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- senate committee OKs bills on personal data breaches
- Senate committee OKs bills on personal data breachesOne of the sponsored links seems kind of fishy..."We Found Your SS# OnlineVisit Web Site You'll never guess who put it there We'll give you their numberdavickservices.com "Notification DON'T work!These people don't get it at all and they are all fooled by the...
- Tags: Senate Committee, data breach, U.S. Senate
- Discussion threads 2007-05-04
- TSA's Secure Flight insecure, delayed again
- The Transportation Safety Administration's Secure Flight program "may not be adequately protected against unauthorized access and use or disruption," a Government Accountability Office auditor told Senate committee yesterday, according to the New York Times. The program has been long-delayed and agency chief Kip Hawley told the Senate Committee on Commerce,...
- Tags: agency, Kip Hawley, Senate Committee
- Blog posts 2006-02-10
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- Patent reform dead for 2008
- The death of the Patent Reform Act in the Senate spells hard times for open source. That's because one of the act's main aims was to end "forum shopping," the practice of filing lawsuits in, say, the Eastern District of Texas, which never saw a patent plaintiff...
- Tags: Patent, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- What will a classroom look like in 10 years?
- I went to a strategic planning action committee meeting tonight. Sounds like fun, doesn't it? Although not sexy, it is important as we look at concrete ways to implement the strategic plan our district put together. I'm on the facilities committee since technology falls under the facilities...
- Tags: Classroom, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Will EDS deal make HP Microsoft's IBM?
- Will EDS deal make HP Microsoft's IBM?DoubtfulAs I noted in my response to Paul Murphy, this looks a lot more like an HP that's run out of ideas and feels bound to play the serial acquisition game to disguise the fact, and maybe have some new cash cows ready for...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-13
- Free software great and small
- Free software great and smallFree software great and small[i]In brief, it's a kinder, gentler version of Linus Torvald's quote that Linux is headed for "world domination, fast". [/i]BWAHHAHAHAHAHA! I had to laugh at that quote.Blah blah blah, Are you linux users really that dillusional? We've been hearing about how...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Face it Linux, Linux, Free Software, LINUX IS
- Discussion threads 2008-05-07
- IT politics killed White House email project
- Data archiving in the White House is a serious business mandated by the Presidential Records Act of 1978, which was passed following the Watergate scandal. The Act requires the White House to maintain an historical archive of its activities, policies, and decisions. Despite...
- Tags: Information Technology, White House, Act, E-mail, Online Communications, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- 10 reasons for IT failure
- 10 reasons for IT failureThe number one reason...I still say the number one reason for failure is the mind set that in some magical way IT project management is different than other diciplines. (Engineering projects as an example.)One of the short comings I see in most curriculum for computer...
- Tags: Strategy, Project management, information technology, IT Failure
- Discussion threads 2008-05-02
- News to know: Sun; Microhoo; Vista; Linux security; Spigit
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Sun plans layoffs following weak quarter; Blames U.S. economy Nate McFeters: Multiple Linux flaws show that Linux also has kernel issues More bad news for McAfee, HackerSafe certification Steve Ballmer's defining hour Mary...
- Tags: Security, Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Linux, Virtualization, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- House committee passes 'gluttonous' Pro IP Act
- House committee passes 'gluttonous' Pro IP ActMega CapitalismThe snake eating its own tail. Or put another way, living off of itself.The reality though, is more like it survives from eating off the minions within reach. It's like a dragon in a cave full of jewels ....Do our brave adventurers (capitalist...
- Tags: Pro IP Act, gluttonou, House Committee
- Discussion threads 2008-05-01
- House committee passes 'gluttonous' Pro IP Act
- So, we have a credit crisis, a foreclosure crisis, a full-blown recession and no plans on how to get out of Iraq or how to create a regional solution. So what do we need? How about an intellectual property czar and stiffer penalties for unauthorized music downloading? ...
- Tags: Damage, CD, IP, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Expert praises, criticizes Atlantic v. Howell decision
- It's becoming clear that the Atlantic v. Howell decision is a major big deal in the RIAA lawsuit landscape, as the heavy hitters are starting to comment. William Patry just published a seven-volume treatise on copyright law, Patry on Copyright (yours for just over $1,500). He's also...
- Tags: Copyright Law, Judge, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Microsoft's competitor to Adobe LightRoom gets another champion
- Microsoft's competitor to Adobe LightRoom gets another championAdobe should show the non compete and sue M$!Stealing talent should not go unpunished!M$ must pay!RE: Microsoft's competitor to Adobe LightRoom gets another championWhile the basic facts are correct–Mark is leaving Adobe for MSFT to do User Experience work, that's about the extent...
- Tags: Document management, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., champion, imaging
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- Microsoft lands Democratic National Convention, ties Google in convention race
- Microsoft and Google duke it out on multiple fronts: Search, applications, the Web and now political conventions. Microsoft said Monday that it will be the official software and "HD Web content provider" for the 2008 Democratic National Convention. For those of you keeping score at home, Google announced...
- Tags: Software, Google Inc., Microsoft Silverlight, Convention, Video, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Communications, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Genetic non-discrimination bill will finally become law
- The U.S. Senate voted 95-0 yesterday to approve the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. A similar bill passed the House last year and President Bush is expected to sign it. The vote caps a 13-year battle by Rep. Louise Slaughter, a New York Democrat, and...
- Tags: Bill, Republican, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Recruitment & Selection, Healthcare, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Workforce Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Microsoft's elephant in the OS room: Apple
- Microsoft's elephant in the OS room: AppleBut as Macs are growing faster than the market rateAnd every Mac means OS X rides shotgun. Admittedly I'm connecting a few dots here to be sure, but something is going on. It was stunning to me how much piracy was mentioned on that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Sales strategy, Operating systems, installed base number, OSX, operating system, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., hardware, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-04-25
- Silverlight to star in NBC's online Olympics coverage
- NBC is relying heavily on Microsoft's Silverlight to present its online Olympic coverage which will include about 2,200 hours of free on-demand video. Perkins Miller is counting down the days to the start of the Olympic Games in Beijing this year. NBC's senior vice president of...
- Tags: Olympic Games, NBC, Microsoft Silverlight, Miller, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Silverlight, Olympics, Microsoft, video, on-demand, Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia
- News items 2008-04-25
- EPA scientists face political pressure
- The Union of Concerned Scientists has documented widespread political interference at the Environmental Protection Agency. The group conducted a broad investigation that combined interviews, analysis of documents and 1,600 responses to a survey. The results of these investigations show an agency under siege from...
- Tags: Scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Marketing Research, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- Is Congress looking at the right VA scandal?
- The U.S. Senate is finally getting on the Veterans Administration's VA case. Spurred by a class action suit which is now going to trial, Sen. Patty Murray has demanded the resignation of Dr. Ira Katz, the head of the agency's mental health wing. As...
- Tags: Sen., U.S. Congress, Health Care, John McCain, VA, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- Microsoft Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance test
- Microsoft Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance testYes Microsoft said this months agoThey have not yet changed Office to keep up with spec changes negotiated during the ISO standardization process. They have long ago made announcements regarding this and their plans for bringing it into compliance.I can't decide which was more...
- Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Microsoft Office, ISO, software, Microsoft Office 2007
- Discussion threads 2008-04-21
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