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Siemens, bribery & SarbOx

Siemens, bribery & SarbOxGood people run good companiesThe law cannot make a company run ethically, only legally. Many of these post-Enron compliance mechanisms only offer accounting compliance. In this case it looks like it did just that -- everyone knew they spent $x as an "expenditure" -- but...

Tags: Siemens AG, Sarbox, bribe

Discussion threads 2009-01-05

India's software sector: We'll keep data safe

India's software sector: We'll keep data safeBAD choice of words>I can see we're not likely to be exporting public relations to them any time soon. When you're dealing with people who make three dollars a day living in cardboard ghettos and where bribes are an accepted part of culture,...

Tags: Outsourcing, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, software, bribe

Discussion threads 2004-06-10

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New York AG files antitrust charges against Intel; alleges bribery, coercion

Normally I'd say this is just another NY AG trying to run for higher officebut this seems to have legs. I hope Intel didn't do it - but if they did, they need to be repremanded.Great to see some justice against InhellI can hardly wait to see the M$...

Tags: Video cards, Corporate law, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., antitrust, graphics

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Canada scandal illustrates perils of health IT stimulus

Call it the law of unintended consequences. Many private acts, done in the normal course of business, become matters of criminal interest when public money is involved. A commission becomes a kickback, a sales dinner a bribe. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Information Technology, Health Care, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-10-09

Judge overturns $388m patent verdict against Microsoft

Horrible PrecedentA judge over turning what a jury has already ruled, is setting a very bad precedent. This basically means if a judge doesn't like the a way a case came out, he can simply change it. Which means, whats the point of a jury?As for their reasoning, a software...

Tags: patent verdict, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

Report: EC considering delay of Sun-Oracle over MySQL concerns

EU have been duped by M$ agentsI can see M$ trying to upset this deal by delays and FUD.Your tin foil hat is leaking againYou need to lay out a couple bucks for some new tin foil.Wonder how big a bribe they are after this time?:-(RE: Report: EC considering delay...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

10 bits of tech to get for the back-to-school student

RE: Cant digest your idea of promoting speakersAhh I see your point and thought it through. IMHO the best headphones I've ever had are those which came as standard with my BlackBerry. Investing in expensive headphones is again IMHO pointless. Having beefy speakers is a good social tool; sticking them...

Tags: Notebooks, speaker, headphone

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Lance Armstrong for health czar

Lance Armstrong for health czarLance already has a full-time jobTeam RadioshackWhile I don't......agree with National Health Care, if it's going to be forced upon us I could see Lance fulfilling this position.The idea of wellnessfits in perfectly with Obama-care.Health care reform isn't about health care. It's about the state grabbing...

Tags: Vertical industries, Government, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Lance Armstrong, wellness, health care, Livestrong

Discussion threads 2009-07-27

Bolivia:lithium=Saudi:oil?

What's a poor country with rich resources to do? There's the Nigeria model: tribal hatred and long-running civil war. There's the Saudi model: bribe your own people, hire aliens to do the dirty work and execute any dissenters. There's the West Virginia model: give the mining companies...

Tags: Lithium, Bolivia, Battery, Engineering, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-14

Take a lead from Yahoo! Focus less on buying carbon credits and more on reducing your carbon emissions

Take a lead from Yahoo! Focus less on buying carbon credits and more on reducing your carbon emissionsCarbon Credits are nothing but a sweet scamWhat do you get with carbon credits?? NOTHING.You pay money to make-believe that you are doing something good for the environment. But in reality...

Tags: carbon emission, Carbon Credits, carbon credit, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-12

Eurocrats face proprietary FUD attack

Eurocrats face proprietary FUD attackI agree with Jonathan Zuck up to a point..."Commercial software must be allowed to compete on a level-playing field with other software types." Is not this what open source has been saying for a long time? Isnt this what the Opera vs MS lawsuit...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, FUD, government

Discussion threads 2009-07-09

New Thomas trial opens with advantage to RIAA

New Thomas trial opens with advantage to RIAANo hold....1. Mediacentry cannot be thrusted to produce evidence. it as a LONG criminal record and optain most of its so called proof illegally.2. A log file produce by such shady and court proven criminal corpoation (RIAA, Mediasentry), cannot be valid in court....

Tags: RIAA

Discussion threads 2009-06-15

BSA says piracy cost $50 billion, awaits its IP czar

BSA says piracy cost $50 billion, awaits its IP czarThere is no such thing as piracy...Piracy is what happens to ships on the high seas.Un-licensed software is NOT piracy! Useing the word "piracy" to denote un-licensed software is just a form of propaganda.With product activation, Draconian DRM and EULAs that...

Tags: Well Let, Business Software Alliance, piracy, IP Czar, Cyber Mafia, IP

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

Nokia's unlocked N97: Pre-order and save a few bucks

Nokia's unlocked N97: Pre-order and save a few bucksI see no reason why this won't be goodI own an N95 and it has been the best phone.It's better than an iPhone really based on features that work.N97 for under $500 US sounds like a 'steal'.But, I know Matthew Miller has...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Nokia Corp., N97, Pre-order, unlocked N97, Apple iPhone, phone, N96

Discussion threads 2009-05-08

Should the US government impose wireless fee limits like the EU?

Should the US government impose wireless fee limits like the EU?ClarificationI believe that these price caps apply specifically and only to "roaming" charges, i.e. between countries in the EU.The EU can and is doing this because one of its goals is a "common market", and the telecos have resisted encouragement...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, wireless fee, U.S. Government, telecommunications company, phone, wireless

Discussion threads 2009-04-22

Google isn't killing journalism, it's more of a suicide

Google isn't killing journalism, it's more of a suicideNewspapers, RIAA and MPAANewspapers, RIAA and MPAA are all in the same boat, making buggy whips when the car came along. The obvious solution for the newspapers is to bribe the law makers into outlawing the internet and then we can all...

Tags: INTERNET, Digital media, Strategy, Google Inc., RIAA, suicide, MPAA

Discussion threads 2009-04-10

GPL's cloudy future

GPL's cloudy futureIn the Cloud: ANYBODY can do ITANYBODY. I believe that is the essence of the Cloud revolution.Users old enough remember the IBM PC. It was a revolution. A maneuver around traditional IT which gave rise to a new generation of software and hardware development without...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Configuration Files, GPL, AGPL, Google Inc., information technology

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

Human botnets and Twitnets - the problem with commercial social media

The problem with social media is that if you try to manipulate it for marketing purposes it can blow up in your face and bite you in the butt (mashup metaphor #32). Take a look at the Procter and Gamble experiment to sell "Tide" t-shirts. Brian Morrissey, Digital Editor...

Tags: Brand, Procter & Gamble Co., Social Media, Foremski, Marketing Research, Marketing, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-03-12

Evochron Legends demo (Windows)

Evochron Legends is the sequel to Evochron Renegades with a lot of design aspects heavily influenced by player feedback and requests. It is a first person 3D space combat, trader, and mercenary simulation designed for 'lone-wolf' survival gameplay. You can make diverse buying, fighting, and travelling decisions in a large...

Tags: Environment, Microsoft Windows, StarWraith 3D Games, Evochron Legends, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-02-05

Should Microsoft kick the Zune to the Island of the Misfit Toys?

Should Microsoft kick the Zune to the Island of the Misfit Toys?No real effortI don't understand MS on this issue, i see little effort on the advertising side. And they don't seem to want to support the community. I live in Canada, and i have had my Zune 8 since...

Tags: Media players, Digital music, Digital media, Word processors, Microsoft Office, Strategy, Market Place, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., media player

Discussion threads 2009-01-24