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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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- BI Crystal Ball – Next Gen BI May Be Closer Than You Think
- Most modern large enterprise Business Intelligence BI tools are very robust and feature rich these days. Up until a few years ago BI users could blame vendors for most of their BI ills. This is getting harder and harder to do. Many of the BI tools, especially the ones reviewed...
- Tags: Application, User Empowerment, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Boris Evelson
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Does this make me a member of the mile-high club?
- Now I can say I blogged from 35,000 feet. I knew American Airlines was testing GOGO's WiFi service on select flights between New York and San Francisco, but was still pleasantly surprised this morning to find out that my 7am flight out of Kennedy this morning was...
- Tags: Flight, Wireless LANs, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Wi-Fi, Wireless, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Josh Taylor
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Student Technology Day: Steve Ballmer Q&A
- There was quite a lot to transcribe out, and many questions asked. Some questions put to Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, include: Will we always need programmers? What's Microsoft's input in Facebook and social networking? Does Microsoft have any changes in mind for their...
- Tags: India, Pyramid, Laughter, Network, Microsoft Office, Steve Ballmer, Product, Microsoft Corp., Programmer, Question, Microsoft Windows, Social Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Two Europeans indicted for US cyberattacks
- The indictments are part of the FBI's Operation Cyberslam, said to be the US's first successful investigation into a large-scale, commercially motivated denial-of-service attack Two Europeans, one of whom is English, have been indicted by a US federal grand jury in connection with a 2003 distributed denial-of-service attack that...
- Tags: FBI, Cyberattack, Distributed Denial Of Service, Attack, Operation Cyberslam, Gembe, Federal Government, Government, security, botnet, cybercrime, DOS, attacks, Matthew Broersma, ZDNet.co.uk
- News items 2008-10-06
- Churchill Club podcast: From Cell Phones to Software & Services: One-on-One with Nokia's CEO
- Rich Karlgaard, publisher of Forbes, sat down with Nokia President and CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo to discuss the mobile market. Kallasvuo has led the company for the past two years, but has held a variety of positions in his 28-year Nokia career, including heading its North American unit in the late...
- Tags: Software, Phone, Nokia Corp., Cell Phone, Kallasvuo, Smart Phones, Podcasts, Cellular Phones, Professional Development, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Career, masaokad
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- 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
- Fall in the Country screensaver (pd)
- This free screensaver from American Greetings provides beautiful photographs of rural homes surrounded in the glorious colors of autumn. While the beautiful background shifts among various fall colors, a picture frame rotates through several pastoral settings showing off the full colors of the season.Note: The screensavers from American Greetings require...
- Tags: American Greetings Corp., Screensaver
- Software downloads 2008-10-03
- Portraits of Autumn screensaver (pd)
- This free screensaver from American Greetings showcases three beautiful autumn settings: a waterfall, a park bench under a natural canopy, and a covered bridge, all framed in the brilliant colors of fall. In each environment, leaves fall and other animations affect the changing screen.Note: The screensavers from American Greetings require...
- Tags: American Greetings Corp., Screensaver
- Software downloads 2008-10-03
- Greentech Investing: Not So Fast
- There's an inevitable slowdown in venture capital investing and that's not good news for Silicon Valley nor the Cleantech start-ups. Last quarter VC activity was about one-third of the same quarter last year. While economists claim there's plenty of capital around, the investments being made are more cautious....
- Tags: Bank, Alternative Energy, American Media, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Does Sprint have a Nextel nibble?
- The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, is reporting that Sprint Nextel has received interest in its Nextel business from Latin American carrier NII Holdings Inc. and several private-equity firms. But this is far from a done deal. Sprint has been exploring a sale of Nextel but...
- Tags: Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Communications, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- What if there was educational content for the Nintendo DSi?
- What if there was educational content for the Nintendo DSi?RE: What if there was educational content for the Nintendo DSi?I certainly hope they do better with the browser offering. The one available for the current DS is a joke. As for educational offerings, Nintendo's systems usually seem to...
- Tags: Games, Nintendo DSi, educational content, Nintendo Co. Ltd., What-If
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Obama launches iPhone app; US election good for Twitter
- Obama launches iPhone app; US election good for Twittermore reasons to dump the iPhoneAny true American will ignore this liberal application, and even drop the iPhone for a Blackberry.I’ll take a device that was created with McCain’s help over the Gore’s iPhone any day!RE: Obama launches iPhone app; US election...
- Tags: Obama, Apple iPhone, iPhone App, Twitter
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Semantic guardians for our computers?
- Semantic guardians for our computers?ActuallyNo, I built my PC's using components I selected that were manufactured here on good ol' terra firma. I don't experience crashes since I use Linux and am not afflicted with malware issues.Also I selected the hardware components and matched them. Maybe I am just lucky......
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Development tools, Processors, Semantic Guardians, programmer, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Nintendo takes a shot at Apple and Sony with the DSi
- Nintendo takes a shot at Apple and Sony with the DSiSomething to think about.Had gaming by some strange chance always been performed by touch screen and games had always been developed in this paradigm, would the same things be said about the interface if suddenly buttons were added to the...
- Tags: Games, Keyboards, Nintendo Co. Ltd., DSi, Apple Inc., game, Apple iPhone, Sony Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- The cost of doing business in China: Privacy
- The cost of doing business in China: PrivacySo does the US !The only difference is, in china's case, you know and in US, you don't (or atleast most people don't). They even hijack all the data that flows through pipes of ISPs and make a copy and put analyzers on...
- Tags: SECURITY, Skype Technologies S.A., fundamental human right, big deal, human right, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
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