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Head of auction site arrested on porn charge

Head of auction site arrested on porn chargeVery scary precedent and apparently selective enforcementIn my personal opinion, it is reprehensible that the CEO of an online auctioneer can be thrown in jail because someone tried to sell something illegal on his site. Maybe that's my self-interested perspective as an executive...

Tags: Government, auction site, porn charge, online auction, Baazee.com

Discussion threads 2004-12-20

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Microsoft opens up Windows 7 to advertisers via downloadable themes

Windows for freeI think a lot of consumers and businesses also would not object to their desktop being used as an advertising space by Microsoft if this would let them use Windows at no charge. I believe Google is going in the same direction with their ChromeOS.Its an operating system!!Windows...

Tags: Operating systems, Windows 8, advertisement, advertiser, downloadable theme, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

The incredible shrinking GOOG! 25% smaller...

oddmaybe that's how they're making google faster - just by indexing less?Analysis is way too simpleSimply looking at the number of returned results is a useless criterion for determining search quality. I Googled my name and got 489,000 results - none of the first 30 or so referred to me....

Tags: Web browsers, Noone, Paradigm-Shift, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-13

The cure for YouTube's ills: Charge for uploads

The cure for YouTube's ills: Charge for uploadsyea, right.Business and marketing types will destroy everything. They have destroyed our banks, destroyed our automotive industry and now they want to destroy the internet.The whole country needs a new business model that does not include Wall Street where greed rules.RE: The...

Tags: INTERNET, YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-01

Report: Craigslist dumps "erotic" ads; adds adult section with new rules

Report: Craigslist dumps "erotic" ads; adds adult section with new rulesHow convenientI love how something was done about this only after something ended up in the news. Gotta go after those impressionable, stupid voters!Meanwhile, I can still look up a lot of these very same ads in the Yellow Pages,...

Tags: Craigslist, advertisement, adult section

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

How did "Baby Shaker" slip through the cracks?

How did "Baby Shaker" slip through the cracks?Holy smokeThis is bad PR. What a colossal SNAFU.It's okay, the baby was a PCOh what a slippery slope you find yourself on when you start censoring things. While you might not approve of this app, who is Apple to say that no...

Tags: Games, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

Anti-sexting insanity out of control: False charges ruin vice principal

The war against sexting has now reached absurd, outrageous, McCarthyite dimensions. I had thought this story about a prosecutor threatening prosecution of three girls for snapping pics of themselves in bras and a towel was bad enough. But Kim Zetter's story at Wired about the ordeal of...

Tags: Phone, Child Pornography, Photograph, Image, Girl, Ting-Yi Oei, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-03

My BlackBerry is an Obese Glutton

There are those that say that pets resemble their owners. In my case, it couldn't be further from the truth -- I'm the proud owner of two miniature poodles. While poodles are intelligent, neurotic, starved for attention, compassionate and kind dogs -- traits which I can...

Tags: Smart Phone, Battery, RIM BlackBerry, 3G, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Engineering, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-01-22

News to know: Windows rot; Touch PCs; Palm Pre sales guesses; Apple

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Windows bit-rot - fact or fiction? Jason O'Grady: Has Apple gotten lazy? Apple quietly releases iLife '09 hardware up-to-date program ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, High Tech Computer Corp., Software-as-a-service, PC, Palm Inc., Health Care, Apple Inc., Sales, INQ Mobile, Human Capital, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Cloud Computing, Healthcare, Microsoft Windows, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-13

Has Internet Explorer ever been safe?

Has Internet Explorer ever been safe?The recommendation to use an alternative browser is based on......the existence of an exploit for which a patch is not available as of the time I write this. It is not being given because IE is insecure. I would hope this same advice were given...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser

Discussion threads 2008-12-17

Martin free wireless plan brings muni WiFi disaster back from the dead

OK, public spectrum, take 2. Or is it 3? After the infamous D-block auction meltdown, the FCC is set with a new plan to have the private sector deliver free Internet over the airwaves, Reuters reports. And FCC chair Kevin Martin's plan includes another long-held fantasy of policymakers: a...

Tags: FCC, M2Z Networks, Municipal Wi-Fi, Broadband, Spectrum, Wireless, Martin, Internet, Federal Government, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Government, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Spam rates massively down on shutdown of rogue ISP

Spam rates massively down on shutdown of rogue ISPIt's not about spamIf McColo had had the sense [1] of a decapitated cockroach, they'd still be in business. Spam doesn't even get you a return phone call from Global Crossing, but kiddie porn?[1] Yeah, I know: Rule 3.RE: Spam rates...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, rogue ISP, shutdown, Internet Service Provider, spam, spammer

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

Will Apple help Android succeed?

Will Apple help Android succeed?Good luck with that...Post when you clear your first $250 grand.http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/9/iphone-developer-i-ll-do-anything-apple-tells-me-to-do-i-just-made-250k-on-the-app-store-in-two-months-aapl-A niche share might be what they want.Think about it. Owning Apple is like being in an exclusive club. It looses the mystique if everyone has it. The Android OS has the potential to become the...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Android OS, Apple Inc., Apple help Android, Apple Help, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

Perlow@PEPCOM

Arriba and Feliz Navidad, Gringos! Your economy is screwed! Now go buy some expensive toys, America! See Jason Perlow's PEPCOM Gallery. Ah yes, the annual holiday PEPCOM party at the Metropolitan Pavilion. It was truly a surreal experience attending the popular and...

Tags: Backup, Electronics, NAVIGON, Cat Genie, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-09-20

Microsoft builds $300M cathedral to Bill Gates, hires Jerry Seinfeld as Pope

Microsoft builds $300M cathedral to Bill Gates, hires Jerry Seinfeld as PopeThat's what I thoughtThe ad was about nothing except of course Bill. It is unclear why this ad was made.Who in the world is this "journalist"?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Ratcliffe"I see you baby ...... shakin that ass -shakin that ass."http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/digital/article/548871/publicis-dialog-puns-ass-shaking-new-renault-viral/RE: Microsoft builds $300M...

Tags: Wiki, Blogging, ass, Jerry Seinfeld, Microsoft Corp., Wikipedia, Bill Gates, advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

New Microsoft copyright education initiative sounds neat-o!

New Microsoft copyright education initiative sounds neat-o!WorthlessAbout a month ago we had some friends over for dinner. Two of the guys were talking about iPods. One said that his kid had something like 3000 songs on his iPod.I asked the guy if his kid had bought them from iTunes...

Tags: music

Discussion threads 2008-02-14

Comcast+traffic+management+issue+before+FCC

Comcast+traffic+management+issue+before+FCCPricing varies by market...but in the Salisbury, MD and surrounding markets, for HSI only yes is 54.99. I still think there should be some punitive damages against Comcast for what they are doing because they still have grossly oversold the loop and therefore created the problem for themselves. Cox communications...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cable, Verizon Communications Inc., pricing strategy, Comcast Corp., Internet Service Provider, network

Discussion threads 2008-02-13

China+defends+new+Web+video+and+audio+rules

China+defends+new+Web+video+and+audio+rulesInteresting comparison coming...It will be interesting to see the comparison of social evolvement, crime stats, etc., in China vs. European countries or U.S. I know, I know...a controlled study needs to have other variables accounted for. But nonetheless, if there is radically different stats, it will maybe say...

Tags: China+defends+new+Web+video+and+audio+rules, abortion

Discussion threads 2008-02-06

YouTube view-Ron Paul voting result gap tells me some of his fans are people-phobic

YouTube view-Ron Paul voting result gap tells me some of his fans are people-phobicComparison is offYT and the FL primary numbers are not comparable. You may well be right that many Paul supporters view YT more frequently. The wheels fall off your analysis when you pick up numbers...

Tags: result gap, YouTube view-Ron Paul, Ron Paul, YouTube Inc., Paul

Discussion threads 2008-01-30

Should AT

Should ATChild PornographyI think this a great step forward to get rid of the scumbags who store, profit and share Child Pornography on the Internet. Any company who is willing to take on that responsibility, reporting their findings with the Authorities, supporting with their technology should be highly rewarded and...

Tags: ATT, AT&T Corp., child pornography

Discussion threads 2008-01-17