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Monument to cost rises over Copacabana

The old Copacabana nightclub in New York, across from the Javits Convention Center, will come down in favor of a 1 million square foot, 45-50 story tall medical device market.The World Product Centre is the brainchild of Israel Green, and will be built by Extell Development, best known for residential towers....

Tags: Medical Office Equipment, Medical Equipment, Hospital Equipment, Home Health Care Equipment, General, Gadgets

Blog posts 2007-08-02

Today's Debate: We're all just electrical impulse

Yesterday's big story, the lead on the NBC Nightly News, was of course the use of a "brain pacemaker" to bring people out of deep coma.Brian Williams expressed great amazement at this feat, called Deep Brain Stimulation, noting that hundreds of thousands may be "awakened" by it.DBS is already approved as...

Tags: Medical Equipment, Hospital Equipment, General, Ethics, Curioisities

Blog posts 2007-08-02

Additional Resources

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

The HP-MySpace deal: Who needs this most? Not MySpace users.

HP and MySpace are partnering to "unlock the content of MySpace" by giving users the tools to print their pictures. You know, like to a printer. Hopefully, wink wink an HP printer. On the surface, this sounds like a good plan. There are billions of images that...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Photograph, Image, MySpace, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Trying to increase productivity? Send your employees home.

Companies that give their workers the option of telecommuting are seeing greater productivity, lower costs, improved employee health and greater employee retention, according to a survey released today by the Computing Technology Industry Association. Case in point: I'm typing this from this from my own home office...

Tags: Phone, Telecommuting, Telecom & Utilities, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Scammers introduce ATM skimmers with built-in SMS notification

The bust of the notorious ATM scammer going under the handle of Cha0 in early September, once again puts ATM skimming in the spotlight. Among the main insecurities scammers face while embedding an ATM skimmer, is the retrieval process of the device that is now containing the credit card details...

Tags: Device, Credit Card, built-In, SMS, Scammer, ATM, Network Technology, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Networking, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Future wireless networks could be powered by "smart lighting"

A light bulb went off in the head of researchers at Boston University about a new wireless networking technology, which was very appropriate considering that it involves, well, light bulbs. The Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center has been created to develop technology that would allow low-powered...

Tags: Network, Light-emitting Diode, Wireless Networking, Wireless Network, Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Windows Vista Woes or helping my Grandson with homework

Considering my background, it's not at all hard to understand how I've become the tech support helpdesk for family, friends and the neighborhood as a whole. I've done my best to accept my lot in life with grace and courage. This time, my Grandson, Steven, was trying to complete a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft PowerPoint, Laptop Computer, Steven, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, Software, Office Suites, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Apple manufactures 10M iPhones

About a month ago creative individuals determined that Apple has sold 8 million iPhones based on collected International Mobile Equipment Identity IMEI numbers. A joint project of AFB and Investor Village's AAPL Sanity board have been collecting iPhone IMEI numbers and recording them on a big Google speadsheet. Based on...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, 3G, Sales, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Forrester: There's really no such thing as "green IT"

News flash. In a recent report called "Is Green IT Your Emperor With No Clothes?," market research house Forrester is advising IT managers to forget about the notion that there's any such thing as TRULY green technology. Yes, folks, it's part of that green tech backlash that we've all been...

Tags: Asset, Green Technology, Information Technology, Green IT, Forrester Research Inc., Energy Consumption, Asset Management, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-10-05

Mac ready for the enterprise?

Larry Dignan makes a spirited argument as to why Apple should be working much harder on getting Mac kit into the enterprise. I know it's a Friday afternoon for me and we've already had one false alarm earlier today that got everyone a-Twitter. Only the other day I managed to...

Tags: Lid, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Computer, Productivity, Keyboards, Desktops, Notebooks, Corporate Governance, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Apple: Perhaps it needs the enterprise after all

Apple: Perhaps it needs the enterprise after allThe 35% of Fortune 500 companies......testing the iPhone means "35% of IT departments doing their damn jobs by testing a competing product before coming to the realisation that it isn't as good as their current solution".As for Apple getting a foothold in mainstream...

Tags: SMB/SME, Apple Inc., small and medium business, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Semantic guardians for our computers?

Semantic guardians for our computers?ActuallyNo, I built my PC's using components I selected that were manufactured here on good ol' terra firma. I don't experience crashes since I use Linux and am not afflicted with malware issues.Also I selected the hardware components and matched them. Maybe I am just lucky......

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Development tools, Processors, Semantic Guardians, programmer, computer

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Five unfortunate ways the financial crisis affects your daily grind

By now, you're probably up to your eyeballs in unsettling economic crisis news. The stock markets, tanked. Mondays $700 billion Hail Mary of a bailout plan, dead on arrival though since resuscitated. Real estate value, sunk. Federal Reserve chairman Bernanke warned last week that the difficulty households and businesses were...

Tags: Job, Financial, Economist, Worker, Recruitment & Selection, Real Estate, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Deb Perelman

Blog posts 2008-10-02

What's really ailing Big Blue shares? Hint: IBM is part bank

Concerns about IBM's third quarter are popping up almost daily. The standard set of concerns revolves around technology spending and the willingness to pay IBM's army of consultants fees for big bang projects as well as a stronger dollar. But underneath the surface there's a bigger worry that isn't being...

Tags: Asset, Bank, Financial, Financing, IBM Corp., Finance Unit, Financing Unit, Global Financing, Commercial Financing, Participation Rate, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Microsoft HealthVault offers the nickel tour

Microsoft HealthVault offers the nickel tourMicrosoft HealthVault offers the nickel tourSounds good in theory but...[i]But Nolan admits the system won’t really take off until its partners, such as Kaiser, Mayo Clinic and New York Presbyterian Hospital, build in connectivity that lets you download your records from them quickly.[/i]Therein lies the...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Microsoft HealthVault, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

HP puts $360 million on LeftHand to say OS is no matter

HP puts $360 million on LeftHand to say OS is no matterWow .. we litterally just inked a deal with them.Still awaiting equipment. This would be the second technology vendor we use they bought out.Based on what happened with neoware, i am not sure i am going to like...

Tags: LeftHand, Hewlett-Packard Co., operating system

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

There is no pony plan for health care

There is no pony plan for health careUntil the greedy Pharmaceutical Companies are reeled in...There is no hope for fixing health care in the US.It MUST start with the banning of Pharmaceutical Advertising on TV. The billions paid for those ad's are paid by patients needing the meds IF...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, surcharge, pony plan, insurance

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

Apple to music industry - It's our way, or iTunes gets the bullet!

Apple to music industry - It's our way, or iTunes gets the bullet!RE: Apple to music industry - It's our way, or iTunes gets the bullet!One can only home apple shuts iTunes downMusic Industry to AppleLOL!disagree strongly"one appeal of the iPod is how easy it is to buy music for...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, music industry, music

Discussion threads 2008-10-01

How green is your IT leasing company?

One might be tempted, perhaps, to consider leasing as an option when considering how to manage your company's IT portfolio with an eye to green issues. In the sense that you'll keep a better lid on the age of your assets or maybe spend a little...

Tags: Information Technology, Leasing, Redemtech, Capital Structures, Finance, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-09-30