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Archive for July, 2007

Inscrutable Skype

Enterprise networks are already blocking messenger applications are actively engaged in monitoring P2P traffic and tweaking application firewalls to capture valid patterns of disruptive, noisy freeware applications such as Skype. I know some of the companies that uses Skype as an alternative medium for internal communication and some believe Skype traffic brings misery to their [...]

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A Mighty Heart

Couple of weeks ago, I finished reading Mariane Pearl’s Mighty Heart, poignant true story behind the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl’s kidnapping and murder by Pakistani fundamentalists in 2002. Author, Daniel’s widow, Mariane introduces `Danny` as he was alive while also providing a heart-breaking first person account of his eventful disappearance and death. Bok [...]

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