DEMOletter Weekly Edition, Aug. 1, 2005

DEMOletter Weekly Edition
Aug. 1, 2005
Volume 10, Number 29

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INSIDE DEMOLETTER THIS WEEK
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LEAVING IT ALL BEHIND
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These are the so-called Dog Days of summer. Business slows.
Indeed, in Europe, where I find myself this week, most companies
have entered a state of suspended animation that will last until
the first of September. People relax. The outdoors beckons.
Families cry out for attention. Work's grasp weakens.

Or does it?

After a rare weekend away from e-mail, I returned to a Monday
morning mountain in my inbox and a to-do list that had
miraculously grown between 8 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Monday.
Never mind that the intervening days were perhaps the most
beautiful Silicon Valley had seen in months. Apparently, there's
always time to dash off one more message between barbeques and
beach outings.

Of course it would be irresponsible for me to tune out
completely for more than a weekend. Even while on holiday in
faraway places, I sneak off during siesta to find an Internet
connection in order to cull my e-mail.

But I wonder ... can the technorati - those of us whose lives
and businesses depend on technology - really turn off? Can we
leave it all behind?

Read more at
http://www.demo.com/demoletter/009672.html

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KEITH SHAW'S END NOTES: LET'S FACE IT, WE'RE RUDE
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* Survey says that U.S. users love technology, but are not nice
when it comes to tech etiquette.

* GADGET OF THE WEEK: Axis releases "world's smallest" MPEG-4
network camera.

* More fallout from the Black Hat conference where a researcher
revealed details on Cisco IOS vulnerability.

Read all of this week's End Notes at
http://www.demo.com/demoletter/009670.html

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WEATHER REPORT
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* BeInSync nears the 1 million user download mark.

* Five Across helps Livewire relaunch its user community.

* Akimbo pitches on-demand system for cable operators.

The complete Weather Report archive is located at
http://www.demo.com/demoletter/weather_report.html

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DEMOletter Weekly Edition is written by Chris Shipley
<mailto:chris@cshipley.com and Keith Shaw
<mailto:keithshaw@nww.com>.

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