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Voting machine transparency costs one county clerk

Voting machine transparency costs one county clerkThe Problem Is....If you buy a new car and it has problems WHO do you take it to first?? The Dealer which you bought it from or your cousin the mechanic down the street. If he didn't like the quality of the machines...

Tags: SECURITY, Diebold Inc., Bruce Funk

Discussion threads 2006-03-29

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Opera 10 will be 'prettier'

Many users, especially of Apple, found Opera's latest version 9.6 unpleasant on the eye. But the company says its next major update will be prettier. The next major release of Opera for the desktop will be 'prettier' than the current version of the browser, claims the company. ...

Tags: Opera Software, Lawson Software Inc., Hicks, Web Browsers, Internet, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, Opera, browser, Opera 10.0

News items 2008-10-13

Is Apple out of ideas?

Is Apple out of ideas?At this point they might not need muchApples' greatest growth prospect lies in computers, due to its smaller market share. There's a lot of room for growth there. Within that market, Apple has been able to cement a reputation, especially with consumers, of very good...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Hole in Adobe software allows free movie downloads

A security hole in Adobe Systems' software is giving users free access to record and copy from Amazon.com's video streaming service. NEW YORK--A security hole in Adobe Systems' software, used to distribute movies and TV shows over the Internet, is giving users free access to record and copy from...

Tags: Software, Adobe Systems Inc., Web, Movie, Amazon.com Inc., Video, TV, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Reuters, Adobe Systems, piracy, video streaming, Amazon.com, Hulu

News items 2008-09-29

The Disaster Recovery Items Few Consider

The Disaster Recovery Items Few ConsiderMore! More!Great article. I would love to read more about what the folks in the trenches dealt with.Brucesome small-scale disaster recovery items for smaller businessesAs owner/operator of a small ASP Application Service Provider, I thought I would share a few tidbits. We...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, colo, disaster recovery, United Parcel Service of America Inc., Web site

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

Salesforce quarter on target

Salesforce quarter on targetIs Salesforce.com the new ADP ... or the next Datapoint?This headline recently appeared in several places across the Web:"Salesforce.com Passes $1 Billion Annual Revenue Mark"THIS IS NOT TRUE. I don't know whether this material misstatement arose from media manipulation or an honest mistake, but it's genesis...

Tags: Sales force management, payroll solutions, Salesforce.com Inc., Datapoint, Automatic Data Processing Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-24

Two flavors of software as a service: Intuit QuickBase and Etelos

Two flavors of software as a service: Intuit QuickBase and Etelos"Web 2.0" is Techno-HypeLike so many tech articles posted since Tim O'Reilly coined the term in 2004, this one references "Web 2.0" as if it were something tangible--or at least a concept with clear, concise definition. It is not....

Tags: Channel management, software-as-a-service, Intuit Inc., Web 2.0, Web, Intuit QuickBase

Discussion threads 2008-08-15

Open source licenses are valid

Open source licenses are valid.....Time to test the EULA now... ]:)No surpriseIt's the position RMS has held since he wrote the GPL.That test is ongoingWe discussed this a month or so ago. There have been cases indicating some EULA provisions may be deemed onorous by a court. But I haven't...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), GPL, OPEN SOURCE LICENSES, open source

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

Black Hat Las Vegas Day 2

Again, sorry for the late updates.  Vegas is the kind of place that demands a lot of a person.  Too many parties make it difficult to find time to blog on the conference.  Pictures of the even are a bit sparse, due to consistently forgetting to bring my camera, but...

Tags: black hat, microsoft corp., applet, image, vegas, nathan mcfeters

Blog posts 2008-08-09

Microsoft makes daring vulnerability sharing move

Microsoft makes daring vulnerability sharing movehave to say it's goodSomebody finally gets it about actual security development in a shared mode.I Agree. Good Move, finally.This will allow the mfrs of network perimeter appliances and IPS to solidify their signatures beforehand.I'm not sure daring is the word...They should have been doing...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., security, OH GOD, vulnerability, open source, OSS

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Everywhere I look, I see Clouds

Everywhere I look, I see CloudsThe only eruption of clouds...is by bloggers. The only ones actually using the cloud are small businesses that either don't have the money for their own network or don't have the qualified IT personnel to do their own.Bloggers need to get a handle on reality....

Tags: Channel management, cloud computing, XML, Web 2.0, Web

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Any common ground between SOA and Web 2.0?

Any common ground between SOA and Web 2.0?Brilliant postJoe,I think you hit the nail on the head so many times, you could have built a house. We all tend to gravitate towards those wonderous acronyms. First because the express something complex in a simple term, then via the bandwagon and...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Web 2.0, SOA, common ground, Web

Discussion threads 2008-07-30

Interactive agencies, RIAs, and the advertising market

Interactive agencies, RIAs, and the advertising marketThe Experience and the BrandMore and more the brand and the experience become tied to each other. Just look at Starbucks who built their brand upon the experience. What happened when that experience began to lack? Brand erosion. Kudos to them...

Tags: Branding, brand, InterActive Agency, advertising market, rich Internet application, advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-07-28

Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs

Inside the mind - and config - of Terry ChildsGuilty of Incompetency in Office Politics, Being a JerkThe word is that Childs was the sole keeper of the passwords for months if not years, and management was aware of the situation during this period.The new director of security took a...

Tags: Workforce management, IT Field, Terry Childs

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Open source should support Apple over Psystar

Open source should support Apple over PsystarYou're offBSD and GPL are licensesEULA is a contractRE: Open source should support Apple over PsystarDon't get into this argument. "License not Contract" is a magical phrase used by Open Source 'backers' who want to rationalize the idea that using someone's code without permission...

Tags: EULA, open source, Apple Inc., GPL, Joomla

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

$1 Million prize offered for cracking an encryption algorithm

$1 Million prize offered for cracking an encryption algorithmSchneier thought the sameIf you read Bruce Schneier's history on his website, he claim to have discovered the same revelation. He says he used to believe that if he found the perfect encryption, the world would be secure. He later...

Tags: encryption algorithm

Discussion threads 2008-07-07

Nokia's open source Symbian is no match or threat to Linux mobile, Linux Foundation claims

Nokia's open source Symbian is no match or threat to Linux mobile, Linux Foundation claimsJim is missing one essential point.Dana,While I have not heard of any official plan to do this, it's a no-brainer to consider that the Symbian platform in its new role could be hosted on top of...

Tags: mobile, Symbian Inc., open source, Linux, Nokia Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Car crash on Wall Street: many injuries and heavy losses

Not since the financial industry did a header off the high board into a mortgage pool filled with bad paper. It's been literally weeks since an American-based business sector looked this sick. I've been trying to keep up with the bloody saga of the Detroit auto makers and...

Tags: Car, Stock, Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Wall, Sales Strategy, Mortgages, Sales Force Management, Construction, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Sales, Finance, Capital Structures, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Samsung HT-X810T

If the primary appeal of soundbar speakers is based on their significant reduction of wires and clutter--as compared with 5.1-channel home theater-in-a-box systems--then Samsung's new HT-X810T soundbar should be a winner. While it's not the first single-speaker system with a built-in DVD player or a wireless subwoofer--that'd be the Philips...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, Wi-Fi, subwoofer, Samsung HT-X810T, speaker, sub, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., TV

Product reviews 2008-06-23

First hands-on review of the D-Link DSM-330 DivX Connected HD Media Player

First hands-on review of the D-Link DSM-330 DivX Connected HD Media PlayerLooks like a winnerGood overview. I wish these things would be more like $99 or so :-) Also, why are they handicapped to play certain video or certain rates is puzzling. If it plays on the PC,it should...

Tags: Home networking, D-Link DSM-330 DivX Connected HD-Media Player, D-Link Systems

Discussion threads 2008-06-23