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Commonwealth fined $100k for not mandating antivirus software

If they will not force the use of AV softwarethen they will probally not force the use of alternate means of access.Hell, they should be fined for using Windows too!!NT.RE: Commonwealth fined $100k for not mandating antivirus softwareThey should be fined for not upgrading to the latest most secure version...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Commonwealth, antivirus software, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

MA finalizes inclusion of Microsoft format in open standards list

Consider Massachusetts' experiment with excluding Microsoft from state government at an end. The Commonwealth has changed its technology policy to accept Office OpenXML, the Microsoft-developed document format that two years ago was found to be insufficiently based on open standards, News.com notes.Two years ago, the state propagated requirements for open...

Tags: State &, Local Govt, Standards

Blog posts 2007-08-02

Additional Resources

News to know: Apple; Alex; Microhoo; Droid; FCC

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Another strong quarter for Apple; credit strong iPhone, Mac sales Jason D. O'Grady: Apple announces most profitable...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, E-books, Federal Government, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Government, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Commonwealth fined $100k for not mandating antivirus software

According to a recently published SEC cease-and-desist order, the Commission has recently fined Commonwealth Financial Network $100,000, for not mandating antivirus software on the computers of its representatives, leading to a security incident which took place in November 2008, allowing the cybercriminal behind the attack to place eighteen unauthorized purchase...

Tags: Software, Electronic Banking, Antivirus Software, Commonwealth Financial Network, Banking, Security, Viruses And Worms, Financial Services, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Virginia backs off demands for Facebook data

Minor nitpick..but VA is a Commonwealth...NTNTI am not a fan of people who claim to be injured that are not.I am not saying she is lieing or they are being overly burdensome with proof requirements. I think if they just spent the dough to watch her at her house,...

Tags: Facebook, privacy

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Works of Marcus Tullius Cicero. FREE Author's biography & work in the trial 10.2 (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference

Software downloads 2009-09-14

Max Baucus opens his kimono

PelosiObamaReidCare PORC is a Fascist Pig In a constitutional republic like ours, the government's powers are limited by a constitution that protects our unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. PelosiObamaReidCare PORC would violate the unalienable rights of patients, doctors, and business owners by forcing 1)...

Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Insurance, health care, Max Baucus, office visit, health insurance, kimono

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Killer keyboards

Bleach water is one answer.Can't remember the exact formula, but it ought to be easy to find. I think it's a quarter-cup bleach per gallon of water, not sure. Just wipe the keyboards and mice with a cleaning rag dipped and wrung out. To be effective, it...

Tags: Keyboards, Lysol, keyboard, Killer keyboard

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

TechRepublic's CIO Jury: Split on deploying Windows 7

IT departments have largely ignored Windows Vista and stuck with Windows XP as the corporate standard. However, Windows 7 has received a warmer response from IT professionals than Vista did, and TechRepublic’s CIO Jury is split down the middle on whether to deploy Windows 7. On July...

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., CIO, Information Technology, Director Of Information Technology, Jury, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Hiner

Blog posts 2009-07-28

Web 2.5: Is it time we elected an Internet government?

As I watched the BBC News last night after getting in from London, I saw riots in China with death tolls surpassing those of the 1989 Tiananmen Square tragedy. Mobile phones have "stopped working" and Internet access is "limited" in the area, according to the news reports. ...

Tags: China, Web, Nation, Agreement, Internet, Channel Management, Government, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-07

Virginia Leverages LogiXML Business Intelligence Products for Stimulus Website

The Commonwealth of Virginia has employed LogiXML Business Intelligence BI solutions in support of President Obama's Stimulus Package, leveraging its dashboard, reporting and analysis tools in an interactive web site. Created using Logi Info, the site reports project ideas submitted by citizens wishing to weigh in on how Virginia should...

Tags: Web Site, Virginia, LogiXML, Commonwealth Of Virginia, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management

Case studies 2009-06-12

U.S. CTO: Infrastructure growth needs private sector investment

The technology backbone of the United States needs a major overhaul and government alone can't do it, the nation's first chief technology officer said today. It's going to take a cooperative effort, including a massive influx of "hundreds of billions" of private capital dollars, for the U.S. to catch up...

Tags: Innovation, U.S., Investment, Government, Leadership, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Management, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-11

ARRA grants will have a focus on collaboration, meaningful PD

I went to a seminar today on the technology-related No Child Left Behind and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ARRA grants that were being administered by Massachusetts over the next two years. Although much of the seminar focused on details and procedures specific to the Commonwealth, a few themes...

Tags: Collaboration, Professional Development, Grant, Teacher, PD, Details, Training And Certification, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-06-09

Weather Radar 1.2.1 (Mobile)

You can pan with your finger, zoom in and out with pinching, and can adjust the display preferences if you wish. If you want to view weather radar for another area, specify a zip code to bypass automatic location. The radar used by the National Weather Service is called the...

Tags: Mobile, Radar, ExactMagic, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing

Software downloads 2009-06-04

Virginia DMV Enhances Decisions, Boosts Safety, Through Integration With Other Agencies

The Commonwealth of Virginia's Department of Motor Vehicles DMV wanted to see its data better used to help reduce the number and severity of traffic accidents in the state. But that idea required integrating its computer system with databases at other state agencies - and the department's aging mainframe couldn't...

Tags: Agency, Microsoft Corp., Integration, Virginia DMV, Commonwealth Of Virginia, Advertising & Promotion, Policies And Procedures, Mainframes, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Human Resources, Servers, Hardware, Management

Case studies 2009-05-21

Car makers now LIKE higher emission standards?

Car makers now LIKE higher emission standards?US Manufacturing is overThe USA is now officially an importer of everything. If it is not made in CHINA, assembled in CHINA, or have CHINA origins I don't think people would know how to react.Just wait till the ripple effect the hundreds of thousands...

Tags: Government, Manufacturing, emission standard, car, automobile company, Obama, job

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

Benchmarks part 1: Pre-K through 5

Benchmarks part 1: Pre-K through 5Benchmarks part 1: Pre-K thr. 5As I read your post, I kept checking back to the intro to make sure I had not misread it, but I had not. It did say pre-K through 5. My overwhelming reaction is that the first three parts of...

Tags: Blogging, PRODUCTIVITY, Pre-K

Discussion threads 2009-04-24

IT security still has 'perilous gaps of risk': RSA

IT security still has 'perilous gaps of risk': RSAIT Security Firms do have to cooperateBut until they are working for 'non-profit' I don't really see them doing that. It's all about the money, and keeping their best virus and other bad thing detection schemes to themselves is simply business as...

Tags: Strategy, SECURITY, PCSRF, information technology, IT security, ITGI, RSA Security Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-22

Petroleum Age continues

I recently blogged about a U.S. government report on energy resources on offshore energy sources. Currently the Interior Department is holding public hearings on the next steps toward exploiting those resources, from wind to oil. And in Virginia there's a business and political coalition saying, "Drill, baby, drill."...

Tags: Petroleum, Virginia, SEA, Taxes, Web Site Development, Telecom & Utilities, Free Trade, Manufacturing, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Internet, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-04-09

Wozniak joins DeepDyve advisory board; is deep web the final frontier?

Wozniak joins DeepDyve advisory board; is deep web the final frontier?I'm not deep :-(I searched for my FULL name. Of course I would expect my deep, deep, details to be behind firewalls and I have not achieved fame. But I got...1 - 10 of 26 results found for...

Tags: Channel management, DeepDyve advisory board, Web

Discussion threads 2009-03-26