Tech Stocks Fall Hard As Economic Immunity Doubted
Sep 30, 2008 in
Hardware
Microsoft called on Congress to strongly reconsider the bailout package to "re-instill confidence and stability in the financial markets."
Tech Stocks Fall Hard As Economic Immunity Doubted
Sep 30, 2008 in
Software
Microsoft called on Congress to strongly reconsider the bailout package to "re-instill confidence and stability in the financial markets."
Congress: Open-source for U.S. military
Sep 29, 2008 in
Software
If you thought you’d never see the phrase”open-source” in a federal funding bill, think again. The House’s proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (H.R. 5658) includes language that calls for military services to consider open-source software when procuring manned or unmanned aerial vehicles,…
ISPs Call For Industry Standards On Behavioral Targeting
Sep 29, 2008 in
Security
Verizon, AT&T, and Time Warner Cable pledge to Congress to only monitor activity if users choose to opt-in.
Congress, Better Business Bureaus Move Against ID Theft
Sep 26, 2008 in
Security
Sylvie Barak the Inquirer, Thursday 25 September 2008. 18:13:00
Easy money becomes addictive
AN OVERSENSITIVE e-commerce rights group called NetChoice has demanded an apology after a National Retail Federation veep told Congress online retailers were turning ordinary folk into addicts and criminals. Joseph LaRocca, vice president for loss prevention at the NRF was speaking at a congressional hearing on crime, terrorism, and homeland security when he noted that today’s thieves were often forced into a life of crime by the ” addictive qualities” of online shopping. LaRocca also reckoned it was so easy to sell things anonymously on the net that many criminals had become “hooked”. He dramatically added: “Before they know it, they quit their jobs, are recruiting accomplices and are crossing state lines to steal-all so they can support and perpetuate their online selling habit.” Taking the melodrama to a whole new level, advocacy group NetChoice then threw a strop and demanded both LaRocca and the NRF issue immediate apologies to anyone who has ever sold anything online….
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Congress opens Pandora Box of mental health parity
Sep 26, 2008 in
Software
Mental health costs are simply not as easy to estimate as costs for covering physical health. So how can you insure it? by Dana Blankenhorn
