Ho John Lee’s Weblog

• PUBPAT News > Forgent Networks Patent Asserted Against JPEG Standard Rejected by Patent Office Based on PUBPAT Request
  USPTO rejects most claims on JPEG technology from the 672 patent (originally issued to Compression Labs)
  (tags: jpeg image compression patent)
• Backdating of Executive Stock Options
  Overview of Erik Lie’s work on stock option grant dates.
  (tags: economics business investing stock research theory)
• Erik Lie - On the Timing of CEO Stock Option Awards (PDF)
  Academic paper on option grant dates which has precipitated an ongoing SEC investigation into grants made at a number of companies in the late 90s
  (tags: business investing stock option incentives agency regulation)
• How-To: Build your own network firewall - Engadget
  Step-by-step instructions with photos, based on Devil Linux (bootable from CDROM).
  (tags: howto linux networking firewall security)
• Recognizing Deven: Episode 1: March 21 6am PST to March 28 6am
  Munjal Shah, founder of Riya (formerly Ojos), writes an inside account of bringing their photo hosting and face recognition service through public beta launch.
  (tags: startups riya ojos photos entrepreneurship webservices global business web2.0)
• Foreign Affairs - Saddam’s Delusions: The View From the Inside - Kevin Woods, James Lacey, and Williamson Murray
  “The single most important element in Saddam’s strategic calculus was his faith that France and Russia would prevent an invasion by the United States”
  (tags: iraq war history military government foreign policy diplomacy saddam hussein management)

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