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Judge: Shield law doesn't protect online commenters

Judge: Shield law doesn't protect online commentersAnother way to look at itIf a journalist or a "real blogger" wrote first hand accounts of a crime that they personally witnessed, they should not be able to hide behind the shield. Because at that point they are no longer reporters, they are...

Tags: commenter, Shield Law

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

5 tips to prevent IT extinction

Here are 5 tips to help IT avoid extinction. I pose this question to IT departments everywhere: "Is your department evolving upwards or fading away on a seemingly-inevitable tide of outsourcing?" If the latter, I suggest you study these points carefully. ...

Tags: Information Technology, Blogger Kate Carruthers, Commenter, Blogger Kelly Shaw, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-03-26

Net neutrality and the political point of no return

Net neutrality and the political point of no returnFree MarketI read Ou's posting.Free market priciples do not apply here. The telecoms enjoy monopoly or duopoly. There is virtually no free market competition to serve as protection for consumers.The telecoms limit their actions only to the letterof the law. They do...

Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, regulation, first sale, Net Neutrality, C.R.A.P., commenter

Discussion threads 2006-06-07

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Adding a Wizard to your Magic Mouse

you're nuts.Multi touch on a laptop trackpad is IMO the single best thing about apple hardware. It is not illogical that this tech should show up in a mouse as well. Clearly, you haven't tried it. It works quite well and there is no "contortion" needed.Dumbest... mouse... everJust because something...

Tags: Mice, mouse, Magic Mouse

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Windows XP Mode Q and A

7/Vista incompatible "Drivers" on XP modeMy otherwise perfectly working HP printer, Logitech webcam, and an analog microphone failed to work with Vista since the hardware vendors won't provide updated drivers while the older ones resulted in BSODs. Can these be made to work by installing the drivers into XP...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, XP Mode, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Apple leaves Chamber of Commerce in green dispute

Cap and TAX dramatically increases green house gassesGood for the chamber of commerce to have their eyes open. All this energy tax legislation does is move energy consuming manufacturing off shore to countries where the production of that energy is dramatically more pollution producing. Apple needs to pull it's head...

Tags: Apple Inc., Obama, manufacturing

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Pay to play: The vendor / analyst mating dance

Analyst Liability?Could you imagine if a customer held an analyst liable if their review/recommendation was markedly different than the customer's experience? I know your Devil's Triangle theory would make it near impossible to "pin" it on the analyst review, but it is an intriguing idea given the "mating dance" you...

Tags: Pay-to-play

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Open source to power Connecticut HIE

Those wondering what the connection between the two companies is should know they are, in fact, one company. Misys acquired Allscripts in what one commenter called a "shotgun wedding" back in March, 2008. Seems they had their first baby, and it's a state. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Misys, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-07-21

"Cooling trend" gets hot reactions

I blog about global warming and the reactions are hot. One commenter thinks I want everybody to believe in global warming so green tech will get more investment. My selfish reason for liking green tech: it is more likely more birds and trees will survive and I find...

Tags: Green Technology, Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-16

Microsoft's fiscal 2010 battle cry: Growing our share

Microsoft's fiscal 2010 battle cry: Growing our shareMindshare comes firstIn past few years Microsoft has lost tremendous mindshare with mediocre products (Windows Vista, Windows Mobile)>The slogan should really be "Grow Our Mindshare" with good products. Market share will take care by itself.The reason for the Apple focus (despite small market...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Mindshare, Apple Inc., mindshare, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-07-16

Feds to probe tech hiring practices; Good luck with that one

Feds to probe tech hiring practices; Good luck with that oneThis is the same justice departmentThat just ordered charges dropped against the New Black Panthers for voter intimidation despite police reports and video showing them wandering in uniforms and carrying clubs.This administration just nationalized another auto industry.If you think this...

Tags: tech hiring practice, U.S. Department of Justice, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-03

Bing vs. Bing: Pitching To Be Its Pitchman?

You had to expect it. The personage who writes the Bing blog and column for Fortune is "moderately outraged" by Microsoft's use of his pen name as the name of its latest search engine. Gil Schwartz, the executive vice...

Tags: Advertisement, Search Engine, Blog, Microsoft Corp., Search, Marketing Research, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-05-29

Is 'Universal Cloud Computing' the answer to H1N1?

My youngest son has been out of school for 5 days now with a weekend thrown in there for good measure. He's finally feeling better, but still needs Motrin to keep his fever down, Benadryl to fight the cough, and he has 5 more days to go on a course...

Tags: School, Cloud Computing, H1N1 Flu, SIMtone Online, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-05-21

Speed cameras give no license to kill

Some applications of technology just seem to get under people's skin, in a big way. One of them is cameras on streets and highways aimed at license plates. Go even one mile over the speed limit goes the fear and you might find a ticket in your...

Tags: Radar, Camera, Speed Camera, Assailant, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-04-27

Enterprise vendors: in pursuit of reality

Michael Hickins at BNet cracks open the customer/vendor relationship kimono, using Ray Wang's most recent post as the backdrop. As we enter the conference season, the timing could not be better: Indeed, most customers have a love-hate relationship with their vendors that is heavily weighted towards hate....

Tags: Beverage, Customer, SAP AG, IBM Corp., MISO PR, Carr, Food & Beverage, Software As A Service (SaaS), Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, Managed Hosting, Manufacturing, Emerging Technologies, Investment, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-04-16

Changes in iPhone OS 3.0 beta 2 (Updated 5x)

Several new features, tweaks and bug fixes have been discovered in the iPhone OS 3.0 beta 2 (build 7A259g). I've posted several here courtesy of Engadget, MacRumors, Gizmodo, their comments and various Tweets: B2 killed a lot of the typing lag, and scrolling problems. Some speed...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Safari, MMS, Beta, Bluetooth Tethering, Pictures, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Bluetooth, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Wireless And Mobility, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-03-31

Taskforce Initiative interview with Long Zheng

Can an Australian student change the way Microsoft and Apple make their products? Can influence from the community ensure a product is to the high standard we expect? I spoke to Long Zheng, world famous blogger on the istartedsomething website, to see how he is single-handedly using his Taskforce initiative...

Tags: Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Web Site Development, Operating Systems, Web Technology, Software, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-03-13

Human botnets and Twitnets - the problem with commercial social media

The problem with social media is that if you try to manipulate it for marketing purposes it can blow up in your face and bite you in the butt (mashup metaphor #32). Take a look at the Procter and Gamble experiment to sell "Tide" t-shirts. Brian Morrissey, Digital Editor...

Tags: Brand, Procter & Gamble Co., Social Media, Foremski, Marketing Research, Marketing, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-03-12

Green is still Gold (But Beware of the Politics of Gesture)

Foolhardy it may be to go out on a limb here to take on my boss (in this carnation I mean my editor, Larry Dignan) and a force of nature that is my fellow ZDNET blogger Dennis Howlett but I have to disagree with both on the subject of viability of the green market....

Tags: Sustainability, Oracle Corp., Gesture, Dennis, Hugh McLeod, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-02-28

Market Moves: You pick the next step

Market Moves: You pick the next stepAin't rich, so I'm not that smart, but...Take what you learned about app delivery and start your app #2.This time, instead of enhancing sample code, start by asking friends (preferably those who don't know what is easy and hard to code) either what they'd...

Tags: Market Moves

Discussion threads 2009-02-27