http://www.efficionconsulting.com/Articles.aspx A blog from Efficion Consulting on DotNetNuke, asp.net, design, and other things relating to web development. <p><em>Newark Mayor Cory Booker is <a set="yes" linkindex="148" href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2008/tc20080822_240216.htm">betting that cutting-edge technology will reduce crime</a> and spark an economic renaissance. </em></p> http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=3 SuperUser Account Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT <p>An anonymous reader sends along a PCWorld recap of a new study by the 451 Group, which claims that <a set="yes" linkindex="139" href="http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1238780947;fp;4;fpid;762457;pf;1">business use of 'community' Linux distributions is on the rise</a> — distros like Ubuntu, CentOS, and Debian, as opposed to "corporate" packages like RHEL and Suse. The trend is most evident in Europe. The article points out examples in Sweden and Germany, and cites growing in-house expertise with Linux as one factor helping enterprises get comfortable choosing Linux distros without commercial support. Interestingly, the Swedish company mentioned, Blocket.se, has made a one-off support arrangement with their hardware vendor HP:</p> http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=2 SuperUser Account Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT <p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.corrupt.org/" linkindex="128">Anti-Globalism</a> writes to tell us that in a new book titled <em>"the Numerati"</em>, author Stephen Baker introduces us to some of the math wizardry that is used to <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_36/b4098032904806.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily" linkindex="129">label or track our movements</a> through purchases, phone calls, internet usage and other habits.</p> http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=1 SuperUser Account Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT <p>Several readers have written to tell us that a recent move in the UK has council's relying on info from "Citizen Snoopers" to <a href="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23547177-details/Now+it%27s+the+citizen+snoopers%3A+Councils+recruit+unpaid+volunteers+to+spy+on+their+neighbours/article.do" linkindex="117" set="yes">report the transgressions of their neighbors</a>. Currently only implemented as "environment volunteers" designed to keep watch on things like litter, dog habits, and improper trash sorting, there is a certain amount of trepidation that this could grow into something more sinister.</p> http://www.efficionconsulting.com/articles.aspx?ItemID=0 SuperUser Account Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT