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Web safety pork: House offers $25m to Hollywood-linked group: Web safety pork: House offers $25m to Hollywood-linked groupExcelent political moveThe Industry is using the right stuff when it comes to political moves.what do they need $5million for.. each year?!What on earth do they need $5 million for, every single year? Do people realize how much money that is?Programs like...; Tags: Channel management, industry, Lord, I-Safe, political action, Hollywood-linked group, Web safety, kind-of, Web; Discussion threads 2007-11-26

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Ready for real Indian medicine?: With political sovereignty over quality-killing issues such as medical malpractice and a "clean-sheet" approach, Medical Onshoring could provide certain services (e.g., cardio-vascular, artificial knees) at prices at least 15% less than local hospitals. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Hospital, North Dakota, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Students: the broadband troubleshooter: Student? Moved out of halls? Ready to move into your new student digs? Heads up. Following on from my series of harrowing entries regarding my broadband trouble, it's about time I sat you down and explained a few things about ISP's, phone lines, telecoms...; Tags: Tenant, Phone, Broadband, Phone Line, Internet Service Provider, Tag, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Internet, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-24
COPA is unconstitutional: COPA is unconstitutionalgovernment censorshipNow that Andrew Cuomo AG NY has had most of the ISP's Eliminate ALT* Bineries newsgroups. Does this action, which is like finding a book in the library and burning down the complete facility . Eliminate Cuomo's actions and allow the ISP's to again carry ALT Bineries...; Tags: Regulations, Child Online Protection Act; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers: Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackersOh, its about the *another* Georgia.Is about the ex-commie Georgia and not the Ted Turner Birthplace.Anyways, a ddos attack can be done even for a single person, so there are not a real point to escalate this conflict in a full...; Tags: Web site development, distributed denial of service, Russian Hackers, Web site, Web; Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Telcos hurting national interest says Vint Cerf - Father of Internet: Telcos hurting national interest says Vint Cerf - Father of InternetAs Always, Vinton Tells It Like It IsVery well thought-out answer, and absolutely on the mark...the telcos are ruining the advancement of the Internet in this country and the fact that they are systematically raping the consumer with their "Hi-speed"...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, telecommunications company, national interest, Vint Cerf, Internet; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experience: Despite having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look. Despite ostensibly having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look....; Tags: NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox Live, Video, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, LiveParty, Spotlight Channel, Xbox Experience, Games, Game Players, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox Live, Sarju Shah, Gamespot; News items 2008-07-23
Delivering nada. Zip. Zilcho. Zero.: Delivering nada. Zip. Zilcho. Zero.Sub-Contractor High-FiveANY subcontractor who can get millions out of a company and deliver nothing gets my applause.. do you realize how hard it is to keep taking money when you're not really doing anything viable?Maybe Im just twisted, but this speaks a lot more to me...; Tags: FUBAR, sincerity; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Do college degrees get you anywhere?: Do college degrees get you anywhere?Just another thought...In the sector of work I'm in, I think IT is losing it's "elite" status as a job. With basic IT skills being aquirable with just a few certifications it is becoming less elite and more like a tradeskill not unlike an...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, payroll solutions, Benefits, Development tools, salary, job, IT IS, worker; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Why are vendors waiting for the SFLC lawsuit?: Why wait for the lawsuit to be filed before taking appropriate action, or at least responding to the SFLC? Is it that any publicity is good publicity? After all the suits of the last year do vendors still think the SFLC is bluffing? by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Lawsuit, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Another student hacks another police website: Oh the fun. Once again, another police website has been hacked by a student, showing that even the police aren't safe from all crimes. This is another link in the long chain of attacks over the years from egotistical teenagers trying to get a kick out of life without sticking...; Tags: Web Site, Attack, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-23
McAfee debunks recent vulnerabilities in AV software research, n.runs restates its position: Several days after blogging about a research conduced by n.runs AG that managed to discover approximately 800 vulnerabilities in antivirus products, McAfee issued a statement basically debunking the number of vulnerabilities found, and providing its own account into the number of vulnerabilities affecting its own products : "A recent...; Tags: Software, McAfee Inc., Antivirus, Vulnerability, Vendor, Flaw, N.Runs, Dancho, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers: From Russia with political love? It appears so according to a deeper analysis of the command and control servers used by the attackers. During the weekend, Georgia President's web site was under a distributed denial of service attack which managed to take it offline for a couple of hours. The...; Tags: Web, Russia, Server, Web Site, Hacker, Distributed Denial Of Service, Georgia, Attack, Russian, Shadowserver, C&C, C&C Server, Web Site Development, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-22
At Netroots, relations warming with Obama: At Netroots, relations warming with Obama"Democracy cannot exist without strong differences"I disagree. Seems to me that democracy works in a consensus environment just fine. What it does require, though, is toleration for differences in opinion and the ability of citizens to say what they think without fear of...; Tags: Obama, Netroots Nation, Netroots; Discussion threads 2008-07-22
Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?: Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?Toshiba Cell Laptop anyone?...[url=http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=laptops&articleId=9102518&taxonomyId=66&intsrc=kc_top]FYI[/url]Slap Yellow Dog Linux on it and you are good to go!Do we know if backwards compatibility is holding back......progress? Or is it just purists who would like to see legacy support end?Currently x86 outperforms US T2 in just...; Tags: Processors, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Real Bottom Line, Linux STILL, Linux architecture, Intel x86, Linux, slate; Discussion threads 2008-07-22
Icahn says he can't: Add Carl Icahn to the list of parties trying to figure out what to do with Yahoo! who can't. If he had a solid idea of how to set Yahoo! apart from Google, in particular, or Facebook and MySpace, along the way, he would have been...; Tags: America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Icahn, Corporate Governance, Channel Management, Search, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-07-21
Prohibition 2.0: Sunday's installment of To the Best of Our Knowledge features an interview with Larry Lessig, back at least briefly it seems, on the Re/Mix wars. One of his main themes in that interview was quite apropos of a comment on my post about the mom suing Universal over take-down...; Tags: Criminal, Larry Lessig, Intellectual Property, Research & Development, Business Operations, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-21
Apple chaos theory: Apple chaos theoryExcuse me !!!"CIOs don’t like having technology forced down their throats, particularly not by end users more concerned with being trendy than standardized."Excuse me, since when is this true ? Isn't everyone still banging their heads on the desks because Vista is being shoved down their throats ?...; Tags: Operating systems, Apple Mac OS, throat, operating system, Apple Inc., Leopard, Apple Macintosh, Apple iPhone; Discussion threads 2008-07-21
Facebook sues German 'clone': On Friday, Facebook filed suit in California court against studiVZ, a German social net with a look undeniably close to Facebook's. Facebook accuses studiVZ of copying its interface. "We believe that our success thus far has been directly related to the unique look and feel of both...; Tags: Facebook, studiVZ, Social Networking, Strategy, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-21
Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Icahn on board: Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Icahn on boardIcahnThe cancer of the communications industry. He's almost so big the body can't reject his attacks and soon the it will die along with it's customers, not to mention all the jobs lost. Maybe he will sell it's soul to another country before...; Tags: Corporate governance, board, Icahn, Yahoo! Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-21