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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

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Live Webcast: Virtual Service Oriented Grids: Transforming the Enterprise: One of the most powerful features of computing grids is the capability to identify and allocate resources needed to build and run applications on demand and in almost real time, without months of negotiation or waiting for the hardware procurement cycle to facilitate it. While most discussions...; Tags: Webcast, Grid Computing, Grid, Intel Corp., Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking; Webcasts 2008-04-22
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
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
Astoria: Another piece of Microsoft's cloud programming model revealed: On Monday at Mix 07, Microsoft revealed yet another piece of its puzzling cloud-programming puzzle: "Astoria." Astoria is a set of patterns and infrastructure for Web data services, explained Pablo Castro, technical lead with Microsofts database group. Castro showed off Microsofts Astoria work during his session on "Accessing...; Tags: Code names, Database, Development tools, Housekeeping, MIX07, Silverlight (wpf/e), SQL Server, Web 2.0, Windows Live; Blog posts 2007-04-30
Supreme Court sides with Microsoft in patent spat: Supreme Court sides with Microsoft in patent spatEC Looks at Breaking Up Microsofthttp://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200704231401DOWJONESDJONLINE000574_FORTUNE5.htmThe Supreme Court is giving LOUD signals that they intend to limit patentsAnd this is VERY good news! Their will likely be more challenges to overreaching IP claims and this court appears prepared to pare them down...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Corp., software; Discussion threads 2007-04-30
Jobs has harsh words for teacher unions: Steve Jobs, speaking in Austin at a forum on technology in the classroom on Friday, said:I believe that what is wrong with our schools in this nation is that they have become unionized in the worst possible way... This unionization and lifetime employment of K-12 teachers is off-the-charts crazy.According to...; Tags: Steve Jobs; Blog posts 2007-02-18
Google searchers vs. Yahoo searchers: Google has zeitgeist, Yahoo has buzz.What piqued Google searchers’ interests in 2006,versus Yahoo searchers?Yahoo Top Ten Overall SearchesBritney Spears,WWE,Shakira,Jessica Simpson,Paris Hilton,American Idol,Beyonce Knowles,Chris Brown,Pamela Anderson,Lindsay Lohan.Google.com Top Searchesbebo,myspae,world cup,metacafe,radioblog,wikipedia,video,rebelde,mininova,wiki.Yahoo Top 10 News Story SearchesSteve Irwin death,Anna Nicole’s son dies,Iraq,Israel and Lebanon,U.S. elections,Fidel Castro stroke,North Korea nuke,JonBenet confession,Saddam Hussein trial,Danish cartoon.Google...; Tags: searcher, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.; Blog posts 2006-12-19
HP's Dunn toasted at gala dinner: HP's Dunn toasted at gala dinnerOh boyHow about induction into the 'hall of shame?'http://opendomain.blogspot.com/Presumably the people sponsoringher don't know the meaning of the word "ethics" either.So OCOrange County is a show the young in my home watched last year and there was an episode where Man of The Year was...; Tags: Ethic, Orange County, Hewlett-Packard Co., Warm Fuzzy; Discussion threads 2006-09-21
HP balks at patent provision in GPL update: HP balks at patent provision in GPL updateIsn't it becoming obvious that a licenseis not the instrument to force people/users into believing in Stallman's view of the world?Mr. Shankland, get a clueThe Linux kernel (and any other GPL works which don't have the "or later version" clause) aren't going to...; Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linus, GPL, Linux, Hewlett-Packard Co., GPL 2, Stallman, software; Discussion threads 2006-08-02
Politicos attack tech firms over China: Politicos attack tech firms over ChinaUh, pass a law requiring you to break the law?Are these folks smoking whacky weed or something? As SOOOOOoooo many posters have pointed out when talking about the EU, if you do business in a foreign country then you MUST abide by their laws.Or...; Tags: INTERNET, Politico, hypocrisy, Mph; Discussion threads 2006-02-01
Microsoft tells judge it's antitrust-compliant: Microsoft tells judge it's antitrust-compliantHmmmmm ....Sounds like the old saying:"It's better to ask for forgiveness than permission"Sounds like the right thing to me.Face it, training 60,000 employees does not happen overnight. (Ask anyone that's done it.) The great thing is it was caught by MS internaly and was...; Tags: Corporate law, thuggary, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, police officer, antitrust; Discussion threads 2005-11-30