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Recording VoIP Calls: Is it Legal?

Recording VoIP Calls: Is it Legal?Nooooo, VOIP is a telephone callThe FCC "First report and Order" regarding CALEA Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act clearly puts VOIP within the wiretap statute, which, for the purposes of recording a call, treats VOIP like any other telephone call - with the same...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Federal government, voip call, Pure Digital, phone, Is it Legal, VoIP-calls, VoIP, IS IT

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

Police Blotter: Is it legal to use an alias anymore?

Police Blotter: Is it legal to use an alias anymore?Good Riddance.He is obviously a [b]terrorist[/b].Throw the book at him.RE: Police Blotter: Is it legal to use an alias anymore?Good article. Very readable and understandable.Better take my eBay handle off my credit card . .If a 21-year- old thug stole my...

Tags: Financial services, alias, Is it Legal, Police Blotter

Discussion threads 2007-10-12

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The Enterprise 2.0 Value Propositions Agenda

Time is Money: Where's the Beef? The now biannual US 'Enterprise 2.0' conference is a wrap, but disappointingly there is still little business understanding of what the term means or what the value propositions and benefits are. The general 2.0 suffix is well understood by technology...

Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, E2.0, Susan Scrupski, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Enterprise 2.0 - the non-debate

If I'd paid the full whack $2,495 to attend the Enterprise 2.0 conference I'd be demanding at least a partial refund. It seems the 'Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock' debate was less than a damp squib and more like a feeble whimper. Here's the back story: ...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-05

EU showdown over Oracle-Sun; Objections seem imminent

Oracle is reportedly gearing up for a formal rejection by European regulators of its bid to acquire Sun Microsystems, according to a report in the Financial Times. An official statement of objection, the first step in blocking the $7.4 billion deal, could come as early as this week - but...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Regulations, Open Source, Databases, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-11-04

New York AG files antitrust charges against Intel; alleges bribery, coercion

Normally I'd say this is just another NY AG trying to run for higher officebut this seems to have legs. I hope Intel didn't do it - but if they did, they need to be repremanded.Great to see some justice against InhellI can hardly wait to see the M$...

Tags: Video cards, Corporate law, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., antitrust, graphics

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Are the Microsoft layoffs over now?

I hope soI hate seeing "SoandSo killing X amount of jobs" in the news =/Ballmer should be the first to get laid offHis reklessness to ignore the FOSS and cling to the proprietary model drove M$ into the ground.Q1 revenues of $13Bn generating $3.5Bn in net profit ...... would tend...

Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, accounting, Creative accounting, Microsoft Corp., layoff

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Signature995 9.0 (Windows)

Signature995 allows you to securely transmit and digitally sign PDFs, Office documents and zip archives quickly, affordably, and easily. It uses native PDF 128 bit RC4 encryption to restrict users from printing, copying text and images and modifying PDF files. Signature995 uses Microsoft Cryptographic technologies to provide 128-bit DES encryption,...

Tags: Adobe PDF, Microsoft Windows, Encryption, Signature995

Software downloads 2009-11-04

Easy MP3 Downloader 3.3.4.2 (Windows)

Easy MP3 Downloader is a revolutionary new program which provides you an easy, efficient and legitimate method to search and download music. Over 100 million songs are available. It is not a Peer-to-Peer program and it is clean & safe and 100% Legal. You're not sharing music with others and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, MP3, Music, EasyMP3Downloader, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-11-04

Spring Design sues Barnes & Noble over Alex, Nook

I kind of want to see barnes and noble win this one...The whole concept of a sliding image preview isn't exactly revolutionary, and it does look decidedly different from the bulky, 2003-esque block interface of the alex.On a personal note, I think the alex looks like some children's toy out...

Tags: Sales channel, E-books, NDA, Barnes & Noble Inc., B&N, credit card, patent, Nook, password

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Clean install with Windows 7 upgrade media? Get the facts!

Unbelievable"Last week I complained about Microsoft?s shoddy documentation of how its upgrade procedures are supposed to work. I?m delighted to report that I got a tremendous and immediate response from within Microsoft, offering assistance in my testing and also promising to clean up and expand their documentation."So what exactly did...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, product key, acccount, clean install, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Don't cry for me Joe Lieberman

the patriots are rising against the socialist billThe Obamacare is gasping for air while the liberals are preparing to be booted out of the congress in 2010.The real Americans have risen again and upheld the values of the founding fathers against dangerous foreign socialist ideeas.End Socialism Now!Enough with the Commissar's...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Obamacare, patriot, socialist, socialism, reconciliation, Joe Lieberman

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

MAC M4P Converter for iTunes 6.0.0 (Mac)

MAC M4P Converter is an audio and music files M4P to MP3 converter. It converts any DRM protected iTunes music files (such as M4P, M4A, M4B) and unprotected music (such as MP3, WAV, AAC, OGG, AA, aif) to plain MP3, WAV or AAC formats. Then you can share these converted...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, MAC, Digital-rights Management, MP3, Apple iTunes, AhaMediaSoft, MAC M4P Converter, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Digital Music, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-02

What should open source do in a car?

Engine Management...The owners should be able to tweak the engine management settings.There is no reason I should be forced to stick with the 'safe' mode settings from the factory. Other Ford enthusiasts could tweak their cars and post their engine profiles online and people could adjust their cars engine...

Tags: car, Ford Motor Co., open source

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Apple releases iTunes 9.0.2, kills Palm Pre sync ... again

Round up the executive and throw them in jailApple's behavior is simply unacceptable.Palm... Shakes HeadNote to Palm: Make a Front end that uses the iTunes DB or quit trying to keep hacking. It is REALLY stupid. A) You will never keep ahead of this.B) Even if you keep fixing it,...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Smart phones, Apple Inc., Palm Inc., Apple iTunes, Palm Pre

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

Thanksgiving Boom for Firefox 1.0.2 (Windows)

Celebrate the fall harvest, family and the things we're thankful for. We've gathered some great sites into the toolbar from online games and holiday history, to the recipes you'll need to wow the family. Explore the links, enjoy the theme. These themes are free and we switch your default search...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Brand, Theme, Toolbar, Microsoft Windows, Brand Thunder, Branding, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-29

Ecoboom for Firefox 1.0.1 (Windows)

Be green with this eco-friendly nature theme for your Firefox browser. Includes links to leading sites, environmentally friendly products and an easy way to contribute to rain forest preservation--you're browser is something to be proud of. These themes are free and we switch your default search engine to BING, ASK...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Brand, Theme, Microsoft Windows, Brand Thunder, Branding, Web Browsers, Marketing, Internet

Software downloads 2009-10-29

How to find a quality film scanner

ConfusedV500: 6400dpiV700: scan speed(?) from 300 to 600dpi8800F: maximum resolution of 4800?9600Am I ignorant or is this full of errors and inconsistencies in data/spec presentations?More quality film scannersCertainly there are many more than just those three. Microtek, for instance, currently offers five models, all of which support transparencies up...

Tags: Scanners, scanner, quality film scanner

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Is HDTV turning Americans into hockey fans?

I went to see a fight......and a hockey game broke out!HockeyHockey fundamentally is a very entertaining fast paced team sport that is being ruined by the allowed fighting. I am not against "fighting" sports (boxing, mixed martial arts etc), but not only does the fighting in hockey totally fail to...

Tags: Team management, team, HDTV

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Why is Microsoft opening up its Outlook file format now?

Customer says: nopen/tPartner: Can't hurtIf I had to list out things I'd like to see from Microsoft, this would not be on the top of the list, but it's a great move I think.People looking to move away from other mail systems could see more tools available that make the...

Tags: E-mail, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook

Discussion threads 2009-10-27