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- Schools' IT chief's bribery conviction upheld
- The US Court of Appeals upheld a three-year prison sentence for a Pennsylvania school district IT manager for receiving some $2 million in kickbacks related to the federal E-Rate program, News.com reports. In spring 2002, John Henry Weaver was serving as director of information technology of the...
- Tags: Ronald Morrett, Weaver, John Henry Weaver
- Blog posts 2006-03-24
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- The hits keep coming against plastic bottles with bisphenol-A
- The hits keep coming against plastic bottles with bisphenol-AThis no storyMe have lots BPA and me no see no probelms. Me brain is work just fine.RE: The hits keep coming against plastic bottles with bisphenol-AHere is something many don’t realize. BPA plastics are used extensively in dentistry. ...
- Tags: bisphenol-A, plastic bottle, BPA, bottle
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Novell: Quietly developing some momentum
- Novell's fiscal third quarter was notable for reasons beyond Linux sales and its core product line. Novell's most recent quarter was the sixth consecutive one that topped expectations. That consistency may mark the days where Novell becomes something more than an afterthought. Now it's no coincidence that...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Linux, Operational Accounting, Operating Systems, Open Source, UNIX, Software, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- cloud computing - lowercase, please. hold the (TM)
- cloud computing - lowercase, please. hold the TMStrange First StepO.K. so now it is legal to use the term "cloud computing" to talk about the subject. Great. I hope efforts are made to actually make the technology viable for most businesses and users. This legal battle is as absurd as...
- Tags: cloud computing
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Assessing winners and losers
- Updated below: Yahoo and billionaire investor Carl Icahn have settled their looming proxy war. According to a statement Monday, Yahoo's board of directors will be expanded to 11 members and one of those seats will go to Icahn. The two remaining seats will be filled based on...
- Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Amanda Chapel, aka "Strumpette," needs some tough love
- I had a strange Twitter back-and-forth with "Amanda Chapel," the pseudonymous authors of a PR blog called "Strumpette," about the nature of the hacker ethic. I personally don't think the hacker ethic is very effective as a counterpoint to the system of intellectual property it decries, because hackers seem intent...
- Tags: Hacker, Twitter, Amanda Chapel, Hacking, Security, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Michael Dell's 2008 compensation almost halved, but security tab remains
- Dell CEO Michael Dell saw his total compensation in fiscal 2008 fall to $2.33 million from $4.5 million in 2007 as his stock option awards fell. However, Dell's security bill topped $1 million for the second year in a row. According to Dell's proxy statement filed with the SEC...
- Tags: Security, Compensation, Dell Computer Corp., Benefits, Human Resources, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
- HP's to-do list following EDS acquisition
- We now know that HP is acquiring EDS in what appears to be an agreed bid that values EDS at $13.9 billion. Larry Dignan has the main analysis but it leaves open a series of testing questions for HP CEO Mark Hurd. As Larry points out: Overall, Wall Street...
- Tags: Acquisition, Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Mergers & Acquisitions, Outsourcing, Corporate Law, Asset Management, Construction, It Services, It Operations, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Operational Planning, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- HP seals EDS deal; Services No. 2 behind IBM; Can Hurd run EDS better?
- Updated: Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd said Tuesday he plans to use a familiar playbook to integrate Electronic Data Systems: Leverage scale, squeeze costs -- and underpromise and overdeliver. "We're running the playbook we know how to run very well," said Hurd, on a conference call with analysts....
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Earnings, IBM Corp., Non-GAAP Earning, GAAP, Financial Accounting, Construction, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- 3Com names new CEO; Eyes China expansion
- 3Com said Tuesday that it has appointed Robert Mao to replace Edgar Masri as CEO. The networking firm also brought on Ronald Sege as president and chief operating officer. The shakeup isn't entirely unexpected given the 3Com's inability to sell itself to a group of investors led...
- Tags: 3Com Corp., Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Developers at fault? SQL Injection attacks lead to wide-spread compromise of IIS servers
- There's been a lot of noise and violent thrashing over the last couple days regarding a flaw that was originally believed to be a flaw in Microsoft's IIS Internet Information Server, but has since been pointed out as simply a well thought out SQL Injection attack. For those of...
- Tags: Developer, Password, Web Application, Server, SQL, Site, SQL Injection, Microsoft IIS Server, Attack, Programming Languages, Security, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Germany uses n-word to describe American policies
- Germany uses n-word to describe American policiesNeed a big SUV for personal transport because you ate too much?Yeah the psychology is just too much me-me-me. It'll take a generation or two to sort it out IF action is even taken. But then, who wants to take action if it doesn't...
- Tags: N-word, American Policy
- Discussion threads 2008-04-19
- Do drug companies need government subsidies?
- Do drug companies need government subsidies?You don't get to receive welfare AND rape your customersPick one or the other. Not both.RE: Do drug companies need government subsidies?Of course they do. How else can they prove that they can't compete on a world stage and still satisfy shareholders? Maybe...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, government subsidy, drug company
- Discussion threads 2008-03-25
- Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" beta - making life easier for Windows users
- Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron" beta - making life easier for Windows usersNice and easy, but.....Not for me. This way, Windows (and all it's security risks) can influence (damage?) my beautiful shiny clean Ubuntu.That thought makes me uneasy.I want Windows completely quarantined.But I agree: for beginnners with Linux, this is a...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 8.04, Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-03-24
- Money, Politics and Energy: Menage That Screws the American Consumer
- I don't think anybody is naive enough these days to think that the future of green tech or alternative energy is based on fair competition in some imaginery free marketplace. Don't we all know that economic competition in America, and elsewhere, is heavily weighted in favor of those with...
- Tags: Green Technology, Dollar, NREL, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-03-14
- Revealed: The mysteries of Apple's logo and other high-tech brands
- Like other high-tech companies, Apple sometimes changes its logo to better express its brand and its current corporate personality. However, few of the logos from its silicon-era peers have undergone such a vast transformation as Apple. A post by Alex Santoso on the Neatorama site tracks the...
- Tags: Logo, Brand, Article, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Branding, Service Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
- War of words over alleged Firefox vulnerability
- Researcher Ronald van den Heetkamp claimed that he had found a Firefox flaw just a few hours after Mozilla released its 2.0.0.12 update that patched a series of vulnerabilities. Mike Shaver, a Mozilla security staffer, begged to differ and said van den Heetkamp is dead wrong. On...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Vulnerability, Mozilla Corp., Van Den, Heetkamp, Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-11
- Windows blue screen of death at Frankfurt Airport
- Windows blue screen of death at Frankfurt AirportThis is newsworthy?One BSOD and you feel the need to write about it?We see this all the timeOver at http://thedailywtf.com . ATMs, Airports, Subways.. all sorts of Windows errors and crashes.MODS: That's NOT my site, so I'm not just self-promoting! I just find...
- Tags: Operating systems, Frankfurt Airport, Windows Blue Screen of Death, Windows Blue Screen, Windows Blue, blue screen of death, Microsoft Windows, BSOD
- Discussion threads 2008-02-01
- Identifying a face from a single picture
- Identifying a face from a single pictureScary Ronald...This is just one more step closer to a police controlled state. If that doesn't send chills down your spine... ]:)I think it's great!But that's because I'm planning on becoming cop, not little people. This is the golden time for people like me...
- Tags: image
- Discussion threads 2008-01-29
- Rihanna Screensaver (exe)
- This free screensaver contains many pictures of Rihanna. Rihanna was born in Saint Michael, Barbados, as the oldest child to Ronald Fenty, her Barbadian father of African and Irish ancestry, and Monica Fenty, her Guyanese mother of Barbadian origin. She has two younger brothers named Rorrey and Rajad.
- Tags: Screensaver
- Software downloads 2007-12-18
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