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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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- Learning the programmer's craft
- Learning the programmer's craftPerfectionThe best programmers are perfectionists. The more of a perfectionist you are the better your code is. The rest simply follows, reading books, research, bouncing ideas, all that. And as you said, products like Linux are the diligent effort of many great programmers. ...
- Tags: Development tools, programmer, craft, Learning
- Discussion threads 2008-09-08
- Software Development's Classic Mistakes 2008
- Construx Software's Chief Software Engineer/CEO, Steve McConnell, introduced the concept of software development's classic mistakes in his book Rapid Development. He defined "classic mistakes" as mistakes that have been made so often, by so many people, that the consequences of making these mistakes should be predictable and the mistakes themselves...
- Tags: Software, Construx, Mistake, Construx Software, Software Development, Development Tools, Tools & Techniques, Software/Web Development, Management
- White papers 2008-08-25
- Software Development's Cone of Uncertainty
- Software's Cone of Uncertainty is a model for understanding estimation uncertainty in software projects. Early in a project, specific details of the nature of the software to be built, details of specific requirements, details of the solution, project plan, staffing, and other project variables are unclear. Estimates inherently contain high...
- Tags: Software, Software Development, Construx, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2008-08-25
- Managing Technical Debt
- "Technical Debt" refers to delayed technical work that is incurred when technical short cuts are taken, usually in pursuit of calendar-driven software schedules. Just like financial debt, some technical debts can serve valuable business purposes. Other technical debts are simply counterproductive. The ability to take on debt safely, track debt,...
- Tags: Construx, Debt, Tools & Techniques, Financial Accounting, Management, Finance
- White papers 2008-06-30
- 10 Deadly Sins of Software Estimation
- The average project overruns its planned budget and schedule by almost 100 percent. In practice, little work is done that could truly be called "estimation." Many projects are scheduled using a combination of legitimate business targets and liberal doses of wishful thinking. View this video for a talk from award-winning...
- Tags: Software, Construx, Tools & Techniques, Corporate Communications, Management, Marketing
- Webcasts 2008-06-24
- Business Case for Better Software Practices
- Companies that invest in improved software development practices have found that their investments pay off. Improved software practices offer ROIs of 500%--and significantly more in many cases. The ROI of improved software practices is dramatically higher than the ROIs offered by virtually any other business investment. But only a handful...
- Tags: Business Case, Software, Construx, ROI, Software Practice, Roi/Tco, Tools & Techniques, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management
- White papers 2008-06-01
- CIA: Cyberattack caused multiple-city blackout
- CIA: Cyberattack caused multiple-city blackoutlet me be the first to say......ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!And many don't think it is a real problem!It is like 9/11. Until it happens in the U.S. the reality will continue to be ignored, or dismissed as unlikely.SHENANIGANS!What great timing for "hackers"...
- Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Socialism, CIA, blackout, multiple-city blackout, cyberattack
- Discussion threads 2008-01-22
- Hackers attacking US utilities overseas
- Hackers attacking US utilities overseasVista Server The Solution!Any industry that is not 100% Microsoft from servers to ALL clients is in danger fron hackers!http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.comRE: Hackers attacking US utilities overseasOverseas countries don't have cash to do what's done here, a privite not net system to control grid. It was just convenient...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-01-20
- 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: blog, Blogs, Marc Orchant, O'Reilly, Software, Tim OReilly, tool, Web Apps
- 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
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