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Wikipedia: Why does Essjay need to "protect himself"?

Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia and Wikia, has issued a free pass to a Wikipedia editor who lied about his background. In an incredible contradiction, Wales said of Wikipedia editor and Wikia employee Ryan Jordan (nee "Essjay"): "“I accepted his apology, because he is now, and has always been, an...

Tags: Business &, Technology

Blog posts 2007-03-05

EDS to cut up to 20,000 jobs over two years

EDS to cut up to 20,000 jobs over two yearsThat giant sucking soundAs a friend of many former EDS employees, I truly hope that the CEO is eliminated in the next purge. EDS has performed horribly under Jordan's watch and is losing market share, credibility and most importantly to the...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Financial accounting, Investment, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Jordan, job

Discussion threads 2004-09-10

LightPointe Case Study: Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority

Jordan's Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority ASEZA needed to provide WAN connectivity for eight remote sites, including the two ASEZA headquarters, Wadi Araba Customs, King Hussein International Airport, Aqaba City Services Centre, Aqaba Harbour Customs, Aqaba Income Tax department and the South Border Crossing Point. ASEZA also needed access to...

Tags: LightPointe, Jordan, WANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking

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Microsoft Enterprise Agility Solution Tracks Grand Prix Racing

To reflect its dynamic flair and give Grand Prix fans greater enjoyment of its brand online, Jordan decided to upgrade its existing Web site and Internet technologies. Jordan's aim is to become more agile and to create a commercial environment capable of driving revenue. To do this, Jordan capitalised on...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Jordan, Internet, Web Site Development, Branding, Web Technology, Operational Accounting, Marketing, Finance

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Jordan Government Offers Citizens Online Transactional Tax Services

Jordan is now a pioneer in the Middle East region for online, highly secure transactional tax services. With the help of Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Estarta Solutions, they used the Microsoft .NET Framework and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET development system to design applications for online tax registration updates, tax filing,...

Tags: Government, Microsoft Corp., Jordan, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance

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Additional Resources

Blogger ethics, public relations... and you

Two different conversations that are connected at the core by the way the news media continues to grow and change. Bloggers have a significant responsibility in wielding their keystrokes, whether they have 10 readers or 10,000. Public relations professionals are still grappling with how to best work with this new...

Tags: Ethics, Blogger, Public Relations Professional, Public Relations, Blogging, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Internet, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Red Hat draws its line in the virtual sand with Qumranet

The caves of Qumran, located in in the highly disputed region of the West Bank that sits between Israel and Jordan and is populated by both Palestinians and Jews, is where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. The scrolls are said by many Judaic scholars...

Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Virtual Desktop, Qumranet, Open Source KVM, Virtualization, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-09-04

From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture

From Chapter Two: The appliance computing cultureShibboleth?Here's the dictionary definition:1. a peculiarity of pronunciation, behavior, mode of dress, etc., that distinguishes a particular class or set of persons. 2. a slogan; catchword. 3. a common saying or belief with little current meaning or truth. A report, providing...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Mgmt, packaged application, job, software

Discussion threads 2008-08-29

An Event Apart 2008: Day 2

The second day of An Event Apart will feature plenty of web standards jargon. I will be posting photos and notes from today's events. Unfortunately, the slides are reserved for attendees only, but I will try to gather as much information as...

Tags: Google Inc., Microformat, Tool, Post-it Note, Eric Meyer, CSS, Productivity, Keyboards, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-19

Just what's on Michael Phelps' iPod anyway?

I don't know about you but I've been spending a lot of time enjoying the Michael Phelps Show, er, Summer Olympics this week. One thing that piqued my interested was the world's greatest athlete's choice in music player. In practically every shot of him at the pool...

Tags: Summer Olympics, Apple iPod, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-08-15

The next generation will deal with global warming, we promise

The next generation will deal with global warming, we promiseEmission cuts promised unfeasible without clean coalWithout clean coal, the emission cuts promised by the G8 puny though they are are unfeasible: "The vast majority of new power stations in China and India will be coal-fired; not "may be coal-fired"; will...

Tags: global warming, emission cut

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

Microsoft addresses 9 security vulnerabilities with 4 "Important" bulletins

Microsoft announced 4 "Important" security bulletins today that cover 9 separate vulnerabilities. Of note were vulnerabilities reported in Windows DNS server and client, and within SQL Server. Briefly, the vulnerabilities involve: Cache poisoning and insufficient socket entropy flaws in Microsoft DNS Server A remote...

Tags: Attacker, Microsoft SQL Server, Vulnerability, Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook Web Access, Microsoft Outlook, Security, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Hacking SCADA for terrorism and destruction

SCADA scares me, and I've seen enough things on the Internet to be desensitized to many things, but attacks against SCADA threaten our national security in a very real and topical way by attacking power grids, water treatment plants, nuclear plants, etc.  Hacking networks that SCADA devices reside on and...

Tags: Device, Hacking, Internet, Network, SCADA, Terrorism, Attack, Enterprise Software, Software, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-06-12

If hackers don't get you, maybe Google will

Two weeks ago my personal blog StorageMojo was hacked. Turns out that Google can be a bigger problem than the hackers. Here's how it works and tips on protecting yourself. "Don't be evil" is a pretty low bar There's been a lot of blog hacking going...

Tags: Google Inc., Site, Hosting Company, Hacker, StorageMojo, Blogging, Security, Internet, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-05-18

iPhone's international rollout continues; 10 million units not a stretch

Apple's iPhone will be headed to a few more countries courtesy of a new deal with French telecom carrier Orange. In a statement, Orange said: Orange today announced a new agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to Orange customers in Austria, Belgium, the Dominican Republic,...

Tags: Orange PCS, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, Wireless, Telephony, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-16

Telecommunications Provider Overhauls Web Presence, Wins Over Customers, Employees

In 2007, Jordan's largest mobile telecommunications company, Fastlink, became Zain Jordan when its parent company adopted the name Zain Group. A corporate rebranding initiative mandated that the company update its Web presence, which Zain Jordan saw as a good time to extend the site's capabilities to simplify content management and...

Tags: Web, Telecommunications Company, Microsoft Corp., Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Channel Management, Marketing

Case studies 2008-05-01

Excess thermal paste causing high temps in MacBook Air (updated)

Remember the thermal paste problem with earlier MacBook Pros that was reported back in May 2006? Well, it's back. Read more about the grease problems in my earlier reports: Thermal grease theory - 01 May 2006 Thermal grease and the MacBook -...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple MacBook, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2008-04-30

Mark Dowd's null pointer dereference exploit and advanced Flash ActionScript techiques proove definitively: Aliens Do Exist!

Alright, I'm just going to start out with a little background before I start, this particular research was so cool that I've been talking about it all day.  Reading this whitepaper, written by Mark Dowd, was as exciting to me as watching highlights of Michael Jordan sinking that winning shot,...

Tags: Research, Adobe Systems Inc., Blog, Blogging, Team Management, Internet, Management, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-04-16

Jordan Retro Shoes Screensaver (exe)

Top Jordan Retro Shoes Screensaver Download. Our Web site reviews the latest Michael Jordan Shoes. We have videos, contest and all information about Michael Jordan shoes and the art that has become of his brand. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Shoe, Screensaver

Software downloads 2008-04-11

Hey readers, are Mac people still smug,and Windows folks still Neanderthals?

Hey readers, are Mac people still smug,and Windows folks still Neanderthals?shallowI personally find the idea that products we choose reflect our personalities is quite shallow at best.Aren't you more sophisticated than that?Whether I use a Mac, Linux, or Windows really doesn't scratch at the surface of who I am. ...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Windows Folks, Mac people, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-16