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Senatorial sex life and the wild salmon: another fish story

What do an airport bathroom in Minnesota, Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) and the wild salmon have in common? The future of each depends on what may have happened in that airport bathroom and what that means for the Idaho Senator's political clout in Washington D.C. Already...

Tags: Minnesota, River, Airport, U.S. Senate, Conservation, Larry Craig, Federal Government, Regulations, Government, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-09-29

Gay blogger has a little list - and Larry Craig's not the only one on it

Gay blogger has a little list - and Larry Craig's not the only one on itI think he's got it righrt...I read his story and he says, [i]"If you're a closeted Democrat or Republican and you don't bash gays or vote against gay rights to gain political points, I won't...

Tags: Blogging, Larry Craig, gay blogger

Discussion threads 2007-09-06

Gay blogger has a little list - and Larry Craig's not the only one on it

In Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado," the Lord High Executioner had a little list of people who should be done away with. Among the offenders: The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own; And the...

Tags: Senator, Media, Idaho, Blogger, Gay Blogger, Rogers, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-09-05

Additional Resources

New LoroBot ransomware encrypts files, demands $100 for decryption

You forgot to mention....which OSs it affects! Or is it based on something multi-platform like Java?Look at the bigger size version of the screenshot, it's all in thereA lot of russian characters and...YES, you guessed it right, the word "windows" prominently displayed in red in the title.Who would ever thought...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, LoroBot, decryption, malware

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Wireless: Examining the race to the bottom

The wireless industry is facing quite a conundrum: Subscriber growth is faster than the relatively pokey video business, but revenue per subscriber is falling. Toss in the movement by Apple, Google and others to make wireless carriers mere dumb pipes and there's turbulence ahead. ...

Tags: Industry, Video, Cable, Wireless, Wireless Industry, Craig Moffett, Tracfone, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-24

Microsoft's Project Natal for business: In your dreams

Natural user interfaces will be big. Anyone that sees Microsoft's Project Natal demo comes away impressed. Once Microsoft execs try to extend that to the business world you can't help but snicker. That clunky transition from the Xbox to the business world was in plain view at...

Tags: Environment, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Business World, Mundie, Game Players, Microsoft Project, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Jobs: Catch the App Store if you can

Apple CEO Steve Jobs had a simple message for all the App Store rivals trying to emulate the iPhone maker's model: Good luck catching us. Apple marked the first birthday of its App Store and noted the following about what is becoming a business model moat in...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Job, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Wireless, Smart Phones, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-14

Analyst: Forget the Feds, Apple is 'doing just fine at wrecking the wireless business'

Analyst: Forget the Feds, Apple is 'doing just fine at wrecking the wireless business'that's like SAP "wrecked" outsourcing...while I agree the govt inquiry may come to nothing, Moffat's argument is ingenious. By agreeing to a locked SIM, allowing AT&T to continue to play games with 3rd party apps like Skype...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Apple Inc., wireless business, wireless

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

Analyst: Forget the Feds, Apple is 'doing just fine at wrecking the wireless business'

The Feds have been examining exclusive wireless carrier deals with handset makers---think AT&T and Apple---but the effort is a bit of a farce. Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett says it's laughable that the wireless industry is anticompetitive and the Feds don't have to worry about wrecking the wireless industry---Apple already has....

Tags: Apple iPhone, Network, Handset, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Wireless, Customer Loyalty, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-13

WWDC 2009: Apple previews Safari 4 [video]

At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, the company's VP of Mac OS engineering, Craig Federighi, shows off improved features of Safari 4, including faster display speeds and full history search. [video=310097] by Larry Dignan

Tags: Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Video, Apple Mac OS, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-08

WWDC 2009: Apple highlights Snow Leopard features [video]

At Apple's WWDC in San Francisco, the company's SVP of Mac OS engineering, Craig Federighi, demos the Snow Leopard version of the operating system. For current Leopard users, the new OS--due in September--will be upgradable for $29. [video=309840] by Larry Dignan

Tags: Operating System, Apple Inc., Video, Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-08

The coming wireline business implosion (and how you'll wind up paying for it)

Is the wired telecom business just as doomed as beleaguered automakers like GM and Chrysler and the newspaper industry? It's quite possible a few years down the line. And this wireline fallout will have ramifications well beyond the usual suspects such as AT&T and Verizon. Simply put, cutting the...

Tags: Bailout, Business, Craig Moffett, Finance, Financial Planning, Free Trade, Larry Dignan, Network, Networking, Personal Finance, Phone, Taxes, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Telecommunications Company, Telephony, Verizon Communications Inc., Wireline

Blog posts 2009-05-18

Obama counts Mundie, Schmidt, hedge fund founder Shaw as tech advisors

President Obama named Microsoft research chief Craig Mundie and Google CEO Eric Schmidt to his panel of science and technology advisors along with a few other notable characters. The full name of this panel is the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology PCAST and the goal is...

Tags: Eric Schmidt, Barack Obama, Hedge Fund, Advisor, William Press, David E. Shaw, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-27

Newspapers as non-profits? Not a bad idea

If President Obama can argue that AIG going bankrupt would have led to a collapse of the whole financial system and, therefore, was worthy of government assistance, then there's also a valid argument that newspapers, carrying out their roles as watchdogs of government, are worthy of some help from Washington,...

Tags: Newspaper, Government, Corporate Governance, Advertising & Promotion, Vertical Industries, Taxes, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Financial Planning, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-03-24

Wireless data caps: Are usage based pricing schemes here to stay?

Wireless data providers--notably AT&T and Verizon--have capped their wireless data plans at 5GB per month. In the billing statements that cap is pretty clear, but the ramifications of exceeding them aren't as obvious. In a research note dubbed “Free” Just Ain’t What it Used to Be, the...

Tags: Network, Video, Pricing Strategy, Wireless, Craig Moffett, Wayne Burdick, Definition Movie, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-10

Clearwire names new CEO to oversee Wimax expansion

Clearwire on Monday named William Morrow, a Vodafone and AirTouch veteran, as CEO replacing current chief Benjamin Wolff, who will become co-chairman. In a statement, Clearwire founder Craig McCaw said Morrow will bring "a great perspective on achieving operating efficiencies and enhancing value creation to profitably build and scale...

Tags: Vodafone Group Plc., Clearwire Corp., WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-09

Web video isn't killing cable subs...yet

To hear the prognosticators and media tell it, cable subscriptions are being supplanted for video services like Hulu. A recession, free Web video and cable costs add up big problems for cable providers. The reality may be very different, says Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett. ...

Tags: Internet Video, Video, Craig Moffett, Cable, Corporate Communications, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Marketing, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-23

Seagate launches enterprise drives as it retools

Seagate on Monday announced a new lineup of enterprise storage drives that aim to cut power consumption. Seagate's latest additions to its Constellation family of enterprise drives come just as units have plunged in its fiscal second quarter. The company is rolling out two new drive models,...

Tags: Enterprise Storage, Seagate Technology LLC, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-02

SaaS battlegrounds: Salesforce v Zoho

When Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff put on his jocular performance for the analysts and press at Dreamforce yesterday, I'm sure he didn't expect little ol' Zoho to come bite him in the pants. That's exactly what's happened. According to Venture Beat's Anthony Ha: Salesforce.com’s strategy can...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Marc Benioff, Zoho, Force.com, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-11-04

Zoho Marketplace: awesome

Awesome is not a word I use often but when I saw Zoho Marketplace, the sound of my jaw hitting the desk was audible in the next street. What better way to get its collection of services working as the hub for other services that might build from Zoho products?...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Marketplace, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-09-30