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Feds fund VoIP tapping research

Feds fund VoIP tapping researchHeaven forbid they feed the homeless with that money...A government so out of touch...As Public Enemy once said...Can't truss it!What?1?!???Since when is the governments responsibility to feed the homeless?How bout cancer research money!I know two people dying right now and the last thing they care about...

Tags: Telephony, Taxes, Government, Free trade, VoIP, tax, World Trade Center Attack

Discussion threads 2005-08-10

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How Internet surveillance, IT sleuth work helped indict suspected terrorist Zazi

Kinda eerieMakes me wonder if I should delete that "Socialism" picture of Obama as the Joker from my machine.There are 2 Issues HereThe first is whether such forensics have a legitimate place in law enforcement and the second is whether these methods can be misused. I believe that the...

Tags: Blogging, information technology, Zazi, Internet Surveillance, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

What does Apple's MacWorld departure say about future of trade shows?

I had already scratched CES off of my January calendar but was starting to book meetings for MacWorld, leaving time open for the Steve Jobs keynote speech, of course. But now that Jobs is sending in a second-stringer for the big spotlight event, I'm starting to wonder if I should...

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Steve Jobs, Trade Show, Apple Inc., Macworld, Social Networking, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-16

Oh Mamma.com: SEC charges Mark Cuban with insider trading

Oh Mamma.com: SEC charges Mark Cuban with insider tradingSomeone trusted Mark Cuban to do right....Then they deserve what they got.The only one Mark Cuban thinks about is himself.He even micro-manages his basketball team, firing the best coach they ever had Avery Johnson.If you or I had done this we'd be...

Tags: E-mail, SECURITY, Mamma.com, O.J., Bud Selig, Mark Cuban, SEC

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfare

As widely reported (ZDNet's Zero Day blog summarizes the events as well as anyone), Georgia government websites site down were attacked in just about the time frame as Russia's Prague 1968-style attack of the country. The question is, who's responsible? The Russian government appears to have managed to keep its...

Tags: Georgia, Attack, Russian Government, VNUnet, Government, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-12

Finjan uncovers half a gigabyte of stolen data on crimeware servers

Finjan's Malicious Code Research Center has uncovered a half of gigabyte of stolen data from US Healthcare organizations and from a major airline on crimeware servers in Argentina and Malaysia. A representative of Finjan stated: "Hackers incorporated sophisticated attacks using crimeware toolkits, Trojans, and Command and...

Tags: Web, Patient, Data, Finjan Software Inc., Health Care, Server, Cybercriminal, Crimeserver, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Social Security, Channel Management, Security, Viruses And Worms, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Government, Marketing, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-06-18

News to know: Microsoft patch skeletons; Telepresence; Ubuntu; GDrive

Notable headlines:Ryan Naraine: Skeletons in Microsoft's Patch Day closet.Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Media support in Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn. Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" features.David Berlind Testdrive: Cisco's TelePresence hi-def video conferencing system.Review: Drobo left.Larry Dignan: Do we really hate Apple and the iPhone? Jason O'Grady: YouTube arrives for Apple TV. Leopard screenies...

Tags: News to know, General

Blog posts 2007-06-21

Behind Purdue's computing simulation on the 2001 World Trade Center attack

Behind Purdue's computing simulation on the 2001 World Trade Center attackNIST also did a simulation without the graphicsThe NIST did a simulation of the damage and compared against debris. They took into account a huge amount of information. Turns out that the physical damage just from the...

Tags: WTC, World Trade Center

Discussion threads 2007-06-20

Behind Purdue's computing simulation on the 2001 World Trade Center attack

Researchers at Purdue University have completed a computing simulation to detail what likely happened to the World Trade Center when an airline struck the North Tower in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack.Here's how Purdue describes the simulation results see video:The simulation depicts how a plane tore through several stories...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, Science, IT Management, Innovation, Hardware Infrastructure, General

Blog posts 2007-06-20

Anonymity on the net

Anonymity on the netI thought the era of stupidity...where people with disabilities had to endure that kind of schoolyard nonsense was long gone.As for death threats, well that is a matter for the police. Surely this is a textbook case crying out to be put through the judicial system.It's time...

Tags: Call centers, Routers & switches, Network technology, Internet, call-center, kind-of, hacking

Discussion threads 2007-03-27

Today's Links on 9/11: Bush in NYC, video archives, my personal story

SPECIAL EDITION OF TODAY'S LINKSSeptember 11, 2006: Five Year Anniversary of theAttacks on the World Trade CenterPRESIDENT BUSH Revisits WTC Site on 5th ANNIVERSARYPresident Bush is on a commemorative journey in New York City and as part of his mission he is gving all New Yorkers a big thumbs up,...

Tags: 9/11 commission, 9/11, Bush, New Yorkers

Blog posts 2006-09-11

Remembering Katrina and 9/11: On data and the terror of nature and mankind

We mark the first anniversary of the seemingly unavoidable 2005 Katrina hurricane “act of God” which terrorized New Orleans and the Gulf Coast and resulted in thousands of deaths and uncountable shattered lives and prepare to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2001 September 11 seemingly preventable terrorist attacks on...

Tags: 9/11 commission, 9/11, World Trade Center, Islamist, terrorist attack

Blog posts 2006-08-30

A civics lesson from General Hayden

I've been watching and listening to General Michael Hayden, the former National Security Agency chief now nominated by President Bush to lead the Central Intelligence Agency. You can find reports about the content of his comments here, here and here. Let's focus here on the lack of...

Tags: Michael Hayden, NSA

Blog posts 2006-05-18

An 'underground' radio to save lives

The Duluth News Tribune wrote last week about a communication device which could be a lifesaver for miners. This invention is the brainchild of David Reagor, a physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory LANL. His prototype radio works at depths of 500 feet and is based on very low frequency...

Tags: radio, David Reagor, Underground Radio

Blog posts 2006-05-06

What port security, patents, and out-sourcing have in common

In March of 2000 "Patently Absurd", an article by James Glieck, appeared in the New York Times Magazine. Here's part of his description of the original rationale for the patent system: Patents long served as a fundamental cog in the American machine, cherished in our national...

Tags: inventor

Blog posts 2006-03-03

FBI: We're not worried about terrorist cyberattack

FBI: We're not worried about terrorist cyberattackWalk Softly & Carry a Big StickDon't JawJack. Just Shut-up & Show Me.Famous Last WordsWasn't it the Oracle dude who declared that his system was "hacker proof" a few years back? Didn't his system get hacked within a few days of that...

Tags: Federal government, FBI, terrorist cyberattack

Discussion threads 2005-12-07

Net beats Feds in hurricane response

Net beats Feds in hurricane responsewhat a shameful anti-American propaganda!This author has consistently undermined the current administration and the war on terror with all kind of liberal bull…It is time for zdnet to reconsider his employment since it's going against the audience that really spends money on technology and hence...

Tags: Free trade, Federal Emergency Management Agency, light-bulb

Discussion threads 2005-09-08

Computer saves drowning girl

Computer saves drowning girlBe careful, little girl.Sorry that happened to you.Anyway, interesting technology... Can't let that happen again... Man, that's close.Stay in the shallows in the pool and learn how to swim when you grow older.cool!.Totally awesome!With all the crap going on in the world right now, especially with the...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer

Discussion threads 2005-09-01

N.Y. to install security cameras in subways

N.Y. to install security cameras in subwaysHark is that the sound of a foodfight comingI hope they do install the cameras. Then the police can profile the bad guys without getting caught. Seriously I think this is a good thing. Why not? It is proven that...

Tags: NY Subway, Hark, 9/11 commission, subway, camera, security camera, security

Discussion threads 2005-08-24

More momentum for Microsoft's media juggernaut

More momentum for Microsoft's media juggernautThe smart players go with the winner...Business as usual.Is there a market for this?Great, Microsoft has a super product that is going to dominate the field. The question remains, is there really a field there? Do people really want video on demand on...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, Digital media, HEY PEOPLE, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-07-06