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- Expert praises, criticizes Atlantic v. Howell decision
- Expert praises, criticizes Atlantic v. Howell decisionAmen William Patry!It's nice to see an intelligent person speak up in recognition that the RIAA is trying to circumvent long-established laws and practices in their insane persecution and prosecution of thousands of their once-loyal customers.When a private organization can extort fines from many...
- Tags: Government, Howell decision, Howell, Atlantic, RIAA
- Discussion threads 2008-05-01
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- The Importance of Dissent
- The Importance of Dissentwould be nice...It would be nice if we could "shout from the rooftops" without fear of reprisal. In reality, with most companies, the options are "jump ship" or "keep your mouth shut and do as you're told".It's hard to disagree publicly with your companyI agree with you...
- Tags: Drizzle, Mat, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up
- [ UPDATE: See below for Google's official response to these issues ] Security vulnerabilities in the new Google Chrome browser are beginning to pile up. Following our coverage of the carpet bombing combo threat and denial-of-service crashes, several readers have sent pointers to...
- Tags: Google Inc., Vulnerability, Web Browser, Google Chrome, ModSecurity, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Nokia: Our market share will slip over weak demand
- Nokia said Friday that its mobile device market share will slip in the third quarter from the second quarter "due to weaker consumer confidence in multiple markets." The company also said it refused to be lured into a price war. Nokia (all resources, reviews and blogs) said...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Mobile, Mobile Device, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- VMworld is bringing out the vendors
- Planning for an announcement is a challenging task. Large suppliers know that just about whatever they do will be picked up by the media and presented to the world. Smaller vendors have a much more difficult time getting heard. So, picking the right place and time for an announcement is...
- Tags: Supplier, Announcement, VMworld, Channel Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Should political postings stay or go? A survey.
- I've been blogging for ZD Net for several years, writing for ZD publications for almost 20 years. I've always found readers to be intelligent and thoughtful, which is why I continue to do this while doing other things as "work." My posting, A virus in your genes, think about that,...
- Tags: U.S., R&D, Discovery, Blog, Politics, Survey, Creationism, Rational Rants, Research & Development, Blogging, Business Operations, Internet, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Comcast challenges FCC authority
- I don't have time to review this right now, but I wanted to get it up ASAP. Comcast is appealing the FCC decision on network management, even though it plans to comply. Here's the message I received: In connection with its filing today in the...
- Tags: FCC, Commission, Network, Comcast Corp., Network Management, Sales Force Management, Federal Government, Internet, Networking, Sales, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays?
- I have seen an internal Oracle email that confirms persistent rumors that Jespers Andersen, SVP Application Development at Oracle has left for Cisco. The email says: "You may well have heard today, the rumour mill has been very busy that Jesper has resigned from Oracle. ...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Jesper, Team Management, Sales Strategy, E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Sales Force Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Management, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Drug profit incompatible with scientific method?
- Drug profit incompatible with scientific method?Patentability and ProfitThe problem with new drugs like Vytorin is that we must rely on short-term studies & short-term observation in order to gamble on the drugs' safety. There is, presently, only one cholesterol medication that has not only proven to be most effective in...
- Tags: tobacco, new drug, drug company
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- A virus in our genes, think about that....
- A virus in our genes, think about that....Not bad...You were doing good until about halfway through the post, when you might as well have pulled out your Barack Hussein Obama flag and waved it from the rooftops.Your gallop off into politics ruined what would otherwise have been a good read.RE:...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Obama, gene, virus, Creationists, Natural Selection, Sarah Palin
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Dell repair adventure, day 4, with updates
- Here's today's update in the continuing saga of our hero's attempt to get his Dell laptop back up and running after it died an ignominious death while he was on the road last week. For those who haven't been following his adventures, posts Dell adventure begins again, day 1 and...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., E-mail, Online Communications, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Bid to stop Large Hadron Collider fails but EU, US suits move forward
- Bid to stop Large Hadron Collider fails but EU, US suits move forwardHere's what's going to happen:Here's what's going to happen:Someone will turn on a switch and we'll learn something new. What's going to happen in the LHC happens [i]trillions[/i] upon [i]trillions[/i] of times every day. If the...
- Tags: Large Hadron Collider, move forward
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Security-wise, Google Chrome is (potentially very) Good
- Security-wise, Google Chrome is potentially very GoodHeres Download Link.Actually you'd be impressed by Pogo browser from AT&T much more, yet heres link:http://www.google.com/chromeSigned:PHYSICIAN THOMAS STEWART VON DRASHEK M.D.The only problem there, Adam[i]away from desktop applications to everything being delivered as a service[/i].The major problem is that you sign away control of...
- Tags: Web browsers, Google Chrome, Google Inc., security
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Google's Chrome browser: It's all about the ads and cookie files stupid!
- For all the talk about Google's Chrome browser and whether it's a Web operating system, platform for applications and future Microsoft killer it's quite possible that folks are overthinking the search giant's intentions. Perhaps Google's browser is really about protecting its ad backside. Sure, Google's browser Techmeme--designed...
- Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Cookie, Chrome, Google Chrome, Lindsay, Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Dell repair adventure, day 3
- As in my last adventure with Dell, the "next day onsite" service has turned out not to be as advertised. If you don't remember that visit with Alice in Dell Land, here's a pointer to that string of posts. Although my initial Email discussions with Dell's technical...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Linux, E-mail, Team Management, Open Source, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Management, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- News to know: Google Chrome; CAPTCHA breaking; StatusHQ
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Google to launch browser to target IE; Is Firefox a target or tag-team partner? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is Google Chrome an IE/Firefox/Opera/Safari killer? Ryan Naraine: Google Chrome, the security...
- Tags: CAPTCHA, Google Inc., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Linux, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Can computers sort data like humans?
- Can computers sort data like humans?. . . and we're still guessing.Gotta like the field of AI. These people claim "we'll have human intelligence in 50 or so years." Yet we have a slight problem: We haven't the slightest idea how to objectively measure intelligence, much less recreate it. We...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer, John N. Warfield, OPMS
- Discussion threads 2008-08-30
- Opera grasps at straws with latest IE criticism
- Opera grasps at straws with latest IE criticismWell, everything MS does is carefully calculated to make you think they aresupporting standards, at the same time creating a lot of confusion and dragging their feet. But, maybe Opera is being a little picky here, they should just talk about the overall...
- Tags: Web browsers, Channel management, Opera Software, Microsoft Internet Explorer, latest IE criticism, IE criticism, Microsoft Corp., Web, standards, straw, compatibility mode
- Discussion threads 2008-08-29
- Comcast sets 250GB ceiling
- Comcast sets 250GB ceilingRE: Comcast sets 250GB ceiling[i]"..Comcast won’t be releasing any programs that will let you easily monitor your bandwidth usage.."[/i]doesnt that directly violate the FCC order requiring Comcast to be fully transparent with their customers? To me this is still leaving them in the dark. IF they want...
- Tags: INTERNET, Corporate communications, Comcast Corp., ceiling
- Discussion threads 2008-08-29
- Virtual desktop solutions and mobility
- Several suppliers, including Citrix and VDIworks, have come forward to speak with me about work they're doing to address the inhibitors to deploying VDI-based solutions. Here are some of the issues these suppliers are addressing. Organizations have come to think that the only...
- Tags: Desktop, Mobility, Virtual Desktop, VDIworks, Staff Member, Desktop Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
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