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Poll: If the u.s. presidential election were held today, who would you vote for?: Poll: If the U.S. Presidential election were held today, who would you vote for?Perhaps more to the point... who would you vote against?Is this ZDNET or CNN?Can we just discuss technology around here. I come to ZDNET to escape politics. Get a grip and remember your slogan...ZDNET, Where...; Tags: Obama, Hillary Clinton, U.S. Presidential Election, Hillary; Discussion threads 2008-02-15

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Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?: As expected, billionaire Carl Icahn launched his proxy war to turn over Yahoo's board of directors and one of his nominees is Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo and then took those funds to buy the Dallas Mavericks. Just for entertainment value I may buy a...; Tags: Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Chairman, Mr., Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Director, Yahoo Shareholder, Bebchuk, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Who will set price and quality standards?: Did you know Health & Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt has a blog? It's a pretty good blog, in that it's evident he writes it himself, and in it deals with issues on a personal basis. For instance, he did a series of posts on a recent...; Tags: Mike Leavitt, Health Care, Standards, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Quality, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Facebook is the new Google as exodus of top xooglers continues: The latest high-level executive to leave Google for Facebook is Elliott Schrage, who headed the corporate communications team. When the top person responsible for Google's messaging across all products and for its international policy leaves this points to a serious change within the company. Facebook has been...; Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Public Relations, Business Ethics, Recruitment & Selection, Team Management, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Leadership, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-05-07
IT politics killed White House email project: IT politics killed White House email projectDefective By DesignI think the whole IDEA was to have a sloppy, impossible to manage system! How ironic, the MOMENT they need critical emails, they just "happened" to have been deleted, and not archived, because you have minimum wage types hand filing emails, and...; Tags: information technology, e-mail, White House, RNC; Discussion threads 2008-05-06

IT politics killed White House email project: Data archiving in the White House is a serious business mandated by the Presidential Records Act of 1978, which was passed following the Watergate scandal. The Act requires the White House to maintain an historical archive of its activities, policies, and decisions. Despite...; Tags: Information Technology, White House, Act, E-mail, Online Communications, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-05-06
Deja vu all over again on health insurance: A New England Journal of Medicine editorial on health insurance out today warns we could be heading back to another Harry and Louise moment, alluding to the failure of health care reform in 1994. The proposals offered by John McCain on the one hand and Barack Obama...; Tags: Health Insurance, Health Care, Benefits Expert, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Who watches video on Presidential candidate sites: Candidate Web Site Viewers (000) Video Streams (000) Time Spent Barack Obama 518 828 16 min Hillary For President 351 551 4.8 min JohnMcCain.com 38 66 1.5 min Source: Nielsen by NB; Tags: Video, Corporate Communications, Digital Video, Web Site Development, Marketing, Personal Technology, Internet, NB; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Silverlight going to be all over the Democratic National Convention: Silverlight going to be all over the Democratic National ConventionGlad MS picked a winner...unlike Google who picked the RNC to back this election cycle.I guess this means that Google stands for: misleading the US to war, torture, gutting of the Bill of Rights, right-wing social conservative nut jobs, wiretapping, incompetence,...; Tags: Linux, Microsoft Silverlight, Democratic National Convention; Discussion threads 2008-04-29
Email voting for overseas troops?: Email voting for overseas troops?So what's wrong with absentee ballots?I'm under the distinct impression that mail call is still a major part of military life. I think it's even still possible to send US mail out of war zones.A couple of more comments1. The Australian ballot, if my...; Tags: ballot, e-voting, e-mail; Discussion threads 2008-04-29
Why client-server fails: The client-server idea goes back at least to the early 1960s and was, at least initially, a fairly direct extension of hardware co-processor ideas already in wide use throughout the industry. Thus the vision going into the IBM Future Systems project in 1968 was simple: build future...; Tags: Client-server, Client-server Idea, Serialization Problem, E-voting, Servers, Government, Hardware, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Will Internet-borne threats influence the 2008 presidential race?: Political candidates are increasingly turning to the Internet to communicate their positions and gain voter support. But the same attack vectors that already pose a risk to consumers and enterprises can be used to influence elections in a number of ways. This sample chapter from Crimeware: Understanding New Attacks and...; Tags: Addison-Wesley, Phishing, Internet, Domain Names, Cyberthreats, E-mail, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications; Book chapters 2008-04-29
The real health care debate has begun: Forget the Presidential election process. The real health care debate starts only after the new President is inaugurated next January. Or does it? Both sides are already gearing up. From the right, we see that Medicare Advantage plans are becoming major...; Tags: Health Care, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Corporate Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-28
Tricare scandal shows value of VA system: Tricare scandal shows value of VA systemDo you suffer with diassociative personality?In the article prior to this one VA health care is the equivelent to being treated like dirt. In this one it is superior to TriCare. How do you justify these two different views in your own...; Tags: TRICARE, Tricare scandal; Discussion threads 2008-04-25
Is IT abuse a threat to democracy?: Here's a bit from a Washington Post report dated Dec 22/07 and headlined "FBI Prepares Vast Database Of Biometrics": CLARKSBURG, W. Va. -- The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion effort to build the world's largest computer database of peoples' physical characteristics, a project that would...; Tags: Database, Information Technology, FBI, Ballot, Catalist, Federal Government, Government, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-04-17
Is IT abuse a threat to democracy?: Is IT abuse a threat to democracy?Mind ControlWith my X-files inspired name, and a subject line like that, I probably deserver to be dismissed as a loon, but...A read of Derren Brown's book "Mind Control" should make even the the most ardent sceptic ponder on just how controllable people are....; Tags: Biometrics, Government, Authentication/Encryption, Mind Control, Google Inc., information technology; Discussion threads 2008-04-17
Seagate CEO looks ahead: Bill Watkins, CEO of hard-drive maker Seagate Technology, sits down with CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos to discuss the future of the drive industry, the current economy, and some of the changes he'd like to see coming with the 2008 election. The U.S. needs to give green cards to college graduates,...; Tags: News, michael kanellos, seagate, hard drives, sillicon valley, flash, media, video, bill watkins; Videos 2008-04-16
Chertoff promises cybersecurity Manhattan Project: Chertoff promises cybersecurity Manhattan ProjectSo What's The Rush?"Seven and a half years after 9/11, the Bush Administration is ready to take cybersecurty seriously."And if they do as good a job as the Census Bureau has done with computers systems (http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=674)...we'll all be much safer for it...right?RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!! ;-)Feds...; Tags: Government, SECURITY, cybersecurity, White House, Chertoff, Manhattan Project; Discussion threads 2008-04-09
RSA's Coviello: Let's cook up a thinking security defense system: RSA president Arthur Coviello Jr. says security is hampering innovation and that shouldn't happen. The fix: Security pros need to think different and that means cooking up technology that acts as information security immune system. Coviello, who delivered his keynote at the RSA conference in San Francisco,...; Tags: RSA Security Inc., Regulation, Coviello, Security, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-08
Heathrow T5 failure: What really happened: Heathrow T5 failure: What really happenedTony BlairThis is typical of modern Britain. All show. All glitz. 100% image and 0% substance. This is the legacy of Tony who turned Britain from a country proud of its merit into one only concerned with the next news story and to hell with...; Tags: Strategy, Heathrow T5; Discussion threads 2008-04-08