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Accounting for success? Darwin meets the green eyeshade world…

Have you really looked at your options for finance & accounting lately? BPO business process outsourcing for Finance and Accounting has been going on for a time. The industry owes some part of its success to the shared services efforts of larger firms. When businesses created shared...

Tags: Software, Accounting, Firm, Darwin, F&A, F&A Executive, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-06-04

Current economy helping outsourcing and SaaS

Current economy helping outsourcing and SaaSUnlikelyThere is a report that outsourcing contracts in Europe sunk. SaaS as literally as it stands may make sense. But not for hosted solutions on open servers that any one with a bit of hacking skills can see.

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, software-as-a-service, outsourcing

Discussion threads 2008-10-20

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Second iPhone worm behaves like botnet

A second iPhone exploit has been identified by security vendor F-Secure, which claims the new worm has botnet capability and is more threatening than its predecessor. A second iPhone exploit has been identified by security vendor F-Secure, which claims the new worm has botnet capability and is more threatening...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Worm, Cyberthreats, Smart Phones, Viruses And Worms, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, security, Apple, iPhone, Vivian Yeo ZDNet Asia

News items 2009-11-23

FCC releases broadband agenda

FCC still not looking out for citizens enoughThe FCC still seems to cater to comm companies FAR more than protecting the interests of customers. The fact that they allow cell carriers to charge thousands of dollars per megabyte for text message data rates is one indication. The fact that they...

Tags: Federal government, Rural America, FCC, broadband agenda, broadband

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

GIMP dropped from default Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx installation

I use the GIMPThe user interface stinks, but the GIMP is a powerful application. I use it regularly for editing pictures. F-spot on the other hand, I don't like much. I use gThumb for organizing my photos (gThumb was F-spot's predecessor in early Ubuntu versions). gThumb also allows some simple...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, GIMP, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Carl Zeiss upgrades F-mount lenses for Nikon

Carl Zeiss recently unveiled a new line of upgraded F-mount lenses: eight ZF.2 lenses with electronic interfaces CPU inside. The lenses are built to save the photographer a lot of trouble by doing a lot of tasks automatically. The semi-pro lenses provide support for...

Tags: Nikon Corp., Photograph, Lense, Taxes, Financial Planning, Finance, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Scientific Calculator Precision 72 1.0.0.9 (Windows)

A handy, fast, reliable, precise tool if you need to perform complex mathematical calculations Scientific Calculator Precision 72 is programmed in C#. All calculations are done in proprietary data type. The calculator handles mathematical formulas of any length and complexity. Calculation history can be stored into text file or printed....

Tags: Function, Calculation, Tvalx, C#, .Net, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-18

OpenSUSE Education announces Li-f-e 11.2

Its still linux and still has the same issues and the same lacking software you would want in an education environment. But you don't care about that because your agenda is to push linux, not educate.Bow before the manLoverock Davidson is a skilled worker, he holds several M$ certifications...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Loverock Davidson, Linux, Li-f-e 11.2, Novell OpenSuse, OpenSUSE Education

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Cap and trade controversial in Australia

This is what happened:An Australian researcher who was critical of mainstream theories got censored.The new Inquisition: dare to raise your voice against the enviro-whackos and they get all angry.CEC FAILs againCEC claims: [i]"An Australian researcher who was critical of mainstream theories got censored."[/i]He wasn't censored for disagreeing with the global...

Tags: theory, CEC, global warming, Cap-and-Trade, carbon dioxide, tax

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

AT&T upgrades 3G in SF Bay Area; forgets Silicon Valley is part of region

OK, now THAT's funny!!!Apple doesn't even have 3G service for the iPhone on their OWN CAMPUS!!!!BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!Is THAT irony, or what?Now AT&T can claim that Verizon's commercialsare deceiving: the area's bigger then what Verizon shows on the "AT&T map".RE: AT&T upgrades 3G in SF Bay Area; forgets Silicon Valley is part...

Tags: AT&T Corp., SF bay area, 3G

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

YouTube/Univision deal a huge resource for teachers

Off topic: have you seen this great stuff for Ed Tech?I haven't tried it, but it looks very promising:http://lizards.opensuse.org/2009/11/17/opensuse-edu-li-f-e-creating-open-minds/Yeah...we're still blocked....NTNTCall me a Luddite,Call me a Luddite, but I don't think TV or Movies belong in the classroom.Its been a long time, but back when I was in HS any...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, YouTube/Univision, Luddite, Call-me

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

NMath Stats 3.1 (Windows)

NMath Stats contains a data table class with functions for computing descriptive statistics, such as mean, variance, standard deviation, percentile, median, quartiles, geometric mean, harmonic mean, RMS, kurtosis, skewness, and many more; PDF, CDF, inverse CDF, and random variable moments for a variety of probability distributions, including normal Gaussian, Poisson,...

Tags: Variance, CenterSpace Software, Microsoft Windows, Analysis, NMath Stats, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Security

Software downloads 2009-11-17

GOOG could lose more than Murdoch

Thanks, this was insightfulWhat if Murdoch and minions stroke a deal with a more desperate Google competitor - and blocked Google. That would be a very real threat. If users suddenly finds that Google returns fewer quality results than competitors, Google could lose search share, fast. That would strike directly...

Tags: Operational accounting, TVs, TV & Home Theater, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Memo to AT&T: When you're in a hole, stop digging

AT&T and Apple were made for each otherBoth are whiny multi-national, multi-billion $$$/year mega corporations that sell substandard products and services to customers who don't know any better. Waaaaaaaaaa!!!!You said it exactly rightquote- [b]"You see, the company thinks consumers are too dumb to know the difference between 3G and non-3G...

Tags: Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, AT&T Corp., 3G, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Office 2010 Beta 2 bits leak to the Web

Professional Plus?Good luck home users - this is the KMS version last time I looked. In other words, corporate version requiring a Key Management Server to activate... weekly?NO longer needed with Cloud infrastructureLook out Google used Linux derived success willconquer the MS Office with it solution forbusiness.Companies will save...

Tags: Office 2010 Beta 2, Microsoft Office, Office 2010, Web

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Groklaw suggests Microsoft sue, do over authentication

Are you in any way trying to legitimize patent trolling?You are well aware that what Microsoft is doing is what we all used to call patent trolling aren't you?My guess...Nothing will happen... this is just MS trying to protect UAC and runas from paten lawsuits.Besides MS would be idiot... well...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, authentication, Groklaw, patent, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Guess who else is married to paper?

Another paper perilThankfully, knock on wood, I don't get sick very often.Since I hadn't been there for years, my Clinic threw away my entire medical history.Paper is a fact of life.You have to a have a paper trail, the entire concept of goingpaperless is just silliness.I am sure with the...

Tags: patient, doctors office

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Could be a trend--million Energy Star homes

Out of work peopleWith more people out of work, I am sure thisis going to go great, since the banks are notlending money and now they need more 'free'money from the Gov.More pipe dreams of a failed government.Ok, off-topic but.... Africa - we want your Money!So, now that I have...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Toyota Motor Corp., job

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Psystar: Cocaine, car crashes and a chance to beat Apple

Monopoly Much?How has apple been able to get away with this? Microsoft gets sued for sending their browser with their operating system while not blocking anyone else's browsers on their systems. Apple does not allow anyone else to use their operating system on other hardware, not sure how...

Tags: Operating systems, car, Apple Inc., operating system, hackintosh, Psystar

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Why IT can't seem to deliver measurable productivity

Sounds like excuses to me.If it can't be shown on the bottom line, its useless.IT really needs to be aligned with business needs.From what I have heard talking with several managers, IT needs to come out out the silo and focus on delivering business needs and services. From what...

Tags: Product marketing, Strategy, IT Operations, information technology, customer service

Discussion threads 2009-11-11