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EPIC seeks to intervene in Books settlement, says privacy policies are no solution

What qualifies EPIC to "represent the public's interests"?[i]"the Electronic Privacy Information Center ... is actually seeking to intervene in the case since, it says, none of the parties are representing the public?s interests"[/i]Who the hell is EPIC? In order to be able "to represent the public's interest" the organization has...

Tags: Litigation, EPIC, Fred, Joe

Discussion threads 2009-09-05

IBM on Sustainability: Time For Real Time

IBM on Sustainability: Time For Real TimeGetting ItJames,You hit the nail on the head, "Scant attention is paid to issues that, moving beyond compliance, can lead to cost improvement and process innovation."I am seeing that the some thought leaders are getting it as you have. Ultimately, sustainability is about the...

Tags: sustainability, Real-Time, Fred, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-02

AlaTimer 1.34 (Windows)

AlaTimer, with the friendly assistance of Fred Flintstone helps parents control their children's daily computer usage. Fred limits each child to a pre-configured usage time set in minutes, for each calendar day. Hover the mouse over Freds icon and youll find how many minutes you have left. With one minute...

Tags: Minute, Usage, Microsoft Windows, Computer, SHANIT, Fred, Productivity, Mice, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-04-11

EFF's von Lohmann: YouTube worse than DMCA for fair use

I passed Jason's post about getting DMCA'd by Warner Music onto Fred von Lohmann at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. You'll recall that Jason and his wife put up on Vimeo a reunion slideshow with several tracks of music and that Warner Music Group promptly filed a DMCA take-down notice. Fred's...

Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, YouTube Inc., DMCA, Warner Music Group Corp., Fred, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-07

ExpressScripts faces sum of personal health record fears

It's not just medical records outfits which knuckle under. Most companies whose virtual offices are hacked by blackmailers hush the incidents up, afraid of a customer backlash and lawsuits. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Personal Health Record, Dana Blankenhorn, Fred, E-health, Healthcare

Blog posts 2008-11-10

Does HIMSS hate open source?

From what I saw in Orlando back in February, HIMSS is a Comdex for medical IT. You will notice that in mainstream computing, Comdex is dead. Hint, hint. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Proprietary Software, HIMSS, Fred, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-09-27

Sparks fly over copyright at Tech Policy Summit

The group of copyright scholars and advocates gathered Wednesday at the Tech Policy Summit in Hollywood demonstrated that while copyright must function in a converged world, opinions on how it should function are as divergent as ever. The panel pictured from left to right consisted...

Tags: Innovation, Lawsuit, Patent, Harbor, TiVo Inc., Fred, Lohmann, Copyrights, Copyright System, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Denise Howell

Blog posts 2008-03-31

Google vs. Microsoft game is afoot

Google vs. Microsoft game is afootI still don't get why anyone wants a PHR...I'd much rather use the EMR web access provided by my health care provider, since it is always up-to-date and I don't need to spend all my time filling it in. Plus I can schedule appointments...

Tags: Games, Vertical industries, Google Inc., Fred, Microsoft Corp., game

Discussion threads 2008-03-04

EMuleInfo 1 (Windows)

EMuleInfo is a very useful eMule widget that gives information about your connection. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: eMule, Fred, EMuleInfo, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-10-31

iTunesCR 1 (Windows)

ITunesCR is an iTunes remote controller. Art cover, artist, song, and album names. Manage playlists, random, and repeat mode. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Fred, ITunesCR, Microsoft Windows, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2007-07-26

Winnie the Pooh Wallpaper 1 (Windows)

This wallpaper shows Piglet, who has the perfect gift for Winnie the Pooh: honey. The size of this high quality wallpaper is 1024x768, other sizes are also available. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Wallpaper, Fred, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-06-14

Steve said. Fred said. It's moot without documentation

Steve said. Fred said. It's moot without documentationIt's a matter of necessityApple doesn't need the lawyer or the accountant - lawyers and accountants are a dime a dozen.Apple *needs* Steve Jobs in a big way. When he is running the company, the company does well. When he's not...

Tags: Fred, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-04-25

Politicos call for music copyright reform

Politicos call for music copyright reformIf a tree falls in a forest does it make a copyrighted sound?"The law also needs to clarify that buffer, cache and otherwise ephemeral digital copies of music don't qualify for royalty payouts, Boucher said. Technically, under current law, a person who unwittingly uses those...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Fred, music

Discussion threads 2005-09-13

Printkey 1.04 (Windows)

PrintKey let you print the Desktop or any window or parts of it by just pressing the PrintKey on your PC the Picture can be saved as JPG or BMP printed in Landscape or Portrait and many more Get it and you will love it

Tags: Fred, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Construction, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Hardware

Software downloads 2004-07-07

Tablets take their time

Tablets take their timeNow there's a conclusion!Consumers won't buy tablets in larger numbers until the price comes down.Can you tell me anyplace this isn't the case? How much did they spend on this?Imagine thatThese things have only been successful in markets Apple was only able to be successful a decade...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Desktops, Fred, Now Microsoft, tablet, Apple Inc., PC, tablet PC

Discussion threads 2004-06-16

Collapse! 1.0 (Mobile)

Get your pulse racing as you strive to beat your last score by findinggroups of similar blocks on the screen. But, don't take too long about it -more blocks fill up from the bottom of the screen and if you let any blocksget to the top...Collapse! it's all over! Features...

Tags: Mobile, Block, Fred, Games, Tools & Techniques, Personal Technology, Management

Software downloads 2001-12-04

Additional Resources

Google Maps and the mystery of the non-existent town

anagram softwareDid you get the words "not real" out of it? With an extra "G" left over?Brilliant!Good find! If that isn't the solution, then it sure is one heck of a coincidence.It wouldn't surprise me at all if that is it. Similar things -- adding a fictional item...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Network technology, Zack, Yahoo Maps, Google Inc., Google Maps, Argleton

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Washington: lots of talk about global warming

Fuller: Too many blogs about the LIE of global warming.Global warming b*llshit demolished:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1533290/Climate-chaos-Dont-believe-it.htmlGuys (or should I say - Fuller), stop LYING.Also, stop saying there's a problem and then coming up with burdening 'solutions' to non-existent problems. The latest FASCIST idea: Blame Children for 'global warming'. Yeah right.http://unitedfamiliesinternational.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/children-to-blame-for-climate-change/Fuller, why are you...

Tags: global warming, carbon dioxide

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Facebook users targeted by Zeus banking Trojan

Users of the popular social network are being tricked into revealing their passwords and downloading a Trojan that steals financial data. Here's how... On the heels of one fake Facebook e-mail scam, a researcher warned on Wednesday of another such campaign in which users of the popular social network...

Tags: Facebook, Banking, Trojan Horse, E-mail, Spyware, Phishing, Social Networking, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, trojan, malware, scam, Adware & Malware, Elinor Mills CNET News

News items 2009-10-29

Can open source software stop IT failure?

I'm not so sure #1 is valid#1 is a variation of "many eyes make all bugs shallow"Does it help? Yes. But it also makes the implicit assumption that everyone that can view the code is competent to do so. So it goes back to resource allocation being an issue, if...

Tags: Strategy, OPEN SOURCE, information technology, IT Failure, F/OSS, software, open-source software

Discussion threads 2009-10-26