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Album sales plunge while digital growth slows: Album sales plunge while digital growth slowsWOW - Could you be any more negative???Let's see - overall sales up 14% and sales of digital music up 45%?? That's FANTASTIC!!!. Home Depot sales grew around 13% I think. Maybe "piracy" is also devastating Home Depot.I'm so tired of...; Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Digital media, Nothing, Album sales plunge, sales, digital growth, plunge, Album sale, music, music industry, industry; Discussion threads 2008-01-04
Image: Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 an easier installation than expected: I was wary of installing the beta version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7, but with the release of Beta 2 I decided to take the plunge and see if this new browser has more to offer then what is currently available. To my surprise, the installation was relatively painless, and...; Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, plunge, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Opera Software, Mozilla Firefox, Web browser, Web, Microsoft Corp.; Image galleries 2006-04-26

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(Photos: Solar players show off their wares): (Photos: Solar players show off their wares)electrolysis+solar powerI once saw a US company's ad for a set of palladium(why not use carbon?) electrodes that could be plugged into a cigarette lighter.This could be used to plunge into a beaker of outdoor sampled water.The electrolysis would create Chlorine in status nascendi(from...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, photograph; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
Panasonic DMR-EA18K: In preparation from the upcoming analog-to-digital DTV transition, any device manufactured since 2007 and equipped with a standard analog NTSC tuner has been federally mandated to also include a digital ATSC tuner. For manufacturers of DVD recorders, that leaves two options: include a digital tuner, which increases the price a...; Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, tuner, Panasonic DMR-EA18K, Direct Navigator, recorder, Panasonic; Product reviews 2008-07-16
Best Buy to sell Ubuntu for $19.99: Best Buy to sell Ubuntu for $19.99stop the madness"the learning curve is steeper for those wanting to do more with the any OS"Dre`, once you realize that you are a 'Windows power user' and NOT a computer expert, you would not fail so often.I tend to agreethat 60 days would...; Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, WINDOWS USERS, Ubuntu, Best Buy Co. Inc., Microsoft Windows, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-07-11

iPhone 3G poses barriers to business adoption: UK enterprise adoption of the iPhone 3G may be hampered by security issues and Apple's exclusive partnership with O2, among other factors. For years, Apple has paid little attention to products for enterprise users. Now it's pitching its new iPhone 3G as: "The best phone for business. Ever". But...; Tags: Barrier, Apple iPhone, Phone, O2 Plc., John Romeis, Gordon Barnes, Paul Jarvis, Phil Jackson, Ignacio Toro Lyng, 3G, Cellular Phones, GPS, Telecom & Utilities, Wireless, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Natasha Lomas silicon.com, iPhone 3G, smart phones, Apple, IT; News items 2008-07-11
Mossberg's review of iPhone 3G: Newer, Faster, Cheaper: The Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg has been testing the iPhone 3G for a couple of weeks and today posted his review. As you'd expect, he loves the "between three and five times as fast" 3G networking, "wireless synchronization with corporate email" and the App Store which gives iPhone 3G...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Mossberg, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Free Old Clock Screensaver (exe): Free Old Clock Screensaver is an amazing screensaver that offers you a magnificent scene of the very beginning of the last century. The antique wooden clock in ascetic retro surroundings, tender light, and rhythmic sounds of the ticking away time bring to your mind thoughts about the life of your...; Tags: 3D, Screensaver, 3D Savers; Software downloads 2008-07-08
Your Gmail is now a lot more secure: A feature that I found out was in the making last September has finally come to fruition. You can now see information about recent and concurrent Gmail sessions for your Gmail account. What does that mean? It means now you have the power to see if anybody...; Tags: Google Gmail, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2008-07-07
Calling all auto engineers: this is an emergency: Calling all auto engineers: this is an emergencyThere are no engineersTheir parents made sure they went into business and got MBAs due to the wonders of globalization!Too many chiefs, not enough indians.-MWhy not just drill for more oil?I think it is simply amazing how everyone in Congress is standing around...; Tags: Food & Beverage, Total Cost, food; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Will Oracle answer these questions?: Tomorrow sees Oracle provide its Q4 results. I have no more insight into what those numbers will look like than anyone else but if past history is anything to go by, they'll likely be 'dramatic.' More dramatic for me though will be insights...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Sales Strategy, Marketing Research, Sales, Marketing, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-06-24
Googlenomics, Shrugged: Come the morning of September 7, you'll probably go to the Google search box and find a fun-loving in-house artist has replaced the first "o" in the company name with a symbol that looks like a "1" and the second "o" with a slightly altered version...; Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Operational Accounting, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-06-20
My first day with Firefox 3: My first day with Firefox 3Add-onsSo what's the magic to getting your add-ons working again? Most of mine are disabled awaiting updates that have yet to arrive.A Pint of Guinness for Everyone on the Mozilla Team!Great Effort Mozilla Team!Aye! :)"be leery of new software"Come off it Dana, that's just...; Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, first day, FF3; Discussion threads 2008-06-18
Leaving Microsoft: Leaving MicrosoftGood Luck!I wish you a lot of luck in your new endeavors!Keep us posted!I don't buy itJoining a small startup to do business in Africa?..I thought a small startup is cash strapped and eager to make a quick buck rather than do philantrophic work.I think that is more than...; Tags: LEAVING Microsoft, small business seminar, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-05-27
Psystar offers 13 non-Apple Software Updates: Psystar offers 13 non-Apple Software UpdatesPsystar a Mac Cloner?It is common to label the Psystar Open PC a Mac clone. But this labeling has no justification what so ever. Psystar did not copy proprietary Apple hardware. As long as apple used Motorola and Risc Power PC CPUs it had its...; Tags: Desktops, Patches, software, Here Psystar, Psystar, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-05-21
XenDesktop, VDI, SolidICE offer benefits but no panacea for IT managers: I am always skeptical about new technologies that "threaten" to transform the traditional PC desktop. In my 20 years following the PC industry, I've seen them all – server-based models, thin clients, application streaming technologies, hosted ASP and newer software-as-a-service models, even Linux. I still use a...; Tags: Desktop Management, Benefit, Server, ScriptStart, Leostream, Desktops, Hardware, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-20
Health care debate is a neverending story: Health care debate is a neverending storySupply and demandOf course there's a way to balance the two. It's called the Market. Get third-party pay out of the equation, and demand and supply laws will come into effect.The reason demand is so high is because prices are artificially low. Whenever you...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
20 things you should know about virtualization: Virtualization has been a major buzzword in the IT world for a few years. Now the buzz is getting bigger, with the release of Windows Server 2008 and the impending integration of the Hyper-V virtualization component formerly called Viridian. Of course, Microsoft already has Virtual Server and Virtual PC, as...; Tags: Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; Download resources 2008-05-01
XP SP3 available for download from Microsoft: XP SP3 available for download from MicrosoftCheersI've been waiting all day over here in Australia (its 8:30 at night here right now) for the release of SP3 so cheers for the link mate :DPreviously Download was 544MB, now only 316MB?Adrian,Thanks for the direct link, but why is this download only...; Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, XP SP3, ISO, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP; Discussion threads 2008-04-29
How this blog saved my life and saved me $100,000: A few months back, I told you about how my neck had gone bad, really bad. At that time, I was in the middle of a six-month dive into pain, alleviated only by gobbling unwholesome quantities of Percoset. Three weeks ago last Friday, I had an amazing surgery that relieved...; Tags: Blog, Doctor, Disc, Health Care, Surgery, Healthcare, Mitch Ratcliffe; Blog posts 2008-04-20