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Google, Michigan boost argument for book deal

Relying on Google's proposed settlement with book authors over Google Book Search, the University of Michigan has amended its contract with Google to digitize the university library's vast holdings, UMich announced. The agreement opens up the U-M library's extensive collections of 8 million works to...

Tags: Google Inc., Agreement, Michigan, InfoWeek, Litigation, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-05-21

Homeschooling + marketing = great coffee?

Homeschooling + marketing = great coffee?Homeschooling does what public education can'tturn teachers loose to teach rather than toe the bureaucratic line.RE: Homeschooling marketing = great coffee?Chris, if you like *strong* coffee, check out Meth in SF on the web.Organic coffee?As part of my response to recent efforts to...

Tags: marketing, InfoWeek, Homeschooling, great coffee, recycling

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

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Russia cooperated with hackers in Georgian cyberattack

A report from the nonprofit US Cyber Consequences Unit confirms what only made sense about last year's cyber attack on Georgia. It was carried about by independent groups with a special relationship to the Russian government. As InfoWeek relates, the report concludes: "Many of the cyber attacks...

Tags: Cyberattack, Hacker, Attack, Hacking, Government, Viruses And Worms, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-17

Enterprise 2.0 2009 Conference: Aggregate and Organize

I finally made it to Boston for the Enterprise 2.0 conference with my record intact. That record would be that I have NEVER in 15 years of flying to Boston a hundred times, NEVER, repeat again, NEVER been on time both ways.  This one was resolved quickly because my flight...

Tags: Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-06-24

Genachowski sails through FCC confirmation hearings

The FCC is broken, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) informed Julius Genachowski, the nominee to head the agency. Fix this agency. Or we will fix it for you. Really. I'm not sure Congress has ever fixed an executive agency. Legislative oversight just...

Tags: FCC, Agency, Federal Government, Advertising & Promotion, Government, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-17

Google says it loves competition

With Justice Department scrutiny over the Google Books Settlement only the the leading edge of antitrust regulators' attention to Google, the company has launched a dog-and-pony show dedicated to combating the impression that more control is needed. In a presentation PDF acquired by Consumer Watchdog,...

Tags: Google Inc., Antitrust, Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-11

BusinessWeek: Apple is most innovative company

BusinessWeek: Apple is most innovative companyCongrats Apple! Question for the Apple zealots though...Yay Apple! Wow, #1 most innovative company. That's fantastic. A reason for celebration.However, this news isn't entirely good for the Apple zealot who consistently maintains that MS [b]never[/b] innovates and only ever copies from Apple. Yet here we...

Tags: Leadership, Digital media, Digital music, Apple Products, Apple Inc., innovative company, BusinessWeek

Discussion threads 2009-05-28

National Archives lost 2TB drive from Clinton years

"The nation's record keeper" - the National Archives and Record Administration - has lost a two-terabyte hard drive containing digital records from Bill Clinton's presidency. In a statement, NARA said that it "takes very seriously the loss of an external hard drive that contained copies of...

Tags: Security, Agency, NARA, Records Management, Managerial Accounting, Finance, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-05-21

Also on Nov. 4, FCC passes White Spaces

Little reported amid the torrent of news and analysis on easily the most significant election since Ronald Reagan in 1980 (and given the economic crisis, perhaps the most significant since FDR in 1932), the FCC Tuesday voted in favor of White Spaces, delighting the tech industry and those in favor...

Tags: FCC, Microphone, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-11-05

Are you sure you didn't spill anything in your MacBook?

Are you sure you didn't spill anything in your MacBook?Hole ReinforcersI've heard that some users have had success with their mobile phone providers servicing equipment that had been dropped in water simply by removing the stickers and replacing them with the center part of hole reinforcer stickers (the stickers you...

Tags: Notebooks, Apple MacBook, humidity, cell phone, sticker, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-10-16

In court: iPhone suit dismissed, Qwest conviction reviewed

Lots of court action today: Apple won a summary judgment in a class-action lawsuit charging the company with deceiving consumers on iPhone batteries, Bloomberg reports. ``Apple disclosed on the outside of the iPhone package that the'' battery has ```limited recharge...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Qwest Communications Inc., Arbitration, Apple Inc., Conviction, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-26

Pleasant 'Dream' for HTC, Google: FCC approves

The FCC has approved HTC's 'Dream' phone, which will now be the first Android-based handset to hit the market, InfoWeek reports. It will support T-Mobile's 3G network. (Let's see if it handles 3G better than Apple and AT&T.) Looks like it will have a "jog ball" (trackball?),...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Bluetooth, Federal Government, 3G, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Government, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-19

FCC slams Comcast but too little too late?

The FCC formally voted to censure Comcast over torrent-blocking today. And the decision has stirred up plenty of controversry. The LA Times' Jim Puzzanghera called the decision a "warning shot to all Internet service providers that it would not tolerate discriminatory behavior." There will be no fine...

Tags: FCC, Network, Comcast Corp., Network Management, LA Times, Internet, Federal Government, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Network Administration, Networking, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-01

CA to launch prescription database

California will create an online database of drug prescriptions in an effort to stop drug dealers from collecting pills from multiple doctors, InfoWeek says. Every year thousands of doctors try to check their patient's prescription history information but California's current database is difficult to...

Tags: Patient, California, Doctor, Computer Associates International Inc., Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-06-05

Is Microsoft's open systems promise reliable?

I caught this article the other day on InfoWeek, where Nancy Gohring discussed Microsoft's new-ish open systems policy. As noted in the article, it's easy to view Microsoft's new stance with a certain amount of skepticism: But Microsoft may have a way to go to placate a market that...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Antitrust, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Law, Strategy, Business Operations, Management, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-05-29

UK education agency nixes OOXML

Office Open XML â€" the open standard with a trademark in its name â€" might be good enough for the International Standards Organization but it's not acceptable to British schools, InfoWeek reports. "In the context of the education system," lack of truly open standards in Office 2007 "can result...

Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Agency, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Microsoft Office, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Office Suites, Software, Emerging Technologies, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-13

FCC boss: Comcast blocking is widespread

InfoWeek reports that, according to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, Comcast was not merely blocking BitTorrent traffic during high-traffic times but pretty much all the time. Martin was testifying before Congress today. "Specifically, based on the testimony we have received thus far, some users were not able...

Tags: FCC, Comcast Corp., Peer To Peer (P2P), Federal Government, Networking, Internet, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-04-22

Who won CyberStorm II?

The only question that mattered during an RSA Con session on the government's cyberwar game, CyberStorm II was asked by a typical sort of fellow at these things -- " a pony-tailed RSA attendee, presumably a security pro," as InformationWeek described: "Was there a...

Tags: Team, RSA Security Inc., Team Management, Games, Management, Personal Technology, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-04-10

Corporate PCs: Underpowered for Vista. Overpowered for Writely?

I'm not singling out Google's Writely because I think it has a better shot against Microsoft's Office than any other Web-based contender. I just needed to pick one (of the many Web-based offerings) to make a point that Microsoft could be seriously shooting itself in the foot if what...

Tags: Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows

Blog posts 2006-04-24

InfoWeek: OpenDocument tangled in MA political showdown

InfoWeek: OpenDocument tangled in MA political showdownI'm waiting for Quinn to ask"Senator, the Administration is open to suggestions. Could you please suggest a revision to the ETRM that would mandate Microsoft's file formats?"Yeah, I know, broken record (for those who remember where the phrase comes from.) Then again,...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, Office XML, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-10-26