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Shai Agassi: Jobless and blogging

Shai Agassi: Jobless and bloggingAgassi should better jump on the Linux wagonrather than wasting his time with vehicles and pollution.Yeah, Linux is SOOOO much more importantthan saving the planet.why jump on a wagon that is not movingTechnical savvy people know, *nix offering is not all that it is pumped up...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Shai Agassi, Jobless, blogging

Discussion threads 2007-04-12

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Is Google the Center of the Universe?

Google and the universe"Say what you will about Murdoch?s empire, ethics and politics, but you can?t argue about the fact they employ over 60,000 people in an era when shedding jobs is the ?Wall Street juice? of a jobless ?recovery?."This may be true, but it is a lousy argument. We...

Tags: INTERNET, Microsoft Windows, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Is Google the Center of the Universe?

It's not even a year since the triumphalism of Jeff Jarvis's Google 'reverse engineering' book 'What Would Google Do?' hit the book shelves, but it seems an age ago now. Jarvis's publisher Harper Collins claims this book is 'all about you' in their promo blurb - how you...

Tags: Google Inc., Rupert Murdoch, Jarvis, Wiki, Online Communications, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-24

Recovery? This week's pink-slip tally tops 5,000 for tech

Jobless recovery...http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RmvtiAvhIOM/Sd3eSXBNXoI/AAAAAAAAAkw/ijffEEeunms/S660/did_i_do_that.JPGNo worries, with our new messiah in office he is telling people he has'saved' the country from going belly up.Meanwhile, China/Russia/Europe want to get rid of the dollar standard since itis ranked 48th in the world.It is a banana republic folk's step rightup and drink some of the socialistkool-aid...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Steve Jobs: Silicon Valley's Babe Ruth (and Fortune's CEO of the decade)

What no comment by NonZ? I hope he/she is not ill or something:PPagan jimThe P.T.Barnum of the Tech Industry......when is he going to cut the Chinamen that work for him in on the big cash flow?NZ will show up at some pointUnless he is on vacation.Or getting over the...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Steve Jobs, Babe Ruth

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Cisco CEO Chambers: IBM a friend; HP a foe

As the tectonic plates shift below the data center the vendor lines are becoming more clear. HP and Cisco are on a collision course and IBM appears to be playing Switzerland's neutral act nicely. If you want to know how Cisco's move into servers has altered the...

Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Cisco Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-06

Fight Windows tax with a penguin stick

Fight Windows tax with a penguin stickWho needs LinSux?Only poor, jobless and ignorant guys who think they are pros like Linux Geek need LinSux. If that small amount of money feels like tax then you need to work harder and get a better job. By the way am about to...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, netbook, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-11

EU fines Intel record $1.45 billion in AMD antitrust case

EU fines Intel record $1.45 billion in AMD antitrust case10 percent of it's global turnover?Since when has any country the right to fine on a percentage of sales NOT made it's country?To allow something like that opens the door to countries to arbitrarily fine a company looking to get 10%...

Tags: Corporate law, Processors, antitrust, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

Unemployment abounds, but not for IT and management consultants

It's the worst of times for employment as the ranks of jobless hit 8.9 percent, according to the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. But it's the best of times to be an IT or management consultant.  The U.S. economy lost 539,000 jobs...

Tags: Job, Consultant, Information Technology, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-08

Microsoft to provide 'XP Mode' with Windows 7

Microsoft to provide 'XP Mode' with Windows 7Linux vendors to provide 1995 mode.Yeah, it's all starting to make sense now Microsoft ;-)well i didn't believe it before, but MS might actuallybe listening to the people. the new winxp mode sounds a lot like running wine on linux. a lot...

Tags: Operating systems, desktop virtualization, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, XP Mode, wine, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-04-25

Australia to build $31 billion fiberoptic broadband network

Australia to build $31 billion fiberoptic broadband networkSo funny"It will be the largest infrastructure project in Australia?s history, Rudd said, and would support 37,000 jobs ? not a bad idea since the country?s jobless rate may move above 7 percent next year thanks to the global economic downturn."Out of work...

Tags: Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Rudd, infrastructure fund, broadband network, network, broadband

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

Australia to build $31 billion fiberoptic broadband network

Australia says it will build a $43 billion Australian, or roughly $30.7 billion USD, national high-speed fiberoptic broadband network. In a surprise decision that rejected bids from some of the country's top telecoms firms, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the Australian government would ask private companies join...

Tags: Broadband Network, Network, Australia, Broadband, Networking, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-04-07

Where there's hope there's fire

Where there's hope there's firein other non-political scientific newsScientists have no idea why the Earth is cooling, and may continue to not warm up for the next 30 years.http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/03/02/global-warming-pause-02.htmlNo arrests?Of course there were no arrests ... these fringe crazies practically have a presidential mandate to spread their insanity.Yesterday's jobless, useless...

Tags: carbon dioxide, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-03-02

Obama: "It is unacceptable that the United States ranks 15th in the world in broadband adoption"

The 21st Century Tech President said Saturday morning that the U.S. will launch new investments in its infrastructure - including a boost of broadband accessibility - as part of a larger strategy to revitalize the economy and create jobs. Techmeme Specifically, President-elect Barack Obama said broadband connections need to be...

Tags: U.S., Job, Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Recruitment & Selection, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-06

Speculation among speculators: what's green under Obama?

I mean what'll be profitable, that kind of green. The Wall Streeters and those with money to invest are already gaming what sectors of the American economy look to benefit from the shift in the political winds. One piece in an MSM pub says green tech could do...

Tags: Solar Panel, Government, Transportation, Manufacturing, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-11-09

Inside India's CAPTCHA solving economy

No CAPTCHA can survive a human that's receiving financial incentives for solving it, and with an army of low-waged human CAPTCHA solvers officially in the business of "data processing" while earning a mere $2 for solving a thousand CAPTCHA's, I'm already starting to see evidence of consolidation between India's major...

Tags: CAPTCHA, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-29

Breaking: VoIP Inc. shuts call termination, network ops

Fierce Markets is reporting that VoIP Inc. has shuttered its call termination and network operations. Some 25 engineering staffers are now jobless. The company will recast itself as a pay-to-click services provider. Deals with Google and eBay are now in force. ...

Tags: VoIP Inc., Termination, Network, Network Operation, Fierce Markets, Asset Management, Workforce Management, Networking, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Human Resources, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-07

Microsoft's Iain McDonald: It's the end of a (Longhorn) era

Microsoft's Iain McDonald: It's the end of a Longhorn eraWhy do I read your #@!*WHy TF do I continue to read your dribble for. This is the lead story on ZD... I wouldn't even wrap dead fish in this story if it was news paper...A small requestNice interview, Mary. A...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Windows 2000, DOS, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-07-03

News to know: Apple's Leopard delay; DHS; DNS flaw; Vonage; SANs

Notable headlines:Larry Dignan: Apple delays Leopard; blame the iPhone. Apple puts a leash on its Leopard. Jason OGradys Apple Core. Mary Jo Foley: Leopard delay: ‘Cupertino, start your photocopiers!’ Techmeme discussion.Cybercrooks exploiting new Windows DNS flaw. George Ou.Homeland Security finally transcends F cybersecurity grade. The full report card.IRS trudges on...

Tags: General

Blog posts 2007-04-13

Shai Agassi: Jobless and blogging

After leaving leaving SAP abruptly last month, deciding not to wait many more years before taking on the reins of the company, Shai Agassi has not taken refuge in a cave or disappeared into the Silicon Valley void--he is blogging and plans to focus on climate change and green technologies....

Tags: Software Infrastructure, SAP, IT Management, General, ERP, Blogging

Blog posts 2007-04-12