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How to alienate your government customers 101?: Sooner or later, it was bound to happen. Some tech media outlet would send one of its bloodhounds on the trail that was left in the wake of Massachusetts decision to standardize on the OpenDocument Format ODFfor the archival and retrieval of productivity documents (word processing, spreadsheets, etc.) to see...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Government, Software Infrastructure, Open Source, General; Blog posts 2006-12-05
Another Massachusetts CIO bites the dust (that's two down in a year): News.coms Martin Lamonica: The chief information officer of Massachusetts is stepping down, complaining about a lack of funding for the commonwealths technology initiatives. Louis Gutierrez on Tuesday sent his letter of resignation to the states secretary of administration and finance, Thomas Trimarco. The letter blasts the...; Tags: Louis Gutierrez, OpenDocument Format; Blog posts 2006-10-04

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Is open source hurt by piracy?: Louis Suarez-Potts, who is community manager for Open Office, suggested that many users disdain open source because they can get proprietary titles "for free." by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Open Source, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tap: Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tapWinner if they don't sacrifice qualityThis move would be a winner as long as Apple doesn't sacrifice quality. If they lower prices by making lower quality products, game over. If they just shave off price overhead, that's great. If they...; Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, notebook; Discussion threads 2008-07-22
Judge: eBay not responsible for counterfeits.: The city of New York should be letting out a big sigh of relief right about now. On Monday, a federal judge cleared online auction site eBay from any wrongdoing in a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by upscale jeweler Tiffany & Co. I bring New York into...; Tags: Brand, Tiffany & Co. Inc., eBay Inc., Branding, Marketing, sdiaz; Blog posts 2008-07-15

YouTube vs. Viacom: Google's IP wins; Users lose: Updated: The latest battle in Google's ongoing court battle with Viacom over YouTube copyright infringement is a glass half full or half empty situation. In the half full department, Google scored a legal victory as a judge shot down Viacom requests for the search giant's search code and other critical...; Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., IP, Video, Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-03
Car crash on Wall Street: many injuries and heavy losses: Not since the financial industry did a header off the high board into a mortgage pool filled with bad paper. It's been literally weeks since an American-based business sector looked this sick. I've been trying to keep up with the bloody saga of the Detroit auto makers and...; Tags: Car, Stock, Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Wall, Sales Strategy, Mortgages, Sales Force Management, Construction, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Sales, Finance, Capital Structures, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-06-30
Live Webcast: Email is Critical...and Out of Control!: More than 75% of the average company's intellectual property is contained in email messages and their attachments. As a result, email has quickly become the file server of choice for most of us - and a headache for compliance managers. The value of unified information access to...; Tags: Webcast, Compliance, Coveo Solutions Inc., E-mail, Online Communications; Webcasts 2008-06-19
China says it's incapable of hacking Reps' computers: The folks who brought you the Great Firewall of China and the Golden Shield are wholly incapable of breaking into the cyber-fortress that is the U.S. House of Representatives. So they say. Accused by U.S. Reps Frank Wolf (R-Va.) and Chris Smith (R-NJ) of hacking into their...; Tags: U.S., China, Computer, Productivity, Hacking, Security, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-06-12
SNAF - Securing Networks with ASA Fundamentals: Instantly save $400 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends August 22, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsIn this Authorized Cisco course, you will gain the knowledge and skills needed to configure, maintain, and operate Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security. ...; Tags: Security Appliance, Network, Security Policy, Cisco Systems Inc., Security; Training 2008-06-01
Did Chinese copy unattended U.S. laptop?: Update: This article was corrected to indicate that the laptop in question was government owned and didn't belong to Commerce Sec. Carlos M. Gutierrez, who doesn't carry a laptop. News flash for high-ranking government officials visiting China: You just don't leave your laptop or PDA unattended –...; Tags: Associated Press, Beijing, Laptop Computer, PDAs, Government, Notebooks, Handhelds, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-30
China's cyber-militia behind U.S. blackouts?: Chinese hackers may have been behind power blackouts in Florida and the Northeast, according to a report in the National Journal. The report, penned by Shane Harris for the National Journal, lays out a lengthy case that China has deployed hackers working unofficially and officially for the...; Tags: U.S., China, Blackout, Hacker, Intelligence Official, Takeaway, Government, Hacking, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-30
A robotic chef for your kitchen?: The European Commission has founded a project named 'Co-operative Human Robot Interaction Systems' CHRIS for a cost of €3.65 million. The project, which started in March 2008, will last 4 years. It is based at Bristol Robotics Lab BRL which will work with the University of the West of England...; Tags: Project, CHRIS, Service Robot, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-15
HP's bid for EDS: Opportunity costs loom: The debate around Hewlett-Packard's purchase of Electronic Data Systems follows three primary questions. Is the EDS acquisition another Compaq--a deal that will take years to pay off? Is EDS the right acquisition for HP? Are there other places where HP should spend its money? HP on Tuesday...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Dennis, Tools & Techniques, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Jacques-Louis David Screensaver (exe): The Jacques-Louis David Art Screensaver displays a collection of 45 oil paintings of Jacques-Louis David. The screensaver has options that let you play background music, change the time delay between paintings in seconds, select from a variety of transition effects, and stretch the images to fit the screen. Our screensaver...; Tags: Screensaver, PaintingAll Art Gallery; Software downloads 2008-04-29
UPDATE: $3 billion Census Bureau IT failure: The Census Bureau's $600 million custom-handheld initiative has finally been scrapped. The upshot: the 2010 census will now cost $3 billion more than planned. Guess those pesky handheld computers are a bit too complicated, so it's back to paper and pencil methods. ...; Tags: Information Technology, Translation, Census Bureau, Strategy, Handhelds, Management, Hardware, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-04-05
US Census: The future is paper: So it's not just elections. Seems that paper is the way to go for the national Census, as well. A $600 million contract to Harris Corp. to design and create handheld computers for the census takers is now just yet another government IT fiasco, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, plans to...; Tags: Harris Corp., Government, Handhelds, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-04-04
Dell's grand plan a dud with analysts; Where's the detail?: A two-day Dell powwow with Wall Street this week was largely panned as being short of details. On Wednesday and Thursday Dell met with analysts and disclosed that it would lay off more than the 8,800 it had projected and outlined plans to save about $3 billion...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Analyst, Retail, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Channel Management, Sales Strategy, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Sales, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-04
World's biggest compute job... to be done by pen and paper: The US Census Bureau, which is charged with counting and analyzing the nation's 300 million residents in 2010, has just admitted that its technology is not ready for the job. And what was originally touted to be the first "high-tech count in the nation's history" will still be a highly...; Tags: Job, CNBC, Bureau, Temporary Worker, Handheld Computer, Computer, Handhelds, Productivity, Recruitment & Selection, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-04-03
Freightliner Controls Inventory "Choke Points" With Motorola RFID: Freightliner-Western Star Trucks is the leading heavy-duty truck manufacturer in North America. Like many modern manufacturers, Freightliner faces constant pressure to improve the efficiency and accuracy of its resource handling in order to better control manufacturing costs. The Freightliner management team, headed by Plant Automation Project Manager Louis Fleischer, was...; Tags: Motorola Inc., Freightliner-Western Star Trucks, RFID, Manufacturing, Wireless, Security, Biometrics; Case studies 2008-04-01