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House Ethics Investigation Leaked via P2P
in P2P File Sharing, on October 31, 2009
...dly also had Gnutella file sharing software," writes CBS News' Charles Cooper . "One congressional source familiar with the inquiry says that she saved the document on her home PC but fai...
Breaking up the banks
in Sox First, on October 28, 2009
...et of Wall Street. As former Clinton man Robert Reich says in his blog, the White House and Congress won't do it because of the close links with Wall Street. "If I were less charitable I'd say Geith...
50.hanseboot: Start am Sonnabend
in Das Segel Blog, on 20.10.09
Senator Axel Gedaschko, Präses der Behörde für Wirtschaft und Arbeit der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg, eröffnet am Freitagabend in der Handelskammer Hamburg die hanseboot 2009 , die vom 24. Oktober bis 1. November auf dem Gelände der Hamburg Messe und auf der In-Water hanseboot an der Elbe s...
Another Linux Phone from Nokia?
in HackITLinux, on October 16, 2009
...d some official word from Nokia will come around the beginning of the year, perhaps at Mobile World Congress in February," according to Electronista .
More here from TFTS ... more here fro...
Greentech Sees Venture Capital Growth
in TJ's Weblog, on October 11, 2009
...als. Makes me want to ask lots of questions. Is the VC industry betting that the Energy Bill before Congress will pass? Or is it just that obvious that the greentech industry has to grow. And will t...
Handy -Betriebssystem Windows Mobile 6.5 ist da
in Das Handy-Weblog, on 07.10.09
...achter davon aus, dass der Softwareriese bereits im Februar 2010 auf dem Mobile World Congress in Barcelona das Nachfolge-System Windows Mobile 7 vorstellen wird, das dann dem iPhone auf allen Ebenen ...
Four ways to create jobs in the recession
in Sox First, on October 6, 2009
...e. Reich says there are very powerful political reasons why these four measures should get through Congress. "The politics of these four steps aren't difficult. It would be hard to get a new...
Should ratings agencies go the way of Arthur Andersen?
in Sox First, on October 3, 2009
...he subprime-mortgage securities scandal suffered the fate of Arthur Andersen? Despite some moves in Congress to change their behavior, U.S. authorities are still treating the agencies with extreme gen...
U.S. House Committee Passes Informed P2P User Act
in P2P File Sharing, on September 30, 2009
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The U.S. House Committee on Commerce and Energy has passed the Informed P2P User Act (HR 1319) .
"The bill would make it illegal for P2P developers to make software that causes files from a computer to be inadvertently shared over a P2P network without a user's kn...
Is the G20 having a George Bush moment?
in Sox First, on September 27, 2009
...ed. And there is so much more work to be done and unfortunately in the United States, the focus of Congress is on the much needed health care reform, not reform of the financial services sector. Yes,...
China moves to fight climate change
in Sox First, on September 26, 2009
...t , the big difference with the Chinese carbon trading system is the question of caps. While the US Congress has moved to reduce emissions, China will not tolerate that approach because it is committe...
YOU LIE and the Immigration Debate
in Global Mobility Report, on September 14, 2009
...ek on the outburst by Representative Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) during President Obama's address to Congress on Wednesday.
Wilson shouted "you lie" when President Obama said that his health c...
Immigration Reform Faces Five Problems
in Global Mobility Report, on August 31, 2009
...ay , but they recently had an insightful commentary on the problems that face immigration reform in Congress. They list five specific problems.
The problems are simple. Too many of the members of Con...
UBS whistleblower jailed
in Sox First, on August 30, 2009
...d abuse, that notorious trio of government parasites, there is nothing like an insider. That is why Congress has for years passed laws encouraging whistleblowers by offering job protection to governme...
Banks bankrolling Congress
in Sox First, on August 27, 2009
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If you're wondering why the US Government and Congress have been so weak reining in the banks that have created such a diabolical disaster, look no further than this report put out by the n...
With Sen. Kennedy's Death, Immigration Reform Loses a Powerful Advocate
in Global Mobility Report, on August 26, 2009
...hat a blow the death of Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) is to the future of immigration reform in Congress. Kennedy, known as the Lion of the Senate, left a legacy in many areas of public policy. Al...
Healthcare: the Impact on Small Business
in Bizinformer, on August 25, 2009
...R. 3200, has gotten a lot of scrutiny. But there is no single, unified bill before tghe whole of Congress yet. So the impact on small business (or anyone else, for that matter) is hard to foresee...
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Will We Soon Be Paying for Content?
in Web 2.0, on August 24, 2009
...Internet advertising has one foot in the grave and Congress is thinking about helping it into the coffin. If it dies completely, what will the new revenue model be for the Internet? There aren't...
Coal industry forged letters in anti-climate change fight
in Sox First, on August 19, 2009
...obal warming. Now we have the revelation that the coal industry has been sending fake letters to Congress purporting to represent elderly services organizations and senior centers. In other words, ...
Climate change junket for Congress
in Sox First, on August 10, 2009
... and spending New Years Eve in Christchurch watching fire works. All part of the job for members of Congress who went on a fact finding mission to investigate climate change. According to The Wall S...
Spooks and the financial crisis
in Sox First, on August 7, 2009
American intelligence has been monitoring the global financial crisis and its fallout. In answers to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence , the Office of the Director of National Intelligence says that global meltdown is a significant issue for US intelligence operatives. "While ...
The Coming Privacy Bill
in Web 2.0, on July 25, 2009
...htful article early this month on the possibility that an Internet privacy bill could be brewing in Congress. It made for interesting reading and it highlighted a weakness in the ad industry.
The cru...
Time to Regulate SEO?
in The Search Engine Weblog, on July 23, 2009
Congress is talking about reform and new regulations for the health insurance industry. We're discussing new regs for the venture capital industry. And the banking and credit card industry has seen a few new rules recently. TechCrunch seems to think that perhaps the time has come to regulate s...
Bonuses for bankers, despite losses
in Sox First, on July 23, 2009
...uts, are doing it too. As the Washington Post reminds us, that's likely to attract the ire of Congress and we can expect the politicians introducing measures to bring the banks back into line. A...
Bernanke on the US economy: read between the lines
in Sox First, on July 23, 2009
...e Great Depression. Similarly, The Wall Street Journal has picked up on Bernanke's address to Congress and highlighted his line that Fed policies had done the ground work for a recovery next yea...
Can news be saved?
in Sox First, on July 20, 2009
...o charge for online content, the question is whether journalism can be saved. In his testimony to Congress , the creator of the fantastic HBO series The Wire David Simon sees a grim future ahead.&qu...
Paulson, Goldman Sachs and the four tiers of US Government
in Sox First, on July 18, 2009
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Hank Paulson's testimony before Congress raises serious questions about the governance of US government. His testimony, combined with the record quarterly profit of Goldman Sachs, confirms...
Act now for first-time homebuyer tax credit
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 16, 2009
The first-time homebuyer tax credit of $8,000 isn't permanent. It was designed to provide a short-term boost to the housing market. Did it do this? There's some debate on that point, but spring housing sales were up from the dismal numbers registered in the winter. You could credit some of t...
Nachfolger: Nokia N98 steht bereit
in Das Handy-Weblog, on 02.07.09
...g durch Nokia zur Nokia World (2. bis 3. September 2009), oder im Rahmen des Mobile World Congress im Februar 2010.
Bis dahin ist es noch ein Weilchen hin und so kann die Gerüchteküche munter weiter...
ExxonMobil funds climate sceptics
in Sox First, on July 2, 2009
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Fascinating to read the report of scientists warning Congress about "climate alarmism". It's fascinating because the crew includes retired manager for strategic planning at ExxonMo...
Durbin-Grassley, Indian Outsourcing, and the H-1B Visa
in Global Mobility Report, on June 30, 2009
...hat may be the biggest problem faced by the H-1B visa: Indian outsourcing.
A bill currently before Congress, the Durbin-Grassley visa reform bill, would probably bring an end to the Indian outsourcin...
Climate change: the lawyers' picnic
in Sox First, on June 28, 2009
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By the narrowest of margins, Congress has passed the "cap and trade" energy bill which will bring in tough new greenhouse gas emissions standards for US companies. Given that it passed...
Can You Get Money from the Government? Maybe...
in TJ's Weblog, on June 23, 2009
Michael Sanibel had a helpful blog post recently on government grants. He looks at all the basics:
What is a grant?
Who can qualify?
How do you apply?
What types of grants are available?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of getting a grant?
Why would a grant application not b...
Directors warned about greenwash
in Sox First, on June 22, 2009
About two years ago, I did a blog entry predicting that climate change would become a big corporate governance issue. Directors can get into all sorts of trouble for failing in their duty of care to shareholders. That's what makes a court case in Australia so fascinating. The result will ...
CCTV焦点访谈曝光谷歌中国大量宣传色情信息
in Wangtam, on 2009-06-20
...e to Offer Huawei's Android Phone Next Quarter
• Microsoft's Internet Explorer Comparison Chart
• Microsoft backtracks, extends XP availability to 2011
• Circle Limit Media
• Replica L...
Climate change impacts
in Sox First, on June 18, 2009
...discussion draft, "The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009" now going before Congress, the Obama Administration has released a timely report on climate change , designed to war...
Apple Updates its Software While the Government Rethinks Law
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on June 17, 2009
... iPods are dominant players in the rapidly growing sector.
In the meantime, President Obama asked Congress to repeal a hard-to-enforce tax on the personal use of work cell phones, appeasing the busi...
Banks fight to keep accounting tricks
in Sox First, on June 6, 2009
...Timothy Geithner trying shelve the accounting rule change. They are also spending millions lobbying Congress. Not content with their $700 billion bailout, the banks want to keep investors in the dark....
Samsung M7600 Beat DJ music phone now up for grabs at O2 UK
in The Smart PDA, on May 25, 2009
... Remember that sexy M7600 Beat DJ music phone announced by Samsung at the Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona. Well good news for the folks in UK as it is now available for purchase at O2 UK on...
How to introduce a carbon tax
in Sox First, on May 20, 2009
...cted, not
after the tax has been implemented and caused harmful side effects." The chances of Congress introducing a carbon tax are next to zero. Americans seem to have a thing about taxes. On o...
Bioscience Education in America: A State by State Analysis
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 13, 2009
... WHEN: Monday, May 18, 2009, 2 p.m. EDT
WHERE: BIO 2009 International Convention - Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA, Room B306, Building B, Level 3
WHO: James Hunt , former North Caroli...
Gorton: LimeWire Is Secure
in P2P File Sharing, on May 11, 2009
In response to a government investigation, Lime Group chairman Mark Gorton has sent a letter to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform stating that LimeWire 5 is "the most secure file-sharing software available."
"The main investigative committee in t...
H1B: Frying pan to fire
in The CIO Weblog, on May 11, 2009
...estic jobs helps ease the pay scale. Industry leaders as illustrious as Bill Gates have gone before Congress to testify in support of the program, which many consider as vital to staffing their compan...
An End to Tax Havens?
in Bizinformer, on May 5, 2009
...omberg , The Huffington Post .
The full press release on Obama's proposal is online here .
Congress has been struggling with the concept of tax havens since I was literally in diapers. The dis...
Saliva Test: Non-invasive Method To Detect Diabetes
in Daily Diabetic, on April 28, 2009
... the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 18th Annual Meeting & Clinical Congress in Houston, Texas, a new research promoting saliva test in detecting type 2 diabetes will ...
Sun, Oracle, WordPress, and MySQL
in Wangtam, on 2009-04-24
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• 5 Ways to Get Your Questions Answered on Twitter
• Congress Gets Into the 'Future of News' Game
• Cassini's continued mission
• King of Fighters F-22 Gets Killed by Humble T-38 ...
Goldman Sachs attacks blogger
in Sox First, on April 13, 2009
...;s site www.goldmansachs666.com . With headlines like Did Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs Lie to Congress?, Does Goldman Sachs Manipulate the Stock Market?, Did Goldman Sachs Manipulate World Oil P...
Will Karen Mills Make a Difference at SBA?
in Bizinformer, on April 8, 2009
...ence to reach across the aisles in crafting policy. The SBA has often had a tense relationship with Congress. The business world will be interested to see if she can change the tone of discuss and mak...
The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009
in IfEnergy, on April 4, 2009
.... The Daily Kos has weighed in on it, as has the H Post . We'll see what it looks like after Congress has worked it over a couple of times. Laws and sausages...
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Going to Cuba... Maybe Soon
in Latina Viva, on April 2, 2009
... TravelPost had a piece yesterday on a bill in Congress that would relax travel restrictions to Cuba. Cuba and iconic spots like the Hotel Nacional de Cuba may once again be a legal travel destin...
Rest in peace, GM
in Sox First, on April 1, 2009
... the US economy keeps tanking. Back in 1953, GM's president Charles Wilson declared before Congress that what was good for the country was good for GM and vice versa. His words have come back...
LG GD900 details announced
in The Smart PDA, on March 31, 2009
... The LG GD900 was announced in February at the Mobile World Congress 2009. LG has recently provided more details of the GD900 touch screen device that comes with a unique transparent touchpad. Accor...
Support the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2009
in Allergies, on March 28, 2009
...ou take a few minutes to help The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act of 2009 get passed by Congress this year and to ask for more food allergy research funding?
The Act was initially intro...
Are Visa Rules a Form of Protectionism? India Thinks So...
in Global Mobility Report, on March 22, 2009
...or H-1B visas for companies taking stimulus money. It's protectionism, say Indian critics, that Congress has banned companies receiving bailout money from hiring foreigners on H-1B visas. The prob...
Climate change: the worst case scenario is here
in Sox First, on March 16, 2009
...d of this year to stop climate change. Now more alarmingly, we have the Copenhagen Climate Change Congress telling us that the worst case scenarios for climate change are already happening. "...
The politics of AIG
in Sox First, on March 16, 2009
... say that's only fair, but as columnist Thomas Friedman says , fairness has left the building. Congress is shelling out hundreds of billions of dollars on toxic assets and the money is going to k...
Climate change deniers on the increase
in Sox First, on March 13, 2009
...ldenberg points out, the sceptics are getting together in response to the legislation of Obama and Congress to rein in greenhouse gases. "Unlike Obama, who owed his victory to millions of suppor...
H.R.875 Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009
in Do you like to cook?, on March 12, 2009
... Anderson
I just stumbled on some pretty interesting disturbing legislation coming out of the Congress of the United States. The bill is HR 875 and it's labeled as the Food Safety Modernizati...
Nokia N86 8MP erst im Sommer
in Das Handy-Weblog, on 27.02.09
...doch die Vorfreude. Gerade erst war Nokias neues Handy, das Nokia N86 8MP auf dem Mobile World Congress vorgestellt worden: schon können wir das Fotohandy in den Läden erstehen. Doch halt: erst ei...
The vagueness of Obama
in Sox First, on February 27, 2009
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Obama's first speech to the joint session of Congress failed to ease the market's concerns about the recession and the outlook of the banking sector. The problem with the speech was that...
Huawei baut T-Mobile Handys
in Das Handy-Weblog, on 26.02.09
...et. Mit dabei sei auch ein Modell, dessen Prototyp letzte Woche auf der Handy-Messe Mobile World Congress in Barcelona vorgestellt worden sei.
Was das Handy leistet, ist derzeit nicht bekannt ......
The Bernanke-Obama dance
in Sox First, on February 25, 2009
...that the money will only go to those who really deserve it. "Tonight, I am grateful that this Congress delivered, and pleased to say that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is now law. O...
ACCESS Demos Linux Platform 3.0
in HackITLinux, on February 21, 2009
...nux mobile software platform, the ACCESS Linux Platform (ALP) 3.0 , this week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
"Hardware advancements and more powerful chips, such as TI's OMA...
New Bill Requires All Wi-Fi Owners to Keep Log Files
in The Wireless Weblog, on February 20, 2009
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 4850739
Rep. Lamar Smith and Sen. John Cornyn this week introduced the Internet Safety Act , which creates sweeping requirements for data retention, not only for ISPs but for anyone managing a wireless router...
"The Bill , as written, doe...
Acer bringt neue Smartphones
in BlackBerry World, on 20.02.09
...leich die Namen der neuen Smartphones: M900, F900, X960 und das DX 960 werden auf dem Mobile World Congress in Barcelona vorgestellt und alle Geräte sollen noch in diesem Jahr auf den Markt kommen. Be...
Hyundai zeigt neue Handys
in Das Handy-Weblog, on 20.02.09
...wie die connect berichtet.
Passend zu Karneval präsentieren die Koreaner auf dem Mobile World Congress in Barcelona zunächst ein Dreigestirn, bestehend aus dem MB-490i bzw. Dolphin, dem MB-D650 so...
MWC: Android Dual-Sim-Handy von General Mobile
in Handyzweinull, on 16.02.09
Der US-amerikanische Hersteller General Mobile stellt mit dem DSTL1 auf dem MWC in Barcelona ein Dual-Sim- Handy auf Android-Plattform vor. Unter anderem verfügt das Gerät über eine 5-MP-Kamera mit automatisierten Fokus und der interne Speicher beträgt fünf Gigabyte, der sich mit einer Flash-Kart...
Samsung's Latest Phone Says Goodbye to Batteries
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on February 13, 2009
...ns were cut by walking as opposed to driving.
Samsung Blue Earth will be showcased at Mobile World Congress 2009 next week.
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Sun Launches JavaFX Mobile
in Java Entrepreneur, on February 13, 2009
... platform.
"JavaFX Mobile, which makes its formal debut next week during GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, won't replace Java ME , the Micro Edition for smartphones, mobile phone...
Golf: Golfnet Rheinland entsteht
in Eagleparbirdie, on 11.02.09
... und Kreise weiter auszubauen haben sich die Köln Tourismus GmbH, die Tourismus & Congress GmbH Region Bonn/Rhein-Sieg/Ahrweiler, der Rhein-Erft Tourismus e.V. und die Naturarena Bergisches Land...
