http://mooreslore.corante.com/ en-us dana@a-clue.com 2006-02-14T14:37:40-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/02/14/yahoo_gets_lost_in_translation_baddaboom_baddabing.php Yahoo tried to draw some favorable press coverage today. (That's actress Charlize Theron, but she's very small, hard to recognize. That's deliberate, as you'll see.) In the wake of a scandal over the fact its Chinese affiliate cooperated with... 48566@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Business Strategy 2006-02-14T14:37:40-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/02/02/a_world_of_rationed_liberty.php If you want to launch a lynch mob against the "Chinese Communists," I'll probably be there with a pitchfork. I'm an American who believes in ordered liberty, after all. Of course, when Congress tried to get the leaders of the... 47776@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Politics 2006-02-02T14:16:12-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/01/24/alternative_energy_no_longer_an_option.php John Robb of Global Guerillas has posted a blog entry that should curl your hair. (The picture is from Drexel University.) The control over the price of oil is in now in the hands of global guerrillas -- the open... 46996@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ energy 2006-01-24T17:00:28-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2006/01/15/its_the_process_stupid.php The Windows Metafile Format (.WMF) dates from 1990. Personally, I'd hate to have to take responsibility for what I did back in 1990, but I haven't made $50 billion in the last 15 years so I don't have to. The... 45385@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Security 2006-01-15T16:55:44-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/12/20/the_ebay_myth.php The eBay Myth is that you are somehow safe there. This has never been true. From the beginnings of the service, in the 1990s, eBay deliberately tried to hold its security expenses to a minimum. First, "the community": was to... 44474@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Business Strategy 2005-12-20T13:29:16-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/12/05/what_the_world_of_always_on_needs_now.php The International Telecommunications Union has released a full report on what I've been calling The World of Always On, which they call The Internet of Things. The report correctly identifies the biggest problem, user acceptance: Concerns over privacy and data... 39530@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Always On 2005-12-05T14:28:23-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/11/15/phishing_and_terrorism.php John Robb, at his Global Guerillas site, today has one of his most fascinating posts yet, a comparison between terrorism networks and phishing networks. He starts with an analysis of the phishing business from Chris Abad of Cloudmark, which found... 37968@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Internet 2005-11-15T12:48:18-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/11/04/is_that_hotspot_registered.php Guy Kewney reports that Westchester County in New York is seeking to force all "public" WiFi hotspots to register in the name of security. The intent is to force those who operate hotspots in coffehouses, etc. to install firewalls. But... 37694@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ 802.11 2005-11-04T13:04:55-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/11/04/viruses_cut_out_the_middleman.php Instead of attacking Windows, Linux, or the Mac, today's hip, new virus writers are going after the anti-virus programs. Russian-born Israeli Andrey Bayora has documented how this is done at his company, SecurityElf. He dubs the attack, "The Magic Byte."... 37693@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Security 2005-11-04T12:33:45-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/11/01/cops_vs_robbers.php Some recent posts at Techdirt have me thinking of some basic questions, about the pace of change and the continuing battle between cops and robbers. In successive entries, we have dismissal of new anti-crime ideas from the banking industry, copyright... 37622@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Moore's Lore 2005-11-01T15:19:30-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/10/07/this_weeks_clue_second_acts.php We all grow older, even tech executives. And this week, my free weekly newsletter, A-Clue.Com offers some thoughts on that. (Subscribe here.) Think of it as another product of...the aging process (you should live so long). Enjoy. I have been... 36887@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Consulting 2005-10-07T09:33:00-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/10/03/this_weeks_clue_george_lindsay.php This week's issue of my free weekly newsletter, A-Clue.Com, was closer to the subject of this blog, talking about international economics. (Subscribe here.) Enjoy. It's a special responsibility to have a reserve currency. (The picture is of the late John... 36740@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Economics 2005-10-03T14:05:51-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/10/02/race_to_the_bottom.php The U.S. and China are in a Bugs Bunny situation. You've seen it. Two characters are falling through the air, but they are still fighting over which one will hit the gruond first, Galileo be damned. In the cartoon, one... 36705@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Politics 2005-10-02T12:18:24-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/09/08/your_money_is_magnetic_ink.php In an era where money is magnetic ink, even the rich of New Orleans may not be safe. A friend forwarded an American Banker feature (all content is behind their firewall, only the headlines are in front) that explains all... 8935@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ e-commerce 2005-09-08T10:13:11-05:00 http://mooreslore.corante.com/archives/2005/08/16/the_emperor_is_naked_the_empire_is_a_lie.php Cindy Sheehan has been able to demonstrate just how naked the Emperor is, and thus demonstrate the lie of Empire. No one else could, because everyone else was afraid. Howard Dean said "we broke it, we own it." John... 8894@http://mooreslore.corante.com/ Politics 2005-08-16T23:13:42-05:00