E-Vote Firm's Bill Comes Due. Caught installing uncertified software on its electronic voting systems in one California county, Diebold Election Systems must now pay for a statewide audit of all its machines. Kim Zetter reports from Sacramento. [Wired News]
Author: Vince Kimball
The Right Real Estate Agent
The Right Real Estate Agent. Make sure your agent is earning her money. [The Motley Fool]
Simple Basics: Getting the Budget You Need and Deserve
Simple Basics: Getting the Budget You Need and Deserve. My newest book is filled with shortcuts and workarounds. I've spent years researching how work really gets done (as opposed to how it's supposed to work.) Here's the Best Practice Shortcut on getting the budget you need: Do NOT focus on money. It's the very last… Continue reading Simple Basics: Getting the Budget You Need and Deserve
FCC confirms that landlines are subject to new portability rules, too
FCC confirms that landlines are subject to new portability rules, too. There had been a little bit of confusion about this, but the FCC has spelled it out for the telephone companies: number portability applies to landlines too, and will be requiring the local telephone companies to let their customers transfer their number to a… Continue reading FCC confirms that landlines are subject to new portability rules, too
PTO Director Orders Re-Exam for '906 Patent
O'Reilly Network: PTO Director Orders Re-Exam for '906 Patent. In what could be good news for the Web, the Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office has ordered a re-examination of the '906 patent, which was the subject of a patent infringement lawsuit this summer brought by Eolas against Microsoft. [Tomalak's Realm]
GE Procures Legal Services via Online Service
GE Procures Legal Services via Online Service Law.com reports in Now for Law Firms, Too: Competing for Business Online (New York Law Journal, November 10, 2003) that General Electric Commercial Finance is using the online procurement service Procuri to seek competitive bids for legal services. The article quotes a couple of un-named partners of large… Continue reading GE Procures Legal Services via Online Service
Portals and KM
Portals and KM Law firms that are considering purchasing a portal product should read the November 3, 2003 issue of eWeek magazine for its review of the leading portal products (ATG, BEA WebLogic, Computer Associates CleverPath, IBM WebSphere, Microsoft SharePoint, Plumtree, Sybase Enterprise Portal, and Vignette). This issue updates a prior review and focuses mainly… Continue reading Portals and KM
Sending the Wrong Signals to Clients with Technology
Sending the Wrong Signals to Clients with Technology In Big Employer Is Watching yesterday (11/5/03, p. B1), the Wall Street Journal reports that many employers are using technology to monitor employee attendance. Employees at some organizations must use a web-based system to indicate their presence at their desk. Increasingly, employers use such systems to monitor… Continue reading Sending the Wrong Signals to Clients with Technology
these church signs
I like these church signs. Hey, I +am+ an evangelist, after all! [The Scobleizer Weblog]
Lawyers should think twice about adding unnecessary claims to a lawsuit
Lawyers should think twice about adding unnecessary claims to a lawsuit. While sanctioning one of Seattle's largest law firms $400,000, King County Superior Court Judge Suzanne Barnett wrote that “lawyers sometimes need to say no to deep-pocketed clients even if it's 'bad for business.'” [Story Link via The Legal Reader]… [Ernie The Attorney]