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- U.S. unemployment rate highest in 26 years, at 10.2%
- Misinterpreted numbers..."In October, the number of unemployed persons increased by 558,000 to 15.7 million."That's not 190,000. The 190,000 is non-farm payroll decrease, which doesn't include farm workers or self-employed persons who have hung it up.Maybe we need a NEW "New Deal?"Remember the 3 R's of Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal?"...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Personal finance, FDR, Common-sense, unemployment rate, New Deal, Obama, Reagan
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- 7 Days of Windows 7 offers
- really funnyhhahhaa............Great for US...... Horrible for the rest of the world,in Brazil I had to dig up, and dig up more, for me to get to see what was supposed to be the price of windows 7 here. Got redirected 3 times to the "windows store" in UK! and a...
- Tags: Piracy, Microsoft Windows 7, income, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Absolute Time Corrector 7.5 (Windows)
- Absolute Time Corrector is a Windows 9X/NT/2000/XP/2003 program, designed to provide the exact time to local and network computers based on the time standard set forth by the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST. Absolute Time Corrector queries NIST timeservers using the Internet and then compares NIST time to...
- Tags: Server, Microsoft Windows, NIST, Computer, Flexiblesoft, Productivity, Networking
- Software downloads 2009-10-18
- Linux-Windows gap to remain for five years
- The Linux desktop experience is now closer to the Windows environment than before, but the gap in mainstream adoption for the open source OS will not close anytime soon, says an industry analyst. The Linux desktop experience is now closer to the Windows environment than before, but the gap...
- Tags: Linux Desktop, GUI, Linux Desktop Experience, Linux, Open Source, Desktops, Operating Systems, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Windows, desktop, Victoria Ho ZDNet Asia
- News items 2009-10-14
- Windows 7: Upgrades; Microsoft marketing and Apple envy [video]
- when ed mentions the price disparity at the end...Sumi should have had the last line,"You get what you pay for."microsoft shillit is so aparent that ed is a paid for microsoft shill, he doesn't even have the will or urge to hide it. he pretty much quotes what is written...
- Tags: Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, PRODUCTIVITY, iLife software suite, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., PC, Apple Macintosh, computer, software, Microsoft Corp., video, marketing
- Discussion threads 2009-09-28
- Report: Windows 7 to sell in U.K. for half U.S. price
- Full versions of Windows 7 Home Premium will cost half as much for British consumers as it will for their American counterparts, CNET UK reports today. Full, not upgrade, versions of Windows 7 Home Premium will cost around £65, or approximately $108. Meanwhile,...
- Tags: Pricing Strategy, Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, CNET UK, Microsoft Windows 7, Pricing, Microsoft Windows, Marketing Research, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-08-19
- Windows 7 to sell in UK for half the US price
- Summer exchangeHow about I send my daughter for her summer student exchange to you guys in the USA loaded up with Windows 7 DVDs ... and you send your child with new PC and ADOBE software purchased on that side of the pond?We'll split the difference in cash.You can keep...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-08-18
- Thwarted by technology
- I have a devicethat is still using a serial connection! I finally found a quality serial to USB converter... but I am waiting for it to get here before I pass verdict on it's reliability.Still have two applications that are Windows only... makes it difficult since I have to maintain...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Media players, Microsoft Windows, DVD, DVD player
- Discussion threads 2009-08-11
- Is crowdsourcing a better choice for grading?
- Today, tomorrow and self interestWith peer reviews, the problem is that the reviewers won't dare to criticize strongly. Or even at all...Their self interest is at stake: today they are the reviewers, but tomorrow their work will be reviewed by the same person whose work they are reviewing now. In...
- Tags: Business ethics, fact statement, world view, crowdsourcing
- Discussion threads 2009-08-07
- $1.9m verdict is unconstitutional, Thomas-Rasset says
- While an appeal is likely in the cards, the motion Jammie Thomas-Rasset's lawyers filed today was a request for new trial PDF or for the judge to alter the jury's "shocking" $1.9 million award. Thomas-Rasset's lawyers argued that (1) the jury's verdict of $80,000 per infringed...
- Tags: Lawyer, Jury, Jammie Thomas-Rasset, MediaSentry, Remittitur, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- Robo-furniture eats household pests
- Robotic furniture that eat vermin, like mice and flies, are a part of a design project at the Royal College of Art, London. Designer James Auger is exploring a new breed of domestic robots that he says can sit comfortably at an intersection of products and...
- Tags: Robo-furniture, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Chris Jablonski
- Blog posts 2009-06-27
- Guest Post: Steve Wylie on The Enterprise 2.0 Conference
- I'm heading over to the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston on June 22. If you're interested in the social customer and how businesses should respond to them - and how workplace performance can be improved - this is the one conference you shouldn't miss all year. I mean that. Go. ...
- Tags: Information Technology, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Mac prices: Bargains to some, still too high for others
- Mac prices: Bargains to some, still too high for othersPrices went back to normalIt looks to me that apple just reset their prices to what they were a little over a year ago... aka, still too pricy... they may be a hundred dollars cheaper here or there, but the 17"...
- Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, OS X., PC, hardware
- Discussion threads 2009-06-09
- UK retailer pulls Linux netbooks from stores
- UK retailer pulls Linux netbooks from stores UK retailer pulls Linux netbooks from stores LOL!! And linux gets another punch square in the face! How much more abuse can linux take before it just throws in the towel and admits defeat? Lets look at the facts here, linux...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, OPEN SOURCE, Linux supporter, Linux, netbook, retail company
- Discussion threads 2009-06-03
- Intel delays Core i5 launch
- Intel delays Core i5 launchThe disparity between AMD...and Intel processors is greater than I can ever remember. It's hard to believe AMD's best offering compares to Intel's lowest offerings. Your take on the i5's holdback is probably right on.What in the way of architecture besides multi threading is giving Intel...
- Tags: Processors, Semiconductors, Phenom II 955, Intel i7, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-05-26
- Altec Lansing BackBeat Classic UHP106 headphones
- Altec Lansing is a long-standing competitor in the iPod speaker market, so it makes sense that the company now produces a variety of headphones, as well. It currently makes three sets of BackBeat earphones: the Titanium 326, the Plus 206, and the Classic 106. About $10 separates each in price,...
- Tags: headphone, Altec Lansing
- Product reviews 2009-04-17
- Falcon Northwest FragBox 2 (Intel Core i7)
- When we last left the FragBox 2, Falcon Northwest swore up and down that its small-form-factor gaming PC wouldn't use Intel's Core i7 chips due to a lack of compatible, appropriately sized motherboards. Based on this new, $3,261 version of the FragBox 2, which does indeed come equipped with a...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, FragBox 2, Falcon Northwest, Intel Core Microarchitecture
- Product reviews 2009-04-03
- The difficulties of being virtual
- The difficulties of being virtualVirtual OfficeDesktop virtualization software such as ThinServer allow mobile workforce to work anywhere as long as there is an internet connection and also take care of the security issuehttp://www.aikotech.com/thinserver.htmControl IssueIt's as plain as the day is long that Virtual has many real direct and indirect benefits.IBM...
- Tags: Telecommuting, Development tools, Recruitment & Selection, desktop virtualization, Desktops, programmer
- Discussion threads 2009-01-05
- The many-core performance wall
- Many-core chips are the great hope for more performance but Sandia National Lab simulations show they are about to hit a memory wall. How bad is it? Some background Memory bandwidth is the limiting performance factor in CPUs. If you can't feed the beast it stops...
- Tags: DRAM, Performance, Memory Bandwidth, Microprocessor, Chip, Wall, Sandia National Lab, Memory Wall, Performance Management, Semiconductors, Processors, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Components, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-12-11
- Intel: We're on track for 32 nanometer manufacturing
- Intel: We're on track for 32 nanometer manufacturingWhen does AMD file a monopoly suitagaisnt Intel for out performing them in R&D?RIP AMD... :( ntntRE: Intel: We're on track for 32 nanometer manufacturingFirst problem I see, the price! How much to upgrade a system that is already functioning at an acceptable...
- Tags: intel, Intel Corp., manufacturing, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-10
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