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- I have to stop using Gmail :(
- I have to stop using Gmail :(You can enable POP3 support in Gmail...If you switch on POP3 support in Gmail, then you can still comply with archiving procedures: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13273That way, you can both send and receive e-mails with an e-mail client like Thunderbird or Evolution or even Outlook Express. I...
- Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Using Gmail, Google Gmail, archiving, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Judge: Viacom gets 12TB of YouTube user data
- A federal judge ordered PDF Google to hand over 12 terabytes of YouTube user data to Viacom, finding that the list of "login IDs" does not qualify as personally identifying information. In opposing Viacom's request for the information, Google had asserted users' privacy rights: "Plaintiffs would...
- Tags: Google Inc., Personally Identifiable Information, YouTube Inc., IP, IP Address, User Data, Video, Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Solar power, no money down, could prove profitable
- You get a solar installation, you could get positive cash flow, and you pay no money down. Sounds like an offer you might read in some spam note from Bulgaria. But it's a legitimate offer from an legitimate cleantech company in California and Arizona. Solar...
- Tags: Electricity, Solar Energy, California, Arizona, Solar City, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- 9th Circuit: Employees' text messages are private
- In a major case marking out the boundaries of the Fourth Amendment in the electronic age, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit held that employers can't read employees' text messages if they're sent through an outside service. They can't even read email unless it's stored on the employers' servers....
- Tags: Electronic Communication, Arch Wireless, Online Communications, E-mail, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-06-20
- Grumpy old man gets happy--how can this be? Isn't the U.S. economy hopelessly doomed?
- I'm a grumpy old man. It's very easy to get really angry or completely depressed blogging about cleantech, or the need for it. From the global warming arguments to whole nations--like my own and China--stubbornly refusing to move to new technologies, this seems to be an era of...
- Tags: U.S., McKinsey & Co., Clean Technology, Energy, Conservation, Deron Lovaas, Greenness, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Will those with "brain cooties" find equality?
- A new mental health parity act is sailing through Congress and should be enacted this summer. I should be happy with this. As I've noted here previously, I have a family history of ADHD. But as with the previous such act, which passed in 1996, parity depends...
- Tags: Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-06-01
- Haves vs. haves: corn and cows and the men who love them
- We urbanites are sitting in the bleachers for what portends to be a helluva gladiatorial battle. Corn. Cows. And it's all being fought over energy and centers, as all fine money matters in "cleantech," around the EPA. Here's what's up: Texas is a...
- Tags: Biofuel, Texas, Corn, Iowa, Generation Biofuel Folk, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-26
- Is there a happy medium for standardized testing?
- Is there a happy medium for standardized testing?Are they necessary?A question I am always hearing is whether standardized tests are necessary.I keep wondering whether it was necessary for my kid's physician to pass her MCATs. I mean, afterall, if the AYP testing proves so little, what does her MCAT...
- Tags: standardized testing, happy medium
- Discussion threads 2008-05-21
- Lessig: Bill to fix orphaned works is 'unfair and unwise'
- Larry Lessig championed the need to fix copyright law with regard to "orphan works" – those works that are covered by copyright but whose owners are unknown. He was a guiding force behind the Internet Archive's 2004 suit to get the courts to address the issue. (See Free the...
- Tags: Larry Lessig, Work, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- Can Apple stop Psystar from selling Mac clone?
- To hear Psystar tell it, they can install MacOS on their own hardware, despits Apple's end user license agreement to the contrary, because said EULA is an illegal "monopoly." "What if Honda said that, after you buy their car, you could only drive it on...
- Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, EULA, Apple Inc., Psystar, Tools & Techniques, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- Coal Wars: Navajo Nation sues the feds, Kansas to konk old King Koal?
- The Navajo Nation and a private power company in Texas are suing the E.P.A. Not because they've been turned down, they simply can't get an answer. The Navajo's utility company and Texas-based Sithe Global Power applied for a permit back in 2004. They want to build a...
- Tags: Kansas, Coal, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Navajo, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-03-20
- Making Web 2.0 Safe for the Enterprise: TOS àla PBWiki
- Making Web 2.0 Safe for the Enterprise: TOS àla PBWikiCounterpointJoshua, I’ll have to differ with you on this. The key point is the second one you make. PBWiki says that when content is posted on the site, the user grants PBWiki “a worldwide and fully sub-licensable license...
- Tags: Wiki, TOS, license clause, PBWiki
- Discussion threads 2008-03-06
- Vonage spent nearly $1.4 million to lobby Feds in 2007
- The Associated Press reports that Vonage spent nearly $1.4 million to lobby the federal government in 2007. Vonage's key lobbying activities were related to telecommunications competition and consumer issues. That's according...
- Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-02-29
- Develop a Web site accessible by visually impaired users and comply with the law
- Poorly designed Web pages create a significant challenge to someone who cannot see your Web pages. However, it is easy to make good decisions about page design -- once you understand the Section 508 standards and have some tools in your back pocket. By using the tools outlined, you broaden...
- Tags: Web, Web Site, Web Page, Joe Goss, Channel Management, Web Site Development, Productivity, Marketing, Internet
- Download resources 2008-02-21
- Government supplies SSNs to identity thefts
- Government supplies SSNs to identity theftsThe problem isthat the SSN was never intended to serve any kind of identification role whatsoever. But as the nannystate grew, the government began to require it on more and more pieces of paper until it has become a de facto national ID card.RE: Government...
- Tags: SSN, identity theft
- Discussion threads 2008-01-07
- Mr. Dodd's filibuster threat works, vote delayed
- Mr. Dodd's filibuster threat works, vote delayedGood for Dodd!Companies being granted immunity from prosecution for cooperating with warrantless wiretaps becomes a slippery slope which would allow an abusive executive branch to bypass the separation of powers. In fact, such a law would, in itself, violate the separation of powers.So...
- Tags: Telephony, Dodd, filibuster threat work, threat work
- Discussion threads 2007-12-18
- Feds seek cell positioning data without warrants
- Is that a cellphone in your pocket or are you just glad to for me to see you? Federal law enforcement agents are "routinely" seeking court orders for cellphone companies to provide them with realtime positioning data on suspects - often without even a pretense of...
- Tags: Agent, Warrant, Positioning, Cause, Judge, Real Estate, Branding, Business Operations, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2007-11-26
- Tech Shakedown: Kodak's Web site charging outrageous per-photo shipping fees
- Tech Shakedown: Kodak's Web site charging outrageous per-photo shipping feesWe need a Federal LAW that states:No company can charge more that 3% of ACTUAL shipping costs on any product or service delivered in the continental US. Most retailers that work with Amazon.com for instance only charge what it really costs...
- Tags: Web site development, Eastman Kodak Co., Kodak Web site, Tech Shakedown, photograph, Web site
- Discussion threads 2007-11-26
- 'Barron's' sees AT
- 'Barron's' sees ATConsolidationThe AT&T criminals should be worried about staying out of jail for colluding with intelligence agencies in breaking federal law and shredding the Constitution.my opinionThey should not be rewarded by allowing them broader scope and more power.
- Tags: Barron
- Discussion threads 2007-11-19
- Man sues Comcast over BitTorrent flap; Net neutrality to the front burner?
- Man sues Comcast over BitTorrent flap; Net neutrality to the front burner?Bittorrent is not the issue for net neutralityDoes an ISP have the right to block whatever service they wantIf so this will be abused and competing services such as internet tv to comcast will be blocked. Do we trust...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet Service Provider, Comcast Corp., BitTorrent, Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2007-11-15
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