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Lenovo's PC shipments falling faster than market; Posts annual loss

Lenovo's PC shipments falling faster than market; Posts annual lossAny OEM ......that disses Linux will soon meet their fate.^o^RE: Lenovo's PC shipments falling faster than market; Posts annual lossMaybe Lenovo needs to come down on their prices 30-40%.RE: Lenovo's PC shipments falling faster than market; Posts annual loss"Lenovo." intones the...

Tags: Linux, Desktops, Lenovo Group Ltd., Lenovo PC shipment, Lenovo PC, annual loss, PC

Discussion threads 2009-05-21

Sony reports $1 billion annual loss, first in 14 years

Sony reports $1 billion annual loss, first in 14 yearsIs this accounting jugglery ?With Amazing products like1>Sony Ericsson mobiles2>Sonay PS33>BlueRay4>CyberShot digital cameras5>NoteBooksand several others.I guess something is fishy in Sony's balance sheet, Sony wants some reason to layoff several thousand employees and fill with young talent.They hurt themselvesIf you read...

Tags: Blu-ray, Consumer electronics, DVD, Sony Corp., annual loss

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

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Flu pandemic disproportionately infects, kills young people; are some getting preferred treatment?

Overhyped, almost hysteriaand blogs like these of course add to that. All in the name of $.Money needs to be made pharma, existence needs to be legitimized (health boards & governments), and the media of course needs to sell. Yep, the incentives point to one direction.Problem is, there is no...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Flu Pandemic, death rate, H1N1 flu

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

How Internet surveillance, IT sleuth work helped indict suspected terrorist Zazi

Kinda eerieMakes me wonder if I should delete that "Socialism" picture of Obama as the Joker from my machine.There are 2 Issues HereThe first is whether such forensics have a legitimate place in law enforcement and the second is whether these methods can be misused. I believe that the...

Tags: Blogging, information technology, Zazi, Internet Surveillance, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

Hitachi announces 500GB 2.5" Travelstar hard drive

Hitachi on Tuesday announced that is it shipping its fifth-generation, 7200 RPM mobile hard drive, the Travelstar 7K500. The 500GB, 2.5-inch, 3Gb/s SATA drive is intended for notebooks, gaming systems and external storage and is the fastest hard drive in its class,...

Tags: Hard Drive, Hitachi Ltd., Travelstar 7K500, 7K500, Storage, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-09-01

Don't rely on industry averages for cost of downtime

On a weekly basis, I get at least one inquiry request from either a vendor or an end-user company seeking industry averages for the cost of downtime. Vendors like to quote these statistics to grab your attention and to create a sense of urgency to buy their products or services. BC/DR planners...

Tags: Risk Assessment, Demographics, Industry, Downtime, BC/DR, Insurance, Financial Planning, Tools & Techniques, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Management, Stephanie Balaouras

Blog posts 2009-08-10

419 scammers using Dilbert.com

Scammers too, know Dilbert. On their way to search for clean IPs through which to send out yet another scam email, 419 con-artists Mrs Sharon Goetz Massey have recently started  using Dilbert.com's recommendation feature in an attempt to bypass anti-spam filters -- and it works. The use...

Tags: Fraud, Scammer, Litigation, E-mail, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Business Operations, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-07-28

topsE&M Coder for Pocket PC 1.0.0 (Mobile)

Historically, most physicians tend to undercode, whether due to fear of an audit or to lack of time to sufficiently document the care given. A "level 2 E&M" visit is based more on deficiencies in documentation than on the merits of the visit. Use of our software allows rapid, extensive...

Tags: Reimbursement, Patient, Physician, Mobile, Pocket PC, e-MDs, E&M

Software downloads 2009-07-10

topsE&M Coder for Palm OS 3.1 (Mobile)

Historically, most physicians tend to undercode, whether due to fear of an audit or to lack of time to sufficiently document the care given. A "level 2 E&M" visit is based more on deficiencies in documentation than on the merits of the visit. Use of our software allows rapid, extensive...

Tags: Reimbursement, Patient, Physician, Mobile, Palm OS, Palm Inc., e-MDs, E&M

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Walkman turns 30, introduces OLED X Series: Can it compete with the iPod?

This week marks the 30-year anniversary of the Sony Walkman. But if this is such a milestone birthday, why hasn't Sony been working the 30-years angle? Could it have something to do with Apple's quick success in the area of portable media players? According to...

Tags: IBM xSeries, Sony Corp., Apple iPod, Sony Walkman, Organic Light-emitting Diode, Sony X-Series, OLED Screen, Digital Music, Digital Media, Servers, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Hardware, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-07-01

Amazon vs. tax happy states: E-tailer could nuke Associates program and still win

Updated: Amazon is in a high-profile tax showdown with states over its Associates referral program and is likely to come out a winner either way. Amazon has pulled its Associates program, which allows Web site operators to drive sales to the e-tailer in exchange for commissions of...

Tags: Tax, Amazon.com Inc., State, States, Sales Strategy, Marketing Research, Sales Force Management, Sales, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Automate MQSA Quality Control Reporting and Graphing to Save Time and Paper

While digital technology is fast replacing analog mammography, breast imaging centers are still heavily reliant on traditional processes for Quality Control QC reporting. The graphs required by the Mammography Quality Standards Act MQSA are often plotted by hand; the mathematical calculations worked out manually. This means that much of a...

Tags: Auditing, Imaging, Document Management, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Data Management, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Case studies 2009-06-09

News to know: Salesforce.com; Microsoft; Apple tablet; Google

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Salesforce.com delivers mixed fiscal year outlook: Earnings up, revenue light Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Pop quiz - Which would you choose (Mac vs. PC)? ...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tablets, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2009-05-22

Lenovo's PC shipments falling faster than market; Posts annual loss

Lenovo's fiscal 2009 ended with a thud as the company's PC shipments fell faster than the industry's decline overall. The company has been rattled by a slowdown in enterprise demand and "under-representation in consumer markets." To wit: Lenovo's fourth quarter PC shipments fell 8.2...

Tags: PC, Lenovo Group Ltd., Lenovo PC, Sales Strategy, Desktops, Sales Force Management, Sales, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-21

News to know: Google; Facebook; HP battery recall

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Apple eliminates CanSecWest Pwn2Own flaws Larry Dignan: Cloudy day: Google falters; Packets lost in key cities Sam Diaz: Google outage...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Battery, Twitter, Engineering, Wireless And Mobility

Blog posts 2009-05-15

Sony reports $1 billion annual loss, first in 14 years

Sony said Thursday that it lost 98.9 billion yen, or about $1 billion, in the fiscal year through March and projected it would lose even more money this year amid a slump in consumer demand for electronics goods. It is the company's first annual net loss in 14 years. ...

Tags: Sony Corp., Taxes, Manufacturing, Financial Planning, Finance, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-14

Cloud vs sand: Google vs Microsoft

The numbers don't lie An independent study found on-site Microsoft apps - Office and Exchange - cost 20x in capital dollars and 5x-6x more than Google Apps on a 3 year Total Cost of Ownership TCO basis. How can Microsoft compete? The debate Cloud, as...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Network, Data Loss, Downtime, Microsoft Corp., Business Problem, TwinStrata, SATA RAID 5, Capital Requirement, Update:Here, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-05-05

Netsuite reports Q1; CEO calls growth "impressive"

NetSuite, which makes Web-based business software, reported a first quarter net loss of $3.7 million, or 6 cents per share, on sales of $41.6 million, a 22 percent increase over the year-ago quarter. Excluding items, the company reported a first quarter profit of $1 million, or 2 cents per share....

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., NetSuite Inc., Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales Force Management, Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-04

Leading Beer Distributor Improves Driver Productivity With Windows Mobile-Based Solutions

A leading wholesale distributor for several leading U.S. beer suppliers, Clare Rose serves over 5,000 businesses. The company began using handheld computing devices in 1981, and began investigating solutions that would help meet emerging supplier requirements in 2003. By complimenting a sales force automation solution from MiT Systems, Inc., a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Supplier, Microsoft Windows, Inventory Management, Microsoft Corp., Handheld Computing, SFA, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Automation (SFA), Sales Force Management, Channel Management, Handhelds, Enterprise Software, Sales, Software, Marketing, Hardware

Case studies 2009-04-27

Microsoft patent loss: It's about activation not validation

Microsoft patent loss: It's about activation not validationWhy notMicrosoft sueing the Patents Troll for a completly uneffective.Windows WGA is most pathetic and easy to bypass illegal DRM evermade.Live by the bogus software patent lawsuit . . . . . . die by the bogus software patent law suit.Conficker 'Windows' patents...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Windows, Spyware, Viruses and worms, Tools & Techniques, SECURITY, patent loss, Conficker, Microsoft Corp., Windows WGA

Discussion threads 2009-04-09