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- Howard's happy: Sirius-XM merger (finally) approved; Now the work really begins
- The government regulatory debacle known as the Sirius-XM merger has officially ended as the Federal Communications Commission approved the deal after 17 months of deliberation and lobbying from the National Association of Broadcasters. According to the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal the FCC approved the deal...
- Tags: Merger, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Sirius, Howard, Satellite Radio, Digital Music, Advertising & Promotion, Federal Government, Mergers & Acquisitions, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Government, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-26
- COPA suffers another blow
- InformationWeek is reporting on the latest blow to the Child Online Protection Act, or COPA. COPA imposes heavy fines on libraries and schools among other institutions that fail to prevent children from "content harmful to minors." If you're asking just what constitutes "harmful to minors", so...
- Tags: Child Online Protection Act, Minor, Regulations, Government, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- E-gold owners plead guilty to money laundering
- Wow, big morning! If anyone has seen Nitesh Dhanjani and Billy Rios's talk on phishing and identity theft, which was presented at the last couple Black Hat conferences, and will be on display again at Black Hat Vegas, you know that the identity theft market is a huge problem. You...
- Tags: Flooz, Currency Service, Identity Theft, Phishing, Security, Spam And Phishing, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Romanian authorities arrest cybercrime suspects
- Romanian authorities arrest cybercrime suspectsCatching criminals is only the first step... Until judiciary systems around the world make a good example of these guys, nothing good will come out of these arrests. To reduce cybercrime we need effective deterrents. Slapping big fines that these guys are never going to pay...
- Tags: Construction, cybercrime suspect, Romanian, Nate
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Microhoo, MicroAOL, and challenging Google
- Microhoo, MicroAOL, and challenging GoogleContentUnless you're including content in your definition of an advertising platform, you've left out a most important factor. People look at ads because of what else is on the page. And that other material has to be located and purchased profitably.Yahoo has been successful...
- Tags: Web browsers, Financial accounting, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-07-17
- The Techie Hall of Shame
- A SFGate story began this week with the all-too-familiar line--"A disgruntled computer engineer..." before going on to list the disgrace of the day, in this case virtually commandeering San Francisco's new multimillion-dollar computer network and hacking it to deny access to top administrators. He's now locked up with a $5...
- Tags: Network, Computer, Productivity, Networking, Security, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- It's a start: Spammer gets jail time
- It's a start: Spammer gets jail timeI dont see spaming as a jail-able offense.I would love to give jailtime to companies that send crap to my mailbox.The issue is waisted time and resources. It costs x dollars to clean that up, so you owe me x dollars, if dont...
- Tags: Spam, spammer, anti-spam
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Intel faces new antitrust charges in Europe: report
- Intel faces new antitrust charges in Europe: reportRather moot, isn't it?Sort of like the US case against Microsoft after Netscape was already pushing up daisies, any fines assessed against Intel won't revive AMD. In fact, it's a good bet that any fines against Intel will show up on the...
- Tags: Corporate law, Semiconductors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., new antitrust charge, antitrust charge, antitrust
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Wow! FCC to punish Comcast
- Wow! FCC to punish ComcastSo I guess what will happenis Comcast will pay the government fines for what they would have overcharged their customers. So that would mean a net zero for Comcast, a net plus for the government, and a net loss for Comcast customers. Pretty slick.RE: Wow! FCC...
- Tags: Federal government, Comcast Corp., FCC, Wow!
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
- Measuring IT: "Operational Health"
- The subject of IT metrics is an important and sometimes controversial topic. Regardless of one's perspective, metrics do serve the valuable function of connecting business goals to IT operations. A Forrester Research report, written by Craig Symons and titled "The Five Essential Metrics...
- Tags: Information Technology, Health Care, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?
- Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?.....“[B]Had this not happened, Viacom would have made a huge amount of profit, but have now obviously lost out.[/B]”Subjective speculation that is unsubstantiated.“[B]YouTube could get shut down, Google could get fined to the nth degree, or maybe Google will get sued and it have...
- Tags: Pandora, YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Lame hands-free law goes into effect in WA State on 1 July 2008
- Lame hands-free law goes into effect in WA State on 1 July 2008Stats prove itFrom http://www.jmu.edu/safetyplan/vehicle/generaldriver/safetybelt.shtml* Approximately 35,000 people die in motor vehicle crashes each year. About 50 percent (17,000) of these people could be saved if they wore their safety belts.* For every one percent increase in safety belt...
- Tags: Cellular phones, belt, seat belt, phone, CD
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- California to drivers: Drop the cell phone, dude
- Next week a California law will require the use of hands-free phones and ban cell phones entirely for drivers under 18--but there's a loophole that allows texting while driving. LOS ANGELES--Next week California will try to wrest cell phones from the hands of drivers, telling everyone from movie starlets...
- Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Democratic Lawmaker, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Reuters, cell phones, legal, hands-free, text messaging, California
- News items 2008-06-27
- Fired Director of IT accused of destroying organ donor information of former company
- Here's a story that will make you absolutely sick. I used to live in Houston, time to time I still check out the Houston Chronicle... which I did this morning. I was interested in reading more about the altercation between the Astros pitcher and general manager, but then I stumbled...
- Tags: Organ, Houston, Agency, Advertising & Promotion, Backups, Hacking, Marketing, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- Testers give Microsoft's Entity Framework a no-confidence vote
- Testers give Microsoft's Entity Framework a no-confidence voteSounds like the testers and MS are doing good work[i]The best thing that happened in response to this latest action is that the Entity Framework team responded to it immediately[/i]Good for the testers for demanding better, and good for MS for responding immediately....
- Tags: Blogging, Microsoft Corp., Entity Framework, no-confidence, MJO
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- Trojan exploiting unpatched Mac OS X vulnerability in the wild
- Trojan exploiting unpatched Mac OS X vulnerability in the wildAny Software can be exploitedThis is just another situation that proves that any software can be exploited if someone wants to devote the time to do so. So to everyone that thinks that Mac OS is so much more...
- Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, trojan horse, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, ARD, Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- 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
- China: A potential, new antitrust battleground for Microsoft
- China: A potential, new antitrust battleground for MicrosoftI wonder how much marketshare MS would loseI wonder how much Chinese marketshare MS would lose if they pulled out of China? If leaving China leads to the loss of [url=http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/only_244_copies_of_genuine_windows_vista_sold_in_china.php] 244 sales[/url], maybe China would actually be doing MS a favor! :)They...
- Tags: Linux, Corporate law, SECURITY, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Communism, Microsoft Corp., new antitrust battleground, antitrust battleground, antitrust
- Discussion threads 2008-06-18
- Is Canada's new copyright law a northern DMCA?
- Canada has a new copyright law that limits consumers' liability for copyright infringement but exposes them to thousands of dollars in penalties for circumventing anti-copying technology, the Globe and Mail reports. The existing copyright law, passed in 1997, exposes consumers to a maximum of $20,000 in statutory...
- Tags: Law, Copyright Law, DMCA, Canada, E-books, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-06-13
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