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- Following are axioms that have been made by professionals in the field from time to time about computers and information technology. Look up each one for more details. ...
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- Californians weigh in on new law
- California's hands-free cell phone law is set to take effect Tuesday. On the eve of the change, CNET News.com's Holly Jackson took to the streets of San Francisco to see how consumers feel about the new legislation. Will it make them feel safer on the road?
- Tags: Law, Cell Phone, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, News, cell phones, bluetooth, hands free, traffic, laws, california, freeways, holly jackson
- Videos 2008-07-01
- All about Infocard
- By the end of this month Microsoft's will be releasing a "technical preview" of InfoCard, a new framework for managing identities based on WS-* protocols. Microsoft is also rolling out other related technologies for federation. It's a big deal if the industry can come up with a generally agreed upon,...
- Tags: Identity, Laws
- Blog posts 2005-05-19
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- A toast to online wine
- With old-fashioned liquor laws and complicated shipping procedures, selling or buying wine online has never been easy. But as CNET's Kara Tsuboi explains, it no longer has to be so hard.
- Tags: Wine, News, kara tsuboi, farella winery, online wine, napa valley, amazon.com, americanwinery.com
- Videos 2008-12-01
- Study: Cell phones distract drivers more than passengers do
- According to a new study, it's more distracting to have Paris Hilton's Sidekick in the car than it is to have Paris herself. Sorry, Paris. Cell phones distract car drivers more than talkative passengers -- and hands-free devices don't make for safer driving, according...
- Tags: Car, Phone, Driver, Cell Phone, Telecom & Utilities, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Go, Carts, Go! Trumps "drill, baby, drill."
- Even in oil country folks are turning to electric golf carts for transport. Like in Hobart, Oklahoma. The annual fee: $10. How long before Exxon goes to court to stop this madness? City after city the local laws are being alterd to allow electric,...
- Tags: Cart, Car, Street, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- The verdict: Lori Drew is guilty.
- Lori Drew has been convicted of three misdemeanor counts of computer fraud in the MySpace suicide of young Megan Meiers, 13 when she hung herself. A jury deadlocked on a fourth count of conspiracy but reduced the charges from felony to misdemeanors. Said Tina Meiers, Megan's mother:...
- Tags: Computer Fraud And Abuse Act, Computer Fraud, Computer, Attorney, Lori Drew, Productivity, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Beggars, and no longer choosers
- Detroit, its auto industry and its UAW find themselves facing a whole new era. A Congress that may NOT come across with dollars to keep the Detroit Dinosaurs (that's a management team not an NBA team) playing. And today a new powerful figure in charge of the House...
- Tags: Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Apple dodges antitrust bullet
- A California judge has granted Apple's motion to dismiss Psystar's counterclaims that the company violated antitrust laws by blocking third-parties from selling Mac OS-based systems. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Antitrust, Apple Inc., Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Apple Macintosh, Advertisement, Brand, Counterclaim, Operating System, Psystar, Apple Mac OS, Branding, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- High-tech exec sent space info to China
- The president of a high-tech company with offices in Beijing violated U.S. arms export control laws, he admitted in federal court. Shu Quan-Sheng, 68, a naturalized U.S. citizen, said that from 2003 through 2007 he assisted China with the design and development of a cryogenic fueling system for...
- Tags: U.S., China, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- News to know: Jerry Yang, MLB.com, Mark Cuban, USB 3.0
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Jerry Yang to step down as CEO, back to Chief Yahoo Larry Dignan: With Yang out as Yahoo CEO, Steve Ballmer licks chops ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Jerry Yang, MLB, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, USB, CEO, One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Oh Mamma.com: SEC charges Mark Cuban with insider trading; Cuban responds
- Updated: The Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday that it has charged Mark Cuban with insider trading for selling 600,000 shares of Mamma.com. Specifically, the SEC says that search engine Mamma.com, known today as Copernic, invited Cuban--owner of the Dallas Mavericks and former Yahoo and Broadcast.com exec--to...
- Tags: SEC, Mark Cuban, Mamma.com, PIPE, Investment, Financial Services, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- 11 "Laws of IT Physics"
- These important 11 "Laws," which were presented to Congress, help explain what makes IT projects succeed or fail. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Information Technology, Law, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman, Project, Planning
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Oerlikon Solar sees a shining future despite dark clouds over Wall Street
- Wafer processing equipment and personnel. Courtesy: Oerlikon I blogged about Oerlikon last summer. Now the publicly-traded, Swiss-based company has come out with a new version of its turn-key thin solar panel manufacturing gear. Oerlikon Solar has developed new equipment that promises 50% more...
- Tags: Solar Panel, Tax, Manufacturing, Oerlikon Solar, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Lawsuit filed against NebuAd, ISPs
- Sixteen plaintiffs – and potentially millions more – launched a class-action lawsuit against NebuAd and 26 of its ISP partners in California court, ClickZ reports. The suit claims NebuAd and the ISPs violated privacy and computer security laws. Only six ISPs -- CenturyTel, WOW, CableOne, Embarq, Knology...
- Tags: Computer Security, Lawsuit, Electronic Communication, Internet Service Provider, Computer, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Online Communications, Productivity, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- A Kindroid in every pot?
- A Kindroid in every pot?We need open source text books as well. Text books are still way tooexpensive, and the friction of paying the licenses and keeping track of them would kill this kind of roll-out.Silliest idea everIf you start mixing and matching functions of different devices, you turn it...
- Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Text Book, Electrovaya, Kindroid, pot, tablet
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Expect pretty significant e-waste news this week
- I believe this will be a big week for e-waste news, given the certification news coming on Monday from the Basel Action Network. Hope to jump on that call, if I can rework my schedule. So, quick an eye out for some more posts. Meanwhile, since my...
- Tags: E-waste, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-09
- Black market for zero day vulnerabilities still thriving
- Black market for zero day vulnerabilities still thrivingWhy shouldn't everyone want to make illegal...... the writing and publication of exploits? For any expressed purpose.How long will the idea of goading the software companies prevent people from realizing that the difference between a malign and supposedly useful exploit is the...
- Tags: Black Market, day vulnerability, Canadian Law, exploit
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- Software and business method patents may still be valid
- Software and business method patents may still be validNot meaning to be picky, but...The real questions are:1. Was State Street rightly decided? In other words, are software and business method patents really valid, or did the Federal Circuit call it wrong? I think it's the latter.2. ...
- Tags: Wieder, patent, business method patent, software, U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- My fantasy: Robocall, meet Do Not Call Registry
- My fantasy: Robocall, meet Do Not Call RegistryRobo call registryIt is too bad that politicians continue to exempt themselves from Do Not Call law.StopPoliticalCalls.org is fighting for the privacy of the American voter.1 - Creating a Political Do Not Call Registry 2 - Testifying in the US Senate about robo...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Telecom & Utilities, HERE IS, Do-Not-Call, Do-Not-Call Registry, fantasy, Robocall Privacy Act, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- IBM sues brainiac looking to leap to Apple; Download the docs
- IBM sues brainiac looking to leap to Apple; Download the docsDid he work in or will he work in California?If so, the non-compete is unenforceable. Even if not, he can point to the recent court case in Cali that found non-competes to be unenforceable.RE: IBM sues brainiac looking to leap...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Apple Inc., doc
- Discussion threads 2008-10-31
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