I agree 100%. Government needs to *not* get involved in trying to stabilize Bitcoin or make it safe. Bitcoin must stand or fall on its own.
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Hardware margins are always thin -- seems like the point is the linkage and driving adoption of your OSes and software. Oh, and your cloud services. As long as MS isn't actively losing money on phones and tablets I can't...
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David, as someone who made this transition twice (once myself, once as a spouse) I can attest that this is dead on: "The information that's available to military personnel is often written like dense legalese, with lots...
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USAA says it's feeding Watson publically available information from the VA and the Department of Defense, but USAA's Neff Hudson didn't say anything about the military working directly with this commercial business. Adding...
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I don't think it's the job of governments to make Bitcoin safe to use and I think that doing so would strengthen its position as an alternative currency. If the hard money theories that are the basis of Bitcoin are...
In reply to: Making Bitcoin safe
I think that the FDA will have to do a better work in catching up with technology. As you pointed out in your article,if some healthcare organizations can by pass the regulation, the impact of the app will have on...
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I was interested in how Instagram ranked -- and other readers might be as well --so I checked ACSI's press release. Instagram ranked 73 along with YouTube, Reddit and Tumblr.
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It's not like the tech community didn't see this problem coming -- it's been years of warnings of v4 address depletion and the inadvisability of depending on NAT. And yet, here we are. I've even seen debate about whether...
In reply to: Lack of planning on steroids
I am surprised to see barcodes at the top of that list above Wi-FI and geolocation. Is this a potential gold mine for app developers, once manufacturers do start to build those APIs?
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Perhaps dominant vendors like MS are no longer in a position to hold on to their dominance long term, but I don't think your claim that MS' dominance was undermined by market forces alone is supported by the history of the...
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Had not thought of that, or knew that was their pattern.
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Is the military participating in any way by providing data from its perspective about the transition from military to civilian life?
In reply to: Is the military participating in the IBM Watson app?
Veyr interesting. >> Watson is interacting with registered users of USAA's website and mobile site, so it can combine its cognitive capabilities with some scripting based on what's known about each customer. There...
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I think the robot that will be make the greater difference will be the robot that grows hair for men. Altough, baldness is not a disease that kills people. Many men for centuries are trying to get their hair back. ...
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I guess if we all had to pay for twitter and facebook, etc. then no commerce, no ads, and a much smaller choice of social media. SiriusXM radio is $20 a month or so, no commercials, lots of programming. Would we pay for...
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I just don't see dominant tech providers able to hold onto their dominance like they used to--the "natural" monopolies with their huge barriers to entry excepted. Pundits worried about iPhone and iPad dominance--there were...
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What I take from this is that app developers within healthcare organizations need to watch their steps because without this oversight the burden of doing the right thing falls entirely on them. Second guessing in the form...
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Is this an exaggeration, or is the mix of responsibilities and authority really this far out of whack?
In reply to: Is the federal CIO job really this bad?
Looks like Apple is right where it wants to be: steady and healthy going into what could be one of it's most important quarters in years. I thought iPad penetration at Fortune 500 companies would be higher. I think it goes...
In reply to: Not a bad spot to be in
I saw many documentaries about injuries in football. How many players retire with multiple injuries and can't function properly after their sports career ends. The same it is said for wrestlers whom have to sustain...
In reply to: Re: big data in sports can minimize player injury
I can practically see the screenplay for this comedy. A smart but harried and slightly lonely business unit living in a San Francisco apartment meets a geeky but sweet IT organization when IT's pet ferret gets mixed up in...
In reply to: IT Soul Mate: The Movie
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