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- High-tech exec sent space info to China
- The president of a high-tech company with offices in Beijing violated U.S. arms export control laws, he admitted in federal court. Shu Quan-Sheng, 68, a naturalized U.S. citizen, said that from 2003 through 2007 he assisted China with the design and development of a cryogenic fueling system for...
- Tags: U.S., China, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Going paperless...Are we really saving money?
- I've been continuing to kick around the idea of going paperless in K-12 education, particularly at the elementary level. It's becoming something of a personal crusade as I watch teachers crank out reams of worksheets for their students and find money to buy toner to support their habit. ...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Digital Content, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- News to know: Storm; AMD, Intel; Tech economy reels
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Josh Taylor: Verizon announces BlackBerry Storm availability, pricing Larry Dignan: AMD unveils ‘Shanghai'; Aims to better compete with Intel AMD: Does the resurrection start...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Best Buy Co. Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Shanghai, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- A year after YouTube ban, Pentagon launches TroopTube
- After blocking YouTube from oversease bases last year, the Defense Department has launched TroopTube, as an authorized alternative. It is, the site says: the new online video site designed to help military families connect and keep in touch while miles apart. The site is designed...
- Tags: YouTube Inc., Video, Site, Pentagon, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Introducing the world's smallest 802.11n adapter
- I'm not sure there was a groundswell of opinion asking networking manufacturers for tinier USB-based network adapter, but smaller is always better, right? At least that's the thinking from Planex, which claims to have built the world's smallest, lightest 802.11n adapter in the form of the GW-USMini2N. (See a comparison...
- Tags: WPA, Network, Adapter, IEEE 802.11n, GW-USMini2N, Wi-Fi, Networking, Wireless, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-11-09
- No longer safe: WPA encryption cracked in 12 to 15 minutes
- No longer safe: WPA encryption cracked in 12 to 15 minutesI've said it before, I'll say it again...Wireless and Retail do not mix!http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12691-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=45392&messageID=838312&start=-9957WPA is not cracked - only TKIP is, no access to data..Here is why :- Attack does not give you access to the data transmited- Why? Only the...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Network security, WIRELESS, TKIP, WPA
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- So about that election
- So about that electionwhat are you talking about?While the elitists and the teenagers are 'voting online' and blogging about marxist ideeas, we the real Americans are voting and taking this country in right direction.Tonight, I'll be watching TV and enjoy how Mac comes back and grabs the election from that...
- Tags: John McCain, Sarah Palin, Obama
- Discussion threads 2008-11-04
- Election Day '08: Where to get live results
- There's no better time in history to watch election results on the fly. Some, but not all, of us will have access to a television, where you can watch results stream in on ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC or Fox. But for those of you...
- Tags: Result, Associated Press, Election Day, Twitter, CNN, Palm Beach Post, Northwestern, Corporate Communications, Blogging, RSS, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Marketing, Internet, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- Election-day technology watches the polls
- I'm in Reno, Nevada, preparing to do some poll watching for the Obama campaign. We went to a training last night where they explained what seems like a convoluted reporting system, but organizers promise it actually works well. Poll watchers basically hang around and wait for the...
- Tags: Election Day, Poll, Obama, Corporate Communications, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Marketing, Human Resources, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- News to know: Microsoft's outlook, emergency patch; Apple; Amazon's cloud; Yang speaks
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Fake Steve Jobs heart attack story posted by teenager. Bloomberg: Jobs Said to Be Targeted by Teen in Heart-Attack Tale Jason O'Grady: SEC examining teen's motive in fake...
- Tags: Layoff, Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Workforce Management, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources
- Blog posts 2008-10-24
- Feds want Mongols' trademark as part of prosecution
- In a 177-page indictment, the feds have charged the Latino motorcycle gang Mongols with a massive number of crimes including murder, torture, drug trafficking and more. Dozens have been arrested; more than 100 arrest warrants have issued. But there's a bit of unusual coup de grace to...
- Tags: Jacket, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-22
- Desktop Unix: MacOS X and SUSE Linux
- Desktop Unix: MacOS X and SUSE LinuxcorrectThe average wintel machine runs using MBR and BIOS... which is pretty primitive compared to EFI. I guess it gets the job done though. macs use EFI. Odd eh?Choice is good but......you can't run OS X on any hardware. The choice is use...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Open Office Base, Linux, Unix, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Unix, GNU/Linux, MacOS X, Apple Mac OS, desktop, hardware, Apple Macintosh, SuSE Linux, SuSE
- Discussion threads 2008-10-21
- Teaching object-oriented programming with Greenfoot
- Another topic I covered with during my interview with Sun Microsystems' Joe Hartley was "Greenfoot," a tool that Sun helped develop providing financial and consultative support to the developers to teach students about object-oriented programming. While most students pick up algorithmic approaches to programming fairly easily, many struggle to...
- Tags: Object-oriented Programming, Student, Object-oriented, Programming, Greenfoot IDE, Development Tools, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-20
- Vroom! Was that an Obama billboard?
- So you made up your mind ages ago about the Presidential election and have moved on? Thought you'd check out on the horse race, name calling, innuendo and financial meltdown by kicking back with a little Xbox? Forget about it. Barack Obama has...
- Tags: Advertisement, Barack Obama, Games, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Text messages save elephants' lives, villagers' crops
- As elephants' habitat is destroyed, the great beasts frequently leave their protected reserves, barging into villages and eventually are killed by rangers. But in Kenya, there is a better way: text messaging. A group called Save the Elephants has outfitted a huge bull elephant named Kimani with...
- Tags: Elephant, GPS, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Hardware, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- America's airways ready for NextGen
- It's time – long past time – to upgrade the U.S. air traffic control system. The current system, designed during World War II, contributes mightily to flight delays, customer dissatisfaction and a massive energy wastefulness. But a GPS satellite-based system, on the drawing board for more than a decade, has...
- Tags: FAA, Air Traffic Control, Greenhouse Gas, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Kernell's prior: In 7th grade he broke into school computer
- Kernell's prior: In 7th grade he broke into school computerprobably an arrogant kidI doubt that other kids don't wanna hang around with him due to his smartness. He probably likes to put other kids down trying to show-off himself. Why leave a computer logged into the school server? If you...
- Tags: Kernell, e-mail, school computer, Palin
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Palin the reformer? In fact, a pattern of stonewalling and hiding
- The Associated Press takes a hard look at Sarah Palin's spotty – perhaps, hypocritical – record on open government and online transparency. She claims to be a reformer who will bring to Washington the government openness she says she established in Alaska. But the AP's review of her...
- Tags: Associated Press, Alaska, Sarah Palin, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Kernell indicted in break-in to Palin's Yahoo email
- The Department of Justice has indicted David C. Kernell, the 20-year-old son of a Democratic Tennessee state representative, for "intentionally accessing without authorization" Gov. Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account, the Justice Department announced today. Kernell turned himself in for arrest and will be arraigned today. According to the...
- Tags: Password, e-Mail Account, Yahoo! Inc., Governor, Family Member, E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
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