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Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacle

Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacleI think he deserved better for sureYou know, Dan does manipulate the media well, but I'll tell you this, he's a stand-up guy. Did he try to drum up the press a bit? Sure, why not? Did he choose his...

Tags: debacle, DNS, DNS debacle

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

World Series team: We're under attack! (but by whom?)

World Series team: We're under attack! (but by whom?)Interesting perspective on this...Alan Robertson had an interesting perspective on this event..http://techthoughts.typepad.com/managing_computers/2007/10/the-cost-of-un-.htmlAlan Robertson linkThis link is the most thoughtful analysis on the Rockies/Paciolan debacle I've seen.

Tags: Team management, World Series team, World Series, team

Discussion threads 2007-10-24

The Digg HD-DVD processing key debacle

The Digg HD-DVD processing key debacleWhat's the fuss?Boy, your blog entry isn't well researched.You forgot to mention how that Digg and manymany other on-line sources of informationhave been threatened legally bythe MPAA for violating their intellectual property rights from printing that 16-digitnumber.Oh, and since you did include a screen shotof...

Tags: Blogging, HD DVD, Intellectual property, Thievery, MPAA, blog, debacle, copy protection, Scotch Tape, Digg, HD-DVD

Discussion threads 2007-05-02

Local software for local people

Local software for local peopleGreat reviewI have no doubt that many here will find plenty to umbrage about in your viewpoint. Personally I believe that commercial software is very important but lacks the important property of being "local" and therefore responsive to the needs of people using it. MS's own...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), OPEN SOURCE, Development tools, Microsoft Corp., software, debacle, PC, proprietary software, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2007-02-08

Additional Resources

Falling behind in science? No kidding!

Our school district is providing H1N1 shots to any students whose parents request it. It's an easy way to build some so-called "herd immunity" in the age group most vulnerable to this particular flu strain. In fact, my 7-year old was the very first in the district to...

Tags: Vaccine, Flu, H1N1 Flu, Science Education, Healthcare, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-11-23

My new daughter is a lot like Linux

Windoze is a boys smelly diaper, Linux is a girls one, that's the messageI guess some people will never be mature enough to get it.Handling the learning curve...is not very hard. Particularly when you let them use the simple Gnome user interface which the standard Ubuntu has.Maybe this website of...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, diaper

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

A British look at global warming denial

And this examination takes us back to the Norsemen and their settlements in Newfoundland and Greenland. And that pesky issue of the Medaeval Warming. And the semantics and geography of "Vinland." The writer correctly connects anti-global warming sentiments with anti-government sentiments. I'd say toos in a strong...

Tags: Expert, Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-11-04

How would you fix the browser ballot for European Windows users?

Kill off Opera, or MS should pull out of Europe cause they can afford toMicrosoft should shut down all offices in the EU, pull out of the market entirely, and tell the EU to bugger off.Perhaps the commission will realize they were wrong.Seriously, over a browser, and the order of...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Opera Software ASA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, ballot, ballot screen, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

"Most, if not all" Sidekick data recovered

The Sidekick data wipe debacle rolls on. There is, however, good news on the horizon for Sidekick users. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-10-15

Sidekick outage says more about the future of 'Pink' than Microsoft's cloud

This isn't about any service.This is about Microsoft in general. It brings up the question of whether they can manage a server environment. It doesn't matter what that environment is. Preservation of data is always job one. And this is the job where the failure occurred. So Pink, Azure, cloud,...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Mary-Jo, Microsoft Corp., Azure, job, Pink, IT administration

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

The T-Mobile-Microsoft Sidekick data disaster: Poor IT management going mainstream

If you're a T-Mobile Sidekick user who put data, contacts and other items in the cloud we have some bad news for you: Your data is gone...probably forever. With cloud computing increasingly reaching the masses the average consumer will soon be enmeshed in the world of poor IT management. Welcome...

Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, T-Mobile, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-11

Coin-sized nuclear batteries to revolutionise electronics

.. Nice post for a change. Good job. ntntA beautiful dream...and then reality hitspeople have been so indoctrinated that nuclear material is the most toxic substance on the planet and even saying the word will give you cancer, that this has about as much chance as a snowball in hell...

Tags: Engineering, nuclear-battery, Coin-sized nuclear-battery, alpha, cell, electronics

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Did Yahoo provide Iran with names of 200,000 users?

disgracefulthis is certainly one of the more irresponsible actions on behalf of a corporation in modern times. Why is it that these media centric .com's .. grouping in Google noting some of their more recent activity seem to lack the controls, privacy and humanitarian fibre that their more traditional bricks...

Tags: Government, Blogging, Yahoo! brand, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Behind the GOP revolt on health care

ZDNET is not a LIBERAL soap box...Treat it like the TECH blog its supposed to be.You want to talk the merits of tech in medicine - I'm there.If you just use your position as a writer to spout your liberal views, you're doing the site a disservice.that's FUDThere is no...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Blogging, NOW IT, Dems, GOP, tax, health care, blog

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Israeli firm claims patent on URL shortcuts

At least get the right patent document!The issued patent is Number 7,596,609. You linked us to the pre-grant publication of the divisional which was filed late last year and won't be issued for probably a few more.RE: Israeli firm claims patent on URL shortcutslol, good luck enforcing it..RE: Israeli...

Tags: patent, URL shortcut

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Big Oil greening up--is this a good thing?

"Newsweek" would like you to believe it's a happy sign of the times to see global oil companies putting serious money into alternative fuels. They site investments by major oil companies in ehtanol. The "Newsweek" piece refers to more nations putting taxes or caps on carbon emissions,...

Tags: Oil Company, Newsweek, Oil, Litigation, Personal Finance, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-20

Facebook ranks in privacy poll; Users like control of their content

Facebook is ranked as one of the 10 most trusted companies when it comes to privacy, according to the findings from a survey by the Ponemon Institute, an information security research company, and TRUSTe, a widely recognized Internet privacy trustmark company. The social networking site - ranked...

Tags: Facebook, Privacy, Security, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-16

Adobe to acquire Ominture; CEO calls move a 'game-changer'

good moveI did not know tha Adobe has so much cash on hand.This will sped up the demise of M$.RE: Adobe to acquire Ominture; CEO calls move a 'game-changer'Great! Didn't Adobe learn anything from ebay's skype debacle? Non-core or non-organic growth acquisitions signal only one thing to me - that...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Adobe Systems Inc., Ominture, Wendy

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

New York Times memo: We're "not a newspaper company"

Adding my opinion."Finally, our most valuable news organization gets it. This is very encouraging for the future of quality journalism, imho."I neither believe it's our most valuable nor it is quality, imho.If they are just now figuring this out, it might be too little-too late for them. They cannot...

Tags: INTERNET, MSM, quality journalism, New York Times Co.

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Will the policy debate narrow or end?

here we go again!Obama is trying to destroy the best healtcare system in the world and give free care to people who don't deserve it.The solutions for the healt reform are simple and have been enumerated by conservatives like John McCain and others:1.Vouchers to buy insurance2.Tort reform3.Tax cuts in the...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Obama, car

Discussion threads 2009-09-09