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- MT launches anti-RealID revolution, bans DMV from complying with federal law
- The Real ID Revolt took root today as Montana enacted the first state law to reject the 2005 national law. When Gov. Brian Schweitzer D signed legislation April 17 banning the states motor vehicles department from enforcing the Real ID rules, he likely opened the floodgates for other states to...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt, RFID, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-17
- What's wrong with RealID?
- Phil Libin, president of CoreStreet, an ID management firm, writes a perspective piece at CNET in which he questions the strong backlash against RealID. Security is a mess under the current systems. Methods of collecting, verifying and storing background data differ from state to state, as do the...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt, RFID, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-05
- AZ Senate to opt out of Real ID
- The Arizona Senate is likely to approve a bill removing the state from the federal Real ID Act, which is intended to turn state drivers licenses into a national ID card, The Arizona Republic reports. Earlier this week, the Washington state Senate voted to delay participation in the...
- Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt
- Blog posts 2007-03-08
- DE: More money needed to comply with Real ID
- Even with the new extensions and funding for Real ID, Delaware will have a hard time meeting the laws requirements, some state officials say, according to the DE News Journal. For one thing, the federal government hasnt actually released any new money. Department of Homeland Security Michael...
- Tags: Government technology, Homeland security, State &, Local Govt
- Blog posts 2007-03-02
- Extension, details for states on Real ID
- After two years of legislative wrangling over a national ID program, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is finally laying out state responsibilities on how to implement the program, reports the Washington Post. The Bush administration has also agreed to postpone the launch of the "Real ID" program ...
- Tags: Government technology, Homeland security, State &, Local Govt
- Blog posts 2007-03-01
- States' rebellion against Real ID grows
- A battle royal between the states and the federal Department of Homeland Security is gathering steam. The revolt is over the Real ID Act, which would require states to issue new high-tech drivers licenses but provides no funds for the expensive makeover. The revolt started in Maine, but about a...
- Tags: Government technology, Homeland security, State &, Local Govt, REAL ID
- Blog posts 2007-02-06
- NH will challenge Real ID again, address other privacy issues
- The New Hampshire House last year pushed a bill rejecting the federal Real ID law - which would require states to remake their driver licenses to serve as a sort of national ID card - but it was shut down in the state Senate. This year, Republican Rep....
- Tags: Neal Kurk, REAL ID, privacy issue
- Blog posts 2007-01-29
- Maine rejects Real ID - in a nonbinding resolution
- The federal Real ID Act is widely maligned by states as an unfunded mandate that requires states to spend millions to create new drivers licenses that can be linked to a national database. Today, the Maine Legislature said "thanks but no thanks" to the requirement, passing a non-binding resolution...
- Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Privacy
- Blog posts 2007-01-25
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- EA's 'Spore' aims to create new worlds, businesses
- Electronic Arts's creature-building game "Spore" offers players a chance to develop new worlds--and maybe even new lines of business for the video game maker. RALEIGH, North Carolina--Electronic Arts's creature-building game Spore offers players a chance to develop new worlds--and maybe even new lines of business for the video game...
- Tags: Electronic Arts Inc., Spore, Games, Personal Technology, Reuters, Electronic Arts, video games, Nintendo
- News items 2008-09-05
- VMworld is bringing out the vendors
- Planning for an announcement is a challenging task. Large suppliers know that just about whatever they do will be picked up by the media and presented to the world. Smaller vendors have a much more difficult time getting heard. So, picking the right place and time for an announcement is...
- Tags: Supplier, Announcement, VMworld, Channel Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- News to know: Windows 7; Patch preview; Office 2.0; Dell
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Critical WMP, MS Office bugs on Patch Tuesday swat list Dancho Danchev:Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack Mary Jo Foley:...
- Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Office 2.0, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- XO sold through Amazon this year...Who cares?
- The One Laptop Per Child OLPC program will begin selling its XO laptop via Amazon this year in a reprise of its Give One Get One (G1G1) program, according to Ars Technica and several other outlets. Although the Ars piece paints this a real boon for OLPC, whose G1G1...
- Tags: Developing Country, Amazon.com Inc., One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture
- The appliance computing culture earned its successes by focusing on the revenue generation side - and that, in turn, drove its own evolution to database technology, the "application as interfaces to data" view, and tight evolutionary links between University research groups and companies like DEC and DG. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: Job, Processor, Database, Mainframes, Recruitment & Selection, Servers, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Cablevision blankets Long Island with Wi-Fi
- Cablevision Systems, one of the biggest cable providers in the New York City metro area, announced that it's completed the first stage of a massive Wi-Fi network project called Optimum WiFi that will eventually cover the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state area. The company says that its wireless networking equipment now...
- Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Microsoft Student Technology Day UK
- Note Wednesday 1st October 2008, a little over 3 weeks away from today in your diary. Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft and a whole load of influential partners and companies will be in London for the Microsoft Student Technology Day. It's a day about and for students,...
- Tags: Entrepreneurial, Microsoft Corp., Entrepreneurship, Management, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Should political postings stay or go? A survey.
- I've been blogging for ZD Net for several years, writing for ZD publications for almost 20 years. I've always found readers to be intelligent and thoughtful, which is why I continue to do this while doing other things as "work." My posting, A virus in your genes, think about that,...
- Tags: U.S., R&D, Discovery, Blog, Politics, Survey, Creationism, Rational Rants, Research & Development, Blogging, Business Operations, Internet, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Handicapping the Fall Enterprise Software Race: SAP vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft
- It's leapfrog time in enterprise software land, and the next frog to jump will be Oracle, which is hosting industry analysts next week in Redwood Shores and then hosting the entire world at its much-too-massive Open World Conference in San Francisco the following week. Oracle is...
- Tags: Strategy, Small And Medium Enterprise, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Smb/Sme, Enterprise Software, Software, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- The question that won't go away: What comes after Yahoo?
- During an appearance at the Citi Global Technology Conference on September 4, Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell faced the same question that he's been answering for months: What is Microsoft's online strategy now that the company has decided against buying Yahoo? by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Web Browsers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- SocialCast: enterprise Twitter/FriendFeed mashup
- SocialCast has revamped its group comms service, given it a facelift, aligned itself more closely to consumery apps like Twitter and FriendFeed and then given it an enterprise twist. As far as I am aware, this is the first enterprise facing application that has gotten close...
- Tags: Enterprise, Mashup, SocialCast, Pricing, Sales Force Management, Branding, Wiki, Marketing Research, Marketing, Sales, Online Communications, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Are we "done" with rich Internet applications?
- This week I've been putting together slides and preparing for my talk at Web 2.0 Expo New York City. I'm doing one titled "Making Sense of Rich Internet Applications" so it's more of a general talk covering everything from Adobe's stuff, to Microsoft Silverlight, to the mobile world, and now...
- Tags: Rich Internet Application, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
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