MTV Data Breach Affects 5,000 Employees

Last week, Viacom Inc. confirmed in the Wall Street Journal that over 5,000 MTV employees Personal Private Information (PPI) was stolen via a laptop connection. According to Viacom, employee’s social security numbers and dates of birth was among the information released. Employees have been warned to check their credit reports; Viacom did not release any [...]

NIN Flips Off the Music Industry

In a passive-aggressive display of disintermediation, Trent Reznor of NIN released Ghosts I – IV, 36 brand new instrumentals directly to the web. You can find it here: http://ghosts.nin.com/main/home In this case, NIN has bypassed the traditional distributors and music industry process to get closer to his listeners. As he describes it on his website, [...]

Windows Vista SP1 Timetable

Latest knews that I know of from the Microsoft Partner’s distribution channel. 1. March 18, 2008. SP1 will be made available on Windows Update, Download Center, MSDN, and TechNet. 2. April 18, 2008. SP1 will be pushed via automated Windows update. 3. Vista Ultimate’s SP1 will be distributed on a different schedule and will be [...]

My Grading Expectations

In a response to one of my Keller Graduate School students… and the quantitative metrics apply only to Keller, but I think the rest is useful to communicate to my once, current, and future students…. Hey there, Torthue – Suggestions… okay, a couple of pointers, but if you don’t mind, I’m going to share this [...]

GrandCentral: Free Visual Voicemail

Google has taken the next step in cloud computing by offering free visual voicemail. GrandCentral is a new service that has been acquired by Google. Using GrandCentral allows you to create a voicemail box that can be used to direct telephone calls. The engine records the voicemail and makes it visible through GrandCentral’s interface – [...]