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A call for electronic election data standards: With the election looming, a question remains whether federal standards for the electronic registration databases are maintained well enough to keep voters from getting purged from the rolls, reports Technology Review According to Thad Hall, a political scientist at the University of Utah and an elections expert, the...; Tags: standards, Thad Hall; Blog posts 2006-10-16

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SF mayor gets back to the keys to the city: "The first thing I want you to know, Mr. Mayor, is that when you walk out of this room, you will have the computer codes." So spoke Terry Childs, San Francisco's jailed network administrator, to Mayor Gavin Newsom, in a spur-of-the-minute jailhouse meeting, according to SF Chronicle...; Tags: City, Lawyer, Computer, Productivity, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-23
iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appeal: Installation problems, buggy applications, lack of trial versions, and a mediocre selection have dampened initial enthusiasm for Apple's brand new iPhone App Store. Not counting punishing server load when the store debuted last week, some users like me have encountered a series of obstacles to get apps...; Tags: Apple iPhone, App, Engineering, Digital Music, Personal Technology, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-07-20
In America money is life: In America money is lifeWhat a crock[i]while the U.S. is both rich and powerful, it is “woefully behind when it comes to providing opportunity and choices to all Americans to build a better life.”[/i] OK, let me get this straight. There is someplace else in the world that...; Tags: Warm-Weather, Woody Allen; Discussion threads 2008-07-17
News to know: Google; Microsoft; eBay; SAP; Apple: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Google's second quarter: What to expect Deb Perelman: The Techie Hall of Shame Phil Wainewright: How much is a unit of cloud computing? Joe McKendrick: Seven SOA experts explain how to 'just do it' Robin...; Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., SAP AG, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets; Blog posts 2008-07-17

The Techie Hall of Shame: The Techie Hall of ShameThe Florida architectural firm rampagehttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/24/disgruntled_employee_silent_rampage/RE: The Techie Hall of ShameAs far as this system in S.F. - If you have physical access to the machine, you should be able to get admin/root access. I'd be curious to know what OS they are talking about.RE: The Techie...; Tags: Social Security, Operational accounting, Most IT folk, Techie Hall, VSB; Discussion threads 2008-07-16
The Techie Hall of Shame: A SFGate story began this week with the all-too-familiar line--"A disgruntled computer engineer..." before going on to list the disgrace of the day, in this case virtually commandeering San Francisco's new multimillion-dollar computer network and hacking it to deny access to top administrators. He's now locked up with a $5...; Tags: Network, Computer, Productivity, Networking, Security, Deb Perelman; Blog posts 2008-07-16
GrandBilliards (exe): GrandBilliards is the leading 3D pool hall in the world. Play 8 ball, 9 ball or snooker on our 3D platform and improve your real playing skills. We also offer many tournaments and prizes to support the hours of fun. When playing at GrandBilliards you always need to keep your...; Tags: 3D, 3D Revolutions, GrandBilliards; Software downloads 2008-07-15
Talent shortage? How to win with what you've got: If you're not finding the talent you need in this super-competitive market, Vince Thompson suggests you look in another direction: toward the staff you already have. As he explains in this FT Press article, you may be able to turn your "losers" into "winners" with a little bit of effort....; Tags: Talent, FT Press, Workforce Management, Human Resources; Download resources 2008-07-03
Conferences as conversation starters: Ten years ago Comdex - the gigantic Las Vegas hi tech conference and show - was reaching its high point. In that pre broadband internet era of CD ROM's, beige boxes and Windows 95, tens of thousands would converge on Vegas, stay in massively marked up hotel rooms and walk...; Tags: Web, Industry, Conference, Web 2.0 Movement, Corporate Communications, Channel Management, Web 2.0, Strategy, Marketing, Internet, Management, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2008-06-30
The Steve Jobs Premium: This is a sidebar to The Steve Jobs Standard. It was about the simplest shopping list one could imagine: an audio cable to connect my iPod to the Bose stereo in the family room. My search on the online Apple Store yielded only...; Tags: Steve Jobs, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-06-30
Gates' tearful good-bye: Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates says farewell to company employees at a town hall meeting Friday in Redmond, Wash. Gates is stepping down from full-time work to focus on his philanthropic efforts.; Tags: News, bill gates, steve ballmer, microsoft, windows, seattle, redmond; Videos 2008-06-27
Bill Gates bids farewell to Microsoft: Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates joins CEO Steve Ballmer at a town hall event Friday, Gates' final day as a full-time Microsoft employee. Bill Gates' farewell speech to Microsoft reminded employees that the company knows how to come from behind as well as to lead. ...; Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Communications, Blogging, Investment, Marketing, Internet, Finance, Ina Fried, Microsoft; News items 2008-06-27
U.S. tech sector jobs show strong growth, but lack of engineers could hurt in future: U.S. tech sector jobs show strong growth, but lack of engineers could hurt in futureIn other news...IBM, AMD, Intel, Boeing..announce job cutsThese "shortage of engineer" articles are starting to smell fishy when balanced against job cuts and outsourcing news from the same companies that complain about shortages.Why not just cut...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Brother-In-Law, U.S. tech sector job, sector job, U.S. Tech, job, strong growth, H1B; Discussion threads 2008-06-26
The Andrew Carnegie of our second gilded age: The Andrew Carnegie of our second gilded ageLump of Coal or Coke to build the next empireAlthough from the past, I do recall in my mind the perception of comparing Gates to Carnegie. I never realized the connection all this time, esp. given what you report (i.e. backgrounds, culture, beliefs,...; Tags: Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Robert Woodruff, Carnegie, Coke; Discussion threads 2008-06-24
News to know: Vista reliability; Nokia-Symbian; Open source drivers; diversITy: Â Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Improving Windows Vista's reliability Mary Jo Foley: Gates hints about Microsoft's cloud futures on his way out How many people does it take to fill Bill Gates' shoes? Dennis Howlett: Time to...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Android, Phone, Nokia Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Symbian Inc., Open Source, Broadband Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, David Grober; Blog posts 2008-06-24
Interview: HP SOA Center director Tim Hall on new business drivers and efficiency benefits from SOA: Interview: HP SOA Center director Tim Hall on new business drivers and efficiency benefits from SOADid the first memory chip self power?An audio tape as it passes over the playback head generates a voltage much like an electrical generator does.When a memory chip magnetic bit is clocked it too generates...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Semiconductors, Memory, HP SOA Center, HP SOA, Tim Hall, efficiency benefit, business driver, SOA, Hewlett-Packard Co.; Discussion threads 2008-06-23
Interview: HP SOA Center director Tim Hall on new business drivers and efficiency benefits from SOA: benefits and pay-offs are accelerating. Green and energy-conscious companies are seeing SOA through the context of data center and applications modernization. Toss in a surge of interest in virtualization, ongoing methodological on-ramps to SOA and a budding fascination in cloud computing methods, and we're looking at the...; Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Benefit, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Data Centers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-06-23
Enterprise 2.0 Conference notebook: Ironically this week has probably been my most offline in months - Sprint failed the brand new Westin Hotel in Boston disastrously with terrible or non existent wifi service. It was a real shame because Jive Software had an instance of Clearspace for the conference attendee community and there was...; Tags: Security, Notebook, Collaboration, Environment, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, Wireless LANs, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Oliver Marks; Blog posts 2008-06-12
Intel Research Day: At Intel's Research Day, more than 70 booths filled up the exhibition hall at Mountain View's Computer History Museum. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi profiles some of her favorites, including the Mood Phone and robotic fingers.; Tags: Intel Corp., Productivity, News, kara tsuboi, intel, computer history museum, mood phone, pittsburgh robotics, robot hand, robot arm, research; Videos 2008-06-12