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- Connecting People and Public Services in Ireland
- Reach is an agency established by the Government of Ireland in 1999 to develop a strategy for the integration of public services. The Irish Government is committed to developing an electronic Government strategy to make the country even more competitive in the new global economy. Having a highly developed public...
- Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Public Service, Irish Government, Irish eGovernment Strategy, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Strategy, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Software, Management
- Case studies 2005-12-01
- Irish Government Agency Streamlines Communication With Novell GroupWise
- The Irish Government's Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is responsible for developing and coordinating policy and legislation across a wide range of areas. In advance of Ireland leading the EU presidency, the department decided it was time to overhaul its communications infrastructure to streamline communications between civil...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Agency, Novell GroupWise, Irish Government, E-mail Servers, E-mail Clients, Groupware, Government, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Hollywood to kids: Pay up for preschool movies
- The scene: An Irish preschool for toddlers. The children sit on the floor in a semi-circle, watching a TV screen. They squeal with delight at "The Little Mermaid," "Toy Story" and other Hollywood kids' fare. Enter a black-masked villain, carrying a fearful letter. He is not the true villain, though;...
- Tags: Villain, Hollywood, U.S. Patent And Trademark Office, Taxes, TVs, Free Trade, Tv & Home Theater, Corporate Communications, Mice, Financial Planning, Finance, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Hardware, Peripherals, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Copyright Board's ringtone decision shows failure of the system
- The Copyright Royalty Board's decision last week to keep composer royalties for downloads at 9.1 cents per song keeps Apple's iTunes store online (OK, the idea that Apple would shut down the key leg of its iPod empire was just corporate posturing) but the Board also set a...
- Tags: Board, Ring Tone, Rate, Copyright Royalty Board, Corporate Governance, Government, Vertical Industries, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Two Europeans indicted for US cyberattacks
- The indictments are part of the FBI's Operation Cyberslam, said to be the US's first successful investigation into a large-scale, commercially motivated denial-of-service attack Two Europeans, one of whom is English, have been indicted by a US federal grand jury in connection with a 2003 distributed denial-of-service attack that...
- Tags: FBI, Cyberattack, Distributed Denial Of Service, Attack, Operation Cyberslam, Gembe, Federal Government, Government, security, botnet, cybercrime, DOS, attacks, Matthew Broersma, ZDNet.co.uk
- News items 2008-10-06
- Techies choose Obama - by a landslide
- If techies could choose the next President, Obama would win in a landslide. Checking donors from 10 large tech companies, including Apple, Dell, Google and Microsoft, over 90% of the donations support the senator from Illinois. Why does high-tech love Obama? First the numbers The...
- Tags: Landslide, Broadband, Obama, McCain, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-10-05
- More on wikipedia abuse
- More on wikipedia abuseThanks!That's an interesting report - if the research stands up, the method used could form the basis for a more general approach. Thanks for pointing it out.RE: More on wikipedia abuseReaders might be interested in seeing a study on vandalism of US senator's WP articles here :...
- Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia
- Discussion threads 2008-10-04
- End the spectre of science for sale
- End the spectre of science for saleOr Not[i]He will graduate from high school next spring, an honor student, and cost me a fortune at some elite college.[/i]Depends on what he really wants to study. There are some world-class universities that are also shockingly inexpensive, even for out-of-state students. ...
- Tags: NIH, democracy
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Washington Times amongst newspapers putting semantic technologies to work with help from Inform Technologies
- New York-based Inform Technologies issued a press release earlier this week, reporting the success of their recent partnership with the Washington Times on a major website redesign. Having spoken to both Inform's CEO Jim Satloff and the Washington Times' Executive Editor John Solomon, there's an interesting story to tell of...
- Tags: Story, Editorial Staff, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Corporate Communications, Operational Accounting, Channel Management, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, Finance, Paul Miller
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Sarah Palin debate flowchart [off-topic]
- Sarah Palin debate flowchart [off-topic].....Sounds similar to the other candidates too... ]:)Simplified version/* Sarah's playbook */repeat {__receivequestion; __if (IMayHaveAClueAboutquestion)__{____reciteMyScripts;__}__else __{____winkAtCamera;____ignorequestion;____printf("... but I'd like to focus on my own topics.");____dumpIrrelevantAnswers;__}} until (hostLeavesMeOffHook)RE: Sarah Palin debate flowchart [off-topic]Spot on!BidenIn the case of Biden he just makes stuff up. Facts never...
- Tags: Government, Sarah Palin, flowchart
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- When it comes to China, is Skype the new Yahoo?
- When it comes to China, is Skype the new Yahoo?A reader repliesI received this in email from a user who apparently wishes not to go through ZDNet registration. So here's my policy: I will not engage in private debate through email on the content of blogs. I will post the...
- Tags: E-mail, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Citizen journalism might try to kill you
- Citizen journalism might try to kill youDouble edged swordCitizen journalism almost sounds like a contradiction. One one hand, so many people nowadays carry a device that can at least take snapshots, but more are taking video. Real journalists can't get to where a story is very fast so it takes...
- Tags: Citizen Journalism
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- President Obama will take away kids cold medicine
- President Obama will take away kids cold medicineWhy regulate something that is only a problem due to irresponsible parentsALL over-the-counter OTC medications have information about who can use it and how much medicine it should get. Every bottle of OTC medication has very visible warning and most specify that...
- Tags: blog author, gov, cold medicine, Obama, prescription, medication
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- When it comes to China, is Skype the new Yahoo?
- Any major Western company doing business in China is collaborating with the government to some degree. We know this. Chinese citizens know this. The best case scenario is probably Microsoft or Google's operations where access to certain information is limited. The worst case, until now, has been Yahoo's explicit cooperation...
- Tags: China, Yahoo! Inc., Skype Technologies S.A., Tom, Government, Blogging, Vertical Industries, Wireless, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- Microsoft launches software for cheap Portuguese laptop
- Microsoft launched on Friday a software package for a Portuguese ultra-cheap laptop for school children that the government hopes will boost the country's technological edge in education. LISBON--Microsoft launched on Friday a software package for a Portuguese ultra-cheap laptop for school children that the government hopes will boost the...
- Tags: Software, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Computer, Portugal, School Children, Government Hope, Magellan, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Reuters, laptops, education
- News items 2008-10-03
- Apple: Perhaps it needs the enterprise after all
- Apple: Perhaps it needs the enterprise after allThe 35% of Fortune 500 companies......testing the iPhone means "35% of IT departments doing their damn jobs by testing a competing product before coming to the realisation that it isn't as good as their current solution".As for Apple getting a foothold in mainstream...
- Tags: SMB/SME, Apple Inc., small and medium business, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- Greentech Investing: Not So Fast
- There's an inevitable slowdown in venture capital investing and that's not good news for Silicon Valley nor the Cleantech start-ups. Last quarter VC activity was about one-third of the same quarter last year. While economists claim there's plenty of capital around, the investments being made are more cautious....
- Tags: Bank, Alternative Energy, American Media, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Perens new crusade is patent law
- Perens new crusade is patent lawBull, there is no lack of innovation.True, open source is not free to take others ideas but that is how it should be. Face it, open source is nothing but knock off copies of propriatary. Sorry but thats just how it is.As to...
- Tags: Leadership, OPEN SOURCE, Software intellectual property, New software product, new crusade, Perens, crusade, patent law, patent, innovation
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- How online activities of broadband and dial-up users differ
- All internet users Dial-up at home Broadband at home all respondents Accessed internet away from home or work using WiFi on laptop computer Pays for premium home broadband services Use an online search engine 49 26% 57% 68% 61% Check weather reports and forecasts 30...
- Tags: Broadband, Internet, Social Networking, Broadband Internet, Corporate Communications, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Networking, NB
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- The cost of doing business in China: Privacy
- The cost of doing business in China: PrivacySo does the US !The only difference is, in china's case, you know and in US, you don't (or atleast most people don't). They even hijack all the data that flows through pipes of ISPs and make a copy and put analyzers on...
- Tags: SECURITY, Skype Technologies S.A., fundamental human right, big deal, human right, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
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