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- The company people want Microsoft to be
- The company people want Microsoft to bewhat kind of compagny people want MS to beWell not very different that the one we have right now .... except no more fud ( if they have something again opensource just go to court and be done with it if linux...
- Tags: opendocument format (odf), unix, open source, microsoft corp., opendocument format, microsoft office, linux
- Discussion threads 2008-05-23
- Vehicle Liquidation Company Reduces Security Exposure With Services Engagement
- IAA lacked the best practices and operational guidance needed to reliably perform security update deployments. As a result, some critical security updates were not deployed, leaving the company network vulnerable to external threats. IAA needed to implement new software update processes and best practices to reduce their operational risk and...
- Tags: software, microsoft corp., best practice, vehicle liquidation company, software update management engagement, security administration, security
- Case studies 2007-12-19
- CompUSA vs. BestBuy
- CompUSA vs. BestBuyWell I do not ever remember seeing...Major Appliances(Washers/Dryers/Stoves...)in CompUSA, The stores have some common items, Best Buy does not sell motherboards @ least not in my local one. I think the big issue was CompUSA was billed as a Computer Super Store as oppose to Best Buy which...
- Tags: productivity, branding, comp usa, computer, best buy co. inc., compusa inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-18
- Sony to sell new 40GB PlayStation 3 in U.S.
- Sony to sell new 40GB PlayStation 3 in U.S.How fast can you spin?"Backward compatibility is a nice secondary consideration, but it's far from the number one priority.""We are aiming for perfect compatibility. Our goal is 100 percent compatibility, We are trying to get there as quickly as possible." Kaz HiraiInferior...
- Tags: game players, backward compatibility, sony playstation, microsoft xbox, sony playstation 3, sony corp., xbox 360
- Discussion threads 2007-10-18
- Twitter: show me the money!
- James Governor at RedMonk says "Twitter is like walking to school with your friends and hanging out, while reading blogs is reading their homework." That makes the Twitter a prime spot for making money since, as James points out, marketers would rather hit you while you're talking...
- Tags: twitter, financial data, blogging, internet, phil windley
- Blog posts 2007-10-15
- SCO files for bankruptcy
- SCO files for bankruptcyBWAHAHAHAGood riddance to an irrevelant company.RE: SCO files for bankruptcyThis was expected. I see they're still optimistic enough to file a Chapter 11, but they're going to need some very lucky breaks to avoid liquidation. Always tragic to see a company go under due to...
- Tags: open source, scox, caldera/scox, sco group inc., novell inc., bankruptcy, chapter 11
- Discussion threads 2007-09-14
- Here's where many of those orphaned SunRocket users will go
- Â Now I know why SunRocket instituted their $199 a year plan. Perhaps not so much as a clever competitive marketing strategy but as a desperate move to raise cash.Not enough cash was raised to sustain operations, or even to capture the interest of a lender or buyer.With the shutdown of...
- Tags: predictions and observations, packet 8
- Blog posts 2007-07-17
- Now three Linux vendors won't sign patent deals with Microsoft
- Now three Linux vendors won't sign patent deals with MicrosoftLet's hear more...I respect the vendors for deciding whether to enter into agreements with Microsoft or not. But let's hear a bit more details (you know, accurate and detailed reporting and all that...) about why those three have decided...
- Tags: open source, operating systems, turbolinux inc., media, microsoft corp., patent, linux
- Discussion threads 2007-06-21
- Vonage: Verizon patent suit could bankrupt us
- Vonage said the Verizon patent suit could force the VOIP provider into bankruptcy. Vonage made that statement in its annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. While the Verizon patent suit was expected to be a risk factor for Vonage bankruptcy goes...
- Tags: vonage, general, voip, verizon
- Blog posts 2007-04-17
- Is Web 2.0 over? TechCrunch bails on startups
- TechCrunch goes pro: What’s the deal? I asked earlier this month.Michael Arrington, aka TechCrunch, now gives us the answer:Today we are announcing that we have acquired Philip “Pud” Kaplan’s FuckedCompany.com in a stock for assets transaction.Are congratulations in order? Hardly.Arrington “explains” his editorial about face with typical TechCrunch pragmatism:Since FC...
- Tags: web 2.0, venture capital, vc, self-promotion, business models, blogs
- Blog posts 2007-03-31
- Sensitive school data winds up in hands of Nigerian ID thieves
- Everyone whos ever bought a computer knows that they have a shelf life of just a few years before they need upgrading. This means that a huge number of computers are thrown out or recycled every year, and many of them are from schools. The St. Louis Post Dispatch has...
- Tags: social security, hard drive, computer
- Blog posts 2006-12-20
- Investor outlines SCO-Microsoft link
- Investor outlines SCO-Microsoft linkFunny UnclesApparently Larry Goldfarb is another otherwise-savvy player who hasn't learned from others' experiences. It's amazing how many take the bait when Microsoft tells them it wants to be "special friends."Just when you thought...This case couldn't have got much more bizarre, it does. I guess now that...
- Tags: open source, operating systems, unix, microsoft corp., sco group inc., linux
- Discussion threads 2006-10-09
- Software pirate gets six years
- Software pirate gets six yearsWHAT???Who on earch would buy an ambulance? WTF?LHHow Much Did He Make?Hey,I wonder how much money he made?? 4 million may sound like a lot to pay, but it's really not if he made 50 million.Why should only software pirates get jail time ??I do...
- Tags: tools & techniques, software, cd, software pirate
- Discussion threads 2006-08-25
- Microsoft eyes ads as consumers close wallets
- Microsoft eyes ads as consumers close walletsDisplay Ads?Very funny, the good ole boys up in Redmond just don't get it. Display and video ads just piss people off....no thanks I will stick with OSS software and google, no ads, no cost and better applications.Software companies have addedno new productivity features...
- Tags: spyware, spyware, adware & malware, microsoft corp., adware, oem, ms adware, advertisement, software, google inc., microsoft windows, pc
- Discussion threads 2005-11-16
- Yet another SCO e-mail comes to light
- Yet another SCO e-mail comes to lightSCO should settle out-of-courtfor whatever they can get . . .One thing looks apparant...Microsoft's ROI on this deal sucked.Not another e-mailThis wasn't an e-mail. It was a declaration produced specifically for filing with the Court to rebut the laughable Gupta Declaration.I know it's...
- Tags: litigation, open source, mouse, microsoft corp., e-mail, ibm corp., settlement, sco group inc., scox
- Discussion threads 2005-07-19
- Sixty years later, technology triumphs over evil
- I was reading Dan Farber's post this morning and was struck by the first line that juxtaposed the title of the Churchill Club panel session he attended -- "Masters of Cybercrime: The Ultimate Battle of Good and Evil" -- against the panelists' consensus on how good is actually...
- Tags: yizkor book, jewish heritage, m. sh. geshuri, podhajce, yizkor
- Blog posts 2005-06-06
- Investing in socially responsible companies generates higher returns
- A recent McKinsey Consulting study has produced some surprising results: over the ten-year period we examined, a portfolio of investments defined as socially responsible generated returns of 8-14%. To determine how large a discount, we gathered information on 110 of the 128 companies financed since the organization’s founding, in 1992....
- Tags: investment
- Blog posts 2004-02-19
- Receivables Management Solutions Protects Assets and Financial Data From Threats and Intrusions With eSoft: eSoft Complete Anti-Spyware Solution Provides Added Defense
- Debt collection is one of the top five fastest growing industries. Receivables Management Solutions RMS offers collection services nationwide to creditors seeking quick and effective results. To protect its clients, RMS works with knowledgeable managers and top executives to find ways to resolve issues and improve liquidation and company bottom-line...
- Tags: asset, receivables, esoft, financial, intrusion, anti-spyware, receivables management solution, debt collection, financial services
- Case studies
- Real Estate Closing Specialist Improves System Integration and Data Management
- AssetLink's mission is to optimize the velocity with which assets are managed through each phase of the Real Estate Owned REO process. Using ServiceLink's existing "Start-to-finish," property-closing technology, originally created with the Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.0, the technology team wanted to improve and expand the solution for bank-owned, real...
- Tags: integration, assetlink, technology team, real estate, data management, business operations
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