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Is open source a vote getter?

Is open source a vote getter?It's another step in the right directionalong with the rise of the Social Enterprise.Is it a vote getter? The majority of people barely know what a computer is, and have little interest in the damage that extreme Capitalism is causing the human race.Ignorance is also...

Tags: Branding, vote getter, getter, open source

Discussion threads 2008-04-07

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Can XM-Sirius merger stand up to Washington politics?

After well over a year of scrutiny, the proposed merger between the country's two satellite radio providers - XM and Sirius - is finally on the home stretch, set for an approval vote as early as Aug. 1. But wait. This week, one of the FCC commissioners proposed even more...

Tags: Merger, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Satellite, Sirius, Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, Satellite Radio, Advertising & Promotion, Mergers & Acquisitions, Digital Music, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Investment, Finance, Networking, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninja

Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninjaLiberties"Mr. Future President, while you’re at it, could you also do something about all of the civil liberties we’re losing because of the ‘war on terrorism’? That’d be great. Thanks!"that is the point of Cyber Czar - censor what...

Tags: SECURITY, cyber-security measure, comprehensive cyber-security measure, Obama, cybersecurity

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Legg Mason takes Yahoo's side vs. Icahn; Yang takes campaign to home page

Updated: Yahoo's argument that billionaire investor Carl Icahn is a short-timer with no clear plan to run the company has won over a key investor: Legg Mason. In addition, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is taking the company's campaign to its home page. In a broadcast to employees...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Legg Mason Inc., Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Software debugging costs rise; SOA blamed

Software debugging costs rise; SOA blamedWho is really to blame?SOA makes things easier for the end user, but harder for IT. But is it really SOA that should take the blame or are IT shops just really bad at "real" software engineering? I vote for the later. ...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, software, SOA

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninja

Update: It would seem that Richard Stiennon agrees with me on the concept of a group of experts to advise, also on keeping away from spending ridiculous amounts of money. Cyber-terrorism... ah, what a fancy buzz word that is. Defined on Wikipedia as: "The premeditated use...

Tags: John McCain, Cybersecurity, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Yahoo may revisit News Corp if AOL dims: source

Yahoo is unlikely to get into a bidding war over AOL with Microsoft because Yahoo could instead renew talks over News Corp's Web properties. NEW YORK--Yahoo is unlikely to get into a bidding war over AOL with Microsoft because if Microsoft gets in the way, Yahoo could instead renew...

Tags: America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft-Icahn Proposal, Financial Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance, Investment, Reuters, Yahoo, Microsoft, Microhoo, merger, News Corps, AOL

News items 2008-07-18

In America money is life

In America money is lifeWhat a crock[i]while the U.S. is both rich and powerful, it is “woefully behind when it comes to providing opportunity and choices to all Americans to build a better life.”[/i] OK, let me get this straight. There is someplace else in the world that...

Tags: Warm-Weather, Woody Allen

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

Yahoo: Icahn just a short-termer

Yahoo: Icahn just a short-termerYahoo's BOD is desperate to save face in light......of their mistake of not selling to MS at $33/share. CNN announced today that Yahoo is now willing to sell at $33/share if Microsoft would offer it to them again.Yahoo's BOD messed up bad. All this "short termer"...

Tags: Corporate governance, Yahoo! Inc., Icahn, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

Yahoo: Icahn just a short-termer

Yahoo once again delivered another shareholder letter Thursday designed to urge shareholders to vote for its board members at its Aug. 1 annual meeting. Yahoo's message: Billionaire investor Carl Icahn only has short-term interest n the company. In Yahoo Chairman's Roy Bostock's letter the company outlined the...

Tags: Shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Financial Accounting, Corporate Governance, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-17

It's a start: Spammer gets jail time

It's a start: Spammer gets jail timeI dont see spaming as a jail-able offense.I would love to give jailtime to companies that send crap to my mailbox.The issue is waisted time and resources. It costs x dollars to clean that up, so you owe me x dollars, if dont...

Tags: Spam, spammer, anti-spam

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Voting For A McCain

Voting For A McCainAh, milk from the the government sow..Obama's tax policies will hurt American business way more than any benefits his technology policies may provide. It's not government's role to create and invest in technology; its role is to get out of the way so that the Apples,...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Obamessiah, tax, Obama

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Voting For A McCain

SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons So, poor John McCain. At the start of the year, he gets bounced around because he is "not well versed" in economics. In summer, he gets beat up again, because he says he is "illiterate" about technology (and the way he expresses...

Tags: Innovation, Network, John McCain, Obama, Taxes, Free Trade, Internet, Leadership, Financial Planning, Finance, Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-16

Microhoo mudslinging: Icahn says Yahoo distorts facts of offer; Microsoft agrees

The Microhoo saga gets messier by the minute and will probably get worse as we near the Aug. 1 shareholder meeting where Carl Icahn tries to boot Yahoo's board and CEO Jerry Yang. We're back to dueling letters again and the saga is very messy Techmeme. On...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Search, Yahoo! Press Release, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-14

A health policy turning point?

A health policy turning point?Who can blame the doctors?Especially if they get irritated calling "1-800-Mommy-May-I" to get approval for a procedure they consider necessary. And who is on the phone at the insurance company making a decision on your health care? Some high school graduate?The simple fact is...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, health policy, insurance, insurance company

Discussion threads 2008-07-11

Vista To Win in the Enterprise, The Ugly Way

Vista To Win in the Enterprise, The Ugly Wayre: Winning Ugly[i]Why should Microsoft be any different? If you look at how enterprise software vendors have traditionally dealt with upgrades to their software products, the general tendency has been to put the vendor’s interests well ahead of the user. Upgrades to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, Yes Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-11

Telecom immunity passes Senate, Obama votes yes

The Senate – with a yes vote from Barack Obama and a no vote from Hillary Clinton – passed the regrettable wiretapping bill today, which grants lawsuit immunity to telecommunications companies, The Wall Street Journal reports. Despite a spirited resistance by some Democratic senators who...

Tags: Immunity, U.S. Senate, Vote, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Government, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-09

Anyone bothering to teach 35mm photography classes anymore?

Anyone bothering to teach 35mm photography classes anymore?Overall Cost and ValueIn my experience, digital photography was not vastly less money outlay than 35mm. I paid enough up front to amount to what I would have paid for 35mm including processing in the next 10 years. However, once I had made...

Tags: Digital cameras, Digital photography, PRODUCTIVITY, Photgraphy, photography

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

Ticking bombs in enterprise land

I believe the enterprise software industry is heading for major problems. It started when I read Francine McKenna  where she talks about what she sees as a doomsday scenario for at least one of the Big Four audit businesses. Francine's focus is on questioning the effectiveness of current methods for...

Tags: Software, Audit, Francine, Tools & Techniques, Financial Accounting, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-07

Icahn, Ballmer pair up, talk Microhoo; Push to boot Yang and Yahoo's board

Updated: Activist investor Carl Icahn and Microsoft are now in cahoots to toss Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and the company's board of directors. Icahn says in a letter that he has been chatting up Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer along with other key executives about how the two...

Tags: Transaction, Steve Ballmer, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Icahn, Steve, Search, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-07