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- McCain VP choice may frame health care debate
- Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota offers a more ideological approach. After vetoing a Democratic reform plan this year, he has proposed his own plan which is heavy on the tech. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Health Care, John McCain, Plan, Mitt Romney, Charlie Crist, Pawlenty, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- FL guv wants to junk all touch-screen machines
- In Florida, its back to the future. The state whose election irregularities sent the presidential election of 2000 to the Supreme Court and spawned a crisis in the trustworthiness of electronic voting machines wants to go back to all paper ballots. Gov. Charlie Crist will ask the Florida...
- Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Elections, ballot, Charlie Crist, e-voting
- Blog posts 2007-02-01
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- Researchers publish details on London travel card hack
- First there was Boston's Charlie card. Now, Dutch researchers have exposed the inherent weakness in the RFID chip used in London's Oyster travel smartcard, ZDNet UK says. Researchers released details at the Esorics security conference in Malaga on Monday and an academic paper PDF...
- Tags: Card, Researcher, London, Chip, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Ubuntu details next project: 'Jaunty Jackalope'
- Ubuntu details next project: 'Jaunty Jackalope'Ubuntu is GREAT, and it has spurred a ton of innovations.A big thanks to all of the Ubuntu guys.Boot systemsThis should be fun to watch. I've been using Gentoo for more than five years, and their boot system is [i]fast[/i] thanks to dependency-based scheduling....
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Linux Geek, app vendor, Ubuntu, Jaunty Jackalope, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-09-09
- What's on Obama's iPod?
- On 15 August I posted a piece about what's on Michael Phelps' iPod (spoiler: lots of hip hop). Over the weekend I came across a piece in thew September issue of Macworld magazine about What's on Obama's iPod. The story which quotes The Examiner article offline says...
- Tags: Apple iPod, Obama, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- The Technological and Economic impact of a New Cold War
- Cummings of the Daily Express, 24 August 1953, "Back to Where it all Started" The events of the last several weeks surrounding Russia's invasion of Georgia and its recognition of the rogue provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia have threatened to...
- Tags: Russia, Russian, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-01
- Hawaiian Explorer - Lost Island (exe)
- Hawaiian Explorer: Lost Island is an exciting treasure hunt that will lead you through temples, caves, airplane hangars, and beach shacks while making your way from Manhattan to the lost Hawaiian Islands. Join the rescue team searching for Charlie Johnson, a 63 year old professional adventurer who was last heard...
- Tags: Island, SpinTop Games, Team Management, Management
- Software downloads 2008-08-28
- Now that the HP-EDS deal has been consummated
- The Irregulars draws its 'crew' from a wide and varied group of technology interests. One is Charlie Bess, an EDS Fellow. These are the brightest of the brightest among EDS thinkers and we are honored to have Charlie's insights. Now that the HP-EDS deal has been consummated, Charlie felt free...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Outsourcing, Investment, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Comcast undecided on network management scheme
- Despite the fact that it's testing a system to cut back bandwidth for heavy (P2P) users during peak traffic time, Comcast says it hasn't decided on any network management techniques as yet, IDG reports. The FCC issued an order this week requiring Comcast to stop network management that discriminates against...
- Tags: Network, Comcast Corp., Network Management, FreePress, Networking, Network Administration, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- Decision on MIT students' gag order delayed until Tuesday
- The MIT students currently under a gag order not to speak about their research into security holes in the Boston's CharlieCard system will spend the weekend still gagged. A federal judge today declined to lift a temporary restraining order until it expires on Tuesday, News.com reports. ...
- Tags: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Student, Security, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Go MIT! (or should the students get a slap on the wrists?)
- Go MIT! (or should the students get a slap on the wrists?)Government censorship is wrong...and UNconstitutional.Make no mistake, the MBTA is a government organization.The US Constitution states "no law abridging freedom of speech".The judge who issued the restraining order is:1. an idiot2. a d_o_u_chebag3. a fool4. retardedRE: Go MIT! (or...
- Tags: Government, DC-metro, Government Censorship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wrist
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- Go MIT! (or should the students get a slap on the wrists?)
- Have you been to Boston recently? Ridden the T as the subway there is called? A while back, they switched from friendly little nostalgic tokens to awkward tickets and commuter passes called Charlie Cards. Living out in the sticks of central Massachusetts, I don't spend enough time...
- Tags: Ticket, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Boston, Washington DC Metro, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-08-11
- Chinese censorship: to protect 'healthy growth of our youth'
- Chinese censorship: to protect 'healthy growth of our youth'Chinese CensorshipThe Chinese government wants open wallets but not open minds.Unfortunatelywhat also went out of fashion in the 60s was an understanding of Communists, such that you actually think that American censorship in the 50s to reflect community values and Chinese Communist...
- Tags: INTERNET, Chinese Government, censorship, Chinese Censorship, youth
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- Apple ships (long overdue) iPhone security patches
- Finally, after months of waiting, iPhone users finally get security fixes for a batch of known software vulnerabilities. The latest iPhone 2.0 and iPod Touch 2.0 update patches at least 13 documented vulnerabilities, including several code execution holes in the Safari mobile Web browser. The...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Safari, JavaScript, Apple Inc., Web Site, Arbitrary Code Execution, Application Termination, Memory Corruption, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- Apple caught neglecting iPhone security
- If you're waiting on iPhone 2 to standardize your business on the awesome new device (yeah, I'll be on line to buy one), you might want to pay attention to the conspicuous absence of iPhone security patches over the last four months. As WaPo's Brian Krebs reports,...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Krebs, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Apple Mac OS, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Dishing It Out
- There may soon be just one satellite radio company. Now, the stars seem to be aligning for there to be just one satellite TV company, as well. First, in radio. The FCC is close to making a decision that will let Sirius Satellite Radio Inc acquire arch-rival...
- Tags: AT&T Corp., DirecTV, Satellite, Satellite Television, Liberty Media Corp., John Malone, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Satellite TV, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- The lighter side of Bill Gates
- As you all probably know, considering the 2 year lead-up to today and the considerable press coverage, it's Bill Gates' last day at Microsoft. I'd like to take a slightly different spin on covering his career and life, by pointing out the stupid stuff, in the hope it will appeal...
- Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 95, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Sales, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-06-27
- Will Bill Gates' departure usher in open source friendly era at Microsoft?
- Will Microsoft become more open to open source with the departure of Bill Gates? It's a tough call. Observers from both the open and closed source worlds say the exit of Microsoft's longtime leader won't usher in a GPL era at the company but it will likely...
- Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- More than 1 billion PCs now in use worldwide
- More than 1 billion PCs now in use worldwideYes. And that means over 950,000,000 of them......are running Windows. Have a nice day. :)...Try closer to 825,500,000... and you would be more accurate. ]:)But with replacements...... over a fairly brief period, the Windows pc's probably total 1.05 billion. Not...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, UNIX, fantasy, PC, Microsoft Windows, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- Should we be posting images and details of leaked mobile devices?
- The mobile phone market is quite an exciting place to be and one of the ways to generate lots of hits on your site is to be the first to post pictures and/or a review of a rumored phone where you confirm that it does indeed exist. I have never...
- Tags: Phone, Device, Mobile, Mobile Device, Advertising & Promotion, Manufacturing, Telecom & Utilities, Marketing, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-06-20
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