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The Hatfields and McCoys of diabetes care

The Hatfields and McCoys of diabetes careI'm losing trust in ALL of these profit-oriented Pharm companies...The latest problem was with Avandia.And look at the big mess that became of the super-NSAIDS.True...."But when it comes to evaluating science, with life and death in the balance, we need good referees who don't...

Tags: referee, good referee, L/G

Discussion threads 2008-08-27

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Gartner Magic Quadrant lawsuit: Sour grapes or real gripes?

They should join the IIARMichael,Nice post, I agree with your analysis. As a bottom line, I think they should be more professional with their AR programme, maybe join the IIAR [u]http://www.analystrelations.org[/u] to benefit from best practices.See my earlier post on this:http://iiar.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/is-shooting-on-the-referee-productive/Merits of LawsuitWhile Gartner may have its own objectives, I...

Tags: Gartner Inc., IIAR, lawsuit, Sour Grapes, Gartner Magic Quadrant

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

News to know: Storm; AMD, Intel; Tech economy reels

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Josh Taylor: Verizon announces BlackBerry Storm availability, pricing Larry Dignan: AMD unveils ‘Shanghai’; Aims to better compete with Intel AMD: Does the resurrection start...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Best Buy Co. Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Shanghai, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-11-13

Arrington: 'Yahoo Almost To $10. Referee, Please Call This Fight'

As Yahoo stock dropped almost 9 percent to just $10.34, TechCrunch's Michael Arrington points to a horrific big-picture view of the company's staggering plummet to the bottom: "That means they’ve officially destroyed $31 billion in shareholder value since turning down Microsoft’s acquisition offer earlier this year. We now remember...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., MicroBook, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Dell negotiations: Street ball without the refs

Negotiating hardware deals with Dell isn't for everybody. In fact dealing with Dell can be downright difficult relative to other hardware vendors. That takeaway came from Gartner analyst Leslie Fiering's presentation at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo. In that presentation, Fiering noted that Dell's pricing isn’t transparent if you're an IT...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Negotiation, Free Trade, Pricing, Finance, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Talkback Tuesday: Cheating at UltimateBet

Talkback Tuesday: Cheating at UltimateBetWell said !As a famous starship engineer once noted " the more plumbing, the easier it is to spring a leak"Thanks for the reply, but...Hi Adam.Thank you for dedicating a whole new post to reply my drive-by one line comment.[b]Addamm O'Donel[/b] sic wrote:[i]"There is an elephant...

Tags: Web site development, Talkback Tuesday, UltimateBet

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

Webmail providers can fix Palin hack-style problems

Webmail providers can fix Palin hack-style problemsWhile I do agreeMuch can be done to improve web mail security, your point of improving knowledge mechanisms to a person's email will only work for those who have to dig for information on a person. Aren't a large portion of hacks started...

Tags: E-mail, Social Security, Palin, WebMail

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

Bid to stop Large Hadron Collider fails but EU, US suits move forward

Bid to stop Large Hadron Collider fails but EU, US suits move forwardHere's what's going to happen:Here's what's going to happen:Someone will turn on a switch and we'll learn something new. What's going to happen in the LHC happens [i]trillions[/i] upon [i]trillions[/i] of times every day. If the...

Tags: Large Hadron Collider, move forward

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Globalization's roots in the boom 90s

Globalization's roots in the boom 90sJohn,If you think the first 70 pages are good, wait until you read the next 400 or so.I would differ on one thing though. I would say that rather than the ability of the American System to self correct, it is the fact that...

Tags: globalization, boom-90s, regulation, outsourcing

Discussion threads 2008-03-21

Bob Muglia: Microsoft changing its approach to interoperability

Bob Muglia: Microsoft changing its approach to interoperabilityHey BobGood spin. No one really take your words seriously on inter-op because who you guys are, a bunch of corporate thieves. Nice colors for the presentations though!i'll show you interoperability"Martino says 'one Linux' interoperability is a key to advancing the open-source cause"computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9016294&intsrc=hm_listno...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., interoperability, Frog, Scorpion

Discussion threads 2007-05-23

Text messaging and the death of the English language

Text messaging and the death of the English languageI don't buiy it!This is no different than the arguement that spell-checkers make you lazy! From my experience, people have always been careless about thier spelling and their grammar. It's no different than it ever was.text vs morse codeMorse code...

Tags: Instant messaging, Anton, Barbarians, comma, English Language, IM, text messaging

Discussion threads 2007-04-27

Vista "bloated"? Not exactly...

Vista "bloated"? Not exactly...and Microsoft is accused of FUD...The open source community needs to get a grip on reality as do many "sensational" journalists. When Microsoft says anything against anyone especially linux then MS is the evil empire that must be destroyed at all costs.But when linux/open source advocates...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Memory, Microsoft Windows Vista, RAM, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-03-09

NBA to create huge digital archive

NBA to create huge digital archivethis is an absolutely awesome ideaKudos to the NBA for a wise move, which appears to be good for the fans too. I have every Chicago Bulls playoff and finals games on tape, when Michael J ruled the NBA. But I'd really love to watch...

Tags: Games, TVs, NBA, Silicon Graphics Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-12-10

AMD scores huge 7-round TKO over Intel in dual-core benchmarks

AMD scores huge 7-round TKO over Intel in dual-core benchmarksAMD Rocks!Clearly, this is a company who saw an opportunity, took it and is profiting from innovation and excellent engineering.focus on tech, not marketing, yields good resultsI have been using AMD as my preferred CPU in home systems for years now,...

Tags: Performance management, Processors, 64-bit, Recruitment & Selection, Network technology, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Sony Corp., dual-core, performance, AMD Turion

Discussion threads 2005-12-02

Linux backers foresee desktop gains

Linux backers foresee desktop gainsThose Spaniards..."That's a key issue for the Spanish people--they like to do unlicensed copying of software," ALL Spanish people are pirating crooks? Come on now. It strikes me as rather odd that ZDNet would actually dignify such a slur by quoting it in their...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Linux, Linsux, desktop

Discussion threads 2004-04-22

Judge orders SCO to show Linux infringement

Judge orders SCO to show Linux infringementJudge has conflict of interest!1. SCO intends to bill end users.2. Case is being tried in U.S. District Court by a Federal judge.3. U.S. Court system is in the process of wholesale conversion to Linux. Assume at least one server in each of 400+...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, IBM Corp., Linux, Now IT, SCO Group Inc.

Discussion threads 2003-12-05