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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

Norwegian civil war: Call to recall OOXML 'yes' vote

Posted on Geir Isene's blog: Formal protest regarding the Norwegian vote on ISO/IEC DIS 29500 I am writing to you in my capacity as Chairman (of 13 years standing) of the Norwegian mirror committee to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34. I wish to inform you of serious irregularities in...

Tags: Irregularity, Vote, XML, Blogging, Microsoft Office, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Internet, Office Suites, Software, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-03-31

Microsoft claims Office OpenXML standard Czechmate

Microsoft thinks it has the votes to get Office OpenXML OOXML, the format of Microsoft Office, approved as an ISO standard. The key, it says, was a decision by the Czech Standards Institute to approve the format. A Microsoft spokesperson wrote to ZDNet: This represents...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Vote, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Microsoft Office, Quality, Business Operations, Office Suites, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-26

Mr. Dodd's filibuster threat works, vote delayed

Gosh, just like in the movies, good guy Chris Dodd's filibuster of a vote on a FISA authorization bill that would have provided immunity from lawsuits for telecoms who turn over customer data to the federal government actually worked tonight. Wired reports that majority leader Harry Reid opted...

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

Blog posts 2007-12-17

Ubuntu Chief: Microsoft Invests Big $ On OpenXML Standards Effort

Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth is on a personal mission to crush Microsoft's Open XML standards effort. On his blog Tuesday, the Canonical executive and Ubuntu developer encouraged members of the global open source community to reach out to their respective International Standards Organization (ANSI in the U.S.) and push for...

Tags: Ubuntu, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Vote, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2007-08-14

House of Representatives Voting Computer Fails

The House of Representatives' electronic system for recording and displaying votes by members broke down during the middle of a tense, crucial vote on the House floor. Apparently, the display portion of the system stopped working, while the vote recording mechanism still functioned, leading to lots of confusion. According to...

Tags: Computer, Vote, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2007-08-07

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Howard's happy: Sirius-XM merger (finally) approved; Now the work really begins

The government regulatory debacle known as the Sirius-XM merger has officially ended as the Federal Communications Commission approved the deal after 17 months of deliberation and lobbying from the National Association of Broadcasters. According to the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal the FCC approved the deal...

Tags: Merger, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Sirius, Howard, Satellite Radio, Digital Music, Advertising & Promotion, Federal Government, Mergers & Acquisitions, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Government, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-26

Google opens Knol website, a wiki with bylines

Google opens Knol website, a wiki with bylinesRE: Google opens Knol website, a wiki with bylinesCan't wait for this service to be closed in a year like other Google services! That's assuming it even lasts that long. When your employees do nothing but play with office toys its...

Tags: Knol website, Google Inc., Knol, Wiki, Wikipedia

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

What people hate most about health insurance

What people hate most about health insurancetry medicaid if you want a real headacheIf you think your paid insurance is bad, try living on SS or SSI, yet being expected to make co-pays on everything they can find to ding you on, it may sound like no big deal if...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, health insurance

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

At Netroots, relations warming with Obama

At Netroots, relations warming with Obama"Democracy cannot exist without strong differences"I disagree. Seems to me that democracy works in a consensus environment just fine. What it does require, though, is toleration for differences in opinion and the ability of citizens to say what they think without fear of...

Tags: Obama, Netroots Nation, Netroots

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

At Netroots, relations warming with Obama

The netroots are still pissed over Sen. Barack Obama's vote for the FISA capitulation compromise legislation, but relations are warming up again. At the Netroots Nation conference in Austin, bloggers were lining up to do their part for an Obama victory, the Washington Post reports. Said...

Tags: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Netroot, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-22

2008 Pwnie Award nominees announced

Well, after getting 134 nominations, and spending countless hours pulling out nominees, the judges for the 2008 Pwnie Awards have announced the final nominees to be voted on.  From the site: The final list of nominees for the nine Pwnie Award categories is ...

Tags: Nominee, Vulnerability, XSS, Attack, Flaw, Dan, XSS Flaw, Lifelock, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Assessing winners and losers

Updated below: Yahoo and billionaire investor Carl Icahn have settled their looming proxy war. According to a statement Monday, Yahoo's board of directors will be expanded to 11 members and one of those seats will go to Icahn. The two remaining seats will be filled based on...

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

Blog posts 2008-07-21

Another call for Yahoo-Icahn compromise

Carl Icahn's push to get a new slate of directors on board at Yahoo took another hit late Sunday when another shareholder stepped up to call for a compromise. According to Reuters, Eric Jackson, manager of hedge fund Ironfire Capital and leader of shareholder group Yahoo Plan B, will announce...

Tags: Slate, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-07-21

FTC to hit more spammers

FTC to hit more spammersFTCSince when is spam a new phenomenom? It was in existence well before Congress passed the CAN-SPAM act, which many spammers think allows them to send out their scams as long as they put a disclaimer on it.Before CAN-SPAM, I sent Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson...

Tags: Spam, Viruses and worms, spammer, FTC

Discussion threads 2008-07-19

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

Legg Mason takes Yahoo's side vs. Icahn; Yang takes campaign to home pageStock Tip: Get out of Legg Mason fundsTime to put down the crack pipe Legg Mason."We would prefer that the company and Mr. Icahn reach a mutual agreement on the composition of the Board and end this disruptive...

Tags: Corporate governance, Legg Mason Inc., Icahn, board, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-19

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