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Does suing customers make business sense?: Does suing customers make business sense?Victory for crime!This so called victory by the RIAA is only one more proof that there is only on kind of justice in the good old USA: the one you buy yourself! When obvious criminal cartel proven more then once guilty of countless crimes win...; Tags: greed, BEST THING, RIAA, citizenship; Discussion threads 2007-10-05
If everyone had a BlackBerry, that might not be a good thing: Jeffrey Roy, who is an associate professor in the School of Public Administration at Canada's Dalhousie University, muses on what a democracy would be like if almost every citizen (and by implication, voter) had a BlackBerry.In fact, Roy seems to be wondering if BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion might not...; Tags: News; Blog posts 2007-06-04
Gates urges federal data privacy law: Gates urges federal data privacy lawWe agree on one thingOnly I'd go one farther: I would let people decide who gets to keep their information on file. Maybe you like the idea of instant credit, maybe you don't care. If you don't you should have the ability to...; Tags: SECURITY, citizenship, Microsoft Corp., EULA, privacy; Discussion threads 2007-03-08
U.S. wins appeal against alleged pirate: U.S. wins appeal against alleged pirateAnd so it is perpetuatedthe American arrogance that the world has come to despise. Yeah I can see the right and the wrong of the whole thing. But the world will not focus on the fact that justice was served should he be convicted of...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, citizenship, software; Discussion threads 2004-07-08

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Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progress: Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progressOffending messagesI would like to know what constitutes an 'offending message' and who makes the decision and on which criterion?Other than that, I want to say that Russia is being vilified in a similar way to Serbia when she fought against terrorisism directed...; Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, cyberattack; Discussion threads 2008-08-11

Accenture gets deeper into the green IT services game: Need some outside perspective on the green status of your IT infrastructure? Accenture, which is one of Forrester Research's darlings when it comes to green IT services, has created a set of services called the Accenture Green Technology Suite that handle anything from basic green "maturity" assessments and modeling tools...; Tags: Game, Data Center, Accenture Ltd., Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-23
America's blocked labor policies: America's blocked labor policiesAll of our restrictions help Canada though. Companies, including MS are nowsetting up shop in Canada to get around US restrictions. Also, India and others will benefit, as more people stay home. Not sure what the solution is, but we only hurt ourselves with the restrictions.RE: America's...; Tags: H-1B, Recruitment & Selection, visa, blocked labor policy, labor policy, job, H1B; Discussion threads 2008-06-25
Google calls for hike in H-1B visas: Google calls for hike in H-1B visasThey immigrate because their country sucksThere's plenty of ways to make money in their own country.The Internet is computers talking to computers.very wellHow about lobbying for changing the H1-B process this way:1.increase the application fee since they displace Americans that paid taxes and loans...; Tags: Benefits, Google Inc., H-1B, information technology, Microsoft Windows, salary, hike, application fee; Discussion threads 2008-06-05
How many doctors reject insurance?: How many doctors reject insurance?Let's change the business modelI'm not a liberal by any means. But my past experience with well-meaning and dedicated doctors is pushing me towards advocating socialized medicine.The first doctor I went to when I moved to Virginia decided to stop taking insurance. So I...; Tags: Financial Planning, insurance; Discussion threads 2008-04-21
Microsoft's End to End trust vision: Can this identity, trusted stack thing work?: Microsoft unveiled its "End to End Trust" security vision and now the real work begins: Will anyone buy into it? At RSA, Microsoft rolled out a whitepaper that at the very least is quite the conversation piece. Reading through the whitepaper--something I encourage everyone...; Tags: Software, Audit, Privacy, Vision, Microsoft Corp., Hardware, Identity, Accountability, Audit Data, Internet, Financial Accounting, Security, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-08
RSA: Microsoft launches trusted Internet initiative; Aims for security dialogue: Microsoft said Tuesday at the RSA security conference that it is launching a trustworthy Internet initiative much like its Trustworthy Computing plan launched in 2002. And like Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative it all started with a whitepaper. That fact is what makes Microsoft's strategy and research chief's...; Tags: RSA Security Inc., Microsoft Corp., Trustworthy Computing, Craig Mundie, Internet, Security, Viruses And Worms, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-08
HP lists its top suppliers: Hewlett-Packard on Thursday issued a mammoth social responsibility report including a list of most of its suppliers. HP released the list "with the intent of promoting transparency and progress in raising social and environmental standards in the electronics industry supply chain." While this list...; Tags: Supply Chain, Hewlett-Packard Co., Supplier, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-03
Edelman on Sustainability Reporting: Call in the PR Pros: It's a conundrum every company faces when thinking about sustainability reporting - who reads this stuff anyway and do these reports actually assure anyone of anything? Sustainability reporting methodologies have grown up, for better or for worse, to ape financial reporting, replete with their own standards of assurance audit and...; Tags: Sustainability, Public Relations, Standards, Financial Reporting Methodology, Edelman, Assurance Standard, James Farrar; Blog posts 2008-04-02
Xerox's simple list of green-tech tips: Focused on my favorite vice, paper: You may have read a little bit yesterday about a new service from Xerox, one centered on its new Sustainability Calculator. Well, I resisted the urge to link to those items because I actually spent some time this morning with Patricia Calkins, Xerox vice president of Environment, Health and Safety,...; Tags: Sustainability, Xerox Corp., Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-03-26
Comcast paid people to take up seats at FCC hearing: Comcast paid people to take up seats at FCC hearingAll the more reason comcast deserves a fine..NOW they are trying to skew the public meetings setup...that is BEYOND low...as Mr. OU has quoted me being out for COMCAST blood...well i'm even more so now. This is the type of corporate...; Tags: Federal government, Comcast Corp., FCC; Discussion threads 2008-02-26
IBM on Corporate Social Responsibility: Collaboration, Integration and NGO Foot Soldiers: Corporate responsibility at IBM is a class act so high expectations then when the IBM Institute for Business Value this week came out with a piece on CSR: Attaining sustainable growth through corporate social responsibility. Dazzling stuff but one or two clangers as well. IBM...; Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Collaboration, Revolution, Business, IBM Corp., Integration, NGO, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management, Business Operations, James Farrar; Blog posts 2008-02-16
On Sustainability: The first post on ZDNET! And if that isn't scary enough I kind of need to spend some time explaining the concept of ‘sustainability', the subject matter of this blog. Nailing custard to a wall would be so much easier. Ask ten people what sustainability means and you will get...; Tags: Sustainability, Globalization, Strategy, Management, James Farrar; Blog posts 2008-02-12
Facebook's social pyramid schemers: Guest post: Chris Matyszczyk laments the way some Facebook applications behave, creating what he calls "pre-pubescent pyramid selling." I have friends who seem to have a strangely close relationship with Facebook. Even though their profile says they are "in a relationship," they seem to spend a...; Tags: Facebook, Quiz, Friend, Social Networking, Development Tools, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Chris Matyszczyk; Blog posts 2008-01-27
The shrinking planet and YouTube: The shrinking planet and YouTubeGermans.If only the did listen to hip-hop from New York, but sadly even the internet has not managed to erode their bizarre fixation with David Hasselhof's musical outpourings.Maybe its becuase he single handedly tore down the Berlin Wall.John you are mixing too many concept in one...; Tags: Vertical industries, YouTube Inc., territorial Sovereignity, Sovereignity, sovereignity; Discussion threads 2008-01-16
Four questions for the week ahead in security: Here's what I'm pondering for the week ahead. 1. When are those Mac patches coming? We have Macworld next week and while everyone is looking at those cool ultra portable notebooks don't be surprised if Apple launches a software update. With any luck Apple can address the latest QuickTime...; Tags: Card, Oracle Corp., U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Fraud, Litigation, Security, Business Operations, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-01-11