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- The Importance of Dissent
- The Importance of Dissentwould be nice...It would be nice if we could "shout from the rooftops" without fear of reprisal. In reality, with most companies, the options are "jump ship" or "keep your mouth shut and do as you're told".It's hard to disagree publicly with your companyI agree with you...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- The Importance of Dissent
- Word is going around that Monty Widenius, founder of MySQL, is parting ways with Sun. Matt Asay blogs about it and says it's a good thing Widenius is taking his dissent on the road: At this point, however, Monty has done the right thing with his dissent. He has...
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Enterprise password management really isn't a good idea
- Being at a university and working for a government department allows me to understand this concept well. There are shared resources here, there and everywhere, provided by different people and providers, all open to a "certain type" of person - employees or students. By having a single sign-on SSO point...
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Should political postings stay or go? A survey.
- Should political postings stay or go? A survey.Please Speak FreelyAdmittedly, the subject matter was off-topic but adding the occasional non-relevant opinion is a very human thing to do, certainly not to be chastised, regardless of idealogical objection.Kevin, G-Portal UKhttp://cms.da.gpRE: Should political postings stay or go? A survey.Mitch you have at...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Electronic Retention Policy
- The use and importance of e-mail and electronic documents in day-to-day communications between organizations continues to grow. While businesses used to be concerned solely with the retention and disposal of paper records, the management of e-mail and other electronic communication is quickly supplanting those paper documents. While...
- Download resources 2008-09-05
- Consultant Code Of Conduct
- Consultants often require a very high ethical standard when pursuing clients and performing work for them. These strict standards are required to ensure the best interest of the client and the security of all data that the consultant may come in contact with. A consultant's conduct not only...
- Download resources 2008-09-05
- Approved Downloads Policy
- For many organizations, it's not enough to provide an acceptable use policy that spells out what kind of latitude employees have when using e-mail or the Internet. Although many businesses have users who are technologically astute enough to know what kinds of downloads and executables are safe to bring into...
- Download resources 2008-09-05
- Should political postings stay or go? A survey.
- I've been blogging for ZD Net for several years, writing for ZD publications for almost 20 years. I've always found readers to be intelligent and thoughtful, which is why I continue to do this while doing other things as "work." My posting, A virus in your genes, think about that,...
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Comcast challenges FCC authority
- I don't have time to review this right now, but I wanted to get it up ASAP. Comcast is appealing the FCC decision on network management, even though it plans to comply. Here's the message I received: In connection with its filing today in the...
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Political party playlists
- We know the Democrats and Republicans are split over policy issues, but does their musical taste fall down party lines too? And what kind of gadgets did they bring to the conventions to listen to their music? CNET reporter Kara Tsuboi finds out.
- Videos 2008-09-04
- Critical WMP, MS Office bugs on Patch Tuesday swat list
- Microsoft today announced plans to ship four security bulletins next Tuesday (September 9, 2008) to cover worm holes affecting Windows users. All four bulletins in September's Patch Tuesday will be rated "critical," Microsoft's highest severity rating. A "critical" rating is used to rate a vulnerability that can...
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- What can we do better?
- I'm collecting data from teachers across my district (using a Google Form, of course), trying to get a handle on issues we still haven't addressed, ways we can use technology more effectively, and what their wishlists might be for the coming year. Here's the questionnaire that went...
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays?
- Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays?Jesper AndersonUh-oh PeopleSoft customers! Get ready for Fusion apps with no PTools, PCode, etc....RE: Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays?As a former leader among the Fusion Applications technology group I can assure you that Jesper...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Where WiFi succeeds
- Where WiFi succeedsAll Good PointsMost important is your point that the cities' failures result from the failure of their business models. Just because the city council votes it to be true, and then commands, "Make it so", doesn't make it so.Your last point, that WIFI can work well on any...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- A virus in our genes, think about that....
- A virus in our genes, think about that....Not bad...You were doing good until about halfway through the post, when you might as well have pulled out your Barack Hussein Obama flag and waved it from the rooftops.Your gallop off into politics ruined what would otherwise have been a good read.RE:...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- A virus in our genes, think about that....
- Really fascinating news: Virus is passed from parent to child in the DNA. Researchers found that roseola, an infection that everyone apparently gets but only 20 percent of children develop the characteristic rash that gives it its name, is actually in our DNA. It co-evolved into us, which raises some...
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Chrome's EULA is a cut 'n' paste showstopper
- Chrome's EULA is a cut 'n' paste showstopperHave you ever read MS EULA? In short...We can go into your machine and do what ever we want.If this is the case with the browser....how are they using your data in their cloud?Chrome's EULA is a cut 'n' paste showstopperI looked...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- News to know: Google Chrome; WinMobile's future; WiFi's big success; VMware
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First look at Google Chrome One day after Google inadvertently discloses the impending release of Chrome, we get to see the browser first-hand. See my gallery tour...
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- FAA outage due to 'fix-on-fail' policy
- FAA outage due to 'fix-on-fail' policyThis is a surprise???Is anyone surprised that the government holds itself to a lower standard than anyone it regulates? Congress routinely exempts itself from laws that everyone else has to follow. Can you imagine the airlines being allowed to use such a policy on aircraft?...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- VMware's R&D chief quits after 9 months
- VMware said Tuesday that its executive vice president of research and development has resigned after nine months on the job. In a terse statement, VMware said that Richard Sarwal quit to go back to Oracle. Sarwal joined VMware in December 2007. VMware CEO Paul...
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
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