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IRS tapes missing in Kansas City

IRS tapes missing in Kansas CityQuick!Let's all say bad things about Linux and Microsoft! :-0P.S.The two are listed in alphabetical order.Message has been deleted.It wasn't meI know, that's pretty close to me, but honestly, why would I steal those tapes?I don't care about the records of other people. ...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, governing body, Internal Revenue Service, tax

Discussion threads 2007-01-22

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Why not pay for what works?

Lawsuits not a costly issueThat's a typical republican, politcal response. Studies have been done to show that's it's a very small percentage of overall costs in healthcare. Not that tort reform wouldn't help, it's just a small issue in the big picture.Most unnecessarly procedures are generally performed...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Betsy McCaughey

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

ICANN declares independence, breaks ties with U.S. government

Let the in-fighting begin!How long before it is subverted for political/ideolical purposes like the U.N. has been subverted?(not to say the U.S. hasn't)A bit of naiveness involvedIt stands to reason that, when governments are involved, that there will be political and ideological squabbles on any decision.The EU as a "unified"...

Tags: Government, Corporate governance, INTERNET, Vertical industries, U.S. Government, ICANN

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Cloud computing: Resistance is futile

Cloud computing: Resistance is futileSecurity issues unresolved; resistance is futile = what a jokeAt an RSA conference no less.Here is a a news flash: Security has to be the PRIMARY concern. Not just some inconvenient speed bump on the way to making money.For someone to say this is quite revealing....

Tags: Virtualization, cloud computing, RESISTANCE IS FUTILE, security

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Hull City Council Rolls Out Cross-Functional Service Desk Support to Entire Organization of 14,000 People

Hull City Council is the governing body for the City of Kingston Hull employing 14,000 people and serving more than 250,000 constituents across 23 wards. Hull City Council needed a solution to address two challenges. Firstly, the aim was to manage its IT environment more effectively to better serve the...

Tags: Council, Axios Systems, Hull City Council, ITIL, Service Level Management, Process Improvement, It Services, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Quality, Business Operations, Management

Case studies 2009-04-24

Can the Internet change your brain?

Can the Internet change your brain?Greenfield is whack.Sorry Baroness Susan Greenfield, I won't buy your version of Autism which you clearly throw in to make your ideas more important."Autistic people are very comfortable in the computer world because relationships do not depend on the tone of the voice, body language,...

Tags: Internet, Greenfield, Autistic, Autism

Discussion threads 2009-03-24

Microsoft given month reprieve in EU browser-bundling case

Microsoft given month reprieve in EU browser-bundling caseMicrosoft given month reprieve in EU browser-bundling caseGood, this will allow Microsoft more time to show the EU just how wrong they were in this whole case and show Opera what a bunch whiney babies they have been.EU after Microsoft billions again...Tsk tsk....

Tags: browser-bundling case, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft-given, Microsoft-given month, Opera Software ASA, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-03-11

ICANN: Largest change to domain name system in history

ICANN, the governing body for Internet addresses, today discussed global Internet address expansion at its 34th international public meeting in Mexico City, detailing "the possibility of one of the most dramatic expansions to the global Internet addressing system since it was created." Departing ICANN President and CEO...

Tags: DNS, ICANN, Domain Name, Internet Address, Estimates, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-06

Is Balkanization of the Internet inevitable?

The openness of the Internet could fall to nationalism. That's just one of the side effects from nationalism and its impact on global trade, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Journal in its Monday edition zoomed out to look at the rise of nationalism. After all,...

Tags: Web, Russia, Internet, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-28

EU probes U.S. online gambling crackdown

EU probes U.S. online gambling crackdown...Looks like the days of pushing people around are coming to a close. With our economy on the brink of collapse, world opinion at an all time low of our government and a nation of apathetic morons addicted to "reality tv". Yup! our time in...

Tags: Free trade, INTERNET, World Trade Organization, gambling crackdown, online gambling crackdown, government, crackdown

Discussion threads 2008-03-10

No clear sailing for wind power

Courtesy: US Geological Survey In many venues wind power can be as controversial as nuclear power. In Scotland there's a big fight brewing over mlountaintop windmills to generate electricity. One charge: the tall towers holding the turbines uglify the once beautiful landscape. Critics...

Tags: Turbine, Farm, North Dakota, Wind, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-03-02

McLaren Electronics Fuels Analysis of Formula One Racing Data With SQL Server

McLaren Electronic Systems, part of a family of companies that includes the McLaren Racing organization, is a leader in developing specialized motor racing products including the Engine Control Unit ECU that manages the complex engine, transmission, and other key elements of Formula One race cars. After the Federation Internationale de...

Tags: Car, Microsoft SQL Server, Server, Microsoft Corp., Analysis

Case studies 2008-02-01

Akamai Helps Association of Surfing Professionals Increase Digital-Media Distribution by 15X, Entice New Sponsors and Advertisers, and Revolutionize the Sport of Surfing

The Association of Surfing Professionals ASP is the governing body of professional surfing, taking over for the International Professional Surfers organization, which ran things from 1976 to 1982. ASP needed to meet four key requirements to support its brand and objectives, improve digital-media distribution, guarantee reliable video, reduce production costs...

Tags: Microsoft ASP, Akamai Technologies Inc., Advertiser, Scripting Languages, Digital Media, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Case studies 2008-02-01

Improved Customer Convenience With a Multilateral Interline e-Ticketing System for IATA

The IATA Interline tariffs team coordinates with its member airlines to establish common fares and rules for multilateral interlining. IATA is the governing body that decides and generates the cap on these airfares for each source and destination pair across the globe. MindTree Consulting leveraged its experience in implementing business...

Tags: MindTree Consulting, Airfare, Fare, IATA Interline Tariffs Team, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management

Case studies 2008-01-24

TV, film, and game violence seen as a threat

TV, film, and game violence seen as a threatNotice this is based on nothing new.This is garbage science.They study other studies and decide that they have discovered something new when they are simply restating other people's results.You will notice that social soiences types are notorious for over-footnoting their work and...

Tags: game, TV, violence

Discussion threads 2007-11-28

British Horseracing's Governing Body Reduces Network Administrative Workload by Almost 75 Per Cent With Virtualization

The British Horseracing Authority has experienced rapid business growth in the past three years. With a resulting increase in its IT infrastructure, the organisation found it needed to re-think its procurement and business continuity strategy. IT personnel spent too much time backing up data while the server estate had become...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Network, British Horseracing, British Horseracing Authority, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Ip storage, Servers, Hardware

Case studies 2007-10-25

OpenOffice won't fork -- for now

In spite of a bitter battle between Novell and Sun developers, OpenOffice won’t fork â€" at least for now. That's the consensus among several OpenOffice developers who are locked in a bitter dispute with Sun over how the open source project is governed but who nevertheless...

Tags: Novell Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Fork, OpenOffice.org, OpenOffice, Open Source, Office Suites, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2007-10-12

Australia pushes further Web censorship

Australia pushes further Web censorshipAnd coming soon...to America, courtesy of the Bush Administration, IF they have their way.RE: Australia pushes further Web censorshipI didn't know that Australia was the new China. Nothing on the internet should be blocked by a government. That's something that Hitler would do.RE: Australia...

Tags: INTERNET, Channel management, Homeland security, Web censorship, censorship, Web

Discussion threads 2007-09-21

Verizon Wireless appeals FCC's open device, platform order; Wireless auction showdown looms

Verizon Wireless appeals FCC's open device, platform order; Wireless auction showdown loomsThey may be right, the FCC doesn't "make" law.The FCC doesn't make laws, they do however make rules. The problem here is that its a very fine line between rules and laws.With that said, I believe this issue...

Tags: Federal government, Telecom & Utilities, FCC, VZW, phone, auction showdown loom, Wireless auction showdown loom, showdown loom, open device, Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Wireless, wireless

Discussion threads 2007-09-14

EU antitrust power in balance on Microsoft decision

EU antitrust power in balance on Microsoft decisionMicrosoft has been building server OSes since 1993 -- or earlierNT 3.1 was released in 1993 and came in a Server version. But even many prior to that, they made the LAN Manager product.Break them both upthey both have unfairly beaten up...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Digital media, Digital music, Now IT, Microsoft Corp., operating system, EU Antitrust Power, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-10