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- Ubuntu Forums Menu 0.55 (Windows)
- Additional navigation menu for Ubuntu Forums via main-menu and context menu. Version 0.55 includes unspecified updates.
- Tags: Ubuntu, Menu, Adam Smith, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2008-01-22
- Why a landmark court case could force you to redo your whole Web site
- Why a landmark court case could force you to redo your whole Web siteThere was already a case about thisAgainst an airline, IIRC. They ruled in favor of the airline.ADA justificationsI'm red headed, left handed, brain damaged, near-sighted, missing part of a digit and have a semi-colon. I demand to...
- Tags: Channel management, Internet, Adam Smith, XFORMS, Web, AJAX, Web 2.0
- Discussion threads 2006-05-11
- Are anti-DRM declarations falling on deaf ears?
- Are anti-DRM declarations falling on deaf ears?I Agree With These Guys- No faith"The NCC had little faith that industry self-regulation would adequately protect consumers' rights."http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4617176.stmThe problem in the US is that RIAA/MPAA is trying to pass legislation that would require DRM on everything.Wakey Wakey!You misquote Smith's market philosophy. He...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Adam Smith, digital-rights management, consumer electronics, Apple Inc., anti-DRM
- Discussion threads 2006-01-18
- Adam Smith's lessons for IT
- Adam Smith's lessons for ITas much time ascompanies have spent in court against ms, they could of been making great strides at creating beter software, but it seem like some think the game is king of the hill vs those with the best software win"Free Trade" Administration??"The supposedly free-trading...
- Tags: information technology, Micron Technology Inc., Adam Smith, Bush Administration
- Discussion threads 2003-11-26
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- Nokia sues Samsung, LG over LCD price fixing
- Poor Nokia... unable to gain market tractionFirst go after Apple and then hardware suppliers... cry us a river.Or maybe just make something innovative that people will want to buy.You missed the point@crobertsIt has nothing to do with gaining traction. I'm certain Nokia does not make their own LCD displays (and...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Nokia Corp., LCD, LCD Price, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-12-01
- Using selfishness to put crowds to work for you
- Using selfishness to put crowds to work for youGood griefHave we become this ignorant where the concept of Adam Smith's invisible hand is counter-intuitive and surprising?No wonder we've elected a freaking marxist as president.Code without good documentation has difficulty reaching critical massWhile some simple utilities can get by without documentation,...
- Tags: Wiki, Investment, Self-Interest, good documentation, selfishness
- Discussion threads 2009-05-07
- Google on the defensive as book deal starts to come apart
- With the Google Book settlement showing signs of coming apart at the seams, Google has taken to its blog to make its case for the deal. Background: The settlement, reached in October between Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers, would create a...
- Tags: Google Inc., Book Search, Litigation, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
- Metrics of open source success
- Metrics of open source successYou can work for accomplishment and validationI would rather have my 50 hours a week generate a paycheck for myself.And the more money I earn, the more I can do with it for both me and my extended family, things I really enjoy doing and that...
- Tags: open source, open-source success
- Discussion threads 2008-11-21
- Harnessing a multicore future
- Harnessing a multicore futureThe Java Response?It is certainly going to be interesting to see how the Java community responds to the need to abstract away the complexities of parallel processing from programmers. If the community doesn't do it right, developers will be jumping ship like crazy to .Net.The desktopYour 10th...
- Tags: Processors, Games, CPU, multi-core, desktop, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- Kernell's prior: In 7th grade he broke into school computer
- Hard-hitting news here: Sarah Palin's email wasn't the first time David Kernell applied guesswork to breaking into a computer system, Computerworld reports. The other incident allegedly occurred around 2000, when Kernell was in the seventh grade. Kernell and an accomplice guessed the password to a server...
- Tags: Computer, Kernell, Productivity, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Help this guy: saas, cloud, the whole shebang
- Help this guy: saas, cloud, the whole shebangTotal SaaS Solutions for SMBs is our Bread and ButterHi Dennis,Please let your colleague know that most everything he's looking for can be accomplished in the cloud - from one company.http://Phase2.com was founded to serve small to medium sized businesses who don't want...
- Tags: SMB/SME, Document management, Strategy, Groupware, information technology, document management system, server
- Discussion threads 2008-09-19
- TechCrunch50: Day 1
- When Michael Arrington and Jason Calacanis team up on a project, the webs are bound to be shaken up. Last year, their conference TechCrunch40 was an enormous showcase for startups to present their idea to venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, and the press. This year,...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Advertisement, Marissa Mayer, Entrepreneur, Video, MySpace, Qik, Meghan, Arrington, Vitamin Water, Calcanis, Mahalo, Blueprint Multicore, OpenTrace, E-mail, Entrepreneurship, Corporate Communications, Online Communications, Management, Marketing, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- Oh, really? Report says techies don't care much about salary.
- Oh, really? Report says techies don't care much about salary.Location mattersIt really depends on who you ask and where these techies are. I bet techies working in NYC are either after high pressure environment or $$$, whereas techies working in Hawaii would be more interested in *surfing*...There's a good deal...
- Tags: Benefits, payroll solutions, Happiness, salary, job
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- Curing what ails Microsoft
- Curing what ails MicrosoftYou are the firstNTDid anyone ever tell you that you look a littlelike Tucker Carlson on MSNBC fromerly CNN?Pagan jimWhat you describe......is inherent in any large organization look at the US Government, but your suggestions are good ones, nonetheless. Any plans to fight unnecessary code duplication...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Quality, Microsoft Corp., Amiga, Commodore, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- Cornyn illustrates U.S. health policy divide
- Cornyn illustrates U.S. health policy divideThere He Goes AgainCornyn is my senator and I'm always writing to him to debunk the statements he makes. Cornyn is classic Marketing 101 -- all talk, no listen.Voting our economic interestYour economic interest is ALWAYS less government, more free enterprise. Regardless of your current...
- Tags: Government, Lou Dobbs, middle class, Cornyn
- Discussion threads 2008-08-15
- U.S. Internet down by law, not market
- U.S. Internet down by law, not marketPlease refrain from the BS, Dana[i]ISPs are free to set terms and conditions of service, but if those terms become onorous the consumer can simply change carriers[/i]And we cannot?If I do not like Comcast I can move to Verizon, Cavalier, AOL, ATX, the list...
- Tags: Cable, Network technology, broadcaster
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Genentech deal shows drug companies are oil drillers
- Genentech deal shows drug companies are oil drillersHigh profit margins are addictive......and when things are left to themselves they tend not to last long. This is a major reason why companies employ lobbyists in an attempt to defeat Adam Smith's invisible hand, while publicly espousing laizzez faire (free markets...
- Tags: Genentech Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Car makers are doing all they can, you and I are the problem
- Car makers are doing all they can, you and I are the problem....Not buying it Harry. People didn't buy the more efficient vehicles because they were not marketed with the same "sexy" fervor as the larger and less efficient ones. That is a fact. Almost every car commercial or advertisement...
- Tags: Manufacturing, I-told-you-so, Blame Game, big vehicle, efficient vehicle
- Discussion threads 2008-06-18
- Jump Point: Data-control, day-parting and success in any age
- Tom Hayes has written a new book, Jump Point, that will get you thinking. Jump Point combines the freeconomics ideas recently covered by Wired's Chris Anderson with a globe-spanning perspective on competitiveness, but, most importantly, suggests that the impact of technology is a trailing phenomenon. In other words, when it...
- Tags: Hayes Corp., Jump Point, Internet, Supply Chain, Leadership, Strategy, Business Operations, Management, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-03-17
- MindMentor, the first robot psychologist
- MindMentor, the first robot psychologistFirst? robot psychologist?The claim of "first" in the headline in patently false. Everyone knows that Joe Weizenbaum built the first one -- "ELIZA" in 1966. You should do some fact checking...RE: MindMentor, the first robot psychologistWhy would you do a whole article on this...
- Tags: Robots, robot, MindMentor, first robot
- Discussion threads 2008-03-11
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