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The fight for medical cost transparency is coming online

Unfortunately the "industry" will manipulate the data to their advantage.Universities cannot force "honest" disclosure of true rates like the government can. I can see another indictment and or law suite for manipulation in a year or two.The colleges work for the governmentIt's semi-privatized, which conservatives will like, but it's...

Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Government, Benefits, health care, transparency

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

US cyberwarriors a reluctant crew

US cyberwarriors a reluctant crewRelated problemThere's a related problem ... once they start using [b][i]any[/i][/b] offensive cyberwarfare, anyone could do anything anywhere and blame it on the U.S.Say, for instance, individual Israelis started hacking Iranian computers or vice versa, or Taliban sympathizers started attacking Pakistani systems or Indian systems. ...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, reluctant crew, attack, cyberattack

Discussion threads 2009-08-02

Steve Jobs' liver transplant confirmed

Steve Jobs' liver transplant confirmedWhich is whyif I were Apple, I'd use all that surplus cash to start taking the company private again. Then you don't have to deal with this nonsense.What does this have to do With Hardware 2.0?There are plenty of other zdnet blogs dealing with headlines that...

Tags: Blogging, Financial accounting, Investment, TRANSPARENCY, medical leave, blog, Apple Inc., Steve Jobs

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

Election industry fights open source like it is 1999

Election industry fights open source like it is 1999Correction: change the insecure in previous posting to secureReally got to look closer at what I post.I have to agree that the electronic election industryNeeds some severe reform, if not the hammer brought down on them. I was ALWAYS suspicious as to...

Tags: Companies, election industry, open source, TRANSPARENCY

Discussion threads 2009-04-21

Microsoft fights the 'open' fight amid the clouds

Cloud computing is still in its infancy, but it looks like the same kinds of political battles that plagued on-premise software development already are well along their way... by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Standards, Transparency, Quality, Wiki, Cloud Computing, Business Operations, Online Communications, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-03-26

What is security transparency?

Guest editorial by Andrew Storms Transparency is a common theme in politics and Wall Street these days. The 2008 elections, dealings of TARP, financial institutions run a-muck are all places where we hear the word transparency bandied about on a daily basis. While many security professionals speak...

Tags: Information Security, Microsoft Corp., Transparency, Consumer, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-03-05

Obama

ObamaIt's Just The Same BS in a Different Format!If you really believe what "Scary Barry" says here, I have a bridge I'd like to sell you! Or would you prefer Florida under-water land?Re Obama and SDISome of the Road Construction money should have been put into constructing an SDI...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Obama, transparency

Discussion threads 2009-02-18

A tale of two faux pas: When transparency meets bad behavior

A tale of two faux pas: When transparency meets bad behaviorTwitter users seem to be less than perfectly attunedto social interaction in polite company anyway, so it doesn't really matter. I'm really surprised that anything this juvenile rises to the level of being further recounted.RE: A tale of two faux...

Tags: Twitter, bad behavior, tale, transparency, public relations

Discussion threads 2009-02-12

Obama Memorandum - Transparency and Open Government: Collaborate!

Obama Memorandum - Transparency and Open Government: Collaborate!Obama must invest in LinuxSince M$ failed miserably to upgrade the government to vista, it's time for Obama to embrace Linux in order to redeem his mistakes.Now we know that M$ sabotaged the Bush adminitration's computers and that led to this deep recession.Also...

Tags: Linux, UNIX, Obama Memorandum, Open-government, TRANSPARENCY, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-01-22

Obama's Transparency Problem

Obama's Transparency ProblemNo changeI like Obama, he is a very nice guy. But his administration brings nothing new, no change. Nothing. The same old guys that are responsible for the great mess we are in now, soon to be named The Greatest Depression, mark my words, are now here in...

Tags: Workforce management, Obama, TRANSPARENCY, administration

Discussion threads 2009-01-21

Every project needs an entrepreneur

Leadership can define a project's mission, drive its results, and assure its future viability. As time goes by I think we'll see, more and more often, that the kind of leadership we're talking about is entrepreneurial leadership. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Entrepreneur, Open Source Project, Transparency, John Lilly, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Open Source, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-01-12

F-IN-BOX, .NET Edition 3.1.3 (Windows)

F-IN-BOX is a .NET component that enhances Macromedia / Adone Flash Player ActiveX features. It does not use its own engine to display movies, but instead provides a wrapper around official swflash.ocx/flash.ocx code. Loads movies directly from memory. Protects movies. Creates Flash-enabled applications which are ready to work even if...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Movies, Softanics, F-IN-BOX, Transparency, Flash External API, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2008-12-31

F-IN-BOX, DLL Edition 3.3.1 (Windows)

F-IN-BOX, DLL Edition is a window control that enhances Macromedia Flash Player ActiveX features. Load movies directly from memory. Protect movies. Create Flash-enabled applications which are ready to work even if the Flash Player ActiveX is not installed. Transparency is fully supported. Ability to play Flash Video FLV directly from...

Tags: Dynamic-link Library, Memory, Macromedia Flash Player, Microsoft Windows, Softanics, Transparency, Flash Memory

Software downloads 2008-12-31

The (Government 2.0) revolution should be televised

The (Government 2.0) revolution should be televisedBe careful!!Terms like "Government 2.0" should not be tossed around lightly! There are those who believe we need just that...another American Revolution and a complete restart!RE: The (Government 2.0) revolution should be televisedAndrea - When I hear Patriot 2.0, I get an image...

Tags: Government 2.0, transparency

Discussion threads 2008-11-25

Netflix post-mortem: hardware failure and poor transparency

Netflix post-mortem: hardware failure and poor transparencyProbably was Worse than ThoughtThe lack of transparency is probably due to how much of a failure their disaster prepardness really is. It probably failed on many levels. No doubt Netflix doesn't want anyone to know just how ill prepared they really...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., transparency, hardware

Discussion threads 2008-09-05

C'mon Oracle, more noise please

Last week, Justin Kestelyn Tweeted me to advise me about Oracle's moves in service oriented security. Since the document refers to strategy and what the company has in mind, I wanted to know about the timelines for product release. Justin Tweeted back: RevRec rules are really strict; timelines almost...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Dale, Transparency, Revenue Recognition, Groupware, Web Browsers, Marketing Research, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-04-14

Presidential candidates: Take a data integrity and transparency pledge

Presidential candidates: Take a data integrity and transparency pledgeI predict an Egyptian presidentFor eight years---Executive Privilege and National Security.Are just two reasons why such pledges are ridiculous. While you may think you need to know everything that transpires in the Whitehouse it is not an unalienable right.RE: Presidential candidates:...

Tags: E-mail, Vertical industries, transparency, Presidential Candidate, data integrity, government

Discussion threads 2008-03-03

US Government seeks to invest $6 Billion in security by obscurity

According to the Wall Street Journal this morning the Bush administration is pushing to spend $6 billion on cyber security in one year! They claim that US telecom systems are not adequately protected and that they need to spend this money to protect it. Just one problem, the government is...

Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. Government, Transparency, Security, Richard Stiennon

Blog posts 2008-01-28

Things that suck somewhat: Mac OS X Sheets

Things that suck somewhat: Mac OS X SheetsBesides the silly premise of your storyWhy is it you guys compress the heck out of the mac images in your articles but no one else does? I mean what's another 5k to make the image a little presentable? And as far as...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Mac OS X, Mac OS X Sheets, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS, Apple Macintosh, transparency

Discussion threads 2008-01-25

Open source values: transparency

Open source values: transparencyI Vote for Honesty Over TransparencyThe operative word should be "honesty".How many times have you seen ads, e.g., that are transparently dishonest? Doesn't "Transparent" mean that one can see through outward behavior into true and sometimes hidden motivations?Journalists and politicians are often transparently dishonest as well, and...

Tags: transparency, Transparency, open source, Open Source Values

Discussion threads 2007-11-06