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ZDNet Government version of Throw out the Trash Day

In the hit political drama series produced and written by Aaron Sorkin, The West Wing he came up with how the White House Press Secretary got into a routine with staffers in the Communications office to gather up all the news that should be announced, but prayed nobody read about...

Tags: Press Secretary, Doug Hanchard

Blog posts 2009-10-30

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KFC UNThinking at the UN

Honestly, the professional PR brigade never cease to amaze me with some of the nuttiest ideas for brand enhancement that all too often turn out to be just the opposite. My ZDNet colleague Jason Perlow was spammed today by a top PR agency with...

Tags: Brand, KFC Corp., UN General Assembly, Yum, Branding, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-10-22

UK envisions zero waste: What about computers?

Recycling is part of our daily lives. We do it everyday with plastics, newspapers and other general household things. Cars are now recycled throughout North America and Europe at high efficiency rates. Everything seems to be covered, right? Computers and batteries face recycling problems. We already know that...

Tags: Landfill, Computer, Productivity, Monitors & Displays, Government, Hardware, Components, Doug Hanchard

Blog posts 2009-10-18

Google: Books deal is good for everyone

Tell me how you really feel.Considering you didn't really add anything to their bullet points, am I to assume you are Google's press secretary? Would it have not been better to Twitter the URL to the original statements if you aren't the benevolent dictator's press secretary?Press secretary? Hardly.Read the...

Tags: Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-10

Green shoots

I would not hazard a guess about what's happening to the storied "green shoots" in the American or global economies. There are many economists and financial "experts" hazarding widely divergent guesses already. I will guess that green technology continues to have appeal in many nations. Green shoots...

Tags: Brazil, Spain, Hydrogen, SWITZERLAND SOLAR Solar Panel Production, Oerlikon Solar, Spanish Project, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-23

State asks Twitter to put off maintenance

Is Twitter now a part of U.S. foreign policy? The Washington Post reports that: The State Department asked social networking site Twitter to delay scheduled maintenance earlier this week in order to avoid disrupting communications among tech-savvy Iranian citizens as they took to the streets...

Tags: U.S. Department Of State, Twitter, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-16

The cause of swine flu

The cause of swine fluas I said beforeThe origin of this virus and many others is in the promiscuos way of life of the homosexuals.Church leaders and conservative bloggers saw it comming.Unfortunately Obama does nothing to eradicate the root cause of this disease that is homosexuality, and panders to these...

Tags: antibiotics, H1N1 flu, virus

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

AP eyes news aggregators; Risks exposing its lack of value add

So the Associated Press is mad and isn't going to take it anymore. It's eyeing news aggregators who are stealing a few paragraphs and failing to link to it as an authoritative source.  Be careful what you wish for AP. Bloggers and news aggregators are a smart...

Tags: Associated Press, DefenseLink, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-06

Federal CIO on leave following FBI sting at DC offices

The U.S. Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, appointed by President Obama last week, has been placed on leave, following an FBI raid yesterday at the District of Columbia's IT offices. Techmeme Kundra, who was previously the District's Chief Technology Officer and worked in the offices, has not...

Tags: White House, FBI, Raid, Federal Government, Government, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-03-13

White House email hosed...

Robert Gibbs, White House press secretary explains why your email may not have got through... ...The Obama administration is making the White House feel more like a modern corporation every day: the email servers were down for a couple of hours Monday. Annoying though...

Tags: White House, E-mail, Copiers, Online Communications, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-01-26

TurboTax face-off: Treasury Secretary Geithner vs. Intuit

TurboTax face-off: Treasury Secretary Geithner vs. IntuitTake-away lessonIf the dude heading the IRS can't get his taxes right, why are we expecting 200,000,000 others to?Stunning, just stunningI guess there is little left to say. A Tax Cheat in charge of the economy and, ironically, the IRS.What the hell is...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, tax, Geithner, TurboTax face-off, TurboTax, face-off, Intuit Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-01-26

Report: Chinese hack into White House network

Chinese hackers have penetrated the White House computer network on multiple occasions, and obtained e-mails between government officials, a senior U.S. official told the Financial Times. On each occasion, the cyber attackers accessed the White House computer system for brief periods, allowing them enough time to steal...

Tags: Network, White House, Attack, Productivity, Security, Networking, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-07

Election Day '08: Where to get live results

There's no better time in history to watch election results on the fly. Some, but not all, of us will have access to a television, where you can watch results stream in on ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC or Fox. But for those of you...

Tags: Result, Associated Press, Election Day, Twitter, CNN, Palm Beach Post, Northwestern, Corporate Communications, Blogging, RSS, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Marketing, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-04

Transcript: PDC08 Keynote â€" Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava, Bob Muglia and David Thompson

Todd Bishop, TechFlash; Ed Bott, ZDNet;  Kip Kniskern, Liveside; Rafael Rivera, Within Windows; Paul Thurrott, Windows Supersite; and Tom Warren, Neowin; and Long Zheng, Istartedsomething â€" and yours truly--did a group blog of the first PDC keynote. Here's the live blog transcript (speakers: Ray Ozzie, Amitabh Srivastava,...

Tags: Keynote, Ed Bott, Mary Jo Foley, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Service, App, Liveside, Neowin.net, Tom Riley, Signal God, Paul, MJ, Azure, Z, Red Dog, Download Link, Saruhan, Bluehoo, MOS, SSDS, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-27

Women and leadership

Last week, my dead tree copy of McKinsey Quarterly arrived bearing the above title. This section caught my eye (p.45 and written by Joanne Barsch, Susie Cranston and Rebecca A. Craske): One surprising thing we learned as a result of talking with female leaders was that they often fail...

Tags: McKinsey & Co., Leadership, Men, Women, Leader, Personal Development, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-27

Russia tells Google to try again

Google's attempt to acquire Russia's second most popular search and advertising company called Begun (which has 20% market share) was refused by the Russian federal anti-monopoly service. They said that Google did not provide information requested, including a list of people who have the ability to influence their economic...

Tags: Google Inc., Prime Minister, Putin, Internet, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-10-24

California governor: Silicon Valley should go to Germany

After more than a hundred years of talk about the Pacific Rim economic opportunities for California, Silicon Valley and other California businesses are firmly focused on the west rather than the east. But Thursday morning California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will be at Intel's HQ in the heart of Silicon Valley...

Tags: California, CeBit, Transportation, Strategy, Corporate Communications, Management, Marketing, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-10-01

If McCain skips debate, there's always Google In Quotes

John McCain just called for postponement of Friday's debate until the financial crisis is solved, as the Boston Globe reports. If that happens, there's always Google In Quotes, a Labs project offering up news quotes from the candidates, not only for the U.S. presidential race but also for contests in...

Tags: Google Inc., Health Care, John McCain, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-24

FBI searches Kernell apt., roommates subpoenaed

FBI searches Kernell apt., roommates subpoenaedI have yet to see a single ........ Official Business Email published! Not One. Quit spreading the liberal talking points that she used her private Email for official business until you ca produce a single shred of proof!subpoenaeI think its funny they subpoenae...

Tags: Federal government, Gwen Moore, Kernell, FBI, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

Advanced Device Locks Professional Edition 2.04 (Mobile)

All-in-one mobile security package The bestselling mobile utility Advanced Device Locks goes professional to provide you with a comprehensive all-in-one mobile security package for your phone: Device and application locks Secure storage of files Remote lock, alarm and data wipe What can ADL Pro do for you?ADL Pro protects important...

Tags: SIM Card, Phone, Mobile, Backup, License File, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Flash Memory, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-05-21