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Blogger says Cuba blocked access to her site

Blogger says Cuba blocked access to her siteWhere's the American Media on this?The American mainstream media has such a love affair with Cuba, which I often don't understand. You'd think they'd be aghast about a country that not only runs the media, but openly suppresses any form speech. ...

Tags: Cuba, media, Blogger

Discussion threads 2008-03-25

Got room in your heart for a hacker?

Got room in your heart for a hacker?Potential for long-distance murder?Don't think that it'd be a far stretch to suggest that people could be murdered through the technology that's supposed to save them. We can only hope that we are not one of those people.Castro would have been easierAll you...

Tags: Hacking, Wi-Fi, Castro, Nate

Discussion threads 2008-03-13

Castro: H1-B increases are plot to steal IT workers from Latin America

Castro: H1-B increases are plot to steal IT workers from Latin AmericaIt's hard to understand...... why all the IT guys leave Cuba.See my small carton:http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2007/07/why-not-cuba.htmlBye,OliverThat's Just SillyThe U.S. Tech industry is not out to damage Cuba or Latin America's Tech industry. Its only goal is to destroy job opportunities...

Tags: Cuba, Castro, H-1B visa, U.S. tech industry

Discussion threads 2007-07-20

Castro: H1-B increases are plot to steal IT workers from Latin America

As Silicon Valley demands more H1-B visas be granted to foreign workers, Fidel Castro warned this week that increased migration of tech workers to the U.S. will hurt Cuba and other Latin American economies, ComputerWorld reports.Castro's warning was part of celebrations to mark the graduation of the first class from...

Tags: International

Blog posts 2007-07-19

Cuba to migrate to open-source software

Cuba to migrate to open-source softwareWell duhit's a massive swing away from American based vendors as narcasism and nationalism finally take root and shifts turn to inward solutions. If only the US could separate itself from the indebtedness to China and Mexico's products and reintroduce industry that long ago...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Linux, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, open-source software, Cuba, Stallman, Castro, Communism, communism, software

Discussion threads 2007-02-20

Cuba: We're forced to 'finance' the Internet

Cuba: We're forced to 'finance' the InternetDon't listen to the man behind the curtains .The man behind the curtains would be George W. Bush , who is using the embargo as a tool to hurt al the people of Cuba for what one man is doing . George is...

Tags: finance, Castro, Internet, Cuba, embargo

Discussion threads 2006-11-02

Additional Resources

AT&T loses bid to stop Verizon ads, responds with its own

AT&T could use Apple's patentApple has patented a technique where a user is forced to watch an ad and then answer a quiz about that ad before they are allowed to use their Apple device. AT&T could use this to force all iPhone users to watch AT&T ads.AT&T has no...

Tags: Smart phones, AT&T Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Staff are causing security breaches by using their own mobile phones says survey

Duh. Data theft is easier than ever before.I used to work in a facility where you surrendered every electronic item at the gate. When inside, you picked up your laptop and in-house cellphone and went to work. No iPhones or Blackberries, no USB sticks, nothing. Our laptops had some effective...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, survey, mobile, phone, security, security breach, Fidel Castro, Apple iPhone, Data Theft, cell phone

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

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

Boycott Bacardi: Your Summer Rum Buying Guide

Boycott Bacardi: Your Summer Rum Buying GuideAmerican Values?In which modern democracy, Israel included, would you find an ad-campaign like this inoffensive to women?You're way off-base there...1) You [i]do[/i] understand the difference between human beings and animals, don't you?2) It was an [i]Internet[/i] ad, launched on Facebook, and in...

Tags: Gender and diversity, Bacardi Ltd., Rum

Discussion threads 2009-06-21

Obama military deference threatens health reform

Obama military deference threatens health reformWhen you see the examplesthe VA, Medicare, MedicaidDoes anybody believe the government can manage universal health care?Oh please.... we implemented an EHR system that uses both.. in 6 months.They use MySQL backend, web standards for communication and some closed source for a front end.They are...

Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, health care, Medicare, government

Discussion threads 2009-06-11

Who would be better for tech, McCain or Obama?

Who would be better for tech, McCain or Obama?not an issueso by adding the word tech into the discussion u think it is valid,enough is enoughwe dont want to hear read see political opinions on the tech blogthank youRE: Who would be better for tech, McCain or Obama?Thank you for...

Tags: Obama

Discussion threads 2008-11-03

Tech will suffer from financial meltdown

Sometimes you have to look around outside of your own personal sector and reflect on the world at large. If you haven't noticed, our financial infrastructure is tumbling down around our ears. The U.S. agreed yesterday to bail out AIG at the cost of $85 billion....

Tags: Bank, Financial, American International Group Inc., Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Investment, Finance, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-17

The glide path to an open society

The glide path to an open societyCuba, change?Not if the Cubans have a choice.You wrote:Cuba, under Raul Castro, shows signs that he wants to make his island nation more open to the outside world. He has allowed wider access to essential communications technologies, such as cell phones and the Internet...

Tags: INTERNET, CUBANS, Cuba

Discussion threads 2008-04-08

The glide path to an open society

The International Olympic Committee IOC, the Switzerland-based group responsible for Olympic event planning, has been putting pressure on China to open the Internet during the games in Beijing as part of host-nation commitment to media openness. As Ars Technica reported, the results have been decidedly mixed. Though Chinese Internet users...

Tags: China, Government, Vertical Industries, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-04-07

Supreme Court declines warrantless wiretapping case

Supreme Court declines warrantless wiretapping caseThe story just says it all.It's really getting hard to hold my head up and meet foreign peoples eyes when I tell them I'm an American.RE: Supreme Court declines warrantless wiretapping caseThe stench of the apologists is just beginning to waffle! The love of these...

Tags: SECURITY, Top-Secret Information, warrantless wiretapping case, wiretapping case, Islamic

Discussion threads 2008-02-20

New 'Astoria' test build released; final set for mid-2008

Microsoft made available for download on December 9 a Community Technology Preview CTP of "Astoria," the technology now officially known as ADO.Net Data Services. Pablo Castro, Technical Lead on ADO.Net, has taken to describing Astoria as "a REST interface for data." Astoria is designed to enable applications...

Tags: Data Service, Web, Team, Microsoft ADO.NET, Microsoft Corp., Programming, Astoria, Team Management, .Net, Development Tools, Databases, Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-12-10

World faces 'cyber cold war' threat, report says

World faces 'cyber cold war' threat, report saysCall China's BluffThen learn what the IP address of the attacker is and pinpoint the persons whereabouts and demand China help find the Criminal. Either China can come up with the criminal and turn him over or admit that China is the...

Tags: Sales tools, cold calling

Discussion threads 2007-11-29

Microsoft's success in China

Microsoft's success in ChinaConventional wisdom on China.A quote:"But the West ultimately implemented social reforms after upheavals that led voters to elect new governments. And South Korea and Taiwan tamed crony capitalism following traumatic democratic transitions. The Chinese Communist Party, in contrast, appears to be nowhere near tolerating political change. In...

Tags: Vertical industries, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, government, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-07-30

Microsoft's success in China

Microsoft appears to be making inroads in the Chinese market. According to a blog post over at Tech Republic, Microsoft, through aggressive price reductions and a willingness to grant more access to source code, has managed to convince the Chinese government to use Windows and Office. Similarly, Microsoft has opted...

Tags: Open Source, Microsoft, Economic Policy

Blog posts 2007-07-30