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Apple Board vacancy: Good riddance to Eric Schmidt

Apple Board vacancy: Good riddance to Eric SchmidtArt Levinson is nextNow Genentech CEO Arthur Levinson needs to exit either Google's or Apple's board.RE: Apple Board vacancy: Good riddance to Eric SchmidtMy opinion is any of these Board members who receive Stock Options as partial remuneration for their services on this...

Tags: Corporate governance, Art Levinson, Apple Inc., board, Eric Schmidt, GOOD RIDDANCE, Apple Board vacancy, Intuit Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Good riddance, Encarta!

Good riddance, Encarta!WowYour biased anti-MS ranting just never stops. Yes we get it that Encarta's time has come and gone. But there is no need to have such a vitriolic attitude towards something that was very useful at a time when things like Wikipedia was not available to everyone.Fortunately...

Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia, Encarta.com, GOOD RIDDANCE, Critical Thinking

Discussion threads 2009-03-31

Notorious spyware purveyor shuts down

Notorious spyware purveyor shuts downI would be happier if...Thier Testicles were stored in a glass jar somewhere.Good riddance.Good riddance. And may you and others like you burn in hell for all eternity.RE:: if the perps are not behind bars...  ... with their idle hands busy making little...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, spyware purveyor, GOOD RIDDANCE, spyware

Discussion threads 2007-10-24

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Print and online ad revenues plunge at New York Times Co.

Their losses will continue, and it's not because of a bad economyThe company said that there was some sign of an improving economy and that fourth quarter losses should be lower than in the most recent quarter.That's some good spin. However, their losses and that of the MSM started...

Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Sales force management, online advertising, New York Times Co., advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

SCO story ends with a whimper

William Shakespear should have expanded on his "first ... the lawyers" bit!It is hard to feel sorry for people who go crying all the way to the bank!BAH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!Good riddance.Someone remind meThis turned out exactly how Bitty/No Ax predicted, right?: o )SCO Xenix & UnixRather sad that their expertise at delivering...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, SCO Group Inc., BSD, Linux, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Steve Jobs tops list of most influential people in tech

RE: Steve Jobs tops list of most influential people in techit makes sense that jobs is on top of the most influential list. since he returned to apple, the rest of the industry has been playing catch up. and no one has come close to catching the ipod,...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Digital music, Digital media, Steve Jobs, A-hole

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

U.S. willing to let go of Icann

Obama is selling us outonly a peace monger like Obama could cede US sovereignty to UN.It's time to elect a real American in 2012!Huge MistakeThis is a very bad idea. Whenever we cede control to the 'world,' the worlds tin horn disctators make a mess of it.This should have...

Tags: Benefits, payroll solutions, Personal finance, Obama, salary, ICANN, job

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Is keeping big media alive good for the future of journalism?

All old media companies need to die off...They are too constrained reliving memories of past glory to change in any meaningful way. What we need are modern 21st century media companies who understand the digital world. If Amazon, Google, or Facebook were to start new media companies, you can bet...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, media, media company, big media, First Amendment

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Ubuntu reveals plans for Lucid Lynx

Linux distro's = futureLinux distro's have a BRIGHT future since the developers are driving this and the code is superior to ANY closed source proprietary lethargic old software vendor. RE: Ubuntu reveals plans for Lucid LynxSame boring linux distros trying to promise the world but don't deliver. Nothing separates...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux Distro, Ubuntu, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

Ericsson's move to drop Bluetooth is misunderstood says analyst

Good MoveEricson, like Nokia have got it right. Maybe this will kill of the world's worst technology.As one may gather I have no love for bluetooth. It is cumbersome, rarely works, highly restrictive and about as secure as smoke signals.Good riddance. enough for me to toss my blutooth cell phone...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Ericson, Bluetooth, Ericsson Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-28

Opera 10 release candidate available

They will probably get the law changed..because competing on your own merits doesn't apply to them.So how much will they pay me to use it?Because that's the only way anything they make will ever find its way on to any machine I run.RE: Opera 10 release candidate availableThe button to...

Tags: Opera 10, Opera 10 release candidate, Opera Software ASA, release candidate

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

Weed killer in American drinking water, Part II

Profit is king.Once enough of that is deemed to be made on a secure repeatable basis, you may then tackle issues such as this.Drinking water is too low tech, anyway...When I talked to a guy who works for our local water company, it made me realize just how low-tech the...

Tags: Drinking Water, ivy

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

Rogue Facebook apps steal log-in data, send spam

Facebook appsI'm already deeply suspicious of facebook apps. Many of them seem to be little more than chain letters ("send this to all of your friends") and many of the "send a drink/snack/smile/ETC" seem to encourage content-free communication. Also, I'm bombarded by "send a drink, ETC" requests from...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-08-20

News to know: Bing; Windows; HP; RIM; ZuiTUbe; CD sales; Wimax

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: Bing gains search share on Yahoo, Google Ed Bott: XP, Vista, or Windows 7: Which OS is...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Hewlett-Packard Co., CD, Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, E-mail, WiMAX, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Online Communications, Wireless And Mobility

Blog posts 2009-08-19

Good riddance: Digital music sales to surpass CDs in 2010?

Sorry kid. There are plenty of us who buy CDs. You might want to read this:http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=22862They are folks who don't give a rat's a$$ about being on the bleeding edge of technology.They have CD players in their cars, and most likely in their homes, and the purchase of an MP3...

Tags: Sales strategy, Digital media, digital music, CD, music, sales, Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

Good riddance: Digital music sales to surpass CDs in 2010?

Does anybody actually buy CDs these days? I don't mean going onto iTunes and buying an album. I'm talking about an actual plastic-case CD. An don't even get me started with vinyl albums. Apparently, digital music sales are doing so well that it's projected they will...

Tags: CD, Digital Music, Vinyl, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-08-18

Who might get health reform passed?

They're notAnother poll shows that 71% of those surveyed believe there should be a public option. Again, it's of those surveyed - not all Americans. Sort of like your poll.As for the Round Table, I think most large companies are aware of how much their health care benefits...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, public option, health care

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

FTC: Our probe of Google-Apple boards continues

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has resigned from Apple's board but that won't be enough to curtail a probe by the Federal Trade Commission. In a terse statement, FTC bureau of competition director Richard Feinstein said: “We have been investigating the Google/Apple interlocking directorates issue for some...

Tags: Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, Board, Apple Inc., FTC, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-04

News to know: Microsoft; Apple; Google; Hack attacks

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. Mary Jo Foley: What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search) Microsoft denies holding up Win 7 tools...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Attack, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Corporate Governance, Microsoft Windows 7, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Apple Mac OS, Keyboards, Hardware, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Peripherals, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-04

Apple Board vacancy: Good riddance to Eric Schmidt

Apple on Monday said that Google CEO Eric Schmidt won't have a seat at the next meeting of its board of directors. The only question was why did it take so long for push to come to shove for this joker. by David Morgenstern

Tags: Eric Schmidt, Board, Apple Inc., Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2009-08-03