOn.org,...
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