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- Biometric Technologies: Security, Legal, and Policy Implications
- Advanced technology is a competitive advantage for the United States, and it must be used if the country is to win its war on terrorism. Biometric technologies - such as iris recognition, hand geometry, finger recognition, facial recognition, and voice recognition - have substantial potential to improve national security by...
- Tags: Security, Heritage Foundation, Homeland Security, Telephony, Telecommunications, Government, Networking
- White papers 2004-06-21
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- Google, Mozilla extend search box deal
- That little Google search box in the upper right part of your Firefox browser will be sticking around through 2011, according to Mozilla. Mitchell Baker, Chairwoman of the Mozilla Foundation or Chief Lizard Wrangler depending on what you prefer, said in a blog post that Google has...
- Tags: Google Inc., Financial, Mozilla Corp., Web Browsers, Financial Accounting, Operational Accounting, Internet, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- News to know: IE 8; iPhone password locks; SOA; Palm Treo Pro reviews
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: IE 8 Beta 2 ready for download Ed Bott: Internet Explorer 8 gets a massive makeover Gallery: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Password, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, SOA, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Attention Craig Newmark: Citizens aren't customers
- Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, has offered a thoughtful but misguided palliative at CNN to the shortcomings of the age of networked democracy. ... if you know how Americans use the Net to talk, you can easily stay in touch with real people. ...
- Tags: Politics, Democracy, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 vs. Firefox 3.0.1
- Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 vs. Firefox 3.0.1All part of the MS plan to keep browsers dumbded down. If we had reallygood browsers, how would they get people to use MS proprietary solutions for rich internet applications.RE: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 vs. Firefox 3.0.1The title says Firefox 3.0.1The graph...
- Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Quality, Adrian, Firefox 3.0.1, Mozilla Firefox, JavaScript, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, Internet Explorer 8 Beta, Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Linux Foundation announces end user summit
- Linux Foundation announces end user summitTalk about a misnomer...End User Summit? HAA. There's no such thing. There's SysAdmins, Developers and maybe a few power users, but that's about it.Will it be like the solipsist convention?When they complained about no-one turning up.I also think that "a panel of large users" unfairly...
- Tags: end-user summit, Linux Foundation
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Linux Foundation announces end user summit
- The target is businesses which are heavy users of Linux and open source in their enterprises. So no surprise its first keynote will be from Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian, with a Q&A moderated by Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Linux Foundation, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- iTunes is back in China but Tibet album is not
- Any lingering doubts that China was blocking iTunes over the Songs for Tibet album must be wiped away now. The Register reports that iTunes access is back in China, but not for the album released by the Art of Peace Foundation, which features Sting, John Mayer and Dave Matthews. ...
- Tags: China, Tibet, Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Sign language over cell phones in the U.S.
- Thanks to University of Washington UW computer scientists, hearing-impaired users might soon be able to use sign language over a mobile phone, like in Japan or Sweden. The research team received a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to start a 20-person field project next year in Seattle. Of...
- Tags: Team, Professor, Phone, Cell Phone, Video, UW, MobileASL, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Is LogMeIn the route to laptop Linux?
- Is LogMeIn the route to laptop Linux?Linux is cheaper than WindowsAnd since they do the same thing, why not go with the cheaper option?And really you're right in that the other OS is more important to the end user. But as far as the sale of this "terminal", what it...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, LogMeIn, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Office 2.0: Eating our own dogfood...
- It's been a fascinating experience helping Ismael Ghalimi organize the third Office 2.0 Conference, which runs from September 3rd to 5th at San Francisco's St Regis Hotel. As well as the terrific group of sessions and speakers we've organized, plus the action packed 'unconference' ...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Amazon.com Inc., Conference, Session, Office 2.0, Office20.com, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- China cuts off iTunes, likely over 'Songs of Tibet'
- China is blocking iTunes, apparently over the album "Songs for Tibet," a benefit for The Art of Peace Foundation. The album features songs by Sting, Alanis Morissette, Garbage and others, and a 15-minute talk by the Dalai Lama. In an AP story, Michael Wohl, executive...
- Tags: China, Album, Apple iTunes, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- Suit over baby vid with Prince song goes forward
- Everybody agrees. Stephanie Lenz' video of her young son with Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" playing in the background was a fair use of a copyrighted work. But Universal submitted a DMCA takedown notice on the video and YouTube took it down for a month until Lenz was able to get...
- Tags: Use, DMCA, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- Building Windows, not walls
- Building Windows, not wallsBuilding Windows, not wallsHooray for ZDNet duplication! Now we only need 5 more articles about this subject which will coincide with ZDNet agenda.[i]will reinvigorate Vista’s image and make Microsoft less of an Apple chump.[/i]As of lately the chump has been Apple with their failures. This ad...
- Tags: Construction, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), zune, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, wall, Building Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Seinfeld
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- News to know: Apple sued; IDF; Adobe hijack; Microsoft-Novell
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Apple faces suit over iPhone. Is it still worth the switch? Techmeme IDF wrap: Christopher Dawson: New touch screen Classmates unveiled today...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Novell Inc., Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Business Structures, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- New Intel chipset lays the foundation for sub-$200 desktops
- New Intel chipset lays the foundation for sub-$200 desktopsLinux - or MS better reconsiderSeems like a good chip - but no vista. Either Linux or MS had better do a major rethink on XP support.
- Tags: Chipsets, Linux, Semiconductors, NEW Intel, chipset, desktop
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Open source and the 'fear factor' mentality
- Guest editorial by Emma McGrattan In the current economic climate, businesses of every size are looking to reduce their spending wherever possible. Open source software, which has no upfront licensing fees, is one way of achieving significant savings. However, in order to protect their...
- Tags: Software, Security, Open Source, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- New Intel chipset lays the foundation for sub-$200 desktops
- Intel was taken by surprise by the worldwide demand for netbooks, but has now decided to lean into the trend with 'nettops.' At the Intel Developer Forum, the chipmaker unveiled a new chipset to power these entry-level desktops aimed at connecting to the Internet. And, they'll be even cheaper than...
- Tags: Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- eBay has Amazon envy: Cuts fees to get more fixed pricing
- Can eBay still be eBay as it moves toward a fixed pricing model? Possibly, but it's going to be really difficult to change its auctioneer image. On Wednesday, eBay announced new fee changes (Techmeme, eBay blog). It is lowering its listing fees for sellers that use the...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Pricing Strategy, eBay Inc., Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Sun release claims Sun Ray shipments nearly double
- Sun just issued a press release claiming that its shipments of Sun Ray "thin client" systems nearly doubled. The most exciting part of the announcement was that the document was sent not as a text message, not as an HTML formatted document, but as a Sun Staroffice document. I'm sure...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, Sun Ray Unit Shipment, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Thin Clients, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
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