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The $17.5 million hard drive

Some employers think they own you when all they're doing is renting your time. It cost 1 company $17.5 million to learn that stealing an employee's hard drive is really, really stupid. It's about time. Wha' happened? An RV sales manager was hired...

Tags: Hard Drive, Sales Manager, Punitive Damage, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Notebooks, Sales, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-05-25

The real argument against electronic health records

The real argument against electronic health recordsDo no harmWhen Doctor's make critical care decisions, they are influenced by a variety of things.HMOs influence how Patient treatment is rendered and indirectly outcomes through referral tracking.A Health Care Provider gains 'full exposure' for Malpractice. HMOs staffed by humans have 'limited liability'...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Insurance, punitive damage, e-health, electronic health record

Discussion threads 2007-12-04

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Intel appeals EU $1.45b fine

Unfortunatelywhen has a companies own shortcomings in marketing itself ever had weight in court. I think it should, but I wouldn't believe a court would take into account the plaintiff and/or "victim"s part in a situation as long as they are deemed a business.RE: Intel appeals EU $1.45b fineThis...

Tags: Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Anonymity exposed, part deux: Google, ISPs ordered to expose academic dissidents

Freedom of anonimityWell done to the judge, everyone has the freedom of speech, where freedom of anonimity doesn't exist in any constitution.If people are going to make damaging remarks, make personal attacks on people and harm others and calim it as freedom of speech, then they should do so publicly....

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), E-mail, SECURITY, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

Imagining a real-world verdict in Thomas-Rasset case

Ray Beckerman has a nice little piece of vitriol about the crazy-ass $1.9 million judgment in the Capitol v Thomas-Rasset case. Ray imagines a parallel universe in which the trial was conducted according to the Federal Rules of Evidence and Civil Procedure. In this world, the RIAA needs some shred...

Tags: RIAA, Ray Beckerman, Ray, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-21

Facebook wins $873 million judgement against spammer

Facebook wins $873 million judgement against spammerwhat a moronquit get ride of the moronRE: Facebook wins $873 million judgement against spammerMore! More! We need lost more of this kind of thing! Why isn't the news media picking up on any of this? We need to add pressure...

Tags: Cyberthreats, MESSAGE-ID, spam, Facebook, judgement, spammer, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-11-24

Harvard's Charlie Neeson raises Constitutional questions in RIAA litigation

Harvard's Charlie Neeson raises Constitutional questions in RIAA litigationPoints two and three are dubiousMind you, I tend to take the US Constitution a lot more literally than the US Supreme Court has during my lifetime, but..."Congress has violated the Constitution by putting the prosecution of a criminal statute in the...

Tags: Charlie Neeson, Constitution, Harvard, RIAA, RIAA litigation, U.S. Congress, litigation

Discussion threads 2008-10-29

Apple and AT&T sued

Apple and AT&T suedYou know what she's upset about don't you?Because of the price drop, people who are selling them second hand, like those on eBay, can't get back the money that they paid for them because of the price drop.Basically, she's suing them because it's now more difficult to...

Tags: eBay Inc., phone, price drop, Apple Inc., AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-10-02

Read the fine print of Google Office

Google may undercut Microsoft Office with its business apps subscriptions for a mere $50 per account a year, but there are a few fine print items to consider. The blog love see Techmeme for these Google hosted apps is somewhat amazing....

Tags: General, Google, Microsoft, Office 2.0, Software Infrastructure

Blog posts 2007-02-22

Sony agrees to FTC settlement in CD protection case

Sony agrees to FTC settlement in CD protection caseSony is Pleased I'm SureI'm sure that Sony is indeed pleased to have reached the agreement. It amounts to not much more than a slap on the wrist for a corporation of that size. The fines and expenses should have...

Tags: Rootkits, Litigation, Digital media, Sony Corp., FTC

Discussion threads 2007-01-30

Class action suit over ID theft tossed out

Class action suit over ID theft tossed outThis is exactly why it will only get worse...No one has the balls to make corporate america responsible for it's actions.Message has been deleted.No worries Congress will stick up for usOur bought and paid for government is too worried about important things like...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Class Action Suit, hacker, class action, identity theft

Discussion threads 2006-10-12

EU court hopes to rule on Microsoft by April

EU court hopes to rule on Microsoft by AprilTime to show American resolve...In these trying times, I thank my lucky stars for 2 things: 1) That George W. Bush is President and 2) that Microsoft continues to fight the good fight for consumers. Both Microsoft and President Bush take unpopular...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., EU Court

Discussion threads 2005-11-04

Windows glitches to get fixes

Windows glitches to get fixesYikes, this is serious!!![i] The software giant's patch process itself was tapped by attackers, who sent out a fake e-mail purporting to be a Windows security bulleting out. The message attempted to persuade people into downloading and installing an attached Trojan horse.[/i]When is Microsoft going to...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., Perfect O.S., operating system, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2005-02-03

Spam is born in the U.S.A.

Spam is born in the U.S.A.*Every* ZDNet poster was right"Nearly 86 per cent of all spam messages sent since May 2004 came from the United States, according to e-mail security firm CipherTrust. This indicates spammers are finding ways around that country's anti-spam legislation."I think 100% of the posts to these...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, e-mail, spam, aswer

Discussion threads 2004-08-17

Chip designer notifies firms of possible patent suits

Chip designer notifies firms of possible patent suitswe need a time limit to claim infingmentwaiting this long to make a claim should void the patent altogetherNT Today's business model: Don't innovate. Don't create. SUE!.Well, there ya go..."Revenue came to $3,384 in the quarter ending in February,...

Tags: Semiconductors, patent, chip, crystal, Patents DO, Chip designer, utility patent

Discussion threads 2004-04-23

EU fighting yesterday's war against Microsoft?

EU fighting yesterday's war against Microsoft?Really, the Microsoft is such a drag on inovation. One way or anothyer . .We WILL break this. Microsoft is undeder a microsocope, we are on to them. The EU is helping here, but the biggest thing is Linux, which Microsoft does not have an...

Tags: Leadership, Strategy, OPEN SOURCE, Google Inc., innovation, Microsoft Corp., Linux, sandbox

Discussion threads 2004-02-05