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- Telecom immunity passes Senate, Obama votes yes
- The Senate â€" with a yes vote from Barack Obama and a no vote from Hillary Clinton â€" 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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- News to know: Cisco; Azure; Smartphones; Twitter lists; Facebook; Skype; Twitter device
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Cisco unveils collaboration, e-mail and social tools for the enterprise Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft puts more...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Twitter Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Skype Technologies S.A., Cisco Systems Inc., Smartphone, Sam Diaz, E-mail, Web Browsers, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Online Communications, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- Electric Sheep 2.7b19 (Windows)
- Electric Sheep is a free, open source screen saver run by thousands of people all over the world. It can be installed on any ordinary PC or Mac. When these computers "sleep", the screen saver comes on and the computers communicate with each other by the internet to share the...
- Tags: Screensaver, Animation, Microsoft Windows, Computer, ElectricSheep.org, Productivity, Open Source
- Software downloads 2009-11-08
- House due for its health reform vote tomorrow
- the American patriots will rise againand defeat the socialist bill.All real Americans are outraged about ObamaCare and the Congress should listen to them.Only the GOP healthcare bill is the one we can afford and will improve the healthcare.Not going to passPeople do not want this socialist fiasco.RE: House due for...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, WTF, health care, insurance, patriot
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- House due for its health reform vote tomorrow
- Once whatever passes passes (or doesn't) employers know the environment into which they're putting a major portion of their budgets, and can firm decisions on whether to hire, or how much, next year. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources
- Blog posts 2009-11-06
- Kerry-Boxer bill gets out of the (first) box
- Another day...Another train wreck of enviro-ignorance and puffery from Harry. Happy Friday!MeshIt's called reconciliation. When Differing House and Senate bills are passed and a single bill must be decided on.Thankfully many Americans are waking up and the majority now oppose destructive and foolish "cap and trade" legislation. Many House Democrats...
- Tags: Kerry-Boxer
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700 (T-Mobile)
- Photo gallery:RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700It's been about a year since the original RIM BlackBerry Bold made its debut, and while it remains a very solid device, it's about time that a flashier, faster model took over the reigns. And that device would be the RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700. Not only...
- Tags: Handhelds, BlackBerry Bold 9700, RIM BlackBerry, RIM BlackBerry Bold, RIM BlackBerry Bold 9700, Research In Motion Ltd., T-Mobile, Bold 9700
- Product reviews 2009-11-05
- News to know: Intel; Microsoft layoffs; Motorola, Palm; Oracle-Sun; MSN
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: New York AG files antitrust charges against Intel; alleges bribery, coercion Mary Jo Foley: Are the Microsoft...
- Tags: Layoff, MSN, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Motorola Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, Storage, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Data Management
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- 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
- Please vote: Shortlisted at Computer Weekly
- Computer Weekly, shortlisted this blog for top honors in the 2009 Project Management category. Here's how to vote! by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Computer, Productivity, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Blogging, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Internet, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-11-04
- Washington: lots of talk about global warming
- Lots of talk around the American capital today on the topic of global warming. The CO2 emissions from various political factions and lobbyists alone could raise the global temp another degree or two. And that's not counting the carbon footprint of all the plane travel involved in moving...
- Tags: U.S., Republican, Climate Change, U.S. Senate, Global Warming, European Union, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-11-03
- Intel investigating Windows 7 iPhone sync flaw
- Ditched Intel Long Ago...AMD is superior.So let me get this straightSo how is it the chipset can sync to every device but the iPhone? Or are there other devices? What makes the iPhone different?Just a guessI just wonder if the iTunes DRM is involved in this problem, using...
- Tags: Chipsets, Smart phones, Digital media, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPhone, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Finding pocket cameras with the best anti-shake feature
- A tripod or monopod helps ntnt = no textRE: Finding pocket cameras with the best anti-shake featureThe Lumix DMC-ZS3 is a compact that has a 12X zoom. This is where the anti-shake really comes in handy.Another vote for ZS3 (TZ7)I struggle with a bit of shakiness, as well, and...
- Tags: camera, LUMIX DMC-ZS3
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Don't cry for me Joe Lieberman
- the patriots are rising against the socialist billThe Obamacare is gasping for air while the liberals are preparing to be booted out of the congress in 2010.The real Americans have risen again and upheld the values of the founding fathers against dangerous foreign socialist ideeas.End Socialism Now!Enough with the Commissar's...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Obamacare, patriot, socialist, socialism, reconciliation, Joe Lieberman
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Apple TV update looks good but doesn't offer much more
- I second your thoughts, Sam.The updates were nice, but hardly worth it from the functional standpoint. Yes, Netflix would be nice, although iTunes provides most, if not all, of what Netflix would, doesn't it?One thing Tim Cook mentioned during the most recent earnings call was that Apple was going to...
- Tags: INTERNET, Apple TV, Internet radio, Apple Inc., TV, NetFlix Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
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