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IBM lands storage deal in Ohio

IBM lands storage deal in OhioScrewed againJan. 18, 2004IBM documents show the company expects to save $168 million annually beginning in 2006 by moving several thousand high-paying programming jobs overseas. A programmer in China would cost about $12.50 an hour versus $56 for a comparable U.S. employee. Cost-cutting pressures are...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Development tools, Outsourcing, storage, Cost-cutting pressure, IBM Corp., job

Discussion threads 2004-01-19

Adaptec to expand India engineering efforts

Adaptec to expand India engineering effortsGoodbye Adaptec...I'll find another supplier...A major win, India should be proudI'm sure the Indian Prime-minister will be pleased to hear of another successful outsource win. Creating an extra 18.75 jobs a year for 4 years.Whoopy, if it wasn't for the outsourcing angle this would be...

Tags: Benefits, Outsourcing, Development tools, Cost-cutting pressure, IBM Corp., Adaptec Inc., salary, job

Discussion threads 2004-01-16

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What should we do with Tennessee and West Virginia when we're done?

I've blogged on the recent coal ash flood around a TVA power plant. No body died and a few homes got wrecked from waste after decades of cheap coal-fired electricity. So what's the big deal? Besides it was in Tennessee which is not your big media center...

Tags: Cement, Ash, Media Center PCs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-07

WebEx goes mobile on iPhone; Notes 8.5 ships on Macs

MacWorld held two important announcements for collaboration professionals, especially those interested in multidevice future: 1. Lotus announced that Notes 8.5 is shipping on Macintoshes, specifically on the new Leopard version of OS X. And its open source office productivity suite, Symphony will be available in a few...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, WebEx Communications Inc., Collaboration, Mobile, IBM Lotus Notes, Cisco Systems Inc., WebEx Meeting Center, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Ted Schadler

Blog posts 2009-01-07

HP says latest netbook is business-ready

HP's latest low-cost Mini 2140 subnotebook has a few extra features that mark it out as suitable for business use, the manufacturer has claimed. HP on Monday launched the Mini 2140, a netbook the company says is suitable for use in business. ...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., USB, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, HP, netbook, Mini 2140

News items 2009-01-07

News to know: Macworld, CES preview, Windows 7

Macworld Coverage: Photos: Jobs fill-in touts media, MacBook updates Jason D. O'Grady: Live: Philip Schiller keynote at Macworld 2009 Sam Diaz: Apple's final Macworld: Schiller delivers but announcements disappoint Apple expands DRM-free music selection [video] Apple reveals...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Digital-rights Management, Dana Blankenhorn, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Macworld, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Digital Media, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-07

An interpretation of the cloud

Not so long ago you couldn't run a reasonable size ERP on a single machine at a reasonable cost - but with today's gear you can. So why haven't we all gone back to that nice simple big machine model? I think we are - I think that's what cloud...

Tags: Wintel, Data Center, Machine, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-01-07

Apple expands DRM-free music selection

At Macworld 2009 in San Francisco, Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of marketing, announces a new music price plan and an expanded selection of digital rights management-free songs in its iTunes Store. Users will be able to strip their existing DRM-wrapped music of the controversial copy protection software, but...

Tags: Digital-rights Management, Apple Inc., Copy Protection, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Apple, iTunes

Videos 2009-01-06

How to be less stupid in 2009

The title of this post was going to be 'How to be more smart in 2009' but three things changed my mind. First up several of my Twitter followers 'voted' for the 'less stupid' title, second several posts I saw in catching up on New Year reading had me groaning...

Tags: Information Technology, Geek, Tool, Mike, Production Deployment, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-01-06

Windows 7 Should be a Fixta Free For All

Windows 7 Should be a Fixta Free For AllI agreeJason,I totally agree. I am no vista fan. However if i am a dinosaur like you ( I am in my early 30's) well so be it. Vista is a complete J.O.K.E slow,UI is hard to use etc etc. These are...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Fixta Free-For-All, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Apple rolls the dice on fixed MacBook Pro batteries

Apple rolls the dice on fixed MacBook Pro batteriesIn "theory" I don't see a problem with it.8 hours use on battery along a theoretical 5 years of use out of a mobil computer. Imagine the wear and tear after a full 5 years on a mobile device like a...

Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, battery, laptop computer, Apple Inc., MacBook Pro Batteries, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple MacBook

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Apple's final Macworld: Schiller delivers but announcements disappoint

Apple's final Macworld: Schiller delivers but announcements disappointNot worthy?"DRM-free tracks ... will expand to include all 10 million songs in the catalog" and you have to question if this is "worthy of a “One last thing…” announcement"???This is GREAT news, and it alone would have made my day! But...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Notebooks, Desktops, DRM-free music, Apple Inc., Macworld

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Live: Philip Schiller keynote at Macworld 2009

Live: Philip Schiller keynote at Macworld 2009no, actually....A) The battery is supposed to last the usual lifetime of the laptop. They are rated for 1000 charges. If it goes bad prematurely, then you would be covered by the warranty. Since the details have not been posted yet,...

Tags: Engineering, Philip Schiller, battery, Macworld 2009

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Apple's final Macworld: Schiller delivers but announcements disappoint

Moments before Apple VP Philip Schiller stepped on stage at Macworld 2009, there seemed to be a buzz of anticipation in the auditorium at Moscone West in San Francisco. How would Schiller - filling the shoes of the ailing Steve Jobs - perform in this venue? Would he make a...

Tags: Applause, Apple Inc., Announcement, Macworld, Digital Music, Digital Media, Desktops, Notebooks, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-01-06

Apple expands DRM-free music selection [video]

At Macworld 2009 in San Francisco, Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of marketing, announces a new music price plan and an expanded selection of digital rights management-free songs in its iTunes Store. Users will be able to strip their...

Tags: Digital-rights Management, Apple Inc., Video, Copy Protection, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Corporate Communications, Digital Media, Security, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Grober

Blog posts 2009-01-06

Apple iTunes goes all DRM free, with three price tiers

Apple announced today that effective immediately 8 million songs on iTunes would be DRM free, and that by the end of the quarter all 10 million songs on the popular music site would be DRM free. DRM stands for Digital Rights Management, otherwise known as copy protection. DRM-free music can...

Tags: Digital-rights Management, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-01-06

'SOA' dead as of January 1st, analyst says

'SOA' dead as of January 1st, analyst saysSOA marketingWell, to a lot of people, there is a good deal of skepticism about SOA. We've seen a lot of sales pitches, but most of those seem to be centered around selling a Consultant as opposed to any other product. SOA could...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, Companies, SOA

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Will Cisco-FSF lawsuit make it to court?

Will Cisco-FSF lawsuit make it to court?Normal litigation delayNormal practice when suit is filed is that the defendant takes at least a month to answer. Often the parties agree to allow a longer time to answer. The plaintiff's lawyers had months, possibly years to prepare. The defense lawyers...

Tags: Litigation, Cisco Systems Inc., Free Software Foundation

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

China cracks down on porn

China cracks down on pornChina cracks down on pornNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!RE: China cracks down on pornI think this is great! I only wish that the U.S. could implement mandatory porn filtering.RE: China cracks down on pornChild porn is still one of the biggest problems, much of it from the Far East. As...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Network technology, dictator

Discussion threads 2009-01-06

Will Cisco-FSF lawsuit make it to court?

It's time for Cisco to make a decision, because every day now costs the FSF money, which will raise the cost of a final settlement. Unless it wants its contribution to the economic stimulus to come in the form of legal fees. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: GPL, Lawsuit, Free Software Foundation, Cisco Systems Inc., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-01-06