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37.6% of Libertarians and 26.9% of Democrats blog: Members of all US political parties are using new media in large numbers, according to BIGresearch. The top three new media used most among Democrats, Republicans and Independents are cell phones, videogames and instant messaging. Libertarians, for whom IM is not in the top 3, nevertheless have higher-than-average use of...; Tags: Democrat, IM, Media, Blog, Republican, Advertising & Promotion, Instant Messaging, Blogging, Marketing, Internet, Online Communications, NB; Blog posts 2008-04-01
New majority loses nerve on net neutrality: Now that Democrats have a majority in Congress, they are losing their appetite for direct confrontation with the phone monopolies over network neutrality. HR 5353, introduced by Rep. Edward Markey, carries no enforcement provision on network neutrality, and even carries the co-sponsorship of a neutrality opponent, Rep....; Tags: Chip Pickering, Democrat, Network, Majority, Edward Markey, Net Neutrality, Networking, Telecom & Utilities, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-02-13
New efficiency standards for cars? Just say no: The Democrats in control of Congress say they've got a compromise energy bill that will pass both houses. It would raise auto and light truck fuel efficiency standards. And it would make it imperative that private utility companies use more renewable sources for their electricity. And therein...; Tags: Democrat, Standards, Quality, Telecom & Utilities, Business Operations, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-12-03
Bush threatens veto if telecoms don't get immunity: President Bush warned two House committees that he would veto any intelligence bill that failed to give full immunity to telecom companies who cooperate with intelligence agencies. The House Judiciary and Intelligence committees approved bills that would require the government to get court orders before it could conduct blanket surveillance...; Tags: Democrat, U.S. Congress, Immunity, Bush, Government, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Vertical Industries, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, ZDNet Government; Blog posts 2007-10-10
House Dems ready bill for umbrella surveillance of foreign targets: Does this sound like a Democratic plan? A secret court would be able to issue one-year "umbrella" warrants allowing the government to intercept e-mails and phone calls of foreign targets without independent approval of each target. No? That is the plan that House Democrats are preparing to pass, however, The...; Tags: Democrat, Immunity, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, ZDNet Government; Blog posts 2007-10-09

Who Am I: Democrat or Republican? (zip): Find out your political affiliation using this small and fun quiz! Get instant scores regarding whether or not you are a Democrat or Republican and share them with your friends and family! KelceyCoe.com would like to collect statistics based from this quiz, and would appreciate your cooperation by emailing your...; Tags: Democrat, Republican; Software downloads 2007-02-19
Images: Democrats offline: Democrats in Congress might be full speed ahead, but their Web sites are stalling. Here are a few examples.; Tags: U.S. Congress, Democrat, Web, Web site; Image galleries 2007-01-11
Images: The worst political Web sites: From a Democrat whose dog pens his Web site to Republicans with blogs but no entries, here's the best of the worst campaign Web sites.; Tags: blog, Democrat, Republican, Web, Web site; Image galleries 2006-10-25
SA Democrats Nuke $50k CMS, Trial Desktop Linux: The South Australian Democrats rejected a $50,000 content management system from an unnamed vendor for its new Web site in favour of the free PostNuke open source system. Legislative Council member expressed "Shock and horror" when he was told of the $50,000 price tag. He immediately said they won't go...; Tags: Desktop, Linux, Democrat, Desktop Linux, Content Management System, International Data Group, Content Management, Enterprise Software, Open Source, Software; Case studies

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Why client-server fails: The client-server idea goes back at least to the early 1960s and was, at least initially, a fairly direct extension of hardware co-processor ideas already in wide use throughout the industry. Thus the vision going into the IBM Future Systems project in 1968 was simple: build future...; Tags: Client-server, Client-server Idea, Serialization Problem, E-voting, Servers, Government, Hardware, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Genetic non-discrimination bill will finally become law: The U.S. Senate voted 95-0 yesterday to approve the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. A similar bill passed the House last year and President Bush is expected to sign it. The vote caps a 13-year battle by Rep. Louise Slaughter, a New York Democrat, and...; Tags: Bill, Republican, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Recruitment & Selection, Healthcare, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Workforce Management, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-25
Mac Clones and Psystar: Back in August of 2006 I outlined a business plan for a guy in California who wanted to go after the PPC market Apple was then abandoning. There were three keys to my plan: a manufacturing and sales partnership with a major defence contractor; a commitment from Freescale...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Hardware, Data General, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-04-19
San Quentin prison: IT failure is life or death: San Quentin prison: IT failure is life or deathIs this so different.......to many organizations?Stop the spin!!I'm willing to bet that of those "one dies every six to seven days", 5 or 6 of those 6 or 7 are not from lack of health care, but from "inmate activities", i.e. prison...; Tags: Vertical industries, information technology, San Quentin; Discussion threads 2008-04-16
The glide path to an open society: The glide path to an open societyCuba, change?Not if the Cubans have a choice.You wrote:Cuba, under Raul Castro, shows signs that he wants to make his island nation more open to the outside world. He has allowed wider access to essential communications technologies, such as cell phones and the Internet...; Tags: INTERNET, CUBANS, Cuba; Discussion threads 2008-04-08
Tiny music files almost as good as MP3 ones: Researchers at the University of Rochester have encoded a 20-second clarinet solo in a file smaller than a kilobyte. This is about 1,000 times smaller than regular MP3 files. But the sound is almost as good according to the scientists. The system works by 'recreating in a computer both the...; Tags: Researcher, MP3, Modeling, Computer, Music, Research & Development, Productivity, Business Operations, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-04-02
California and non-gasoline autos--was all that hydrogen talk just hot air?: California and non-gasoline autos--was all that hydrogen talk just hot air?Yeah, plug-in is SO much better than fuel cellsAfter all, all that electricity just magically appears from thin air, doesn't it? No environmental impact from those nasty old power plants or power line right-of-ways, right? Right?Actually, here's the real reason.The...; Tags: hydrogen; Discussion threads 2008-04-02
Patriot Act preventing Google Apps adoption in schools: Patriot Act preventing Google Apps adoption in schoolsOpen Records ActAren't all U.S. public schools under the Open Records Act anyways? I.e., isn't "private communcations" for private and non-U.S. schools only at best?...The unpatriot act is only part of the shift from a Democratic Republic to a Fascist regime. I have...; Tags: Regulations, records request, USA PATRIOT Act, Google Inc., Google Apps adoption, Google Apps; Discussion threads 2008-03-26
I'm not against Windows; Unix just works better: I'm biased in favor of Unix and against Windows - everybody knows that except me; my perception is that I like things that work and Unix works better. Potential client: "Look, you've got a rep and we're concerned you're just going to recommend Solaris on SPARC -...; Tags: Red Hat Inc., PC, Sun Microsystems Inc., Beer Money, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Sun Solaris, Open Source, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Processors, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-03-26
Major flaw in State of Pennsylvania online voter registration puts user data at risk: Major flaw in State of Pennsylvania online voter registration puts user data at riskCommonThis is a common phenomenon, happens to MS-only shops.You get a 'developer' who only knows Microsoft technology. (aka: Softie). Since Microsoft stresses ease of use (they don't do complexity well), you get the point and click 'developer'...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., ASPX, online voter registration, voter registration, MAJOR Flaw; Discussion threads 2008-03-19
House nixes telecom immunity, votes to investigate abuses: The House just passed a FISA bill without immunity for telecom companies! The White House is pissed off: The White House circulated a statement after the vote calling it a "a significant step backward in defending our country against terrorism" that was...; Tags: White House, Immunity, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-03-14