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- NEC staff caught faking orders, taking kickbacks
- NEC staff caught faking orders, taking kickbacksSOX or No SOXWhy do you think the big rush for private equity firms to take US businesses private...See the shenagains that go on without tight controls on accounting practices and stringent reporting requirements.Yes, but...While you are at it, calculate the incredible cost of...
- Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Truth Telling, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, new entity, NEC Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-30
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- HP to take out EDS: does it make sense?
- We've heard these rumors before but this time it seems HP is in serious hunting mode with EDS as the target. Larry Dignan offers his take on the rationale behind the story. Fellow Irregular Vinnie Mirchandani adds to the debate suggesting both pluses and minuses: HP could use a...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Microsoft issues first SP1 betas for VS 2008, .Net Framework 3.5
- Microsoft issues first SP1 betas for VS 2008, .Net Framework 3.5Would have been great a few weeks ago for me[b]The .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 and VS 2008 SP1 also both add support for the ADO.Net Entity Framework. The framework service pack also adds support for ADO.Net Data Services, and the...
- Tags: .NET, Application servers, Databases, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Microsoft .NET
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- Microsoft issues first SP1 betas for VS 2008, .Net Framework 3.5
- Microsoft is making available to testers a first beta release of Service Pack SP 1 for Visual Studio 2008 and the accompanying .Net Framework 3.5. On May 12, Microsoft made available to any/all interested parties the first beta bits for both VS 2008 SP1 and .Net Framework...
- Tags: Microsoft ADO.NET, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Astoria, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Mozilla spreads malware rather than security
- Mozilla spreads malware rather than securityyet another demostration that open source code is NOT safer than closedyet another demostration that open source code is NOT safer than closedSh*t happens....There is no absolute security in computing. And there never will be. Not even when you are running Linux (safe from viruses,...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Web browsers, Murderers, security, Mozilla Corp., malware, virus, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- Free software great and small
- Free software great and smallFree software great and small[i]In brief, it's a kinder, gentler version of Linus Torvald's quote that Linux is headed for "world domination, fast". [/i]BWAHHAHAHAHAHA! I had to laugh at that quote.Blah blah blah, Are you linux users really that dillusional? We've been hearing about how...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Face it Linux, Linux, Free Software, LINUX IS
- Discussion threads 2008-05-07
- NYT: Yahoo, Microsoft in talks; Media pawns abound
- NYT: Yahoo, Microsoft in talks; Media pawns aboundGluteus maximus I suspect you mean ;-)Unless America has its own stupid version of that too.RE: NYT: Yahoo, Microsoft in talks; Media pawns aboundEmjoyed the English (and correct spelling ;)) of the glutus maximus area.Boo WhooI should feel bad the media is being...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Yahoo! Inc., media, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-02
- WpfDiagram (zip)
- WpfDiagram adds to applications the ability to create and present workflow, flowchart and process diagrams, database entity-relationship diagrams, organizational, hierarchy and relationship charts, network schemes, graphs and trees. Its basic types of items - shapes, tables, and links - can be grouped and attached one to another and combined in...
- Tags: Network, MindFusion, WpfDiagram, Process Improvement, Networking, Quality, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2008-04-29
- Top search engines in March 2008
- Core Search Entity Feb-08 Mar-08 Growth, MTM Total Core Search 100.0% 100.0% 0.0 Google Sites 59.2% 59.8% 0.6 Yahoo! Sites 21.6% 21.3% -0.3 Microsoft Sites 9.6% 9.4% -0.2 AOL 4.9% 4.8% -0.1 Ask Network 4.6%...
- Tags: Search Engine, Site, Search, NB
- Blog posts 2008-04-27
- Top search engines according to search queries, March 2008
- Expanded Search Entity February 2008 March 2008 Growth, MTM Total Expanded Search 13,806 15,088 9% Google Sites 7,390 8,267 12% Google 5,917 6,531 10% YouTube/All Other 1,473 1,736 18% Yahoo! Sites 2,262 2,391 6% Yahoo!...
- Tags: Search Engine, Yahoo! Inc., Site, Search, NB
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- SportsNetwork CEO: Site back up; A look at the recovery plan
- Sports Network, victim of a Chinese hacker drive-by, is back online as it recovers and revamps security following a Sunday attack. In an interview, Sports Network CEO Mickey Charles detailed some preliminary parts of its recovery plan and a few more details of the attack, which began...
- Tags: SportsNetwork, Sports Network, Hacking, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- Sports Network hit by drive-by Chinese hack
- Poor SportsNetwork, a privately owned Hatboro, PA sports site. Chinese hackers brought the site down possibly thinking it was owned by CNN, which is targeted for attacks. The poor folks at SportsNetwork right have the following posted after a denial of service drive by attack Techmeme:...
- Tags: Network, Site, Hacker, CNN, Hacking, Security, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Microhoo: A frenetic week ahead; Yahoo could turn the tables on Microsoft
- Microhoo: A frenetic week ahead; Yahoo could turn the tables on MicrosoftAll very interesting. I do hope that Yahoo remains an independentcompetitor to both Google and MS. Consumers will be the losers if we have less competition here. But, Yang is playing this out the best he can. they will...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-21
- Dia (96)
- Dia is open-source visual-editing software that can be used to draw many different kinds of diagrams. It currently has special objects to help draw entity relationship diagrams, UML diagrams, flowcharts, network diagrams, and many other diagrams. It is also possible to add support for new shapes by writing simple XML...
- Tags: SVG, Alexander Larsson, Dia, XML, UML, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development
- Software downloads 2008-04-21
- Are SOA-related business concerns outside the IT 'comfort zone'?
- Are SOA-related business concerns outside the IT 'comfort zone'?Two quick pointsI've made these before but I'll restate them here:* Stop trying to "sell" SOA to anyone. It is a fruitless exercise. Instead, focus on the business-oriented tasks at hand. Be business driven. Use SO techniques and principles if appropriate but...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, SOA, business concern, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-04-18
- Cutting to chase of Personal Health Record debate
- The New England Journal of Medicine has entered the debate over Personal Health Records PHRs with four articles, all with different perspectives, all with the full text behind their registration firewall. So let's cut to the chase. I've seen this play out in a host of industries over...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Personal Health Record, E-health, Hipaa, Healthcare, Regulations, Government, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- Red Hat delivers its state of desktop Linux address: There's no money in targeting consumers
- Red Hat delivers its state of desktop Linux address: There's no money in targeting consumersBecause of the subtle differences...in distro's, companies and individuals using Ubuntu on the desktop are going to more likely use it's server product. Dealing with different distro's can be a real pain. It is probably one...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, CxO, Linux, Red Hat Inc., desktop, Ubuntu, desktop Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-04-17
- Is IT abuse a threat to democracy?
- Here's a bit from a Washington Post report dated Dec 22/07 and headlined "FBI Prepares Vast Database Of Biometrics": CLARKSBURG, W. Va. -- The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion effort to build the world's largest computer database of peoples' physical characteristics, a project that would...
- Tags: Database, Information Technology, FBI, Ballot, Catalist, Federal Government, Government, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- Psystar's Mac clones: The pics
- Psystar's Mac clones: The picsPsystar's Mac clones: The picsFor me its not about the design of a case, its about running OS X for cheap. The case doesn't matter as it will be shoved under a desk or stuffed in a corner and not looked at. Does it...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Desktops, Pics, Sounds like Psystar, Apple Inc., Psystar, pic
- Discussion threads 2008-04-15
- Intel's first quarter report: What to expect
- Intel rolls out the first big technology earnings report after market close Tuesday and analysts are expecting a quarter in line to slightly below expectations. Intel all resources is expected to report earnings of 25 cents a share and sales of $9.63 billion for the quarter ending...
- Tags: Revenue, Analyst, Microprocessor, Intel Corp., Operational Accounting, Semiconductors, Sales Strategy, Processors, Finance, Hardware, Sales, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
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