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Judge changes her mind: Tenenbaum is liable

Another day, another crazy turn in the Tenenbaum trial. First Joel admits that he downloaded and uploaded a multitude of songs. So the plaintiffs ask for a directed verdict taking the decision away from the jury on the issue of liability and other issues. Yesterday the judge denied the motion,...

Tags: Liability, Jury, Tenenbaum, Ray Beckerman, Strategy, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Computer Hacking and Liability Issues: When Does Liability Attach?

Both federal and state statutes impose criminal liability on hackers for computer crimes, as well as provide civil liability for violations of the statue. But often hackers are difficult to find, are judgment-proof, or both. As victims of hackers look for deep pockets from which to recover damages, they will...

Tags: Liability, Computer Hacking, Hacker, Computer, Hacking, Productivity, Security

White papers 2003-06-03

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Yahoo's dwindling search share: Time to panic?

Typical MicrosoftThis is normal business practice for MS. Partner up with someone, take what they need, then discard them.Ask anyone from RealNetworks how their partnership went.It's about search.Wow, it looks like the volume of search users use the search engine that delivers better results.Google search is better than Bing...

Tags: E-mail, SEARCH, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Bing

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

SEE Finance 0.9.6e (Mac)

SEE Finance is a new personal finance manager for Mac OS X. Whereas many personal financial managers compromise function for form, this software offers comprehensive financial management with an elegant user interface. SEE Finance allows you to track and monitor all your income and expenses quickly and easily. With SEE...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Financial, Income, Scimonoce Software, Financial Accounting, Personal Finance, Finance

Software downloads 2009-11-15

Life insurance may prove difficult to get if you contract H1N1

Insurance company business model:Only sell insurance to those who will not need it and hence not collect.For life insurance, they at least have a case, because it should not be possible to take out a $1M policy the day before you die of cancer.Health CARE however is supposed to be...

Tags: Financial Planning, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Personal finance, payroll solutions, H1N1 flu, insurance, life insurance, health insurance, health care

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

18 truths: The long fail of complexity

Agree *****One of the best distillations of what 'risk' actually is, and why complexity exponentially increases it, I have read.But more to the point takes a realistic, rather than optimistic or pessimistic, view of how to asses it. And correctly acknowledges the 'human' factors involved in both cause, and...

Tags: Strategy, HEALTHCARE, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Happy hardware: tech lobbyist brings home the bacon

Bankrupt USAIn other news, Oboma gives out TRILLIONS of dollarsto other energy vendors with no liability andno need to repay.All of the tax payers will pay with higher taxes,inflation and worthless dollars.China is putting a stop to loaning the USA money.We are in deep, trouble.China is going to own this...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Acer Aspire Revo AR1600-U910H

Typically our challenges with the emergent Nettop category have been that real budget PCs cost just a little bit more and provide a dramatic performance uptick, and similarly priced Netbooks offer equivalent performance with the added benefit of portability. The Aspire Revo 1600's price tag alone answers those issues. ...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Performance management, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Wireless and Mobility, Semiconductors, Acer Inc., wireless networking

Product reviews 2009-10-30

What should open source do in a car?

Engine Management...The owners should be able to tweak the engine management settings.There is no reason I should be forced to stick with the 'safe' mode settings from the factory. Other Ford enthusiasts could tweak their cars and post their engine profiles online and people could adjust their cars engine...

Tags: car, Ford Motor Co., open source

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Carry on blues and the blame game

7mgte is right(sorry, I can't reply to a posting, just the story)It's not like the airline saves any money on fuel if you carry it on, vs. check it. It still has to lug the weight around.Just Wait for the Other Shoe Charge to DropJust wait until the airlines "solve"...

Tags: ATM, Financial services, game

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

How to know when to send your email to the cloud

RE: How to know when to send your email to the cloudEverything you need to know...China Expands Cyberspying in U.S., Report Says http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125616872684400273.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStoriesI'm right with youCorporate data needs to be behind the firewall and under total control of the IT department and the legal departments policies.NeverI would never use the...

Tags: e-mail, Google Inc., e-mail server, server

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

A billion streamed videos per day, $0 in bandwidth costs

Google recently told us that they have reached the one billion videos per day mark, but are still quite tight lipped over the actual cost of the service. It's hard to imagine that streaming a billion videos per day would be cheap -- but in Google's case, some say...

Tags: Google Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Network Technology, Marketing, Networking, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Microsoft exposes Firefox users to drive-by malware downloads

is this a part of - framework assistantI am using Firefox 3.5.3 and it has".net framework assistant 1.0" disabled,claiming that is not compatible with thisversion of the browser.what makes this different from the ?Windows Presentation Foundation"that was not disabled until i did it my self ?is one or both the...

Tags: Web browsers, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Linux Distro, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, Google Chrome, plug-in, malware, Google Inc., security, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

PayWindow 2009 Payroll System 7.0 build 7.0.39 (Windows)

Pay by any pay period; hourly, salaried, commissioned, non-employee workers; prints Checks, 941, W2s, 1099-MISC forms and reports galore! Built-in data backup and restore with file compression. You can pay an employee in as little as three clicks of the mouse! Password protection. 20 years of experience make this the...

Tags: Accounting, Payroll, Microsoft Windows, Worker, Operational Accounting, Payroll Solutions, Taxes, Finance, Financial Planning

Software downloads 2009-10-06

IBM targets Google Apps for business, undercuts pricing and touts reliability

Good newsWhile I'm not a big fan of IBM due to the usual cost associated with their offerings, I like their products overall and the fact that IBM is one of if not the largest proponent of open source software. I've used Lotus Notes and found it not as...

Tags: cloud computing, E-mail servers, pricing strategy, Premier Edition, Louts Notes, Google Inc., Google Apps, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

RollerFlash (for 4.7+) (Mobile)

Generates flashing lights that remind of these vehicles:Police: International two alternating blue lightsPolice: New York ''76 (blue, white & red)Police: Ann Arbor ''88 (blue double-strobe)Police: Pull-over (alternating headlights w/ blue strobes)Police: Millennium (complex multiple blue & white strobes)Ambulance (red & white quickly-repeating & alternating)Fire Truck (like light from multiple rotating...

Tags: Mobile, Light, lsPhone, Engineering, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-02

RollerFlash (for 4.2.1-4.6.x) (Mobile)

Generates flashing lights that remind of these vehicles:Police: International two alternating blue lightsPolice: New York ''76 (blue, white & red)Police: Ann Arbor ''88 (blue double-strobe)Police: Pull-over (alternating headlights w/ blue strobes)Police: Millennium (complex multiple blue & white strobes)Ambulance (red & white quickly-repeating & alternating)Fire Truck (like light from multiple rotating...

Tags: Mobile, Light, lsPhone, Engineering, Handhelds, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-02

Google Chrome update doesn't remove older, vulnerable version

But how would an attacker cause the vulnerable code to execute?Frankly, this seems to be a minor issue. If you are launching Chrome you will launch the latest version. The older version is just cruft. I don't see any scenario where you inadvertently or an attacker can execute the older...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, SECURITY, IE8, Chrome, Google Chrome, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

X-Driven DRS-1100 Drive Recorder

Short of a simple rear-end collision, liability in car accidents can be difficult to prove. However, a new breed of products eliminates some of the confusion by recording video and GPS data to show what actually happened. The X-Driven DRS-1100 Drive Recorder is such a product. it constantly records driving...

Tags: Corporate communications, X-Driven DRS-1100, car, cable, software

Product reviews 2009-09-29

Ivy League students: Kindle DX a 'poor excuse of an academic tool'

Ain't no substitute ...... for a genuine, old-fashioned, annotated book.Yet...This is just round one.But this also demonstrates the liability of a closed architecture. If this were an open platform (not necessarily F/OSS, but at least one that allowed for modifications to the software) you can bet there would be countless...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Ivy League, Kindle DX, tool

Discussion threads 2009-09-28