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SHORT QUOTE: SAP is "liquid concrete"

SHORT QUOTE: SAP is "liquid concrete"SAP and SMEThere's an interesting article about SAP this week in the German magazine Spiegel.The deputy CEO of SAP, who can speak several languages fluently, states in it that he is now having to learn the language of the "Mittelstand" medium sized businesses.One imagines him...

Tags: SAP AG, German magazine Spiegel

Discussion threads 2007-09-14

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Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'

Higher return rates for Linux-based netbooks don't necessarily reflect badly on the open-source operating system, according to Ubuntu backer Canonical. The return rate on Linux-powered netbooks may be higher than that for Windows netbooks, but this isn't necessarily a bad thing for Linux, according to Canonical. ...

Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Software, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, netbook, Windows XP, MSI Wind, Asus Eeee

News items 2008-10-10

Facebook: Revenue plan by 2011; Growth is key for now.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he's more focused on growing the social networking site than he is in finding a way to monetize it - at least for now. In a Q&A interview with German blog Netzökonom, Zuckerberg has basically given himself and the company three years to come up...

Tags: Revenue, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Social Networking, Operational Accounting, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-09

What's a Little Money Between Friends?

Gaming Incentive Systems Joel Spolsky (www.inc.com/keyword/spolsky) wrote a nice piece in the October 2008 issue of Inc. magazine. The article, Sins of Commissions, provides a cautionary tale to executives who are contemplating the addition of or changes to sales incentives in their workforce. ...

Tags: Incentive, Commission, Joe, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-10-09

How much would an $800 Apple laptop hurt Microsoft?

How much would an $800 Apple laptop hurt Microsoft?RE: How much would an $800 Apple laptop hurt Microsoft?apple make an 800 dollar laptop.... dont think so...maybe an 800 dollar netbook... that seems more in line with apple raping its customers...Maybe, maybe not.I know, it's a weak answer, but it really...

Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, Apple Laptop, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

$236m judgment against spammer couple

$236m judgment against spammer coupleSadly, it's pointlessSadly, in reality such a judgment is pointless.Let them pay it in jail time$236m is a fair bill to run up. I say let them paying it back in jail time.Let's even be generous and say 1 day in jail will reduce the bill...

Tags: Spam, Email Ads, e-mail, spammer, advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

PowerArchiver 2009 German (exe)

This is the German language version of PowerArchiver, an award-winning archive utility that provides support for most compressed and encoded files, as well as access to many features and tools. PowerArchiver natively supports ZIP, 7-Zip, CAB, LHA LZH, TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, BH, RAR, ARJ, ARC, ACE, ZOO, GZ, BZIP2, XXE,...

Tags: Disc, 7-zip, ConeXware, PowerArchiver 2009

Software downloads 2008-10-08

2009 Mazda CX-7 Grand Touring

Photo gallery:Mazda CX-7 Grand TouringEarlier this year, we tested a Mazda's CX-9. So when we heard that we were getting a CX-7 Grand Touring in the CNET garage, we braced for more of the same, only smaller. The tiny Mazda crossover didn't disappoint; the CX-7 has a lot in common...

Tags: Mazda CX-7, Mazda Motor Corp.

Product reviews 2008-10-07

Asset smart? AMD moves manufacturing off its balance sheet; Bolsters capital

Asset smart? AMD moves manufacturing off its balance sheet; Bolsters capitalRE: Asset smart? AMD moves manufacturing off its balance sheet; Bolsters caI think it's quite smart personally.foolishJust another CEO desperate to save his bonus. Once you carve up the company, quality goes downhill. The chips will suffer. AMD will be...

Tags: Balance sheets, Asset management, Semiconductors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Asset Smart, manufacturing, balance sheet, chip, asset

Discussion threads 2008-10-07

Image Tracking System (msi)

The Image Tracking System has been designed for magazine and book publishers who purchase images to be used in their publicaitons. The application suite tracks these purchased images throughout their lifecycle within the publishers organisation, ensuring that at any time, all the images can be accounted for. The Image Tracking...

Tags: Agent, Image, Data Byte Software, Image Tracking System, Client Application, Real Estate, Business Operations

Software downloads 2008-10-07

Mobile Edge The Element - notebook carrying case

Mobile Edge has long been a trendsetter when it comes to women's laptop bags; the company was one of the first to concentrate on incorporating serious functions in a fashionable case. The Element briefcase continues the tradition, wrapping a number of thoughtful organizational touches--as well as solid laptop protection--into a...

Tags: Notebooks, notebook, laptop computer, Mobile Edge, strap, mobile

Product reviews 2008-10-06

The viral theory of cancer

It was hard for public health officials to get their arms around the idea that a virus could cause a cancer. Some still don't. But this is the message in this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine, which went to the Frenchmen who found HIV and the German who found HPV,...

Tags: Theory, Cancer, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Two Europeans indicted for US cyberattacks

The indictments are part of the FBI's Operation Cyberslam, said to be the US's first successful investigation into a large-scale, commercially motivated denial-of-service attack Two Europeans, one of whom is English, have been indicted by a US federal grand jury in connection with a 2003 distributed denial-of-service attack that...

Tags: FBI, Cyberattack, Distributed Denial Of Service, Attack, Operation Cyberslam, Gembe, Federal Government, Government, security, botnet, cybercrime, DOS, attacks, Matthew Broersma, ZDNet.co.uk

News items 2008-10-06

Book2 English - Spanish (zip)

book2 is free and contains 100 lessons that provide beginners with the basic vocabulary. With no prior knowledge of Spanish you will soon learn to fluently speak short sentences in real-world situations. The book2 method successfully combines audio and text for effective language learning. book2 corresponds to the Common European...

Tags: School, Knowledge, Language, Goethe-Verlag, Book2, Strategy, Management

Software downloads 2008-10-06

Book2 English - French (zip)

Book2 is free and contains 100 lessons that provide beginners with the basic vocabulary. With no prior knowledge of French you will soon learn to fluently speak short sentences in real-world situations. The book2 method successfully combines audio and text for effective language learning. book2 corresponds to the Common European...

Tags: School, Knowledge, Language, Goethe-Verlag, Book2, Strategy, Management

Software downloads 2008-10-06

Book2 English - Russian (zip)

Learn Russian quickly and easily with 100 downloadable audio (mp3) files! book2 is free and contains 100 lessons that provide beginners with the basic vocabulary. With no prior knowledge of Russian you will soon learn to fluently speak short sentences in real-world situations. The book2 method (www.book2.de) successfully combines audio...

Tags: School, Audio, Language, Goethe-Verlag, Book2, Strategy, Management

Software downloads 2008-10-06

Book2 English - Dutch (zip)

Book2 is free and contains 100 lessons that provide beginners with the basic vocabulary. With no prior knowledge of Dutch you will soon learn to fluently speak short sentences in real-world situations. The book2 method successfully combines audio and text for effective language learning. book2 corresponds to the Common European...

Tags: School, Knowledge, Language, Goethe-Verlag, Book2, Strategy, Management

Software downloads 2008-10-06

Intelliremote (zip)

Intelliremote is a software program that gives you complete remote control of your Home Theater PC infrared, or radio frequency remote and unlocks its true potential. HTPC makers have an excellent idea bundling an IR or RF remote control with their product...it's just too bad the software included doesn't do...

Tags: Remote Control, Remote, Melloware, Intelliremote, Home Entertainment, Tv & Home Theater, Tools & Techniques, Desktops, Personal Technology, Management, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-10-06

ProTee Play 2009 Demo (zip)

Play on over 70 beautifully designed 3D golf courses. Configure full weather conditions, pick your character, fill your golf bag with your favorite clubs and set your tee time. Watch time fly while playing the best golf courses in world with zero load time between holes. Choose from several game...

Tags: ProTee United BV, ProTee Sensor System, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-10-06

And the calculator saga continues

I spent the afternoon at a local orchard with my wife and my youngest son. The other kids were buried in homework and/or video games, but it's apple season here in New England, so off the three of us went on a beautiful fall day. The orchard was...

Tags: Ice Cream, Games, Taxes, Corporate Communications, Free Trade, Construction, Personal Technology, Financial Planning, Finance, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-05