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Boat 1 (Windows)

Boat is a very fun partner-based, bidding card game similar to Rook or Bridge. If you like Rook, Bridge, Spades, or other bidding games, you will love Boat. Each hand, players bid on how many points of the possible 120 they think they can catch. The bid winner gets five...

Tags: Boat, OTS Software, Bid Winner, Microsoft Windows, Team Management, Games, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2007-10-29

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Microsoft vs. Google: An e-mail showdown at L.A. City Hall

Contract worth $7.25 million? Google will probably do it for free, or as a minimum at a greatly reduced price. Cities like Los Angeles should take advantage of the competitive situation to drive the cost of email for the city to near zero.Remember, with Google, they also get GoogleApps. One...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, cloud computing, Google Inc., e-mail, operating system, desktop, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

FCC opens up wireless 'white spaces;' Assessing winners, losers and wild-cards

The Federal Communications Commission has opened up so-called wireless white spaces--unused spectrum between broadcast channels--in a move the agency hopes paves the way for 'Wi-Fi on Steroids'. In a statement following the FCC's 5-0 approval Techmeme, Chairman Kevin Martin said: Opening the white spaces will allow...

Tags: FCC, Google Inc., WiMAX, Broadband, Spectrum, Federal Government, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Telecommunications, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-05

Bill Gates bids farewell

Bill Gates bids farewellHe brought a lot to the computer world!Yeah, vicious predation, greed, and arrogance.iMiss BilliWill miss Bill. He brought a lot to the computer world!Bill Gates bids farewellA fine speech from a magnificent man! He had visions, he had missions, he had it all! The IT...

Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Windows NT, Bill Gates, Abramoff, Preston Gates, vision, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-27

Google calls for hike in H-1B visas

Google calls for hike in H-1B visasThey immigrate because their country sucksThere's plenty of ways to make money in their own country.The Internet is computers talking to computers.very wellHow about lobbying for changing the H1-B process this way:1.increase the application fee since they displace Americans that paid taxes and loans...

Tags: Benefits, Google Inc., H-1B, information technology, Microsoft Windows, salary, hike, application fee

Discussion threads 2008-06-05

Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?

Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?Mark Cuban - Time Traveller and MastermindMark Cuban "founded Broadcast.com in 1005 and sold it to Yahoo in July 1999". HOLY %&*! Mark Cuban not only travelled back to 1005, but he also registered a domain and started an internet company...

Tags: Portals, Web technology, Financial accounting, Gordon Gekko, Yahoo! Inc., Mark Cuban, Icahn

Discussion threads 2008-05-15

HP's bid for EDS: Opportunity costs loom

The debate around Hewlett-Packard's purchase of Electronic Data Systems follows three primary questions. Is the EDS acquisition another Compaq--a deal that will take years to pay off? Is EDS the right acquisition for HP? Are there other places where HP should spend its money? HP on Tuesday...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Dennis, Tools & Techniques, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Outsourcing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-13

Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?

Poll: No Microhoo for you: Good or bad?Almost certainly goodMicrosoft really seemed to be looking at a Yahoo takeover as a cure-all -- and when a company does that, it usually means that the company is going to drag down the outside firm. It either has no idea what...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, PRODUCTIVITY, YUI, Microhoo, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-05-04

Microsoft withrawls bid for Yahoo, Google wins

Microsoft withrawls bid for Yahoo, Google winsEven more embarassing than thatis that it should be "withdraws".A withdrawal is what a drug user experiences when he has no more of his addictive drug. Or is that what you meant ;-)Withrawls???Somebody please fix the headline for this article! It's embarrassing!THE INTERNET AND...

Tags: INTERNET, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., withdrawal

Discussion threads 2008-05-04

Microsoft withdrawals bid for Yahoo, Google wins

In a press release from Microsoft yesterday, Steve Ballmer said that it officially withdrawals it's bid for the acquisition of Yahoo, and cites the deal with Google as the main contributing factor for his decision. "In our view, such an arrangement with [Google] would make an acquisition of Yahoo!...

Tags: Google Inc., Withdrawal, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-05-04

Microsoft walks away from Yahoo: Assessing winners, losers and Plan Bs

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer walked away from his bid for Yahoo and left numerous questions hanging. The biggest ones: What's plan B for Microsoft? Can Yahoo deliver? And who are the winners in the aftermath of the Yahoo saga. Here's your cheat sheet to the aftermath (Techmeme,...

Tags: Google Inc., Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-04

Microhoo careens toward closure: Assessing the moving parts

Updated: The Microsoft-Yahoo saga appears to be heading toward closure, but there are multiple loose ends to tie up. Microsoft has set the pace with a three week deadline--quickly becoming two weeks--for Yahoo to join negotiations, but Jerry Yang and company are proving that they have more strategic alternatives in...

Tags: Antitrust, America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microhoo, Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-10

Cyren Call denies it demanded D block payment

Cyren Call â€" the corporation formed to advise the Public Safety Spectrum Trust Corp. -- angrily denied accusations that it or PSST demanded spectrum lease payments. Voices in some quarters have been saying that the alleged demands doomed the efforts of Frontline Wireless to compete for the D block and...

Tags: Payment, Spectrum, PSST, Operational Accounting, Finance, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-04-04

Microsoft OOXML standardization bid: The clock is ticking

The politicking is almost over. At midnight Central European Time on Saturday March 29, voting regarding whether Microsoft's Open Office XML OOXML document format will get ISO standards approval will close. For the past month -- ever since the ISO Ballot Resolution Meeting BRM in Geneva ended...

Tags: ISO, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Standardization, Politicking, Iso standards, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Emerging Technologies, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-03-28

How open will Verizon make its new spectrum?

How open will Verizon make its new spectrum?FISA Co-conspirators give you hope?"Personally, I want to believe that this auction will result in widespread, inexpensive wireless access everywhere. So I will until we see otherwise."WiMax in the 700mhz region would have eliminated Verizon and AT&T stranglehold on "the last mile." ...

Tags: Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Verizon Communications Inc., WiMAX, spectrum, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-03-21

FCC: Verizon Wireless a big 700 Mhz auction winner; Now what?

FCC: Verizon Wireless a big 700 Mhz auction winner; Now what?time to open your wallet and pay respectsince the spectrum is sold, you have to bow and pay the usage fee to the MAN.RE: FCC: Verizon Wireless a big 700 Mhz auction winner; Now what?[i]Google didn’t win any licenses.[/i]ROTFLMAO!! I...

Tags: Federal government, Broadband Internet, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Mhz auction winner, Now-What, Verizon Communications Inc., MHz Auction, Verizon Wireless, spectrum, FCC, usage fee, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-03-20

Auction over, FCC ponders public safety D block

Bidding has closed on the great 700 MHz auction and the FCC has raised $20 billion from the spectrum given so long ago to the great television networks of the past. That's $4.75 billion for the prized C block, but no word yet on who the ultimate winner is. Pretty...

Tags: FCC, Auction, D, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-03-20

It's good news, bad news: Microsoft gets its Internet act together

It's good news, bad news: Microsoft gets its Internet act togetherThey had no choice...Back when Vista was Longhorn, the Microsoft hope was that fat client applications would use Internet protocols to deliver content to the desktop. The problem was that nobody was creating fat client applications anymore. By the time...

Tags: AJAX, Quality, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Ingenuity, Microsoft Corp., Internet

Discussion threads 2008-03-06

Why+a+Yahoo-News+Corp.+deal+makes+sense

Why+a+Yahoo-News+Corp.+deal+makes+senseSounds good, but, if MS is persistent, 60B trumps everything.Having these talks IS a great strategy to make MS pay more, but, MS could still do a hostile takeover after the News Corp deal, it would just be a lot harder and more expensive with Rupert Murdoch owning 20%, and...

Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., News Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-13

With Google likely out, who's new bidder for spectrum?

Some spectrum watchers are now saying that Google has bowed out of the so-called C block auction for the nationwide 700MHz spectrum. But there are still two active bidders in that auction, presumably Verizon and AT&T. As I mentioned yesterday, what had looked like the winning bid...

Tags: Google Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., PC World, AT&T Corp., Spectrum, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-02-07