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Democrats discover database cavassing in time for Nov. elections

In the final run-up to the November elections, campaigning and canvassing is a technology game. Canvassers use sophisticated databases and modeling software to do "micro-targeting" - identifying individuals who may be likely to cast a vote one way or the other. The Republicans have been leading the computer revolution...

Tags: voter, Democratic

Blog posts 2006-10-10

As silly season nears, what impact will bloggers have on Election 2006?

As the Congressional campaign season starts in earnest, some Washington eyes are turning to the blogosphere for a preview of the usual Democratic squabble - the leftists vs the centrists. As in 2004, the questions are how much fund-raising power to bloggers and online advocacy groups have - and can...

Tags: Democratic, blogger

Blog posts 2006-01-30

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Telecom immunity passes Senate, Obama votes yes

The Senate – with a yes vote from Barack Obama and a no vote from Hillary Clinton – passed the regrettable wiretapping bill today, which grants lawsuit immunity to telecommunications companies, The Wall Street Journal reports. Despite a spirited resistance by some Democratic senators who...

Tags: Immunity, U.S. Senate, Vote, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Government, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-09

300 Lithuanian sites hacked by Russian hackers

A recently accepted legislation in Lithuania banning communist symbols across Lithuania, has prompted Pro-Russian hackers to start defacing Lithuanian sites, an indication of the upcoming attack was detected last week with active discussions around Russian forums greatly reminding us of the Russia vs Estonia cyberattack sparkled due to the removal...

Tags: Web, Web Site, Hacker, Distributed Denial Of Service, Attack, Hacking, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-02

Dishing It Out

There may soon be just one satellite radio company. Now, the stars seem to be aligning for there to be just one satellite TV company, as well. First, in radio. The FCC is close to making a decision that will let Sirius Satellite Radio Inc acquire arch-rival...

Tags: AT&T Corp., DirecTV, Satellite, Satellite Television, Liberty Media Corp., John Malone, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Satellite TV, Network Technology, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-02

Now I know we're in a recession

Now I know we're in a recessionPricingYou can't sell coffee at those prices in a mainstrean coffee chain on a long term basis. Certainly not when it's either a coffe or a gallon of regular unleaded :-) A Sophie's choice indeed.Well, Starbucks in Vienna, Austria, EU, does (Starbucks is more...

Tags: Auto Industry, Starbucks Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

A world ruled by Apple

A world ruled by AppleGood post[i]I am perfectly willing to praise Apple or Linux when I feel they are doing something right, and do so on a regular basis in this blog. That’s why I have a hard time understanding the need to believe that Gates did nothing right, in...

Tags: Operating systems, PRODUCTIVITY, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., operating system

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

California to drivers: Drop the cell phone, dude

Next week a California law will require the use of hands-free phones and ban cell phones entirely for drivers under 18--but there's a loophole that allows texting while driving. LOS ANGELES--Next week California will try to wrest cell phones from the hands of drivers, telling everyone from movie starlets...

Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Democratic Lawmaker, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Reuters, cell phones, legal, hands-free, text messaging, California

News items 2008-06-27

Sticking with XP / Upgrading to Vista / Waiting for Windows 7 / Switching to Mac or Linux - There's no single right answer

Sticking with XP / Upgrading to Vista / Waiting for Windows 7 / Switching to Mac or Linux - There's no single right answerI respect your opinion, but...I also don't feel you've articulated why we should move to Vista, should we have the horsepower.If, after all the tweaking, it's only...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows Vista, Adrian, Microsoft Windows 7, Upgrading, openSUSE, Microsoft Windows XP, Linux, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-06-26

Wiretapping: This was no time for a compromise

Wiretapping: This was no time for a compromiseThis was not a compromise...it was a SELL-OUT.RE: Wiretapping: This was no time for a compromiseHardly a compromise. And hardly adequate. You admit it yourself -- seven years with no attack, and just because the White House didn't invite you personally to...

Tags: Republic, 9/11 commission

Discussion threads 2008-06-19

Chinese antitrust and Microsoft

Chinese antitrust and MicrosoftTo the previous poster...Truer words have never been spoken posted this at the wrong levelIrony...Chinese Government is the biggest monopoly of all.RE: Chinese antitrust and Microsoftwhy would China care about the retail price of microsoft products in light of such cheery articles as these: "only 244...

Tags: Corporate law, Regulations, Microsoft Corp., Chinese antitrust, antitrust, Chinese Government

Discussion threads 2008-06-19

Obama benefits from the Net's election power

The Internet has fundamentally changed the second most important aspect of elections: money. In fact, writes Tom Regan in the Christian Science Monitor's "Innovation" column, if not for Internet fundraising, Barack Obama would not be the Democratic nominee. In a year when he continues to break all fundraising records,...

Tags: Network, Benefit, Social Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-06-18

Risking Another Frontline Disaster

The Wall Street Journal says in an editorial that FCC chair Kevin Martin is about to screw things up again on the public wireless Internet front. The first time around Martin tried to rig the D block auction to hand 700MHz spectrum over to Frontline Wireless, formed by former commissioner...

Tags: FCC, Auction, Journal, M2Z, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-06-06

Rule change: we're playing corporate greenmail now

Canada is the first to offer a ransom. The government there will give GM money if GM will keep Canadians employed. So the rush to subsidize what might be a viable efficient new car from GM...or might not be, is clearly on. It's not expected the current...

Tags: Canada, Clean Technology, General Motors Corp., Engineering, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-04

A look at Obama's IT strategy: The Facebook connection and the scale challenge

Barack Obama has sealed the Democratic party nomination with the help of social networking, a Facebook staffer and an off-the-shelf IT strategy. Those are some of the takeaways from a case study by David Carr at CIOZone, a site started by a bunch of my former Baseline...

Tags: Strategy, Facebook, Phone, Information Technology, Volunteer, Barack Obama, David Carr, Hughes, Productivity, Social Networking, Telecom & Utilities, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-04

How healthy is Barack Obama?

We had a lot of fun debating John McCain's health the other day, so it's fair to have the same debate regarding his likely Democratic opponent. Barack Obama is in excellent health, his doctor says. Dr. David L. Scheiner, his primary care doctor, sent out a one-page...

Tags: Aide, Doctor, John McCain, Barack Obama, Obama, Vertical Industries, Food & Beverage, Benefits, Healthcare, Corporate Governance, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-03

MinWin: Is it or isn't it part of Windows 7?

MinWin: Is it or isn't it part of Windows 7?re: MinWinI think the statement if accurate from "the anonymous Microsoft blogger claiming to be part of the team building Windows 7", is pretty clear and sounds like a reasonable explanation.I know, I know ........It's the next round of vapourware to...

Tags: Operating systems, MinWin, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-02

Free speech for students, revisited

Free speech for students, revisitedThe rockFreedom of speech is the mother of all freedoms. Because by using it, you can win all the other freedoms back. It's the rock upon which our democratic political systems are built.It destroys tyranny at every level: political, corporate, educational and even psychological (political correctness,...

Tags: Blogging, Avery

Discussion threads 2008-06-02

Brazil, India, South Africa protest OOXML vote

Brazil, India, South Africa protest OOXML voteAsk any lawyer[i]Ultimate question: Now that three formal appeals have been filed, is the Joint Technical Committee going to take them seriously?[/i]Well, we can start by asking "what happens if they don't?" We can look in the Directives for answers there, for instance...

Tags: ISO standards, Office Open XML, ISO, anti-MS, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-30

Dems ready to cave on telecom immunity

Democratic leaders are preparing to cave to intense pressure to give telecom companies immunity from spying-related lawsuits, News.com's Anne Broache reports. Pitched as a "compromise" by Republicans, the new version essentially gives the Bush Administration "what it wants," Caroline Fredrickson, director of the ACLU's Washington office, says....

Tags: Court, Immunity, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Quality, Telecommunications, Networking, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-30