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- FCC's more proactive stance: Should we cheer or worry?
- FCC's more proactive stance: Should we cheer or worry?Regulation is not micromanagement"At some point, the FCC meddles in free markets. It will micromanage."Clearly you think more about business than you do about government. Or maybe you're just conservative, politically, and ideological to a fault.This is about the public's interest...
- Tags: Federal government, FCC, proactive stance
- Discussion threads 2009-08-03
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- HP Envy 13
- Symantec Norton Antivirus 2010 Review[pre]It's still 2009, but Norton couldn't wait for the New Year to release Norton Antivirus 2010. Is this really a security application ahead of its time, or is Norton 2010 just an average A/V suite released a few months too soon? Read our full review for...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Hewlett-Packard Co., Norton Co., Symantec Norton AntiVirus, virus, security
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Will the FCC's inquiries about wireless market be a waste of time?
- The wireless industry is about to find out what it's like to be under Washington's microscope. The FCC this week announced efforts to further study competitive landscape of the mobile wireless market and determine whether consumers have the necessary information they need to make informed decisions about mobile phones and...
- Tags: FCC, Phone, Washington, Mobile, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Wireless, Wireless Industry, Federal Government, Advertising & Promotion, Wi-Fi, Telecom & Utilities, Wireless And Mobility, Government, Marketing, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-08-28
- FCC: We'll be relentless for competition, consumers, innovation and investment
- Om Malik has an interview with FCC chief Julius Genachowski and his game plan to be a "model of excellence for government." The key takeaways: Genachowski said the company will be relentlessly focused on competition, consumers, innovation and investment. And that focus means...
- Tags: Innovation, FCC, Google Inc., Investment, Apple Inc., Julius Genachowski, Federal Government, Government, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- News to know: Microsoft; Apple; Google; Hack attacks
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search) Microsoft denies holding up Win 7 tools...
- Tags: Google Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Attack, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Corporate Governance, Microsoft Windows 7, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Apple Mac OS, Keyboards, Hardware, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Peripherals, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- FCC's more proactive stance: Should we cheer or worry?
- The Federal Communications Commission is being way progressive. Just days after Apple shot down Google Voice related apps, the FCC pounced with a bevy of questions for Apple, AT&T and Google. The FCC sent letters to all parties involved seeking information. For Apple, the FCC wants to...
- Tags: FCC, Apple Inc., Federal Government, Government, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- China's Green Dam and the cyberwar implications
- Guest editorial by Oliver Day Chinese military leaders have always been aware of the military advantage the US has over the People's Liberation Army. Reading through their published assessments of Sino-US war possibilities confirm our belief that we would dominate them in the...
- Tags: Software, China, Vulnerability, Computer, Chinese Internet, Green Dam, Government, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Vertical Industries, Security, Management, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-07-23
- Child predators apparently don't use Gmail
- Child predators apparently don't use GmailWell saidI enjoyed this post and agree in a whole hearted way. The law and legislators are woefully behind the times. Maybe it's time for a tech savvy litmus test for would-be legislators. After all how they perceive technology will have a great deal to...
- Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, predator, Google Gmail, Child predator
- Discussion threads 2008-10-15
- IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance (IT GRC): An Organizational Imperative - What It Is, and Why You Should Know
- Regulatory mandates, emergence of new forms of risk, and a growing stakeholder focus on managing them are the principal drivers pressuring organizations to adopt IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance IT GRC strategies. Research shows that the key to success is introduction of a coherent system with a governance structure that...
- Tags: IT Governance, Information Technology, Compliance, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2008-10-01
- Virtual Villains of Security & PCI Compliance: Future Challenges of MPLS, Virtual Machines and VLANs
- Compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard PCI DSS will continue to change and adapt to mitigate the risk of compromised card holder information. Due to the ever changing landscape of security, a proactive stance towards threats and compliance needs to be taken. Organizations are increasing the use...
- Tags: MPLS, Compliance, VLAN, Virtual Machine, SecureState, PCI, Security, Networking, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2008-07-17
- AVG changes its stance on LinkScanner
- AVG changes its stance on LinkScannerTime to lock down WindowsIn the days of Windows XP, the need for an active virus scanner was a no brainer. With Vista, a user can now easily lock down the system by using a limited user account and turning on DEP for all programs....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Cyberthreats, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, AVG, LinkScanner, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Will IE 8 break the Web?
- There's been one nagging question about Internet Explorer IE 8 about which I can't stop wondering: Once it finally ships, will it break the Web? It's not just because I'm an unabashed Microsoft skeptic that I am puzzling over this. It's also because right up until...
- Tags: Developer, Web, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Standards, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-12
- eBay Red Team Event - Creating Awareness and Sharing Strategies
- I recently attended the eBay Red Team event at the eBay campus in San Jose, CA. and got a chance to sit in on several presentations, meetings, and discussions aimed at creating security awareness and knowledge sharing opportunities for several major decision makers in the information security space. Numerous companies...
- Tags: eBay Inc., Event, Knowledge, Management, Nate, Nathan McFeters, Security, Strategy, Team, Team Management
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- The+EU%3A+Too+much+control+over+the+tech+sector+%28and+Microsoft%29+%3F
- The+EU%3A+Too+much+control+over+the+tech+sector+%28and+Microsoft%29+%3FYawn. You really are anidiot. I just had to finally say it, as I do not say that much (I do try to be respectfull of others's points of views and beliefs), no matter how right or totally wrong they may be, Yet I get the sense that you...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Microsoft Corp., merger
- Discussion threads 2008-02-25
- Family Assurance Uses Pointsec Protector to Underpin FAST Accreditation
- Family Assurance is the UK's largest tax-exempt friendly society and provides a range of saving bonds and investment products including tax-free saving bonds, Individual Savings Accounts, unit trusts, and children's saving bonds. The Family Assurance team wanted to take a proactive stance and use a sophisticated technology solution to ensure...
- Tags: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Bond, Pointsec Mobile Technologies Inc., Pointsec Protector, Investment, Taxes, Finance, Financial Planning
- Case studies 2007-09-21
- Will YouTube 'King Hurley' really share video riches?
- YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley & Steve Chen celebrated their $1.65 billion buyout by Google in a giddy “broadcast yourself” YouTube clip culture video proclaiming the joining together of two Internet “kings.”The two kings are currently being feted on the international stage at The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2007 convened...
- Tags: Business Models, Web 2.0, Media, Advertising, Culture, Google, User-Generated Content, Social Web, Video, YouTube, Amateur Content, Brands, Marketing, Self-Promotion, ecommerce, Google Software Applications, Copyright, Content, Social Networking, Social Media, Search Advertising, YouTube Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-01-27
- Are advertisers using Web to skirt children's TV regulations?
- As new devices allow more children to have access to the Internet, the race is on for the attention and loyalty of its youngest consumers. That has ushered in new regulations by the Federal Communications Commission to curb advertising for Web sites that link to commercial content aimed at children...
- Tags: Education Technology, K-12, FCC, regulation, advertisement
- Blog posts 2007-01-26
- Trouble in Vista paradise? Large software vendor warns of major compatibility problems and burdensome remedies
- With barely five days to go before long-anticipated January 30 launch of Vista is history, a familiar problem and the lynchpin to adoption of any major operating system upgrade Windows Vista qualifies is crashing the party: backwards compatibility.Intuit, developer of one of the worlds most popular accounting applications used in...
- Tags: General, Vista, IT Management, Software Infrastructure, Hardware Infrastructure, Security, Intuit QuickBooks, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2007-01-25
- FBI, hire Arabic speakers, don't force ISP's to track my Web surfing
- FBI, hire Arabic speakers, don't force ISP's to track my Web surfingSurprised?At the rate the govt is going, personal liberty, freedom of speech and privacy are luxuries soon to be affordable by only those rich enough to be able to take trips to the moon. Instead of taking a proactive...
- Tags: Federal government, Internet service providers (ISPs), FBI, force ISP, Web
- Discussion threads 2006-10-19
- RIM releases BlackBerry workaround design
- RIM releases BlackBerry workaround designGOODI am sick of these patent holding companies like NTP, Eolas, etc, etc who develop ideas - which is great - but then they do nothing with them. They exist only to simply sit by and wait for someone who can actually accomplish something do...
- Tags: NTP, Research In Motion Ltd., patent, RIM BlackBerry
- Discussion threads 2006-02-09
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