Always On – Almost: part 3
I made it to Philadelphia for my connecting flight and am sitting in the gate area. There are no airline clubs or lounges in the communter airline section of the airport, but the Sprint PCS CDMA card in my ThinkPad works very well. In fact I have not been to a place yet where it […]
Spam Legislation – Whether You Want It Or Not
The Federal Trade Commission spam Forum in Washington this morning was quite ineteresting. The room was packed. Two FTC commissioners spoke — one suggesting caution on any legislative initiatives and the other saying “it can’t hurt”. I think it can hurt and likely will if passed. I spoke on a panel along with seven attorneys. […]
Always On — almost: part 2
Nothing like being at Washington National Airport on a Friday afternoon waiting for a flight. I have to admit that having the Sprint PCS CDMA card in my ThinkPad makes it more bearable. WiFi will be everywhere but it isn’t yet. Dial-up is hardly an acceptable alternative. Sprint’s “3G” service *is* a good alternative (see […]
Spam Fighting Technologies
SPAMfighter is a small tool that you can easily install on your computer. Whenever new mail arrives, it will automatically be tested by the SPAMfighter server and if it’s spam, it will be moved to your spam folder. Cloudmark is a company that stops spam before it costs you money. Cloudmark’s groundbreaking, peer-to-peer (P2P) solution […]
Will Wi-Fi Fly?
The cover story in Barron’s this week was entitled “Will Wi-Fi Fly?“. The sub-title was “Wireless networks are proliferating, but making money will be tricky”. Eric Savitz did a really good job covering WiFi in a very comprehensive way. I enjoyed discussing my views with him and he quoted me several times in his story. First […]
