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Global warming and coastal real estate

Even if the real estate market eventually returns to pirce increases, you'd be wise not to invest in sea level properties. At least not this century. In a conference in Denmark this week, climate scientists warn the rising sea levels could go twice as high as previous projections...

Tags: Scientist, Sea Level, Global Warming, Real Estate, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-10

Greentechies smiling a little brighter today, Part Deux

Billions and billions. What good entrepreneur could ignore the sound of money pouring out of Washington D.C.? From solar to coal, the energy folks may not be dancing in the streets, but they are walking more assuredly into board rooms across the land. A Swiss-owned solar firm...

Tags: Global Warming, Alaska, Manufacturing, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-02-18

LOHAFEX: trying to iron out the climate problem

There's an experiment going on to see if a major phytoplankton bloom can be instigated on a large scale in the ocean. That in turn, theoretically, could absorb masses of CO2 that is partly to blame for global warming. That experiment originates with a German research ship, now...

Tags: Experiment, Scientist, Global Warming, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-12

Gore Lawsuit Over Inconvenient Untruths?

Will Gore be in court over his movie, "Inconvenient Truths?" For those who find the fuss over global warming to be inconvenient, the thought is delightful. The idea was publicly aired last week by the founder of the Weather Channel who agrees with those who see "global warming"...

Tags: Lawsuit, Global Warming, Fraud, Litigation, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-03-13

What'll it cost to save the planet? Who's spinning the numbers?

"Business Week" is not known for its anti-business politics, so it's interesting to see where they go with a piece just published on the costs of controlling carbon emissions. Opponents of that dangerous plot of mandating carbon emission reductions would have us believe that the American economy, and by...

Tags: U.S., Standards, Global Warming, Carbon Emission, Mortgages, Government, Quality, Finance, Capital Structures, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-12-04

Additional Resources

News to know: L.A. goes Google; AMD-Galleon; Cisco-ScanSafe; Ubuntu; Amazon RDS

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: WSJ: AMD's former CEO was a Galleon tipster Sam Diaz: Cisco continues its buying spree with...

Tags: Tom Foremski, Ubuntu, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, ScanSafe, Mary Jo Foley, Amazon.com Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Internet, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-28

Global warming promises more hunger, more innovation

Hopefully not a repeatThe idea of GM foods is found most abhorrent in the nations with some of the worst food problems? Also, did anyone notice that the FPRI report indicates that more than 50% of the world's agricultural green house emissions are generated by the primitive natural agriculture...

Tags: global warming, climate change, food

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Move over Enterprise 2.0, it's now Social Business Design

Given the relatively friendly pounding I took over my Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock post, it's gratifying to see that it has stirred some interesting interpretations and thoughts on the topic. That's always good and especially pleasing when one considers that most blog posts are the equivalent of digital...

Tags: BPR, Enterprise 2.0, Re-engineering, Cohen, Oliver Marks, Business Process Engineering, Organizational Structure, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Human Resources, It Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-21

EC ramps up PR war with Intel (by publishing 518 page decision)

Not a big surpriseThe EC is a protectionist tool extorting technology and money from the creative genius of the US and other countries outside the EU. If you are successful, you are a target.RE: EC ramps up PR war with Intel (by publishing 518 page decision)Well that says it...

Tags: Intel Chip, Intel Corp., page decision, PR War, public relations

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

News to know: Social media spam; Sprint; Windows Mobile; 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. Jennifer Leggio: Snake oil at its slickest: A social media spam story Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Silverlight 3 available...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Social Media, Spam, Microsoft Corp., Sprint Communications, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-07-10

News to know: Apple vs. Palm; Windows 7; Adobe; Twitter and Iran

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: Apple: Third party read Palm Pre iTunes sync can work for now Jason O'Grady: A fix for Mail...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Twitter, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Mice, Sales Strategy, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Sales

Blog posts 2009-06-17

China and IP: the piper will get paid

China and IP: the piper will get paidThe poetic justice is this....Our greedy US corporations sent all of their manufacturing to the far east and thus trained them on how to create these knock-offs. When you lay down with dogs....Chinese government is not just looking the other way, they are...

Tags: IP, Federal Reserve Board, intellectual property

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Carbonetworks intros new portal software for emissions info management

Carbonetworks intros new portal software for emissions info managementGlobal Warming Hoax... Al Gore climate saviour $$$http://www.globalwarminghoax.comcarboncredits = making Al Gore BILLIONAIRE It is all about MONEY, and how uneducated people are allowing socialist style control of YOUR daily life's.Why is China exempt from ANY emissions controls, they are the largest...

Tags: Portals, Web technology, software, Al Gore, Carbonetworks, info management, portal software, portal

Discussion threads 2009-01-17

Carbon neutrality murkier than you'd think

Carbon neutrality murkier than you'd thinkvet what?Dell could increase their carbon output and just buy more carbon credits from some agency with vague claims of planting trees, none of which is ever shown. It does nothing to reduce footprint.Carbon Neutrality is a ploy, and carbon trading is an advertising...

Tags: carbon, global warming, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-12-30

Learning from Walmart

Learning from WalmartLower cost, much more flexibility- no help desk needed- lets you put sysadmins into user groups, reporting to user managers- eliminates most security and processing failure risks- gives you OS independent access to software - eliminates user impact and costs of evergreen policiesHow would SUN Ray help?ntSmart displays?"put...

Tags: Keyboards, Operating systems, Sun Ray, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., IT Development, Smart Display, Microsoft Corp., Murph

Discussion threads 2008-07-28

Achieving Environmental and TCO Goals With Greener Retail Solutions: POS Innovations Addressing Conservation, Reliability, Manageability and Serviceability

Global warming and other environmental concerns are changing the way people live and do business. Consumers worldwide are increasingly showing their preference for companies who practice social and environmental responsibility. Seeing opportunities to differentiate themselves and build customer loyalty, retailers are implementing 'green' initiatives that improve brand image and lower...

Tags: Innovation, Point-of-sale, Retail Company, Serviceability, TCO, Conservation, Roi/Tco, Retail, Finance, Managerial Accounting

White papers 2008-07-01

Breaking the dialogues of the deaf

Breaking the dialogues of the deafre:.I love how you think of everything in black and white terms... its refreshing. But what if you consider this cognitive dissonance in computing security to be a market itself? Most people don't actually understand very much about the subject due to not their capacity...

Tags: security, information technology, Cognitive Dissonance

Discussion threads 2008-06-10

Global Warming & Your Business

The World Resources Institute and their partners have come up with a list of risks and business trends that could arise from predicted climate change. You can read their summary here. WRI and some global corporations that support them used real-life case studies to determine where...

Tags: Ecosystem, Global Warming, WRI, Channel Management, Vertical Industries, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-03-11

Google: Rewriting the book on data centers

Om Malik had an interesting post about Google's super-sized datacenters. He posited that Google’s massive infrastructure, customized for its processes, represents a the big barrier to entry for its rivals, and it will continue to give the company an edge as long as it keeps spending the billions on its...

Tags: Google Inc., Data Center, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-12-05

Where there's oil there's gonna be action

Now that climate change has brought about the possibility of new oil fields in the Arctic, President George W. Bush is in favor of action. Not longer is it enough to talk climate change, or point to the need for more study. Now, we gotta act. Pronto....

Tags: Treaty, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-10-05