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Who are the real swine here?

Who are the real swine here?Glad to see this getting some pressIt's about time that the meat industry gets called on their part in the evolution of viruses and other diseases. Their industrial production techniques lead to a homogeneous gene pool. This condition is ripe for the propagation...

Tags: Containment, swine, real swine, meat

Discussion threads 2009-05-01

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It's flu season: connect and optimize your workers

More than technology to truly enable remote workingThis blog brings up a big point when discussing telecommuting: the technology must be able to handle the bandwidth when it becomes the norm. But that is solved by applying some well known technologies. It is a technical shift in where the bandwidth...

Tags: Development tools, worker

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

We ferret out the latest flu questions

Genes included in the new swine flu have been circulating undetected in piGenes included in the new swine flu have been circulating undetected in pigs for at least a decade, according to researchers who have sequenced the genomes of more than 50 samples of the virus. The findings...

Tags: H1N1 flu, latest flu, flu

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Aussies give open source golden crumbs from Microsoft table

Swine Flu...And now this!Swine flu, Windows 7...What other diseases are kids picking up in school?Maybe home schooling with low cost FLOSS systems ain't so bad after all!Dana, just to set the record straight,[b]FreeMind[/b], just like [b]Audacity[/b] is also available for [b]Linux[/b] ; I have it installed on my 64-bit [b]Ubuntu...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, learning curve, MuseScore, job, Microsoft Corp., computer skill, Linux, open source

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

Big money to be made in health payment processing

RE: Rolling Charges to end of yearI like the idea, but hang on. I thought we weren't allowed to solve healthcare problems anymore without government intervention. It's actually refreshing to hear someone propose a healthcare fix that doesn't require ten tons of bureaucracy to manage, and actually...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, health payment, BIG MONEY

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

Federal forms themed blackhat SEO campaign serving scareware

An ongoing blackhat SEO search engine optimization campaign is actively hijacking a variety of U.S Federal Forms keywords in an attempt to serve the Personal Antivirus (Trojan.Win32.FakeXPA) scareware. Due to the automated and sophisticated PageRank boosting tools cybercriminals use in these campaigns, the hijacked keywords are always...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Google Inc., HTTP, Malware, Cybercriminal, Keyword, Http Referrer, Search, Marketing Research, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Marketing, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-08-06

Microsoft sneaks in Firefox extension via Update

Microsoft sneaks in Firefox extension via UpdateIt's the .NET Framework Assistant 1.1...The description says:"Adds ClickOnce support and the ability to report installed .NET framework versions to the web server."Oooh.. Sounds ominous...Heavy flow day?.RE: Microsoft sneaks in Firefox extension via UpdateJoe Brockmeier you are an idiot. What extension? What does it...

Tags: Firefox extension, Microsoft Corp., blog

Discussion threads 2009-05-31

The Web's most dangerous keywords to search for

Which is the most dangerous keyword to search for using public search engines these days? It's "screensavers" with a maximum risk of 59.1 percent, according to McAfee's recently released report "The Web's Most Dangerous Search Terms". Upon searching for 2,658 unique popular keywords and phrases across 413,368...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, Cybercriminal, Keyword, Search, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-05-27

News to know: University iPhones; Salesforce; Windows 7; Kindle app; DOJ

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. Sam Diaz: Forget the Kindle; University "requires" iPhone Christopher Dawson: Mandatory iPhones at UM worth a bit of...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Dana Blankenhorn, Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, U.S. Department Of Justice, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Engineering, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-05-12

News to know: Cisco; Kindle DX; MySpace; Microsoft

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. Sam Diaz: Cisco's third quarter: Better than expected; Sales down; Economic recovery 'eventual' Andrew Nusca: Amazon Kindle DX: The solution to...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Twitter, Amazon Kindle, MySpace, Notebooks, Strategy, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-07

Is Twitter, instead of Yahoo, the better buy for Microsoft?

Finally, some buzz about Twitter that's worth a second look. Yesterday's rumor about Apple being interested in Twitter was ridiculous. But the headlines now - not rumors but more like unsolicited suggestions - suggest that Twitter should instead be on on Microsoft's radar (and Google's, too, for...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Search, Cloud Computing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-06

News to know: Windows 7; RIM; Botnet hijack; Amazon

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. Ed Bott: What to expect from Windows 7. Gallery right Mary Jo Foley: So many Microsoft codenames, so little time... The...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows 7, Antitrust, AT&T Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Law, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-05

Macs on the front lines tracking Influenza A(H1N1) virus

Macs on the front lines tracking Influenza A(H1N1) virusTracking the H1B Visa virus.From what the spokesman said only the Mac has the platform to fully meet all of their needs on the software. Unix rocks!Outside of my statement in the Subject line, I will resist jumping into the political...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, computer, H1N1 flu, Macs ARE, Microsoft Windows, operating system, virus

Discussion threads 2009-05-01

Who are the real swine here?

Pro-agribusiness media are scrambling to keep the flu story from tainting factory farms. The runoff, effluent, off-gassing and general environmental degradation from this kind of industrial production of pork or chicken or turkey or beef is supposed by the businesses involved to carry no burden for dealing with the...

Tags: U.S., Virus, Concentration Camp, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-04-30

500 billion tons, and counting

500 billion tons, and countingAs always, great reporting. But, given the numbers in your polls, theproblem will ONLY be fixed AFTER major calamities caused by global warming. It will be about a million times worse than the swine flu.Obama can only do so much without the support of the American...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-04-30

Obama's 100-day tech review

Obama's 100-day tech reviewWaiting on ....Well, I know one thing wait till the 2010 elections, we will see how wonderful it is when auto-makers are producing Yugo's and electricity has a 25% tax on it to pay for the 'free' healthcare for people WHO don't work...IF the country is around...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, NOW IT, Obama, tax

Discussion threads 2009-04-29

News to know: Wolfram; Microsoft's Pink; Swine Flu; Facebook; RealDVD; Ellison;

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. Larry Dignan: Wolfram/Alpha's demo: Search results meet analytics Mary Jo Foley: Could Verizon be a (or 'the') carrier for...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Flu, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, E-mail, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Asset Management, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Online Communications, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-04-29

Swine flu email scams circulating

Swine flu email scams circulatingSwine Worms..Thanks for the heads up. Whenever opportunity arises, scammers are never too far away are they. It's sort of amusing that this time around it's a "real" virus we are afraid of instead of Conficker. http://www.justaskgemalto.com/en/search/node/malware is a valuable link if you...

Tags: e-mail, email scam, H1N1 flu, Swine flu email scam

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Swine flu: gaia v. capitalism?

Swine flu: gaia v. capitalism?People wanted 'change'The tin can death trap shoe box cars are outthere GO buy them.Why want for the big Government who owns theBanks, Detroit and pretty soon everything elseto force you to do it with $5 gas and superexpensive electricity.I am sure when the Union people...

Tags: capitalism, H1N1 flu

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Why Facebook can't open up like Twitter: Life doesn't operate in 140 characters

No matter what Facebook does it never seems to make everyone happy. The latest hubbub: Facebook opens up its activity streams to third party developers, but doesn't go far enough. Why? Damn privacy.  ReadWriteWeb's Marshall Kirkpatrick makes a great argument that Facebook remains fundamentally close due to its...

Tags: Facebook, Twitter, ReadWriteWeb, Kirkpatrick, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-28