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Failed government IT: 'The mother of all databases'

The "IT system used to identify terrorist threats that has been crippled by technical flaws," according to a memo from the House of Representatives. The failed system is part of a central US government repository of data called the mother of all databases. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Program, Information Technology, Data, NCTC, Subcommittee, Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment Database, Railhead, Submission, Government, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-08-26

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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

Analyst: Forget the Feds, Apple is 'doing just fine at wrecking the wireless business'

The Feds have been examining exclusive wireless carrier deals with handset makers---think AT&T and Apple---but the effort is a bit of a farce. Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett says it's laughable that the wireless industry is anticompetitive and the Feds don't have to worry about wrecking the wireless industry---Apple already has....

Tags: Apple iPhone, Network, Handset, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Wireless, Customer Loyalty, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-13

Washington digs in on text message pricing; asks about carrier exclusivity

Congress continued to take the wireless carriers to the mat over the wrong issue, specifically the cost of a text message. Now, it looks like there may be an effort to pin them down on a matter  that will likely resonate with a greater a number of people: carrier exclusivity...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Senator, Wireless Carrier, AT&T Corp., Pricing Strategy, Wireless, Pricing, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing Research, Cellular Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-17

Google to Congress: We can help news publishers - if they embrace opportunities

When did the news industry become like the music industry - a group of finger-pointing businesses trying to find someone else to blame for their woes? In both the music and news industries, the adoption of new technology completely disrupted a long-standing business model. But whose fault...

Tags: Google Inc., U.S. Congress, News Industry, Strategy, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-06

The U.S. electrical grid: How big of a cyber target is it?

Updated: Spies have reportedly been probing the U.S. electrical grid for months and planting software that could be activated at a future date, according to a Wall Street Journal. The report highlights the latest vulnerabilities facing U.S. power infrastructure. The Journal notes that the spies are from China,...

Tags: Security, SCADA, Grid, Master Station, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-08

First volley in the new American civil war: over climate change

A first draft of a climate change and energy efficiency bill has been introduced into Congress. The House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee released the first draft of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. emocratic leaders hope will it be voted...

Tags: Civil War, Geothermal Energy, Energy Efficiency, Bill, Rep., Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-31

Will military, NSA take over all cybersecurity operations?

Should responsibility for defending against cyberattacks be moved from the Dept. of Homeland Security to the military? Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton suggested as much at a Congressional hearing where he warned of U.S. vulnerability to cyberwarfar "across the spectrum." Such attacks "potentially threaten not only...

Tags: Network, Cybersecurity, Transportation, Networking, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-20

E-waste regs are way too lax, GAO says

Greenpeace A new Government Accountability Office report slams the EPA for its "low priority" on e-waste. EPA regs only cover old cathode-ray tube TVs and monitors, John Stephenson, environmental director for GAO told a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee, News.com reports. Not only are the EPA...

Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, E-waste, General Accounting Office, CRT, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-18

Sen. to carriers: Why do text messages cost $1,300 per meg?

Sen. to carriers: Why do text messages cost $1,300 per meg?I don't get it[i]If cell phone users don't like it, call the person, it doesn't cost anything extra. [/i]How does this save me from having to pay for the SMS that some marketer sent me, or the one that was...

Tags: Cellular phones, carrier

Discussion threads 2008-09-10

Childs rigged crazyquilt private network

Childs rigged crazyquilt private networkBut who is monitoring the monitor?Gartner's statement not worth quoting. They are the most worthless thing to hit IT.Was Childs the only IT person on staff that knew anything about computers? That's what it sounds like. But this isn't that hard to believe. Most IT...

Tags: NETWORKING, Most IT department, private network, network, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

The (un)Biased Parties Explain Online Ad Biz to Capitol Hill

Just so we understand each other, the Internet is like a series of tubes, kind of like tunnels. And large amounts of data get moved through those tunnels, like in the back of a truck, you see. And inside those tunnels, there are advertisements - sort of like the billboards...

Tags: Google Inc., Internet Search Advertising, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Online Advertising, Search, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-15

OK bill would create email registry for sex offenders

OK bill would create email registry for sex offendersOK bill would create email registry for sex offendersLawmakers continue to exacerbate the problem with "feel good," "ineffective" legislation. 60 million people have been molested in this country and 30 million will go on to repeat a molestation. Incest and friends of...

Tags: email registry, Ok Bill, sex offender, Incest, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-06-18

China says it's incapable of hacking Reps' computers

The folks who brought you the Great Firewall of China and the Golden Shield are wholly incapable of breaking into the cyber-fortress that is the U.S. House of Representatives. So they say. Accused by U.S. Reps Frank Wolf (R-Va.) and Chris Smith (R-NJ) of hacking into their...

Tags: U.S., China, Computer, Productivity, Hacking, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-06-12

New Association Promotes Virtual Worlds and Business

New Association Promotes Virtual Worlds and BusinessVirtual Snake OilEDITA KAYE, THE "SKINNY PILL FOR KIDS," AND THE ASSOCIATION OF VIRTUAL WORLDSThere is a certain species of entrepreneur that capitalizes on the human desire for overnight solutions to intractable problems. Throughout human history, they have lurked in the shadows of the...

Tags: Entrepreneurship, SKINNY PILL

Discussion threads 2008-04-13

For sale on eBay: Nuclear biological protection gear and other cool stuff

eBay auction. Item: F-14 Antenna. Winning bidder: Mahoud A. For sale: Nuclear biological chemical gear. Contact anon1234@craigslist.org eBay auction. Item: Small arms protective inserts. Winning bidder: Hu J. These are just a few of the items the Government Accountability Office discovered for sale on eBay...

Tags: General Accounting Office, eBay Inc., Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-04-11

Are we running out of everything? MSM's stunning lack of concern

Water. Worry about it, say some experts. Yet the MSM's oblivious to the fact that we even need water. Recently there was a joint briefing by a Congressional leader and the U.S. Geological Sruvey on America's water problems. Number of news articles about it found by...

Tags: Water, MSM, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-03-22

Military ready to defend and conduct cyberwar

The Pentagon is well-aware of the importance of the computer networks -- known as cyberspace to the media and the "Global Information Grid" to the Defense Dept. -- to national security and is actively working to shore up defenses. That was the news from Gen. Kevin P....

Tags: Network, Adversary, Pentagon, Computer, Joint Information Operations Warfare Command, Productivity, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-03-04

As+Comcast+defends%2C+Markey+offers+net+neutrality+bill

As+Comcast+defends%2C+Markey+offers+net+neutrality+billYou Go Markey Mark!ntElectronic Freedom Foundation......has links to contact your local rep. See eff.orgComcast is in troubleThe bill is sponsored by both the chairman and the ranking minority member of the subcommittee that's supposed to consider it. That's not guaranteed passage, but it's close, given that it's highly likely...

Tags: Markey, U.S. Senate, Comcast Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-14

As Comcast defends, Markey offers net neutrality bill

Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on telecommunications and the Internet, introduced a bill Wednesday that would prevent Internet service providers such as Comcast from interfering with consumers' use of the network. The bill was cosponsored by Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.). ...

Tags: Comcast Corp., Broadband, Net Neutrality, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Internet, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-02-13