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Climate Counts tells climate-conscious buyers to avoid Apple

Non-profit environmental group Climate Counts publishes a report that puts Apple at the bottom of its environmental list. Apple scores 11 out of 100, while IBM, which enjoys the top spot on the list, scores 77. Climate Counts goes as...

Tags: Apple Inc., Climate Count, Climate Counts, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-05-09

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Cap and trade controversial in Australia

This is what happened:An Australian researcher who was critical of mainstream theories got censored.The new Inquisition: dare to raise your voice against the enviro-whackos and they get all angry.CEC FAILs againCEC claims: [i]"An Australian researcher who was critical of mainstream theories got censored."[/i]He wasn't censored for disagreeing with the global...

Tags: theory, CEC, global warming, Cap-and-Trade, carbon dioxide, tax

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

This is going to blow some fuses among global warming deniers

RE: This is going to blow some fuses among global warming deniers"The current Pope, a self-proclaimed Christian..."???Is that writing from ignorance of Catholicism, Christianity, both, or taking a swipe at the largest Christian denomination?global waming journalist...afraid to lose a job?when people realize that CO2 caused global warming is a...

Tags: global warming, global warming denier, NASA, fuse

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Accelerating Business Performance: San Francisco & Frankfurt Enterprise 2.0 Conferences

Next week sees the inaugural West Coast iteration of the Enterprise 2.0 conference, which is also an annual June event in Boston on the east coast. Sameer Patel and I will be running a track throughout the event which is focused on Selling the Case for...

Tags: Performance, Use Case, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-26

Microsoft to start charging small businesses for domain-name renewals

I would immediately transfer...all domains to godaddy. However, MS is charging a fair price. RE: Microsoft to start charging small businesses for domain-name renewalsDomain renewal charges probably are due to last quarter's financial results.--rjStill a Good DealIt's too bad that Microsoft has started charging for the service. I agree,...

Tags: Financial services, Microsoft Corp., small business

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

Wishful thinking: Can we make this carbon clock count backwords?

Wishful thinking: Can we make this carbon clock count backwords?We don't need to make the carbon clock 'count backwards'The fact is that carbon in the atmosphere does LITTLE TO NO damage to the environment in the slightest.We should be more worried about water vapor... but then again, there is nothing...

Tags: Life-cycle, carbon, WISHFUL THINKING

Discussion threads 2009-06-26

Is Windows 7 really too expensive?

Is Windows 7 really too expensive?How can you call it "too expensive" if we don't have the prices yet?Seriously... One Dell exec spouts off and everybody starts jumping to conclusions. I suppose that's one way of getting your daily exercise but really... I haven't seen any official price list for...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, DVD Price, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2009-05-18

Apple may introduce cheaper Macs for market share

Apple may introduce cheaper Macs for market shareMarket ShareHaving Mac shipments drop only 3% in an over the year quarter when the economy is in the tank is news. Of course the news isn't the drop, it's the fact that in a soft economy it ONLY dropped 3%. I can...

Tags: Desktops, Most Mac, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-04-30

SAP software revenues plummet, announces new deal on maintenance

SAP has announced its Q1 results. total revenue was €2,397 million compared to €2,460 in Q1 2008, a fall of three percent. While operating income was only down eight percent, software revenues were off 33%, falling from €622million in Q1 2008 to €422 million. Support revenue climbed...

Tags: Software, Revenue, SAP AG, No. Ray Wang, Operational Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-04-28

Corrupting consolidation

Corrupting consolidationMessage has been deleted.RE: Corrupting consolidationBest post on ZDNet for some time now.I thoroughly agree. What I don't understand is why did it have to come to this, for people to start examining their purchasing decisions instead of blindingly handing out cash for bloatware.Hey we're suffering too , sit...

Tags: Oracle Corp., recession, consolidation, Marxism

Discussion threads 2009-03-31

The Pre will be Palm's downfall

The Pre will be Palm's downfallPalm PreAwwwww man!So, Palm is still slow :(.You are right that they should've launched the product. We've waited long enough for *something* from Palm - and now we have to wait longer?It's a shame. They come out with what really looks like a real competitor...

Tags: Palm Inc., Pre, downfall

Discussion threads 2009-03-04

It's not so easy being e-green

I have a slight Jeremy Clarkson perspective when it comes to the environment, especially when global warming is mentioned. I still believe climate change as we know it, is part of a nature-spurred cycle which the Earth goes through every once in a while. But let's leave the bureaucratic crap...

Tags: Battery, Laptop Computer, Computer, Engineering, Productivity, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-02-19

Comcast loses subscribers, but hurdles fourth quarter targets

Updated: Comcast reported Wednesday that its fourth-quarter net income fell 32 percent amid rising competition, slowing subscriber growth and an asset impairment charge totaling $600 million. However, Comcast handily topped Wall Street estimates. For the fourth quarter, Comcast reported net income of $412 million, or 14 cents...

Tags: Comcast Corp., Asset Management, Operational Accounting, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-18

2009: The year in preview

2009: The year in previewApple should acquire Yahoo!I think Apple should acquire Yahoo!This would essentially create three strong companies (Google/Apple/Microsoft) with similar technology, service & talent ecosystems. Excellent for competition!It would benefit Apple because:- they would gain excellent web assets (Flickr, Yahoo Mail/News/Finance/Music/Video, ...), to integrate with their current Mac/iPhone...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, Item 5, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-01-05

Chilling data from the Arctic

Chilling data from the ArcticSo much hyperbole, so little factPolar bear populations are on the rise. It's stupid to think that the polar bear is so unadaptable that it can't handle a decrease in ice floes. They'll just hunt from shore. Life adapts.BTW, the sea ice is the SECOND lowest...

Tags: Polar Bear population, Arctic, bear, lake, ice

Discussion threads 2008-09-23

Dell grabs a gold. That is, a gold rating for one of its server power supplies

For those of you keeping count, Dell chalks up a Gold certification from the 80 Plus organization for one of its server power supplies. This means that the component scores a 92 percent minimum efficiency rating when running at 50 percent of its rated output. Dell also has earned a...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Server, Power Supply, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-06-26

Climate Counts tells climate-conscious buyers to avoid Apple

Climate Counts tells climate-conscious buyers to avoid AppleThis is bull!Everyone knows Apples are organic.A threw away an apple just last week......and already it has started decomposing. In another month, it will be gone entirely. These guys are full of it.RE: Climate Counts tells climate-conscious buyers to avoid AppleAdrien: Did you...

Tags: Climate Counts, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-09

Our big carbon footprints

Our big carbon footprintsCould not any one prove many nations so?include only industrialized people? Does it take into account people living in areas that need never be heated? Does it count those living in Haiti or other parts of the globe that are lately surviving on wood fire cooked mud...

Tags: Water Vapor, carbon dioxide, vapor

Discussion threads 2008-04-29

Is IT abuse a threat to democracy?

Here's a bit from a Washington Post report dated Dec 22/07 and headlined "FBI Prepares Vast Database Of Biometrics": CLARKSBURG, W. Va. -- The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion effort to build the world's largest computer database of peoples' physical characteristics, a project that would...

Tags: Database, Information Technology, FBI, Ballot, Catalist, Federal Government, Government, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-04-17

Judge finds TorrentSpy destroyed evidence, rules for MPAA

Judge finds TorrentSpy destroyed evidence, rules for MPAAand courts should be aware that the public is fed up with Mpaa tactics! (nt:).RE: Judge finds TorrentSpy destroyed evidence, rules for MPAAFirst of all, @wessonjoe: The way to win in court is to be better-behaved than your adversary, not worse-behaved.Second, it seems...

Tags: Games, SECURITY, TorrentSpy, MPAA, interrogation, CIA

Discussion threads 2007-12-20