Jon’s Network

If a vendor is trumpeting their VC funding rather than their sales numbers, be wary. I’ve learned this the hard way.

Mike Fratto at the NWC Blog reflects on the Lockdown closure and the sudden disappearance of VC funded startups:

That’s a very real risk and one of the reasons why funding announcements and [...]

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Avi Baumstein reviews Palo Alto’s PA-4050 in InformationWeek:

The device precisely identified applications, particularly various types of Web traffic, and enabled us to quickly and granularly control usage; for example, we could allow access to Google search and read but block Google Mail and video.

Other highlights:

SSL Proxy Active Directory integration

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John Lilly, Mozilla CEO, complained about the clandestine Safari 3.1 install for Windows users. I think most users with half a brain will know if they have Safari or not and if they don’t want it, they can deselect the check box. Whatever your opinion, I think that is beside the point really. [...]

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Travelling Salesman Problem

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Daniel points out three Safari features that most people never use:

Snapback URL path navigation Web inspector (gives you Firebug funtionality)

Two of these are completely new to me. I use Safari 90% of the time anyway because of the sleek, snappy feel. This just makes it better.

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Flying Meat: Acorn Acorn is a new image editor built with one goal in mind - simplicity. (tags: mac software) [...]

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Top 5 Concepts Every IT Security Professional Must Understand in 2008

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Lockdown closed their doors yesterday. This is sad, painful, yet inevitable for many companies. I mentioned Lockdown a year ago. No one can spend more than they earn forever. Not individuals, not companies, and not governments.

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This is amazing. How did they fit them in there?

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Here is a cool app to add to my list of single-field web apps.

Down for everyone or just me?

via Daring Fireball

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