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- Life insurance may prove difficult to get if you contract H1N1
- Insurance company business model:Only sell insurance to those who will not need it and hence not collect.For life insurance, they at least have a case, because it should not be possible to take out a $1M policy the day before you die of cancer.Health CARE however is supposed to be...
- Tags: Financial Planning, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Personal finance, payroll solutions, H1N1 flu, insurance, life insurance, health insurance, health care
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- 2010 BMW X5 M
- Photo gallery:BMW X5 MMost cars sporting BMW's vaunted M badge maintain a dual character: Clark Kent for everyday commutes and Superman for track days and weekend jaunts. But the all new 2010 BMW X5 M is more like Dr. Bruce Banner--it can never really hide the Hulk lying beneath the...
- Tags: BMW AG, BMW X5, car
- Product reviews 2009-11-05
- Bumbling around and failing every which way . . . lessons for success
- Vinod Khosla is one of Silicon Valley's most successful VCs. I was at the recent SDForum Visionary Awards where Mr Khosla was one of four winners of the 2009 awards. His acceptance speech was short and very good. Excellent advice for entrepreneurs. Also, he talks about failure, which...
- Tags: Silicon Valley, Vision, Vinod Khosla, Strategy, Management, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-06-28
- Wiki sues Apple over DMCA claims
- Wiki sues Apple over DMCA claimsBully for BlueWiki!!If we start bottling up what can and cannot be talked about publicly then we may as well be living in a Kafkaesque nightmare.Whilst I understand the company not wanting to have all its secure measures of retaining a customer torn away it...
- Tags: Digital media, site name, Apple Inc., DMCA, DMCA claim, Wiki
- Discussion threads 2009-04-28
- First Apple Store rumored to debut in Philadelphia
- First Apple Store rumored to debut in PhiladelphiaUse Apple's Store LocaterIf you would have checked Apple's store locater, you might have prevented a technically correct but highly misleading headline. There are already TWO Apple stores within ten miles of Philly. One in Ardmore is about 4 miles away...
- Tags: Detroit-area, Apple Inc., Apple Store
- Discussion threads 2009-01-20
- Achieving magical results in IT
- Achieving magical results in ITClient assignments, no thanksI agree that Trust and empowerment are powerful motivators, but I doubt that there will be many cases where empowerment will be on the menu while assigned to a client area. This will require a similar shift in thinking for the client, away...
- Tags: Strategy, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Is Hyper-V ready for the Windows desktop?
- Is Hyper-V ready for the Windows desktop?Is Hyper-V ready for the Windows desktop?By what the article says, it should be able to do the job. On the other hand, considering that Windows 7 is going to be based on Server '07 rather than an all-new platform, will it really be...
- Tags: Operating systems, Hyper-V, Microsoft Windows, Windows Desktop, desktop, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-17
- USAF ready for cyber offensive
- ZDNet UK has an exclusive interview with LTGEN Robert Elder Jr., who said that the Air Force Cyber Command is set to become operatational Oct. 1. Cyber Command will not just fight off "cyber" attacks from foreign countries (read "China") and terrorist groups but will go...
- Tags: Ars Technica, R&D, Adversary, Air Force, Research & Development, Government, Security, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-04-06
- A geek's trip to Capitol Hill on Network Management
- I appeared before congressional and government staffers on Capitol Hill for a panel on Network Management sponsored by iGrowthGlobal. This was my first time in Washington DC and while it was a little cold for my Californian bones, it was a beautiful city and seeing the capitol of the nation...
- Tags: BitTorrent, Broadband Internet, Cable, Comcast Corp., Corporate Communications, DOCSIS, Geek, George Ou, Internet, Japan, Marketing, Network, Network Management, Networking, P2P, Peer To Peer (P2P), Personal Technology, Presentation, Richard Bennett, Telecommunications, Video, Wireless Network
- Blog posts 2008-03-03
- Who gave SCO that $100 million lifeline?
- Rather than join in the high dudgeon over SCO getting a lifeline of up to $100 million to go private let's talk a little about the man who put the deal together. His name is Stephen L. Norris. (Picture from The Epoch Times.) Norris'...
- Tags: SCO Group Inc., SCO Litigation, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- Our most-commented on post of year: a clueless flight attendant and iPhone's aircraft mode
- Our most-commented on post of year: a clueless flight attendant and iPhone's aircraft modeSo flight attendentsneed to be able to recognize every phone out there, and know which has a 'safe' mode? Or is it just because it is the iPhone? What makes is so special?The world doesn't...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Flight Attendant, Apple iPhone, phone, headset, aircraft
- Discussion threads 2007-12-31
- AskEraser takes on Google, Yahoo and Jason Bourne
- So here we all are sharing all our latest news with everyone on MySpace and Facebook ("I just went to the loo!!!" "My baseball cap just fell off on the Golden Gate Bridge!!!") when along comes Ask.com and, appropriately, asks the question: "Hold on. Are our egos...
- Tags: Google Inc., MLB, Search Engine, Ask.com, Yahoo! Inc., Server, AskEraser, Ask, Search, Investment, Finance, Chris Matyszczyk
- Blog posts 2007-12-11
- Vista "Out of Memory" errors
- Vista "Out of Memory" errorsPratchett, Unseen University, Anthill InsideSo That's where I'd come across that termthought it sounded familiarRE: Vista++?????++ Out of Cheese Error. Redo From Start.+++ Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot +++Yay for pterry and yay for Hex.Of course you have every right ...[i]I'd expect...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, HEX, Cheese Error
- Discussion threads 2007-09-27
- CAD-CAM for nanotechnology manufacturing
- A team of U.S. researchers has used a computer aided design and manufacturing (CAD-CAM) process to guide an atomic force microscope AFM. According to them, this automated technique is 'paving the way for a nanotechnology's industrial revolution.' And their results look very promising. If they're confirmed -- and adopted by...
- Tags: Nanotechnology, Engineering &, Innovation
- Blog posts 2007-08-02
- Thanks to CIA, your cellphone could catch terrorists
- Thanks to CIA, your cellphone could catch terroristsCell phones? Not likely...This tech. will most likely be used to clean up satelite imaging from outer space, giving the feds the ability to focus on pin points instead of pin headed people.Cell phones? Not likely...This tech. will most likely be...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Pentagon, cell phone, airliner, CIA
- Discussion threads 2007-07-25
- WV senate wants out of Real ID
- There is a growing movement among the states to block the controversial federal Real ID Act , reports the (Charleston, WV) Daily Mail.Some West Virginia lawmakers are hoping that their state will be the next to stand fast against the law, which requires states to create drivers' licenses that carry...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt, Privacy
- Blog posts 2007-07-02
- A method to the iPhone madness?
- A method to the iPhone madness?Finally someone who gets it....So the iPhone is not like every other cell phone out there. This "IS" Apple remember the company that makes a habit of going it's own way..remember? Endlessly of late the nay sayers have listed what the iPhone does...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., iPling
- Discussion threads 2007-06-29
- Most Presidential candidates use open source
- Douglas Karr at the Marketing Technology Blog decided to survey the Web sites of Presidential candidates, finding out what software they were running and where they were hosted.(Why is this fellow here? All will be revealed soon, grasshopper.)Karr's methodology was not rocket science. He used Netcraft. You can do it,...
- Tags: politics, Microsoft, mass market, management, Linux Server OS, Linux, Internet, Implementations, Government, General
- Blog posts 2007-06-27
- Notes from Research and Relationships session at Supernova
- The following is heavily paraphrased....Max Kalehoff of Neilsen Buzzmetrics: 10 Major Disruptions in Measurement1. Online and digital data changes the way we collect and manage market data.2. Attention Erosion, Research Aversion: just don't bother me.3. Speed of Measurement Increases, a competitive issue4. Data is commoditized and democratized.5. Passive behavioral...
- Tags: Business &, Technology
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- Eben Moglen leaving Free Software Foundation
- Eben Moglen leaving Free Software FoundationKudos to Mr. MoglenI have had the good fortune to know the good Mr. Moglen for a number of years. He's always impressed me as careful, thoughtful and thorough in the things he's done.As the Software Freedom Law Center ramps up and his duties...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, Moglen, Stallman, Free Software Foundation, software
- Discussion threads 2007-04-25
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