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EIC Podcast: Wall Street; Sarah Palin's email; Web 2.0

On this week's EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk Wall Street, Sarah Palin's email being hacked and the state of Web 2.0. The technology sector took a back seat to Wall Street this week. That's where the drama was. We had meltdowns and bailouts and a...

Tags: Web, Wall Street, Feds, Web 2.0, E-mail, Channel Management, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-19

Mr. Spammer, meet Bubba your new cell mate

With a slew of lawsuits being levied on well known spammers by companies such as Microsoft, the fight is being taken to the next level by the Feds.  The New York Times is reporting on project "Slam Spam" by the Feds.  Slam Spam is designed to go after spammers for being...

Tags: Feds, spammer, SenderID

Blog posts 2004-08-25

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Microsoft to drop Office Accounting product, services

DumbWhat a dumb move their Accounting software was one of the best products they had.Anyone notice a trend?Dumping Money, dumping Office Accounting, and all at a time when the Feds are increasingly regulating Financial firms. While MS is clearly not a "Financial" Company it looks alot like they are...

Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, accounting, Office Accounting, Microsoft Corp., Intuit QuickBooks, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

What should open source do in a car?

Engine Management...The owners should be able to tweak the engine management settings.There is no reason I should be forced to stick with the 'safe' mode settings from the factory. Other Ford enthusiasts could tweak their cars and post their engine profiles online and people could adjust their cars engine...

Tags: car, Ford Motor Co., open source

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Carper option in final Senate health bill

opt outdoes that mean a state can decide, whether or not, their citizens can get national health care?"Let the trolling begin in earnest."?I think you meant:"[i]Let those who disagree with me begin posting.[/i]"No......trolling is posting deliberately inflammatory remarks in order to get responses. You've even admitted you're doing that, because...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Financial Planning, U.S. Senate, health care, insurance, Carper, Lasik

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Microsoft lands Facebook, Twitter deals for Bing

Several million or several hundred million?Several million is nothing. The numbers would need to be in the tens of millions to even be considered a "mistake." And if they're revenue sharing, there has to be revenue 1st before they have to share...bing is lame....and will cause people to leave twitter...

Tags: Twitter Inc., Facebook, Bing, Microsoft Corp., Chicago Cubs

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

What's next after SpamWaves, WavePorn?

That's really bad news.That's really bad news. That tells me they did NOT do anything fundamentally to fix the spam problem.Which we've known is a problem for a long time.Part of re-architecting the way we collaborate [b]should[/b] include solving the spam problem.If we don't solve that problem, we're left with...

Tags: Google Inc., WavePorn, SpamWaves, spam problem

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Web powerhouses to FCC: We support open Internet

44 major tech companies ask the FCC to be cautioushttp://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/322375Examples includeCisco Systems, Alcatel-Lucent, Corning, Ericsson, Motorola and NokiaThese companies understand the severe impact on the economy from heavy handed regulations.http://www.digitalsociety.org/2009/10/dont-outlaw-successful-business-models-on-the-internet/RE: Web powerhouses to FCC: We support open InternetIt's scary to think that Cox and Comcast might get in uber-trouble from...

Tags: Federal government, FCC, open-Internet, Web

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

News to know: T-Mobile; Cloud computing; Oracle; HP; Apple

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: HP revamps TouchSmart PCs with Windows 7; starts $899; will you ditch your desktop PC, HDTV? HP...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., PC, T-Mobile, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Palm Pre, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-13

Are Mac OS X and Apple servers making inroads with the Feds?

Silly Question comes with silly answer"Are Mac OS X and Apple servers making inroads with the Feds?"No, "the Snow Leopard bug hosed [our] data".No, it didn't."No, "the Snow Leopard bug hosed [our] data"."Snow Leopard just failed to recognise the data. A trip to Terminal can fix that and recover...

Tags: Operating systems, Snow Leopard, Apple Server, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, server, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

Are Mac OS X and Apple servers making inroads with the Feds?

A recent article points to traction in the goverment market by a Mac-based surveillance system vendor. Despite the resistance from PC-centric IT managers, the Mac's performance and easy support appears to be winning contracts. by David Morgenstern

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Server, Apple Inc., Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2009-10-12

Are we acting like silly fuels?

There is a steady flow of news these days about the drawbacks of our energy "system." The bad news seems to flow like...greenhouse gas, or even coal ash during a downpour. America's natural gas reserves are increasing as more and more deposits are found. The catch: fracking...

Tags: Coal Ash, Telecom & Utilities, Wiki, Online Communications, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-06

How Internet surveillance, IT sleuth work helped indict suspected terrorist Zazi

Kinda eerieMakes me wonder if I should delete that "Socialism" picture of Obama as the Joker from my machine.There are 2 Issues HereThe first is whether such forensics have a legitimate place in law enforcement and the second is whether these methods can be misused. I believe that the...

Tags: Blogging, information technology, Zazi, Internet Surveillance, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

Texas may ride you out of town on a rail

There's open rebellion brewing in Texas, again. Not against Santa Ana this time. Not on behalf of the Confederacy. This time it's a plot to install trains. Trains in the home state of Big Oil. It's got the makings of a great Hollywood thriller. Big...

Tags: Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Google's book settlement: Here comes the DOJ and likely deal tweaks

The Department of Justice became the latest party to file its concerns about Google's book settlement and it appears the search giant will have to either make tweaks or allow the feds to poke around. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Google Inc., Settlement, U.S. Department Of Justice, Litigation, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Why I Can Never Be Exclusive to Linux and Open Source on the Desktop

It uses WINEBut I've noticed a number of performance issues and stability problems with it.ActuallyAs far as I've ever able to tell there's no practical difference between Picasa on Windows and Linux. StevenActually, it uses WineLib, so that it is more like a native application.But there are still all the...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, open source, desktop, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-09-20

Will Office Web Apps overcome cloud biases?

Yesterday, I asked if the Feds don't need Office, do we? In particular, though, I was really talking about how wedded people are to having an Office suite (possibly OpenOffice, but usually Office 2003 or 2007) actually sitting on their desktop. Not too long after I'd...

Tags: Google Inc., Web Application, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-09-18

News to know: Office Web Apps; Palm; AMD-Intel; Andreessen; Win7 for students

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Office Web Apps go to testers: Ten things to know Zack Whittaker: Office 2010 for...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palm Inc., Web Application, Andrew Nusca, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Blog posts 2009-09-18

Do you really need Office? Really? If the Feds don't, do we?

Sounds like these users could get by just fine with Wordpad.[i]That being said, how many of your teachers are doing this sort of thing? Teachers need to create content, no doubt about it, but that content should be online, accessible, collaborative, and reusable. You don?t need Office for that.[/i]The problem,...

Tags: Next Up, Google Inc., Microsoft Office, Google Apps

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Do you really need Office? Really? If the Feds don't, do we?

For 95% of what we do, though, Apps does the trick quite nicely and allows people to work together in really nice ways. For a wide swath of users, however, getting them to jump into the cloud and leave their biases in favor of Office behind is remarkably difficult....

Tags: Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-09-17