As predicted by this blog the China vs Google issue has escalated dramatically and the Chinese government is rejecting any suggestions that it was behind the concerted set of cyber attacks against Google and at least 20 other US firms and agencies: ”Any accusation that the Chinese government participated in cyber attacks, either in an explicit […]
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There is an interesting article in the Sports section of the New York Times. As the Jets pack up for the Season having just failed to be the Arizona Cardinals of this season – the Times Reporters ask what will the team need to make it to the top next season. And the analysis is
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As predicted, the issue of unlimited campaign spending by corporations and special interest groups has certainly hit the fan – and there are major articles everywhere in the press about the ruling: Local TV stations Expect a landslide of new political ads Reactions in Washington Post’s Voices blog Indiana Crusader bent on destroying Campaign Finance
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Here is the recruiting poster for Islamic Terrorists that is a sure fire success throughout the Middle East: This is the map of the Palestinian West Bank with the Israeli “settlements”. No, no lets not call them incursions because that would imply the Israelis are squatters on territory that is not theirs – the final
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This One Has Legs is about stories that are just emerging on the news+web screens which wont be one day wonders but will be grabbing major news space for weeks and months ahead. China vs Google is one of those stories. On January 12th Google said it was considering no longer filtering/censoring search requests from
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Conservative pundit George Will is consistently arguing in favor the myth of markets being efficient and self-correcting. Greed is a good thing because those who are too greedy will “eventually” get their come-uppance in efficient, free markets – just like monopolists will finally fail if they don’t meet their customers needs. The only thing preventing
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One of the key enablers in the recent Chinese cyberattack on Google and about 20 other US companies and corporates was a zero day hole in Internet Explorer. As Read Write Web notes this Microsoft security vulnerability has broad implications: Microsoft has acknowledged this vulnerability and is currently working on a patch. Every machine running
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‘Banksters’ is a term seen increasingly in the Blogosphere. It is used to describe the top executives at the “Too Big To Fail” banks and financial institutions. By alliteration, it suggests that these people are gangster-like. Let see if the shoe fits. 1)The Banksters are all in some form of financial business. 2)The Banksters are
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The Obama administration just got its wake up call. All this past weekend the various news programs were grading Obama over the past year’s presidency. If you were Democratic the grades were close to Barack’s own, a B+ average. If you were Republican, the grades were draconian – D or worse. If you were Rush,
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One of the consistent arguments against curtailing large bonuses to executives and staff advanced by banks and investment houses is that the “talent” will move to other financial centers. But there are only 5 or 6 places in the world which have the financial infrastructure that “talent” would be willing to move to – New
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Today the first of the bonus and pay packets made by the major, “Too Big To Be Allowed To Fail” banks will go “on record”. The banksters are hoping the fury over this will tamp down in the next few weeks and go away. Here are some reports that say it will not: Christian Science
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CES – Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is devoted to gadgets and entertainment. Yes, PCs and computers are accepted – but the lighter and the redder they are the better. So Redmond’s PR top command should have been able to supply CEO Steve Ballmer with plenty of eye catching material about XBox, Project Natal’s
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Most government financial and economic data is free; but that is the last of the good news. I thought when the Obama administration took over that some of its Web 2.0 savvy and great UI presentation would be carried over to the delivery of public data Unfortunately, no sign of improvements. Here is the table
The major problems confronting the Republican party is their tired policies of fear plus lack of inclusion for Blacks, Hispanics and other growing middle-class segments. But the key problem is the lack of leadership as no replacement has emerged since the Obama victory. Even worse, into the leadership void has come such ultra conservative and
Watching the Congressional Financial Crisis Commission hearing under Congressman Peter Angelides the past two days has been as enthralling as watching screeching chalk writing on a blackboard. It is so discordant. This is Kabuki Theater where all the players know their roles and the only question is who will break form or slip up. The
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CES 2010 – the Consumer Electronics Show which has replaced COMDEX [R.I.P.] as the Las Vegas IT place to be for the electronic gadget Hosers Test. It is so big, well attended by the suppliers plus reviewers, and there is so much to see and absorb across the hottest arena in IT, mobile electronic devices
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If you are like me, just pining for an eReader that is robust, light, strong, with huge storage, great + economical Wifi connections, and is not linked to Amazon only for books and other media resources – then thank CES 2010 for just hosting a pan full of promising eReader nuggets. In fact, the missing
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The alliteration of TeaParty Tempest suggests that all this disaffection is just some passing storm. The radical right and Republicans making fruitless static. Not quite so. The problem stems from Yes We Can becoming more like We Dare Not as the Obama Administration continues to: a)give kid glove treatment to Wall Street and the bankers
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I remember when we used to play a game in our jaunty youth – Scott Free. The idea was to get away with some thing downright bad – throw a snowball at a passing car or truck’s windshield, steal more than three apples from the market, scribble all over the North Alton Movie theater placards.
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There is a story in this month’s Wired , Uranium is So Last Century— Enter Thorium, the New Green Nuke. What is fascinating about this story is the backdrop. 1)The technology behind thorium as a replacement for uranium is American and starts in the late 1950’s with the publishing of the 978 page tome, Fluid
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I have been spending no small amount of time praising the NYTimes for adapting quickly to the digital onslaught. The Times currently leads the US major news media with very intelligent use of JavaScript and other components/ mashables in its online edition. As well the company has produced what I expect to be a fixture
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The Canadian Government does not want to be outdone by the US Finance-dependent Feds who are treating most of its taxpayer and citizens [but sparing the “Too Big to Fail ” Top Bracket Few] as hoi polloi and hosers who can and will be taken to tax to the tune of $TRILLIONs. Its an ongoing yes-we-can
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Christmas on Wall Street was another Tiger Woods story. The New York Times articles title says it all – Banks Bundled Bad Debt, Bet Against It and Won. Let me paraphrase. Banks like Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan and others created and sold derivative intruments that made them money and then took the counter position
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Motley Fool asks the question here and the evidence is compelling that IE is on a downtrend. Here is what Tim Beyer, The Foolish writer has to say: StatCounter, an analytics firm, says that Firefox’s share of the browser market now stands at 32.06%, up almost seven percentage points from last November. Internet Explorer’s share
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The NYTimes has one of those small, but seminal stories on the National Scene today – strong evidence of Partisan Decision Paralysis. The US is in a transition like Britain was 150 years ago – Britain from Empire to merely an influential European player; the US from Economic and Military World Power to whatever the
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ABC – that is the Australian Broadcast Corporation has published a story in which BRIC – i.e. India, acting in concert with Brazil and China [no word on Russia], scuttled the Copenhagen Climate Talks. Now by “doomed” is meant that no target date, no target levels for emission reductions , and no financing mechanism were
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The NYTimes story tells the tale – When Exxon Mobil invests in shale gas to the tune of $31billion then you know the articles in Technology Review and NYTimes on shale gas prospects are not far off the mark. The amounts of shale gas available are estimated at between 40 and 80 year supply. Given
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Lloyd Blankfein is CEO of investment bank Goldman Sachs – and last Tuesday he did what few other CEOs in the banking and financial industry have even contemplated doing. He apologized for … what did he apologize for? ““We participated in things that were clearly wrong and have reason to regret,” “We apologize.” – NYTimes
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Takethe5th is now available in 25 languages including Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, French, Hebrew, German, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Portugese, Spanish, Swedish, Welsh and Yiddish among others. And I say among others because Google has added two new languages in the past few weeks. So you can enjoy a touch of excellence in your native
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This Week with George Stephanopoulos — Newsmakers, Politics and Analysis – is how ABC News characterizes their Sunday morning news commentary show. I have been a devoted watch for over 10 years. But following WWE-Worldwide Wrestling Exhibition match between Democratic Party Chairman Kaine versus Republican Party Chairman Steele has me seriously looking for alternatives: I
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What makes this story/slideshow about Ford’s new Electric vehicles so fascinating is where it appeared. No, not in Car and Driver or Popular Mechanics. No not Forbes or Business Week – but in eWeek, a leading Corporate IT trade press source. Figure that one out as you get a great look see at what Ford’s
From the beginning of computing, hardware costs have dominated and shaped the nature of the business. The following $100 WalMart price check for a 1 Terabyte drive says that is no more. And of course Moore and Kurzweil have been telling us this for at least a decade. So maybe Microsoft is right – software
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