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PlayStation-based kiddie porn. What next?

PlayStation-based kiddie porn. What next?Considering the wretched depravity on this Earth...it's a wonder why it didn't happen sooner. This slimebag deserves all that the justice system can level upon his sorry self. Tagged for life...he's definitely earned it.Change the rulesPersonally, I would like the pleasure of altering him to an...

Tags: Game players, Sony Playstation

Discussion threads 2009-03-14

COPA suffers another blow

InformationWeek is reporting on the latest blow to the Child Online Protection Act, or COPA. COPA imposes heavy fines on libraries and schools among other institutions that fail to prevent children from "content harmful to minors." If you're asking just what constitutes "harmful to minors", so...

Tags: Child Online Protection Act, Minor, Regulations, Government, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Web profile no defense to statutory rape

Honest belief that a female is over 18 is generally a defense to a statutory rap charge, but apparently relying on someone's web profile is not enough. Ars Technica reports that a federal judge threw out a suit by a man who sued SexSearch.com, an X-rated personals service. "John...

Tags: Web, Minor, Communications Decency Act, SexSearch.com, John Doe, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-08-30

Good intentions aside, lawmakers are stymied by kids who lie about their ages

The Web is a lawless country. Try as politicians might, they just cant put regulations that really work to keep pedophiles and other ner-do-wells from contacting minors on MySpace - because they they havent found a way to keep minors from lying about their ages. The New York Times...

Tags: State &, Local Govt, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-05-07

Proposal for new Internet laws in MN

Minnesota Attorney General-elect Lori Swanson wants to update the states criminal code to deal more effectively with Internet offenses. Swanson released a package of proposals, ranging from a new felony for adults who sexually engage minors online to a requirement that school districts have cyber-bullying policies. "Were updating...

Tags: State &, Local Govt, Law enforcement, Government technology, minor

Blog posts 2006-12-29

Police blotter: Florida judges target Net sex

Police blotter: Florida judges target Net sexI hope the same standards apply to any medium.While no TV show has characters encouraging children to have sex with them, the viewers get the next best thing! Every other word bleeped out with near-graphic detail of two people honkin' their horns. ...

Tags: Instant messaging, Government, IM, e-mail, minor, Web

Discussion threads 2006-11-17

Banning violent games unconstitutional

The makers of violent video games such as Doom, Wolfenstein 3D or Mortal Kombat must be jumping for their joysticks, as a U.S. District Court ruled that states have no right to bar distribution of materials simply because they show violent behavior, reports Associated Press. U.S. District Judge...

Tags: game, video, video game

Blog posts 2006-08-28

Yahoo Messenger gets plug-ins

Yahoo Messenger gets plug-insYahoo is focusing on the wrong thing....Yahoo should focus on its messenger as a whole, to get it BETTER. Not fill it with spamwaretm and crapwaretm. I'm so sick and tired of bulked up messengers. Or better yet, clean out all the fake 'p0rn'...

Tags: Mac Client, minor, Yahoo! Inc., porn bot, Yahoo IM, plug-in

Discussion threads 2006-06-19

From Minor to major...

We've entered the "practical phase" of Web services, says Halsey Minor, CEO of Grand Central in a recent interview with Business Week. "The first phase was a bunch of people designing a whole bunch of standards -- primarily those were a bunch of computer scientists. Now people are getting practical...

Tags: Minor, Grand Central, Halsey Minor

Blog posts 2005-02-16

Speed wins at Owens and Minor

"If you want to have more flexible, adaptive business processes, move your IT applications to SOA," says Meta Group analyst Janelle Hill in a new article in Intelligent Enterprise that profiles some SOA success stories.One of the companies profiled in Michael Voelker's excellent piece is Glen Allen, VA-based Owens &...

Tags: Owens, Minor, Owens & Minor

Blog posts 2005-02-11

Additional Resources

Ten Unsung Windows Server 2008 R2 Features

For the past few months, Microsoft has been touting the same handful of new Windows Server 2008 R2 features: DirectAccess, BranchCache and live migration with Hyper-V. But there are more than 100 new features in this 'minor' update to Windows Server. Here are 10 that IT pros might not know...

Tags: BranchCache, MIcrosoft Windows Server 2008 R2 IT pros, Mary Jo Foley

Image galleries 2009-11-09

10 ways to evaluate your IT management software

Does your helpdesk work for you or do you work for your helpdesk? Saar Bitner of SysAid Technologies tells how to manage you IT management software. Commentary - Choosing the right IT management software solution is a strategic decision that requires the careful planning and consideration of every IT...

Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, Software Solution, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management, IT management, software, Saar Bitner SysAid Technologies, Special to ZDNet, Saar Bitner SysAid Technologies, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-05

A British look at global warming denial

Need to use facts and make them real, not tenuous 'proofs'A lot of the debate seems to be centred around personalities and their need for acknowledgement of 'their' ideas.'I know because I am a scientist' means nothing, because to most, 'science' is just opinion, like history. It is often shrouded...

Tags: global warming

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Q3 09 Canalys smartphone data shows RIM increasing 40% over 2008

Canalys posted their 3rd quarter 2009 figures and as you can RIM had an amazing year going from 15.2% to 20.6% of the global market share (an increase of 40.8%). A bit surprisingly to me, Nokia actually saw a 6% increase in its market share too while Apple predictibly increased...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone, Market Share, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-11-04

LG 60PS80

Photo gallery: LG PS80 seriesWhen it was announced at CES 2009, the LG PS80 series of plasma TVs earned one of our three nominations for Best of CES in the TV category. We've already reviewed the other two sets--Panasonic's G10 plasmas and Vizio's VF551XVT LED-based LCD--and both scored...

Tags: TVs, Monitors & displays, LG Electronics Inc., LG PS80

Product reviews 2009-11-02

LG 50PS80

Photo gallery: LG PS80 seriesWhen it was announced at CES 2009, the LG PS80 series of plasma TVs earned one of our three nominations for Best of CES in the TV category. We've already reviewed the other two sets--Panasonic's G10 plasmas and Vizio's VF551XVT LED-based LCD--and both scored...

Tags: TVs, Monitors & displays, LG Electronics Inc., LG PS80

Product reviews 2009-11-02

Analyst: Big on Motorola, Android; no love for RIM, Palm

To Stay in Business,eventually they will turn to Android.The SAME WAY did HTC and MOTOROLA.and IT will not Take Long!RE: Analyst: Big on Motorola, Android; no love for RIM, PalmRIM forever!droid is cool, but read the comments on the original article.this guy is probably waaaay off.IT Analysts are kind of...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Investment, Handhelds, droid, IT-Analysts, Motorola Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Palm Inc., phone, Pre, v60

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Yes, based on Mac history, Windows 7.5 will suck less

Ummmm..."Windows 1: Shipped in 1985 and nobody cared.Windows 2: Shipped in 1987 and few cared.Windows 3: Came out in 1990 and PC users cared, especially with Windows 3.1 in 1992 (And I include here the introduction of Windows NT, which I believe was given a 3.x number.)Windows 4: Windows 95....

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Windows 7.5, Mac history, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-11-01

Holiday Gift Guide 2009: Laptop computers

This year the laptop list was a tough assignment for several reasons. First, the emergence of a new class of ultra-thin laptops--spawned by lower-cost processors from Intel and AMD--has made things more complicated. Second, there's a fresh crop of Windows 7 laptops, and...

Tags: Processor, Hard Drive, Performance, Apple MacBook, Memory, Graphics, Laptop Computer, Netbook, Computer, Intel Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Compaq CQ61z, Timeline 1810T, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-11-01

Corner of Bar vs Corner of Library: The Twitter Conundrum

On the eve of a couple of international Enterprise 2.0 Conferences, I'm revisiting in this post a core concept about the fundamental dichotomy of behavioral patterns around marketing people and business operations people. As a general rule the people running the strategy and...

Tags: Twitter Inc., Marketing Research, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-01