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Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry Ford
News Writing on his blog Colony refers to the behaviour employed by Gates as "constructive monopolism" due to the benefits it created for technology users by creating a set of standards. During his career Gates has made Microsoft into one of the biggest... [25 Jun 2008]
The Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, & CKM®
White Paper This software is enabled by TecSec’s landmark encryption and information access management technology called Constructive Key Management (CKM). Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) as they relate to... [10 Apr 2008]
Information Architecture Essentials, Part 3: Organizing Complex Information
White Paper To allow for constructive use of the information, one must choose categories that support the intended audience's ability to rapidly locate the most relevant materials. Useful information rarely presents itself neatly categorized, labeled, and... [09 Apr 2008]
BT CEO Ben Verwaayen to step down
News Analyst Ovum credits Verwaayen for "sorting out the mess he inherited when he joined BT in 2002", as well as "personally initiating a constructive dialogue and rapprochement between BT and Ofcom". BT's CEO Ben Verwaayen is to step down as CEO on 31... [08 Apr 2008]
Legal Eye: High Court's patent sense
Comment Not since the Macrossan and Aerotel cases has the UK IPO's policy approach been under such scrutiny and we should take up this opportunity for constructive change. A key court ruling has cranked up the debate. [13 Feb 2008]
Practical Large-Scale Network Design With Variable Costs for Links and Switches
White Paper The limitations of conventional approaches - both constructive and search based - are noted and the requirements of practical optimisation methods explored. This paper considers communication network design problems that arise in the real world... [08 Jan 2008]
Broadband summit: Speed is the key
News Timms added the debate had been "a constructive and open discussion which anticipated the demand for reliably faster and more symmetrical broadband". Timms was speaking after chairing a broadband summit to discuss the infrastructure needed to... [27 Nov 2007]
Microsoft rolls over for EU antitrust ruling
News We have undertaken a constructive discussion with the Commission and have now agreed on those additional steps. Microsoft has agreed to comply with a 2004 EU court ruling on anti-competition, bringing changes that will "profoundly affect the... [23 Oct 2007]
Using Game Theory to Analyze Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
White Paper This allows the analysis of existing protocols and resource management schemes, as well as the design of equilibrium-inducing mechanisms that provide incentives for individual users to behave in socially-constructive ways. [03 Sep 2007]
Using Game Theory to Analyze Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
White Paper This allows the analysis of existing protocols and resource management schemes, as well as the design of equilibrium-inducing mechanisms that provide incentives for individual users to behave in socially-constructive ways. [13 Aug 2007]
Joint Route and Power Assignment in Asynchronous Multi-Hop Wireless Networks
White Paper The paper considers constructive techniques for joint route and transmits power assignment in asynchronous multi-hop wireless networks. A constrained optimization problem is formulated to maximize power efficiency of the network while enforcing a... [01 Aug 2007]
We want iPlayer for Linux and Mac fans, says BBC Trust
News The Trust described the meeting with the OSC as "useful and constructive" and added: "The Trust welcomed the OSC's offer of help to establish an open-source, cross-platform solution. The BBC and the Open Source Consortium (OSC) have met to discuss... [25 Jul 2007]
Vodafone forced to connect with comms union
News We look forward to building a constructive and forward-looking relationship with the company and demonstrating the long-term benefits that come from having a union voice at the table. Around 200 Vodafone workers in the Midlands, the North of... [23 Jul 2007]
Google gets a letter from EU
News We are committed to engaging in a constructive dialogue with privacy stakeholders, including the [European Commission privacy advisory group], on how to improve privacy practices for the benefit of Google users and for everyone on the internet. [29 May 2007]
Brampton Factor: Ageism myths
Comment Certainly there are times when we want to mix with people like ourselves but in a healthy society we also have to be able to find constructive ways to confront difference. The ideal, hard to attain though it is, is for older and younger people to... [22 May 2007]
