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Shutting down your PC: Frugal fact, or financial fiction?

Shutting down your PC: Frugal fact, or financial fiction?Dave's is closerHowever 10 minutes and 5 minutes are a bit of an exaggeration unless you are using 5+ year old equipment. Which most workers do not. The actual number of minutes is probably half that, maybe less. However that still puts...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Shutting Down, Frugal fact, financial fiction, Frugal, computer, PC, financial, Dave

Discussion threads 2009-04-13

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U.S. still thumbing its nose at global warming agreements

I live in Japanand according to one discussion panel TV program here, the cost to the average household of Mr. Hatoyama's wonderful buttering-up of the alarmist regime will be around US$3,950 per household - seriously; for a theory being treated as fact I can see the real danger for my...

Tags: Taxes, global warming, tax

Discussion threads 2009-09-20

Young man yells at cloud

Nice theory, but..."Or as Mark Twain once said, ?Put all your eggs in one basket and watch that basket.?"But isn't moving to the "cloud" putting all your eggs all in one basket...and that all you can do is watch...because you have NO control over it.And how about when your "cloud"...

Tags: Desktops, Thin clients, SECURITY, Young Man

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

JEFF BEZOS IS WATCHING YOU

Amazon's removal of George Orwell ebooks from every Kindle with a paid entitlement is not only ironic in context but has frightening ramifications in terms of privacy and content ownership. Without warning or any sort of advance notification on Friday, Amazon...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Kindle, E-books, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-18

Top 7 reasons people quit Linux? How about 7 reasons to try it

Top 7 reasons people quit Linux? How about 7 reasons to try itWhy do you think people should try Linux?Leave your suggestions here, in TalkBack.Why I think people should try Linux1. It's free.2. You might like it.If it works out, then great. If not, there are plenty of other operating...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Yes Linux, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-05-05

Google on the defensive as book deal starts to come apart

Google on the defensive as book deal starts to come apartall books should be free in electronic formCan't the publishers see the tidal FOSS wipping out proprietary software?They don't realize that there is an analogy between copyrighted books and proprietary software that points to their demise.It's already happening with the...

Tags: INTERNET, Google Just, Google Inc., book deal

Discussion threads 2009-04-29

News to know: StumbleUpon; Facebook Apps; Satyam; Steve Jobs

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. Larry Dignan: eBay starts undoing bad acquisitions: Sets StumbleUpon free Andrew Nusca: Top Facebook applications see 25% drop in...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Satyam, Apple Inc., StumbleUpon, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, 3G, Hardware, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-04-14

Shutting down your PC: Frugal fact, or financial fiction?

There's a great post over at BNET, ZDNet's business-minded sister site, questioning the benefits of shutting off your computer at night. In "Guy vs. Guy: Shutting down your PC at night: Money saved or productivity lost?", tech guys Rick and Dave square off, pitting thousands of dollars...

Tags: Financial, PC, Computer, Rick, Dave, Productivity, Financial Accounting, Finance, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-13

Climate has changed around climate change. U.S. to be pushy.

Climate has changed around climate change. U.S. to be pushy.Excellent...about timeNeedless to say, the Bush regime was not only a disaster, but had their head in the sand for so many issues. From climate change to energy independence to infrastructuer to on and on...Finally, the leader of the free world...

Tags: climate change, fiction

Discussion threads 2009-01-30

News to know: Yahoo's Bartz, Genachowski, Sony's loss, Chrome for Mac

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Yahoo confirms Bartz in charge; Can she save Yahoo? Yahoo to name Bartz CEO; Now the fun begins Sam Diaz: Ya-hoooo: There's a...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Sony Corp., Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Apple Inc., Sam Diaz, Federal Government, Microsoft Windows, RSS, Desktops, Telecom & Utilities, Operating Systems, Government, Software, Internet, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-01-14

Layoffs at large software firms - Fact or Fiction?

Did SAP & Oracle cut loose staff? There have been a number of web sites reporting planned or executed layoffs at various software firms. Some of the rumored layoffs are supposed to occur at venerable firms like SAP, Oracle, Infor and others. Seeking Alpha...

Tags: Software, Layoff, Oracle Corp., Cut, Workforce Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Human Resources, Investment, Finance, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-01-13

Would you lie to get your project funded?

83% of cost/benefit analysis supporting IT proposals is a fiction I was reviewing an academic manuscript, Managing the Realization of Business Benefits from IT Investments (published in (MIS Quarterly Executive, March 2007) by Professors Joe Peppard, John Ward and Elizabeth Daniel, when a footnote really caught my...

Tags: Information Technology, Benefit, Strategy, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Capital, Capital. Wherefore art thou scarce capital?

My Kingdom for Capital Expenditure Funding The current meltdown on Wall Street is definitely having an impact on the technology sector. This week's recent earnings forecast from SAP rather convincingly showed us that the capital markets will adversely impact technology sales. Capital for...

Tags: Wall Street, Firm, Borrower, Pricing Strategy, Banking Relationship, Sales Strategy, Banking, Pricing, Sales Force Management, Roi/Tco, Sales, Financial Services, Marketing, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Don't bet big on green

Don't bet big on greenYou point out that the IQ normal curve skews left?I know the problem well - I don't know of a good answer. Sorry.Oil is being developedBrazil's large offshore deposits and Kazakhstan's already proven, and old, reserves of both oil and gas.I agreeFor one...

Tags: Free trade, NPV

Discussion threads 2008-09-11

Replacing wire with laser, Sun tries to speed up data

Replacing wire with laser, Sun tries to speed up dataQuestionSun has received $44 million from the Pentagon and has partners.(Quoting:Sun's partners on the project are Stanford and the University of California, San Diego, and two silicon photonics firms, Luxtera and Kotura.)Has Sun had to sacrifice any eventual profit in return...

Tags: Business structures, Sun Microsystems Inc., partnership, laser

Discussion threads 2008-03-25

Good mobs vs. bad mobs

It reads like science fiction, but it asks a key cyberpunk' question. (Sorry, the movie's still not out.) The answer will determine the future course for both open source and the Internet. Can smart mobs of "good guys" beat smart mobs of "bad guys?" As...

Tags: ScanSafe, Mob, Web Site Development, Rootkits, Web Technology, Linux, Channel Management, Security, Open Source, Internet, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-21

NSA cooperation: OK for e-mail, IM companies?

NSA cooperation: OK for e-mail, IM companies?This whole mess tells me that...Some really, REALLY bad stuff is about to be uncovered.Not good. Government uses paranoia to expand power.If the bill had included the clause, "provided that the parties involved in wiretapping was approved by a FISA court", I would agree...

Tags: Instant messaging, Vertical industries, Federal government, IM company, NSA, government, IM, e-mail, Rockefeller

Discussion threads 2007-10-22

ROI is so Business 1.0: not

As social computing technologies start to make their presence felt in larger enterprises, the ROI question looms large in people's minds. Or rather the CFOs mind. Like it or not, any enterprise project is going to require a check cutting and unless it is something that goes under the departmental...

Tags: Conversation, Social Computing, ROI, Sales, Assumption, CFO, Forrester Research Inc., Roi/Tco, Social Networking, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2007-10-01

Separating fact from fiction on digital copyrights

Separating fact from fiction on digital copyrightsI totally agreeThat's why I pretty much flip off the MPAA and RIAA. They've been hitting us over the head for so long for [I]their rights[/I] with frivilious lawsuits, that what does it matter? We have fair rights, but with this bought and paid...

Tags: copyright law, immigrant

Discussion threads 2007-08-27

AT&T, Apple differ on the iPhone gap

AT&T, Apple differ on the iPhone gapWhat does it matter!?!The news across the board is fantastic for Apple. Mac sales, iPod sales and yes iPhone sales what is it close ot a million over what a few weeks now? Margine "UP" how many PC manufacturers can claim that?...

Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Digital media, Digital music, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, sales, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-07-26