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BSA says piracy cost $50 billion, awaits its IP czar

BSA says piracy cost $50 billion, awaits its IP czarThere is no such thing as piracy...Piracy is what happens to ships on the high seas.Un-licensed software is NOT piracy! Useing the word "piracy" to denote un-licensed software is just a form of propaganda.With product activation, Draconian DRM and EULAs that...

Tags: Well Let, Business Software Alliance, piracy, IP Czar, Cyber Mafia, IP

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

Biden to MPAA: You'll love our IP czar

Biden to MPAA: You'll love our IP czar"Czar". Is this, like, Russia or something?:)Okay, in seriousness, I certainly understand the merits of protecting IP... I just hope the system won't be abused. Which was partly why the IP system is such a mess to begin with...delete[Intended to...

Tags: Workforce management, Oboma, IP Czar, socialism, MPAA, IP, administration

Discussion threads 2009-04-24

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Delays, delays on White House cyber positions.

Where is the cybersecurity czar? And the White House intellectual property coordinator? The folks for those important federal tech positions have been chosen but there is no sign of announcements being made, NextGov says. The likely nominees for cyberczar: Howard Schmidt, former White House special adviser...

Tags: Job, White House, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-27

News to know: Google Search; iPod Touch; Pre launch date; Yahoo; Zune; AMD

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Google: Understanding is the next frontier of search; Meet Wonder Wheel, Google Squared Tom Foremski: How...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple iPod, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Zune, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Google Search, Apple iPod Touch, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, Piracy, Telecom & Utilities, Digital Music, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-13

BSA says piracy cost $50 billion, awaits its IP czar

Supposedly, the software industry lost $50 billion to international "piracy" last year, $9 billion in the U.S. That's according to the Business Software Alliance's latest study. And although piracy in the U.S. is the lowest in the world, BSA bemoans: "A fifth of PC software in the...

Tags: Software, Business Software Alliance, IP, Piracy, Tools & Techniques, Security, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-05-12

News to know: Windows 7; Swine flu; Facebook; SOA

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Zack Whittaker: Tech-take on the spread of swine flu. Techmeme Ed Bott: What you need to know about the Windows 7 Release Candidate ...

Tags: Facebook, Microsoft Windows 7, SOA, Release Candidate, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-27

Biden to MPAA: You'll love our IP czar

I said earlier that Biden is carrying water for Hollywood. Now Declan reports on News.com that Biden has made an assurance to the MPAA that "[We] will find the right person for intellectual property czar." If the Administration goes back to the same well for an IP...

Tags: MPAA, Hollywood, IP, Intellectual Property, Internet, Network Technology, Networking, Research & Development, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-24

What Cisco’s EnergyWise technology means to Green IT

To date, IT pros have given very little attention to the “greening� of the network. Why? Three words: follow the money. According to recent Forrester research, the top motivation for pursing Green IT is to “reduce the energy-related costs of operating IT.� And when compared to other IT energy-drawing assets...

Tags: Network, Information Technology, Green IT, Cisco Systems Inc., Energy, EnergyWise, Energy Consumption, Strategy, Management, Doug Washburn

Blog posts 2009-02-17

Placing bets on proposed cyberczar position

Placing bets on proposed cyberczar positionHow effective would it really be?I mean, these gangs are very likely to be using IP spoofing. Where do you start?The whole infrastructure needs to be overhauled to enable certified identification and authentication of connections.Anything else is wishful thinking.RE: Placing bets on proposed cyberczar positionThe...

Tags: Cyberthreats, OPEN SOURCE, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, minority player

Discussion threads 2008-12-10

News to know: IT turbulence, Windows 7, Facebook, Apple HDTV

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IT warning: Turbulence ahead CEOs freak out; IT preps a do-over Gartner’s worst case for 2009 IT budgets isn’t so bad Sean...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, HDTV, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, OpenOffice, Open Source, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Copyright czar is born: Prez signs Pro-IP law

Copyright czar is born: Prez signs Pro-IP law"This law will dramatically move the priority of IP enforcement up..."I certainly hope so, because we all know that IP enforcement is much more important than the minor issues like counter-terrorism, border patrol, organized crime and the thousands of unsolved murders committed...

Tags: Copyright Czar, Pro-IP, Prez

Discussion threads 2008-10-13

Copyright czar is born: Prez signs Pro-IP law

Get ready for the Copyright Czar. President Bush just signed the Pro-IP Act (the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008), which provides for a new executive position dedicated to managing copyright protections. The bill also increases penalties for infringement...

Tags: President, U.S. Congress, Intellectual Property, Leadership, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Will Bush sign Pro-IP? Biz, labor, schools push for it

There's no word yet on whether President Bush will sign the PRO-IP bill [ZDN] but big business and labor were united in favor of the bill that creates a copyright czar in the executive branch. The bill originally called for the Justice Dept. to prosecute copyright...

Tags: Bill, President, IP, Justice Dept, Network Technology, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-10

Congress passes 'unconstitutional' Pro-IP bill, Bush likely to veto

Congress passes 'unconstitutional' Pro-IP bill, Bush likely to vetoGee...What a surprise that a bunch of compromised congresscritters pass another attack on the People with the backing of the "Copyright Alliance". (read, BSA, MPAA, RIAA, MS, Time Warner, Disney...)It's good that Bush will veto it. Even though he's only doing it...

Tags: Blogging, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Bush, Pro-IP, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2008-09-29

Another net neutrality bill, in a Comcast-charged atmosphere

The latest net neutrality bill, offered by Reps. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), is a second try to treat neutrality as an antitrust issue, Ars Technica says. It's essentially the same bill that failed in 2006. The bill is intended to "promote competition,...

Tags: Bill, Comcast Corp., U.S. Congress, Net Neutrality, Internet, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-09

House committee passes 'gluttonous' Pro IP Act

So, we have a credit crisis, a foreclosure crisis, a full-blown recession and no plans on how to get out of Iraq or how to create a regional solution. So what do we need? How about an intellectual property czar and stiffer penalties for unauthorized music downloading? ...

Tags: Damage, CD, IP, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-01

What will Microsoft's loss in Europe mean to customers?

What will Microsoft's loss in Europe mean to customers?RE: What will Microsoft's loss in Europe mean to customers?It's largely a PR blow. Which is good, considering on how effectively Microsoft manipulate PR to their advantage.It's all about trust.Here we go again!Yes, Microsoft should have made some easier in regards to...

Tags: Linux, Public relations, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-09-17

Red Hat lawyer is right about indemnification not mattering. But for the wrong reasons

According to a new FAQ on Red Hats Web site -- one thats primarily designed to spin the bilateral legal protection that Microsoft and Novell have assured to each other as a net positive for Red Hat -- the North Carolina-based distributor of open source software will now offer indemnification...

Tags: General, Open Source, Software Infrastructure, Legal, indemnification

Blog posts 2006-11-06

A debate over net neutrality

A debate over net neutralityBuy your gasoline from me...An analogy...I run the only gas station in town so you have no choice at all about buying or not buying from me. (Just wanted you to understand this point.)Me: Ok then, want me to filler up?You: Yes please.Me: ...

Tags: content provider, faster connection, PAY-FOR IT, telecommunications company, Net Neutrality

Discussion threads 2006-06-08