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- Dept of Homeland Security: inexcusable IT waste on ADVISE project
- Following its $30 billion virtual fence debacle, the Department of Homeland Security DHS has disclosed another failed IT-related project, this one costing $42 million. DHS has suspended, and will likely cancel, a massive data-mining initiative on grounds that it violated privacy standards. Significantly, the program has...
- Tags: Information Technology, Homeland Security, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Analysis, ADVISE, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-09-11
- DHS program tries to connect far-flung information, but at what privacy cost?
- A largely overlooked story by Mark Clayton of the Christian Science Monitor details ADVISE, a massive data sweep program by the Dept. of Homeland Security. The US government is developing a massive computer system that can collect huge amounts of data and, by linking far-flung...
- Tags: Advise, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Blog posts 2006-02-24
- Government data-mining: No boundaries?
- A program of the Department of Homeland Security DHS, called Analysis, Dissemination, Visualization, Insight, and Semantic Enhancement ADVISE, aims to capture a massive volume of information about online activity to help government ferret out terrorists, according to a report by the Christian Science Monitor. Alledgedly, ADVISE has already helped...
- Tags: Advise
- Blog posts 2006-02-13
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- Will industry react to new cell phone cancer scare?
- Will industry react to new cell phone cancer scare?hmm...what are we going to do with microwaves, wireless routers and TV & radio stations that emit in a similar spectrum?...Go in the mountains,or... in a cave?What about Bluetooth?So I hear some people saying to use headsets instead, but if they're Bluetooth,...
- Tags: Federal government, Cellular phones, Wi-Fi, industry, cell phone, FCC, Bluetooth, new cell phone cancer, radiation, cell phone cancer, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninja
- Update: It would seem that Richard Stiennon agrees with me on the concept of a group of experts to advise, also on keeping away from spending ridiculous amounts of money. Cyber-terrorism... ah, what a fancy buzz word that is. Defined on Wikipedia as: "The premeditated use...
- Tags: John McCain, Cybersecurity, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Do problems with Wikipedia presage social networking's end?
- Do problems with Wikipedia presage social networking's end?Comparison to democracy very apt.When I look at the modest level of education, intelligence, and self-centered approach to life of many of my fellow citizens, the fact that I live in a democracy seems scary.But what would we have instead - the fabled...
- Tags: Wiki, network, Wikipedia, social networking
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- The key to an open, transparent malware filtering system
- The key to an open, transparent malware filtering systemOpen DNShttp://www.opendns.com/Easy to implement, not browser specific, not OS specific, tells you why a site has been blocked, custom content exclusion, ability to share/group profiles.It's worked well for me, YMMV.Malware filteringWell said. You've put the essentials in concise but thorough list.RE:...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Black-listing, transparent malware, malware
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- Virtual world tipping point: Is there an enterprise use?
- Virtual world tipping point: Is there an enterprise use?"IBM has" not "IBM have"IBM is a single entity, therefore, please use singular verb usage. It should be "IBM has", not "IBM have". I see this grammatical mistake gaining momentum in a LOT of writing.RE: Virtual world tipping point: Is...
- Tags: virtual world, enterprise use, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- The nightmare of buying enterprise software
- The nightmare of buying enterprise softwareIt sounds to me...like the blame lays with the salesman selling the user something he doesn't need. But then salesmen are often ill trained on what their company actually offers. Then again, the bigger the software the bigger the price and the bigger the commission.Let's...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, Sales strategy, Sales force management, enterprise software, software, software company, tool
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'
- Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'Felony infringerYes, I would agree that this extends beyond fair use... Book'em Dano.RE: Torrent admin is 'felony infringer'I do not think it is right but if it is made out as such a major deal then what is it doing all over the internet Bittorrent...
- Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Strategy, felony infringer, Torrent, administrator
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- The lighter side of Bill Gates
- As you all probably know, considering the 2 year lead-up to today and the considerable press coverage, it's Bill Gates' last day at Microsoft. I'd like to take a slightly different spin on covering his career and life, by pointing out the stupid stuff, in the hope it will appeal...
- Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 95, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Sales, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-06-27
- What programming language should we teach?
- What programming language should we teach?Re: What programming language should we teach?How about Javascript? No, seriously... it's free, it's cross-platform, it's already available on virtually ANY computer without needing to install anything at all, it's not terribly complicated, and it greatly resembles many of the other languages in use.When it...
- Tags: Programming languages, Development tools, C#, Scripting languages, programming, programming language
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- Microsoft's geeks might miss Gates the most
- Microsoft's geeks might miss Gates the mostBrilliance = Techie + Financial ManagerialI think one of the reasons Microsoft has been so succesful is that Bill Gates was adept not necessarily the best at both spectrums: the techie and the business side. Witness General Motors under the "Smith" bean counter tenure:...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Recruitment & Selection, Mergers & Acquisitions, Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- How many people does it take to fill Bill Gates' shoes?
- How many people does it take to fill Bill Gates' shoes?What's that about a camel?It will be interesting to see what kind of "horse" they come up with; I suspect that there will be ample confirmation of "apre Bill, le deluge." That, or Brooks was right all along.RE: How...
- Tags: Bill Gates, Torre, Charles Torre
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- Photobucket's DNS records hijacked by Turkish hacking group
- Photobucket's DNS records hijacked by Turkish hacking groupJust wait until Paypal gets hijackedSo far this has just been child's play. Sooner or later there's going to be some serious financial consequences, and not just for the site owners.RE: Photobucket's DNS records hijacked by Turkish hacking groupThat's all very well... but...
- Tags: Domain names, NETWORKING, SECURITY, Photobucket, Turkish, hacking group, DNS Records, DNS, hacking
- Discussion threads 2008-06-18
- 10 top tweaks for Windows Vista
- 10 top tweaks for Windows VistaNice - thanks for putting this together Ed!Nice - thanks for putting this together Ed! any chance of making this a down loadable document?Smart power user setupThis should provide a lot of folks a number of "easy access" ideas and handy shortcuts for better Vistaland...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), taskbar, Microsoft Windows Vista, toolbar, desktop, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-06-11
- Edge systems need a dose of SOA, too
- On the peripheries of every enterprise are the "edge" applications, databases, and systems. A repository here, an embedded system there, an open source database over there, distributed servers everywhere. Corporate wouldn't give us the budget, so we went ahead and jury-rigged this thing together anyway -- so there. These systems...
- Tags: Information Technology, SOA, Rosado, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Lessig: Bill to fix orphaned works is 'unfair and unwise'
- Larry Lessig championed the need to fix copyright law with regard to "orphan works" – those works that are covered by copyright but whose owners are unknown. He was a guiding force behind the Internet Archive's 2004 suit to get the courts to address the issue. (See Free the...
- Tags: Larry Lessig, Work, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- Microsoft: Office '08 sales skyrocket, SP1 released, VBA coming back to Mac
- Microsoft: Office '08 sales skyrocket, SP1 released, VBA coming back to MacBut those are just sales. We all know everyone is......downgrading to Office 2004.Sorry, couldn't resist.Are you sure you linked to the correct article?The one I was taken to was dated January 11, 2006 9:58 AM PSTAdds to the growing...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Scripting languages, Microsoft Office, Microsoft VBA, SP1, Microsoft Corp., sales, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-05-13
- Where's your federal tax "economic stimulus" going?
- Where's your federal tax "economic stimulus" going?I am going to build a Mac Clone.NTI won't be getting one.I make too much.EntertainmentI'm finally going to buy an HDTV and surround sound system. I was thinking of building a new pc, but that would have been just for me. My whole family...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, federal tax, tax
- Discussion threads 2008-05-07
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