Category Archives: Technology

focus on IT/Software/Technology

Not ranting, simply want to make a point

October 14, 2008 – 12:17 am

If you have visited my blog yesterday and also previous yesterdays, you may have noticed that the Google ads have ‘vanished’.  Apparently my Google Adsense account has been disabled. I received an e-mail from google adsense saying ‘we found that your AdSense account has posed a significant risk to our AdWords advertisers’. Also ‘we consider […]

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internet platforms back in Sept 2007

October 5, 2008 – 12:30 am

For those interested in more than just googling or e-mailing find out what Marc Andreessen wrote about ‘internet platforms’ back in Sept 2007 at his blog. The blog reads like a marketing speech for Marc’s venture into Ning (Ning platform). Still… Ning platform has turned into a ‘rich’ playground for Marc and Co.
In my computing […]

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An insight into what could emerge from even a ‘spillover’ event ran loosely based on the Open Space Technology (OST).

September 29, 2008 – 2:52 pm

The ‘spillover’ event is the BCS BarCamp5 Spillover held on Saturday 28th September at the BCS Office in London.
I was notified of the BarCamp event just two days before the planned event. Before the actual day, it seems to be a momentous event for the BCS as reported in the BCS blog.
Having attended the event […]

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Our ever growing information intensive lives

September 21, 2008 – 9:21 pm

My friend, Conrad highlighted an interesting article to me:
Web Science: Studying the Internet to Protect Our Future
Studying the Web will reveal better ways to exploit information, prevent identity theft, revolutionize industry and manage our ever growing online lives.
By Nigel Shadbolt and Tim Berners-Lee
I am aware that there are couple of ‘closed’ networks (i.e. closed […]

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e-book on e-discovery

September 18, 2008 – 9:10 pm

Found an e-book style presentation on e-discovery.
Just the same old content i.e. the US stuff on the FRCP, e-mails, retention policy, technological tools for search and guides etc.
Flip through the nice charts and the articles and go straight to pages 20-21. Spot anything interesting? BTW you can also download a pdf version, how cool… […]

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Meltdown, Woes and Airport Spotting

September 9, 2008 – 12:32 am

The news of yesterday caught my attention. The ‘connectivity’ failure or ‘meltdown’ of the London Stock Exchange due to the weekend technical changes.  Mmm the meltdown did not concern me (not nowadays..) but it sure brought back memories of my programming days when I had to do coding and testing for trading platforms..Yeah sure was […]

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Aloha,Mahalo & Eee - multilanguage & Big Blue

August 16, 2008 – 1:59 pm

Aloha from Waikiki !
This blog is written and posted from my new Eee (pink cover) Linux based laptop ( more of a palm than a lap to be more precise). Beautiful, cool and great machine to carry and use. No fiddling with ‘windows’ and the Eee runs like a breeze…Will I opt for the iPhone […]

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Hot off the e-mail Press!

June 13, 2008 – 8:28 pm

I received an invite today to register for the 2nd annual electronic evidence and e-discovery forum.
I attended the 1st Forum last year and the focus then was mostly related to forensic stuff and presentations from top notch e-discovery vendors offering solutions/services based on the edrm.
Judging by the agenda, a mixed bag of themes and topics […]

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Alternative Search Technologies - Too Good to be True

May 9, 2008 – 11:01 pm

It seems that alternative search technologies (alternative to the familiar Keyword and Boolean searches) touted by Vendors are considered as ‘too good to be true’. Check it out yourself at In Search of Better E-Discovery Methods By H. Christopher Boehning and Daniel J. Toal, New York Law Journal April 23, 2008
The above legal article also […]

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E-mail Archiving – Myths according to a Solution Provider and Making Sense in Plain English of the FRCP

May 7, 2008 – 4:23 pm

For those using Exchange, Outlook and Active Directory, you may be interested to read the white paper, Email Archiving: Common Myths and Misconceptions by MessageOne, Inc.
If you’re curious on how a Solution Provider ‘makes sense in plain English of the FRCP, scan the posted white paper.
I cannot comment on the MessageOne solution as I have […]

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