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- Where to try Madoff and Satyam
- Where to try Madoff and SatyamUnreasonable 'justice', which is actually revengeWhile I have to say that what Madoff did was wrong, I also have to say that Texas is the poster boy for the 'unjust punishment of 'criminals' in this country.The fact is that many 'crimes' in Texas that have...
- Tags: Madoff, Satyam
- Discussion threads 2009-01-27
- Questioning IT
- Questioning ITSome grammarYou have quite the run-on sentence (Basically if your organization ... — skills mismatch disaster.)You also need to remove negative words like fail (Windows skills don't carry forward to Linux, mainframe skills cause Solaris to fail.), and replace them with "pleasant sounding euphamisms" like "have difficulty" or "be...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Strategy, information technology, corporate board, Enron Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-11
- The productivity paradox
- The productivity paradoxToo much persons, too little on productivityThe number of productive workers vs the number of non-productive workers is dim. For example a business that build cars, you have 5'000 workers plus 75 robots building cars but you also have 30'000 to 50'000 non productive persons such secretary, executives,...
- Tags: worker, Enron Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-01-29
- Help Microsoft come up with a cool product name
- Help Microsoft come up with a cool product nameName for cloud storage systemCumulusStratuStore?---Branding IdeaLIve.com is a really cool URL. I would drop the Windows part of the branding for all the Live.com services. So lets have live hotmail, live search etc. As well as sounding more sharp it would show...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Office, Google Inc., Enron Corp., Microsoft Corp., Cumulus, Healthy Competition, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Live
- Discussion threads 2007-08-04
- Microsoft: Expect Windows installed base to hit 1 billion by mid-2008
- Microsoft: Expect Windows installed base to hit 1 billion by mid-2008LOL..."Hire the best and brightest"with IQ bellow 50 so Gate$ position won't be in jeopardy"Continue to innovate"Read: innovate new scams to squeeze the customers.As for the wishful thinking of 1 billion installed base, he forgot to add the Linux...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, King George Bush, Microsoft Corp., Abramoff, Linux, Brightest Men, Enron Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-07-26
- Whole Foods CEO sorry for anonymous Web posts
- Whole Foods CEO sorry for anonymous Web postsBig Fish vs little autorny Minow'sMinow is just so wrong. A CEO who is also a US citizen has the right and sometimes duty to publish anonymously when that posting does not involve harassment. That is how the founders of the USA did...
- Tags: Public relations, Business ethics, Web, Whole Foods, Enron Corp., Minow, Big Fish, Minnow
- Discussion threads 2007-07-18
- Control freaks won at HP, ex-board member says
- Control freaks won at HP, ex-board member saysExamples to remember chairpersons are only that... persons.Examples to remember chairpersons are only that... persons. The board can be such a lonely and ruthless place. Your fears only help you to do silly things. And then you find others who agree with you...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Perkins, pretexting, Enron Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-02-28
- California offers former HP chairman plea deal
- California offers former HP chairman plea dealArnold's Enron SecretArnold Schwarzenegger and Patricia Dunn are connected through the Enron scandle. "This is because Dunn sat and still dose AFAIK on the board of Barkley's Global Investors - a division of Barkleys bank out of England. Barkleys Bank likely hid financial transactions...
- Tags: plea deal, Enron Corp., Arnold, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2007-01-18
- California AG considering civil suit against HP
- California AG considering civil suit against HPInteresting situationAs Bill Lockyer will have a new job in just over a month, he's a lame duck and while I'm sure it would be career civil service lawyers actually conducting the lawsuit, it will be AG-elect and ex-Gov Jerry Brown that would be...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Enron Corp., Barkleys bank, Hewlett-Packard Co., civil suit, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barkleys Global Investors, Arnold
- Discussion threads 2006-11-30
- Blockbuster: High def will slow movie downloads
- Blockbuster: High def will slow movie downloadsHigh def will be unbounded; I propose a law to make it soBlockbuster's management is stuck in the Enron bounded media fraud which was exposed prior to Lay's departure from this earth. Earth to Blockbuster - do not use cable for High def film...
- Tags: INTERNET, Litigation, Network technology, movie, High-Def, Blockbuster Inc., Enron Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-11-28
- Waking up to an HP executive's nightmare
- Former HP Chairman Patricia Dunn will "surrender to authorities" on Thursday in response to criminal charges filed by Bill Lockyer, Californias Attorney-General. Bail will be decided, and she will likely post it, freeing her to work on her defense, whatever shape that defense might take. Maybe...
- Tags: Corporate governance, Bill Lockyer, Enron Corp., ImClone, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Blog posts 2006-10-05
- Two HP employees depart amid leak probe
- Two HP employees depart amid leak probeHP Personnel Officer likely provided SSNWe haven't put a name to the HP employee who provided the last four digits of the Social Security Numbers of those whoes identity was stolen. (lets stop using the term pretexting - it is stupid and makes this...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Social Security, Corporate governance, Hewlett-Packard Co., Enron Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-09-26
- What the HP affair really says about privacy
- What the HP affair really says about privacyA big enough deal ISNT being made..How can people be saying you're making too big of a deal out of this? The problem is that a big enough deal ISN'T being made of all the laptop thefts, email leaks and security breaches that...
- Tags: SECURITY, Hewlett-Packard Co., Enron Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-09-14
- Calif. AG sees charges in HP case within a week
- Calif. AG sees charges in HP case within a weekAnd they had better charge Dunn too. She accepted the illegally obtainedprivate information and actually used it. Remember, ignorance of the law is no excuse. Playing dumb will NOT help her.Another thing here, we should have special laws to protect the...
- Tags: Business ethics, Investment, Financial accounting, almighty bottom line, Corporate America, Now IT, Hewlett-Packard Co., Patricia Dunn, Enron Corp., pretexting
- Discussion threads 2006-09-13
- Judge lets Blockbuster antitrust suit go forward
- Judge lets Blockbuster antitrust suit go forwardHey, does anyone know what the patents are?I'm just curious.Judge lets Blockbuster antitrust suit go forwardGo Blockbuser Go!NetFlix SucksWe switched from NetFlix to Blockbuster because NetFlix pentalizes heavy users of their service. They use their software to slow shipping to heavy users of new...
- Tags: TV & Home Theater, antitrust, Amazon.com Inc., Blockbuster Inc., NetFlix Inc., Reflex Communications, Enron Corp., patent
- Discussion threads 2006-08-23
- Microsoft to finally pay Californians $1.1 billion
- Microsoft to finally pay Californians $1.1 billionAll anti-trust laws must die [nt].to be honestI didn't pay too much attention to this lawsuit. Granted, I don't know much about class action lawsuits but I do not understand how just one man held it up for that long? I...
- Tags: Network technology, Microsoft Corp., Enron Corp., Blockbuster Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-07-26
- Report: Enron founder Ken Lay dead of heart attack
- Report: Enron founder Ken Lay dead of heart attackM$ trials must be sped upWe can't wait for years like we waited for Enron.The justice must be swift and harsh as long as M$ still have assets to be confiscated.Message has been deleted.Report: Enron founder Ken Lay dead of heart attackThis...
- Tags: Capital structures, Ken Lay, Enron Corp., LinuxGeek, vacation home
- Discussion threads 2006-07-05
- Senate ponders policing of Net neutrality offenses
- Senate ponders policing of Net neutrality offensesRe: Senate ponders policing of Net neutrality offenses[i]"Others on the committee questioned the need for 'preemptive' action against a problem they're not convinced exists. If the discrimination that Net neutrality advocates fear does occur, such a public outcry will develop..."[/i]On the first part of...
- Tags: Network technology, Net Neutrality, Enron Corp., CompuServe, Blockbuster Inc., U.S. Senate, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-06-14
- Blockbuster: Netflix patents are baseless
- Blockbuster: Netflix patents are baselessLive by the sword, die by the sword...the only problem with patents now, is they're also killing business who just want to make a good product or service.Where did normal competition go?Monopolies, patents, sneaking proprietary tech into standards.... This is not what I invisioned when I...
- Tags: patent, Blockbuster Inc., NetFlix Inc., Enron Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-06-14
- Enron's Lay and Skilling guilty
- Enron's Lay and Skilling guiltyGive them life without parole!These scumbags deserve life in prison without parole and to repay all customers, employees, and the full cost of conviction and incarceration.is this news IT worthy?At first glance no, but I think the editors' confidential sources just heard the rumor that...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Enron Corp., Kenneth Lay, Skilling
- Discussion threads 2006-05-25
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