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- Pretexting bill to be fast-tracked through Senate
- There are a lot of things Senate wont get to before the end of the 109th Congress, but if Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has his way, the Senate will get to pass a bill making pretexting definitively illegal, News.com reports. Pretexting of course was the scheme used by...
- Tags: pretexting, U.S. Senate, Congress, Law enforcement, State &, Local Govt, Government technology
- Blog posts 2006-12-07
- HP privacy probe: Dunn closer to being done (for)?
- News came out yesterday that former HP chairwoman Patricia Dunn was the one who gave HPs outside private investigators the phone numbers that were later used as part of a fraudulent pretexting scheme that was designed to smoke out whoever it was inside of HP that was leaking company secrets...
- Tags: Patricia Dunn
- Blog posts 2006-10-04
- HP hearing underway: House reps cover their asses while slamming HP
- The HP hearing is underway right now. You can tune in to the hearing here, but RealPlayer is required (I didnt have it, so I got a late start). Ive turned on my recorder and will podcast what Ive captured later. But to summarize what Im hearing so far...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Blog posts 2006-09-28
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- Members of right-wing UK party exposed
- There's turmoil at the right-wing British National Party today after personal information on 10,000 members was published on the Web, The Times reports. Names, addresses, telephone numbers and professions were published. The members include teachers, scientists, a government employee and at least one...
- Tags: Officer, Member, Telecom & Utilities, Blogging, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Net neutrality battle will restart in January
- The battle over net neutrality is back on. Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) will introduce a bill in January to preserve neutrality, Reuters reports. Dorgan feels legislation is "definitely necessary," said Frannie Wellings, telecom counsel to Dorgan. But others think the matter could be effectively handled by the FCC. The...
- Tags: Byron Dorgan, Net Neutrality, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Adventures in CA support
- I received an Email notice this morning that my support agreement with CA for their Internet Security Suite was ending and that I should pay for an update. Since I'm well aware of how long a Windows XP system will survive on the network without a security breach, I dutifully...
- Tags: Computer Associates International Inc., File Servers, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Will Tim Cook be the next Steve Jobs?
- Last month, after a press event at Apple's Cupertino headquarters, I made an off-the-cuff observation about the future leadership of the company. In short, I commented on how Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook, who took a portion of stage time from Jobs to talk about new notebooks, was wearing blue...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., CEO, Leadership, Outsourcing, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- ExpressScripts faces sum of personal health record fears
- ExpressScripts faces sum of personal health record fearsAnd better yet[i]But, as Jack Ryan teaches in Tom Clancy’s spy novels, it is much wiser in the long run to face these threats down and counter than to give in to blackmail.[/i]And better still to have no secrets worth blackmailing.Anyone who commits...
- Tags: Channel management, Web site development, PHR, personal health record fear, ExpressScripts, personal health record, Web
- Discussion threads 2008-11-10
- Obama sets technology agenda; a high student focus
- "Welcome, and thank you for choosing Barack Obama as your new president. Please take a minute to familiarise yourself with your new president, as this one is a newer, smarter and better looking president than previous versions. Although this is a new president, some features have not...
- Tags: President, Broadband, President-elect, Internet, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Workforce Management, Telecommunications, Networking, Human Resources, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- A fraud ring or social networking - it's the same thing
- Silicon.com sat down with SAS's CEO in Las Vegas this week to find out his thoughts on cloud computing, succession planning and the iPhone. SAS is unique among tech heavyweights for its private ownership - the business intelligence BI company has been run for more than 30 years by...
- Tags: Social Networking, Succession Planning, Apple iPhone, Phone, Hewlett-Packard Co., Network, Analytics, Credit Card, SAS Institute, Fraud, CEO, M&A Money, Financial Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, Cloud Computing, Finance, Investment, Jo Best, Silicon.com, SAS, cloud computing, succession planning, iPhone, Jim Goodnight, Jo Best, Silicon.com
- News items 2008-11-07
- No longer safe: WPA encryption cracked in 12 to 15 minutes
- No longer safe: WPA encryption cracked in 12 to 15 minutesI've said it before, I'll say it again...Wireless and Retail do not mix!http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-12691-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=45392&messageID=838312&start=-9957WPA is not cracked - only TKIP is, no access to data..Here is why :- Attack does not give you access to the data transmited- Why? Only the...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Network security, WIRELESS, TKIP, WPA
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- Robo-calls and elections
- Now that the election in the United States has run its course, I can take a moment to comment on one of the more unpleasant tactics used by both the Republicans and the Democrats - robo-calls. These "virtual" telephone calls were meant, I'm sure, to encourage voters to vote (and...
- Tags: Call, Marketing Research, Productivity, Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- Enough already with the Luddite schools
- Enough already with the Luddite schoolsI think middle school is better for tech than primary.I would rather see hand written reports up to and including 4th grade. Technology is great but so far cognitive scientists have not created a device that rivals the human brain. If you don't develop all...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Recruitment & Selection, public school
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- 2008 Lexus IS-F
- Photo gallery:2008 Lexus IS-FIn its continuing attempts to lose a reputation for boring luxury cars, Lexus takes its IS sedan and turns it into an M3 competitor. The 2008 Lexus IS-F uses the same platform as the standard IS line, but gets fitted with a powerful 5-liter engine. Lexus isn't...
- Tags: Lexus IS-F, Lexus, Mph, Goodwin, car
- Product reviews 2008-10-31
- Reengineering HR Solutions #2
- Case #2 – HRMC's Acclaim Continuing with the previous post, I ran into another vendor at the Human Resource Executive's HR Technology Conference & Exposition (I hope Bill Kutik appreciates that I put in the full title to the show this time!) that reaffirmed why...
- Tags: Job, Acclaim, Re-engineering, Candidate, Recruiters, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-10-30
- Microsoft warns of financial crisis email scams
- A Microsoft security expert warns that scammers will try to exploit the global financial crisis with e-mails that promise money but deliver fraud. LONDON--Internet fraudsters will try to exploit the global financial crisis by sending fraudulent emails purporting to offer cash-strapped consumers new mortgages, loans or money from failed...
- Tags: Financial, Fraudster, Microsoft Corp., Financial Crisis, E-mail, Internet, Mortgages, Financial Accounting, Online Communications, Finance, Capital Structures, Reuters, fraud, malware, spam, security
- News items 2008-10-29
- Microsoft becoming a SaaS company
- Microsoft becoming a SaaS companyYour title topicIs Azure an indication Microsoft is becoming an SaaS company?In one sense, Yes: Microsoft has wanted to turn software into a subscription service for a long time.In another sense, No: Microsoft still treats the desktop as the place from which all good...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., software-as-a-service, SaaS company, F/OSS
- Discussion threads 2008-10-28
- Is surfing the Internet altering your brain?
- A neuroscientist says an evolutionary change is going on that will put the tech-savvy at the top of the new social order. CANBERRA--The Internet is not just changing the way people live but altering the way our brains work with a neuroscientist arguing this is an evolutionary change which...
- Tags: Brain, Neuroscientist, Internet, Reuters, brain, filtering
- News items 2008-10-27
- Ubuntu 8.10 desktop, server to ship Oct 30
- Trick or treat? Treat. Canonical's latest desktop and server editions of its popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, formerly code named Intrepid Ibex, will be available on October 30. The key new feature on the Ubuntu 8.10 desktop -- 3G network support - enables pervasive connectivity....
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, Servers, Desktops, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-10-26
- easyBloom plant sensor
- EasyBloom is a digital babysitting system for a garden. It consists of a flower-shaped, USB-enabled plant sensor gizmo, and an online plant-matchmaking database. People with green thumbs might not need it, but this product could be attractive if you'd like some high-tech help to keep your plants alive and thriving....
- Tags: sensor, easyBloom Web page
- Product reviews 2008-10-26
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