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Microsoft Bing cashback: 'splendid commercial bribery'

Great Google in the sky?you should say, disgusting google in the hell!RE: Microsoft Bing cashback: 'splendid commercial bribery'Yes, I agree its a smart move,it also enables partner sites and affiliattes to offer greater incentives.If he wanted to sound like a child...he may have opted for that route. If he...

Tags: Sales force management, Now Let, Bing, Microsoft Bing cashback, commercial bribery, cashback, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Bing, incentive, bribery

Discussion threads 2009-08-31

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Music execs crying about royalties again; Time for a start-over

Once Upon a TimeWhen we had music stores and vinyl discs and LPs were premium items, stores had listening booths for people to check the recording out. Since that was a performance in commercial context, publishers and songwriters could have asked for performance rights back then. They didn't because it...

Tags: Performance management, Advertising & Promotion, media cartel, U.S. Congress, start-over, performance, RIAA

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

News to know: VMWorld; Disney-Marvel; netbooks; Blackberry Storm; mobile banking; Apple

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. Dan Kusnetzky: Doing the VMworld Dance, Day 1 Jason Perlow: Frugal Tech Show: Speaking with Centrify at VMWorld 2009...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Mobile, Mobile Banking, Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Netbook, BlackBerry Storm, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Wiki, Hardware, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-01

Microsoft Bing cashback: 'splendid commercial bribery'

Microsoft Bing's "decision engine" might aspire to higher things than a simple search, but if you buy a product using its search engine -- such as a digital camera or a running shoe -- the company says you'll get some of that money back. CNET Technically Incorrect...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Bribery, Microsoft Bing, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Blogging, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-08-31

OOXML said to win ISO standardization approval with 75 percent of the vote

OOXML said to win ISO standardization approval with 75 percent of the voteIt's capitalism, all right!A capital offense against mankind.And all the sheep bleat happily as they line up to be sheared.This is fantastic newsThis means that the man on the street can sponsor Penelope and Rupert's riches through their...

Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, OOXML, ISO, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-01

Microsoft OOXML standardization bid: The clock is ticking

Microsoft OOXML standardization bid: The clock is tickingRe:IMHO, it should get standardized as technically it's superior again anyone will argue so I'll say it's supports a superset of features than ODF and can accomodate all the features Office offers. But I doubt it will be standardized by ISO. Foolish Governments...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), ISO standards, Process improvement, Open XML, FUD, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, ISO

Discussion threads 2008-03-28

OOXML standard vote down to the wire

OOXML standard vote down to the wireFor the latest OOXML vote news...unfettered by potential or imaginable gravitational warpage by commercial interests, visit Groklaw (http://www.groklaw.net/.Thanks for the link........And..... For all the poor deluded people who cannot think outside the Microsoft box... here is a roundup of current events: The world grew...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Word processors, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-03-28

Report finds Microsoft customers increasingly leery of Software Assurance

Report finds Microsoft customers increasingly leery of Software AssuranceMicrosoft trying to milk this so aggressively will hurt them in the longrun. They would be much better off cutting prices right now, or the prices will be in a free-fall later.The other problem is that MS needs to drastically reduce the...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., small business, Software Assurance, software

Discussion threads 2007-07-09

EFF stands up for online journalists' rights in Apple v. Does

EFF stands up for online journalists' rights in Apple v. DoesWhat Is a Trade Secret?Like the majority of states, California has adopted a version of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act UTSA. Enacted in 1984, the UTSA is codified under Section 3426 to 3426.11 of the California Civil Code. Statutory Definition...

Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Apple Inc., trade secret, Uniform Trade Secrets Act, economic value

Discussion threads 2006-04-21