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HSPA to dominate mobile broadband?

HSPA to dominate mobile broadband?Not in USAThe infrastructure, all the towers, the laws and regulations, for the most part everything, is already in place for WiMax from sea to shining sea in the USA. I was informed yesterday that the less than < 1 Ghz spectrum will remain the public...

Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, interactive TV, election year, spectrum, broadband, mobile

Discussion threads 2007-08-09

Tech execs look to expand--outside U.S.

Tech execs look to expand--outside U.S.Protectionism TrendWe are already seeing this becoming an issue in the upcoming Presidential election. The two likely general election candidates are in favor of overseas outsourcing (although one says he isn't while several of his chief fundraisers are outsourcing consultants and his wife's company outsources...

Tags: H-1B, Investment, free trade, Right Now IT, worker, Microsoft Corp., American Worker, Xerox Corp., outsourcing, election year

Discussion threads 2004-02-27

Additional Resources

Reid promises 60 on Saturday

promises, promises, promisesHe will not get his 60 on Saturday. There are enough senators with the backbone to avoid what will be an economic catastrophe for our nation.Obama created phantom jobsSomeone did bother looking into the jobs Obama claimed to save / create and found this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1t3zZBhJ7wBlog not about Obama or...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Reid

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Guess who else is married to paper?

Another paper perilThankfully, knock on wood, I don't get sick very often.Since I hadn't been there for years, my Clinic threw away my entire medical history.Paper is a fact of life.You have to a have a paper trail, the entire concept of goingpaperless is just silliness.I am sure with the...

Tags: patient, doctors office

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Apple bans bobble head Congress app

There are few people in this country more desserving of ridicule......than politicians.A couple of observations from Rasmussen:"Only four percent (4%) of voters say most politicians keep their campaign promises. Forty-five percent (45%) believe they deliberately make false promises to get elected.""Voters by more than two-to-one think high congressional reelection rates...

Tags: Smart phones, U.S. Congress, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., iDont

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Canadians get a taste of American medical system with IMS Health buy

Oh the ironyJust another ironic investment made on behalf of Canadians over the years. As far as I know CPP is not investing using an ethical or green model, so there are probably lots of examples of very "un-Canadian" companies receiving investment via CPP.Not sure what your point is,...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, IMS Health Inc., CPP, Dana, drug company, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

House due for its health reform vote tomorrow

the American patriots will rise againand defeat the socialist bill.All real Americans are outraged about ObamaCare and the Congress should listen to them.Only the GOP healthcare bill is the one we can afford and will improve the healthcare.Not going to passPeople do not want this socialist fiasco.RE: House due for...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, WTF, health care, insurance, patriot

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Don't cry for me Joe Lieberman

the patriots are rising against the socialist billThe Obamacare is gasping for air while the liberals are preparing to be booted out of the congress in 2010.The real Americans have risen again and upheld the values of the founding fathers against dangerous foreign socialist ideeas.End Socialism Now!Enough with the Commissar's...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Obamacare, patriot, socialist, socialism, reconciliation, Joe Lieberman

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Election History for iPhone 1.1 (Mobile)

Election History for iPhone is a very good informative application which displays the Election data of Largest Democratic country in the World. In this application there is one section of Election History which contains all 15 assembly elections history including Major parties with their no of winning seats, name of...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, PLAVEB, PM, Government, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-10-29

Electronic voting: Changing the world faster than a Windows upgrade

no encryption is good enough...Considering the power the US President has to shape US and World Policy, I think EVERYONE will be gunning to crack that nut.Enemies will try to get the worst/weakest candidate. Allies will try to get the guy who most loves them into power. Business...

Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Windows, e-voting, Windows Upgrade, Changing

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

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

Canada scandal illustrates perils of health IT stimulus

I love it... you do a story that involves tech, and nobody says anythingPeople just like to complain. If this was a Health Reform article, you would have people screaming and crying all over TalkBackFUDDisappointing Dana, I would have thought you were above this type of FUD.RE: Canada scandal illustrates...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, health-IT, stimulus

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

Democrats lack votes for health care reform

It's amazingWhen Republicans are in power, Democrats can't get anything done. When Democrats are in power, Democrats can't get anything done. Who's running that show anyway?Carl RapsonRepublicansRepublicans will continue to run Washington until the assumptions underlying their rule change. This is good news.We dont need to overhaul a system that...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Nope, Obama, insurance, healthcare reform

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Another rude awakening for another biofuel dream

SurpriseSurprise, surprise.Environmentalist are destroying AmericaLets see how long people go without jobs/food trying to believe the lie of 'global warming'......Good grief, I think the Liberal media must be on staff here.Articles about not driving, not using A/C everyone doing with less.Gee, I guess we can all live in mud huts...

Tags: biofuel, global warming, Obama, Socialist

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

Reconsidering Obama's ed speech? Sort of

but Obama's going to pay all my bills!RE: Reconsidering Obama's ed speech? Sort ofDo you remember being a student? The is par for the course. It is about being pro-American, pro-'democractic' system, and respecting the office of the president."How does the President inspire you? What resonated with you from Obama?s...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Taxes, Obama, job, tax

Discussion threads 2009-09-04

UK may disconnect suspected file sharers

Upon suspicion?Or upon determination of guilt in a court of law??? What has happened to the Magna Carta, and the right to trial before assumption of guilt?Mr MandelsonHas friends in the big media companies. He went to a meeting with them one morning with them and then disclosed...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, guilt, Magna Carta

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

Apple's future TV: Can Web-based apps replace "channels," kill cable?

AppleTV only called a hobby after its dismal failureTo be sure, Apple did [b]not[/b] call AppleTV a "hobby" when they released it. It was only after they released the dismal sales figures for this piece of garbage that they "apologized" by calling it a hobby.You know what Apple should do...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, Web, TV, Apple Inc., cable, Apple TV

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

Albert Gonzalez was hacking in high school...where were the safety nets?

I agree.....Most of our schools are not equipt for the new age of computers and programming. Most of our schools but not all are still stuck in the liberal arts mode of teaching and not letting students focus on their strengths. Its all about well rounded B-S. ...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Development tools, hacking, Albert Gonzalez

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

Kindle draws fire at Arizona State

Kindle draws fire at Arizona StateRidiculous liberalismHas any blind student even indicated an interest in the course? Has the school offered to provide braille copies or text-to-speech technology? This sounds like a non-problem that people are trying to turn into a problem to advocate a misguided political agenda. When I...

Tags: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Arizona State, Americans with Disabilities Act

Discussion threads 2009-07-27