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Anti-Kerry book defaced at online store

Anti-Kerry book defaced at online storeIt was not graffiti or a hack, it was an inside jobIt was not just the cover. The book title was also altered to "FIT for Command" -- and was clearly visible on Barnes and Noble's web site under the altered title for several...

Tags: online store, KERRY IS GOING

Discussion threads 2004-08-09

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Who wants tea with their turkey?

Push comes to shove.....I still believe Reid will throw down the reconciliation card. I'm sure he doesn't want to, but he won't accept defeat. If he can't get the sixty, he'll settle for 51.Which is a shame, because while the stated goals of this bill are admirable, in...

Tags: Vertical industries, GOP, Dana, Lieberman Software Corp, tax

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Bells give net neutrality the McCain two-step

Net neutrality can only...be accomplished by a company divesting the provision of the infrastructure from the provision of the services that use the infrastructure. As long as the same company provides both services there will never be neutrality. These companies have to much at stake in delivering services that ride...

Tags: Net Neutrality

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Relax, kids...Windows 7 is just another OS

finally...someone with sensefor all this noise and fireworks, finaly someone here says something reasonable7 is just another OSand yes it is.amen.give this man a raiseIt doesn't have to rock to be successfulIt merely needs to be fast, stable and secure. If that's all it does, then there's no reason to...

Tags: Operating systems, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Google ditching network neutrality?

Google ditching network neutrality?{sigh}I long for the day when reporters:1) Don't spew lies and misconceptions intentionally.- or -2) Learn about the technology they write about.Network neutrality isn't about disallowing a company to invest into their infrastructure to make access to their services responsive and available. Network neutrality is about...

Tags: network neutrality, Google Inc., cable company, network, cable, server

Discussion threads 2008-12-14

79 million adults can't pay medical bills

79 million adults can't pay medical billsReaganomics..it's the cure.Look, cut taxes to the wealthy. Let 5% get as much as they can.A rising tide floats all boats. Wait, economic data says that's not true...but, but we've been believing it so far.So what if the majority of Americans...

Tags: Vertical industries, Taxes, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Free trade, Insurance, health care, tax, government

Discussion threads 2008-08-21

Bali highs and lows

The big climate change enviro-bash continues in Bali. Here's the conference's official website. Tomorrow BaliTalk enters the final phase with ministerial level participants arriving (that's Cabinet-level to us Yanks). It's not likely there'll be a big international agreement out of this conference even though it's aimed at finding the...

Tags: U.S., China, Associated Press, Story, Headline, Conference, Standards, Quality, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-12-11

New Microsoft-commissioned studies are busting out all over

New Microsoft-commissioned studies are busting out all overMore Bloatsmoke from the BloatfarmWhile no one can criticize the right of a company to publish whatever it wants, this work is very likely just more Bloatfarm FUD.Does GM give "helpful hints" on Toyota?One should treat emanations from the Bloatfarm as that Bloat...

Tags: Groupware, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft-commissioned study, Linux Developer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SharePoint, OOXML

Discussion threads 2007-08-27

Google updates maps after Katrina 'airbrushing' incident

Google updates maps after Katrina 'airbrushing' incidentInteresting how Congress can get so hot and fast on the ballexcept for help care, cost of living, where tax dollars get wasted, etc etc. Guess this was an easy target, Google will want to maintain its earned imagine. Now back...

Tags: INTERNET, Google Inc., Katrina, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2007-04-02

(Photos: Tech marketing stunts gone awry)

(Photos: Tech marketing stunts gone awry)Now we have proof...Bostonians are retarded if they think a flat piece of cardboard with lights on it is an explosive device.Over Reaction ?I think I am more afraid of the people that are in charge of protecting me.Did every toystore in Boston close down...

Tags: photograph, Bostonian, Free Publicty, LiteBrite, marketing

Discussion threads 2007-02-01

French parliament dumping Windows for Linux

French parliament dumping Windows for LinuxUhhhh........yes.(an obvious response to an obvious rhetorical question - moral cowardice is an excuse for a weak mind)Wow. Joe, that was so...Stupid? It's quite obvious that you are are just mindlessly repeating that which your democratic leaders have instructed you to, so how "france surrendering"...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, French Parliament, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-11-27

Voting electronically? Be very afraid!

Voting electronically? Be very afraid!Guess you haven't seen this yethttp://www.boingboing.net/2006/10/09/video_testimony_of_v.htmlHere's video of Clint Curtis, a former programmer for Yang Enterprises YEI in Florida, testifying under oath that Representative Tom Feeney asked him to write a voting machine program to rig elections. Feeney is Republican Congressman who was the Speaker...

Tags: Corporate communications, Databases, Database Security, Representative Tom Feeney, Windley, voter, database

Discussion threads 2006-10-10

Latest update on Negroponte's $100 laptop

Latest update on Negroponte's $100 laptopWell no kidding...Even people in the states for young kids Depending on exactly what it can do could purchase a 100 dollar laptop vs a base 500 dollar one. Makes HP, Compaq, Dell etc lose the clientèle they are looking to get. This isn't just...

Tags: INTERNET, PRODUCTIVITY, computer, laptop computer, $100 laptop

Discussion threads 2006-09-19

Lieberman redux and raising your Web presence: You get the hosting you pay for

Lieberman redux and raising your Web presence: You get the hosting you pay forMessage has been deleted.Link to AppSite is wrongShould be http://www.appsitehosting.com/Otherwise, excellent post!I've said it before & I'll say it again...Self host. End of story. My hosted services (WWW, FTP, etc.) are too critical to put in the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Lieberman Software Corp, server, Linux

Discussion threads 2006-09-06

2ò0of large US companies have fired employees for inappropriate blogging

2ò0of large US companies have fired employees for inappropriate bloggingAin't freedom of speech a bitch?It only gets worse when you try to curtail it.Curiously enoughThere was a bit on 60 Minutes this past weekend about this point. Employees in America have few protections. In the majority of states,...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, FOS, network, blogging

Discussion threads 2006-07-20

Senate deals blow to Net neutrality

Senate deals blow to Net neutralitySurpriseWe now have a full fledged corporate government. Our represenatitve republic is dead. Senators and Representatives are nothing more than handsomely rewarded tools of the corporations with the most money and influence.They did manage to keep the Broadcast Flag AmenedmentSo not only did they remove...

Tags: Google Inc., Net Neutrality, U.S. Senate

Discussion threads 2006-06-28

Drones over Los Angeles

Drones over Los Angelesprison planetThe neo-cons are taking over. They staged the biggest terrorists attack in history. They listen in patriot act, they lie, they steal, and now they will watch from the sky like birds of the NEW WORLD ORDER!!drone safariHey these things will be more fun...

Tags: neo-con, Drone, voter registration

Discussion threads 2006-06-18

Congress may consider mandatory ISP snooping

Congress may consider mandatory ISP snoopingPower hungry maggots ...[b][i]In 2001[/i][/b] ... [i]Duh'bya flipped on that issue faster than I can flip the bird at him.[/i]It takes you 5 years to flip the bird?!?Would those supporting or opposing Bush's stance change their opinion if it was Clinton instead? If so,...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), SECURITY, U.S. Congress, Internet Service Provider, maggot, privacy

Discussion threads 2006-04-28

Why Americans are technology, political, and educational laggards and how it will doom them

The other day, via CNET Networks' internal email system, fellow ZDNet blogger and TechRepublic technical director George Ou sounded an alarm about an urgent online banking issue he came across on the Web site for the SANS Institute. It probably didn't get the attention it should have. Ou...

Tags: bank, authenticator

Blog posts 2006-04-28

Kerry chides Bush administration on broadband

Kerry chides Bush administration on broadbandEarth to DemocratsGeorge Bush is not running for office in 2008. Stop campaigning against him.Umm, given all Bush's problems, Broadbandway, way down the list...Is anybody thinking straight???I hate to tell you all this, but not everything is Bushs' fault. I find it amazing how he...

Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Shrub, Kerry, broadband, Bush Administration

Discussion threads 2006-03-14