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Time to overhaul grandfather's FDA approval process?

In February the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in Riegel vs. Medtronic, that the FDA's authority to approve medical devices means states, and their courts, have no recourse when something goes wrong. At a stroke this pre-emption ruling eliminated medical device product liability. Once the FDA approves a...

Tags: FDA, Medical Device, Recourse, Federal Government, Healthcare, Government, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-05

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Law firm interested in hearing from banned Xbox Live gamers

Maybe "law" can become a GDP driverNow that America has seen virtually every domestic industry go down the toilet, maybe it can provide law services to the rest of the world.If this self-righteous lawsuit is any indication, the is no need to fear the loss of American innovation and savvy;...

Tags: Microsoft Xbox Live, EULA, Microsoft Corp., cheater, contractual obligation, terms of service, law firm, Microsoft Xbox

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Hands on with new Roku Channel Store; is cable TV still worth the cost?

Not available on the N1000I don't see any options for this on my N1000.Bummer.Has the resolution improved on HD content?That was one thing I'd like to know. I can see a future, where everything you would ever need in the home will go thru the internet. I am already set...

Tags: Cable, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, Advertising & Promotion, FrameChannel, video quality, Roku Inc., cable television

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Is Apple being too precious about the App Store?

If by precious you mean fascistthen yes they are...great...Get ready for the Jobs cultist starting another holywar because you "tarnished" their cyber-religion.Precious.The marketplace is what it is because of ownership. Apple owns the store they built and has the identical right that Disney or The Atlantic or Toyota does to...

Tags: Public relations, Microsoft Windows NT, Balmer, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Hacker scores by posting East Anglia global warming emails

Control over eating a hamburgerGood grief please stop the madness of all of these un-truths about global warming trash.I want a burger I will eat a burger, if I want to drive to town to ride around so be it, if I want to raise cattle and have them pass...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, burger, PCB, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Research paints ugly IT employment picture: Almost 2 million jobs gone in 14 years

Depressing...So much innovation happened in America in the 90's. Alot of what we have now was accomplished by American engineers, and now we are not being included anymore because of what? Arbitrage. Sad, Sad, Sad....Of courseBecause all these CEOs and wannabe businesspeople think quality doesn't matter so...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, information technology, comeback, profit margin, job, worker

Discussion threads 2009-11-20

Microsoft gives up to 1 million Xbox modders the boot from Live

Exactly. I could not agree moreno different then many other things.In NASCAR, the team owns the car, NASCAR the rest.You are perfectlly free to do with your car whatever you wish, NASCAR just will not allow you to run it at their events.Microsoft is not stopping them from modifying their...

Tags: Game players, Linux, Games, EULA, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, hardware functionality, hardware

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Gartner in the dock over Magic Quadrant

Friday October 23rd will see Gartner argue a motion to dismiss a complaint by ZL Technologies Inc about the famed Gartner Magic Quadrant. According to court papers, Gartner will argue to dismiss based on First Amendment rights citing that the Magic Quadrant is not meant to represent statements of fact...

Tags: Quadrant, Analyst, Vendor, Gartner Inc., Vinnie, MQ, Blogging, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Internet, Finance, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-20

The EULA ... your views

Every EULA translated in under 15 words:By using this software, you forfeit any right not explicitly protected by law.RE: The EULA ... your viewsSo you just wanted to post to agree with what others agreed with you about? Ok....RE: The EULA ... your viewsOdd how the random sample doesn't...

Tags: EULA

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Psystar's Thermopylae: The Nightmare Hypervisor Arrives

Miami, Florida-based Psystar, which is currently under litigation from Apple for producing Mac-compatible clones and is counter litigating the company for monopolistic practices, has announced that they are OEM licensing their virtualization technology and ICAP so that any PC vendor may easily produce Mac clones. ...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Hypervisor, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS X, Cloud Computing, Apple Mac OS, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-05

Chinese hackers launch targeted attacks against foreign correspondents

China should have all its global internet connections severed.Just kidding.... kinda.RE: Chinese hackers launch targeted attacks against foreign correspondentsChinese communist party styleNuclear Arms ReductionLocate where the hackers are operating from, detonate a nuke on them.Kill two birds with one stone.RE: Chinese hackers launch targeted attacks against foreign correspondentsMaybe we should...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, hacker, attack

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

FCC lays out Net neutrality framework: Transparency of network management eyed

Thank GoodnessIf left to the ISPs and Computer Industry, within 5, years you would be paying outrageous fees for limited Internet access and bandwidth, and your ISP would dictate what applications you used, where you went and when you went there. Imagine if Apple, with its controlling, narrow mindedness,...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Federal government, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Network technology, Internet Service Provider, Internet, cable, network management, content provider, FCC, network, Net Neutrality

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

When HIPAA and Twitter collide: Can you blab away your privacy rights?

Absolutely notThe most the hospital should do is cite HIPAA and promise a private resolution. That is all they need to do in public. If they do resolve the problem to satisfaction, most people who are willing to complain about a health problem in public would acknowledge that in public....

Tags: Regulatory compliance, HEALTHCARE, Regulations, Twitter Inc., hospital, HIPAA, patient

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

EFF, ACLU says Google Books will chill reading, speech

Better that it is entirely unavailablethan to make it available to anyone who cares to search for it. I have seen nowhere that the Google project will prevent any other source from digitizing books, or from keeping them in print. This is quite possibly THE stupidest argument I have heard...

Tags: Google Inc., American Civil Liberties Union, privacy, Google Book, Vegas, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Third Circuit upholds online gambling ban

Court made the wrong decision in this caseIf I am remembering correctly, equal things are supposed to have equal protection under the law.... what's so bad between online gambling and regular casino gambling, with the latter coming out as 'better'?The real reason that the government wants to ban online gaming...

Tags: Third Circuit

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

Open source can save your life

don't mix OSS with socialized medicineOSS is for the all the people, socialized medicine is demanded only by a small minority of craizy liberals.VA health careSince 2001, the VA has had remarkable bipartisan support for just about all the funding they needed or could handle. When the gravy train...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Walter Reed, Walter Reed hospital, open source, health care

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

Joe Biden and the dawn of the MediNet

what a waste, just model VA Hospitalsthey have one of the most efficient medical records on the planet. HIEThese funds are not to develop electronic medical records (your right, the VA's VISTA system is very good - and I am a strong advocate of open source solutions) This is...

Tags: Government, Insurance, Vertical industries, MediNet, Joe Biden, dawn, medical record, Hie

Discussion threads 2009-08-21

Defamation or free speech? U.S. court orders Google to hand over identity of blogger

If ordered by a judge...releasing the identity to the plaintiff is fair and necessary, otherwise you have no recourse.I will take issue with one statement however. You wrote "After all, it?s protected free speech to say that you believe someone is disingenuous or otherwise intolerable. It?s another thing to imply...

Tags: defamation, identity, Google Inc., What-If

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

Sony kills virtualization on Vaio notebooks

I wonder what recourse a buyer has?Will Sony issue a refund?This is like buying a "sports car" and not being told it won't do more than 55mph til you try it ('cause no one in New York City can drive over 30mph).Yea, I know my logic is way out there,...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, cloud computing, Utility computing, Storage management, Cyberthreats, Sony Vaio, notebook, Sony Corp., VW, virtualization, computer

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

Your iPhone could soon be watching you!

Have you completely lost your mind?"OK, this seems like a great feature for product vendors because it allows them to duck warranty obligations"What obligations are there exactly if you drop your iPod into a bathtub, or spill coffee on it while driving? If anything, these nuissance claims get built into...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-08-07