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- Microsoft closes $6 billion Aquantive buy
- Microsoft closes $6 billion Aquantive buyOn Motly Fools and Virtical IntigrationAny university level course on math of finance or stock investing will lead the student to question Virtical Integration, which is what the Aquantive buy is all about. If memory serves me right Aquantive use to count Microsoft as one...
- Tags: Financial accounting, theory, American Programmer, aQuantive Inc., Microsoft Corp., advertisement
- Discussion threads 2007-08-13
- The sinking dollar and offshoring
- As noted yesterday, the falling value of the dollar is making it more costly to do business with India.This should be good news to American programmers. If it's getting more expensive, then the price differential between Indian labor and domestic American labor goes down. This means the advantages of domestic...
- Tags: Economic Policy, Outsourcing
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
- Game makers see workplace changes
- Game makers see workplace changesThe solution for these companies...It will not be in the form of unions, reduced working hours, etc...It will be in the further exporting of jobs to countries which provide cheap slave labor and have few, if any, laws in place to protect worker rights. So...
- Tags: Games, Recruitment & Selection, workplace, game, American Programmer, Indian tech worker
- Discussion threads 2005-03-08
- Extra headaches of securing XML
- Extra headaches of securing XMLAlternatives to XMLFor integration within an organisation there are simpler, more elegant, more secure and more reliable alternatives to XML.These approaches can also be applied in business to business contexts. XML still looks like a solution desperately looking for a problem.Not an XML issueIt's not XML...
- Tags: Web services, American Programmer, XML, Web service, Web
- Discussion threads 2004-03-29
- PeopleSoft tools tackle performance, data
- PeopleSoft tools tackle performance, dataMore jobs for India! Meanwhile, American programmers go homeless.....Meanwhile, American programmers the best on earth go homeless while companies offshore their jobs.
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Performance management, Recruitment & Selection, PeopleSoft Tools, American Programmer, PeopleSoft Inc., performance, tool
- Discussion threads 2004-02-18
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- Can open source software stop IT failure?
- I'm not so sure #1 is valid#1 is a variation of "many eyes make all bugs shallow"Does it help? Yes. But it also makes the implicit assumption that everyone that can view the code is competent to do so. So it goes back to resource allocation being an issue, if...
- Tags: Strategy, OPEN SOURCE, information technology, IT Failure, F/OSS, software, open-source software
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Cut. Scan. Read.
- Cut. Scan. Read.i dunno man.there's something about destroying books that makes me queasy. i know you're not destroying the information... but it's a visceral response, i guess.My biggest issueRight now when I fly, or when the power goes out, I have a book in my lap, reading comfortably by natural...
- Tags: natural light, eInk
- Discussion threads 2009-06-08
- H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really about
- H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really aboutDICK DURBINYou link to his page right in that top paragraph... yet you still can't get his name right?RE: H-1B legislation to watch - What it's really aboutThere are thousands of highly skilled Americans that are unemployed that are willing to take...
- Tags: Obama, H-1B, H-1B legislation, worker
- Discussion threads 2009-06-05
- 10 skills developers will need in the next five years
- 10 skills developers will need in the next five yearsYou forgot one thing!You need to be able to work for the same or less hourly wage than someone in India, Russia, or China. Qualifications are one thing, but CEOs always go for cheaper. Being able to work for...
- Tags: .NET, Scripting languages, Application servers, Programming languages, Middleware, Development tools, Microsoft .NET, skills developer, Ruby, Java, Adobe Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-09
- Microsoft hedges its Windows 7 bets with new IE 8 'removal' option
- Microsoft hedges its Windows 7 bets with new IE 8 'removal' optionOpera should do their jobsOpera don't care much one way or another whether or not Windows includes a browser.What they really want, as MJ points out, is for MS to ship other browsers, including Opera.Why? Because their browser has...
- Tags: IEXPLORER.EXE, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Opera Software ASA, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2009-03-04
- RIAA, BSA lawyers fill top Justice spots
- RIAA, BSA lawyers fill top Justice spotsBe careful...Be careful who has your ear, Mr. President.RE: RIAA, BSA lawyers fill top Justice spotsAnd to think of all the articles and columns I've seen by liberal tech writers over the last two months just giddy with anticipatory delight on all the wonderful...
- Tags: Ignore Justice, Business Software Alliance, RIAA, Obama
- Discussion threads 2009-01-26
- Facebook wins $873 million judgement against spammer
- Facebook wins $873 million judgement against spammerwhat a moronquit get ride of the moronRE: Facebook wins $873 million judgement against spammerMore! More! We need lost more of this kind of thing! Why isn't the news media picking up on any of this? We need to add pressure...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, MESSAGE-ID, spam, Facebook, judgement, spammer, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2008-11-24
- Sarah Palin debate flowchart [off-topic]
- Sarah Palin debate flowchart [off-topic].....Sounds similar to the other candidates too... ]:)Simplified version/* Sarah's playbook */repeat {__receivequestion; __if (IMayHaveAClueAboutquestion)__{____reciteMyScripts;__}__else __{____winkAtCamera;____ignorequestion;____printf("... but I'd like to focus on my own topics.");____dumpIrrelevantAnswers;__}} until (hostLeavesMeOffHook)RE: Sarah Palin debate flowchart [off-topic]Spot on!BidenIn the case of Biden he just makes stuff up. Facts never...
- Tags: Government, Sarah Palin, flowchart
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- The more things change
- The more things changeBe productive with a touch only computer ?"The potential is amazing - you can imagine was well as I can, I think, what a 12″ iPhone replacement for the traditional laptop could do for user productivity"You are talking of home user or of business user ?Because i...
- Tags: Processors, Linux, Operating systems, Intel x86, PPC, GPU, Microsoft Windows XP, security
- Discussion threads 2008-07-30
- Are India and China taking over open source?
- Are India and China taking over open source?Silly headlineYou can't take over open source. That's the whole point of open source - fork it and do your own thing.It should be more like "China and India embracing open source".But I guess that isn't provocative enough to run up your page...
- Tags: open source, F/OSS
- Discussion threads 2008-07-29
- Do college degrees get you anywhere?
- Do college degrees get you anywhere?Just another thought...In the sector of work I'm in, I think IT is losing it's "elite" status as a job. With basic IT skills being aquirable with just a few certifications it is becoming less elite and more like a tradeskill not unlike an...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, payroll solutions, Benefits, Development tools, salary, job, IT IS, worker
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- The Techie Hall of Shame
- The Techie Hall of ShameThe Florida architectural firm rampagehttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/24/disgruntled_employee_silent_rampage/RE: The Techie Hall of ShameAs far as this system in S.F. - If you have physical access to the machine, you should be able to get admin/root access. I'd be curious to know what OS they are talking about.RE: The Techie...
- Tags: Social Security, Operational accounting, Most IT folk, Techie Hall, VSB
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- News to know: Oracle's Q4; Bill Gates' last day; Sticking with XP
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Yahoo silent on latest rumors of renewed Microsoft talks Dennis Howlett: Oracle's Q4 results analysis RightScale cloud management extends to MySQL Bill Gates: Hits and misses [Video] More...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Mary Jo Foley, Bill Gates, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Corporate Communications, 3G, Open Source, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- PS3 chip powers world's fastest computer
- Some scoffed at the 8 PS3 supercomputer. But not the scientists at Los Alamos National Labs. They used the idea to build a 1 petaflop computer named Roadrunner - the world's fastest. Here's how. 1,000 trillion floating point operations per second Fine-grained simulation of aging nuclear...
- Tags: Sony PlayStation 3, Storage, AMD Opteron, RAM, Computer, Cell, Chip, Roadrunner, PowerXCell, InfiniBand, Processors, Networking, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- Pumping up the comp sci pipeline
- Pumping up the comp sci pipelineWell...I'd think that unless ComSci is entrenched in schools initiatives like this conference will go the way of any other program that is outside the "core."So, how to get it into the core? It would seem that CTE is on the way to being declared...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Outsourcing, Benefits, CSTA web site, grammar school
- Discussion threads 2008-05-29
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