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Force Content-Type (xpi)

It's useful to avoid the "tag soup" when you are developing a XHTML Web page and want Firefox to use its internal XML parser. If the Web server is not correctly configured, it will serve the page with a text html; Content-Type a tag soup, instead of sending it as...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Soup, Alberto Silva, XML, Xhtml, Web Browsers, Web Servers, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Scripting Languages, Internet

Software downloads 2007-09-19

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What's he building in there?

Tom Waits fans know the title of this post as one of his pieces and one that was used in the Enron documentary "The Smartest Guys In the Room." There's a YouTube video of the Waits piece here, if you're interested. Doing some research recently, the first couple lines of...

Tags: Router, Cisco Systems Inc., Routers & Switches, Networking, Chris Silva

Blog posts 2008-10-29

EFF sues NSA over warrantless wiretaps

The EFF has filed a lawsuit against the National Security Agency as a follow-up to its stymied suit against AT&T. Five individuals are lead plaintiffs in a suit seeking class action status against President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Cheney's chief of staff David Addington, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and...

Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, AT&T Corp., Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-19

Who Is For Sale This Time?

It seems the WLAN acquisition rumor mill is hot again after a recent drop in Aruba Network ARUN shares nearly a week ago. Still not trading near its most recent trough of $4.29/share on July 14, according to Google Finance, I am not convinced that the next acquisition announcement will...

Tags: Acquisition, WLAN, Meru Networks, Mergers & Acquisitions, Wireless LANs, Corporate Law, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Networking, Chris Silva

Blog posts 2008-09-16

Forrester and Aerohive Present the Application and Network Impacts of 802.11n Standard

Wireless networking is a given for businesses of all sizes and now there is a new 802.11 wireless standard to consider. The coverage and bandwidth improvements of 802.11n will further accelerate the adoption of mobile applications and provide the opportunity for wireless to become the primary access method in tomorrow's...

Tags: Network, IEEE 802.11n, Aerohive Networks Inc., Forrester Research Inc., Wi-Fi, Wireless

Webcasts 2008-06-18

Moody's software bug screws investors

Moody's, a major credit rating agency, incorrectly awarded its top rating to $4 billion of risky debt due to a software bug in the company's mathematical models. The incorrect ratings misled investors into believing they could earn "very high returns with little risk," according to the...

Tags: Software, Moody's Corp., Investor, Software Bug, Financial Accounting, Finance, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-05-27

If the birthmark fits, Microsoft will wear it

When Jason Perlow reported on last week's Microsoft Technology Summit, he sought to compliment the company by giving CEO Steve Ballmer a Gorbachev-like birthmark right. But Gorbachev was a Communist. He wasn't elected. He was the product of a dictatorial society which was rotting from the inside,...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Baldness, Standards System, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-31

Silicon chips for optical quantum computing

UK researchers at Bristol University have shown that it is possible to control single photons on a silicon chip. The team developed 'the world's smallest optical controlled-NOT gate -- the building block of a quantum computer.' As said the lead researcher, 'This is a crucial step towards a future optical...

Tags: Optics, Abstract, Silicon Chip, Computing, Quantum Corp., Chip, Quantum Computing, Quantum Computer, Quantum Technology, Quantum Circuit, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-03-30

U.K. government reveals its 'biggest privacy disaster'

U.K. government reveals its 'biggest privacy disaster'Not arrived in the UK yet?Where do you live? The disease has been here for much longer than anywhere else.What is a Government? Even if it is prefaced by Her Majesty's. Can any unelected government be wrong ever? Ask George W not Washington, Bush!...

Tags: Biometrics, Financial services, privacy disaster, U.K. Government

Discussion threads 2007-11-21

GPS TrackMaker (exe)

Create and edit waypoints, tracklogs, routes, and insert scanned images of map. More than 160 GPS models recognized. Garmin, Magellan, Eagle, Lowrance, Brunton, Silva. Version 13.2 supports Google Earth, Google Maps and vehicle tracking by GPRS.

Tags: Google Inc., GPS, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-10-25

Attorney general nominee says he will protect civil liberties

Even as an administration that aggressively expanded warrantless surveillance and intelligence gathering enters its final year, the nominee to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general spoke forcefully about the need to protect civil liberties, The Washington Post reports. Attorney general nominee Michael B. Mukasey said at his confirmation hearing...

Tags: Nominee, Civil Liberty, Attorney General, Workforce Management, Human Resources, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-10-17

Bush Administration tells Internet advocates to vote Democratic

Sometimes the truth is partisan. This is one of those times. If you want an open Internet, one where you're not being blackmailed by phone monopolists at every turn, whether you're trying to download or upload, then you better vote Democratic next year. And...

Tags: Declan McCullagh, Internet, Bush Administration, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-09-07

Outrage: U.S. "Justice" Dept says OK for ISPs to assess surcharges for priority traffic

The same Justice Department that's been headed by U.S. Attorney-firing, Alberto "I don't recall" Gonzales has just expressed its wishes that ISP's should be able to charge fees for priority Internet traffic. DOJ told the Federal Communications Commission today that it is opposed to Net neutrality principles...

Tags: Internet, Net Neutrality, U.S. Department Of Justice, Washington Post Co., Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-09-07

Wassup? the magic battery mystery

CNET's Michael Kanellos smashed into a tech mystery today. This isn't about the largest prime number or even the square root of George W's total budget deficit. No, this is far more elusive.What's up with EEStor?This is a company based in Texas, where so many of the current...

Tags: CNET Networks Inc., Mystery, Battery, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-08-03

Trippi returns as Edwards adopts a massively Internet campaign

Joe Trippi -- the preeminent name in Internet electioneering -- is back from the desert he occupied when Howard Dean fired him as campaign manager. The New York Times reports that Trippi has slowly moved into center circle of John Edwards' campaign, displacing traditional advisors Edwards relied on in 2004...

Tags: Elections

Blog posts 2007-08-01

Interpol chief wants databases to track criminals

Interpol chief wants databases to track criminalsYour paperzzz ...I guess Hitler had the right idea after all, at least according to George Bush, Alberto Gonzalez, and now Interpol.The ends justify the means, even if it involves little things like torturing people, trashing the constitution, and intruding into every single facet...

Tags: database, Geneva Conventions, Interpol, POW

Discussion threads 2007-07-13

House report: 51 Bush officials have missing RNC emails

Eighty-eight White House officials have email accounts with Republican National Committee - and email records for 51 of them are missing, the House Oversight Committee reported on Monday. TechNewsWorld reports that the missing emails are starting to smell like a smoking gun with "obstruction of justice" emblazoned on the barrel.Congress...

Tags: Congress

Blog posts 2007-06-20

Senate subpoenas Gonzales' emails with Rove

Senators subpoenaed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales emails today, demanding all email correspondence between him and Karl Rove related to the firings of eight federal prosecutors, The Washington Post reports. "It is troubling that significant documents highly relevant to the committees inquiry have not been produced," Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick...

Tags: Justice, Government technology, Congress

Blog posts 2007-05-02

Plumber Dog Alberto (exe)

An entertaining puzzle for all ages. Finish the plumbing in the given time. You got to have fast reactions and problem solving skills to work through the challenges. An amusing gaming experience is provided with fast-paced action, and cartoon graphics and matching music. The achievements of best players are stored...

Tags: Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2007-04-30

Justice fights Senate demand for reporting on data mining

Bipartisan legislation in the Senate would require disclosure to Congress of data-mining programs, but the Justice Department opposes it, saying disclosure is already required under the 2006 renewal of the USA Patriot Act, The Washington Post reports. The department missed the March 9 deadline to report on its data-mining...

Tags: Business intelligence, Regulations, data mining, U.S. Senate, USA PATRIOT Act

Blog posts 2007-03-27