Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
ZDNet Resources
- Will+IM+ever+kick+off+its+shackles%3F
- Will+IM+ever+kick+off+its+shackles%3FDan Casey voice of reasonOn December 17th in Oregon, the National Labor Relations board, ruled in a way that I think kicked what Dan Casey is quoted on off. Basically Web 2.0 is treated like telephones. Employers can't enforce policy that prevents employees from using company phones as long as...
- Tags: Instant messaging, Web 2.0, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Bush Administration, IM, Skype Technologies S.A., telephony
- Discussion threads 2008-02-08
- EFF sues DOJ for lobbying data
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a Freedom of Information Lawsuit against the Department of Justice to obtain records on telecom lobbying efforts, Ars Technica reports. EFF is seeking documentation of lobbying around amendments to the FISA law and the granting of immunity for surveillance activities. What connections and...
- Tags: Ars Technica, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Telecommunications Company, Government, U.S. Department Of Justice, Bush Administration, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-09-28
- Phony choices in the net neutrality debate
- George Ou's long post on net neutrality -- he uses the Bell spin "net stupidity" -- is a great example of FUD. This is not a complex debate. It's not about government vs. "the market." The idea that monopolists represent "the market" is one of the biggest...
- Tags: Google Inc., Phone, Edge, Net Neutrality, Bush Administration, Bush Justice Department, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-09-10
- bush administration tells Internet advocates to vote Democratic
- Bush Administration tells Internet advocates to vote DemocraticWhat in the world makes ........ you think it would be any different with a Democratic Whitehouse. You Bush haters are so blinded by that hatred you can't see the truth when it is right in front of your face. The...
- Tags: Net Neutrality, Bush Administration, Internet
- Discussion threads 2007-09-07
- bush administration tells Internet advocates to vote Democratic
- Sometimes the truth is partisan. This is one of those times. If you want an open Internet, one where you're not being blackmailed by phone monopolists at every turn, whether you're trying to download or upload, then you better vote Democratic next year. And...
- Tags: Declan McCullagh, Internet, Bush Administration, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-09-07
- IMHO: Sprint, bush administration share some of the same faults
- IMHO: Sprint, Bush administration share some of the same faultsThis is not the place...for political propaganda. This is a web site discussing technical issues. Just because you mentioned Sprint's latest news does not make your topic a technical issue. Your motives are clear.How many?So, how many support...
- Tags: Government, Bush Administration, Sprint Communications
- Discussion threads 2007-07-11
- IMHO: Sprint, bush administration share some of the same faults
- That's SprintNextel CEO Gary Forsee at the right. You know the other guy.Looking at Sprint's stubborn, ideologically fueled decision to cancel more than 1,000 accounts for excessive customer support contact- and then sticking to its guns despite massive outcries from users, pundits and even public advocates:I am starting to...
- Tags: SprintNextel
- Blog posts 2007-07-11
- bush administration attacks 'shield' for bloggers
- Bush administration attacks 'shield' for bloggersAnyone is a reporterWilliam Safire is right--there's no distinction between anyone dispensing information, whether it's an "official reporter" being paid, or someone posting on a blog. There are enough laws on the books already to compel anyone reporting anything to divulge sources if necessary,...
- Tags: Blogging, William Safire, news source, Bush Administration, blogger
- Discussion threads 2007-06-18
- DOJ backs off of Microsoft as former counsel dismisses Google's antitrust claim
- The Bush administration seems to be softening its stance on Microsoft and the company's anticompetitive conduct, reports the New York TimesThis change in attitude mirrors the market shift from desktop software to Internet search and web-based software, which circumvents Microsoft. The recent rejection of an antitrust complaint filed by Google...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt, Courts
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
- Judge won't halt AT&T wiretapping lawsuit
- Judge won't halt AT&T wiretapping lawsuitBush = Millstone around the NeckThe Bush administration has done more to turn the United States into a fascist police state than any other administration. Democracy can not flourish in an environment of government secrecy. What the people don't know CAN and WILL...
- Tags: Workforce management, Bush Administration, AT&T Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-11-21
- House panel subpoenas two HP execs
- House panel subpoenas two HP execsHPWho are the criminals here? HP Execs who take measures to protect their company on behalf of the shareholders, or the theives of their company's knowledge? By perpetrating a theft/betrayal of the trust of their employer, by not fulfilling their obligations, maybe these...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., homeland security, hearing, Bush Administration
- Discussion threads 2006-09-25
- Terrorism invoked in ISP snooping proposal
- Terrorism invoked in ISP snooping proposalCommiecast... not known for just poor quality service anymore!:D (okay, that's not a proper use of the nickname "communist", but I wouldn't be the first to misuse the term... corporatist is more apposite an epithet...)Not that Comcast doesn't have a point, but some...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Homeland security, Vertical industries, terrorism, government, Internet Service Provider, Bush Administration
- Discussion threads 2006-05-30
- 77ò0of Americans think alternative energy projects should be top priority for bush administration
- 77ò0of Americans think alternative energy projects should be top priority for Bush administration77% of America finally gets it...This is coming from the people who elected a guy that 4 years ago said "We're not concerned with conservation because it doesn't fit the American lifestyle." It's good to know that...
- Tags: alternative energy, Bush Administration
- Discussion threads 2006-03-16
- 77% of Americans think alternative energy projects should be top priority for bush administration
- The CSI/40mpg.org survey found that 58% of Americans - including 57% of independents and 42% of conservatives - are more concerned about global warming today than they were two years ago. Also, more than three out of four Americans (76%) - including two out of three conservatives - think...
- Tags: global warming, conservatives, Americans
- Blog posts 2006-03-16
- Kerry chides bush administration on broadband
- Kerry chides Bush administration on broadbandEarth to DemocratsGeorge Bush is not running for office in 2008. Stop campaigning against him.Umm, given all Bush's problems, Broadbandway, way down the list...Is anybody thinking straight???I hate to tell you all this, but not everything is Bushs' fault. I find it amazing how he...
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Shrub, Kerry, broadband, Bush Administration
- Discussion threads 2006-03-14
- Judge postpones Google subpoena hearing
- Judge postpones Google subpoena hearingThe Justice Department should give up ...................Again I say the Justice Department should give up their witch hunt for the Bush Administration right wing causes ....................... You can't legislate morality for the whole country no matter how hard you try ................. Protecting children is a good...
- Tags: Google Inc., U.S. Department of Justice, Bush Administration
- Discussion threads 2006-02-03
- bush administration to Sony: It's your intellectual property -- it's not your computer
- Bush Administration to Sony: It's your intellectual property -- it's not your computerI must have been in a comaBecause I think this story reads something like "Bush administration tells a megacorporation NOT to screw the American Public".Which Bush administration is this? Clearly, I have been comatose for at least...
- Tags: computer, intellectual property, Bush Administration, media, Sony Corp., coma
- Discussion threads 2005-11-14
- bush administration to Sony: It's your intellectual property -- it's not your computer
- Sony knew they were dead in the water when the Department of Homeland Security DHS admonished them on the CD rootkit scandal - at a Chamber of Commerce event on combating intellectual-property theft. According to Briand Krebs of the Washington Post the Department of Homeland Security's assistant secretary for policy,...
- Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Sony Corp.
- Blog posts 2005-11-12
- bush administration objects to .xxx domains
- Bush administration objects to .xxx domainsPornography is a form of fraudIn my opinion, pornogpaphers offer their customers something that they cannot provide and would be subject to arrest if they tried. Just as in the US, state governments have been made trafficants in alcohol in order to collect taxes on...
- Tags: xxx, domain, Bush Administration
- Discussion threads 2005-08-15
- Getting tough with China?
- Getting tough with China?The US government, Microsoft's best advocate.Of course, Microsoft and the business organizations to which it belongs will have little impact on Chinese government policies. Piracy and software protectionism are not essentially a problem; they're an increase in profits.But, because the Chinese policies are blatant protectionism, the...
- Tags: Government, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Miller, Chinese Government, Microsoft Corp., protectionism, Bush Administration
- Discussion threads 2005-05-20
White Papers and Webcasts
Tech news covering the latest in products, conferences and blog commentary, from ZDNet video.
You'll find it full of unique features like the new Image Packaging System (IPS), ZFS as the default filesystem, DTrace enabled packages for extreme observability and performance tuning, and much more.
