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- Globalization's roots in the boom 90s
- Globalization's roots in the boom 90sJohn,If you think the first 70 pages are good, wait until you read the next 400 or so.I would differ on one thing though. I would say that rather than the ability of the American System to self correct, it is the fact that...
- Tags: globalization, boom-90s, regulation, outsourcing
- Discussion threads 2008-03-21
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- Is there an open source jobs boom?
- The bottom line is things are about as bad in programming as in anything else. But if you know open source you have a cost-cutting story to tell, and that might keep you employed a bit longer than your Microsoft-loving buddy. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Job, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."My ViewFirst, no one hates Microsoft more than I do - for both practical and ethical reasons. After dealing with Microshaft's endless parade of crap for nearly two decades, I finally abandoned my PC for a Mac. It was one of the best moves of...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?
- Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?Sure it canIf you are using gnome (Ubuntu's default desktop envrionment) just go to gnomelook.org and look at the screen shots people have posted. There are a lot of creative folks out there. It's pretty easy to make gnome look and act like auqa....
- Tags: Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Compiz-fusion, Even Linux, Ubuntu, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Dot-com boom and bust: the movie
- CNET.com's Kara Tsuboi met with August director Austin Chick and one of the movie's stars, Adam Scott. The new film, in theaters now, retells the story of the dot-com implosion in the summer of 2001.
- Tags: Movie, Dot-com, News, kara tsuboi, austin chick, adam scott, josh harnett, august, 2001, dot com, jared kohler, theaters, movies
- Videos 2008-07-21
- The running scandal of long-term care insurance
- The running scandal of long-term care insuranceLong-term Care Insurance"With 79 million of us now headed past our warrantee expirations, the cost of caring for us is about to explode. It’s a ticking bomb under the economy, and the free market does not have an answer for it."Here's the answer: Plan...
- Tags: Vertical industries, long-term care, long-term care insurance
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Microsoft's search ambitions are its Vietnam
- Microsoft's search ambitions are its VietnamMicrosoft's search ambitions are its VietnamThe simple answer is no. Microsoft has Google envy? Since when? Google has been in constant decline for a couple of years now. Microsoft on the other hand has been growing. Their interest in search is...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Live Mesh, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., software
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- 2008 Honda Odyssey Touring
- Photo gallery:2008 Honda OdysseyAlthough Honda claims a major update for its 2008 Honda Odyssey minivan, the results look to us like a minor facelift, just a little work around the eyes and mouth but the same old body. The front of the car exhibits some modern touches around the headlights...
- Tags: Odyssey, Honda Motor Co., navigation system
- Product reviews 2008-07-16
- Blackberry steals iPhone's virtual keyboard
- Blackberry steals iPhone's virtual keyboardCopying Apple???By stating that RIM is "stealing" iPhone's virtual keyboard, you are assuming that Apple were first to market with said on screen keyboard.Back in the real world, where Apple are lagging behind "big time"... they are one of the last mobile phone manufacturers to use...
- Tags: Keyboards, Well Let, Touchscreen tech, keyboard, virtual keyboard, Apple iPhone, touch screen, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- iPhone 3G: Initial reaction (updated 3x)
- I've had my iPhone 3G for about two hours, not enough time to do anything resembling a review, but I wanted to blog some of my early observations. Pictured are Rob Parker and I waiting in line in Atlantic City This post will be continually updated so...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, Cellular Phones, GPS, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- News to know: iPhone; DNS patch; Online privacy; VMware; Vista
- Notable headlines: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: A Modest Privacy Proposal Richard Koman: Congress looks at next-gen ad networks Techmeme: iPhone reviews Matthew Miller: MSM Apple iPhone reviews are up and may just have saved me some cash ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, DNS, Online Privacy, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., HP iPAQ 910, 3G, Domain Names, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- Enterprise IT and the hypercompetition boom
- Enterprise IT and the hypercompetition boomGood point about the rise in IT failures.Is it just coincidence or can a company get too big to provide quality IT in any fashion other than cookie cutter.Big is not always better. Especially in IT. Whether it's management or development, inefficiencies creep in...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, hypercompetition, Enterprise IT, information technology, job
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Enterprise IT and the hypercompetition boom
- Corporate information technology has led to more winner take all markets and a super competitive business environment where players often flame out as quickly as they showed up. That's the big conclusion from Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson in this month's Harvard Business Review. ...
- Tags: Laggard, Information Technology, Leader, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Ticking bombs in enterprise land
- I believe the enterprise software industry is heading for major problems. It started when I read Francine McKenna where she talks about what she sees as a doomsday scenario for at least one of the Big Four audit businesses. Francine's focus is on questioning the effectiveness of current methods for...
- Tags: Software, Audit, Francine, Tools & Techniques, Financial Accounting, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-07
- Icahn: Ballmer would do a deal if Yahoo's board goes; Microsoft confirms
- Icahn: Ballmer would do a deal if Yahoo's board goes; Microsoft confirmsThe only way Icahn could "save" GM would be to buy up shares cheap, andthen sell them to Toyota for double the money.... matchnow which one is the Match and who is the striker They are both very incendiary...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Micro$oft, board, Yahoo! Inc., Icahn, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Confirms, Steve Ballmer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- Might Microsoft's Midori be 'Cairo' revisited?
- Might Microsoft's Midori be 'Cairo' revisited?If it is object oriented -it would work like OS/2, the versions after Microsoft and IBM stopped working together.The Workplace Shell was the best environment I've ever worked on.Baseless speculation is fun but uselessToward that end I would recommend you look up the meaning of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Midori, Microsoft Corp., operating system, SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- Linux for housewives. XP for geeks.
- The computer proletariat is rising up - and computing will never be the same. Tiny, sub-$500 "netbooks" like the Asus Eee are the hottest thing going in notebooks today. And some surprising things are happening. Like housewives on Linux. Asus is forecasting worldwide shipments of 10 million...
- Tags: ASUS, Computing, Microsoft Research, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Microsoft Windows, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-07-06
- A world ruled by Apple
- Tributes to Bill Gates littered the blogosphere on Friday for obvious reason, as it was Bill Gates' last day as a full-time employee at the company he co-founded. This, predictably, rubbed certain people the wrong way, as the success of Bill Gates represents to some the "failure" of their preferred...
- Tags: Software, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Bill Gates, Hardware, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Lasonic i931 High Performance Portable Music System
- The Lasonic i931 ($199) is a novelty iPod speaker system with a retro look inspired by the ghetto-blaster craze of the 1980s. Constructed mostly of air and cheap plastic, the Lasonic i931 is packed with features that are mostly wasted on its wholly impractical design. DesignAs a fashion statement, there...
- Tags: high-performance, Lasonic, i931, Lasonic i931
- Product reviews 2008-06-27
- iHome ZN9 Clock Radio for Zune
- The iHome ZN9 ($99) is a welcome addition to the short list of Zune MP3 player accessories. With dual alarms, battery backup, AM/FM radio, and a time zone indicator, it's also simply one of the best clock radios we've come across at this price. DesignThe iHome ZN9 is created for...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Media players, Game players, Digital music, iHome ZN9, Microsoft Zune
- Product reviews 2008-06-27
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