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Congress may require ISPs to block fraud sites

a U.S. House of Representatives bill is taking the unusual step of requiring Internet providers to block access to certain online financial scams - or face fines and federal court injunctions. For the last decade or so, Internet service providers have been dealing with requests to block access to...

Tags: Internet Provider, Financial, U.S. House Of Representatives, U.S. Congress, Internet Service Provider, Investor, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Financial Accounting, Finance, ISP, scam, Declan McCullagh

News items 2009-11-04

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Apple leaves Chamber of Commerce in green dispute

The Washington Post reports that Apple Monday pulled out of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce because of its criticism of plans to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in the U.S. Apple Vice President Catherine Novelli notified the Chamber of the company's displeasure in a letter, writing "Apple supports regulating...

Tags: Apple Inc., Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-10-06

"Bravo!" says Brammo. The hope for equal treatment under the law.

The electric motorcycle industry has gotten a nice assist. The House of Representatives voted to give them equal status with car makers when it comes to government loan for electric vehicle development. The new language is contained in Advanced Vehicle Technology Act and passed the House recently. ...

Tags: Electric Vehicle, Motorcycle, Motorcycle Industry, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Verizon changes tune on handset exclusivity. Will AT&T follow? Will it even matter?

updated: Verizon is planning to loosen the noose on exclusivity deals with phone manufacturers, reducing the time of those deals to just a few months - a gesture to the lawmakers in Washington who are scrutinizing these exclusivity deals and what appears to be a public calling out of AT&T...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Verizon Communications Inc., Handset, AT&T Corp., Agreement, Verizon Wireless, Exclusivity, Carrier, Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-17

Global warming: what will American politicians do? Rest of world?

Now that federally-funded researchers, government and academic, are no longer pulling their punches, the questions arises: what now? Will the national government act? What'll happen? There's a proposed energy and climate bill before the House of Representatives. Named for two Congressmen sponsoring the bill, it's the...

Tags: Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-17

Would you go the extra mile to get rid of an old computer responsibly?

There was a massive electronics collection day this week in Washington, D.C., coordinated by asset disposition company Redemtech. The company hasn't reported yet on how much was taken in, but they did send this photo of a Capitol Hill employee who not only made a donation but carried it to...

Tags: Electronics, Computer, Redemtech, Transportation, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-05-29

Sun & Symantec: A New Breed of Sustainability Leadership?

The passage of the Waxman Markey Bill through the US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee this week has left behind it some hard feelings and a split in the business lobby. The US Chamber of Commerce came under severe pressure for lobbying against the...

Tags: Sustainability, Symantec Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Duke Energy Corp., Climate, Chamber, Bjorn Lomborg, Globalization, Security, Strategy, Management, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-05-24

IBM - Wantin' and Gettin' Stimulus Money

IBM - Wantin' and Gettin' Stimulus MoneyI Wonder About the Title"IBM - Wantin' and Gettin' Stimulus Money"Why truncate the words by leaving off the "g"? I wonder if that has anything to do with . . . . Hmmmm.RE: IBM - Wantin' and Gettin' Stimulus Moneythe writer is...

Tags: Government, Recruitment & Selection, Regulations, Stimulus Money, Gettin, IBM Corp., job

Discussion threads 2009-03-30

How green is the stimulus?

The U.S. House of Representatives has just passed the Obama Admin's requested economic stimulus plan. Now the hard part for Obama's team, getting something through the Senate where the Democrats do not have the votes to block a filibuster. It's crucial to note that not a single House republican...

Tags: Money, U.S. Senate, Personal Finance, Taxes, Team Management, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-28

10 reasons to purchase new hardware during a recession

TechRepublic guest post: It may seem like the last thing you want to do in the midst of tough economic times is invest in new hardware. But IT consultant Erik Eckel suggests that trying to coast on failing or outdated equipment will cost you more in the long run. You...

Tags: Employee, PC, Recession, Server, Hardware, Organization, Budgets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-20

House servers suffering from financial bail-out

The U.S. House of Representatives website continues to suffer severe latency this morning. A Firefox visit at 6:30 am Pacific time took easily 10 seconds to load and the associated style sheet never did load. The problem appears to stem from a massive overload of traffic...

Tags: Financial, Server, U.S. House Of Representatives Website, System Engineer, Financial Accounting, Finance, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-01

Microsoft says crisis will impact tech

The way economists see it, there's the financial economy and the "real" economy. While Wall Street is in a genuine crisis and there's clearly been a tightening of credit, it's not clear that the collapse of the investment banks has severely impacted non-financial companies yet. But while...

Tags: Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-30

Congress: Open-source for U.S. military

Congress: Open-source for U.S. militaryPosting to an open source forumThis is the President of the United States. The telephone operators at the White House's best known number have been instructed to confirm for anyone who calls that this post is not a hoax.Currently our missile defenses rely on open...

Tags: open source, NSA, Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc., agency, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2008-09-26

Spam hits the House of Representatives

Spam hits the House of Representativesit's about timeit's about time Congress was treated to a real-world demonstration of e-mail's potential evils last week when a congressional aide sent out a mass mailing that touted a weight loss pill. That one slice of spam touched off a torrent of replies that...

Tags: e-mail, spam

Discussion threads 2008-09-15

Cerf's call for simple pricing: Net Neutrality all over again

Cerf's call for simple pricing: Net Neutrality all over againCerf's call for simple pricing: Net Neutrality all over again[i]Rather than a volume cap, I suggest the introduction of transmission rate caps, which would allow users to purchase access to the Internet at a given minimum data rate and be free...

Tags: Pricing, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKING, Net Neutrality, Vint Cerf, simple pricing, pricing strategy, Internet, Cerf, network

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4

Something about getting a new neck earlier this spring made me start thinking about how to change my life to make America a better place. Here a few that you can try to make the country better over the Fourth of July weekend: 1.) Turn off your...

Tags: Phone, PC, Cell Phone, Computer, Productivity, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-07-02

Developing FIPS 140-Validated Solutions for the Federal Government Using RSA BSAFE Software

The U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Government Reform released the Fiscal Year 2007 edition of its Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA report. Unfortunately, the news was not good. The 25 major government agencies reported 8% of the IT systems remained uncertified/unaccredited while 14% of the systems lacked tested...

Tags: Software, RSA Security Inc., FISMA, Government

White papers 2008-07-01

China says it's incapable of hacking Reps' computers

The folks who brought you the Great Firewall of China and the Golden Shield are wholly incapable of breaking into the cyber-fortress that is the U.S. House of Representatives. So they say. Accused by U.S. Reps Frank Wolf (R-Va.) and Chris Smith (R-NJ) of hacking into their...

Tags: U.S., China, Computer, Productivity, Hacking, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-06-12

States go it alone in health care reform

States go it alone in health care reformLook at TexasDana, I am an attorney in the healthcare industry in Texas. Texas is THE leader in healthcare reform, not California or New York. I'm not saying that because I'm from Texas. (I was born and raised in New York.)...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, government, Honesty, health care, States Go

Discussion threads 2008-02-18

Two cities and two separate paths to the planet's future

There's only one planet for us all, at this point. Until migration to Mars or another solar system begins, we got this little piece of real estate. But the UN climate conference in Bali is clear indication that there is precious little agreement on what to do or...

Tags: U.S., Conference, U.S. Senate, E.U., Real Estate, Taxes, Business Operations, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-12-13