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Bush defends money tracking

President Bush lashed out at the New York Times for publishing details of the SWIFT money tracking spy program, the Washington Post reports. "We're at war with a bunch of people who want to hurt the United States of America, and for people to leak that program, and for...

Tags: Bush, SWIFT

Blog posts 2006-06-26

Questions Answered in SWIFT Spying Case

We learned more about the spying that the US Treasury Department is engaged in yesterday and today. The questions I raised in my blog yesterday are being answered. First of all the question “why wouldn’t Treasury mine SWIFT transactions?” The records of millions of transactions of international money transfers...

Tags: SWIFT

Blog posts 2006-06-24

Something Fishy About SWIFT Spying

The Wall Street Journal reports today that the international wire service, SWIFT, has been secretly assisting the US Treasure Department "ever since 9/11". Evidently SWIFT, based in Belgium, maintains a data center in the US thus making it open to US subpoenas. Last night, in...

Tags: SWIFT

Blog posts 2006-06-23

Additional Resources

Apple lifts iPhone NDA to dull Android's edge

Responding to a crescendo of criticism from the developer community, which saw books canceled, long time fans lose enthusiasm, and some calls for defections to Android, Apple finally relented Wednesday: We have decided to drop the non-disclosure agreement NDA for released iPhone software. ... The NDA has created too...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Android, Tools & Techniques, Management, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Recap: Information warfare and the 2008 presidential election

Mudslinging in presidential elections is as old as the American political system. The Internet has increased both the rate as well as the quantity of attack strains. The low cost and accessibility of Internet technology has placed the power to disrupt a presidential campaign in the hands of...

Tags: Presidential Election, Campaign, Internet, Phishing, Cyberthreats, E-mail, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Adam O\'Donnell

Blog posts 2008-09-28

Open source as a government mandate

Open source as a government mandateGovernment mandateWe're always better off when government tells us what to do. Removing choice eliminates the mistakes we would make and provides everyone the wisdom far greater than our own of those who have chosen to work for the government.In fact, many of us...

Tags: Vertical industries, open source, government mandate, open standard

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

Seesmic layoffs and a new reality?

Seesmic layoffs and a new reality?TC50 the blowoff before the downturn?Things always go to excess and then a swift kick causes a correction. It's always brightest before the storm clouds start rolling in.

Tags: Workforce management, Seesmic layoff, Seesmic, layoff

Discussion threads 2008-09-20

RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 - gray (U.S. Cellular)

The RIM BlackBerry Curve series has proven to be a popular line for Research in Motion, making its way to every major U.S. carrier and even regional service providers like U.S. Cellular. Like its larger CDMA brothers, Sprint and Verizon Wireless, U.S. Cellular landed itself the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330...

Tags: Handhelds, U.S. Cellular, RIM BlackBerry, RIM BlackBerry Curve, RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330, Research In Motion Ltd.

Product reviews 2008-09-09

Nokia: Our market share will slip over weak demand

Nokia said Friday that its mobile device market share will slip in the third quarter from the second quarter "due to weaker consumer confidence in multiple markets." The company also said it refused to be lured into a price war. Nokia (all resources, reviews and blogs) said...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Mobile, Mobile Device, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Google Chrome already beating Opera

Google Chrome already beating OperaWaiting for Windows Mobile 6 version... if they can create a version for Windows Mobile to rival safari on iPhone, they'll have me seriously thinking about it.Otherwise, it's just another browser for the desktop by another large conglomerate.Full screen problemI have my task bar on the...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, work-around, Google Inc., Chrome, Google Chrome, Opera Software

Discussion threads 2008-09-04

Defendant in key RIAA decision destroyed evidence

Photo by Luke Gattuso Just because you win a brilliant legal battle doesn't mean you'll win the war. Back in April, Judge Neil Wake handed RIAA opponents a key victory, with a seminal decision against the recording association's "making available" theory of distribution. ...

Tags: Theory, RIAA, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-27

The Perils of Showboating

My friend David Spark sent me the link to the above video while we were chatting online this morning, and I facetiously commented it was a little like TechCrunch vs ZDNet. The bizarre contest above, which appears to be between a Capoeira performer and a boxer,...

Tags: Contest, Online Collaboration, Collaboration, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-08-24

79 million adults can't pay medical bills

79 million adults can't pay medical billsReaganomics..it's the cure.Look, cut taxes to the wealthy. Let 5% get as much as they can.A rising tide floats all boats. Wait, economic data says that's not true...but, but we've been believing it so far.So what if the majority of Americans...

Tags: Vertical industries, Taxes, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Free trade, Insurance, health care, tax, government

Discussion threads 2008-08-21

BATFX (EXE)

BATFX manages foreign exchange/traveler's checks sales, purchases and refunds. A one-stop replacement for your IT department! BATFX is a client/server system utilizing TCP/IP and RSA encryption. BATFX will generate SWIFT electronic messages, reports, and customized receipts and purchase agreements. Any currency, traveler's check issuer or country is supported, as well...

Tags: Client-server, BATSoftware, BATFX, Tcp/Ip, Servers, Networking, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-07-29

E-gold owners plead guilty to money laundering

E-gold owners plead guilty to money launderingGoodbye privacy?Cash leads to crime, too. Should we enforce credit/debit card payments only? If so, let's ban gold trading altogether!I will be obvious and boring then...[Please excuse my poor "Engrish" and my rushed-up style.]Hi guys.I don't agree with your opinion and thought a very...

Tags: Identity theft, Taxes, Free trade, Financial accounting, Financial Planning, Financial services, bank transaction, e-Gold, tax, financial

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

Internet Explorer 'feature' causing drive-by malware attacks

My colleague at Kaspersky Lab Roel Schouwenberg see disclosure has discovered a drive-by malware download taking advantage of what Microsoft describes as an Internet Explorer "feature" to launch cross-site scripting attacks. The attack, discovered at a compromised legitimate site, is using a modified GIF file to exploit...

Tags: GIF, XSS, Malware, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Schouwenberg, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-06-27

Is Microsoft slow to the punch on SOA, or just waiting for the right moment?

Is Microsoft slow to the punch on SOA, or just waiting for the right moment?They are waiting for the right time to pounce. Right now, they want to slowSOA as much as possible, to keep the money rolling in for the twin cash cows, but, there will come a time...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Middleware, Microsoft Corp., XML, Microsoft Office, OOo, Web-Stack, SOA, MSOffice-OOXML, OOo team

Discussion threads 2008-06-24

Robotic Humvees in the sky?

According to Computerworld, a Colorado-based company has developed a prototype of a 'flying Humvee' robotic aircraft to ship supplies to military troops. This robotic aircraft, dubbed the V-STAR, short for "VTOL Swift Tactical Aerial Resource,' should be operational around 2010. If calling it a 'flying Humvee' is a figure of...

Tags: Aircraft, Computerworld, V-STAR, Aerospace & Defense, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Business Operations, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-06-18

News to know: Firefox 3.0; iPhone apps; Yahoo; LinkedIn; Millennials

Notable headlines: Jason O'Grady: My most anticipated announced iPhone applications Nate McFeters: Fresh off the press: iPhoneDbg toolkit hotness Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Firefox 3.0 final - First thoughts. Gallery right Ed Burnette: Fake Firefox 3 download links may be hazardous to your...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Hewlett-Packard Co., Yahoo! Inc., LinkedIn, Web Browsers, Data Centers, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-18

HP has its sights set on swift yet cost-reduction-intense data center transformation projects

HP now has the number one revenue share of servers spend worldwide, recently beating IBM in that role, said Livermore. One out of every three servers delivered around the world is an HP server, she said. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-06-17