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Whispers will not kill fair use: Whispers will not kill fair useDon't discount the power of briberyThe amount of money and influence poured into Congressional coffers by the media cartel is huge. Add to that the fact that both elected officials and bureaucrats suffer from "star worship" as the general populace. Just look at the Hilary...; Tags: Government, GWB, fair use, international law, epitome, indifference; Discussion threads 2008-04-10

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NY gov signs game bill into law: NY gov signs game bill into law"A bill that will have made it illegal"????Wow.RE: NY gov signs game bill into lawThe panel needs to include parents - real parents who have to deal with these games, the consoles, how the game developers create games that force a child to keep...; Tags: Games, gaming industry, game; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs: Terry Childs's lawyer, Erin Crane, offered the court some insights into the Childs' motivations in changing SF's network passwords. She will argue today for a reduction in his $5 million bail, perhaps to something closer to the bail set for common murderers ($1 mil.) In her written...; Tags: Password, Network, Backup, Terry Childs, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Tough love: Linux needs more haters: Tough love: Linux needs more hatersGood article, JeremyI'm currently setting up our company network on Linux and will likely be bumping into some of those Samba issues. Complicated by having a mixed OS environment on the client side. Yeah, that's going to be fun. Nice that Google...; Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
Tough love: Linux needs more haters: [The opinions expressed here are mine alone, and not those of Google, Inc. my current employer.] I've been spending far too much time reading a blog recently. Normally I dislike reading blogs, or as my friend from the IT News site "the Register" Andrew Orlowski calls them;...; Tags: Blog, LinuxHaters, LinuxHater, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Blogging, Software, Internet, Jeremy Allison; Blog posts 2008-07-18

Poll: Would a MicroAOL be better than a MicroHoo?: Poll: Would a MicroAOL be better than a MicroHoo?Microsoft tried to buy AOL...... and Steve Case turned down Bill Gates. He wanted to buy Time Warner and own a movie studio instead. (Anachronism alert.)But in this case Microsoft buying AOL makes more sense. Time Warner can throw...; Tags: America Online Inc., MicroAOL, Microsoft Corp., Microhoo; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
Viet-era vets support Iraq war PTSD claims: After the Vietnam War it took some veterans decades to get their PTSD acknowledged and treated. (Art by Shaun Mullen of Kikoshouse.) Medication, therapy and even religion can all help, but it's a lifetime condition. The memories last a lifetime. Many Vietnam-era veterans are...; Tags: Veteran, PTSD, VA, Government, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-06-06
HD-DVD folds, Java comes out on top: HD-DVD folds, Java comes out on topmust be a Microsoft haterSo if it was so superior, then why is it the first gen players from Toshiba can play all current movies while the first gen Blu's can not??? And why is it that stand alone Blu's don't match up to...; Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Java, media server, Blu, TV, DVD, HD-DVD; Discussion threads 2008-02-19
Can we please retire the iPod "halo" nonsense?: Can we please retire the iPod "halo" nonsense?on topic of OS'sI have had the privalege of using both MAC OS X and Windows XP and Vista. The problems that arise come from the masses of people who buy based on promises. If you are a seasoned Windows user, or Mac...; Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Digital music, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, IPODS; Discussion threads 2007-10-24
Time to make a competitive Internet a priority: The biggest accomplishment of open source in this decade has been to restore competition to the software market. High barriers to entry were allowing Microsoft and Oracle to expand their monopolies before open source helped companies both new and old make them work for it. ...; Tags: Microsoft Access, Open Source, Competition, Monopoly, Service, Mexico, Internet, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-10-15
The public face of nuclear power in the U.S.: The public face of nuclear power in the U.S.The biggest hurdlenuclear power faces is the brainwashed hysteria people have regarding radioactive waste.They have been told over and over again that ionizing radiation breaks all laws of toxicology; no matter the dosage, you are poisoned.Of course the half-million people currently living...; Tags: Vertical industries, BOWMAN, U.S. Navy, nuclear energy, accident, public face; Discussion threads 2007-10-11
Comcast's internal "so you have an angry customer"memo: what a buncha condescending...: An internal Comcast memo seems to indicate to their customer service reps that when a customer complains, acknowledge the problem and then try to fix it. While the memo- which first surfaced on The Consumerist website-contains tips that an efficient customer service operation...; Tags: Customer Service, Attitude, Comcast Corp., Customer, Caller, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-10-11
Children. Be very, very afraid.: Children. Be very, very afraid.Lied about their identityAs a 22 year old:Anyone who hasn't fabricates a detailed pseudonym at this point is not tech-literate. I say this through a BugMeNot account, because I don't need tot jump through hoops to satisfy your marketing department.I learned to do this...; Tags: E-mail, Lycos Inc., Be VERY; Discussion threads 2007-10-03
Unisys said to cover up DHS network breach: In 2006, hackers broke into Department of Homeland Security computers, copying and sending out data for hours at a time -- as long as five hours in one case. They cracked an administrator's password with privileges to modify files on thousands of DHS computers. And they began installing malware on...; Tags: Network, Unisys Corp., U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Productivity, Security, ZDNet Government; Blog posts 2007-09-25
Shadows over Linux: Do you know what NexentaOS is? It's an example of things to come, things that scare IBM and Red Hat: a complete ZFS bootable openSolaris distribution combining the Gnu and other open source utilities with a Solaris kernel -and it's downloadable free of charge from opensolaris.org.Right now it's an early...; Tags: Sun, Linux, General, Enterprise Policy; Blog posts 2007-06-20
Is Jobs planning a hostile takeover of the Windows desktop?: Is Jobs planning a hostile takeover of the Windows desktop?True, but imagine the Windows users that want to switch to Mac, but haveWindows apps that they depend on. This would be a great way for them to ween themselves from Windows. The more time users spend with Apple applications, the...; Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, desktop, Microsoft Windows, Apple Safari, Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, job; Discussion threads 2007-06-12
Pentagon management ignores Marine requests for tech weapons: Send in the drones. It appears that important surveillance equipment that takes up the slack when soldiers are in short supply, is also in short supply, reports Wired News.In Iraq, there are not enough soldiers to cover thousands of square miles, so having enough aerial drones to take up the...; Tags: Defense; Blog posts 2007-05-31
Does reliability matter?: Does reliability matter?They don't usually careYou have to take into account both the probability of failure and the consequence of failure. Let's say Firefox crashes on me right now (or, more likely, when I hit submit wordpress bombs out). That means I loose this talkback. So I...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Unix, Now IT; Discussion threads 2007-05-25
Dreaming up a new defence contractor: On August 22, 1963 a guy named Joe Walker flew the Bell X-15 experimentalspaceplane to 354,200 feet - a record not equalled until Brian Binnie flewSpaceShipOne to 367,442 feet in October of 2004.What happened at NASA in between was basically that the nationalurgency put into the moon missions forced...; Tags: General; Blog posts 2007-05-22
Microsoft cuts Windows virtualization features: Microsoft cuts Windows virtualization features>>> "Shipping is a feature too," Neil saidMike Neil is right about that, but [b]shipping[/b] is a feature that must follow the [b]selling[/b] feature. If it doesn't sell, who cares if it ships?MS seems to be coming apart at the seams. They punted on vista features....; Tags: Utility computing, Storage management, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., virtualization, Windows Virtualization, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2007-05-10