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Governance

November 2008

November 25, 2008

Facebook Awarded $873m Judgment Against Spammer

Facebook has been awarded the largest judgment delivered under federal anti-spam laws, reports The San Francisco Chronicle .   Canadian Adam Guerbuez has been ordered by U.S. District Judge Jer... More >

November 24, 2008

Ballmer Ordered to Testify

Despite the company's efforts to nix the idea , a federal judge has ordered Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to testify in a class-action lawsuit over its "Vista Capable" marketing campaign, reports T... More >

November 21, 2008

VMware Exec Leaves for OpenDNS

Nand Mulchandani , head of VMware's security group, has left to become CEO of OpenDNS.   PCWorld reports that Mulchandani replaced founder David Ulevitch on November 5. Ulevitch will stay on as... More >

Verizon Employees Breach Obama's Cell Records

Can you hear me now? Not so good.   CNN reports that a number of Verizon employees accessed and viewed President-elect Barack Obama's cell phone records without authorization.   Verizon Wi... More >

November 20, 2008

Prosecutors Fight Entellium Chief's Efforts to Get out of Jail

Even though parents of the youth soccer team he once coached have been writing letters to the judge, federal prosecutors have been fighting efforts to grant a new detention hearing for former Entel... More >

November 19, 2008

Should Workers be Paid to Boot up?

There's renewed interest these days in creating PCs that boot up faster. IT Business Edge's Lora Bentley recently wrote about predictions that there will be more Linux than Windows on notebooks in ... More >

November 17, 2008

Obama Taps YouTube as Video Czar

President-elect Barack Obama has made good on his promise to use technology to make government more transparent through the launch of the Change.gov Web site.   Obama has also chosen to uplo... More >

November 14, 2008

Dell CTO Kettler Retires

Come January, Dell CTO Kevin Kettler will retire after 13 years with the company, reports vnunet.com .   Dell spokesman David Frink says Kettler's resignation is in no way related to the comp... More >

November 13, 2008

Federal Buildings to Get Much Greener Under President-elect Obama

The U.S. Green Building Council is reporting that President-elect Barack Obama has plans to make the federal government more energy efficient, including its buildings.   According to the Gree... More >

LCD Makers Admit Price-Fixing Scheme

Three major LCD manufacturers have admitted they were part of a price-fixing scheme and will pay $585 million in fines after a U.S. Justice Department investigation, reports vnunet.com .   LG... More >

Staples Offers Free Recycling of Dell-branded Gear

Dell and Staples announced a partnership that will enable consumers to drop off any amount of Dell-branded PCs, monitors, keyboards, printers and other accessories at any of the office supply vendor'... More >

Senate Bill Addresses IT Failures

A bill introduced in the Senate last week would force government agencies to report to Congress when IT projects are behind schedule or over budget and establish a "strike force" of IT experts to he... More >

Google Site Search Indexes On-Demand

Companies no longer have to wait days to have their site re-indexed by Google Site Search . Thanks to a new button on the control panel, companies can index their Web sites on demand, according to ... More >

Valleywag Becomes Part of Gawker

The infamous rumor blog Valleywag will be folded into gossip site Gawker.com by parent company Gawker Media, according to The New York Times .   CNET News says Valleywag Editor Owen Thomas ... More >

November 12, 2008

Microsoft Invests Heavily in Lobbying

Microsoft spent nearly $2 million on lobbying in the third quarter, nearly as much as Google ( $2.07 million) has spent for the whole year, reports The Associated Press in a story in the Seattle... More >

UK Commission Urges Research, Regulation of Nanomaterials

Saying too little is known about nano-scale materials widely used in industry, the UK's Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution has issued an urgent call for more research and regulation.   ... More >

November 11, 2008

Study Finds IT Slow on Curbing Carbon Emissions

A joint study conducted by Gartner and the World Wildlife Fund found that the IT industry has been slow to get its house in order when it comes to reducing its carbon footprint.   According ... More >

Missing White House e-Mail Lawsuit to Proceed

Last we heard in the whole White House e-mail fuss , a federal judge ruled the White House doesn't have to produce them because it doesn't fall under the Freedom of Information Act.   But two p... More >

Senator Tries to Put Kibosh on Inauguration Ticket Scams

The expected ticket scams for Obama's inauguration are popping up and Sen. Dianne Feinstein is trying to make them a federal crime , reports The Register .   The Los Angeles Times reports t... More >

November 10, 2008

Nortel Cutting 1,300 Jobs

Add Nortel to the growing list of companies cutting jobs. The New York Times reports that the company will eliminate 5 percent of its workforce , which is about 1,300 jobs.   The announcement... More >

Judge Orders Former IBM Exec to Stop Work at Apple

ZDNet reports a federal District Court judge on Friday ordered former IBM executive Mark Papermaster to stop working for Apple based on a non-compete agreement he signed with IBM.   A temporary... More >

November 7, 2008

SprintNextel Posts Loss, Loses Subscribers

Sprint has reported a third quarter net loss of $326 million , reports The New York Times .   To add insult to injury, the company's wireless subscriber base fell by 1.3 million , according to... More >

November 5, 2008

Nokia to Cut as Many as 600 Jobs

As many as 600 Nokia employees could be laid off as part of a series of company reorganizations, reports vnunet.com .   Most of the layoffs will be in sales and marketing departments, where s... More >

Sprint Facing Class-Action Suit

The Wall Street Journal reports that Sprint Nextel is facing a federal class-action lawsuit over its early-termination fees.   In July, a California judge struck down the fees as violating s... More >