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- FBI: Counterfeit Cisco routers risk "IT subversion"
- An internal Federal Bureau of Investigation presentation states that counterfeit Cisco routers imported from China may cause unexpected failures in American networks. The equipment could also leave secure systems open to attack through hidden backdoors. The scope of the problem is broad and results from a complicated supply chain originating...
- Tags: Cisco Router, Router, Network, Information Technology, FBI, Cisco Systems Inc., Hardware, Federal Government, Routers & Switches, Networking, Government, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Wiretaps up, terrorism prosecutions down
- We have been told that our very safety, our "homeland security," is dependent on the federal government having extraordinary powers to snoop, listen and search without the traditional (pronounced "constitutional") checks provided by judicial review. One part of this equation works as advertised – the incursion...
- Tags: Terrorism, Terrorism Prosecution, Homeland Security, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- U.S. sold 3,500 fake networking parts
- Contractors and subcontractors have ripped off the federal government for about $3.5 million in bogus networking parts, an FBI investigation has revealed. According to Reuters, Operation Cisco Raider revealed some 3,500 fake versions of Cisco equipment were sold to federal agencies. The counterfeit parts moved from companies...
- Tags: U.S., Network, FBI, Investigation, Federal Government, Advertising & Promotion, Networking, Government, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-11
- Another net neutrality bill, in a Comcast-charged atmosphere
- Another net neutrality bill, in a Comcast-charged atmosphereLots of profit......jobs and innovation in jeopardy? Too bad we didn't jeopardize Sub-Prime lending when we had a chance. Same kind of profit potential here for the telcos IMO.Drop ComcastThere are lots of ISP's out there.AT&T Yahoo comes to mind.Could Comcast's big usership...
- Tags: INTERNET, Broadband Internet, Comcast Corp., Comcast-charged atmosphere, Net Neutrality, net neutrality bill
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- MPAA wins $111m from bankrupt TorrentSpy
- MPAA wins $111m from bankrupt TorrentSpyMessage has been deleted.Every time you shut one down, 10 will take its place...How about changing your business model to fit with new world technology. P2P is a monster that the MPAA and RIAA created. They created it by price fixing and raping...
- Tags: MPAA, RIAA, TorrentSpy
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- Second Life is the latest reason our kids are doomed
- I'm kidding of course, but U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) apparently isn't. According to the Chicago Tribune, Kirk sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission requesting a consumer-alert warning about its dangers....Kirk said he knew of no cases in which children were targeted by...
- Tags: Second Life, Internet, Engineering, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- News to know: AMD; Oil and telecommuting; Verizon's EV-DO modem; Linux
- Notable headlines: Jason O'Grady: Review: Verizon UM150 USB EV-DO modem Gallery (right). Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Live Mesh to get more competition -- from Sun News.com: AMD revises server road map Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: How long can AMD...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Oil, Telecommuting, Sun Microsystems Inc., EVDO, Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Linux, Modems, WiMAX, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Federal Government, 64-Bit, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Components, Wireless, Government, Processors, Semiconductors
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- MPAA wins $111m from bankrupt TorrentSpy
- A federal judge in L.A. awarded the Motion Picture Association of America a $111 million judgment against TorrentSpy.com, the file-sharing site that shut down in March, AP reports. TorrentSpy operators Valence Media LLC were hit for $30,000 per violation for nearly 3,700 illegal movie and TV shows. ...
- Tags: MPAA, TorrentSpy, Peer To Peer (P2P), Litigation, Internet, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Government IT failures: "Room for improvement" [interview and podcast]
- Given the size, scope and frequency of government IT failures, it's important to understand the dynamics underlying these projects. To learn more about federal IT, I interviewed two federal systems experts from CA, developer of the Clarity project portfolio management (PPM) solution. Gil...
- Tags: Project, Podcast, Agency, Information Technology, OMB, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Advertising & Promotion, Government, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Marketing, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Where's your federal tax "economic stimulus" going?
- Where's your federal tax "economic stimulus" going?I am going to build a Mac Clone.NTI won't be getting one.I make too much.EntertainmentI'm finally going to buy an HDTV and surround sound system. I was thinking of building a new pc, but that would have been just for me. My whole family...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, federal tax, tax
- Discussion threads 2008-05-07
- Where's your federal tax "economic stimulus" going?
- Quick poll ... The first batch of taxpayers have already started to receive their federal tax "economic stimulus" rebates, but where's your rebate going to go? Are you going to be stimulating the economy or saving? [poll=293] Share...
- Tags: Stimulus, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- UAVs will study Californian smog
- The California Energy Commission is funding a research effort named CAPPS, short for California AUAV Air Pollution Profiling Study. CAPPS will use autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (AUAVs) to gather meteorological data as the aircraft fly through clouds over Southern California. The goal is to study smog and its consequences as...
- Tags: Southern California, Researcher, Pollution, Aircraft, Global Warming, UAV, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- ClearCube Spins off VDIworks
- ClearCube Spins off VDIworksChanges...againClearcube has changed directions so many times any potential customer should run when they hear the name, maybe that is why they are spinning of another division.It seems as if the VC's haven't wised up yet, they are giving more money to the same team who has...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Team management, ClearCube Technology, ClearCube Spins, VDIworks
- Discussion threads 2008-05-07
- I can take costly energy, rice shortages, pricier platinum, but not my beer!!!!
- I can take costly energy, rice shortages, pricier platinum, but not my beer!!!!why........ not the beer, its the end of the worldits the end of the society as we know it man ....ill died from dehydration's.....WHY WHY WHY well i could turn toward red wine or...
- Tags: American Ale, hop, American beer
- Discussion threads 2008-05-07
- Oil and the future of cleantech are NOT separable
- Courtesy Gordon Murray & Mohr Davidow. I recently blogged about one VC's efforts in cleantech as it relates to finding renewable replacements for petrochemicals and coal-based products. That same company, Mohr Davidow, has invested in an auto design firm. Why? Because Gordon...
- Tags: Oil, Duck, Clean Technology, Fossil Fuel, Jadoo, Oil Pit, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-04
- Amazon.com sues NY over sales tax law
- New York's new online sales tax law applies a novel way to get revenue out of online retailers. It's ready-made to tax Amazon.com and the Seattle-based company doesn't like it one bit. Amazon sued New York this over the law. Here's the theory, as the Times explains:...
- Tags: New York, Amazon.com Inc., Taxes, Free Trade, Sales Strategy, Financial Planning, Finance, Sales, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- Judge: Webcasters owe ASCAP $100m
- A federal judge ruled that that webcasters owe ASCAP – one of three major performing rights organizations representing songwriters – a flat 2.5 percent cut of music revenues. It's a big chunk of change. For just the year 2006, it will cost AOL, Yahoo and Real...
- Tags: Ars Technica, Webcasting, Webcaster, ASCAP, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- House committee passes 'gluttonous' Pro IP Act
- So, we have a credit crisis, a foreclosure crisis, a full-blown recession and no plans on how to get out of Iraq or how to create a regional solution. So what do we need? How about an intellectual property czar and stiffer penalties for unauthorized music downloading? ...
- Tags: Damage, CD, IP, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Does open source programming make you a criminal?
- Does open source programming make you a criminal?lmao, nicely done! (nt)ntRE: Does open source programming make you a criminal?Great post Dana! It always nice to start the day off with a good laugh.I know where this came from......but I wouldn't have even bothered satirizing the two talkbackers who were constantly...
- Tags: Development tools, Does open source programming
- Discussion threads 2008-04-30
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