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- A glimmer of hope for edtech funding
- Though it's too early to tell how it will all shake out, prospects are looking up for preservation of at least some of the education technology funding slated for budget cuts by President Bush. According to an eSchoolNews report, the Senate narrowly approved a measure by Sens. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.)...
- Tags: U.S. Senate, Arlen Specter
- Blog posts 2006-03-23
- Examining the NSA wiretaps
- Sen. Arlen Specter quizzes the attorney generalSenate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Penn., quizzes Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez about the NSA spying program on Monday.
- Tags: NSA, Arlen Specter
- Videos 2006-02-06
- Security breach laws become state's rights issue
- Security breach laws become state's rights issueThe inherently anti-consumer nature of monied corporationsThis article doesn't really touch on the issue of customer abuse. ChoicePoint evidently see Joe and Jane Public as nothing more than the raw data which funds their revenue. They are insultingly dismissive in their proven responses to...
- Tags: Identity theft, Sales channel, Hammurabi, LexisNexis, Arlen Specter, ChoicePoint Inc., security
- Discussion threads 2005-04-14
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- Hollywood preps new copyright bills
- Declan McCullagh reports over at News.com that Hollywood is gearing up for another copyright expansion attack. Two major bills this time: No. 1 is the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act, sponsored by Leahy and Specter, the ranking members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. It...
- Tags: American Library Association, Hollywood, Intellectual Property, Piracy, Federal Government, Tv & Home Theater, Purchasing & Procurement, Research & Development, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Government, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-12
- Microsoft makes daring vulnerability sharing move
- LAS VEGAS -- Starting in October, Microsoft will start sharing details on software vulnerabilities with security vendors ahead of Patch Tuesday under a daring new program aimed at reducing the window of exposure to hacker attacks. The new Microsoft Active Protections Program MAPP, which will be formally...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Security Company, Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- iPhone aims for pole position
- iPhone aims for pole positionActually......that is not usually the Microsoft way. People key on the "Plays for Sure" situation like its evidence of a trend. It isn't.Historically, Microsoft has made platforms that were available to everybody. I'm not entirely sure why they went the path they did...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., hardware, pole position, Microsoft Corp., hardware division
- Discussion threads 2008-06-10
- Cloud computing's earthly bonds
- Nick Carr, who we all know doesn't like IT anyway, picked up on a new warning about a downside of cloud computing, reported by BBC. There's no such thing as a 'cloud' -- data has to be physically stored somewhere The issue is...
- Tags: Cloud Computing, Bond, Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Blog fight: on dumping email servers
- Our old friend David Berlind is proposing that traditional Exchange/Notes email servers be banished in favor of Gmail, arguing that it is not a case of 'if' but 'when' enterprise starts shifting email and calendaring to the Internet cloud: It's only a matter of time before the remaining rub...
- Tags: Blog, Server, Ed, E-mail, Online Communications, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-23
- The problem with Forrester's $4.6 billion prediction
- Forrester has released a report indicating that Enterprise 2.0 spending will reach $4.6 billion by 2013. ( I would offer a link but the one I have is broken.) I'm uncomfortable with the report though it hints at some interesting developments. Any prediction is based upon the...
- Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Forrester Research Inc., Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Carbon footprint: beware the simple or easy answer
- Carbon Footprint hits big time with major piece in "New Yorker." On newstands Feb. 19th is issue of the mag with an article by Michael Specter about carbon footprints, consumer awareness and how that plays into reducing greenhouse gas emissions. He won't please the anti-government crowd with his...
- Tags: Carbon Footprint, Specter, Roses, Transportation, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-02-17
- Senate approves telecom immunity, rejects compromises
- The Associated Press reports this dire news: The Senate voted Tuesday to shield from lawsuits telecommunications companies that helped the government eavesdrop on their customers without court permission after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. That's the Democratic-controlled Senate. After nearly two...
- Tags: Associated Press, U.S. Senate, Telephony, Government, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- Anchor found at cable cut site
- Anchor found at cable cut siteOf course, if it was a conspiracy, do you think they'd tell US?My theory is still valid: the anchor was actually a disguised weapon, dropped by a secret US submarine to prevent global warming data from being transmitted by eco-terrorists.Did the same anchor cut all...
- Tags: Network technology, cable, Anchor Control
- Discussion threads 2008-02-08
- Forget predictions, get a wishlist
- At this time of the year, pundits of all stripes seek to grab attention by appearing sage and wise by making predictions for the coming year. Heck, I've done it myself - and lived to regret such pretensions. This year I prefer to pen an enterprise wishlist because that's...
- Tags: Innovation, Twitter, Enterprise, Fashion Victim, Hugh, Seesmic Twitter, Leadership, Social Networking, Strategy, Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2007-12-26
- Telecom immunity bill advances in Senate; Dodd promises filibuster
- The battle over telecommunications immunity continued Monday with a Senate vote, 76-10, to advance for a floor vote a bill protecting the companies from lawsuits relating to cooperation with national surveillance efforts. The Times reports that most Democrats voted to move forward, as a bid by...
- Tags: Sen., Bill, Immunity, Mr., U.S. Senate, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Federal Government, Networking, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2007-12-17
- A surprise in nature's operating system
- You can think of DNA as nature's operating system. It carries all the instructions needed to make you, or a grape. And the grape has more genes. (Picture from the Scientific Creative Quarterly.) The reason is that the DNA operating system runs McAfee. As Michael Specter writes this...
- Tags: DNA, Operating System, Virus, Cyberthreats, Biotechnology, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-11-29
- Judiciary Committee passes on immunity for telcos
- The issue of immunity for telecommunications companies who cooperate with warrantless wiretaps is at the center of a looming showdown in Congress. Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved 10-9 a version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that doesn't include immunity, the New York Times reports. Also Thursday night,...
- Tags: Immunity, U.S. Senate, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2007-11-15
- Better bank security scares off users? Oh well.
- That was my first reaction to reading this just posted article on BBC.com. The specter is raised that tokens, one time passwords, and security questions are going to increase the friction involved in online banking and lead to customer dissatisfaction. My reaction? Oh well. ...
- Tags: Bank, Specter, Phishing, Financial Services, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Stiennon
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- $200 Linux PC selling out is another reason Wal-Mart is good for America
- Our own Adrian Kingsley-Hughes writes about the new, Everex's TC2502 gPC- a $200 Linux-based PC now temporarily out of stock at Wal-Mart. A full 10,000 units were sold. The Everex does the basics-word processing, spreadsheet, email, edit your photos and pictures, even burn...
- Tags: Health Insurance, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., PC, Retail Company, Health Care, Linux PC, Wal*Mart, Retail, Benefits, Healthcare, Insurance, Linux, Vertical Industries, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- Time appears on Oracle's side in increasingly spooky BEA bid
- It's getting late, many couples have embraced and moved on to the snug parlor. One pretty but aging player stands on the dance floor, and only one partner so far has stepped onto the parquet with an outstretched hand. As the music winds down, as the richer...
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Hard Place, Sales Strategy, Strategic Planning, Sales Force Management, Financial Accounting, Strategy, Sales, Management, Finance, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2007-10-29
- Could lack of SOA open a company to lawsuits?
- Could lack of SOA drive shareholder lawsuits? That's the specter Dave Linthicum raised in a recent post, observing that there's precedent and motivation for such actions: "The failure of many major corporations a few years ago, which drove a bunch of new compliance laws and shareholder lawsuits,...
- Tags: Shareholder, Lawsuit, Enterprise Architecture, SOA, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2007-09-15
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