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FTC opposes online privacy law

FTC opposes online privacy lawSure, sure... Self regulation works...NOTOne look at my monthly Cable, Phone and other bills tells me that.Not to mention the Oil industry.And lets not forget where self-regulated privacy has gotten us so far, with the number of companies that have had major security/privacy failures with...

Tags: Regulations, Sure Sure, online privacy law, online privacy, FTC

Discussion threads 2008-07-10

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Microsoft vs. Google: An e-mail showdown at L.A. City Hall

Contract worth $7.25 million? Google will probably do it for free, or as a minimum at a greatly reduced price. Cities like Los Angeles should take advantage of the competitive situation to drive the cost of email for the city to near zero.Remember, with Google, they also get GoogleApps. One...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, cloud computing, Google Inc., e-mail, operating system, desktop, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Virginia backs off demands for Facebook data

Minor nitpick..but VA is a Commonwealth...NTNTI am not a fan of people who claim to be injured that are not.I am not saying she is lieing or they are being overly burdensome with proof requirements. I think if they just spent the dough to watch her at her house,...

Tags: Facebook, privacy

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Would you march for Internet privacy?

We've seen it alreadyRemember the recent outcry from the right about "President Obama trying to take control of the internet"? With, I might add, assurances from the left that it's not so. No different really than the left's alarmism at President Bush trying to "personally eavesdrop on every telephone conversation...

Tags: Internet privacy, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Give Google a break!

soooo over googlegoogle has joined microsoft and apple on the dark side.i stopped using google after they ceased being a search engine and became a money factory. security, privacy and ownership issues shouldn't be played out in court after the fact, they should be delt with in the board room...

Tags: COMPANIES, Google Inc., copyright law

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Google: Pot, kettle, black, Chrome OS and a potential antitrust

Apple should also be under fire.----Why can?t Microsoft ship a Windows edition without including a browser or at least come under fire from a zillion lawsuits yet Google can?----Well, what about Apple and its tight integration of Safari on the Mac? They are all doing the same bundling but then...

Tags: Corporate law, Web browsers, Operating systems, Google Inc., Chrome, Chrome OS, Microsoft Corp., operating system, antitrust, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-09-04

Third Circuit upholds online gambling ban

s the 2006 ban on Internet gambling Constitutional? Online gaming interests have argued that the federal law is impermissibly vague and violates an individual's privacy rights when gambling in the privacy of home. But Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals found the law is constitutional....

Tags: Privacy, Internet, Games, Security, Personal Technology, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-09-01

Oh sure...4 days in and Gmail goes down

RE: Oh sure...4 days in and Gmail goes downMy office lost it primary and secondary links to our data farm. We spent the morning without access to our email exchange.The servers are off site for security and redundancy reasons. We are in a location that has all sort...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), E-mail providers, cloud computing, Google Inc., Internet Service Provider, Google Gmail, outage, e-mail

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

Google reveals identify of Cohen 'skank' blogger

Welcome to the Internet only AOL ex/users give real info.Welcome to the internet everyone. It is amazing how many dummies give out real information to services that should not be given real information. This is a product of AOL where dummies who shouldn't have been on the internet got onto...

Tags: Blogging, INTERNET, Cohen, blogger, defamation, real name, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

Chrome OS: good for you; bad for Microsoft

Chrome OS: good for you; bad for MicrosoftWhat happens?How will it work if the internet is down, or you do not have connectivety for some reason?How is it fair for this OS to have the browser embedded so deeply in it, but Google argues against Microsoft doing that to the...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, Google Chrome OS, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., operating system, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

Did Jobs and Apple lie about reason for departure?

Did Jobs and Apple lie about reason for departure?Uh huh.We should definitely throw Jobs in prison for possibly affecting the share price in Apple. How dare he hide or not fully disclose the extent of his health problems? I mean, that could cost people money!The SEC should not only demand...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Apple Inc., SEC, health care, microphone, Steve Jobs, job

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

CLEAR Airport Verified Identity Pass calls it Quits (UPDATED)

In a brief email sent to customers at 10:45PM EST, Verified Identity Pass notified its 250,000 customers that the CLEAR service was no more click on photo to enlarge Well I can't say that it was unexpected, but it's definitely a...

Tags: Clear, Identity, Steven Brill, Security, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-22

Would your students hand over their passwords to Bozeman?

Would your students hand over their passwords to Bozeman?This will go down on your permanent record!"This will go down on your permanent record!" as the schoolteachers used to say to me on the way to the principal's office.... so now EVERYTHING written in social networking websites is like a grade...

Tags: password, Bozeman, students hand, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-06-20

News to know: IBM; SAP; Microsoft; Sarbanes-Oxley; EMC

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: IBM rolls out the 'Smart Cube' with app market: Think enterprise iPod-iTunes combo Joe McKendrick: Goodbye, SOX? AP: Supreme Court to...

Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Craigslist, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Microsoft Windows 7, SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., EMC Corp., Netbook, IBM Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Storage, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-05-19

Scalia gets a schooling in online privacy

Scalia gets a schooling in online privacyI agree with ScaliaI've been saying for years now how the idea of "privacy" through anonymity on the Internet is incredibly ignorant. It's like saying that anytime I leave my house I can put on a costume and take off my car's license...

Tags: NOW IT, Scalia, schooling, online privacy

Discussion threads 2009-05-18

Scalia gets a schooling in online privacy

Justice Antonin Scalia doesn't think there's much need for Internet privacy rules. Speaking at the Institute of American and Talmudic Law, he exclaimed: "Every single datum about my life is private? That's silly." At Fordham University Law...

Tags: Online Privacy, Fordham University, Privacy, Dossier, Conference, Scalia, Joel Reidenberg, Identity Theft, Internet, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-05-18

The "erotic services" shell game: hypocrisy online

It is memorialized as the world's oldest profession. The movie Pretty Woman glamorized it. Congressmen and Governors get in trouble over it. But what it isn't, is on craigslist anymore. A group of state attorneys general's have browbeat craigslist into closing the "erotic services" section. ...

Tags: Service, Adult Service, Hair, Internet, Web 2.0, Games, Storage, Personal Technology, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-05-14

Are Amazon and Real one-upping Apple?

Are Amazon and Real one-upping Apple?yeah but..."A lot of my readers this week would strongly disagree with that statement.[that people don't read any more]"... do your readers have any stats to back up their assertion? i bet Steve Jobs does..iTunes doesn't have DVD ripping ability because it's illegal... remember.....

Tags: Consumer electronics, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., DVD, HandBrake

Discussion threads 2009-05-08

Five IT security pet peeves

Guest post: Anyone who cares about a field of expertise â€" really cares about it â€" must have some annoyances about things that could, even should, be better, but aren’t for what seem like the dumbest of reasons. TechRepublic's Chad Perrin shares five of his pet peeves in the realm...

Tags: Pet, IT Security, Information Technology, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-06

Free speech wins privacy tug of war; Law students school Scalia

As a newspaper journalist, I took pride in my abilities to dig through public records, sniff around court documents, dissect police reports and, yeah, even tap a handful of unconventional sources for the really-hard-to-find details about someone - all under the protections of the U.S. Constitution. So,...

Tags: Privacy, Reidenberg, Internet, Security, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-04