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Officials say PR campaign may boost Real ID popularity

Officials say PR campaign may boost Real ID popularitygiven sufficient PRcould one could convince others to sell their souls (to the devil, DMV, junta du juor, mao-mart, MS, etc, and et al?)???Just askin', but pretty much thinkin', a resouding YES!:o)RE: Officials say PR campaign may boost Real ID popularitySScrew Chertoff...

Tags: Government, REAL ID, Officials say PR, Real ID popularity

Discussion threads 2007-09-24

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Organisations: who should and shouldn't blog

Blogging, over the years, has transformed from telling the world what your cat does on a day-by-day basis to providing the public with an in-depth analysis of how an organisation ticks over, how people interact with the public, and on rare but important occasions, provide release dates and important upcoming...

Tags: Team, Blog, Organization, Blogging, Team Management, Internet, Management, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-06-17

Childs rigged crazyquilt private network

Childs rigged crazyquilt private networkBut who is monitoring the monitor?Gartner's statement not worth quoting. They are the most worthless thing to hit IT.Was Childs the only IT person on staff that knew anything about computers? That's what it sounds like. But this isn't that hard to believe. Most IT...

Tags: NETWORKING, Most IT department, private network, network, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Gates misses the point on 'creative capitalism'

perspective The Microsoft chairman's well-intentioned pitch for corporate activism missed the root causes of poverty. (Hint: it's not lack of corporate charity.) Editor's note: CNET News.com editor at large Michael Kanellos and chief political correspondent Declan McCullagh are facing off over Bill Gates' call for businesses to allocate...

Tags: Charity, Capitalism, CBS Interactive Inc., Bill Gates, Property Right, Public Relations, Corporate Social Responsibility, Financial Accounting, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Leadership, Management, Finance, Declan McCullagh, Corporate & legal, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing

News items 2008-01-25

Frontline Wireless folds but Martin 'hopeful' public safety network will survive

Whither the next-generation national public safety network? Frontline Wireless, which had been trumpeting a proposal for a public/private partnership for public safety, announced a few days ago that it was "closed for business." The problem? FW couldn't raise the $128 million bond required to bid on spectrum expected to cost...

Tags: FCC, Network, Auction, Wireless, Safety Network, Federal Government, Networking, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-01-10

Broadcasters get leeway on digital TV switch

Broadcasters get leeway on digital TV switchHi Voska, Sorry! I was joking...... that was my take on our local conspiracy theorist's typical rant that everything is a government plot out to empty his wallet. I guess I might have done it a bit too well...Personally we have a nice...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, switchover, TV, digital television, broadcaster, leeway, cable

Discussion threads 2008-01-02

Google outlines the Open Handset Alliance; Will it succeed?

Google rolled out its mobile plans Monday in a group it calls the Open Handset Alliance, an effort that encompasses the search giant's Android software and a bevy of partners. Andy Rubin, director of mobile platforms at Google, wrote in a post. Despite all of the...

Tags: Google Inc., Alliance, Eric Schmidt, Phone, Mobile, Open Source, Goal, Social Media, Handset, Android, Gphone, Advertising & Promotion, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-11-05

CIA, FBI computers used for Wikipedia edits

CIA, FBI computers used for Wikipedia editsI'm wondering where M$ edits track to?willing to take a bet?I'm not paying these guys to edit wikipediaAs a taxpayer, I think they need to concentrate on their jobs.So what??Those are the people I'd expect to actually know a bit more about those topics....

Tags: computer, FBI, Wikipedia, Wiki, harassment, government employee, CIA

Discussion threads 2007-08-17

Senators propose infinite H-1Bs for advanced degree holders

Senators propose infinite H-1Bs for advanced degree holdersagain the congress sold us out!Everyting seems to be against the people that try to make a decent living.Importing cheap labor and exporting jobs overseas seems to be the the 'new trade' our elected officials have invented.I thought that a democratic congress could...

Tags: Benefits, Recruitment & Selection, Everyting, H-1B, salary, H1B, congress, job

Discussion threads 2007-05-15

Microsoft: A law firm pretending to be an army pretending to be a software company

Microsoft: A law firm pretending to be an army pretending to be a software companyThere's no future for developers with Microsoft, plain and simpleMicrosoft secretly funded SCO for years and years, and though not successful, they want to hit the replay button, all because [b]everything changed[/b] 2006 and by 2007,...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Intellectual property, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., software

Discussion threads 2007-05-15

How Google SPIN trumps Microsoft PR

Google’s secret weapon is a four letter word I underscored in January: SPINGoogle has a few other S words up its $150 billion market cap Sleeve: SECRECY, or SURPRISE, as Google has characterized its uniquely close to the vest communications strategy.“We dont talk much about what lies ahead, because...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., public relations, advertisement

Blog posts 2007-03-28

Microsoft updates timetables for next Office for Mac, XML file-format converters

Believe it or not, there were more announcements at MacWorld than just Apples iPhone. Microsoft, too, had a bit of news. Microsoft officials announced on January 9 that the next version of Office for the Mac will be dubbed "Office 2008 for Mac," and will ship in the latter...

Tags: Office, Office 2007, App Compatibility, Office for Mac, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Office

Blog posts 2007-01-10

MySpace being sued by teen - and the predator she met

In an odd twist of legal fate, the social networking site My Space is being sued by both a man accused of being a predator and the 14-year-old girl making the accusation, reportsThe NewYork Times. MySpace has been under pressure from parents and government officials to boost safety precautions...

Tags: predator, MySpace

Blog posts 2006-06-28

Why DRM transparency is good for users and vendors alike

As I've written many many times, digital rights management technology (DRM, also known as C.R.A.P.: Read why or watch CRAP: The Movie) is nasty stuff that I'd just assume be without. In the course of trying to manage rights, the "R" in most DRM technologies now stands for...

Tags: Navio, digital-rights management, entertainment

Blog posts 2006-05-23

Democrats more likely to favor iTunes taxes

Democrats more likely to favor iTunes taxesMaybe the government should control its spending first?I mean, they've cut plenty of taxes already - which is odd as I've only seen my taxes go up, judging by those little numbers on my paycheck's receipt stub...Meaning, not only should the working/middle class have...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Apple iTunes, tax

Discussion threads 2006-04-13

Korean antitrust regulators visit Intel

Korean antitrust regulators visit IntelThose marketing dollars were welcome ???Yeah they were so welcome that Mobo makers wouldn't show their AMD Athlon Mobos at Trade Shows and they shipped the Mobos in plain white boxes so Intel wouldn't see them... No coercion or intimidation in Asia. :>(It's really funny how...

Tags: Corporate law, Mergers & Acquisitions, antitrust, Intel Corp., FTC, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-02-09

Will first responders lose Blackberries?

The Blackberry patent trial has moved onto a new PR front - what would happen to government employees and first responders if the Blackberry service is shut down under an court-ordered injunction, Washington Technology reports. NTP, which claims Blackberry violated key patents, claims that government and...

Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd.

Blog posts 2006-01-20

Hidden OpenDocument agenda uncovered in Massachusetts

Hidden OpenDocument agenda uncovered in MassachusettsThis is pathetic...NTUS News talked about Leadersand the bemoaning of not having any "good" political leaders. In 1776, we had at least a half-dozen extraordinary political leaders (in a country of 9 million people). Today we have 300 million people - and no good leaders.This...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Leadership, Sales strategy, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., leader, OpenDocument Format

Discussion threads 2005-10-27

Ferreting out copyright scofflaws

Ferreting out copyright scofflawsMingorance of course!Call it Mingorance. BTW a Ferret is a member of the weasel family of animals.Doesn't "Weasel Mingorance of the BSA" sound better?New Characters Added To LineupCopyrighza Croc the crocodileRIAlly Shady ShrewDastardly DecrypterSly Shrinker"Rip It" RaccoonTogether they show kids that you can decrypt and shrink DVD...

Tags: Weasel Mingorance, mascot, RIAA, music

Discussion threads 2004-08-10

Net flight bookings--a terror casualty?

Net flight bookings--a terror casualty?There is no "war on terror"!How terrorized can this country really be when our current government officials purposely let the 9/11 attacks take place. Bush gets numerous [i]credible[/i] security warnings, even detailing the type of attack which would occur using planes, and then goes on to...

Tags: Mr Blunkett, security

Discussion threads 2004-01-12