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How I'd spend the Title I stimulus money

How I'd spend the Title I stimulus moneyGreat Idea!Buy a bunch of products made in China so that you can send the bulk of that money oversees. The kids will have a better education but unfortunately there will be no jobs for them other building roads for all the...

Tags: financial incentive, furnace, education

Discussion threads 2009-02-12

Endlessly extending copyright

The European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, Charlie McCreevy, recently declared that copyright for performers be extended from 50 to 95 years. This was proposed, according McCreevy, to remedy a fundamental unfairness, wherein the composer the author of a song has rights that extend 70 years after his death, whereas...

Tags: Incentive, Financial, Property, Pension, Financial Incentive, Intellectual Property, Benefits, Sales Force Management, Research & Development, Business Operations, Human Resources, Sales, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-02-15

No coding for young men

No coding for young menPerhaps enrollments are downbecause people realize that the degree is pretty much irrelevant in the field. I know top programmers making over 100k a year who never attended college.Outsourcing and massive layoffs as a wayto manage a businesses revenue are a couple of good reasons. When...

Tags: young men, financial incentive, software product, financial, job

Discussion threads 2008-01-14

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Are the Microsoft layoffs over now?

I hope soI hate seeing "SoandSo killing X amount of jobs" in the news =/Ballmer should be the first to get laid offHis reklessness to ignore the FOSS and cling to the proprietary model drove M$ into the ground.Q1 revenues of $13Bn generating $3.5Bn in net profit ...... would tend...

Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, accounting, Creative accounting, Microsoft Corp., layoff

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Behind the GOP revolt on health care

ZDNET is not a LIBERAL soap box...Treat it like the TECH blog its supposed to be.You want to talk the merits of tech in medicine - I'm there.If you just use your position as a writer to spout your liberal views, you're doing the site a disservice.that's FUDThere is no...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Blogging, NOW IT, Dems, GOP, tax, health care, blog

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Net Neutrality vs. "do no evil"

6 of onehalf dozen of another. Like all extremists you paint a nice picture from one perspective. All these internet companies are so innocent and all they want is a fair shake . . . yeah right. In order to maximize profits, they purposely underbuilt their networks. They advertize high...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Regulations, regulation, Videotron, network, Internet Service Provider, Net Neutrality, Bush

Discussion threads 2009-10-03

If open source were a monopoly

As always thoughtful, Dana. But there's a related problem..Open Source projects are notoriously bad a promoting the unpopular decisions. As such you can see open source as a form of populism.If someone wants to do a clean break - the sort of break which move technology forward - you will...

Tags: Open Source Project, open source, fork, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Intel: 32nm is just the beginning

Intel hasn't released its 32nm Westmere processors yet, but executives spent the first day of the Intel Developer Forum IDF talking about technology even farther down road. In his keynote, executive VP Sean Maloney gave a glimpse of a desktop running Sandy Bridge, the new microarchitecture that comes after Westmere,...

Tags: Graphics, Intel Corp., Chip, GPU, Westmere, Sandy Bridge, Process Technology, Larrabee, Semiconductors, Processors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-09-23

More electronics salespeople recommend Samsung, not Sony LCD HDTVs

Why Samsung?Inquiring minds want to know.Is it just because Sammy makes Sony's panels?RE: Why Samsung?Good question. MAYBE - Samsung reaches out to them more? Just speculating, but when I did retail computer sales (15+ years ago) we had vendors reps that were in the store all the time. They did...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Sales force management, Salesmen, Sony Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., electronics salespeople, Sony LCD, Sony LCD HDTV, HDTV, electronics

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

The ultimate guide to scareware protection

Throughout the last two years, scareware fake security software, quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the aggressive advertising practices applied by the cybercrime gangs, thousands of users fall victim to the scam on a daily...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, Search Engine, Antivirus, Malware, Social Engineering, Security Software, Search, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-13

Microsoft to start charging small businesses for domain-name renewals

I would immediately transfer...all domains to godaddy. However, MS is charging a fair price. RE: Microsoft to start charging small businesses for domain-name renewalsDomain renewal charges probably are due to last quarter's financial results.--rjStill a Good DealIt's too bad that Microsoft has started charging for the service. I agree,...

Tags: Financial services, Microsoft Corp., small business

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

Microsoft: European XP and Vista users to get the ballot screen, too

Microsoft: European XP and Vista users to get the ballot screen, tooWhy is MS doing this??Why are they backing down? MS did exactly what Opera asked for and wanted:"Opera requests the Commission to implement two remedies to Microsoft?s abusive actions. First, it requests the Commission to obligate Microsoft to...

Tags: computer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Windows Vista, Opera Software ASA, operating system, Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-07-27

Google announces AdSense for Mobile Apps

Here they come: Google ads are headed for smartphones. Google has announced the beta of Adsense for Mobile Applications, a program that will give advertisers a new way to reach potential customers while they're on-the-go and an opportunity for developers to earn revenue...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Mobile, Google AdSense, Beta, Mobile Application, Mobile Applications, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Genachowski sails through FCC confirmation hearings

Genachowski sails through FCC confirmation hearingsFree Speach = Republican Dominance???You say that removing the imposition of ideological quotas repealing the Fairness Doctrine was, "a key foundation of the Republican dominance over the past 25 years." So free speech is what caused the supposed Republican dominance???? If you believe...

Tags: Federal government, Insurance, DTV Transition, Genachowski, confirmation hearing, FCC

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

IRS eyes taxing your work mobile phone

IRS eyes taxing your work mobile phoneIRSMore money to spread around.. GREAT WORK IRS..Another fine example of no new taxes for people under $250,000. YEA, what I thought and can you say " I TOLD YOU SO"..You asked for it you got it...In the UKHMRC do consider a work provided...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Tax Code, tax, Internal Revenue Service, phone, mobile phone, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-06-12

Allowing users to 'vote' for browsers could be Microsoft's worst nightmare

Allowing users to 'vote' for browsers could be Microsoft's worst nightmareUsers are already able to choose a browser based on features/functionality.[i]I?d say Microsoft could be in some serious trouble if users really are allowed to choose browsers based on features and functionality.[/i]Your blog makes it sound as if they are...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

How IT can help save the global financial system

The ongoing global economic downturn, or "Great Recession" as it has been billed, exposed weaknesses in the U.S. financial system and the widespread interdependence of global financial markets. But what about the weaknesses in the information technology infrastructure that makes the global financial system what it is...

Tags: Financial, Information Technology, Data, Financial System, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Finance, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-26

7 (nasty) truths about IT spending

7 nasty truths about IT spendingWisht that I could work....For an over funded IT department. Or even have a project that is anywhere near properly funded. Where do these slices of heaven exist?agreedIt does seem simplistic to simply kill a project because it hit a threshold. If an unexpected data...

Tags: Strategy, Financial accounting, information technology, IT-spending

Discussion threads 2009-04-14

Gift card scammers soliciting iPhone devs

Last month I reported that Chinese crackers have broken the iTunes gift card algorithm and are selling gift card for 1.3 cents on the dollar. Not content with the low rate of returns and poor sales from the phony gift card they've have hatched an even more...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Developer, Gift Card, Apple iTunes, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-04-08

Betting on the future: T2 vs. Nehalem

Betting on the future: T2 vs. Nehalem"...but losing everything is like the sun going down on me...Ahhh what a great song...Ok Rudy.Sure IBM can't compete with Sun what with their stock about $100 more per share.My advise is DON'T WAIT! SGI and Sun took a beating from Linux because they...

Tags: Network technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Nehalem, T2

Discussion threads 2009-04-04