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When virtual legal chickens come home to roost

When virtual legal chickens come home to roostJudge orders payment of $5000 virtual dollarsgood at any virtual McDonalds.Pfttt..RE: When virtual legal chickens come home to roostWhat court would actually have jurisdiction? The court where the Second Life servers are? How about where the plantiff is? What if the defendant resides...

Tags: legal chicken, virtual dollar, chicken, Second Life

Discussion threads 2007-11-07

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UK Santas getting gadget training before the holidays

Shopping List for regular readersExcellent idea training: then you can select with confidence from ZDNET bloggers' recommended XMAS gifts:1. Ed Bott: Windows Secrets by Paul Thurrott. You might get a signature on that because Ed is on a world tour fixing Vista PC's one at a time. Oh, you wanted...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, RAID, PRODUCTIVITY, Memory, UK Santas, gadget training, Xmas Gift, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

News to know: Apple; FCC; Azure; Enterprise 2.0

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: Apple: 'Continues to study' Google Voice apps; AT&T: We played no part TechCrunch: The Truth: What's Really...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Enterprise 2.0, Federal Government, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-24

Microsoft Word patent-infringement case: Playing chicken

They will patchand then will try vigorously to render the offending patent invalid.i4i will become the next Eolas: irrelevant but with a lot of money from MS.If you don't infringe, then why do you care to provethe patent is invalid?Because a court does think you infringeDo you know what is...

Tags: Microsoft Word, patent, I4i, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-21

Blacklists vs. whitelists

I hate whitelists. They irritate me no end in educational settings. Of course, they irritate me anywhere, but businesses can do what they want with their networks. In educational settings, though, where a primary goal is or certainly should be to teach students to fully exploit the resources...

Tags: Student, CiPA Filter, Internet, Channel Management, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-04-30

Pirate Bay judge is member of Copyright Association

Pirate Bay judge is member of Copyright Associationthat judge is a joke redo the whole processWith some one impartial and honest.This whole thing is farce is should be seen as is ...... there no legal ground when you judge is before its start already sold to one...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Pirate Bay, Copyright Association, RIAA

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

Lawyer claims that Microsoft is "biggest hacker in China"

Lawyer claims that Microsoft is "biggest hacker in China"This is not the right time at all for MS to push the issue. With the globaleconomic crisis especially, MS will not be able to get blood out of a turnip. This will just cause negative nation-wide publicity in China, and you...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., piracy, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-10-22

Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnet

Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnetLike Facebook, MySpace Cares?Cost to much to do it the right way.They might have to hire real systems management and security staff.RE: Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnetSod the DoS - look at the cute little picture of the chick!! So cute! I WANT ONE!I...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, SECURITY, Facebook, botnet, DoS botnet, DOS

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

Wordcamp 2008

In the quiet flats of University of California San Francisco Mission Bay campus, bloggers, thinkers, journalists, developers, and inventors melt together for a full day of lectures and learning. The goal of Wordcamp 2008 is to figure out the future of publishing on the web. ...

Tags: Open Source, Blog, Wordpress, Plug-in, Automattic, Wordcamp, Mullenweg 3:00, BuddyPress, Discovery Channel, Al Upton, ChickSpeak, ScholarPress, Netconcepts, Post Title, Akismet, Virality, Diso, Compliment Spam, Monotone, Prologue, GigaOm Daily, Gigalogue, Comments Screen, Blogging, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-16

The social media corporate identity crisis

The recent "hijacking" of the ExxonMobil brand for Twitter use made a whoosh as the news traveled around the socialsphere. It also brought into view a lot of questions around brand validity and responsibility in terms of social networking. Joel Postman, principal of Socialized, authored this guest piece on the...

Tags: Brand, Social Media, Twitter, Joel Postman, Popeyes Chicken, Q., Branding, Social Networking, Marketing, Online Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-08-06

Technology that powers Olympics on Web at center of lawsuit

Technology that powers Olympics on Web at center of lawsuitFragmentParagraph 3 Sentance 1 is a fragment, its missing the part that we need... what the lawsuit is actually about!Nothing new here folks, move along, move along.This isn't something new here. Microsoft is always infringing on someone elses IP.Are these guys...

Tags: Corporate communications, MS Silverlight, video, patent, lawsuit, Olympic Games, Web, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

McAfee S.P.A.M. experiment and more ridiculous HackerSafe failures

McAfee S.P.A.M. experiment and more ridiculous HackerSafe failuresI get slammed for pronouncing the name wrong, but McAfee is the bestMcAfee is the only true voice on security. I have never once seen a computer with their AV software installed that has be overrun with viruses. If this is...

Tags: SECURITY, McAfee Inc., HackerSafe

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Why is Microsoft sponsoring the Open Source Census?

Why is Microsoft sponsoring the Open Source Census?Microsoft sees RedHat and Novell making...money with open source. They are looking to see if it is a market they can tap into as well. Microsoft would rather make money from Open Source than try to kill it - something they have found...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., open source, Winux

Discussion threads 2008-06-16

Is Microsoft's open systems promise reliable?

Is Microsoft's open systems promise reliable?Threat assessmentYour point on the ever-shifting sands of Microsoft intentions simply underscores one of the basic rules of threat assessments: "assess enemy capabilities, not enemy intentions."In the present instance, that means that the only things that others should count on from Microsoft are the enforceable...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-29

Memo to Microsoft: Put up or shut up on patent claims

Memo to Microsoft: Put up or shut up on patent claimsGlass houses...MS knows their code contains infringed upon IP. They aren't going to open a can of worms that would require them to open source their OS under one of the GPL's.Open source has nothing to worry about.Just close you're...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Network technology, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., patent claim, Put Up, IP

Discussion threads 2008-05-21

Microsoft appeals $1.4 billion EU fine

Microsoft appeals $1.4 billion EU fineExtortion?IIUC the fine is for 'abusing a monopoly position'. All MS have to do is stop the abuse. Simple. If they carry on, or they argue that the abuse is justified, then they will keep getting fined. That will hurt themselves, their customers and their...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-09

Yahoo vs. Microsoft: Thanks for the letter Steve; Now give us more money or get lost

Yahoo on Monday responded to Microsoft's weekend "negotiate or we're launching a proxy war or pulling our offer" love letter. The gist: Increase your offer or get lost. Give credit to Yahoo for sheer moxie (or maybe it's stupidity). But Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can't be happy...

Tags: Transaction, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Stockholder, Value, Proposal, Steve, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-07

Concerned over Apple iPhone's third-party development and deployment model? Yep.

Concerned over Apple iPhone's third-party development and deployment model? Yep.IE input exploit?AVG says that blogs home page uses an IE input exploit and locked the page out.Should we be concerned that you post a link to it?RE: Concerned over Apple iPhone's third-party development and deployment model? Yep.What blog?...

Tags: INTERNET, Blogging, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Digital media, Digital music, Apple Inc., third-party development, Apple iPhone, deployment model, AVG

Discussion threads 2008-03-10

Apple slaps more bandaids on QuickTime

Apple slaps more bandaids on QuickTimeYou are right about being fair, but his lack...of professionalism is showing badly.What's good for the goose...You are correct. I'd like to see some equally snide headlines about Microsoft patching their OS, Applications, browser, legal status, etc.You're being just a little unfair, aren't...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Digital music, SECURITY, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Apple QuickTime

Discussion threads 2007-12-14

The real argument against electronic health records

The real argument against electronic health recordsDo no harmWhen Doctor's make critical care decisions, they are influenced by a variety of things.HMOs influence how Patient treatment is rendered and indirectly outcomes through referral tracking.A Health Care Provider gains 'full exposure' for Malpractice. HMOs staffed by humans have 'limited liability'...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Insurance, punitive damage, e-health, electronic health record

Discussion threads 2007-12-04