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Mortgage Prelude 2.6.4 (Windows)

While Mortgage Prelude serves as a powerful mortgage calculator that computes such items as your monthly payment, amortization schedules, interest, etc., it is so much more than a common mortgage calculator. One of its most distinguishing features is that it uses the guidelines set forth by the Federal National Mortgage...

Tags: Fannie Mae, Microsoft Windows, Loan, NorthStar Solutions, Mortgages, Finance, Capital Structures

Software downloads 2009-06-20

News to know: Fannie Mae, RIAA, IBM, Storm components

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily .  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Sam Diaz: WSJ: Dell eyeing smartphone biz Larry Dignan: Fannie Mae IT contractor indicted for planting malware; Mortgage...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Fannie Mae, Dana Blankenhorn, RIAA, Sam Diaz, IBM Corp., Smart Phones, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software

Blog posts 2009-01-30

Fannie Mae IT contractor indicted for planting malware; Mortgage giant didn

Fannie Mae IT contractor indicted for planting malware; Mortgage giant didnMust Have Been A Windows NetworkTypical boot camp MCSE mentality.RE: Fannie Mae IT contractor indicted for planting malware; Mortgage giant didnThey must implement a HR Policy that require that every employee or contractor must not have root access to their...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Strategy, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Fannie Mae, Fannie Mae IT, Fannie Mae IT contractor, information technology, malware

Discussion threads 2009-01-29

Fannie Mae IT contractor indicted for planting malware; Mortgage giant didn't revoke server privileges

A former Fannie Mae IT contractor has been indicted for planting a virus that would have nuked the mortgage agency's computers, caused millions of dollars in damages and even shut down operations. How'd this happen? The contractor was terminated, but his server privileges were not. Rajendrasinh Makwana...

Tags: Fannie Mae, Information Technology, Malware, Servers, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-01-29

Palin the reformer? In fact, a pattern of stonewalling and hiding

Palin the reformer? In fact, a pattern of stonewalling and hidingPalin Yes - Obama NoIt amazes me the the Left's knee-jerk reaction to Sarah Palin, when you have Barry Obama with his association with unrepentant terrorist William Ayers and anti-American bigot Jeremiah Wright. And never mind the fact Obama...

Tags: Obama, Sarah Palin, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

Government, markets and regulation

Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...

Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Government, markets and regulation

Problems in the housing market in the United States provide some interesting lessons about government regulation in general, lessons that have equal applicability to the intersection between Information Technology and government. by John Carroll

Tags: Fannie Mae, Economist, Regulation, Freddie Mac, Subsidy, Government, Vertical Industries, Mortgages, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Capital Structures, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Additional Resources

Now the fun starts on health reform

Tyranny wrapped up in compassionand you're a willing advocate. News flash for you. You won't get to be one of the rulers. Your life will wind up sucking just as badly as everyone else under the new system.A move to Canada is looking better and better every day. nt:-(Health Care...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, province, federal government, insurance

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Microsoft to detail planned changes in its fiscal reporting structure

won't save themNo matter how much monkey boy tries to obfuscate this criminal enterprise, it will still go down in flames.Microsoft Cooks Bookshttp://www.aaxnet.com/news/M990112.htmlMicrosoft fills the "cookie jar" in good times and dips into it in bad to create an appearance of steady growth. FTC does not approve of this accounting...

Tags: Litigation, Vertical industries, Operational accounting, Financial accounting, Financial services, government, fraud, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Reducing the Costs of Government Compliance With Business Process Automation

Government compliance regulations have significantly raised the costs of doing business in recent years. The 2008 federal takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has increased pressure for additional regulations that will further drive up costs for public companies. This paper summarizes compliance costs, describes technologies that reduce...

Tags: Cost, Business Process, Compliance, Government, Business Process Automation, EnterpriseWizard

White papers 2009-08-22

Use H-1B or L-1 workers? Prepare for a Federal audit!

About timeThere are employers who have > 50% of their workforce as foreign workers. I can't imagine all of them are doing things according to the letter of the law.RE: Use H-1B or L-1 workers? Prepare for a Federal audit!this is probably the only good thing to come...

Tags: Financial accounting, H1B, audit, Use H-1B, L-1 worker, Federal audit, L-1, H-1B

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

Should broadband connectivity be a right?

Should broadband connectivity be a right?Not at all.Yes, it is going to be a necessity but it will never be a right. In my opinion, this goes along with the whole "Is health care a right" ordeal. Neither of these are rights. They are both almost absolutely necessary but no...

Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, INTERNET, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, broadband, broadband connectivity

Discussion threads 2009-05-31

Digital storm of protests for New York Times defense of AIG bonuses

Digital storm of protests for New York Times defense of AIG bonusesI vote MORE MUCKRAKING on ZDNETCouldn't agree more ... but I think 10 years in jail rather than a million dollar bonus is a tad unfair ;-)Good news for HollywoodThe government has given itself the power to break contracts...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, American International Group Inc., AIG Bonuses, New York Times Co.

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

Sun's Schwartz: I'm not worried about the future (or Sun's relevance)

Sun's Schwartz: I'm not worried about the future (or Sun's relevance)Oh myDon't tell Murphy. He will just get even more envious of "wintel".Sun is circling the drain. Java is stalling. JavaFX is fledging. Suns hardware business takes a beating from the US economy. Suns open source products fail to...

Tags: Programming languages, .NET, Application servers, Middleware, Scripting languages, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java, Microsoft .NET, Schwartz

Discussion threads 2009-03-03

TechRepublic: 10 important categories of employment transition security

Employment transition is an often overlooked danger to company security. Make sure you pay proper attention to protecting your business from security compromises when someone leaves your company. This guest post by TechRepublic's Chad Perrin walks you through the employee termination security steps. It's quite timely...

Tags: Account, TechRepublic Inc., Employee, Policy, Employment Transition, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-06

News to know: Perfect Windows storm; Nokia; SugarCRM; Google Earth

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily .  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Paula Rooney: Firefox 3.1 beta 3 delayed again Mary Jo Foley: XP, Vista, Win 7: The brewing of a perfect storm...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., Mobile, Google Earth, SugarCRM, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Smb/Sme, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-02-03

Ex-Fannie Mae programmer says not guilty of virus

Ex-Fannie Mae programmer says not guilty of virusA new kind of h-1bScapegoat h-1b.

Tags: H-1B, Cyberthreats, Development tools, Ex-Fannie Mae programmer, Ex-Fannie Mae, virus

Discussion threads 2009-02-02

Tough times for H-1B visa holders

Tough times for H-1B visa holdersGood send them back homeGood bye and don't come back!Had to happenUsing off-shore and imports to do work on the cheap undermines the local worker. This, along with human rights and environmental issues will bring back duties and tariffs to level the playing field. We...

Tags: H-1B visa, H-1B, worker

Discussion threads 2009-01-30

Apple's Macworld saga and Jobs absence: Leadership signals and succession plans

Apple's Macworld saga and Jobs absence: Leadership signals and succession plansThis is nauseating, and not because of Jobs' healthAfter the financial meltdown that was driven primarily by greed and corruption in the financial services industry, I find it amazing that an Oppenheimer analyst would have the nerve to manipulate Apple's...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Jobs absence, succession plan, leadership, job

Discussion threads 2008-12-17

Big Three Automakers get Wall Street Fever: give us more money

Big Three Automakers get Wall Street Fever: give us more moneyThe corporate jet market is going to be saturatedEveryone's selling the company jet. Who's going to buy all of them?I wish I was in the market for a Gulfstream... :(I'm very leery of bailing them out.Just two weeks ago...

Tags: Manufacturing, Benefits, automobile company, U.S. Congress, car, Ford Motor Co.

Discussion threads 2008-12-02