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FCC to review regulatory and legal impacts to cloud services and identity management

FCC Overstepping its authority againWhy do we as a society, blindly ignore when the government overreaches its authority?The FCC only has authority to regulate the airwaves.The Internet and related technologies have nothing to do with the FCC, and they have no authority in this area.We need to wake up, people....

Tags: Federal government, Big Government, identity management, FCC, government

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Should doctors go on strike?

Should doctors go on strike?Big government is the cause... of crazy medical expense. We need less regulation so there's less room for the insurance company and lawyer manipulation that jacks the medical cost. Obama's more government involvement is the wrong solution.No, life, liberty and the pursuit of happinessare fundamental human...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Medical Care, Obama, Big Government, health care, medical care, HIPPA

Discussion threads 2009-07-09

NSA targeted Americans' domestic calls, tried to wiretap Representative

NSA targeted Americans' domestic calls, tried to wiretap RepresentativeGlad the wiretaps took placeWith the express purpose of preventing future terrorist activities, I'm glad the feds aggressively looked. With the current regime, I fear the future is going to be very different; an "enemy of the state" is now going...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Federal government, Big Government, domestic call, NSA

Discussion threads 2009-04-20

"Oh, great," some techs say: "Pelosi's crowd wants to tax and regulate me to death!!"

"Oh, great," some techs say: "Pelosi's crowd wants to tax and regulate me to death!!"voting irregularity!Hmmm! I just voted, and the total vote count was 2... but the tally reads 50% for "i'm happy", 50% for "i'm concerned", and %50 for "no change"...150%? weird! I guess voting irregularity can happen...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Federal government, Government, tax, FCC, Pelosi, Big Government

Discussion threads 2006-11-10

AT&T leaks sensitive info in NSA suit

AT&T leaks sensitive info in NSA suitOh well, time for another AT&T breakuptake the govt agency with you when you baby bell.For whom the Bells tollYes, puns of this can be brutal and un-called for, but I think it necessary that we all begin the Pavlovian process of associating Telcos...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AT&T Corp., NSA, Big Government

Discussion threads 2006-05-27

New group aims to 'save the Internet'

New group aims to 'save the Internet'It's too late! The internet c'aint be saved!. periodWHAT First Amendment?Hell, they took that out of the Constitution with with "Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform."Pep Rally is in the Eye of the ReporterThe reporter and by extention CNET may have woven a little bias into...

Tags: Pep Rally, Big Government, Internet, government, New Group

Discussion threads 2006-04-24

Additional Resources

AOL: Will Armstrong get any honeymoon?

Time to send out some free AOL signup disks ntntGood Bye AOLThe sooner AOL is just a shadow in the rear-view-mirror of technological history, the better.Since day one they were a success because of aggressive marketing not due to providing anything of any value to their customers.When they bought Time...

Tags: Transportation, America Online Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Reid promises 60 on Saturday

promises, promises, promisesHe will not get his 60 on Saturday. There are enough senators with the backbone to avoid what will be an economic catastrophe for our nation.Obama created phantom jobsSomeone did bother looking into the jobs Obama claimed to save / create and found this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1t3zZBhJ7wBlog not about Obama or...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Reid

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

ChromeOS says tear down this network regulation wall

Costs"What is holding back network capacity is politics."What's holding back network capacity is huge costs.Yep, very important to push the ISPs to free up the bits. They would love to continue selling bandwidth through an eyedropper at very high prices. They need a push.Oh, and Microsoft will not like this...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Network technology, ChromeOS, netbook, fiber

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Selling customer information leads to prosecution

What's the big deal?Isn't this how everyone does it? My boss would routinely buy millions of data records from companies to conduct email campaigns.Ah, but in Great BritainThey have made it TOTALLY illegal to sell data records. You cannot do stuff like this period over there, and I applaud...

Tags: Asset management, INTERNET, Big Deal, asset, customer information

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Cap and trade controversial in Australia

This is what happened:An Australian researcher who was critical of mainstream theories got censored.The new Inquisition: dare to raise your voice against the enviro-whackos and they get all angry.CEC FAILs againCEC claims: [i]"An Australian researcher who was critical of mainstream theories got censored."[/i]He wasn't censored for disagreeing with the global...

Tags: theory, CEC, global warming, Cap-and-Trade, carbon dioxide, tax

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Internet continues to lose its founding network partners

I would like to see...I would like to see more competition on the hardware side. I completely understand that costs are a huge factor limiting competition but companies that own monopolies on the actual network infrastructure have little incentive to upgrade or enhance user experience with out major competition. Ideally...

Tags: network, Internet, Net2, satellite, network partner, government

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

More evidence of the coming collision between home broadband and the smart grid

Collision?Not the word I would have used.In any event, I think this is a positive and necessary direction to go. In order to manage more diversified, less dependable/consistent sources of energy, the demand side HAS TO be managed. Without it, we are just setting ourselves up for a lot of...

Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, collision, home broadband, grid, smart grid

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

How we think, and perhaps lie, about the oil supply

Oil is naturally occurring...Scientist do not understand why oil wells that we'pumped dry' are now full of oil.So in other words, it has been proven to manyscientist oil is naturally occurring substance.It is all about greed and money, if people had commonsense and used their brain instead oflistening to politicians...

Tags: oil, Bakken

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Asia-Pacific leaders: no final deal in Copenhagen

Here Harry, take this tylenol.You're way too excited.The end of US freedomsWelcome to the new world where you are going tobe taxed and wealth transferred to other countries.2010 Vote them out.2012 Vote him out.Here's some better newshttp://www.climatedepot.com/a/3515/Prominent-Russian-Scientist-We-should-fear-a-deep-temperature-drop--not-catastrophic-global-warmingThanks to solar cycles, there's more to fear from COOLING than warming.Harry is such...

Tags: Government, leader, global warming, rich nation

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Dell launches Android smartphone; Inks China, Brazil carrier deals

Compared to other Android offeringsit doesn't look like much. But it's only their first try.They do tend to try, try, and try againover the years they have moved into (then out of, then into again) different products or lines.Maybe if they stick with it they will eventually have themselves a...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Keyboards, Smart phones, Overall IT, call quality, hardware keyboard, touch-screen keyboard, smart phone, Dell Computer Corp., phone

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

US defense department IT managers describe latest assault on complex and siloed IT systems

Get rid of who is running it!From the way I understand it has beenhacked by criminals in China.Why keep funding broken methodologies NOother business would be around withsuch a sloppy track record.The private sector would be a better placefor this, than big wasteful Governmentspending!So far Oboma has done NOTHING except...

Tags: information technology

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

What Intel wants in health care

Video for Intel ReaderI enjoyed your story. I work at Intel and thought it might benefit from a link to view a video I shot in San Francisco showing how the Intel Reader works http://bit.ly/2s0CYy.Copyright violation possibilitesI foresee publishers complaining that this device can be used to read books...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Personal finance, Intel Corp., health care

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Why not pay for what works?

Lawsuits not a costly issueThat's a typical republican, politcal response. Studies have been done to show that's it's a very small percentage of overall costs in healthcare. Not that tort reform wouldn't help, it's just a small issue in the big picture.Most unnecessarly procedures are generally performed...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Betsy McCaughey

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Google: Is there anyone who doesn't have an opinion?

Google is 1995 MicrosoftFor now, Google is up there, with great products, a bright future and way in front. But...Google can't be different from any other company that ever emerged, flourish and then met their nemesis. Everybody thinks it will be MS or Apple but the reality will probably be...

Tags: Strategy, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-10