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Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spending

Ballmer seeks to justify Microsoft's bottomless-pit online spendingBallmer Justifies Bottomless PitIt's called his STOMACH.Where is the return on these investments?They are no closer to competing with Google than before Ballmer started this spending spree. When people think "search" they think Google. It's that simple. No one thinks Yahoo or...

Tags: Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, 3M Co.

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

3M EM500GPS Ergonomic Mouse (small/medium)

The 3M EM500 Ergonomic Mouse looks so much like a joystick that we initially thought we'd be moving the mouse around by tilting the mouse's vertical grip. But looks can be deceiving: the EM500 Ergonomic Mouse functions by dragging across the desk surface, just like a traditional mouse. The unique...

Tags: Mice, mouse, EM500 Ergonomic Mouse, 3M Co.

Product reviews 2008-06-18

iPhone Diary Day 14: Screen film on the cheap

If you liked the iPhone invisibleSHIELD video but can't believe the price, less expensive options are available.David Berg from the Philadelphia PowerBook User Group PPUG wanted to know what the plastic stuff was really made of and wondered if he could buy it in bulk. After some...

Tags: Displays, iPhone, iPhone Diary, Multi-Touch

Blog posts 2007-07-12

BHplayer 3M (msi)

BHplayer is a compact but fully featured multimedia player, that support many media formats, audio and video, and can also be used as a DVD player. This is an improved version of the player, with new features and multi-language support.

Tags: Multimedia, Player, 3M Co., BHplayer, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2007-06-25

ME's HealthInfoNet picks 3M to build system

Planners of Maines ambitious HealthInfoNet project, or HIN, three years in the planning have moved another step towards reality with the selection of 3M to build the system, The Bangor ME Daily News reports. HIN would gather essential health information about individual patients from Maine hospitals, doctors, clinical labs...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, HIN, HealthInfoNet, Culver, 3M Co.

Blog posts 2007-03-29

Most innovative companies in 2006: Apple, Google, 3M

Most innovative companies in 2006: Apple, Google, 3MWhat is M$ doing on an innovative list?Window dressing is not innovation.

Tags: Leadership, 3M Co., Apple Inc., Google Inc., Window Dressing

Discussion threads 2006-04-16

Post-it Software Notes Lite (exe)

What happens when you cross a Post-it note with a computer? You get Post-it Software Notes, the classic yellow note designed for your PC. It's software from the company that invented the Post-it note. This digital version of 3M's famous canary-yellow note is perfect for quick reminders on your computer...

Tags: IBM Lotus Notes, 3M Co., Note, Computer, Productivity, E-mail Servers, Groupware, Desktops, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-03-01

Maple, Mathematica, and Matlab: The 3M's Without the Tape

This paper explores the three preeminent tools for scientific and engineering computation. Although hardly identical, the packages have extensive similarities in the computational work they're intended to support. In areas in which they overlap, this paper looks at how they compare, even as the authors contrast their scopes where they...

Tags: 3M Co., IEEE, Matlab, Tool, Productivity

White papers 2005-01-01

.NET Framework Optimizes Post-it Software Notes for Windows XP, Pocket PC

The electronic version of 3M’s popular Post-it Notes product, which has been around since the days of Windows 95, has undergone several incarnations, the latest of which was developed using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework. This Microsoft case study explains how 3M optimized the application for Windows...

Tags: Microsoft .NET Framework, PC, IBM Lotus Notes, 3M Co., Microsoft Corp., Pocket PC, Microsoft Windows, .Net, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows XP, Handhelds, Hardware, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Case studies 2004-11-24

Gartner: 3M smartphones sold last year

Of the over 431 million mobile terminals sold last year only 3 million were smart phones, according to data from Gartner. These numbers include products that compete with Microsoft. Mobile terminals include mobile phones, smart phones and wireless-enabled PDAs. Microsoft Corp. has set a target to sell 100 million personal...

Tags: telephone, smart phone

Blog posts 2003-11-05

High Volume File Management Made Efficient With RFID Technology

Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P, is a full-service law firm with offices nationally and internationally. Although Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P, was performing at a fairly high level of compliance and accuracy with their barcode system, the department still had struggles when locating files and was open to new methods that could...

Tags: 3M Co., RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics

Case studies

American Port Services Selects HighJump Software's Flexible and Affordable RFID Technology Solution to Empower Customers to Meet Retail Mandates

HighJump Software, a 3M company, the global leader in providing highly adaptable, best-of-breed supply chain execution SCE solutions gave its Compliance Advantage solution American Port Services APS. APS selected the HighJump solution because of its unique flexibility, comprehensive distribution workflows and low total cost of ownership. HighJump's Compliance Advantage will...

Tags: HighJump Software Inc., 3M Co., RFID, Port Service, American Port Services, Roi/Tco, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Product Marketing, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing

Case studies

Texas Instruments Case Study: 3M Digital Identification System

The 3M Digital Identification System, based on RFID smart labels, streamlines the flow of library materials in many ways. Books and other materials are identified with smart labels that carry a unique, tamperproof ID code. The main goal of libraries is to improve service to their patrons particularly by having...

Tags: 3M Co., Texas Instruments Inc., RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics

Case studies

HP Case Study: 3M Company

Creating innovative products and services that respond to customer needs has always been a way of life at 3M Company. 3M wanted to optimize its office printing infrastructure while reducing total cost of in-house printing; centralizing and simplifying printer device, supply and service purchases; and improving output device availability. Initially,...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., 3M Co., Printing, Printers, Document Management, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Case studies

3M Achieves Productivity and Increases Profitability With CRM Siebel On Demand

3M is a global company present in almost 200 countries, with more than 67,000 employees of all nationalities. 3M headquarters are in St Paul, Minnesota, in the United States. The challenges were to increase company profitability through client segmentation; control field workers; and save investments in software and maintenance by...

Tags: 3M Co., Siebel Systems Inc., CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Sales Force Management, Marketing, Software, Sales

Case studies

3M Medical Division Doubles Milestone Attainment With Integrated Project Scorecards

3M is a diversified technology company with a yearly revenue of nearly U.S.$23 billion. In 2004-2005, the company's Medical Division was not achieving its new product launch goals. Lack of a standard, simple format for communicating project status was creating project delays. To solve this problem, the division turned to...

Tags: 3M Co., Microsoft Corp., Enterprise Project Management Solution, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Case studies

Additional Resources

Ringleader of cybercrime group to be offered a job as cybercrime fighter

Owen Thor Walker, a 18 years old ringleader of an international cybercrime group, known as AKILL, part of the A-Team, a group of 8 script kiddies which were all caught in a operation called "Operation Bot Roast II" bust executed by the FBI and several international law enforcement agencies in...

Tags: Job, Malware, Bot, Malware Bot, PRIVMSG, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-16

MSI Wind notebook hits stores, promptly sells out?

The much-delayed MSI Wind has finally started to ship -- well, sort of. Pre-orders for the mini machine have started to ship, supposedly. Newegg, Fry's, Buy.com and others are supposed to stock the 10-inch device, but they have either already sold out or are keeping mum...

Tags: Notebook, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Machine, MSI Wind, Microsoft Windows XP, Serial ATA, Chipsets, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Storage, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-07-09

Anyone bothering to teach 35mm photography classes anymore?

I just bought my wife a new point and shoot digital camera. The trusty Kodak 3 megapixel was getting a bit long in the tooth and more often she was lugging her 35mm SLR to take high quality shots. Since it's summertime, the Olympus Stylus 850SW seems like...

Tags: Photography, SLR, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-08

You are being talked about online…

Regardless of security restrictions inside your enterprise, you and the projects you are working on are probably being talked about online. There's always been dialog between colleagues and friends – after work in the pub, on the phone, through personal emails. What's new is the emergence...

Tags: Facebook, Employee, Network, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-05-20