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Hunting for cool phones

I'm looking for nominations for the absolutley coolest phones on the planet for an upcoming story. If you've got a favorite and want to see it covered here ping me at dave@stanalytics.com. The criteria for the phones is they're cool duh stationary (i.e. not mobile) ...

Tags: Phone, Nomination, WiFi Phone, Telecom & Utilities, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-05-08

In Washington green politics still nasty

In Washington green politics still nastyDon't think anonymous holds should be allowedIf a Senator wants to put a hold on a nomination, he can and should either do it openly, or object to consideration when the nomination comes to the floor. Senate Majority Leaders should never have allowed the...

Tags: nomination, Majority Leader, U.S. Senate

Discussion threads 2009-01-21

In Washington green politics still nasty

Two of President Obama's top environmental appointees are having their approval by the Senate put on hold. The nominations for head of the EPA and chairwoman of White House Council on Environmental Quality are on hold. The author of the hold? Anonymous senator. The...

Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, State, Nomination, Quality, Business Operations, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-21

The Shorty Awards - What's the harm in a little 140-character fun?

If you win a Shorty Award, you can forever be known for your ability to influence in bursts of 140-characters or less. by Jennifer Leggio

Tags: Award, Twitter, Nomination, Lee Stacey, Food & Beverage, Team Management, Blogging, Marketing Research, Manufacturing, Management, Internet, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-12-24

Office 14: Alpha testing to begin before year-end

While Microsoft has made a few public and well-calculated moves to prepare the way for Windows 7, the company has said almost nothing at least intentionally about Office 14. On August 15, however, there was mention of an Office 14 alpha release on one of the Microsoft blogs that I...

Tags: Recruiting, Microsoft Corp., Nomination, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-08-18

2008 Pwnie Awards

Don't forget to go and vote on the Pwnie Awards, which will happen at Black Hat Vegas again this year.  I don't want to campaign for votes, but I wouldn't be pissed if some of my loyal readers out there voted for me, Billy Rios, Rob Carter, and John Heasman and...

Tags: Category, Nomination, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-06-19

Hillary nomination would unleash Obama's Net-driven third-party run

Hillary nomination would unleash Obama's Net-driven third-party runNon-issueThis church stuff is a politics of racial fear-mongering. I don't see it as more than a one-day story. Any impact was diluted by Ferraro's racist statements. And note -- (via News for Real -- In 1988, she said: "If Jesse Jackson were...

Tags: Ferraro, Obama, third-party run, Net-driven, nomination, Hillary nomination

Discussion threads 2008-03-18

Hillary nomination would unleash Obama's Net-driven third-party run

Marc Wagner offered a little political analysis in a comment on my post about Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina joining the McCain campaign. I joked that the two must be "getting used to losing." Marc responded: If they nominate Obama, they can beat McCain but...

Tags: Nomination, McCain, Democratic Obama, Team Management, Regulatory Compliance, Internet, Management, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-03-18

Photos: Oscar nods for ILM, Skywalker

The 2007 Academy Award contenders are named, and Lucasfilm divisions Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound nab six technical nominations. by CNET News.com

Tags: Lucasfilm, Photograph, Nomination, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-01-24

100 Most Hated 1 (Windows)

View the latest '100 MOST HATED' nominations from www.100mosthated.com. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Nomination, David Millward, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-08-01

Industrial Light and Magic's brilliant pirate master

ILM gets Oscar nomination for John Knoll's computer workILM's visual effects supervisor oversees all the gruesome characters and supernatural transformations you see in the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Those effects have earned a 2007 Oscar nomination. Meanwhile, John Knoll is facing an April deadline for scenes...

Tags: nomination, John Knoll

Videos 2007-01-25

Shifting commissioners at FCC

Republican Kathryn Abernathy is resigning from the FCC, temporarily leaving Democrats in charge of the agency with a 2-1 majority. Congress will probably not approve Deborah Tate, President Bush's nominee to replace Michael Powell, until 2006, and the administration has not nominated anyone to replace Abernathy. The Post reports:The FCC...

Tags: Kathryn Abernathy, nomination

Blog posts 2005-11-18

Photo: President Bush and nominee Alito

President Bush and Judge Samuel Alito speak at the White House following Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court.

Tags: Alito, Bush, nomination, nominee, president, White House, Judge, photograph

Image galleries 2005-11-01

Photo: President Bush and nominee Alito

President Bush and Judge Samuel Alito speak at the White House following Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court.

Tags: Alito, Bush, nominee, nomination, president, White House, Judge, photograph

Image galleries 2005-11-01

Govt. IT group calls for approval of Grimes as DOD CIO

Should the nomination of Raytheon exec John Grimes as Defense Dept. CIO be scuttled, it would be a "travesty," a government IT industry group said Friday. According to FCW.com, Dan Heinemeier, president of the Government Electronics and Information Technology Association, said, "He is exactly the guy at the stage in...

Tags: Grime, nomination, John Grimes, Government Electronics

Blog posts 2005-08-08

Additional Resources

Should Obama Have Won the Nobel?

What are you going to do about it?Please,reveal how many more extremists there are for the secrete service to watch.I'm as big an Obama fan as anyoneBut the fact is that he hasn't accomplished anything worthy of such a prize. He says the right things, certainly, but until plans are...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Nobel, Obama

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

Microsoft trims MVP benefits, allows shareholders say on executives' pay

MVP PerksIt is too bad about losing some or almost all of the MVP award benefits. Many MVPs are quite upset over it, but we have to remember that MS can pull the plug on the entire program at any time. I'll miss shopping at the Company Store most. Hopefully,...

Tags: Benefits, Microsoft Corp., shareholder, MVP

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

CABSG (Speed Dialer for Singapore cabs) (Mobile)

Save the nightmare in remember what number to call when you are in Singapore.Comfort / CityCab / SMRT / Premier / Trans Cab / SMART Cab / Prime Taxi / Yellow TopFor more freeware, visit http://www.bak2u.comTop 10 Best Life Hacking Award - SpringWise.comNew services help consumers, keep track of their...

Tags: Mobile, Dialer, Singapore, Entrepreneurship, Management

Software downloads 2009-09-19

What really happened to Wikipedia

Well, not quite.:-) Nice piece.I'd question that the influx of money (which is still trivial - a few million dollars is NOTHING to run a top 10 website) has anything much to do with the processes such as the living people's bio policy. One is the Foundation, the other is...

Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia, Wikimedia

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

News to know: Google Voice; Twitter; I'm a PC; FiOS; Microsoft satisfaction; Cloud security

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Google Voice only gets better with launch of mobile app Larry Dignan: Dumb wireless pipe wars: Google...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, PC, Voice, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Palm Pre, Desktops, Security, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-07-16