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Lawson on Corporate Social Responsibility:Thou Shalt Obey The Law: My, my! Industry Corporate Social Responsibility CSR white papers are becoming like buses - nothing for ages then all of a sudden three in a row. First the Economist Intelligence Unit supported by SAP, then IBM and now Lawson enters the fray with the oddly titled The Convergence of Corporate...; Tags: Compliance, Lawson Software Inc., Industry Corporate Social Responsibility White Paper, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business Ethics, Corporate Law, Leadership, Management, Business Operations, James Farrar; Blog posts 2008-02-20

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iPhone gas application roundup: On 18 June 2008 I published my iPhone app wishlist and I'm happy that most of my most requested applications have been released (Thank you Texas Hold'Em!). Two my most request applications dealt with fuel, specifically a fuel economy tracker and a cheap gas finder. Several iterations...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Vehicle, MPG, AccuFuel, Gas Finder, Roi/Tco, GPS, 3G, Handhelds, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Cellular Phones, Hardware, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Software makers may sue eBay: Tired of being "stiff-armed" by eBay, the Software and Information Industry Association is signaling its ready to sue over pirated software sales on the dominant online auction site, PC World reports. SIIA has offered eBay several suggestions for stemming the sale of pirated software on...; Tags: Software, Software Information Industry Association, eBay Inc., Tiffany, Tools & Techniques, Piracy, Sales Strategy, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sales, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-25
What paper trail?: I've been carting around my latest sheaf of press releases about the green-ness of electronic document technology for weeks now. Yes, as I've blogged before, I am still one of those people who can't help printing out certain emails in order to act on them. Yes, it's bad, I know....; Tags: Xerox Corp., Paper Trail, Survey, Printers, Data Centers, Marketing Research, Hardware, Peripherals, Storage, Data Management, Marketing, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Talent development: Earlier this week I attended Fortune magazine's Brainstorm Tech conference which "aims to sharpen the thinking of the very well heeled attendees about the escalating impact of tech-driven change for all business and global society". There was a terrific menu of topics on offer:...; Tags: Talent, Collaboration, CEO, HCL, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2008-07-25

Cool Tools - Slingpage extends stickies and sharing to Firefox users: Slingpage, which announced its social browsing extension for Internet Explorer last month, will introduce an equally feature-rich version of its service to Mozilla Firefox users next week. Slingpage offers a way for Web surfers to find information about favorite topics via "Slingcast" feeds as well as create...; Tags: Monitor, Mozilla Firefox, Note, Tool, Slingpage, Web Browsers, Monitors & Displays, Internet, Hardware, Components, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook Connect: At this week's F8 08 conference in San Francisco, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg explains how changes in the social-networking company's platform will benefit developers, as well as users.; Tags: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Benefits, Human Resources; Videos 2008-07-25
iPhone 3G availability tracker mashup: Looking for an iPhone 3G? Apple provides an iPhone 3G availability application on their retail Web page that lists iPhone availability by store location. The app appears to be offline as of press time. The problem is that Apple's availability application forces you to drill down store...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPhone 3G, Mashup, Chris Barnes, 3G, Collaboration, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-25
How OpenDNS, PowerDNS and MaraDNS remained unaffected by the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability: The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein DJB, author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying basic math principles to raise awareness on what's to turn into the "sky is falling" critical Internet vulnerability in 2008, in...; Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Anomaly, Attack, OpenDNS, MaraDNS, NSS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Click fraud in 2nd quarter of 2008 more sophisticated, botnets to blame: Whereas the overall click fraud rate isn't increasing, it's not decreasing either, remaining flat for the first two quarters of 2008, according to data gathered from the Click Fraud Network, consisting of more than 4,000 online advertisers and agencies. Click Forensics report for the second quarter of 2008, indicates that...; Tags: Click Fraud, RK West, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-25
10 essential gadgets for students: I chose these from personal experience, but also from asking many friends from around the world who are involved in technology and study at the same time. Some gadgets come with a recommendation, whereas others don't; things like laptops and cell phones can't be selected for everybody, it'd be ridiculous...; Tags: Headphone, Phone, Cell Phone, Laptop Computer, Lecture, Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-25
If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?: Xen and KVM, like other virtualization tools, can be used as part of a comprehensive datacenter architecture. One of the most important value propositions offered by both of these tools is low initial cost (read "free"). Depending upon the implementation (Citrix, Red Hat, SUSE, Virtual Iron, Oracle, Sun, Qumranet, etc.)...; Tags: Red Hat Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tool, Comprehension, Productivity, Data Centers, Open Source, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-25
News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...; Tags: Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicideGood riddance to bad rubbish.Too bad he took others with him.Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicideThis is very sad. There was no reason for him to take other people's lives.Much sadder then you think. Much SadderAs an avid computer enthusiast, owning...; Tags: INTERNET, apparent murder-suicide, Escapee, murder-suicide, Spam King; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soon: Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soonTTLSomething I wish I'd asked during the webcast and which I can't quite get my head around:It was said that setting a long TTL doesn't help because of the way delegation works - has to...; Tags: Domain names, DNS server, TTL, server, Kaminsky; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spending: Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spendingBallmer Justifies Bottomless PitIt's called his STOMACH.Where is the return on these investments?They are no closer to competing with Google than before Ballmer started this spending spree. When people think "search" they think Google. It's that simple. No one thinks Yahoo or...; Tags: Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, 3M Co.; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Google + Digg = ?: There's a persistent rumor that crops up every few months about social news site Digg being acquired by ____ insert company here. The latest, citing "multiple sources inside and outside Google", says that Google will buy Digg for $200M. This is similar to a rumor in March that Digg was...; Tags: Google Inc., Digg, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Is open source hurt by piracy?: Is open source hurt by piracy?Only hurts Open Source if proprietary is seen as "better"Sounds like what you are saying is for example, that the competition in the office suite space is Open Office Vs MS Office Vs pirated MS Office. Those willing to pirate see both Open Office...; Tags: Operating systems, open source, piracy, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Linux, software; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Will industry react to new cell phone cancer scare?: Will industry react to new cell phone cancer scare?hmm...what are we going to do with microwaves, wireless routers and TV & radio stations that emit in a similar spectrum?...Go in the mountains,or... in a cave?What about Bluetooth?So I hear some people saying to use headsets instead, but if they're Bluetooth,...; Tags: Federal government, Cellular phones, Wi-Fi, industry, cell phone, FCC, Bluetooth, new cell phone cancer, radiation, cell phone cancer, phone; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Facebook gets serious about app quality: Facebook gets serious about app qualityBetter Late Than Never!!I agreed with with you that these moves are coming late. Third-party applications have become all the rage on the social networking scene and this is something they should have sorted long since. But anyway, it's better late that never and i...; Tags: Social networking, app quality, Facebook; Discussion threads 2008-07-24