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- Google GMail personal data mining: Where is the outrage?
- Google GMail personal data mining: Where is the outrage?just don't pull an AOL...It's not like there's a team of Google marketers personally reading our emails. Who cares? All it's doing is making ads more relevant and therefore less annoying. I can't blame them for doing it. If you don't like...
- Tags: E-mail providers, Business intelligence, E-mail, Google Gmail, personal data mining, Google Inc., outrage, data mining
- Discussion threads 2006-08-11
- Where's the outrage on stock options now?
- You may recall that Scott NcNealy, at the time two years ago as chairman and CEO of Sun Microsystems, used the occasion of the JavaOne developers conference to chat up the crowd on pending action to amend accounting rules to make stock option grants an expense item for public corporations....
- Tags: stock, outrage, stock option
- Blog posts 2006-07-14
- Where is the outrage?
- Where is the outrage?Conscience and responsibilityYou noted an important issue when you wrote:"I find it remarkable that there was a 'leak' at the nation's most secret agency — that should have been a clue that something was wrong."Yes.If the leak was not accidental, and it's difficult to hypothesize an accident...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, outrage, leak, Civil Disobedience
- Discussion threads 2006-05-18
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- Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progress
- Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progressOffending messagesI would like to know what constitutes an 'offending message' and who makes the decision and on which criterion?Other than that, I want to say that Russia is being vilified in a similar way to Serbia when she fought against terrorisism directed...
- Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, cyberattack
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- AT&T to FCC: We Ban P2P Traffic
- If blocking P2P traffic is bad, isn't banning it worse? It's now been reported not just once, but twice, that AT&T is banning P2P traffic by its wireless customers. That will not make iPhone 3G customers happy. So if the first item on the...
- Tags: FCC, P2P, Traffic, AT&T Corp., Peer To Peer (P2P), Federal Government, Internet, Government, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- FCC set to slap Comcast's wrist
- It's almost official. In the latest step forward, a majority of FCC commissioners voted Friday to "affirm" a complaint against Comcast for blocking BitTorrent traffic, the Washington Post reports, although the punishment is likely to be a "slap on the wrist," according to one analyst. The final...
- Tags: FCC, Comcast Corp., Republican, Wrist, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- NASA used cadavers to test Orion moonship
- NASA used cadavers to test Orion moonshipArticle ToneI'm not sure why the author has such a negative of using cadavers that were donated to science to improve the safety of the capsule. The author pointed out that not all of the experiments or papers relating to the safety of...
- Tags: moonship, ORION, NASA
- Discussion threads 2008-07-25
- Google Digg = ?
- Google Digg = ?My suggestionGoogligg!! Isn't it obvious?Well, you can stick "Micro" on the front of about anything, but, Googlejust does not work so well. Just like YouTube, Google will leave the Digg name intact and keep it separate, and only look for innovative ways to incorporate advertising."Gigglywankers"Digg...
- Tags: Digg, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- The Kübler-Ross of iPhone
- The Kübler-Ross of iPhoneI think Kubler-Ross missed oneActually, there is one that should be added: Apathy. I guess it would start at the same stage as Denial, but never progresses beyond the simple "who cares" level.I won't ever buy an iPhone...why not? Because I don't care about having...
- Tags: Web browsers, Apple iPhone, Web browser, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- News to know Monday
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Yahoo rejects latest Microsoft-Icahn proposal; Calls Microsoft 'erratic' WSJ: New Rejection from Yahoo Sets The Stage for Ugly Fight Dana Blankenhorn: We don't want you to talk, Mr. Ballmer Murdoch says News Corp, Yahoo tie-up very unlikely ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, sdiaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- From stunned outrage to stunned laughter in two seconds
- From stunned outrage to stunned laughter in two secondsFaking Presidential Press Passes is Cool?I don't really get the whole context of this story, but it seems to me that you are actively engaged in developing fake press passes for presidential events. Isn't that a crime? Could it place...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, Backups, stunned outrage, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-07-12
- From stunned outrage to stunned laughter in two seconds
- Or how a guy bragging about forging press passes for American Presidential events casually admits he was slowed .... by WIndows crashes and backup failures. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Template, E-mail, Microsoft Windows, Backups, Online Communications, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-07-12
- Nova Media restores Leopard's "missing" Bluetooth phone functions
- Nova Media restores Leopard's "missing" Bluetooth phone functionsThis causes an outrage?Wow. An outrage caused by apple removing a cell phone feature from the computer? Is the operating system really responsible for every little side feature?Does it come with WoW yet?
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Phone, Nova, Leopard, Bluetooth
- Discussion threads 2008-06-17
- Red Hat settles patent suit
- Red Hat settles patent suitI need clarification[i]Essentially, all that have innovated to create, or that will innovate with, software distributed under Red Hat brands are protected, as are Red Hat customers.[/i]That sounds like a Novell-M$ pact!The only way to be compatible to GPL3 is to buy the patent and release...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Red Hat Inc., DataTern/Amphion
- Discussion threads 2008-06-11
- Jail time for anti-copyright pirate?
- Jail time for anti-copyright pirate?Why not a death penalty?Only 5 years in prison and only $250k in fines. That's so lame...Can't complainIf you're going to play the civil disobedience game, expect to pay full price for the privilege.Jail time is what thieves deserve ...Why should we feel sorry for a...
- Tags: illegal copy, Jail Time, piracy
- Discussion threads 2008-05-23
- Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?
- Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?Mark Cuban - Time Traveller and MastermindMark Cuban "founded Broadcast.com in 1005 and sold it to Yahoo in July 1999". HOLY %&*! Mark Cuban not only travelled back to 1005, but he also registered a domain and started an internet company...
- Tags: Portals, Web technology, Financial accounting, Gordon Gekko, Yahoo! Inc., Mark Cuban, Icahn
- Discussion threads 2008-05-15
- The MS Office 2008 for Mac scandal continues
- Can Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit expect anything but frustration from its installed base of users? The excuses from the development team are wearing very, very thin. The news today was that the group was able to get its first batch of 1,000 bug...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft VBA, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office 2004, MacTech, Ticktin, Scripting Languages, Microsoft Office, Desktops, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- All USB ports aren't created equal
- All USB ports aren't created equalPretty much convincedGood grief. What has happened to journalism today? Never mind. I already know.Point is, you don't need to be pretty much convinced. There's this radical concept that's been floating around for about 400 years called the scientific method. It's key element is experiment....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), USB port, Microsoft Windows Vista, hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-05-10
- Another net neutrality bill, in a Comcast-charged atmosphere
- The latest net neutrality bill, offered by Reps. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), is a second try to treat neutrality as an antitrust issue, Ars Technica says. It's essentially the same bill that failed in 2006. The bill is intended to "promote competition,...
- Tags: Bill, Comcast Corp., U.S. Congress, Net Neutrality, Internet, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Italy reveals population's tax, salary details
- Italy's tax department posted every Italian's declared earnings and tax contributions on a site that was quickly overwhelmed by onlookers. According to the BBC: There has been outrage in Italy after the outgoing government published every Italian's declared earnings and tax contributions on the internet. ...
- Tags: Italy, Tax Authority, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
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