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- CanSec West '08 - Pwn2Own contest rules announced
- The Pwn2Own contest rules were announced recently for CanSecWest '08 coming up next week. Unfortuantely, or fortunately (depending on how you look at it), I won't be able to join in the fun as I will be presenting at Black Hat Europe next week, although...
- Tags: Competition, Apple MacBook, Patch Management, Patches, Notebooks, Gender And Diversity, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Human Resources, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-03-18
- Can we cut Microsoft some slack here?
- Larry Dignan nicely summarizes today's news from Microsoft: Here are the four points beaten to death today in the tech press: Ensuring open connections; Promoting data portability; Enhancing support for industry standards; Fostering more open engagement with customers and...
- Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Competition, Microsoft Corp., Steve, Public Relations, Regulations, Open Source, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Government, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-02-21
- Live: Steve Jobs keynote at Macworld 2008
- Bookmark this page for live, real-time coverage of the Steve Jobs keynote at Macworld Expo 2008. This page will refresh every 150 seconds once the keynote begins at 9am PST. Scroll directly to the latest update. We've also compiled a live gallery of images. 7:53 a.m.: ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Steve Jobs, Google Inc., Competition, Setup, Apple Inc., Photograph, DVD, Chip, Leopard, Library Title, HD, Steve, MacBook Air, Air, Newman, Podcasts, Keyboards, Notebooks, Digital Music, Digital Media, Internet, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-01-15
- The state of Unix (Jun 18/07)
- As most people know Linus Torvalds tore a rant out of Sun last week - here's part of what he said: Here's a cynical prediction (but backed up by past behaviour of Sun): - first off: they may be...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Competition, Sun Solaris, Ingo Molnar, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2007-12-26
- Flash H.264 support and new pricing/availability for Flash Media Server 3
- There are a couple of news announcements tonight by Adobe that are worth highlighting. They revolve around the video/media side of the Flash Player, something that Silverlight 1.0 focuses on and which has become ever more important in recent months as the explosion of rich media continues to reverberate through...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Media Server, Competition, Macromedia Flash Player, Video, Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, H.264, Announcement, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2007-12-03
- Steve Ballmer on the iPhone
- With the emergence of the iPhone, Windows Mobile has a strong competitor in the mobile market. CNET News.com's Ina Fried speaks with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer about what he thinks of the device, and how he sees other competitors in the market.
- Tags: Apple iPhone, News.com, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Marketing, Software, steve ballmer, microsoft, ina fried, windows, mobile, os, smartphone, ctia, apple, iphone, competition
- Videos 2007-10-24
- Time to make a competitive Internet a priority
- The biggest accomplishment of open source in this decade has been to restore competition to the software market. High barriers to entry were allowing Microsoft and Oracle to expand their monopolies before open source helped companies both new and old make them work for it. ...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Open Source, Competition, Monopoly, Service, Mexico, Internet, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-10-15
- CongoMan/CongoGirl (exe)
- An advanced scheduler for all sports. Automatically build competitions, quickly set dates, times and referees, then at the push of a button email out timetables and upload fixtures and results onto your Website (and more). The video tutorials will get you up and running quickly. Whether it be football or...
- Tags: Competition, Video, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Web Site Development, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Internet
- Software downloads 2007-10-15
- Microsoft needs to pay up to the European Commission
- The Luxembourg-based Court of First Instance orders Microsoft to share protocols with its competitors and to pay a $613 million fine the European Commission had required.
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft, eu, ec, european union, european commission, fines, competition, software
- Videos 2007-09-18
- X-cars may be scaring off Detroit automakers
- rnThere's going to be a public competition among energy-efficient cars. So far none of the major manufacturers has entered. Scared, perhaps?rnrnThe X Prize Foundation has announced a competition among land vehicles that get at least 100 miles per gallong of fossil fuel, or its equivalent. So far...
- Tags: Automobile Company, Competition, \r\nThere\, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-08-02
- Snowy Lunch Rush (exe)
- Snowy Lunch Rush is a casual arcade game in which the player helps Snowy win a contest to run the best restaurant in town. The competition takes place over a period of 60 days in Snowys hometown. Each day, Snowy must earn enough money to keep his restaurant open, make...
- Tags: Competition, Restaurant, Snowy Lunch Rush, Food & Beverage, Games, Manufacturing, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2006-09-25
- GolfWolf Golf Handicap & Administration (exe)
- GolfWolf Golf Handicap & Administration is a software package for a range of needs, from the casual player to an administrator who need to organize an event. Whether you want to keep records of rounds played and track your handicap or produce results and statistics for a competition our software...
- Tags: Administration, Competition, GolfWolf Golf Handicap & Administration, Tools & Techniques, Web Site Development, Workforce Management, Management, Internet, Human Resources
- Software downloads 2006-06-30
- 8BallClub Online Billiards (exe)
- Online Billiards. We offer you not only the modern 3D game with excellent graphics, realistic physics simulation and smooth controls. We want to create the real feeling of billiard competition and enable you to hold the cue in your hand. The 8BallClub is a worldwide sports competition between opponents from...
- Tags: Competition, 8BallClub, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2006-05-17
- Dring
- Dring is a French gadget for a French competition. It's a timer where you can add a task. It allows applying personal setting for a timer as well as set ring types according to your likings.
- Tags: Task, Competition, Gadget, Dring
- Software downloads 2006-05-10
- World Cup 2006 Prediction Manager (zip)
- You can play it with just some friends or your family. But you can also organize large competitions with thousands of competitors. With World Cup 2006 prediction manager you can organize and administer as many competitions as you wish. And you can invite an unlimited number of competitors to your...
- Tags: Competition, World Cup
- Software downloads 2006-03-31
- IBM WebSphere Application Server Family: Flexible Infrastructure for Today's Business World
- Today's organizations face a tough set of challenges. Markets around the world have become increasingly volatile. Competition is more intense. Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures demand revisions in business plans and the IT infrastructures that support them. And IT departments have to keep doing more-and better-with budgets and resources that are...
- Tags: IBM WebSphere, Information Technology, Application Server, Competition, Server, IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM Corp., Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Management, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Software
- White papers 2006-03-01
- Creating and Operating a Business Plan competition
- There are well over 80 business plan competitions world wide and the number of competitions continues to grow. Most competitions are organized for graduate or undergraduate students at institutions of higher education and operated by a department within that institution. The force behind the popularity of these competitions is simple...
- Tags: Entrepreneurial, Competition, University Of California, Entrepreneurship, Management
- White papers 2005-11-10
- Competitive Sourcing: Results in Action - An Initiative Update
- Competitive sourcing (also known as public-private competition) combines the best practices of organizational process re-engineering with the unique benefits of competition. When implemented reasonably and rationally, competitive sourcing results in significant cost savings, improved performance, and a better alignment of the agency's workforce to its mission. In FY 2004, agencies...
- Tags: Sourcing, Agency, White House, Competition, Purchasing & Procurement, Advertising & Promotion, Strategy, Business Operations, Marketing, Management
- White papers 2005-06-09
- Product Market competition Returns to Skill and Wage Inequality
- This paper shows that increasing product market competition can have a direct impact on the employment relationship and on wage inequality. A simple model is developed in which an increase in product market competition increases returns to skill through the effect of competition on the sensitivity of profits to cost...
- Tags: Competition, London School Of Economics, Benefits, Human Resources
- White papers 2005-05-01
- Superior Customer Relationships: Best Practices of Eastman Kodak Co., Medrad Inc, and Fidelity Investment Services
- Most organizations in a given marketplace want close customer relationships and pursue these relationships using advanced technologies, refined and aligned processes, and well-trained people. Unfortunately, competitors often wanting the same customers seek them with similar intensity and tactics. Competition affects industry profitability, and competitive advantage is the...
- Tags: Fidelity Investments, Eastman Kodak Co., APQC, Competition, Best Practice, Customer Relationship, Strategy, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Management, Marketing, Software
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