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Hire Bob

Posted on February 13, 2006 by David Megginson

Bob DuCharme, author of many successful books and a long-time XML expert, is leaving Lexis-Nexis.  If you’re looking to hire a senior XML person with good name recognition, you might want to make their loss into your gain.

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Canadian music exec fights RIAA

Posted on January 30, 2006 by David Megginson

Here’s a genuinely heartwarming story. The RIAA is after David Greubel of Arlington, Texas for having 600 downloaded songs on his family computer, and is trying to get him to pay USD 9,000 to settle out of court. Greubel’s 15-year-old … Continue reading →

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Kudos for Google

Posted on January 20, 2006 by David Megginson

(Updated to include MSN response; updated again for the China thing.) According to this CBC article, Yahoo, MSN, and AOL have all willingly handed over search records to the U.S. government (they claim that no personal information is included, but … Continue reading →

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Thanks, Lauren

Posted on November 19, 2005 by David Megginson

[Update: Lauren has posted her farewell message.] On Thursday night in front a packed banquet hall in Atlanta, Lauren Wood announced her retirement as chair of the annual fall XML conference, the world’s largest XML event. Lauren has done an … Continue reading →

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