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How HP is different than Apple

How HP is different than AppleI would hope notIt would seem that Apple was pretty straight forward with you about trying to get the info on who it was that was doing the leaking. And as far as anyone knows they went through legal avenues to do it. ...

Tags: American Citizen, theory, phone company, Abramoff, Apple Inc., phone, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2006-10-03

California privacy law kicks in

California privacy law kicks inSo just how arethe Californian lawyers going to enforce a United States (state level at that!) law on other sovereign nations?Again the arrogance of the American law makers is displayed.Well....like many new laws that come from Cali.... it will be a pick n choose... Arrogance?...

Tags: privacy law, arrogance, American Citizen

Discussion threads 2004-07-06

Al-Jazeera hacker sentenced

Al-Jazeera hacker sentencedNot encouraging patriotism - mixed signals to citizensWhat is wrong with our judicial system? Is some hot shot district attorney adding to his job security by prosecuting a true American? Ask yourself this, was the damage, economic and political, done to an American citizen? No. Do we...

Tags: Government, Recruitment & Selection, Al-Jazeera, God, American Citizen, cracker

Discussion threads 2003-11-13

Additional Resources

One month later and the HTC Touch Diamond has lost some shine

I just passed the one month mark with the HTC Touch Diamond and it has been a love/hate relationship that is now ending with me sending the device to a friend to check out. I was pretty blown away by the Teeter game, TouchFLO 3D, FM radio, and many other...

Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, HTC Touch, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Software, Online Communications, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-07-08

UPDATED: Learning how to use "green" and Microsoft in the same sentence

NOTE: I've updated this post to include another link with tips on other Microsoft technologies that can contribute to your company's green credentials as well as the link for the Imagine Cup winners. It being the week of Microsoft's annual big-deal partner conference and all, I thought...

Tags: Data Center, Green Technology, Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-07

Demographics forging a new Net market: It's not your kids' Web

It's easy and fashionable to talk about "digital natives" that have grown up online, but the demographics of the United States are shifting radically to the grey and Web services developers should heed that news and make changes in their products and plans as a result. Old coots, like me,...

Tags: U.S., Web, Web Service, Advertising Age, West, Channel Management, Marketing, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-07-07

Study: Offshore outsourcing dings customer satisfaction; Taking back office offshore ok

Study: Offshore outsourcing dings customer satisfaction; Taking back office offshore okBy the same token......who are the "customers" of the "back office" people? Yeah, the CSRs. You keep them in house but outsource the "back office", and all you've accomplished is a slight shift of the dissatisfaction - your...

Tags: Operational accounting, Strategy, back-office, outsourcing, Offshore outsourcing dings customer satisfaction, back-office offshore, offshore outsourcing, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-07-07

Lemon-filled odorless socks?

According to the latest American Chemical Society ACS Weekly PressPac, Portuguese researchers have developed a new type of microcapsule filled with perfume and embedded in fabric for production of scented suits, socks, undergarments and other clothing. This PressPac contains a very short note titled 'Toward perfumed-clothing: Fabric-friendly microcapsules hide unpleasant...

Tags: Technique, Researcher, Agent, American Chemical Society, Productivity, Real Estate, Business Operations, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-07-07

Study: Offshore outsourcing dings customer satisfaction; Taking back office offshore ok

A trio of professors working with the national Quality Research Center at the University of Michigan finds that offshore outsourcing hurts customer service ratings, but farming out back office operations has a limited impact. The working paper, conducted by the University of Michigan as well as Nasscom,...

Tags: Offshore, Customer Service, Offshore Outsourcing, Customer Satisfaction, Back-office, Offshoring, Outsourcing, Product Marketing, Operational Accounting, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Marketing, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-07

Google trying to take privacy seriously

Google trying to take privacy seriouslyRE: Google trying to take privacy seriouslyThe whole thing is a legal can of worms which I did not see American judges opening. I hope this will be overturned for it has very serious implications all over the world.While the state may potentially be the...

Tags: SECURITY, Google Inc., privacy

Discussion threads 2008-07-05

Happy 4th of July

For all of my blasting of the TSA and the US Government for our strange, inappropriate, inadequate, and sometimes unacceptable security practices, I am damn proud to be an American. There's many countries I've visited in this world, and I love many of them, but none like the good...

Tags: Blog, Blogging, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-04

Runescape graphic glitches

Spending the American July 4th holiday with friends and family is a wonderful break from the daily routine. Imagine my surprise when a lively 12-year old proudly showed me the graphics problems he discovered in Runescape, an online game. According to this young bug-hunter: It all...

Tags: Graphics, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-07-04

Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popular idea

Click on any image to see the whole picture. These are just three of the images from our local Fourth of July Parade today. We happen to live in a state which does not produce much...

Tags: Subsidy, Denmark, Natural Gas, Taxes, Free Trade, Telecom & Utilities, Financial Planning, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-07-04

July 4th, 2008: A trip down memory lane

A 1 question civics quiz Today American's celebrate the Declaration of Independence, the legal foundation of the USA and, after the failure of the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution of the United States. I revere the Constitution as a magnificent piece of political engineering. But it...

Tags: U.S., President, Storage, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-07-04

Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!

Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!Airport SecurityI'm fairly sure if anyone was to see me naked... their eyeballs would no longer function anyway. I say go ahead, it's more a punishment for them than me. But I can certainly understand why many people would find...

Tags: airport security, body scanners!, scannerS!, Nate

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

The lighter side of Bill Gates (The lighter side of Bill Gates)

The lighter side of Bill Gates The lighter side of Bill GatesNot impressed with photosBill Gates will change the world again but even better now that he has left Microsoft. Not many people are willing not only to give away their mass fortune but to be personally involved that it...

Tags: lighter side, Bill Gates

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Around the World: New York (exe)

Enjoy the spectacular view of New York City at the end of the 19th century featuring one of its most famous landmarks, the Brooklyn Bridge. Being the longest suspension bridge in the world upon completion, it has become an iconic part of New York's skyline. Take a walk across the...

Tags: New York, Astro Gemini Software

Software downloads 2008-07-03

US Capitol 3D (exe)

Make an incredible tour to visit the most fascinating and famous building in the United States - the Capitol. Built on the Capitol Hill two centuries ago it's a real masterpiece of American architecture nowadays. With a white metal dome crowned with a statue of woman - a symbol of...

Tags: 3D, Lacombo

Software downloads 2008-07-03

Calling all auto engineers: this is an emergency

Calling all auto engineers: this is an emergencyThere are no engineersTheir parents made sure they went into business and got MBAs due to the wonders of globalization!Too many chiefs, not enough indians.-MWhy not just drill for more oil?I think it is simply amazing how everyone in Congress is standing around...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Total Cost, food

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Calling all auto engineers: this is an emergency

They're even talking about it on the radio now--can Detroit automakers survive? If you listened to this show on NPR the future of Chrysler is south of bleak. Ford and GM may just be bigger and have more blood to lose. The local Detroit paper's headline: auto sales...

Tags: Fuel Cell, Car, Automobile Company, Plug-in, Fuel Cells, Manufacturing, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-07-02