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HHS tells vendors get the FAT out

"It makes no sense to support as standards systems owned by a single company where we could be held up. We got enough of that from Wall Street," said A.P. Foole. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Spokesman, U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-04-01

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Verizon to test sending RIAA copyright warnings

Verizon is expected to begin issuing 'copyright notices' on behalf of the RIAA to those accused of illegally downloading songs from the web. Verizon Communications, the second-largest phone company in the US, is expected to begin issuing 'copyright notices' on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America to...

Tags: RIAA, Verizon Communications Inc., Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Channel Management, Digital Media, Internet, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, copyright, Verizon, Marguerite Reardon and Greg Sandoval CNET News

News items 2009-11-13

New York AG files antitrust charges against Intel; alleges bribery, coercion

Normally I'd say this is just another NY AG trying to run for higher officebut this seems to have legs. I hope Intel didn't do it - but if they did, they need to be repremanded.Great to see some justice against InhellI can hardly wait to see the M$...

Tags: Video cards, Corporate law, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., antitrust, graphics

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Seeking a Stallman for open source

Stallman is for OSS what Washington was for USAWe need more people like Stallman to liberate us from the M$ tirany not Benedict Arnolds like Icaza!We need to speek louder about M$ dirty deeds not to seek peace with the devil.Stallman is a liberalJust thought LinuxGeek ought to know that....

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Stallman, open source, Icaza, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

'Smoking gun' emails in Viacom-YouTube case

Is this a smoking gun in the Viacom-YouTube suit? News.com's Greg Sandoval reports that evidence has surfaced that may undercut YouTube's argument that it has safe harbor protection under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act: Internal YouTube e-mails indicate that YouTube managers knew and discussed the existence of...

Tags: YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-10-07

Facebook, Wrong Again!

As it being widely reported, a Facebook poll has caught the ire of the Secret Service for asking whether President Obama should be killed. The Service is investigating the poll and asked the poll be taken down. "The USSS [Secret Service] sent us an e-mail late this...

Tags: U.S. Secret Service, Facebook, Barack Obama, Service, E-mail, Online Communications, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-09-29

i4i vs. Microsoft appeal heard; Trash talk ensues

I4i, the company that was awarded $290 million and an injunction in a patent infringement suit against Microsoft, talked a little trash as three judges heard the software giant's appeal. Microsoft fired back. Not-so-surprisingly both sides think the case will go their way. If you recall, i4i...

Tags: Patent, Microsoft Corp., I4i, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-23

From Gimmiv to Conficker: The lucrative MS08-067 flaw

GENEVA -- The critical MS08-067 vulnerability used by the Conficker worm to build a powerful botnet continues to be a lucrative security hole for cyber criminals. During a presentation at the Virus Bulletin 2009 conference here, a trio of Microsoft researchers dissected the malware attacks linked to...

Tags: Flaw, Malware, Conficker, MS08-067, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-09-23

AT&T consumer perception drops during summer '09

Despite rumors that Apple may be looking into extending its contract with AT&T, consumer perception for the carrier has dropped lower than it has all year. In a comparison of Verizon Wireless and AT&T consumer perception among adults 18 and older, goodwill toward AT&T has dropped precipitously...

Tags: AT&T Corp., Consumer Perception, YouGov, Respondents, Branding, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-11

Obama upholds Bush laptop search policy - with new safeguards

Really at this point, can anybody be surprised to read this, in today's Washington Post: The Obama administration will largely preserve Bush-era procedures allowing the government to search -- without suspicion of wrongdoing -- the contents of a traveler's laptop computer, cellphone or other electronic...

Tags: Policy, Laptop Computer, Obama, Government, Notebooks, Vertical Industries, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-28

"Inadvertent error" saves Dell's day on Wall Street

News that Dell beat Wall Street's expectations for its second quarter and is expecting "seasonal demand improvements" for the current quarter was sure to cause shares to rise when Dell posted its results after the close of the markets Thursday. But a premature release of some presentation...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Wall Street, Financial Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-08-27

CA digital textbooks initiative falls flat

Here is California's review of digital high school textbooks. As AP reports, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been promoting the idea that schools would use these free texts as a way to save money and bring education into the 21st century. First, it's interesting to...

Tags: School District, California, Computer Associates International Inc., Hardware, Standards, Textbook, CK-12, Quality, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-18

UK faces file-sharing crackdown

Thieves that steal copyrighted...material have ruined P2P for legitimate users. Fines are obviously not enough and perhaps it is time to move to jail time. I'm not even sure warnings are appropriate anymore. everyone has been warned enough. Downloading copyrighted material is stealing and jail time is what most thieves...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), file-sharing crackdown, file-sharing

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

Rule change will bring Web 2.0 to federal sites

There's Internet time. And then there's government time. In the case of cookies, the two are wildly divergent. Back in 2000 (that was the year of IE 5 and Netscape 6 and we were four years from Firefox 1.0), regulations were passed that banned government websites from using cookies. That...

Tags: Web, Web 2.0, Privacy, Web Site, Cookie, Government, Web Site Development, Vertical Industries, Web Technology, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-11

Did Russians attack Twitter over pro-Georgian blogger?

It was one year ago today that Russia invaded Georgia over the South Ossetia region. Yesterday someone unleashed a massive botnet DDOS attack on Twitter, Facebook and Google. The crash of Twitter under this onslaught was the big story yesterday. Now it seems the whole thing was an attack on...

Tags: Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, Attack, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-07

Marines ban Facebook, Twitter

ACCESS IS HEREBY PROHIBITED TO INTERNET SNS FROM THE MCEN NIPRNET, INCLUDING OVER VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK VPN CONNECTIONS. So goes the Marine Corps' directive banning Facebook, Twitter and all other social networks from military networks. THESE INTERNET SITES IN GENERAL ARE A...

Tags: Facebook, Network, Adversary, Twitter, Marine Corps, Social Networking, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-04

Twitter hacks gives L.A. cold feet over Google plan

Twitter hacks gives L.A. cold feet over Google planGoogle said its services are ?extremely reliable, safe and secure.?Could you imagine the flame war that would start if a Microsoft spokesman said the same thing? What company is going to state that their services aren't safe? If my passwords...

Tags: SECURITY, Twitter, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-21

Verizon changes tune on handset exclusivity. Will AT&T follow? Will it even matter?

updated: Verizon is planning to loosen the noose on exclusivity deals with phone manufacturers, reducing the time of those deals to just a few months - a gesture to the lawmakers in Washington who are scrutinizing these exclusivity deals and what appears to be a public calling out of AT&T...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Verizon Communications Inc., Handset, AT&T Corp., Agreement, Verizon Wireless, Exclusivity, Carrier, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-17

WSJ: Dell working on mobile Internet device

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Dell is working on a mobile Internet device that would run on Google's Android operating system and compete with Apple's iPod Touch, which is basically an iPhone without the phone service. It's tough to say whether this device will ever...

Tags: Wall Street Journal, Dell Computer Corp., Mobile, Music Player, Internet Device, Mobile Internet Device, Journal Story, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Media Players, Digital Music, Wireless And Mobility, Digital Media, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Apple makes it official: Steve Jobs is back to work

The word out of Cupertino this morning is that Apple CEO Steve Jobs has returned to work, following a six-month medical leave announced in January. We kind of knew that already last week after reports of Jobs being spotted around the Cupertino campus - but now, it's...

Tags: Transplant, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Vertical Industries, Security, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-29