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- Fidor Bank: a glimpse to the future?
- While at the SOMESSO event last week I filmed Matthias Kroner, CEO of Fidor Bank. In this 9 min 43 sec video, Matthias explains the difference between the classical bank and the new form of community based bank. Fidor is the first bank...
- Tags: Bank, Germany, Fidor, Banking, Financial Services, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- Could you green the world brick by brick?
- It's a brick."Well, the mainstream bricks boys do not like CalStar and want to prevent from the use of the very word 'brick.'"Oh, puh-lease. Even when people in third world countries put mud in molds on the ground and use sunlight to bake it, we still call them bricks.Yes, it's...
- Tags: CalStar, Oak Creek, ash, fly ash, Oak
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Net Neutrality vs. "do no evil"
- 6 of onehalf dozen of another. Like all extremists you paint a nice picture from one perspective. All these internet companies are so innocent and all they want is a fair shake . . . yeah right. In order to maximize profits, they purposely underbuilt their networks. They advertize high...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Regulations, regulation, Videotron, network, Internet Service Provider, Net Neutrality, Bush
- Discussion threads 2009-10-03
- California not politically bankrupt
- California not politically bankruptInterstate CommerceActions like this really blow my mind. The Federal Government abuses the Commerce Clause to uniformly regulate nearly all products that 'can' or 'may' be sold across state lines. Why do they now decide to not enforce uniformity?To me this is just another example...
- Tags: Quality, car, standards, Computer Associates International Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-30
- No penguins in Akihibara
- No penguins in Akihibarabest bet...would be to connect with the Tokyo Linux Users group and see what they recommend. You'd most likely get a list of used shops for parts and what-not but ... the mailing list seems to show only something from Dell...Did you try http://www.unixhonpo.jp/otherwise go with...
- Tags: Construction, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, windows software, window, Linux, kernel, Akihibara
- Discussion threads 2009-06-08
- Eliminate the FCC?
- Eliminate the FCC?Way of the world.As is well known, a government agency which regulates an industry becomes an advocate for that industry. And scientists have no fewer interests and opinions to advance than other people.You wrote:That's the problem. Any government institution can be corrupted, any set of safeguards overrun...
- Tags: Federal government, FCC
- Discussion threads 2008-12-24
- Will you lose pictures stored online if your photo site goes bust?
- Will you lose pictures stored online if your photo site goes bust?Highlights Cloud RisksPerhaps this highlights the risk of having your eggs in someone else's basket.There ARE reasons why for some, having one's data on one's own equipment feels more secure.Yes, cloud companies may be able to able to afford...
- Tags: Personal Data, photo site, photograph, bust
- Discussion threads 2008-11-11
- Preemption case went before Supremes today
- Preemption case went before Supremes todayI have to wonder...Suppose the SCOTUS rules that manufacturers aren't liable because the FDA gave the product their blessing.By extension then, could auto manufacturers be liability free once their auto are approved by the applicable agencies (NTSB and/or NHTSA)? Would airplane manufacturers be liability free...
- Tags: Litigation, Supreme, Preemption case
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- Pkware Case Study: Federal Government Agency #8
- The client is a Federal Government agency responsible for the safety of civil aviation. The agency maintains various responsibilities, including: regulation of civil aviation to promote safety; development of civil aeronautics; research and development of the National Airspace System; and regulation of US commercial space transportation. The agency is divided...
- Tags: Agency, PKWare, Government, Aviation, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Case studies 2008-10-23
- 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
- Three Critical Components of Product Traceability in the Food and Beverage Supply Chain
- The safety and security of the food supply has never been more important than it is today. An increase in concern about contamination, allergies/ allergens, terrorist threats and food-borne illnesses such as Mad Cow Disease and Bird Flu, makes precise management of ingredients and product whereabouts essential. Driven largely by...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Food, HighJump Software Inc., Beverage, Food & Beverage, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-05-01
- Time to regulate drug prices?
- A new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation, USA Today, and Harvard shows that most Americans now want drug prices regulated This is their chief concern with the industry. Safety and advertising are less important. The study's summary PDFÂ shows people are having a tougher...
- Tags: Compound, Dana Blankenhorn, Genentech Inc., Management, Risks, Strategy
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- Mobile enterprise? you gotta be kidding!
- I have been surprised at how few substantial business applications were on display at the Mobile World Congress. While 'edge' cases like myself would like to believe mobile applications will take on significance, it seems the mobile phone industry is way behind the innovation curve. According to industry analyst Dean...
- Tags: Mobile, Handset, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
- Internet 'heroes and villains' vie for ISPA awards
- Internet 'heroes and villains' vie for ISPA awardsAbout Internet safety...My concern is that while making the Internet safer for children is a noble ideal, there's a danger of veering into censorship territory.The Internet MUST remain free of content regulation.Part of information freedom is the risk of bumbing into inappropriate content.It's...
- Tags: Internet, ISPA Award
- Discussion threads 2008-01-16
- Intense interest in Microsoft Office standard
- Intense interest in Microsoft Office standardHigher up the tree[i]The underlying question remains this. Is standards-setting a judicial or a political process? Even if it is a judicial process, should such a process ignore politics, or be informed by it?[/i]I beg to differ. The underlying question is, "what is the...
- Tags: Quality, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Word, standards, Microsoft Corp., OOXML, Microsoft Office, Standards Bodies
- Discussion threads 2007-12-14
- Save Internet freedom--from regulation
- Save Internet freedom--from regulationIf only.....it were that simple.What the writer fails to acknowledge is the fact that ethics subverted by greed within some companies have done harm to people for the sake of expanding profit thereby inviting regulation on themselves by the representatives of the people whom they were abusing.Given...
- Tags: Regulations, Telecom & Utilities, Rogers Cable, regulation, Save Internet freedom, telecommunications, Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2007-12-12
- Advocacy groups in war of words over need to investigate Comcast's alleged BitTorrent throttling
- Just a little while ago, I received an email from MoveOn.org, with their reaction to a letter that the Hands Off the Internet coalition sent to FCC Chair Kevin Martin on Wednesday, requesting that the regulatory body investigate Comcast's possible throttling of Bit Torrent traffic. First, to...
- Tags: FCC, Censorship, BitTorrent, Comcast Corp., MoveOn.org, AT&T Corp., Internet, Federal Government, Government, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-11-09
- BULLETIN: Here's The TOS Update from AT&T: has "foundation of free society" language
- No more "tend to damage our name." Just got this from AT&T: “AT&T will clarify the language in its Internet Terms of Service agreements to reiterate the company’s commitment to freedom of speech and open dialogue…whether that be via the Internet or elsewhere on...
- Tags: AT&T Corp., Service, Intellectual Property, Internet, Workforce Management, Research & Development, Business Operations, Human Resources, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-10-10
- Social computing and product lifecycle management
- The blogs are full of praise for soon to be minted Forrester analyst Jeremiah Owyang's thought piece about applying social computing to product lifecycle management. While I like the generality of Jeremiah's argument, I'm nervous about applying the ideas in a number of markets. At least...
- Tags: Dennis Howlett, Information Technology, Jeremiah, Product Lifecycle, Product Lifecycle Management, SAP AG, Social Computing
- Blog posts 2007-09-14
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