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Patent reform: Stopping the insanity or inventor ripoff?

Patent reform: Stopping the insanity or inventor ripoff?Yes, the awards are completely outrageous.That would be like you inventing a 10 dollar switch an Ford comes along and not paying you for the idea and you get an infringing award of $100 on each car instead of the added value of...

Tags: disincentive, inventor, Patent Reform, insanity, patent

Discussion threads 2008-01-14

China virtual police to patrol for online porn

China virtual police to patrol for online pornBoycot China!The USA and Europe should block internet access to China and every other country that doesn't support freedom of speech. Problem solved.George Orwell's "1984"If you've ever read the book "1984" by George Orwell, you'll know what i'm thinking. I am not defendign...

Tags: Amerika, insanity, online porn

Discussion threads 2007-08-29

Additional Resources

Iceberg: cuts code, evolves your enterprise

This is a dual post written and posted simultaneously. For the perspective of how Iceberg this benefits student, check the post over at iGeneration. Some bits are the same and used in both entries; ain't easy posting the same thing for different audiences. A few weeks ago...

Tags: Web, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft SharePoint, Client, Web Site, Workflow, Iceberg, Collaboration, Groupware, Web Site Development, Storage, Enterprise Software, Databases, Software, Internet, Hardware, Data Management, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-09-07

Exclusive: A robot with a biological brain

Exclusive: A robot with a biological brainThe begining of the Cylon race? nt:(probably meant "you're" funnyDoesnt' change my opinion at all.Well, if this isn't the most immoral thing ever...it's gotta be kinda close.Cool but. could open a can of worms later...Did anyone else get a chill up the back of...

Tags: Robots, biological brain, robot

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

Mozilla CEO John Lilly on Apple and iPhone

Mozilla CEO John Lilly on Apple and iPhone3 million iPhones sold in 30 daysEven if the selling rate fell by 50% you still be talking about 9 to 10 million by years end...I see you failed at MATHSYou can't believe anything with such an EXTREME hyperboled and PROPAGANDA ridden track...

Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, John Lilly, Mozilla Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-12

Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity

Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarityBingo! ntnt"insanely profitable"Yes, IBM retained those parts of its business in which it was possible to obtain a huge markup and not worry as much about performance compared to alternatives.Microsoft already has part of that approach, as witness the markup on software. ...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-25

A health policy turning point?

A health policy turning point?Who can blame the doctors?Especially if they get irritated calling "1-800-Mommy-May-I" to get approval for a procedure they consider necessary. And who is on the phone at the insurance company making a decision on your health care? Some high school graduate?The simple fact is...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, health policy, insurance, insurance company

Discussion threads 2008-07-11

The tattered history of OOP

This is a guest blog by frequent contributor Mark Miller - a followup on our earlier discussions of the effectiveness and value of the object oriented programming idea. OOP has been a mixed bag, but I say this only because...

Tags: Message, Software, Object-oriented Programming, Smalltalk, Idea, Data, Object-oriented, Unix, Object, Alan Kay, Way Object-orientation, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-06-02

The insurers bid to fix health care

The insurers bid to fix health carethe problem isthat no one wants to lay the blame where it belongs. Government. Because that would mean killing socialized medicine.Bingo!!Blanky doesn't want to admit that tort reform *is* needed. My sister is a doc...the cost to her for malpractice insurance is shocking....

Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Socialized Medicine, insurance company, tort, health care, insurance

Discussion threads 2008-05-30

Google's plugin craze

Google is a company that prides itself on being a web company and helping to move everything into the browser. They created services like Google Maps and GMail which heavily relied on Ajax and helped usher in the idea of a much greater user experience inside the browser. In a...

Tags: Google Inc., Web Browser, Plug-in, Web Browsers, Internet, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-05-30

Introduction to BIT

This is the 1st excerpt from the second book in the Defen series: Business Information Technology: Foundations, Infrastructure, and Culture Introduction This book is designed for people who interact with, but do not want to become, professional information systems...

Tags: Information System, Bear, Computer, Business Owner, Systems Decision, Dick, Jane, Systems Culture, Productivity, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-05-16

HP plugs latest ActiveX software update flaw

HP plugs latest ActiveX software update flawLets talk about one of my pet peeves..HP Software Updates Are Available! Download now? Why sure! Click Click denied.. You must have Administrator Access to perform this function.Now repeat that across around 100 users that have HP printers and no admin access that I...

Tags: ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Middleware, HP Software Update, ActiveX, Hewlett-Packard Co., ActiveX software update flaw, latest ActiveX software update flaw, software update flaw

Discussion threads 2008-04-29

Arrrghhhh! Windows is collapsing! Run! ... but where to?

Arrrghhhh! Windows is collapsing! Run! ... but where to?I went back begging forgivenessI used Mac OS on two Macs running 10.0 and 10.3/10.4 respectively. I would definitely recommend Vista over Tiger - haven't tried Leopard but it seems like a point release with some new visual effects.Once...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Apple Mac OS X, operating system, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-11

Progress on standardizing the @#$%! chargers

After my previous tirade in which I addressed the untenable situation of charger insanity brought on by a Jawbone charger induced panic attack, the good folks over at CallPod asked me if I would be willing to look at one of their ChargePod kits. "Sure, send one over -- it...

Tags: Mobile, Adapter, Connector, ChargePod, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-04-11

Microsoft-Yahoo-Google: The vicious antitrust circle

Microsoft-Yahoo-Google: The vicious antitrust circleMicrosoft-Yahoo-Google: The vicious antitrust circleThere is no denying that Microsoft is in the right here. Yahoo screwed itself by making a deal with the devil. I hope the authorities hit Google very hard because of this.RE: Microsoft-Yahoo-Google: The vicious antitrust circlethis is relay bad,...

Tags: Corporate law, SECURITY, Microsoft-Yahoo-Google, vicious antitrust, antitrust, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-09

Australian senator demands open source against US "lock-in"

Australian senator demands open source against US "lock-in"Australian Senator Kate Lundy is on target about softwareSenator Kate Lundy is very well placed to make the comments she made - and to be heard where it matters. She is a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory ACT which was created as...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, open source

Discussion threads 2008-04-09

Anatomy of a 'Blogging will kill you' story: Why I didn't make the cut

Anatomy of a 'Blogging will kill you' story: Why I didn't make the cutThat about.......sums it up for me as well Larry. I constantly wonder whether I'm playing a game of Russian Roulette with my life. At least that's the way my wife looks at the insanity of blogging. She's...

Tags: blogging, anatomy, blogger

Discussion threads 2008-04-06

Tiny music files almost as good as MP3 ones

Tiny music files almost as good as MP3 onesMIDI 2.0?Perhaps I'm missing something, but this new technology sounds a lot like a souped-up MIDI tone generator.A generic music generatorSounds like you will not be able to determine one instrument from another, nor one performer from another. Everything will sound...

Tags: Digital music, MIDI, MP3

Discussion threads 2008-04-02

Will You Standardize the @#$%! Chargers Please

Upon prepping my laptop travel case for an upcoming trip, I discovered to my horror that the chargers to my bluetooth headset and my Blackberry were missing. I had apparently left it in my room at the Holiday Inn in Rhode Island last week, and when I called them, they...

Tags: Headset, Connector, Micro-USB, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-03-24

Have a heart (attack): Defibrillators, pacemakers vulnerable to hackers

Have a heart attack: Defibrillators, pacemakers vulnerable to hackersPacemakers Must Be Running Windows MobileGod forbid you blue screen during sex.Security Clearance Issues?I wonder if and how such a vulnerability might affect someone's ability to obtain a government security clearance.I wouldn't think all that much, since there are plenty enough ways...

Tags: Hacking, Wi-Fi, Advertising & Promotion, pacemaker, hacker, attack, security

Discussion threads 2008-03-12