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		<title><![CDATA[Body Surface Area Calculator 1.0 (Mobile)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1063357]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Enter height and weight to calculate BSA using any of 5 common estimating methods. Enter the dose per square meter to determine total dosage for patient. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BSA says piracy cost $50 billion, awaits its IP czar]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11155-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=64464&messageID=1198974&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 15:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BSA says piracy cost $50 billion, awaits its IP czar]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4785]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Supposedly, the software industry lost $50 billion to international "piracy" last year, $9 billion in the U.S. That's according to the Business Software Alliance's latest study.    And although piracy in the U.S. is the lowest in the world, BSA bemoans: "A fifth of PC software in the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 13:38:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Surprising Risks of Counterfeit Software in Business]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1139947]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2006, international market research firm IDC published a paper sponsored by Microsoft about the risks of obtaining and using counterfeit software1 The Business Software Alliance BSA, a respected industry trade organization, defines software piracy as the unauthorized copying or distribution of copyrighted software. This can be done by copying,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[RIAA, BSA lawyers fill top Justice spots]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[RIAA, BSA lawyers fill top Justice spotsBe careful...Be careful who has your ear, Mr. President.RE: RIAA, BSA lawyers fill top Justice spotsAnd to think of all the articles and columns I've seen by liberal tech writers over the last two months just giddy with anticipatory delight on all the wonderful...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:45:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<link><![CDATA[http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4298]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Obama has filled several of the highest positions in the Justice Departments with industry lawyers with deep connections to RIAA, software publishers. by Richard Koman]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:04:15 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BSA LifeStructures Boosts Collaboration, Responsiveness to Customers with Unified Communications]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1145603]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BSA LifeStructures provides architectural, engineering, and technology consulting services to the healthcare industry. Senior Management wanted to implement new technology that could help cut costs related to communication and collaboration. The company deployed a communications solution using Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007, Office Communicator 2007, Exchange Server 2007 with Unified...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Open source opportunity on the road to Nairobi]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Open source opportunity on the road to NairobiYes, it is funny to watch MS and the BSA try to crack down on piracy inplaces where people can not afford Windows, or at least would switch to Linux before paying for Windows. They use Windows because that is what they grew...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:08:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MDRD-Gault GFR Calc 1.2 (Mobile)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1056463]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This free software application is to be used to calculate GFR utilizing the MDRD and Gault Methods as well as a 24 hour creatinine clearance from a spot or timed urine. Calculation of GFR can be challenging at times and is not to be confused with creatinine clearance even though...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MedTech needs the BSA's help, stat]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=448]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Attention Business Software Alliance! You need to offer better coverage to the medical technology area, stat.    (Me love Dilbert. Image from Boingboing.)Â     No, the dermatologist isn't running a pirated copy of Microsoft Word. We're talking here of expensive medical imaging software from companies like...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:22:29 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[OLPC to run Windows?  Say it ain't so!]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OLPC to run Windows?  Say it ain't so!Death of OLPCYeah, "no comments" usually means "we're neck deep in it".This is very bad. The original $100 PC concept ends up as a $250++ Vista PC, filled with craplets, and so loaded with DRM you can't even print out your own...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:39:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[No open source pressure in Viacom-Google case]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=967]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Why write about Viacoms suit against Google in an open source blog?Because there but for the grace of open source goes software. (The image is from the ZDNet blog of Donna Bogatin, who holds a different, albeit quite valid, view on these topics.)Back at the turn of the century stories...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:32:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Let's all join Bill O'Reilly and hate France]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10535-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=15858&messageID=315117&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Let's all join Bill O'Reilly and hate FranceMy view has changed since August, in fact.There are certainly reasons to continue disagreeing with some current French political philosophies, but after visiting France in August, I found the people to be quite nice...even friendly and helpful.  This was both in rural...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:38:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft expands low-cost Windows to Mexico]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft expands low-cost Windows to MexicoMan, the Mexicans don't need this. For 50 pesos (5 bucks) you can buy anysoftware title you want at the market. You can walk into any corner computer shop and buy a white box computer loaded with XP, MS Office Pro, Photo Shop, whatever you...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2005 15:59:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Piracy rate could double, study says]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Piracy rate could double, study saysWho caresFunny, but I can't remember a time when any corporation ever cared about my paycheck or whether I've ever been robbed or not. Why should I care about them, especially when they are making tons of money regardless, in many cases illegally too? I'd...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2005 06:02:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Software firms want copyright law rewrite]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Software firms want copyright law rewriteRespectHere's an idea,Bring Copyright back to it's intended scope and power. An initial 14 years with an additional 14 years upon application if the creator of the works is still living after the first term of years. This is what the founders thought to be...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2005 05:47:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Piracy crackdown yields $2.2 million]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Piracy crackdown yields $2.2 millionIf you're gonna play, you gotta pay ...When people use proprietary software, they'd better know the rules read the EULA and play by the rules.  Software companies are completely within their rights to attempt to enforce those rules within the arena of fair use. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:41:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Munich Linux switch back on]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Munich Linux switch back onRight on!That's awesome.  I really hope it goes well.  A deployment of this size gives a lot of useful information for other organizations to use.  Kudos to Munich!Gartner and their new alphabet soup ..."EU needs to worry: we have plenty of FUD for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2004 09:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Software piracy losses double]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Software piracy losses doubleAhh, another big study "lie"P2P downloads != lost salesJoe Pirate who downloads an expensive app would never buy it in the first place.The pirates are the ones who sell in on the street and make money off it.Another BS study from the BSA.Yeah... shutting down the P2P's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2004 06:13:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Report tells programmers to put security over creativity]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Report tells programmers to put security over creativityMake it simple and FASTI cannot stand all the imbedded junk in a webpage. Make it simple, clean looking and fast. Leave the animated junk to the kids.Can you say Palladium?I knew you could.is it the programmers fault?  Why blame them for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2004 16:11:00 -0800</pubDate>
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