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Hollywood tastes new copyright victory

The Federal Communications Commission is weighing a Hollywood-backed plan to forcibly implant copy-protection technology in digital television receivers. COMMENTARY--Hollywood appears to be nearing a victory in its latest maneuvers in the copyright wars. The Federal Communications Commission is weighing a plan to forcibly implant...

Tags: FCC, House Majority Leader, Digital Television, Amnesty International, Federal Government, Internet, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Government, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Declan McCullagh, Technology News

News items 2002-12-02

Privacy loses an ally in Armey

Outgoing House Majority Leader Dick Armey is a conservative who is much beloved by liberal opponents of Big Brother legislation. --I'm going to miss Dick Armey, the crusty Texas Republican and House majority leader who is retiring after 17 years in Congress. ...

Tags: Carnivore, Marc Rotenberg, House Majority Leader, Republican, U.S. Congress, Privacy, Internet, Government, Vertical Industries, Security, Declan McCullagh, Technology News

News items 2002-10-28

Here's what to watch in Washington

Judge Gideon Tucker once said, "No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session." So what is Congress up to, anyway? COMMENTARY--WASHINGTON--When the U.S. Congress reconvenes today after a month recess, let's remember what a New York judge said in 1866: "No man's life,...

Tags: Bill, Washington, House Majority Leader, U.S. Congress, Federal Government, Piracy, Internet, Security, Government, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Declan McCullagh, Technology News

News items 2002-09-03

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Pre-Copenhagen climate talks end in Barcelona

Who could he be talking about?How about the 57% of people in America who don't buy carbon emissions causing global warming?Looks like the other "vested interests" needs to step up their re-education regime, er, I mean, need to do more "raising awareness."Lies told to control populationOh yeah, look at Al...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Kevin Rudd

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Nine worst social media fails of 2009... thus far

Social media has taken the marketing world by storm. Major agencies and internal divisions are hosting think tank sessions to try and come up with witty ideas to market their products and drive customer loyalty. Some of the ideas they come up with  are great. But others, let's face it,...

Tags: Pizza Hut, Brand, Stunt, Social Media, Twitter, Motrin, Nannerpuss, Jack, Skittles Home Page, Ashton Kutcher, Branding, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-05-22

What should Apple do - Scale down Mac OS X or scale up iPhone OS?

What should Apple do - Scale down Mac OS X or scale up iPhone OS?dosen't matterunless you have apple computers, since they have a very samll percentage of the market, who really cares, Oviously, Apple will not do a netbook like everyone else.It will at least have a swivel screen...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Desktops, Apple iPhone, iPhone OS, Scale-down Mac OS X, Apple-do, operating system, Snow Leopard

Discussion threads 2009-03-09

Will Obama have a laptop? (Answer: No. Here's why.)

Will Obama have a laptop? (Answer: No. Here's why.)Then I guess we will seejust how secure/insecure these Google-ified email programs will be.Would people be a bit nervous if they realized that staffers might use unsecured, off-site servers (hotmail, gmail, ect) to conduct secure level business?RE: Will Obama have a laptop?...

Tags: Now Let, Obama, No., U.S. Senate, e-mail, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-01-23

In Washington green politics still nasty

In Washington green politics still nastyDon't think anonymous holds should be allowedIf a Senator wants to put a hold on a nomination, he can and should either do it openly, or object to consideration when the nomination comes to the floor. Senate Majority Leaders should never have allowed the...

Tags: nomination, Majority Leader, U.S. Senate

Discussion threads 2009-01-21

Closing time: Circuit City will liquidate

Closing time: Circuit City will liquidateClosing time: Circuit City will liquidateCheap stuff! Oh boy!!! HDTV here I come.This is a bitter lesson for the corporate AmericaPutting Obama in charge of the economy led to this dire situation after many years of growth.The salvation can only come in 2012...

Tags: Macy, Circuit City Stores Inc., Best Buy Co. Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-01-16

How Microsoft blew the keyword business; And how you still can't count Redmond out

How Microsoft blew the keyword business; And how you still can't count Redmond outGoogle's search is just plain better.MS and Yahoo can do what they want. But until they have a search engine that can compete with Google's they aren't going anywhere.I personally hate having only one really good...

Tags: keyword business, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-01-16

Survey: 39 percent of iPhone 3G buyers own PCs

Survey: 39 percent of iPhone 3G buyers own PCsLooking at the data another way,there were fewer Mac owners getting iPhone 3G's than the original iPhones. Not just %, but raw number. Wonder what conclusions could be drawn from that?Good luck with the corporate TrojanYeah I don't see this being any...

Tags: Cellular phones, Desktops, Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G buyer, 3G, survey, Apple Inc., PC

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

Students and the browser war

Note: I just want to quickly apologise for the lack of posts recently; moved into a new house and broadband won't be set up for a while, so had to resort to dial-up which is proving troublesome. I'll do my best, considering this is essentially my income,...

Tags: Web, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Firefox Library, Web Browsers, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-06

Is open source a vote getter?

Is open source a vote getter?It's another step in the right directionalong with the rise of the Social Enterprise.Is it a vote getter? The majority of people barely know what a computer is, and have little interest in the damage that extreme Capitalism is causing the human race.Ignorance is also...

Tags: Branding, vote getter, getter, open source

Discussion threads 2008-04-07

Debate over telecom immunity starts anew

So the debate is on. Should telcom companies get legal immunity for assisting America's intelligence apparatus with warrantless wiretaps, or not? The Senate took up the question Wednesday and veep Dick Cheney was on hand to make the administration's vociferous argument, The Washington Post reports. Majority Leader...

Tags: White House, Administration, U.S. Congress, Immunity, U.S. Senate, ALCU, Telephony, Workforce Management, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Human Resources, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-01-23

If yesterday's ruling holds, TorrentSpy must die

If yesterday's ruling holds, TorrentSpy must dieI might agree that...... torrentspy.com should be shut down but not that torrents should be made illegal. I use them regularly for downloading my Linux ISOs and it would be very inconvenient to not be able to use them. Classifying torrents as a 'den...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, TorrentSpy

Discussion threads 2007-12-19

Telecom immunity bill advances in Senate; Dodd promises filibuster

The battle over telecommunications immunity continued Monday with a Senate vote, 76-10, to advance for a floor vote a bill protecting the companies from lawsuits relating to cooperation with national surveillance efforts. The Times reports that most Democrats voted to move forward, as a bid by...

Tags: Bill, Federal Government, Government, Immunity, Networking, Richard Koman, Sen., Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Telephony, U.S. Senate

Blog posts 2007-12-17

PS3's U.S. sales double after price cut

PS3's U.S. sales double after price cutUsing their own media is a Sony weakness...Look @ all the other Sony products you have to have a memory stick, they do not support another types of media.Opinion, not factFirst of all, it's spelled Blu-Ray. Secondly, all the games are on Blu-Ray...

Tags: Games, Consumer electronics, Nintendo Wii, Sony PlayStation 3, game, Sony Corp., DVD

Discussion threads 2007-11-16

Judiciary Committee passes on immunity for telcos

The issue of immunity for telecommunications companies who cooperate with warrantless wiretaps is at the center of a looming showdown in Congress. Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved 10-9 a version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that doesn't include immunity, the New York Times reports. Also Thursday night,...

Tags: Immunity, U.S. Senate, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2007-11-15

Bush threatens veto if telecoms don't get immunity

President Bush warned two House committees that he would veto any intelligence bill that failed to give full immunity to telecom companies who cooperate with intelligence agencies. The House Judiciary and Intelligence committees approved bills that would require the government to get court orders before it could conduct blanket surveillance...

Tags: Democrat, U.S. Congress, Immunity, Bush, Government, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Vertical Industries, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-10-10

Does that house come in green?

Does that house come in green?Uh... actually![B]""The handwriting's on the wall that we need to be building or retrofitting homes so they're more sustainable," said Beth Fisher, who became Indiana's first EcoBroker certified Realtor in March."[/B]The handwriting has been on the wall for a couple of decades... it's only now...

Tags: denial, San Lorenzo Valley, global warming

Discussion threads 2007-06-21