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- CA squabble with ES&S will delay SF election results
- Election night in San Francisco will be an anticlimactic affair, as Secretary of State Debra Bowen has implemented strict controls over Election Systems and Software, the company that makes the city's e-voting machines, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. "We'll probably be able to release the absentee ballot results at...
- Tags: Debra Bowen, San Francisco, Ballot, Computer Associates International Inc., E-voting, Government, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-09-19
- CA says ES&S sold uncertified machines, wants $10m fine
- California secretary of state Debra Bowen accused Election Systems & Software (ES&S) of ripping off the state by selling five counties nearly 1,000 electronic-voting machines that were not certified, InfoWorld reports."Given that each machine costs about $5,000, it appears ES&S has taken $5 million out of the pockets of several...
- Tags: Debra Bowen, Computer Associates International Inc., E-voting, Machine, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-08-21
- Cal State Archives go online - but system is weak on usability
- The acclaimed California State Archives are going digital, thanks to a new online catalog system, reports Government Technology.Secretary of State Debra Bowen unveiled the site, called Minerva, which has updated detailed descriptions of all types of records, from maps and photographs to the Robert F. Kennedy Assassination Investigation - as...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt
- Blog posts 2007-05-17
- CA sold personal info for $6 a pop
- Most people know that private companies sell personal information over the Web just a few hundred dollars, but who would have guessed that the state of California was in the ID sales business, too? And undercutting the private operators to boot. The San Jose Mercury News reports that...
- Tags: Identity theft, Social Security, Web site development, Computer Associates International Inc., Debra Bowen, Web
- Blog posts 2007-03-26
Additional Resources
- Arm yourself with the knowledge to fight cybercrime
- Criminal activity involving computers continues to grow, making it critical for law enforcement personnel, legislators, and IT pros to develop the knowledge to prevent, detect, report, and prosecute cybercrime. In this chapter from Scene of the Cybercrime, 2nd Edition, Deb Shinder and coauthor Michael Cross discuss cybercrime definitions and categories,...
- Tags: Cybercrime, Knowledge, Syngress, Strategy, Management
- Book chapters 2008-07-10
- VCs a glum bunch over economy, lack of exits
- Venture capitalists are having a confidence crisis as dwindling exit opportunities and a weak economy conspire to put the kibosh on returns. According to the Silicon Valley Venture Capital Confidence Index the second quarter registered a reading of 3.07 on a 5 point scale, down from the...
- Tags: Entrepreneurial, Confidence, VC, Mark Cannice, Venture Capital, IPO, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance, Financing Startups, Financial Services, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- Microsoft adding 10,000 new datacenter servers a month
- Today's trivia question: How big is Microsoft's back-end services infrastructure? Microsoft officials won't say how many servers total Microsoft has churning in its various datacenters. But Microsoft's corporate vice president of Global Foundation Services Debra Chrapaty is on record saying Microsoft is adding 10,000 new servers a...
- Tags: Data Center, Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Mac online backup that works
- Mac online backup that worksMozy for MacRobin, thank you for the comments about Mozy. I use Macs and have been looking for reliable offsite backup. The Amazon S3 service using a front end like JungleDisk should also work on the Mac. I understand that this option may...
- Tags: Backups, Desktops, Jungle Disk, Mac Software, Time Machine, Apple Macintosh, backup, online Backup, backup company, JungleDisk
- Discussion threads 2008-05-05
- Working Together From a Distance: Best Practices for High-Performance Virtual Teams
- How do you empower geographically dispersed teams to work well together and equip leaders for success in an increasingly virtual workplace? Organizations that have successfully implemented an online workplace will tell you that communicating clearly is the key to remaining competitive. Listen to this TechRepublic Webcast as...
- Tags: Virtual Team, Electronic Communication, Webcast, Citrix Systems Inc., High-performance, Best Practice, Online Communications, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts 2008-02-14
- What do Xbox Live problems say about Microsoft's back-end infrastructure?
- Whether you think the recently proposed class action lawsuit over Xbox Live service holiday outages is crazy or justified, there are undeniable problems with Microsoft's back-end Live infrastructure that Microsoft needs to address. Microsoft recently offered its 10 million Xbox Live subscribers a free arcade game as...
- Tags: Data Center, Xbox Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Chrapaty, Data Centers, Game Players, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-01-07
- Predicting drug side effects
- It would certainly be nice for the pharmaceutical industry to identify potential side effects of a drug before it starts to be tested on humans. Now, a research team at the University of California, San Diego UCSD might have found a solution. They have developed a new computational technique to...
- Tags: Technology Review, Protein, Drug, Molecule, UCSD, Philip Bourne, Tamoxifen, Team Management, Productivity, Management, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-12-16
- Are you surprised? Microsoft beats Google with Facebook deal
- Are you surprised? Microsoft beats Google with Facebook dealThe World According to Ballmer: Facebook risks being a 'fad'[url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article2573297.ece]FYI[/url]This is more of a defensive move by MS. They know they can not buy Facebookbut they are hoping with this that they can keep Google from buying Facebook.The problem is that it...
- Tags: Social networking, YouTube Inc., Facebook, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-24
- Augmented reality onboard the ISS?
- According to a brief news release from Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, researchers from NASA and Lockheed Martin have successfully tested a software for a robotic extension device that has been shown to dramatically improve astronauts' ability to perform remote tasks on the International Space Station ISS.' Their usage of...
- Tags: Overlay, NASA, Performance, Robots, Performance Management, Branding, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-10-14
- Is SOA a code word for 'downsize'?
- It's one of those paradoxes of business in the 21st century: SOA growth may be hampered by skills shortages, but at the same time, there is a real fear that SOA may take away jobs as well. SearchWebServices' Rich Seeley reports that one of the topics that...
- Tags: SOA, IBM Corp., Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2007-09-08
- Diebold wants out of elections, but buyers are scarce
- Now that everyone realizes what a very bad idea electronic voting machines are, Diebold would like nothing more than to get out of the business. Alas, reports InfoWorld, it has been unable to sell Diebold Election Systems. Oh, and revenue projections for the company? Slashed.DES has a new name, Premier...
- Tags: Diebold Inc., E-voting, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-08-16
- VoIP over wireless: ten things you should know
- On our sister site TechRepublic's 10 things blog, technology consultant and author Debra Littlejohn Shinder lists, 10 things no surprise there you should know about VoIP over wireless.So why should you care?"Many organizations today run IP networks over wireless technology, and it's possible to run VoIP applications over...
- Tags: VoIP, Phone, Wi-Fi Network, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-08-06
- The Ramblings of Norm & Debra Copeland (widget)
- Keep up to date with headlines from The Ramblings of Norm & Debra Copeland. Follow the journey of a couple in missionary training with NTM. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Norm, Journey, Workforce Management, Human Resources
- Software downloads 2007-07-27
- Discover valuable IT security lessons by tracing the history of cybercrime
- The phenomenon of cybercrime is as old computers themselves. As soon as the first computer networks were built, some people were looking for ways to exploit them for their own illegal purposes. In this sample chapter from Scene of the Cybercrime: Computer Forensics Handbook, trace the history of cybercrime from...
- Tags: Cybercrime, IT Security, Information Technology, Computer, Syngress, Chapter Coverage, Productivity
- Book chapters 2007-05-17
- CA's new e-voting rules could mean return of paper ballots
- As California goes, so goes the nation. Or so we can hope. California is proposing tough rules for e-voting machines - so tough they could mean the end of electronic voting machines in the state, reports the Oakland Tribune. For the first time, California is demanding the right...
- Tags: Computer Associates International Inc., e-voting, David Dill, red team
- Blog posts 2007-03-28
- NIST bans Vista in major blow to Microsoft
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology isnt just another federal agency - it sets the standards for federal computing. And NIST doesnt like Vista. In fact it has banned it from its internal networks, according to document obtained by InformationWeek. IW obtained a copy of the formal...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., NIST, Microsoft Windows Vista, FAA
- Blog posts 2007-03-13
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