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Making America safe for online poker

If you play poker on the Internet, you already know about the squeeze the U.S. government is putting on Internet gambling. Wired News reports that a law passed last September, which just went into effect, makes financial transactions between online casinos and American banks and credit card companies illegal.The Unlawful...

Tags: International, Congress

Blog posts 2007-05-21

House looks into 'bad' Chinese attacks on State, Commerce systems

A House subcommittee is holding a hearing tomorrow to try to understand "how deeply" US government computers have been penetrated by foreign forces and whether the governments IT response so far is adequate, ComputerWorld reports. "The purpose of this hearing is to afford [House members] the opportunity...

Tags: Security, International, Government technology, Congress

Blog posts 2007-04-18

Frank calls for repeal of net gambling law, coordinated US-EU regs

Calling an online gambling ban "one of the stupidest things I ever saw," Rep. Barney Frank called today for a lift on the ban, but said it was too early for concrete steps, The Associated Press reports. "I want to get it undone. I plan to file legislation," Barney...

Tags: Government technology, Congress, International

Blog posts 2007-04-12

Additional Resources

Copenhagen countdown

Will he or won't he? To go, or not to go? That is the question. Some MSM outlets say Obama will skip Copenhagen. Yet political leaders in the U.S. and abroad are urging him to attend. The international climate change...

Tags: Copenhagen, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-25

Should Obama Have Won the Nobel?

What are you going to do about it?Please,reveal how many more extremists there are for the secrete service to watch.I'm as big an Obama fan as anyoneBut the fact is that he hasn't accomplished anything worthy of such a prize. He says the right things, certainly, but until plans are...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Nobel, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Give Google a break!

soooo over googlegoogle has joined microsoft and apple on the dark side.i stopped using google after they ceased being a search engine and became a money factory. security, privacy and ownership issues shouldn't be played out in court after the fact, they should be delt with in the board room...

Tags: COMPANIES, Google Inc., copyright law

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Obama upholds Bush laptop search policy - with new safeguards

Never mindI was going to put something here, but I felt that I would simply be attacked for pointing out that Bush and Obama are more alike than they are dissimilar with regards to personal freedoms.It might just be possible...... that after Obama was sworn in he was shown classified...

Tags: Obama, Bush, new safeguard, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

FCC's more proactive stance: Should we cheer or worry?

FCC's more proactive stance: Should we cheer or worry?Regulation is not micromanagement"At some point, the FCC meddles in free markets. It will micromanage."Clearly you think more about business than you do about government. Or maybe you're just conservative, politically, and ideological to a fault.This is about the public's interest...

Tags: Federal government, FCC, proactive stance

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

News to know: Microsoft; Apple; Green tech; Laptop deals

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. FT: Apple joins forces with record labels Robin Harris: The Wintel blue light special John Morris: Sunday...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Green Technology, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Blu-Ray, Web Browsers, Notebooks, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Internet, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-27

Analyst: Forget the Feds, Apple is 'doing just fine at wrecking the wireless business'

Analyst: Forget the Feds, Apple is 'doing just fine at wrecking the wireless business'that's like SAP "wrecked" outsourcing...while I agree the govt inquiry may come to nothing, Moffat's argument is ingenious. By agreeing to a locked SIM, allowing AT&T to continue to play games with 3rd party apps like Skype...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Apple Inc., wireless business, wireless

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

NOAA's prophetic pronouncements get reax

From Greenpeace, hated by global warming deniers--Greenpeace USA Climate Campaign Director Damon Moglen issued this statement: “The White House report on climate change is a stark confirmation of what scientists have been saying for years: unless we dramatically curb our emissions, the world will face unprecedented climate...

Tags: U.S., President, NOAA, Climate, Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-16

High1 Resort Cuts Account Closing Time by 7 Days With Oracle E-Business Suite R12

Established in 1998, High1 Resort is the largest resort complex in northeast Asia. The resort attracts more than 4.3 million customers each year and is one of Korea's most popular ski resorts. It will host the 2012 FIS Congress, the flagship event of the International Ski Federation. To ensure it...

Tags: Resort, Oracle Corp., Oracle E-Business Suite, Operational Accounting, Enterprise Software, Finance, Software

Case studies 2009-06-01

GOP to go with McCain plan

GOP to go with McCain planMcCain was defeated, not his health care planWhile it's become commonplace for pundits to treat electoral defeat as the equivalent of personal repudiation and the rejection of everything the candidate stands for, that is not and never has been the case. If it were,...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, GOP

Discussion threads 2009-05-21

In Office SP2, Microsoft manages to reduce interoperability

In Office SP2, Microsoft manages to reduce interoperabilityYup.File under 'pointless exercise'.What if you created a document format and no one cared?No I think it would be called OOXML. And yes Sleeper Service no one cared about OOXML.Why did you bother to comment then?You fool no one. ODF is a...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, astroturfing, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., Office SP2, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

News to know: Cisco, Windows 7, SAP, Google Latitude

Sam Diaz: Cisco's Q2 sees weaker sales, profits; no widespread layoffs planned Tom Steiner-Threlkeld: Cisco May Cut 2,000 Jobs. But That's Not A Layoff. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft's worst nightmare: Windows 7 deemed less secure than Vista Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is UAC...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Mary Jo Foley, SAP AG, Cisco Systems Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Vertical Industries, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-02-05

What goes around comes around

What goes around comes aroundThe picture is wrong.It should be a group photo of Congress, with Barny and Nancy front and center holding up their book called "How to Destroy an economy in 9 short years"Chapter 1 starts with the Community Reinvestment Act. Introduce an enforced social program where...

Tags: Financial services, Chapter 4, Chapter 11, Chapter 7, bank, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2009-01-27

Obama likely to name outsider to head NASA

Obama likely to name outsider to head NASAHas nothing to do with itObama is all for education and raising America's standing in the world, two corner stones of his campaign. He also wants NASA to operate more efficiently. He is not out to kill education and stifling scientific power. NASA...

Tags: Government, NASA, Griffin, launcher, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-01-15

CRM 2009 Forecast - Part 2 - Sticking My Hands Out To Be Slapped

Last week at this time I was throwing my neck out there forecasting some of CRM's moves in 2009 - and no one chopped it off, thank goodness. So, now, in the same spirit, I'm going to do part 2 of three and stick my hands out to be slapped...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, PaaS, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Emerging Technologies, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-04

From private jets to car pool? Detroit may be getting the message.

Nothing definite will happen concerning the Detroit Big Three automakers before December 2nd. But the saga of the sagging auto sales and the wilting industrial giants in Michigan is rich with plot points and maneuvering. Here are just a few of the things happening or being said: ...

Tags: Car, Automobile Company, Detroit, Airline Flight, Sales Strategy, Manufacturing, Sales, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Collision course for American-owned car makers

America's auto makers were very handy in protecting themselves against having tougher fuel efficiency standards. Just this past year as fuel prices spiralled ever upward the feds finally increased the fuel efficiency standards after thirty years of stasis. So now those auto makers in America and elsewhere are...

Tags: U.S., Car, Automobile Company, Detroit, U.S. Congress, General Motors Corp., Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-17