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Sling Media CEO Blake Krikorian unplugged

Sling Media CEO Blake Krikorian unpluggedSling media CEO Blake....http://www.1-satellite-tv-facts.com/Satellite-DSL.htmlhttp://www.1-satellite-tv-facts.com/Satellite-Internet.htmlRE: Sling Media CEO Blake Krikorian unpluggedhttp://www.1-satellite-tv-facts.com/Satellite-DSL.htmlhttp://www.1-satellite-tv-facts.com/Satellite-Internet.html

Tags: Blake, Sling Media, Blake Krikorian

Discussion threads 2008-05-25

What technology education needs to do

The IT industry will create one million new jobs by 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Given that scenario, are we doing enough to make a computer science degree relevant to future IT professionals, asks M. Brian Blake in today's CNET News perspective. The...

Tags: computer science, computer, Blake

Blog posts 2006-10-26

All Along the Watchtower

All Along the WatchtowerHendrix-bio?What's the title?With Age Comes Wisdom...Steve,As the money starts to appear for [v/b]logging, the issues of failed partnerships seem to emerge: Adam C./Dave W., Amanda C./Andrew B.Partnerships start with the best of intentions but they are tested overtime and divorces are more common than life long pairings.Amanda...

Tags: Business structures, Blake, Andrew, Watchtower

Discussion threads 2006-07-10

Gnomedex: Blake Ross on open source marketing of Firefox

Gnomedex: Blake Ross on open source marketing of FirefoxDidn't I already make that point?Richard,Thanks for the writeup. But I have a question about how you capped your article. You wrote:"The crowd was very much in support of Blake and Firefox, but even so Dave's point that Firefox has to appeal...

Tags: Web browsers, open source, Mozilla Firefox, Blake, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web browser

Discussion threads 2006-07-01

Gnomedex: Blake Ross on open source marketing of Firefox

Firefox co-founder Blake Ross spoke at Gnomedex today. He started off by talking about the misconceptions of how Firefox started. He said it wasn't about annihilating Microsoft or liberating the world from proprietary software. Firefox was started to create an easy-to-use browser for mainstream people. He said they didn't want...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Blake

Blog posts 2006-07-01

Blake Ross on Firefox vs. IE and other topics

Blake Ross is one of the co-creators of Firefox and is on a mission to make software for mere mortals. That's one of Steve Jobs' favorite phrases. Like Jobs, Blake is starting out young. The 20-year-old is on leave from Stanford, still working on Firefox, and has also started a...

Tags: Web browsers, Podcasts, Mozilla Firefox, Blake, Microsoft Internet Explorer, podcast

Blog posts 2005-09-26

Additional Resources

Psystar: From Hell's Heart, I Stab at Thee!

No matter who they have to sueApple will never allow competition.agreedthey want as much profits as they can make.too bad their computers aren't very good for anything other than the basics and some visual/audio work ;)with that said, i believe that apple will have its future in their i-products (ipod,...

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Apple Inc., hardware, Psystar, OSX

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Live Webcast: Haunted by Symantec Ghost? Learn About a New and Superior Approach

Retro fashion might be in style, but old-fashioned point-imaging solutions such as Symantec Ghost lack important capabilities and cannot save you the time and money of more contemporary solutions. Join this live TechRepublic Webcast featuring Chris Blake, Systems Technician with Benchmark Group. Chris will share...

Tags: Symantec Corp., Symantec Ghost, Webcast, Kace, Security

Webcasts 2009-10-16

Yahoo names Tim Morse as new CFO

Tim Morse, the former CFO of Altera Corp. and a veteran executive of General Electric, has been named Yahoo's new Chief Financial Officer, effective July 1. Morse takes over for Blake Jorgensen, who resigned shortly after new CEO Carol Bartz joined the company but has stayed on during a transition...

Tags: Morse Plc., Yahoo! Inc., CFO, Blake Jorgensen, Mergers & Acquisitions, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-11

Yahoo's Jorgensen lands nicely as new Levi Strauss CFO

It appears that Yahoo CFO Blake Jorgensen, a casualty of management restructuring by new CEO Carol Bartz earlier this year, will land pretty nicely on his feet. Jorgensen, who has remained on the job as part of a transitional period, is set to receive a severance package of...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., CFO, Levi Strauss, Recruitment & Selection, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-01

Pre-Bartz Yahoo: Bonuses and more for execs

Turning around a company like Yahoo doesn't come cheap. And keeping executive talent in place - or not - while other senior executives jump ship can also add up. Even though co-founder, Chief Yahoo and former CEO Jerry Yang collected only a $1 salary in 2008, the...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Bonus, Salary, Sue Decker, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-30

My Make Up 1.0 (Mobile)

This is all the rage and now your little Glamor Princess can be a part of it. Let your little one help Tessa, Tia, Blake and Brooke become even more beautiful by giving them a glamorous make-over and manicure for that special occasion. She is going to love this and...

Tags: Mobile, Rage, Lipstick, AppsNMinded, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-04-03

OK. We get it. Microsoft wants a search deal with Yahoo.

Is it just me or does it feel like Microsoft is starting to sound - quite frankly - a bit desperate for a search deal with Yahoo? The Times UK today blasted out the headline: Microsoft reopens door to deal with Yahoo!, citing an interview with Chief...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Business Structures, Corporate Governance, Advertising & Promotion, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-03-09

Bartz announces new management structure at Yahoo but offers no details

update below with details of the new management structure Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz announced a management reorganization this morning in a blog entry titled "Getting our house in order" but offered no specifics on who's in and who's out. What we do know - via an SEC...

Tags: Team, Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Bartz, Team Management, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-02-26

Yahoo CFO Jorgensen resigns

Yahoo CFO Blake Jorgensen, who addressed analysts at the Goldman Sachs Technology Conference in San Francisco yesterday, has resigned from the company. In a very brief SEC filing, the company wrote: On February 26, 2009, Yahoo! Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Blake Jorgensen, Chief Financial Officer of the Company,...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Conference, CFO, Company, Internet, Search, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-02-26

Yahoo execs talk Bartz, search deal and new opportunities

It wasn't even a year ago that conversations with Yahoo executives focused around the failed Microsoft deal, a proxy fight with Carl Icahn and a failed search deal with Google. Today, the company is talking about what it probably has wanted to talk about for a long time: partnerships, ad...

Tags: Partnership, Mobile, Yahoo! Inc., Video, Business Structures, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Finance, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-02-25

Should Yahoo sell search or keep it as a buffer?

Yahoo's second quarter results yielded information that may indicate that selling its search division to Microsoft wouldn't be such a bright idea. After perusing Yahoo's second quarter results and the conference call transcript one conclusion screams out for attention: Search revenue is the great buffer in this...

Tags: Revenue, Yahoo! Inc., Operational Accounting, Search, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-30

Sling founders, execs leaving EchoStar

The founders and members of the executive team at Sling Media are leaving the company, which was acquired by EchoStar in September 2007 for $380 million in cash. Founders Blake and Jason Krikorian are leaving effective immediately, according to paidcontent.org, which reported the news first. Entertainment executives Jason Hirschhorn and...

Tags: Founder, EchoStar Communications Corp., iPhone Version, Sales Strategy, DVR, Advertising & Promotion, Entrepreneurship, Sales Force Management, Handhelds, Sales, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Management, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-12

Social media redefines traditional business intelligence strategies

* Jennifer Leggio is on vacation Guest editorial by Blake Cahill Companies and social media are on a collision courseâ€"with positive benefits. Thanks to the Internet and its increasingly social nature, the amount of information and conversation data existing today is breath-taking....

Tags: Strategy, Social Media, Social Media Intelligence Solution, Blake Cahill, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-12-24

Yahoo meets estimates, plans to lay off 10 percent of workforce

Yahoo's third quarter earnings weren't the complete train wreck that was expected as the company met Wall Street estimates and announced a long-awaited layoff. The company plans to lay off 10 percent of its workforce in the fourth quarter. Yahoo statement, reported net income of $54.3 million,...

Tags: Revenue, Cost Management, Yahoo! Inc., Earnings, Workforce, Profits, Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-21