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- FDA warnings in the era of immunity
- FDA warnings in the era of immunityThe indoctrination runs deepNote how it is simply assumed as truth now that big pharmaceutical puts money ahead of the well-being of their customer.Not once does the brain engage to consider how big pharmaceutical could make money once all their customers are dead.One of...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, TV, pharmaceutical company, TV ADS, FDA, environment
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- Telecom immunity passes Senate, Obama votes yes
- Telecom immunity passes Senate, Obama votes yesugh.Freedom undermined by "security" AGAIN.
- Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Obama, U.S. Senate, telecommunications
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- Telecom immunity passes Senate, Obama votes yes
- The Senate – with a yes vote from Barack Obama and a no vote from Hillary Clinton – passed the regrettable wiretapping bill today, which grants lawsuit immunity to telecommunications companies, The Wall Street Journal reports. Despite a spirited resistance by some Democratic senators who...
- Tags: Immunity, U.S. Senate, Vote, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Government, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- House approves telecom immunity in 'compromise'
- Congressional leaders reached a compromise on a telecom immunity bill and the House passed it handily 293-129, AP reports. Compromise hardly seems like the word it, though. Listen to Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.), the lead Republican negotiator, quoted in the Wall Street Journal: ...
- Tags: Immunity, Telephony, Government, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-06-20
- Dems ready to cave on telecom immunity
- Democratic leaders are preparing to cave to intense pressure to give telecom companies immunity from spying-related lawsuits, News.com's Anne Broache reports. Pitched as a "compromise" by Republicans, the new version essentially gives the Bush Administration "what it wants," Caroline Fredrickson, director of the ACLU's Washington office, says....
- Tags: Court, Immunity, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Quality, Telecommunications, Networking, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- Section 230 to Twitter and others: Delete away
- Community and content management don't void a site's immunity under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Participation in an unlawful act does. I was thus taken aback by the legal analysis included in Wired's/Betsy Schiffman's post about Ariel Waldman and Twitter...
- Tags: Alteration, Immunity, Twitter, Regulations, Government, Denise Howell
- Blog posts 2008-05-24
- House nixes telecom immunity, votes to investigate abuses
- The House just passed a FISA bill without immunity for telecom companies! The White House is pissed off: The White House circulated a statement after the vote calling it a "a significant step backward in defending our country against terrorism" that was...
- Tags: White House, Immunity, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-03-14
- Adobe delivers Reader patch (very quietly)
- If you got a prompt to upgrade your Adobe Reader to version 8.1.2 you're not alone. Betcha didn't know it's a major security fix though. Why? You wouldn't know because Adobe hasn't told anyone. The best information you'll get is a few snippets in an Adobe Knowledge...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Acrobat Reader, Immunity, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
- Text messages bust mayor for adultery, perjury
- Text messages bust mayor for adultery, perjuryTech TalkIt is amazing how just some people still don't get the point. Technology is here and here to stay. In your face, in your pocket, in your "hands".Duh!RE: Text messages bust mayor for adultery, perjuryIt is ludicrous to permit the civil lawsuit against...
- Tags: taxpayer, immunity
- Discussion threads 2008-01-25
- 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
- Don't like someone? Lob them a spam grenade
- Don't like someone? Lob them a spam grenadeRE: Don't like someone? Lob them a spam grenadeI'm not even gonna save this because I don't want it on my domain anywhere!Wha?I wonder if anyone has lobbed one back at them…Why bother? I'm assuming the email address is obviously something they don't...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Revenge, internet price, spam, immunity
- Discussion threads 2008-01-18
- Don't dawdle on Microsoft latest batch of patches
- If you're like most folks you are taking your time installing Microsoft's latest round of security patches. However, you may want to get your rear end in gear. Specifically apply MS08-001, which was released on Jan. 8. That patch fixed a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) processing...
- Tags: Patch Management, Immunity, Microsoft Corp., Worm Attack, Ryan, Stewart, Cyberthreats, Patches, Security, Viruses And Worms, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-17
- 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: Sen., Bill, Immunity, Mr., U.S. Senate, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Federal Government, Networking, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2007-12-17
- House rejects immunity for phone companies in spy suits
- House rejects immunity for phone companies in spy suitsbettersell your stock in those who are involved.....Abe Lincoln Said it BestHer are a couple of quotes from the first Republican President:"This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government,...
- Tags: Vertical industries, immunity, phone company, government, phone
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- Judiciary Committee passes on immunity for telcos
- Judiciary Committee passes on immunity for telcosSomeday......he mused wistfullyThey don't getit do they? Our constitunional rights was violated!!! Its nothing more then a game to all our elected officals. The way to remendy this is reelect a different representive each term so no one is is paid a retirement/insurance/...
- Tags: Robots, Telecom & Utilities, immunity, FISA Court, Judiciary Committee
- 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
- White House shared docs in exchange for telecom immunity
- White House shared docs in exchange for telecom immunityThe way I see it......if a government lawyer drafts an opinion which is acted on by the officials he is advising and is subsequently challenged, he's the one who should have to defend it in court or wherever else.I figure it's the...
- Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, telecom immunity, White House, telecommunications
- Discussion threads 2007-10-25
- 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
- House Dems ready bill for umbrella surveillance of foreign targets
- Does this sound like a Democratic plan? A secret court would be able to issue one-year "umbrella" warrants allowing the government to intercept e-mails and phone calls of foreign targets without independent approval of each target. No? That is the plan that House Democrats are preparing to pass, however, The...
- Tags: Democrat, Immunity, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-10-09
- Congress doubtful about immunity for phone companies in NSA spying
- Despite the Bush administration's firm stance on granting immunity to telephone companies, Congress hopes to raise the issue again to find out exactly what the phone companies provided to the government, reports Ars Technica. The Bush administration has asked for retroactive immunity for telephone companies regardless of the legality of...
- Tags: Congress, Intelligence
- Blog posts 2007-05-30
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