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- Howard's happy: Sirius-XM merger (finally) approved; Now the work really begins
- The government regulatory debacle known as the Sirius-XM merger has officially ended as the Federal Communications Commission approved the deal after 17 months of deliberation and lobbying from the National Association of Broadcasters. According to the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal the FCC approved the deal...
- Tags: Merger, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Radio, Sirius, Howard, Satellite Radio, Digital Music, Advertising & Promotion, Federal Government, Mergers & Acquisitions, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Government, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-26
- Foxconn snubs Linux users
- Foxconn snubs Linux usersWho needs Foxconn anyway.There are plenty of good MB makers that do support Linux.It's a good idea to look at hardware compatibility at the distro's website anyway. I use Asus. But I have had to update the BIOS on every Asus MB I've bought to get...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Foxconn, Linux, BIOS, ASUS, operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-07-25
- What paper trail?
- I've been carting around my latest sheaf of press releases about the green-ness of electronic document technology for weeks now. Yes, as I've blogged before, I am still one of those people who can't help printing out certain emails in order to act on them. Yes, it's bad, I know....
- Tags: Xerox Corp., Paper Trail, Survey, Printers, Data Centers, Marketing Research, Hardware, Peripherals, Storage, Data Management, Marketing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Talent development
- Earlier this week I attended Fortune magazine's Brainstorm Tech conference which "aims to sharpen the thinking of the very well heeled attendees about the escalating impact of tech-driven change for all business and global society". There was a terrific menu of topics on offer:...
- Tags: Talent, Collaboration, CEO, HCL, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Britain moves against illegal file sharing
- Britain moves against illegal file sharingWould like to know how they will determine this.I think they are going to have significant problems with this.Briton can do what they want, the people there seem to be unwilling to stop their government from making so many laws they are in "freedom chains"....I...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Internet service providers (ISPs), INTERNET, file-sharing, File Sharing Program
- Discussion threads 2008-07-25
- Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarity
- Microsoft may need an IBM moment of clarityBingo! ntnt"insanely profitable"Yes, IBM retained those parts of its business in which it was possible to obtain a huge markup and not worry as much about performance compared to alternatives.Microsoft already has part of that approach, as witness the markup on software. ...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-25
- Scrabble-Scrabulous standoff spells L-A-W-S-U-I-T
- Scrabble-Scrabulous standoff spells L-A-W-S-U-I-TWHAT???So they let the app slide for two years until they launch their own competing version that proves to be a fraction as popular, THEN they go after these guys cuz their own app can't cut it?I call bullspit!If it was a rights infringement, they should have...
- Tags: Games, Scrabble-Scrabulous, Facebook, patent, game
- Discussion threads 2008-07-25
- News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...
- Tags: Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soon
- Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soonTTLSomething I wish I'd asked during the webcast and which I can't quite get my head around:It was said that setting a long TTL doesn't help because of the way delegation works - has to...
- Tags: Domain names, DNS server, TTL, server, Kaminsky
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Government, markets and regulation
- Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...
- Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Government, markets and regulation
- Problems in the housing market in the United States provide some interesting lessons about government regulation in general, lessons that have equal applicability to the intersection between Information Technology and government. by John Carroll
- Tags: Fannie Mae, Economist, Regulation, Freddie Mac, Subsidy, Government, Vertical Industries, Mortgages, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Capital Structures, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- 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
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."
- July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...
- Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Parallels releases Parallels Server for Mac
- I almost missed Parallels' announcement of Parallels Server for Mac. I didn't speak with company representatives. All I saw was a press release. It was nearly lost in a huge pile of other mail in my inbox. Although there are several virtual machine software products that support...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Virtual Machine, Parallels Server, Parallels Management Console, Toolset, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- DTrace and the Linux bunker mentality
- DTrace and the Linux bunker mentalityBecause it is the Linux way Paul1) Take something good and copy it badly.2) Never, ever listen to anyone offering advice regarding usability [i]"Linux ain't no Fisher Price OS"[/i] etc.3) Spend more time arguing on the mailing lists, than actually developing and bug-testing.RE: DTrace and...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, DTrace, SCO Group Inc., Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- HR World SMB Payroll Solutions Comparison Guide
- Why spend hours calculating deductions, writing checks and filing tax forms when you can afford a hosted solution to take care of the hassle for you? Small businesses can now take advantage of technology to take the headaches out of payroll processing thanks to reasonable, easy-to-use solutions. ...
- Tags: Human Resources, Solution, Tippit Inc., Payroll, Small And Medium Business, HR World, Taxes, Free Trade, Payroll Solutions, Operational Accounting, Smb/Sme, Financial Planning, Finance
- White papers 2008-07-24
- COPA suffers another blow
- InformationWeek is reporting on the latest blow to the Child Online Protection Act, or COPA. COPA imposes heavy fines on libraries and schools among other institutions that fail to prevent children from "content harmful to minors." If you're asking just what constitutes "harmful to minors", so...
- Tags: Child Online Protection Act, Minor, Regulations, Government, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Managing growth - a followup to yesterday's guest blog
- Yesterday, Dean Cycon of Dean's Beans wrote a guest blog for this column on "Starbucks' Dirty Little Secret". The blog is worthy of some followup, as well as some additional information that Dean shared with me about their corporate philosophy. Growth is good for a company,...
- Tags: Trader, Blog, Dean Cycon, X2 Development Corp., Strategy, Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Microsoft splits its Platforms
- Microsoft splits its Platformsjohnson leavingFirst of all, this is good news. It's not like he as done a good job running this companies marketing and online business. This is good news. Microsoft is making changes and its for the better. For all your naysayers who like to...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Microsoft Corp., Johnson, rep, Juniper Networks Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
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