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Senate introduces important IT watchdog bill

Senate introduces important IT watchdog billYes! Visibility enables insight and accountabilityThis is so great to hear. Yes, I agree that many folks will view this as "introducing yet another layer of complexity and bureaucracy", especially those folks who characterize everything government does in this way.I agree with you and I...

Tags: Strategy, information technology, IT Watchdog, U.S. Senate

Discussion threads 2009-05-01

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Webcam Watchdog 4.66a (Windows)

Webcam Watchdog enables you to create high quality video for streaming and recording video at the same time. When Webcam Watchdog detects motion in the area being monitored by your web camera, it can sound an alarm and e-mail you the captured image. All surveillance images can be viewed using...

Tags: Webcam, Microsoft Windows, Webcam Watchdog

Software downloads 2009-10-29

EFF challenges 'bogus' VoIP patent

The Electronic Frontier Foundation says it has discovered a bogus patent, and will take the newly found evidence to the US Patent and Trademark Office to have the patent invalidated. The Electronic Frontier Foundation says it has discovered a bogus patent, and will take the newly found evidence to...

Tags: VoIP, Electronic Frontier Foundation, patent, Eff, Acceris, Marguerite Reardon CNET News

News items 2009-10-15

EU to market test Microsoft's browser choice proposal

The EU's competition watchdog said Wednesday that it will market test a Microsoft proposal to allow consumers pick their own Web browser. In a statement, the EU's competition committee laid out the following: The improvements that Microsoft has made to its proposal...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, European Union, Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Social media at the WashPost: It's time to loosen the tie

For the sake of full disclosure, I spent a little more than two years working as an editor and later a reporter/blogger for the Washington Post - roughly from the summer of 2005 until early fall of 2007. I tell you this because it gives you some...

Tags: Journalist, Blog, Social Media, Washington Post Co., Post, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-10-01

Intel appeals EU $1.45b fine

Unfortunatelywhen has a companies own shortcomings in marketing itself ever had weight in court. I think it should, but I wouldn't believe a court would take into account the plaintiff and/or "victim"s part in a situation as long as they are deemed a business.RE: Intel appeals EU $1.45b fineThis...

Tags: Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

News to know: Kanye West; Bing Visual Search; Quicken-Mint; Sprint; 802.11n, Intel

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. Oliver Marks: Kayne West Influences Enterprise Social Business Strategy Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Bing gets visual search; full...

Tags: Larry Dignan, IEEE 802.11n, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Sprint Communications, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Wi-Fi, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Wireless And Mobility

Blog posts 2009-09-15

Scientific Conservation adds another high-profile retailer for building systems watchdog app

It always figures that the second I write about some cool new technology and post, the company involved issues some sort of additional news. So, consider this a minor addendum to the item I wrote last week about Scientic Conservation, which sells software an...

Tags: Retail Company, Retail, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-09-14

WinGate VPN 2.6.3 build 1321 (Windows)

Sick of working late at the office? Now you can do almost anything from home, access your office shares and printers from anywhere in the world, securely with SSL connections and encrypted tunnels. WinGate VPN is unsurpassed in its ease of setup and use, yet powerful and flexible. Connect to...

Tags: Network, WinGate VPN, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-08-12

Bully Dog WatchDog Economy Monitor (black)

Bully Dog WatchDog Economy Monitor blackJust Installed itI just installed it and it is working great thus far. I like the driving coach and it looks good in my '97 Honda Accord. I still trying all of the different features.

Tags: Monitors & displays, monitor

Discussion threads 2009-08-06

FCC's more proactive stance: Should we cheer or worry?

FCC's more proactive stance: Should we cheer or worry?Regulation is not micromanagement"At some point, the FCC meddles in free markets. It will micromanage."Clearly you think more about business than you do about government. Or maybe you're just conservative, politically, and ideological to a fault.This is about the public's interest...

Tags: Federal government, FCC, proactive stance

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Acquire Premier Lite Demo 3.3 (Windows)

Acquire is an advanced digital signature and interactive kiosk software suite of products that can be purchased or rented as a SaaS Software as a Service solution. Its freeform page designer makes it ideal for building all sorts of projects for DOOH Digital Out Of Home networks. It is ideal...

Tags: Software, Network, Monitoring, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Acquire Digital Multimedia, Acquire Player Software, Tools & Techniques, Networking, Management

Software downloads 2009-07-27

Financial Service Provider Helps Ease Banks' Compliance Burden With Web Service Solution

Competition among vendors that supply services to banks is fierce, with companies seeking any type of competitive differentiator. In the area of compliance, it's difficult to compete on the basics, because virtually all solutions must meet clearly established regulatory requirements. So Harland Financial Solutions sought to quickly add an automated...

Tags: Bank, Web, Financial, Financial Service, Compliance, Web Service

Case studies 2009-07-20

News to know: AMD; Windows 7; Chrome OS; 'Slow IT'

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: AMD rounds out six-core Opteron lineup Joe McKendrick: In praise of 'slow IT' Mary Jo...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Information Technology, Operating System, Microsoft Windows, Photograph, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., PecoBOO, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-13

Consumer Watchdog blasts Google over privacy

Consumer Watchdog blasts Google over privacyWow. No real surprise there[i]it certainly doesn?t seem that scary to me[/i]Of course not, you've proclaimed that you "Love everything Google does" and think the world of them (but would you fall on your sword, too?)[i]subscribe to the idea that Google collects information to make...

Tags: Government, E-mail, Google Inc., privacy, Consumer Watchdog

Discussion threads 2009-07-11

Consumer Watchdog blasts Google over privacy

Consumer Watchdog got their hands on a "secret presentation" in which Google defends its behavioral targeting methods. Reading through the documentpdf, it certainly doesn't seem that scary to me, but they seem to have their own take on it. I personally don't have any problems with...

Tags: Google Inc., Privacy, Behavioral Targeting, Consumer Watchdog, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-07-11

CLEAR Airport Verified Identity Pass calls it Quits (UPDATED)

In a brief email sent to customers at 10:45PM EST, Verified Identity Pass notified its 250,000 customers that the CLEAR service was no more click on photo to enlarge Well I can't say that it was unexpected, but it's definitely a...

Tags: Clear, Identity, Steven Brill, Security, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-22

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

Washington: Together, we can tackle cybersecurity

Following a 60-day review of cybersecurity in the United States, the White House today released details of a short-term action plan, which includes the appointment of a "cybersecurity policy official" - a cybersecurity czar, if you will. PDF of full report In a nutshell, the report concluded...

Tags: Agency, Cybersecurity, Federal Government, Government, Vertical Industries, Security, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-29

No Device Will Save The New York Times. Only The Times Can.

A large-screen Kindle won't save The New York Times. Neither will a mid-sized iPad from Apple. In fact, no electronic "platform" will save a print publication of any type. Just because a news publication first existed on a large sheet of paper does not mean that some...

Tags: Web, New York Times Co., Times, Channel Management, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-05-05