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High Legislative Body Promotes Information Security and Efficiency

Taiwan's highest legislative body, the Legislative Yuan seats 113 legislators supported by 4,000 assistants, administrative personnel, and service employees. The legislators and their staffs rely on IT systems, including the Windows XP operating system, to meet the public interest, provide critical services, and promote legislative efficiency. To safeguard sensitive information,...

Tags: Information Security, Legislator, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Security, Software

Case studies 2008-12-02

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Speed cameras give no license to kill

Some applications of technology just seem to get under people's skin, in a big way. One of them is cameras on streets and highways aimed at license plates. Go even one mile over the speed limit goes the fear and you might find a ticket in your...

Tags: Radar, Camera, Speed Camera, Assailant, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-04-27

Texas Democrats push ODF standard

Texas Democrats push ODF standardMS view is anti-competitive when using an open standard Bet they would not say that if the bill supported their format.the bill is supported by smart TexansTexas gave us some of the best people in the nation.It is no surprise that astute people from there see...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, open standard, Microsoft Corp., ISO, docx

Discussion threads 2009-03-19

Legislator wants to smudge online maps

Legislator wants to smudge online mapsBlurry bitsIf they did blur some of the map bits. I wonder how long it would be before somebody noticed that all the blurry bits looked a lot like little targets that were already identified and then of course the images would have to be...

Tags: online map, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-03-03

Legislator wants to smudge online maps

California legislator wants to require online maps blur soft targets, including schools. by Richard Koman

Tags: Google Inc., Image, Twitter, Terrorist Attack, Communications Infrastructure, Corporate Insurance, Homeland Security, Business Security, Business Operations, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-03

PLA - Plain Language Analysis Tool 1.2 (Windows)

PLA lets you analyze any document you can imagine to first make it clear, concise and unambiguous using the Plain Language technique and second analyze it for major themes. If you are able to use an Internet search engine you are able to use PLA. So children can use it...

Tags: Analysis Tool, Document, Analysis, CassBeth, PLA, Search, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-10-23

LAT - Legislative Analysis Tool 1.2 (Windows)

The Legislative Analysis Tool LAT lets you analyze legislation allowing quantitative consistent comparisons of different struggles and arguments. LAT is for every legislator, government representative, teacher, student, professor, college student, and you. If you can use an Internet search engine you can use LAT. So children can use it in...

Tags: Analysis Tool, History, Analysis, CassBeth, Legislative Analysis Tool, Search, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-10-23

All signs point to state senator's son as Palin 'hacker'

All signs point to state senator's son as Palin 'hacker'Cracker is the term people are looking for.Though script kiddie would be more applicable.RE: All signs point to state senator's son as Palin 'hacker'I saw this information on www.michellemalkin.com and a few other blogs. Nothing in the main stream left wing...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Palin, hacker, knowledge, Cracker

Discussion threads 2008-09-19

Can a case be made against the Palin e-mail hacker?

It's probably only a matter of time before the feds arrest the kid who allegedly hacked into Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account. If the news reports are true, it looks like fingers are pointing to the 20-year-old son of a Democratic state legislator in Tennessee. But, here's...

Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Service Component Architecture, U.S. Department Of Justice, Hacker, E-mail, Online Communications, Storage, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-09-19

Are we seeing a serious greening of Colorado? Sure seems that way.

Are we seeing a serious greening of Colorado? Sure seems that way.Yep, going green allrightIt's called moss growing over all the abandoned homes and industry as Colorado slips into economic depression.The question now becomes how much misery will Americans allow greens to foist upon us until we've finally had...

Tags: serious greening, Microsoft Excel

Discussion threads 2008-08-26

McCain's copyright problem: oh, the hypocrisy

McCain's copyright problem: oh, the hypocrisyAnother hit job on McCainLooks like another leftist hit job on McCain to me. Too bad McCain is going to win anyway! :-)RE: McCain's copyright problem: oh, the hypocrisyThis is just petty politics on Browne's part. This bleeding heart liberal would not have said a...

Tags: hypocrisy, copyright problem, John McCain

Discussion threads 2008-08-15

TeachStreet: Starting something big in lots of little places

TeachStreet's launch of a Portland, Oregon, version of its teacher-student connection services has a lot to teach us about the evolution of Web services. The service, which lets students search for local teachers and teachers to offer classes to local and national student audiences, is where education is going: Toward...

Tags: Education, Advertisement, Class, Teacher, Seattle, TeachStreet, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-08-04

European telcos squeal: should we care?

European telcos squeal: should we care?Dennis is a true European!His blog makes it perfectly clear. He talks about the "charges we're forced to pay by telecoms operators" sic when traveling internationally. That verbiage could have come right out of Brussels. Who is forcing Dennis to pay those charges? Nobody! If...

Tags: Government, Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Regulations, Dennis, telecommunications company

Discussion threads 2008-07-15

Text messages bust mayor for adultery, perjury

If this was not already clear, the message is coming through loud and clear today. If you're the mayor of a major American city or, say, his chief of staff ... if you're a public employee using government-supplied computers, pagers, cellphones, cybersex is just a bad idea. In...

Tags: Message, City, Kirkpatrick, Gender And Diversity, Instant Messaging, Human Resources, Internet, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-01-25

Face it: Your health records will one day be a matter of public record

Face it: Your health records will one day be a matter of public recordWay too verboses/health data/data/As our government keeps telling us, privacy is an obsolete concept. Get used to it.What village idiot takes this stuff home?There has been a lot of data lost because some village idiot takes...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, health record, FACE IT, public record, medical record

Discussion threads 2007-11-26

Obama outlines federal CTO position; Where's the power?

Barack Obama unveiled plans for a chief technology officer, support for Net neutrality, improving education, next-generation broadband networks and more research spending. Oh yeah, and there will be more open government and feds using wikis and blogs. This agenda, outlined in this PDF, makes for good fodder....

Tags: CIO, Agency, Information Technology, Chief Technology Officer, News, Reality, Barack Obama, Government, Vertical Industries, Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-11-14

The Koran (Al-Qur'an) (Mobile)

A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of ZealeThe Koran (Al-Qur'an)by George SaleExcerpt:MY LORD,NOTWITHSTANDING the great honour and respect generally and deservedly paid to the memories of those who have founded states, or obliged a people by the institution of laws which have made them prosperous and...

Tags: Mobile, Religion, Blackberrybooks, Flash Memory, Handhelds, E-books, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2007-10-30

The Koran (Al-Qur'an) 1.0 (Mobile)

A Coal From The Altar, To Kindle The Holy Fire of ZealeThe Koran (Al-Qur'an)by George SaleExcerpt:MY LORD,NOTWITHSTANDING the great honour and respect generally and deservedly paid to the memories of those who have founded states, or obliged a people by the institution of laws which have made them prosperous and...

Tags: Mobile, Law, Religion, Blackberrybooks, Flash Memory, E-books, Handhelds, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing

Software downloads 2007-09-27

When in 'Roam' (or Brussels), elites protect their own

When in 'Roam' or Brussels, elites protect their ownNot much to add, exceptthat as a user, I get immensely annoyed at the cost. And its for this reason that I will rarely use my phone overseas.There is also a sense of frustration, because as much as I would LIKE to...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, European Parliament, elite, phone, mobile

Discussion threads 2007-09-21

Bill would prevent states from blocking local Wi-Fi networks

As the battle between open access and corporate control rages on in a number of contexts (net neutrality, long-distance spectrum) U.S. Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., has introduced a bill to keep states from putting up barriers to public broadband networks, reports Top Tech NewsBoucher says the Internet is not a...

Tags: State &, Local Govt, Municipal broadband

Blog posts 2007-07-18