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H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really about

H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really aboutDICK DURBINYou link to his page right in that top paragraph... yet you still can't get his name right?RE: H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really aboutThere are thousands of highly skilled Americans that are unemployed that are willing to take...

Tags: Obama, H-1B, H-1B legislation, worker

Discussion threads 2009-06-05

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MySpace suicide conviction tentatively overturned

It looks like Lori Drew - the too-involved-in-her-daughter's-social-problems mom whose MySpace fraud led 13-year-old Megan Meier to kill herself - will go free after all. A federal jury convicted Drew last year on three misdemeanor counts of computer fraud. But on Thursday, the judge in the case tentatively threw out...

Tags: Computer Fraud, Computer, MySpace, Productivity, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-02

California not politically bankrupt

California not politically bankruptInterstate CommerceActions like this really blow my mind. The Federal Government abuses the Commerce Clause to uniformly regulate nearly all products that 'can' or 'may' be sold across state lines. Why do they now decide to not enforce uniformity?To me this is just another example...

Tags: Quality, car, standards, Computer Associates International Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

The Utah way of health reform

The Utah way of health reformUtah NetCare PlanThanks for writing this article. I am kind of tired of blogs just copying the news articles. You have some original content in here. Thanks for that! I have a site about the Utah NetCare plan. It's purpose...

Tags: payroll solutions, Regulations, Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, ERISA, health care, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-16

A call to arms for radio fans: Pandora needs you now

A call to arms for radio fans: Pandora needs you nowhypeI'm a big fan of Pandora and have given them decent blog coverage due to that. But every few months we hear from Tim that there's a crisis and we must save Internet radio. And perhaps it's true. However, this...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, radio, Pandora

Discussion threads 2008-09-27

A call to arms for radio fans: Pandora needs you now

When I spoke to Pandora founder Tim Westergren last week he told me that there would be a time when the Internet radio site would need to issue a call to arms to its listeners -- that time is now. Westergren sent a pleading message to his...

Tags: Internet Radio, Radio, U.S. Senate, Broadcaster, Pandora, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-09-26

Britain makes camera that 'sees' under clothes

Britain makes camera that 'sees' under clothesBritain is a surveillance society alreadyInteresting article. It says that people fear Britain is becoming a surveillance society.But surely Britain is already a surveillance society.Under the Home Office Voluntary Code of Practice on Data Retention your web activity, e-mail activity and details of phone...

Tags: 401(k), Retirement plans, camera, surveillance society

Discussion threads 2008-03-10

Surveillance society needs privacy safeguards

Surveillance society needs privacy safeguardsMessage has been deleted.How can people expect privacy on a public street?This whole hullabaloo must be coming from city dwellers. Country and small-town people don't expect to go out on the street and not be recognized.Anonymity, perhaps, is a better term for what they're trying to...

Tags: privacy safeguard, surveillance society, privacy

Discussion threads 2008-02-12

Technology Voters' Guide: Ron Paul

Technology Voters' Guide: Ron PaulThose candidates refusing...to respond have been checked off of my possible vote getters list.I hope others interested in technology feel the same. The future of technology depends on it.Paul's stance on Net Neutrality...cost him my vote. To think it will harm technology is ludicrous.Ron...

Tags: Regulations, Internet, Technology Voters, Ron Paul, Net Neutrality, Paul

Discussion threads 2008-01-03

Bill makes home WiFi users track child porn

Bill makes home WiFi users track child pornLogsdoes this mean we have to go thru our logs every minute to see what is going on?RE: Bill makes home WiFi users track child pornI think if you SEE it, while logged in or while looking through logs you are required to...

Tags: Wireless LANs, ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS, WIRELESS, home WiFi user, Wi-Fi, child pornography, network

Discussion threads 2007-12-07

Patent law changes power ahead in Congress

Patent law changes power ahead in CongressSenator Leahy: "promote and protect" patents.Quoting the quote in the article:"We have reaffirmed our commitment to ensuring that our nation's patent laws promote and protect the inventiveness of all of our industries..." Th e bill intends, of cource, to simplify and standardize the...

Tags: U.S. Congress, patent holder, patent, patent troll, patent system, software patent

Discussion threads 2007-07-20

SPY Acts vs. CAN-SPAM: No difference

Yesterday I wrote about cyber crime -- particularly as promulgated through email messages. This morning I read House Approves Second Anti-Spyware Bill. The bill is officially called H.R. 1525: Internet Spyware  Prevention Act of 2007 and commonly known as the I-SPY Act. It follows H.R. 29 [109th]: Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber...

Tags: Spyware, Spam, Security, Scams, Phishing, Legislation

Blog posts 2007-06-08

Are virtual crimes against the law?

Are virtual crimes against the law?What now? Policing our dreams.Sounds like all parties involved are a bit disturbed. Now I know why they call it Second Life. Their first life sucks. Mankind is its own worst enemy.Sheeeesh!If this is illegal so are shooter games.Let's take the following scenario:Man and woman...

Tags: mankind, virtual life, Second Life

Discussion threads 2007-06-05

Anti spyware bill faces controversy over limiting citizens' ability to sue

Stupid congressional acronyms reached a new level with the introduction in the House of the SPY ACT, standing for Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act. This may be the first use of the second person in federal law. In any case, the bill is controversial for reasons other...

Tags: Government technology, Congress

Blog posts 2007-04-27

Linux.com: Microsoft issues campaign funding ultimatum to open standards legislation backers

Linux.com: Microsoft issues campaign funding ultimatum to open standards legislation backersOf course....Everyone knows this goes on.This is just the sort of thing we can expect from MS. my own personal bias based on many other things known about MSIt is possible that this source is credible. Even so nothing will...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Groupware, Microsoft Office format, OpenDocument Format, Part-of IT, Microsoft Corp., Linux.com

Discussion threads 2007-04-18

Bill would free colleges to buy anti-piracy software

Attacking the issue of illegal downloading on all fronts, one Congressman is proposing legislation to give grants to schools to install anti-piracy programs, reports Internet News. Rep. Ric Keller of Florida introduced legislation recently which would allow schools to apply for federal grants to help purchase anti-piracy systems. The...

Tags: Legal Issues, Higher Ed, Education Technology

Blog posts 2007-03-30

Will Oracle's perception issues hurt SAP lawsuit?

Will Oracle's perception issues hurt SAP lawsuit?Some assumptions are being made to fill in some unkowns.The data on the support site is not wide open nor, at least when I worked with it, as simple to get on as registering with fake credentials. How the faked accounts got...

Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG

Discussion threads 2007-03-23

Court backs FCC insulating Web phone service

Court backs FCC insulating Web phone servicejust another example of Feds crushing State's Rights. since we lost thecivil war over this issue a host of social engineers have sought to apply successively more sweeping overrulings of State and local municipalities decisions concerning public safety and economic stability. i expect the...

Tags: Telephony, Vertical industries, Telecom & Utilities, economic stability, public safety, telecommunications, government, regulation, FCC

Discussion threads 2007-03-21

BMC focuses on taming IT infrastructure

BMC Software may not be a widely recognized software brand, but the company is making a name for itself in business service management. In the most recent quarter, sales grew about 30 percent, according to company CEO Bob Beauchamp. A recent Goldman Sachs survey of C-level executives on IT spending...

Tags: IT Management, Asset management, IT infrastructure, Bob Beauchamp, BMC Software Inc., information technology

Blog posts 2007-03-14

HP's blade strategist: IBM's a tantrum child that's about to get egg on its face?

HP's blade strategist: IBM's a tantrum child that's about to get egg on its face?King Kong is going downNodoubt that Fichera of HP should be telling the truth.However there is no doubt that King Kong IBM is a spent force. Currently consulting which is maintaining IT departments of major companies...

Tags: Blade servers, Utility computing, Servers, Operating systems, King Kong, IBM Corp., blade, Hewlett-Packard Co., Fichera

Discussion threads 2007-02-09