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Should more doctors go to jail?

Famous people die every year with gobs of prescription drugs in their systems. Should the doctors who prescribe these drugs face legal penalties, even jail time? by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Perl, Dr., Drug, Thomas Perls, Justice System, Scripting Languages, Federal Government, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Government, Software Development, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-06-19

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Valleywag, Consumerist sites announce layoffs

A source close to Gawker Media informed me a moment ago that popular sites Consumerist, Valleywag and NSFW Fleshbot will may be shuttered will lose most of their editorial talent. "Nineteen jobs will be cut," my source says, with a formal announcement from Gawker Media coming later...

Tags: Layoff, Gawker Media, Site, Consumerist, Workforce Management, Team Management, Human Resources, Management, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Salesforce.com: Worries emerge

Salesforce.com on Friday was downgraded from a buy to a sell by UBS analyst Heather Bellini because software as a service companies are likely to face the same headwinds as larger applications vendors. Meanwhile, Salesforce.com is targeting larger enterprises and that means it faces a slower buying cycle. ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Panel: How to sell SOA governance to a skeptical audience

Panel: How to sell SOA governance to a skeptical audiencePanel: How to sell SOA governance to a skeptical audienceGood stuff. SOA is like recycling. Get people on board with the general idea and its benefits to the whole, then make it really easy to do, then only start...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), cloud computing, Web services, skeptical audience, SOA governance, SOA

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

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

Fans to build own radio as Slacker takes on iPod

Fans to build own radio as Slacker takes on iPodWow, just heard about these guysAs it turns out I just found an ad for these guys right up there when looking for "internet Music-on-Demand" at google. There were just a few links Prior to this company's URL though. ...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Digital music, Microsoft Zune, Slacker, Apple iPod, radio

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

First Intel MID now available for $699

First Intel MID now available for $699Too expensiveI'd rather use my phone. My HTC Mogul ($199) would only need more memory to be a fully functional browser given the new Opera browsers available. Plus my phone lasts a full day on a charge.The MID will be the telephone,...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Web browsers, Intel Corp., phone

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

CIOs not taking a shine to Chrome

Most members of a silicon.com CIO jury say they're not even testing Google's Chrome--choosing to stay with Microsoft's Internet Explorer. In silicon.com's latest exclusive CIO Jury poll, the respondents revealed they were still steering clear of the application, with 10 out of 12 saying their IT teams are not...

Tags: CIO, Information Technology, Director Of Information Technology, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Google Chrome, Web Browsers, Strategy, Internet, Management, Chrome, Google, browser, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Firefox, CIO Jury, Julian Goldsmith, silicon.com

News items 2008-09-30

Go West young IT worker!

Go West young IT worker!Greeley, not SouleNo one disputes that Greeley made the phrase famous:Greeley's editorial in the New York Tribune in 1865 was addressed specifically to young civil servants in Washington, D.C. who were complaining that the government didn't pay them enough, given the high cost of living in...

Tags: Soule, Greeley

Discussion threads 2008-09-26

Startup essentials: Dr. Pepper, coffee and accessories

One of my Irregular chums started a GoogleGroup thread about what you need in a job that requires you work from a home office. The same can be said for the 1-3 person startup. The conversation immediately became a discussion of the merits or otherwise of different coffee making facilities...

Tags: Dr., Beverage, Accessory, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-09-26

News to know: Debate Hub, Clickjacking; RIM's Q2; Twitter; Slingbox goes HD

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Andrew Nusca: EXCLUSIVE: C-SPAN launches gadget-fueled ‘Debate Hub' as social, political destination Former Google product manager ‘disappointed' by T-Mobile G1 ...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., CNET Networks Inc., Matthew Miller, Twitter, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Digital Rights Management (DRM), Security, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-09-26

EXCLUSIVE: C-SPAN launches gadget-fueled 'Debate Hub' as social, political destination

If you love using your gadgets -- and you're fired up about this year's election -- have I got a site for you. Less than 24 hours before the first debate, C-SPAN, the cable network known for airing non-stop, unfiltered coverage of government proceedings, has unveiled its...

Tags: Site, Twitter, C-SPAN, Corporate Communications, Blogging, Marketing, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-09-25

Thomas case reveals obscene penalties for P2P downloaders

Thomas case reveals obscene penalties for P2P downloadersDamagesIt is invalid to assume not only damages from downloading the songs, but making them available for download by other users. While it may be difficult to discover the true value of damages to the record label, the actual value should be...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), obscene penalty, downloader, P2P downloader, P2P

Discussion threads 2008-09-25

Thomas case reveals obscene penalties for P2P downloaders

<Update>Further note from Ray Beckerman from Recording Industry v The People on the issue of whether MediaSentry's downloading would suffice for the distribution charge see Investigator Downloading section below: "There still has to be sale or other transfer of ownership, or rental, lease, or lending. And the dissemination has to...

Tags: Distribution, P2P, RIAA, Verdict, Judge, Investigator Downloading, Thomas, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-25

RIAA loses $222K verdict against Jammy Thomas

RIAA loses $222K verdict against Jammy ThomasHer turn nowI hope she turns around and files a MULTI MILLION dollar suit against the RIAA. If "offering a copyrighted work to the public" is a crime, then we must by definition force the closure of all public libraries. . .This poor...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, RIAA, Jammy Thomas, verdict

Discussion threads 2008-09-25

RIAA loses $222K verdict against Jammy Thomas

The $222,000 verdict against Jammy Thomas for copyright infringement by P2P is no more. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Davis dismissed the verdict PDF, saying it was based on the faulty "making available" theory of distribution. Thomas will face a new trial, in which the RIAA will have to prove...

Tags: Distribution, P2P, RIAA, Verdict, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-25

Thomson Reuters bootstraps Semantic Web of Linked Data with SemanticProxy

Thomson Reuters bootstraps Semantic Web of Linked Data with SemanticProxyCongrats OpenCalais and how semantic is the produced linked data?This is quite a landmark. I've used the demo and it's quite good already in its "reverse Google" function. With URIs on top it's gonna rock. The value of recognizing...

Tags: RDF, XML, Thomson Reuters Corp., OpenCalais, Linked, Semantic Web

Discussion threads 2008-09-24

Oracle OpenWorld: a view from the cheap seats

While Sam Diaz and Mike Krigsman are slaving away in the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco at this year's Oracle OpenWorld I get the pleasure of observing from the comfort of my office in downtown Hicksville, Spain some 5,500 miles away. Once more, Oracle dropped...

Tags: Oracle Corp., BEA Beehive, Java Development Tools, Enterprise Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-09-22

Kids NetLinks Premium Screensaver (zip)

Kids NetLinks Premium Screensaver provides 120 kids oriented images in a polariod 3x5 style layered screensaver design. Watch images tossed on to the screen from Dora, Diego, Bugs Bunny, Thomas the Train and many more. Choose your own photo collection or add your favorite images to the Kids NetLinks folder...

Tags: Screensaver, Photograph, Image, Kids NetLinks, Kids NetLinks Premium Screensaver

Software downloads 2008-09-22

News to know: IE vs Chrome; Microsoft's TV pack; Oracle; Pandora CEO

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Should Microsoft do an IE 8 'Lite'? Larry Dignan: Google: Chrome likely to land on Mac before Linux Ed Bott: TV...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Microsoft TV, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., TV, E-mail, Open Source, Tv & Home Theater, Online Communications, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-09-19