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- Judge: Possible 'manifest error of law' in Thomas case
- In a huge break in the Capitol v. Thomas case – in which Jammie Thomas right was hit with a $220,000-plus verdict for copyright infringement – the judge in the case said he may have made a "manifest error of law" in his instructions to the jury. ...
- Tags: Distribution, RIAA, Judge, Mr., Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Does the Kindle have iPod-ish potential?
- Amazon's Kindle may meaningfully contribute to the e-tailer's revenue in a couple of years, according to Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney. Mahaney's take--delivered in a research note outlining the bullish case for Amazon--takes a few leaps Techmeme. Mahaney has little data on the Kindle (just like the rest...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Insurance, Operational Accounting, Financial Planning, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- 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
- Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?
- As expected, billionaire Carl Icahn launched his proxy war to turn over Yahoo's board of directors and one of his nominees is Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo and then took those funds to buy the Dallas Mavericks. Just for entertainment value I may buy a...
- Tags: Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Chairman, Mr., Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Director, Yahoo Shareholder, Bebchuk, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- 100% Free 500 Card Game for Windows (exe)
- Discover this exciting blend of spades and euchre. Five Hundred is the national card game of Australia-- and a nation of people can't be wrong. Vivid graphics enhance game play across five skill levels. Whether you're an expert or a beginner, our endearing characters and exciting game variations will keep...
- Tags: Card, Microsoft Windows, DreamQuest, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-05-15
- Britain releases its X-Files
- The truth may be out there, but so far it's not in the government files. The British government posted the first batch of its X-Files to a website today in a project that will eventually see the Ministry of Defence turn over to the National Archives 160 files on UFO...
- Tags: Officer, Britain, Alien, Missile, UFO, Government, Vertical Industries, Aerospace & Defense, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing, Hardware, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Google losing cellphone battle?
- In the fight to create a competitor to the Apple iPhone, which defines the Mobile Internet Client MIC category, many people put their money on Google and its Open Handset Alliance. That bet looks shaky today. RIM has come up with its own "iPhone...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Alliance, LiMo Foundation, Verizon Communications Inc., T-Mobile, Cell Phone, Sprint Communications, Strategy, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Using satellite imagery to explore ancient Mexico
- An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology RIT is using satellite imagery to peer into the ancient Mexican past. Bill Middleton, an archeologist, is teaming up with computer scientists to build the most detailed landscape map of the southern state of Oaxaca in order to learn...
- Tags: NASA, Scientist, Satellite, Satellite Imagery, Bill Middleton, ScienceDaily, Network Technology, Networking, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Off topic: The facade of objectivity
- This Wired-TechCrunch war is interesting for the media wonks out there, but larger question is this: Does objectivity exists? Does it even matter? Here's the short version. The Washington Post inks a syndication deal with TechCrunch. Wired notes that it's odd that the Post picks up a...
- Tags: Disclosure, TechCrunch, Wired Inc., Objectivity, Blogger, Post, Personality, Blogging, Business Ethics, Construction, Internet, Leadership, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Microsoft vs. Google: Are all monopolies created equal?
- Are Microsoft and Google really locked into a zero-sum game, where every gain in Google's search business translates into an automatic kick-in-the-pants for Microsoft? That seems to be the premise, to a degree, of a couple of new items -- one on the Financial Times and...
- Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Monopoly, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Who will set price and quality standards?
- Did you know Health & Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt has a blog? It's a pretty good blog, in that it's evident he writes it himself, and in it deals with issues on a personal basis. For instance, he did a series of posts on a recent...
- Tags: Mike Leavitt, Health Care, Standards, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Quality, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Satellites seeing clearly despite clouds
- Two researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNNL have developed a mathematical tweak which dramatically improves air pollution detection on cloudy days. They've found a way to reduce cloud-induced glare when satellites measure blue skies on cloudy days, by as much as ten-fold in some cases. 'Because clouds represent one...
- Tags: Wavelength, Pollution, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Satellite, Network Technology, Networking, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- FBI: Counterfeit Cisco routers risk "IT subversion"
- An internal Federal Bureau of Investigation presentation states that counterfeit Cisco routers imported from China may cause unexpected failures in American networks. The equipment could also leave secure systems open to attack through hidden backdoors. The scope of the problem is broad and results from a complicated supply chain originating...
- Tags: Cisco Router, Router, Network, Information Technology, FBI, Cisco Systems Inc., Hardware, Federal Government, Routers & Switches, Networking, Government, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Call for military to operate botnet
- Call for military to operate botnetI'd volunteer my PCs to help.If they did this above-board, with a SETI screen saver style app we could install deliberately, I'd bet they could have 50 million machines ready to help with this in a matter of weeks.RE: Call for military to operate botnetI'd...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), SECURITY, NETWORKING, Internet Service Provider, attack, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- Wiretaps up, terrorism prosecutions down
- We have been told that our very safety, our "homeland security," is dependent on the federal government having extraordinary powers to snoop, listen and search without the traditional (pronounced "constitutional") checks provided by judicial review. One part of this equation works as advertised – the incursion...
- Tags: Terrorism, Terrorism Prosecution, Homeland Security, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- The physics of flocking in 3-D
- You might think that bird watchers are only amateurs armed with binoculars. But biologists have also been studying flocks of birds for a long time. And now, they're helped by physicists, according to this New Scientist article about how European researchers are capturing flocks in 3-D. With a couple of...
- Tags: 3D, Animal, Physicist, Handbook, Analysis, STARFLAG, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- POS MAID (26 & X-Charge 6)
- Point of Sale & Credit Card Processing Software for your Business. POS MAID is highly recommended for general merchandise retail stores, such as: Dollar store, Grocery store, Bakery, Auto / Car Sales, Clothing Store, Vitamin Store, Pet store, Sporting goods store, Electronics store, Computer store, Cell phone dealer, Toy store,...
- Tags: Point-of-sale, Alexandria Computers, POS MAID
- Software downloads 2008-05-12
- They died for Reddi-Wip?
- They died for Reddi-Wip?No - They died for scienceThis is the first time I have ever been disgusted by an official ZDNet post.Aside from the atrocious use of [b]bold[/b] for the quotes, the post belittles the lives of the astronauts and the worthwhile experiments that take place in space. ...
- Tags: Notebooks, NASA, Reddi-Wip, Jason Perlow
- Discussion threads 2008-05-11
- Another morning hangover for ethanolics
- This time a major U.S. newspaper editorializes against the American subsidies for ethanol. Their conclusion: "This does not mean that Congress should give up on biofuels as an important part of the effort to reduce the country's dependency on imported oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. What it does...
- Tags: Biofuel, Methanol, Greenhouse Gas, Clean Technology, Corn, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-05-10
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