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For first time, open source OK'd for UK schools

For first time, open source OK'd for UK schoolsA lot of the barriers are coming down for open source. If Google were tocreate a desktop OS, like they have done for mobile phones, it would give mainstream recognition to open source in general. Actually, I keep expecting Google to just...

Tags: Desktops, open source, UK School, OK'd

Discussion threads 2008-09-23

Police Blotter: Laptop border searches OK'd

Police Blotter: Laptop border searches OK'dThat or the PGP versionPGP Pro 9 also has whole disk encryption and it's available now. The Vista version is months away. If you must have the protection now, it is available today.Experience has shown that, when it works, it's pretty well transparent. Experience has...

Tags: SECURITY, Vista Version, TrueCrypt, child pornography, privacy, OK'd, Wrong!, password, Sounds like Vista, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2006-07-26

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For first time, open source OK'd for UK schools

The most amazing part of this news is that it's actually news. Just read the report from the Inquirer: OPEN SOURCE companies have been granted official permission to supply software to the UK public sector for the first time in British history. ...

Tags: Software, School, Open-source Company, Open Source, Tools & Techniques, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-22

Can XM-Sirius merger stand up to Washington politics?

After well over a year of scrutiny, the proposed merger between the country's two satellite radio providers - XM and Sirius - is finally on the home stretch, set for an approval vote as early as Aug. 1. But wait. This week, one of the FCC commissioners proposed even more...

Tags: Merger, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Satellite, Sirius, Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, Satellite Radio, Advertising & Promotion, Mergers & Acquisitions, Digital Music, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Investment, Finance, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Windows Embedded 'Quebec' due in 2010

Although it hasn't said much about its plans for a Vista-based successor to its Windows XP-based  embedded operating system, Microsoft already is working on one. Microsoft released during the first week of June a new test build of its latest Windows XP-based embedded operating system, known as...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Windows Embedded, Quebec, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-06-06

Proposed NAFTA-like agreement would turn border guards into copyright cops

Proposed NAFTA-like agreement would turn border guards into copyright copsDeclaring war on your customers!Great PR move by big content! Apparently big content is feeling too much love from its customers! (These guys are hopeless!)Woot!Finally someone will be cracking down on all of those GPL violations as they cross the border,...

Tags: NAFTA, Proposed NAFTA, supreme, agreement

Discussion threads 2008-05-29

Insanity and the standards process

Insanity and the standards processInteresting...Did they to your knowledge ever fix up the "man in the middle" flaw?Thanks Jeremey! Almost nobody saw the last minute MS dirty tricks comming,and hopefully, nobody will be fooled next February or whenever the last vote that would possibly allow OOXML be fast tracked.There have...

Tags: Quality, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Servers, Microsoft Corp., ECMA, OOXML, standards, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2007-09-17

Court OKs warrantless tracking with GPS

Court OKs warrantless tracking with GPSGPS DevicesFor over twenty years the US Government has used tracking device to locate people. The idea of these units were to be able to locate agents in the field. A few years ago a new form of these units was introduced to the public....

Tags: Real estate, GPS

Discussion threads 2007-02-21

Hurd says he will re-build the board and fix the process

Hurd says he will re-build the board and fix the processHurd Finally Seems Contrite; Carly's Biggest ShortcomingMark Hurd has been a breath of fresh air since joining HP as CEO. His handling of the 'pretexting' scandal has been his first mistake. Finally, last week, he struck an appropriately...

Tags: Corporate governance, Social Security, Mark Hurd, board, Hewlett-Packard Co., HR Department

Discussion threads 2006-09-30

Hurd: HP's founders would be appalled

Hurd: HP's founders would be appalledGreat, Congress is involvedSeems to me politicians are masters of leaks for political gain. They have a biased interest in this case. Its in Congress' best interest to make sure that people who leak information have the advantage....Its not freedom of speech of the inside...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Insider Trading, Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd

Discussion threads 2006-09-28

(Photos: Gala for HP's Dunn)

(Photos: Gala for HP's Dunn)HP Board behaviorIt is unfortunate that Dunn is being sacrificed because of the misbehaviour of the HP board members "leaking" information. No doubt the ethics of those on the board involved are such that they should have NO public trust and should be replaced and have...

Tags: Corporate governance, photograph, board, Hewlett-Packard Co., SEC

Discussion threads 2006-09-21

Mobile round-up: CTIA and beyond

Mobile round-up: CTIA and beyondWhat's the best PDA Phone out today?Sorry if this seems off subject. I'm new to the PDA phone arena, after purchasing a TREO 700W earlier this year I've noticed horrible problems with the phone and stumbled onto an article on ZD Net concerning this phone and...

Tags: PDAs, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Verizon Communications Inc., phone, PDA phone, PDA, CTIA, mobile

Discussion threads 2006-09-14

Indiana tries out cameras in courtrooms

One of the hallmarks of the modern age of journalism has been the courtroom illustrator. He may soon be tossed in the dustbin of history as state courts are increasingly allowing cameras into court. While the Supreme Court has cast serious doubt as to whether it will ever allow cameras...

Tags: camera

Blog posts 2006-08-21

FBI agents OK'd consultant break-in

In an astounding story, a FBI consultant broke in repeatedly to classified FBI computers and gained 38,000 passwords, including Director Robert S. Mueller's, federal prosecutors charged. According to a Washington Post story: The break-ins, which occurred four times in 2004, gave the consultant access to records in the...

Tags: Joseph Thomas Colon, FBI

Blog posts 2006-07-06

World's next fuel source could be designer organisms

World's next fuel source could be designer organismsWhoa![a new start-up called Synthetic Genomics, which plans to create new types of organisms that, ideally, would produce hydrogen, secrete nonpolluting heating oil or be able to break down greenhouse gases. The initial focus will be on creating "biofactories" for hydrogen and ethanol,]Uh,...

Tags: hydrogen, organism, designer organism, theory

Discussion threads 2005-11-07

802.11a: Refuge from spectrum hogs

802.11a: Refuge from spectrum hogsNot DormatoriesThere are no Dormatories at that campus. Those were off campus but near campus apartments that have a contract with the University to offer cheaper house to student renters. The apartments also house non-university students, though, since they're independantly owned and operated.802.11a sidesteps interference...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, VPNs, Network security, WEP, IEEE 802.11, apartment, network

Discussion threads 2004-09-23