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When corporations attack

When corporations attackblah blah blahOh you poor cry babywhy cant open source inventWhen the dancer cant dance, the dancer blames it on the floor how bad the floor was.Why cant open source invent and patent its invention.I guess this article clearly shows that open source hasnt invented anything. Infact open...

Tags: Business ethics, infact open source, American Bar Association, Neukom, WBA, oath, ethics, open source

Discussion threads 2006-09-26

Digital Signature Guidelines Tutorial

From an information security viewpoint, these simple "electronic signatures" are distinct from the "digital signatures" described in this tutorial and in the technical literature, although "digital signature" is sometimes used to mean any form of computer- based signature. These Guidelines use "digital signature" only as it is used in information...

Tags: Information Security, Digital Signature, American Bar Association, Digital Signatures, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security

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Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?

As expected, billionaire Carl Icahn launched his proxy war to turn over Yahoo's board of directors and one of his nominees is Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo and then took those funds to buy the Dallas Mavericks. Just for entertainment value I may buy a...

Tags: Bebchuk, Board, Business Operations, Carl Icahn, Chairman, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Director, Larry Dignan, Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Shareholder, Yahoo Shareholder, Yahoo! Inc.

Blog posts 2008-05-15

Text messages bust mayor for adultery, perjury

If this was not already clear, the message is coming through loud and clear today. If you're the mayor of a major American city or, say, his chief of staff ... if you're a public employee using government-supplied computers, pagers, cellphones, cybersex is just a bad idea. In...

Tags: Message, City, Kirkpatrick, Gender And Diversity, Instant Messaging, Human Resources, Internet, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-01-25

Court dismisses Nokia case against Qualcomm

Court dismisses Nokia case against QualcommQualcomm Guilty of 'Litigation Misconduct and Concealment'The head legal at Qualcomm has left the building. The US has had enough. Unfortunately the Supreme court of the state of Washington under influence from Neukom, former head legal of Microsoft, and soon former president of the...

Tags: Litigation, Financial accounting, Qualcomm Inc., Nokia Corp., Neukom

Discussion threads 2007-11-14

Lawmaker blasts U.K. government on Microsoft policy

Lawmaker blasts U.K. government on Microsoft policyconfidentiality agreementEvery deal has a side deal in countries like England where the population still thinks its government not corruptible and more like parental units that would never harm the citizenry. The colonists in America split off from England for that exact reason. We...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-10-10

Mortgage meltdown: Tech stocks' gain?

Mortgage meltdown: Tech stocks' gain?Out of Country Monied Elite stand to loose BillionsAs one who does not invest but has sold expert systems to fund managers, let me spin this a bit differently. It is not a mortgage meltdown but rather a return to traditional US values that explains the...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Brilliance, Preston Gates, tax, Abramoff, Bill Neukom

Discussion threads 2007-08-24

Linux-Microsoft Lovefest at LinuxWorld Expo

Linux-Microsoft Lovefest at LinuxWorld ExpoIf you can't beat them, join them....Then knock them in the head with a giant thumping stick.LINUX TAKES TOOO LONG BETWEEN STABLE BUILDS.eom....MS shill?"...and urged attendees to learn from Microsoft's success rather than focus on its failures."John Carroll has been saying this for quite a while,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, BSOD, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2007-08-09

More parties join Google copyright lawsuit

More parties join Google copyright lawsuitBig target...Google is a big target with lots of money. These shameless media companies are trying to extort Google.Google "promptly" addresses complaints. Sounds perfectly reasonable to me. These media companies can't get any lower or more disgusting. They won't get another dime from me.The real...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, copyright law, Google Inc., YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-08-07

House panel approves legal shield for bloggers

House panel approves legal shield for bloggersA good lawBut it doesn't go far enough. It should have also protected online bloggers who do not make any money off their websites through ads and other things.I was happy to see that they put in the 'reasonable exhaustion of other means' thing...

Tags: Blogging, Vertical industries, government, blogger, illegal act, shield, First Amendment

Discussion threads 2007-08-01

Don't be so quick to click that Web page

Don't be so quick to click that Web pageGuess it's time to unplugfrom the internet. I mean come on, this is getting stupid. Once again something that was really cool and had a great potential benefit for the masses has been corrupted and turned into a slum. What is wrong...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Litigation, GUESS IT, way this article, Web site, Web, settlement, Internet, Web page

Discussion threads 2007-07-11

Microsoft appoints Linux interoperability chief

Microsoft appoints Linux interoperability chiefYes, controversialThe idea of interoperability will indeed be verrry controversial, and downright blasphemous. How dare Microsoft recognize that they have to live with the existence of Linux in this world and thus make an effort to interoperate.Loverock, who seems to be absent these days, would...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-06-11

Sale of IRS.com stirs Congress into action on domain names

When Intersearch.com paid $12.5 million for the domain name irs.com ("Were not the Internal Revenue Service, were the #1 INDEPENDENT resource for tax information"), some in Congress had had enough. Hours after Intersearch president Daniel ODonnell rang the bell to start the trading day at the American Stock...

Tags: Web, IRS, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-04-17

Making America strong - one family at a time

Mash-up on steroidsIt sure is nice to see the folks in Washington DC pick up on the latest technology and put it to good wholesome use. I refer, of course, to a pilot program here in Arizona run by the Department of Family Security.With an inspired combination of GPS automobile...

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Blog posts 2007-04-01

Who speaks for Microsoft on open source?

Who speaks for Microsoft on open source?can't find the needle in the haystack."Microsoft is re-using the IBM playbook of *over* 20 years ago. Almost play-by-play."so are you going to say what those plays are and explain the co-relation or they are all left for someones imagination.Ex CathedraWho speaks for the...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Brad Smith, open source, Bill Neukom

Discussion threads 2007-03-26

What the Tellme deal says about Microsoft

What the Tellme deal says about MicrosoftWell, MS has nothing against services, well, if the services require you tolicense Windows or MS Office. They just need to make sure that they keep those two cash cows a runnin'. Look for MS to put billions into creating dependencies on Windows and...

Tags: Neukom, donation, Microsoft Corp., Tellme Networks Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-03-21

Law that bans datamining of drug prescriptions challenged

May a state bar data mining companies from discovering which individual doctors prescribe brand-name and generic drugs? Thats the question before a federal court this week, reports the Associated Press. Two datamining companies sued the state days after the law took effect, arguing it violates their freedom...

Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Courts, Privacy

Blog posts 2007-01-24

Digital New Year's resolutions: 1. Unsubscribe. 2. Delete. 3. Don't hire a hacker

Digital New Year's resolutions: 1. Unsubscribe. 2. Delete. 3. Don't hire a hackerYou mentioned unsubscribe.I was on the ZDNet Linux security subscription list for a long time. Every time I attempted to unsubscribe dull topic, I would receive a note like:We're sorry. Our system has collapsed...

Tags: Microsoft Outlook, naiveté, Mobster, e-mail, Digital New Year, e-mail address, spam, hard drive

Discussion threads 2007-01-02

Amsterdam to evaluate open source

Amsterdam to evaluate open sourcewise move:)PowerPoint is Open Office's Best FriendYears of trying to get budget for Microsoft Office met with surprise just at year end for those dealing with American Bar Association lawyers. Vista users have been trained to save their documents in PowerPoint format because Vista Word format...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Office, open source, Microsoft Windows Vista, OpenOffice, Microsoft PowerPoint, software, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-01-02

Washington Post shoots for closer Web, print ties

Washington Post shoots for closer Web, print tiesGates Family Newspaper AbramoffGates Family Newspaper AbramoffSlate, an e-zine started by Microsoft, was purchased by the Washington Post. Today Melinda Gates, wife of the co-founder of Microsoft, sits on the Board of the Washington Post. Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, has a bridge...

Tags: Business ethics, Web, Gates Family Newspaper Abramoff, Washington Post Co., Preston Gates, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-01-02