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Software patents and the dependency problem

Ive long taken a dim view of software patents. I wrote this piece as far back as 2003, arguing that Europe should avoid copying the American approach to software patents, both because they are unnecessary to spur innovation and because it would be useful for Europe to demonstrate why. There...

Tags: General

Blog posts 2007-02-23

Patent terrorists ruin an industry

Patent terrorists ruin an industryBill Gates didn't need software patents...While I don't blame h im for software patents, Microsoft is a perfect example that software companies can be very profitable without relying on "software patents."According to the founding fathers of this country, patents were supposed to be granted infrequently, but...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, industry, patent, software, software patent, software idea

Discussion threads 2006-02-23

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Has technology evolved our language beyond recognition?

You pick up your Blackberry in the morning because your notebook has a virus. You connect to your cloud storage and retrieve a few documents to store on your drive, and grab yourself a cup of Java. I get emails every day, mostly ordinary commentary from like-minded...

Tags: Legend, RIM BlackBerry, Virus, Computer, Internet, E-mail, Productivity, Cyberthreats, Notebooks, Handhelds, Online Communications, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-12-01

IT expert executed in Iran

Following Pakistan's recently introduced "Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance 2008" according to which potential cyberterrorists would face the death penalty, a neighboring country, Iran, has recently executed an IT expert who confessed of being an Israeli spy for at least three years. After being recruited by Mossad during a business...

Tags: Information Technology, Equipment, Iran, Government, Productivity, Real Estate, E-mail, Business Operations, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Apple: Mac users should run multiple anti-virus

One of Apple's better Mac vs PC ads features a strong message that Windows computers are a magnet for viruses malware but Macs are automatically protected.  As PC "ah-choos" his way through an infection, Mac offers a tissue and smugly infers that he's immune to the...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Antivirus, Malware, Apple Inc., Virus, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Desktops, Hardware, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Using TREES to save the forest

Lots of green building news bouncing around in the past few weeks, which simultaneously disheartening and heartening because of the state of the real estate market. The biggest deal, perhaps, is the fact that the U.S. Green Building Council is updating its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design guidelines. (Here's...

Tags: Software, Power Consumption, TREES, Tools & Techniques, Real Estate, Management, Business Operations, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Would you lie to get your project funded?

83% of cost/benefit analysis supporting IT proposals is a fiction I was reviewing an academic manuscript, Managing the Realization of Business Benefits from IT Investments (published in (MIS Quarterly Executive, March 2007) by Professors Joe Peppard, John Ward and Elizabeth Daniel, when a footnote really caught my...

Tags: Information Technology, Benefit, Strategy, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-12-01

The Paparazzi Social Media Problem

Jevon McDonald, someone whose opinions I rate highly, has posted a stellar piece on 'The uncertain future of Blogging' today. The idea of user-generated content was once almost exclusively owned by blogging. Blogging was the conversation, blogging was the vehicle, blogging was the...

Tags: Collaboration, Blog, Jevon, Blogging, Internet, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Calling Mac users - Have you installed antivirus on your Mac?

Apple now recommends that users install antivirus software on their Mac systems. Well, have you? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Antivirus, Apple Inc., Desktops, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Hackers boot Linux on iPhone

A new front has opened in the ongoing arms race between Apple and iPhone hackers, with one hacker group making the iPhone boot with a Linux 2.6 kernel. A new front has opened in the ongoing arms race between Apple and iPhone hackers, with one hacker group making the...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Hacker, Linux, Hacking, Operating Systems, Software, Security, Apple, hackers, iPhone, OS X, port, kernel, Chris Duckett, Builder AU, Chris Duckett, Builder AU

News items 2008-12-01

Why Grandma Sandy and Aunt Roz don't want an HDTV for Christmas

Answer: Rectangular peg, Square Hole. With the prices of HDTV's plummeting, one would think that people would be rushing to buy new sets, particularly with the analog TV mass-extinction event coming in February. But the reality is, many people have no intention...

Tags: Cabinet, HDTV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Survey: CIOs 'out of the loop'

CIOs are often seen as "glorified IT directors", looking after the day-to-day running of IT systems, instead of being used to align IT with business aims. Chief information officers are "out of the loop", according to a survey carried out by London-based Deloitte and the Cranfield School of Management....

Tags: CIO, Role, Strategy, Management, IT mangement, survey, IT systems, Tom Espiner ZDNet.co.uk

News items 2008-12-01

Is there no end to the AutoRun madness?

* Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Roel Schouwenberg Let's skip any introduction and get straight to the point: We're currently facing a problem of epidemic proportions in malware that is spreading via removable devices. The U.S. army's recent...

Tags: Floppy Disk, Malware, Microsoft Corp., USB, Virus, AutoRun, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Who gains from Microsoft's free Morro antivirus?

Microsoft is dropping its subscription-based antivirus software in favor of a free package, code-named 'Morro'. ScanSafe Internet-security expert Mary Landesman investigates Microsoft's motives. Commentary--Microsoft is to replace its paid-for antivirus product with a free one, citing an altruistic desire to spread protection around the world. But many are less...

Tags: Software, Brazil, China, India, Microsoft Corp., Infection Rate, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Security, Morro, Microsoft, Mary Landesman, antivirus, free, OneCare, ScanSafe, Special from ZDNet UK, Mary Landesman, ScanSafe, Special from ZDNet UK

News items 2008-12-01

Sun warns of bugs as it releases MySQL 5.1

MySQL's founder has released version 5.1 of the open-source database software, but simultaneously warned of a number of bugs present in the new features that still need to be fixed. Sun has released version 5.1 of the open-source MySQL database software, but the software's founder simultaneously warned...

Tags: MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Sun, MySQL 5.1, bugs, Lana Kovacevic Builder AU

News items 2008-12-01

Virtualization and Emulex

Although I wouldn't have thought of Emulex and virtualization technology at the same time, a conversation with the company changed my viewpoint.  How did Emulex achieve the improbable? Read on. Here's what Emulex says about itself Emulex makes a wide range of enterprise-class products...

Tags: Emulex Corp., Storage, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-12-01

'Dumbing down' the security profession

* Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Shyama Rose The market for the development and implementation of source code analysis static and dynamic tools is swelling. Companies are increasingly relying on source code analysis tools to identify security-related vulnerabilities. The demand and reliance...

Tags: Analysis Tool, Vulnerability, Analysis, Tool, Productivity, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-01

News to know: Mumbai attacks, Microhoo, Holiday shopping, HDTVs

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jennifer Leggio: Mumbai attack coverage demonstrates good and bad maturation point of social media Social media marketing opportunism during tragedy = fail Oliver Marks: Mumbai Attacks...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., HDTV, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Attack, Digital Video, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Open Source, Personal Technology, Internet, Security, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Norton AntiVirus 2009 with Antispyware gets the job done

Windows users face an unprecedented and skyrocketing number of threats from a widening variety of sources. IT Consultant Erik Eckel reviews Norton AntiVirus 2009 With AntiSpyware as a potential solution in one all-inclusive software package.

Tags: Job, Norton Co., Symantec Norton AntiVirus, Anti-spyware, Erik Eckel, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security

Download resources 2008-12-01

Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 1)?

Last week, when I asked "Are you sure you don't just want to use Ubuntu?" I received a record number of talkbacks, good, bad, and in between. One of the more interesting, though, came from reader ksheppard, who responded with a challenge: ...Here's a challenge to...

Tags: Budgeting, Superintendent, Desktop Linux, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-30