PATRIOT ACT 2 - grave new violations of the privacy of ordinary Americans and place even more unchecked power into the hands of law enforcement and the intelligence community.
Bush Administration has been preparing a second piece of legislation. Tentatively titled the "Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003," it was instantly dubbed Patriot II or Son of Patriot.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
15-MAY-2007 More stonewalling at Justice
The controversy over the removal of several U.S. attorneys last year has been spreading by the week. But Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales sees no reason to change his approach, which is modeled on Muhammad Ali's famous rope-a-dope.
Chicago Tribune
12-MAY-2007 Billions in Oil Missing in Iraq, U.S. Study Says
Between 100,000 and 300,000 barrels a day of Iraq’s declared oil production over the past four years is unaccounted for and could have been siphoned off through corruption or smuggling, according to a draft American government report.
NY Times
12-MAY-2007 Bank May Vote No Confidence In Wolfowitz
The World Bank executive board has concluded that the bank's president, Paul D. Wolfowitz, broke ethics rules in engineering a hefty pay raise for his girlfriend, and plans to try to end his tenure next week, senior bank officials said yesterday.
Washington Post
11-MAY-2007 Iraqi Lawmakers Back Bill on U.S. Withdrawal
majority of members of Iraq's parliament have signed a draft bill that would require a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Iraq and freeze current troop levels.
washingtonpost.com
11-MAY-2007 Gonzales gives little to House
It was barely 20 minutes into yesterday's House Judiciary Committee hearing with Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, but already the chairman, Michigan Democrat John Conyers Jr., was exasperated.
baltimoresun.com
09-MAY-2007 Ron Paul's Online Rise
To those who say the Internet arcs toward the trivial, try this on for size: Currently, the most searched-for phrase on the blog aggregate site Technorati.com is Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul.
U.S.News
27-FEB-2007 VIP Magazine Honors TIS and Oracle for Office Depot's Solution
TIS was nominated for the solution it provided in cooperation with Oracle to automatically capture and
process Office Depot's incoming fax orders.
Sys-con Media
26-FEB-2007 Dallas-based NewMarket Technology signs $1 million Oracle database contract in Latin America
DALLAS — NewMarket Technology, Inc. today announced a $1 million contract in Latin America to provide Oracle Database administration and support services.
Pegasusnews
26-FEB-2007 IBM won't promise Oracle Linux compatibility
IBM is not ready to guarantee that its computer programs are compatible with Oracle's recently launched version of the Linux operating system, an IBM spokesman said Friday.
ZDNet
21-FEB-2007 Affidavit: McVeigh had high-level help
Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols says a high-ranking FBI official "apparently" was directing Timothy McVeigh in the plot to blow up a government building and might have changed the original target of the attack, according to a new affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Utah.
Salt Lake Tribune
21-FEB-2007 Italian PM resigns after losing vote on Afghan mission
ROME - Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigned today after an embarrassing loss in the senate on foreign policy, including Italy's military mission in Afghanistan.
GlobeAndMail
21-FEB-2007 Jury to decide who lied: Cheney's ex-aide or journalists
Over and over again, meeting with the FBI and appearing before a grand jury, Libby recalled details of conversations with Vice President Dick Cheney and other administration officials. When it came to discussions he had about the core issue in this case -- his involvement in disclosing the identity of a
CIA officer married to a war critic -- he frequently drew a blank.
The Mercury News
19-FEB-2007 Japanese Wireless Provider eMobile Ltd. Selects Oracle to Provide Reliable, Scalable Billing Solution
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) today announced that eMobile Ltd., a new wireless voice and data provider in Japan, has selected Oracle(R) Communications Billing and Revenue Management to provide a reliable, scalable billing platform that will enable the company to rapidly deploy next-generation mobile services. The company will work with Oracle to implement the application on Oracle Database 10g.
PR Newswire
19-FEB-2007 Oracle tightens ties between TimesTen in-memory system and 10g
In a move to develop higher-performance databases, Oracle has tightened integration between its in-memory database system, TimesTen Release 7, and its flagship Oracle 10g database in hopes that customers will use TimesTen as a front-end service to 10g.
iTnews
19-FEB-2007 University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Deploys Public Health Preparedness Framework With Oracle and TopQuadrant
Integrated Semantic Web Solution Allows Intuitive Health Data Navigation for Public Health Information Exchange and Improved Decision Making
stockhouse
18-FEB-2007 BBC Conspiracy Files Guaranteed Debuking Attempt
If there was ever any doubt that the upcoming documentary was going to be a hit piece, it's gone now. The BBC has today posted a "Q and A" that uniformly attempts to debunk the 9/11 truth movement. This will be the flavor of the show and the research will be about as balanced as Popular Mechanics' Hearst style yellow journalism.
BBC
17-FEB-2007 US military planes criss-cross Europe using bogus call sign
THE American military have been operating flights across Europe using a call sign assigned to a civilian airline that they have no legal right to use.
Not only is the call sign bogus — according to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) — so, it appears, are some of the aircraft details the Americans have filed with the air traffic control authorities.
London Times
17-FEB-2007 Oracle Tightens Ties Between TimesTen In-Memory System And 10g
In a move to develop higher-performance databases, Oracle has tightened integration between its in-memory database system, TimesTen Release 7, and its flagship Oracle 10g database in hopes that customers will use TimesTen as a front-end service to 10g.
InformationWeek
17-FEB-2007 US House of Reps rebukes plan to increase troops in Iraq
The US President George W. Bush has received a rare wartime rebuke for his plan to send an extra 21,500 troops to Iraq.
ABC Australia
17-FEB-2007 Italy plans to try CIA agents
A Milan judge yesterday ordered 26 Americans, most of them believed to be CIA agents, to stand trial with Italian spies for abducting a Muslim cleric and flying him to Egypt, where he says he was tortured.
globeandmail
16-FEB-2007 Bordering On Insanity: Bush Continues to Call for Open Borders With Mexico
Bush: We need a temporary worker program so that people don't try to sneak in the country to work. That they can come in an orderly fashion and take the pressure off the Border Patrol agents that we've got out there so that the Border Patrol agents don't focus on workers that are doing jobs Americans aren't doing but are focusing on terrorists and criminal elements, gun runners to keep both our countries safe.
CNN
16-FEB-2007 Threat to staff who sign road petition in office
Workers were warned yesterday that they face disciplinary action if they use office computers to sign the Downing Street petition calling for the scrapping of road pricing proposals.
London Telegraph
UK E-Petition
16-FEB-2007
Giuliani fee for speaking at tsunami charity: $100k, private jet
In the video below, CNN reports on Republican presidential contender Rudy Giuliani's eye-opening speaking fees.
While charging speaking fees is a regular practice for expert and celebrity speakers, some are criticizing Giuliani for collecting speaking fees from charities. CNN reports on one appearance at a 2005 tsunami fundraiser for which Giuliani received $100,000, and also mentions a contract stipulation that the former New York City mayor be given the use of a "private aircraft -- must be a Gulfstream 4 or bigger."
smartvideochannel
15-FEB-2007 IBM up to their same old whining and inventing their own truth again
After completing a laboratory study of standard RDBMS administrative tasks, measuring for efficiency (time it takes to complete tasks), analysts at the Edison Group found that "Oracle Database 10g Release 2 can provide organizations using the product with 38% annual administration-related time savings." The Edison Study: Comparative Management Cost Study: Oracle Database 10g Release 2 and IBM DB2 Universal Database 9.1, is now available.
IT Toolbox
Oracle
14-FEB-2007
Bank of America - Services illegal aliens
Dobbs: We want you to know that we invited the CEO of the Bank of America, Kenneth Lewis....I wanted to tell him the statement saying the bank isn't marketing to illegal aliens is fundamentally, absolutely and unequivocally a lie, and that perhaps he would like to talk to the people representing the bank who uttered such lies.
CNN
14-FEB-2007 Revealed, what Blair isn't telling you about road tolls
The full extent of Tony Blair's ambitious pay-as-you-drive road tolls plan has been revealed - with a string of hidden elements unearthed.
Daily Mail
13-FEB-2007 Report Shows Lost FBI Computers Still a Problem
The FBI said that 160 laptop computers were lost or stolen in less than four years, including at least 10 that contained sensitive or classified information -- one of which held "personal identifying information on FBI personnel," according to a report released yesterday.
Washingtonpost
12-FEB-2007
An experiment that hints we are wrong on climate change
When politicians and journalists declare that the science of global warming is settled, they show a regrettable ignorance about how science works
London Times
12-FEB-2007 Oracle acquires 82.92 pc shares in i-flex
Mumbai, Feb 13. (PTI): Oracle Corporation on Monday said, it has acquired 28.03 per cent shareholding in i-flex as against the proposed 34.89 per cent in the open offer to shareholders of banking software solutions company. Post-offer, the ...
The Hindu Business
10-FEB-2007 Gonzales' sacking of US Attorneys like a 'coup d'etat'
A columnist at Salon has described Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' sacking of United States Attorneys involved in controversial prosecutions as an act that amounts to a "coup d'etat."
RawStory
09-FEB-2007 Calls for Impeachment Surface
Department of Homeland Security now admits it lied in the case of two U.S. Border Patrol agents sent to prison for doing their jobs.
cnn.com
09-FEB-2007 The brain scan that can read people's intentions
A team of world-leading neuroscientists has developed a powerful technique that allows them to look deep inside a person's brain and read their intentions before they act.
London Guardian
08-FEB-2007 Oracle Announces General Availability of Oracle Data Integrator
Oracle has launched Oracle Data Integrator, a high-performing data integration solution that enables organisations to integrate massive volumes of data dispersed across mixed IT environments.
SDA Asia
07-FEB-2007 Senators Introduce Strong Data Breach Bill
Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) today introduced legislation to protect consumers when their personal privacy is compromised by data breaches.
Center For Democracy Technology
07-FEB-2007 UK to jail privacy violators
In a move to crack down on the illegal trade in personal information UK courts will soon start jailing people who trade in, or deliberately misuse, the personal data of others, according to the Department for Constitutional Affairs.
Press Esc
06-FEB-2007 U.S. Doesn't Sign Ban on Disappearances
PARIS - Nearly 60 countries signed a treaty on Tuesday that bans governments from holding people in secret detention, but the United States and some of its key European allies were not among them.
MSNBC
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