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- McConnell admits telecoms helped NSA
- McConnell admits telecoms helped NSAIT IS STILL ILLEGALTo simply target innocent AMERICAN CITIZENS is a crime - this vast dragnet or fishing expedition yeilded no PRODUCTIVE RESULTSit COST THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS' in more ways then one...Our so-called INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY should be able 2 do their job without circumventing the system...
- Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, telecommunications, McConnell
- Discussion threads 2007-08-27
- McConnell admits telecoms helped NSA
- Telecoms. The Bush administration couldn't have conducted warrantless surveillance without them. Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell admitted as much in an interview this week, The Washington Post reports."[U]nder the president's program, the terrorist surveillance program, the private sector had assisted us," Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell said in...
- Tags: Administration, Government, Telecommunications, Secret, Suit, McConnell, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-08-26
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- Intel's quarterly checkup: Worries abound
- Intel reports its fourth quarter results on Tuesday and the consensus seems to be that first quarter targets are going to come down amid slowing PC demand and higher inventory levels. For the record, Wall Street is expecting Intel earnings of 40 cents a share for the...
- Tags: Notebook, Intel Corp., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Desktops, Sales, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-15
- Spy czar urges extension of warrantless wiretap law
- Spy czar urges extension of warrantless wiretap lawI swearSome day there will be a tombstone with a crescent and star over it that will read the following:Here lies the United States. Death by suicide.RE: Spy czar urges extension of warrantless wiretap law‘All that is necessary for the triumph of evil...
- Tags: Nazi, warrantless wiretap law, wiretap law
- Discussion threads 2007-09-18
- Spy agencies look to Facebook for future of intel
- The Directorate of National Intelligence continues to push the social networking envelope for the intelligence community. The Financial Times reports that DNI will launch A-Space, which officials describe as "MySpace for spies." Thomas Fingar, the deputy director of national intelligence for analysis, believes the common workspace will generate better analysis...
- Tags: Social Networking, Facebook, Agency, Intelligence Community, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-08-22
- Bush wants FISA controls relaxed, updated for new technology
- As laid out in a May column in the Washington Post, the Bush Administration wants to update FISA -- the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act -- so that it covers modern technology, eWeek notes.Yes, this is the same FISA law that the Administration flaunted with the NSA warrantless spying...
- Tags: Privacy, Justice, Homeland security
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- Demystify software estimation to achieve better control over your project and meet your project goals
- The primary purpose of software estimation is not to predict a project's outcome, but to determine whether a project's targets are realistic enough to allow the project to be controlled to meet them. Problems arise when the gap between the business targets and the schedule and effort needed...
- Tags: Software, Microsoft Press, Estimate, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Book chapters 2007-06-28
- Do real cops ride Segways?
- It's not exactly "Dirty Harry," but D.C. police officers will look mighty hip on their new Segways. The Washington Post reports that The two-wheeled motorized vehicles can go up to 12.5 mph, which beats an officer on foot patrol by about 8.5 mph. The department is starting with 25 Segways...
- Tags: Law enforcement
- Blog posts 2007-06-01
- Senate finally ready to fund math and science ed
- Complaints of inadequate funding for math and science from everyone from Bill Gates to scientists and school administrators have finally influenced a group of senators to proposed a bill to bolster federal investments in math, science and technology education and research, reports CNET News Senators Majority Leader Harry Reid...
- Tags: Science Ed, Policy, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-03-05
- Microsoft loses top executive in China
- Microsoft loses top executive in ChinaMicrosoft may be able to attract them with Money, but after a while, theyget tired of working for criminals.Microsoft playing the fool...You know, if Microsoft had done a little home work about hiring from China they would have learned that many US compaines have been...
- Tags: Business structures, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Well china, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft LOSES, Chinese Politburo
- Discussion threads 2007-01-12
- O'Reilly announces Tools of Change event for publishers
- File this under signs of the times: Tim OReilly announced on the OReilly Radar blog today that his company will launch a new event, Tools of Change TOC aimed squarely at the publishing industry. I spent the first half of my professional in the dead trees business in one capacity...
- Tags: tool, Tim OReilly, blog, Blogs, Web Apps, Software
- Blog posts 2006-12-06
- How a bill is made: Sausage 2.0
- A new company in Washington, D.C. wants to bring Web 2.0 to government operations, including writing laws, the SF Chronicles Tech Chronicles reports. Government Futures, founded by tech vets Bruce McConnell and Margaret Anderson, is based on the idea that even government can be more efficient with the Internet...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Wiki, Bruce McConnell, Government Futures, government
- Blog posts 2006-11-28
- What's in your (gadget) bag of tricks?
- Im just finishing up packing for the trip to NokiaWorld in Amsterdam and, as Ive been collecting and stowing my gear, it seemed a good time to document my current kit. A number of my gadget-obsessed fellow bloggers have listed their toys and I thought Id chime in on the...
- Tags: Ive, Productivity, Mobility, Hardware, Gadgetry
- Blog posts 2006-11-26
- Metacafe vs. YouTube? Metacafe CEO talks 'The Real Deal' in exclusive interview
- Google’s acquisition of YouTube realigned the online video space.Metacafe is now the “world’s largest independent video site,” according to Arik Czerniak, Co-founder and CEO. I had a lengthy chat with Czerniak yesterday while he was in NewYork City, the “media capital of the world.”Czerniak is based in Israel, where he...
- Tags: Business Models, Media, Advertising, Culture, User-Generated Content, Venture Capital, VC, Social Web, Video, YouTube, Amateur Content, Self-Promotion, TV, Television, The Real Deal, Content, Social Media
- Blog posts 2006-11-04
- Feds approve liberal election rules for Net
- Feds approve liberal election rules for NetThere Are No 'Federal' ElectionsBy Ben DoubleCrossedPlease encourage your Congressman to co-sponsor Representative Roscoe Bartlett's “First Amendment Restoration Act” — HR 46.There are no 'Federal' elections, only elections for federal office held in the states. The Federal Election Commission is not the solution to...
- Tags: Corporate law, Federal Election Commission, Nixon, Newspaper Preservation Act, federal politician
- Discussion threads 2006-03-27
- Visiting IS456 Knowledge Management Systems
- Last night, I had the pleasure of beinga guest speaker/lecturer at DePaul University. My colleague HeatherMcClain, who works in IBM's academic initiative area, introduced me toProfessorAlan Burns last month. Heteaches a class in KnowledgeManagement Systems, and askedme if I could visit the class...
- Tags: IBM Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-02-21
- Chicago, February 16: Customer Evangelism- Customer Loyalty Is Not Enough
- On Thursday, February 16, I'll be participatingin a panel discussion called "Customer Evangelism: Customer LoyaltyIs Not Enough" for the Business Marketing Association of Chicago. The other panelists are: Wes Shepherd, chief executive officer andfounder of Channel Velocity; Ben McConnell, author of Creating CustomerEvangelists; and Andy...
- Tags: Customer Loyalty, Customer
- Blog posts 2006-01-31
- Get up to speed on service level management
- This sample chapter, taken from Cisco Press' Practical Service Level Management: Delivering High-Quality Web-Based Services explains the basic of Service Level Management SLM, which organizations need to remain competitive in the IT environmment. Learn about Service Level Management SLM, which is a key for delivering the services...
- Tags: Chapter, Cisco Systems Inc., Service Level Management, Service Management, It Operations, It service Management
- Book chapters 2005-09-01
- Is anyone standing up for bloggers?
- Is anyone standing up for bloggers?Good question"Wouldn't it have been something if CEO John Chambers had shown more interest in how his company's technology was going to be used?"Does a company have a responsibility, in the absence of government restrictions, to determine how its products will be used, and refuse...
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., exemption, McCain-Feingold
- Discussion threads 2005-01-21
- Can technology close journalism's credibility gap?
- Can technology close journalism's credibility gap?Campaign Reform? / I Call It Fraud!Section 431(9)Bi makes a distinction where there is no real difference: the media is extremely powerful by any measure, a "special interest" by any definition, and heavily engaged in the "issue advocacy" and "independent expenditure" realms of political persuasion...
- Tags: First Amendment, exemption, finance
- Discussion threads 2005-01-18
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