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EFF sues DOJ for lobbying data: The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a Freedom of Information Lawsuit against the Department of Justice to obtain records on telecom lobbying efforts, Ars Technica reports. EFF is seeking documentation of lobbying around amendments to the FISA law and the granting of immunity for surveillance activities. What connections and...; Tags: Ars Technica, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Telecommunications Company, Government, U.S. Department Of Justice, Bush Administration, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, ZDNet Government; Blog posts 2007-09-28
DOJ backs off of Microsoft as former counsel dismisses Google's antitrust claim: The Bush administration seems to be softening its stance on Microsoft and the company's anticompetitive conduct, reports the New York TimesThis change in attitude mirrors the market shift from desktop software to Internet search and web-based software, which circumvents Microsoft. The recent rejection of an antitrust complaint filed by Google...; Tags: State &, Local Govt, Courts; Blog posts 2007-06-11
Judge postpones Google subpoena hearing: Judge postpones Google subpoena hearingThe Justice Department should give up ...................Again I say the Justice Department should give up their witch hunt for the Bush Administration right wing causes ....................... You can't legislate morality for the whole country no matter how hard you try ................. Protecting children is a good...; Tags: Google Inc., U.S. Department of Justice, Bush Administration; Discussion threads 2006-02-03

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If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?: Xen and KVM, like other virtualization tools, can be used as part of a comprehensive datacenter architecture. One of the most important value propositions offered by both of these tools is low initial cost (read "free"). Depending upon the implementation (Citrix, Red Hat, SUSE, Virtual Iron, Oracle, Sun, Qumranet, etc.)...; Tags: Red Hat Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tool, Comprehension, Productivity, Data Centers, Open Source, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide: Convicted spammer Eddie Davidson, who escaped from federal prison over the weekend, killed his wife and 3-year-old daughter before killing himself in what is being described as a murder-suicide. Colorado's 9News.com said the tragic end of the man known as the "Spam King" was confirmed by the...; Tags: Prison, Sheriff, Internal Revenue Service, Attorney, Healthcare, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-24

Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?Microsoft Search sucks.Now they are hijacking your PC to gain search share. Vista, XP, and anything else Microsoft is leaving this organization at every chance.RE: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?This studies almost alway fail to note that XP's business penetration was no better after...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrest; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Government, markets and regulation: Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...; Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spending: Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spendingBallmer Justifies Bottomless PitIt's called his STOMACH.Where is the return on these investments?They are no closer to competing with Google than before Ballmer started this spending spree. When people think "search" they think Google. It's that simple. No one thinks Yahoo or...; Tags: Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, 3M Co.; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a little: Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a littleNew Coke?Actually, given the way it has been and is being sold, is it not the New Kool-Aid?With Vista selling so well already ...... as shown in revenues from the previous quarter, Microsoft can expect to gain substantially...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Mozilla Firefox, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X, Mendel, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
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
Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a little: Vista adoption in the enterprise is mired in the single digits, but is an option for companies that have Windows releases before XP. Nineteen percent of enterprise users use Firefox. And the Mac OS is making some headway in the enterprise, but Apple lacks a coherent strategy to pitch business...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Enterprise, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Childs rigged crazyquilt private network: The prosecution unveiled more details on the lunacy in San Francisco in court filings that urged the judge to keep rogue network administrator Terry Childs' bail at $5 million. The Chronicle reports that prosecutors say that Childs had over 1,000 modems secreted around the city, forming his own private network...; Tags: Network, Prosecutor, Networking, Productivity, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Students: the broadband troubleshooter: Student? Moved out of halls? Ready to move into your new student digs? Heads up. Following on from my series of harrowing entries regarding my broadband trouble, it's about time I sat you down and explained a few things about ISP's, phone lines, telecoms...; Tags: Tenant, Phone, Broadband, Phone Line, Internet Service Provider, Tag, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Internet, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Judge refuses to reduce 'rogue' admin's bail: Breaking news: A San Francisco judge just refused to lower Terry Childs' bail from $5 million, the SF Chron reports. Prosecutors said that by rigging the network so that key programs were held in memory so that they would be deleted when the network was shut...; Tags: Bail, Administrator, Network, Sheriff, Prosecutor, Networking, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs: Inside the mind - and config - of Terry ChildsGuilty of Incompetency in Office Politics, Being a JerkThe word is that Childs was the sole keeper of the passwords for months if not years, and management was aware of the situation during this period.The new director of security took a...; Tags: Workforce management, IT Field, Terry Childs; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
SF mayor gets back to the keys to the city: SF mayor gets back to the keys to the cityThen what?What happened then? Is this a cliff-hanger blog?The story you quoted from at least mentioned this:"By Tuesday morning, the system was back in the hands of the city."GoodKudos to Mayor Newsome for stepping up and resolving the situation. I'm...; Tags: Government, Vertical industries, SF Mayor; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs: Terry Childs's lawyer, Erin Crane, offered the court some insights into the Childs' motivations in changing SF's network passwords. She will argue today for a reduction in his $5 million bail, perhaps to something closer to the bail set for common murderers ($1 mil.) In her written...; Tags: Password, Network, Backup, Terry Childs, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-23
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
Another student hacks another police website: Oh the fun. Once again, another police website has been hacked by a student, showing that even the police aren't safe from all crimes. This is another link in the long chain of attacks over the years from egotistical teenagers trying to get a kick out of life without sticking...; Tags: Web Site, Attack, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-23
McAfee debunks recent vulnerabilities in AV software research, n.runs restates its position: Several days after blogging about a research conduced by n.runs AG that managed to discover approximately 800 vulnerabilities in antivirus products, McAfee issued a statement basically debunking the number of vulnerabilities found, and providing its own account into the number of vulnerabilities affecting its own products : "A recent...; Tags: Software, McAfee Inc., Antivirus, Vulnerability, Vendor, Flaw, N.Runs, Dancho, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-23