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Sarasota, FL, junks e-voting machines

Things went so swimmingly on election day in Sarasota County, FL, that the county will abandon touch-screen voting in 2008 and return to paper ballots, the Orland Sentinel reports. The e-voting machines may have lost some 18,000 votes in a hotly contested congressional race. That was the number...

Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Elections Kathy Dent, ballot, voter

Blog posts 2006-11-15

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Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Icahn on board

Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Icahn on boardIcahnThe cancer of the communications industry. He's almost so big the body can't reject his attacks and soon the it will die along with it's customers, not to mention all the jobs lost. Maybe he will sell it's soul to another country before...

Tags: Corporate governance, board, Icahn, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

AMD CEO Ruiz out; Can Meyer turn it around?

Updated: AMD CEO Hector Ruiz has stepped down and the chipmaker has named chief operating officer Dirk Meyer as its new leader. The news comes amid the latest financial miss for AMD--a second quarter loss that missed estimates by a wide margin. Meyer's job: Restore credibility. According...

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Meyer, Product Momentum, Asset Management, Research & Development, Processors, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-17

iPhone 3G dissected in NZ

iPhone 3G dissected in NZApple showing EXACT same anti-competitive behavior MS was charged with[url=http://www.geekzone.co.nz/paulspain/5371] Apple is a predatory monopolist [/url][i]The hope is that in coming weeks some of HTCs more popular handsets such as the HTC Touch Diamond will be launched here too. There is some speculation however that Apple...

Tags: Sales strategy, Cellular phones, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, High Tech Computer Corp., 3G

Discussion threads 2008-07-10

Internet abuse and Cloud Computing

Internet abuse and Cloud ComputingAgreed - principle, not practiceI do think MacOS is better than Vista on almost all measures - and by that same standard that one side in the current U.S. elections has the right.As you say:---Oh and by the way I don't vote on ideological lines anymore...

Tags: hypocrisy, cloud computing, Google Inc., Internet

Discussion threads 2008-07-05

Latest iPhone details from AT

Latest iPhone details from ATSick of America...Thats right, I said it. I'm over this BS country and all its red tape. When did we become so concerned with corporations an forget about the little guy? The iPhone is being sold unlocked everywhere but the US-lame. Then, on top of being...

Tags: Vertical industries, Business services, Telecom & Utilities, Apple iPhone, iPhone Details, government

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

(Fun with openSUSE 11.0)

(Fun with openSUSE 11.0)But it's not Blue Like Windows ...Let's see who runs with that.I'm running OpenSuSE 11 on 2 machines and love both the KDE and GNOME desktop implementations. And, as an added surprise, all the server bits are there as well.If you've looked at Ubuntu or other...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Novell OpenSuse, openSUSE 11.0, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE 11, Linux, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-06-27

China to sue MSFT over high prices

China to sue MSFT over high pricesAnd gas cost more overseas in the EUthen in the US, and less in Mexico the in the US.Who determines what is "fair" and what is "accurate"?I guess Europeans should sue British Petroleum as people in the US and other countries pay less then...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Sounds like China, Microsoft Corp., high price, anti-monopoly, MSFT

Discussion threads 2008-06-18

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

Alabama's Broadband Tide

BROADBAND INITIATIVE – If you really want anywhere access to the Internet, you understand the value and you'll pay for it. A DirecWay dish on an RV at Gulf State Park, on the so-called "Redneck Riviera," at Orange Beach, Alabama. ORANGE BEACH, Ala. – No more...

Tags: Initiative, Broadband, Alabama, DirecWay, RV, Johnson, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, TVs, Telecommunications, Tv & Home Theater, Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-06-18

There'a zero-emission car now, but you can't have one. BTW: the Pres doesn't wanna hear you "squawk" about gasoline prices.

There'a zero-emission car now, but you can't have one. BTW: the Pres doesn't wanna hear you "squawk" about gasoline prices.Talk to the elbow...Please add me to the list of people who don't want to hear whining about higher gas prices. No, I don't like having to pay more...

Tags: ANWR, hydrogen car, Pre, gasoline price

Discussion threads 2008-06-16

The reality TV series we all really want to watch

I'm not a big fan of reality TV shows, particularly the ones that are focused on the life of a particular celebrity. For a while, I liked watching Ozzy, and then some of Gene Simmons, strictly for the bizarre aspects, but then the morbid fascination tends to fade quickly. My...

Tags: Computer, Productivity, TVs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-06-14

Google calls for hike in H-1B visas

Technology issues are never a big deal in presidential elections, as much as some people think they should be. One that Big Tech is trying to push, though is the H-1B visa situation. Bill Gates has been lobbying hard on the issue and now Google has signaled it's a big...

Tags: Google Inc., Limit, Technology Issue, H-1B, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-06-05

MB Vedic Astrology (exe)

MB Free Vedic Astrology is an unique combination of different Vedic or Indian Sidereal Astrology softwares. This includes softwares to calculate your Rashi Vedic Moon Sign, Nakshatra Birth Star, Lagna Ascendant, Janam Kundali Birth Charts in North Indian and South Indian Styles, Muhurtha Elections, and Vargas Divisional Charts. Thus this...

Tags: Software, MysticBoard, MB Free Vedic Astrology, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2008-05-27

Fayetteville becomes center of "Green Valley"

Yes, that Fayetteville. In Arkansas, home of Wal-Mart.* The same Wal-Mart that recently announced it had annual sales of $375-billion. As a nation Wal-Mart would rank right below Switerland in GDP, and ahead of such oil-rich countries as Saudi Arabia and Norway. It's Wal-Mart's...

Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Arkansas, Fayetteville, Casestack, Transportation, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-05-26

New Zune incoming?

New Zune incoming?MS needs to advertise much more in a sustained manner[i]Maybe it’s me, but I just can’t get excited over the Zune.[/i]Because MS doesn't advertise nearly as much as Apple - particularly in old media like TV and billboards. Apple now has a huge brand inertia it built up...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Apple Now, Microsoft Zune, Zen, ipod, advertisement, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-06

Rumor: 3G iPhone to sell for US$199

Rumor: 3G iPhone to sell for US$199But..But Wait...No_Ax Predicted This Wouldn't Happen!!Oh Lordy...THREE predictions to fall?VonageYahoo takeover...Now the IPhone selling 10 million???Man, this is gonna really hurt Don's reputation here.RE: Rumor: 3G iPhone to sell for US$199Will it still be available only on AT & T ???RE: Rumor: 3G iPhone...

Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, US$199, 3G, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, ATT

Discussion threads 2008-04-29

Will Internet-borne threats influence the 2008 presidential race?

Political candidates are increasingly turning to the Internet to communicate their positions and gain voter support. But the same attack vectors that already pose a risk to consumers and enterprises can be used to influence elections in a number of ways. This sample chapter from Crimeware: Understanding New Attacks and...

Tags: Addison-Wesley, Phishing, Internet, Domain Names, Cyberthreats, E-mail, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications

Book chapters 2008-04-29

Microhoo: A frenetic week ahead; Yahoo could turn the tables on Microsoft

Microhoo: A frenetic week ahead; Yahoo could turn the tables on MicrosoftAll very interesting. I do hope that Yahoo remains an independentcompetitor to both Google and MS. Consumers will be the losers if we have less competition here. But, Yang is playing this out the best he can. they will...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-21

Apple should call PayPal's bluff

Apple should call PayPal's bluffIsn't the larger point, ....... why wouldn't Apple simply comply? It would seem that anything that protects their customer's from fraud is a good thing. Why does it always have to be Apple's way or the highway?Blaming the victimThis is nothing more than pay-pal...

Tags: Cyberthreats, SSL/TLS, Authentication/Encryption, Spam, SECURITY, Operating systems, PayPal, Apple Inc., Apple Safari, operating system, phishing

Discussion threads 2008-04-18