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British PM at TED: "First generation to change the world for the better"

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is an unlucky man. Within the first few days of his premiership, there were nationwide floods, a foot-and-mouth outbreak and attempted terror attacks in London that were only discovered through sheer luck. The extent of this man's bad luck was emphasized by popular...

Tags: Prime Minister, Video, Corporate Communications, Performance Management, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-08-14

Japan gives the Pope a Sony HD camcorder

If you thought it was weird when President Obama gave Queen Elizabeth II an iPod this past April, check this out: the Pope now has a Sony HD camcorder. While in Italy for the G8 summit, Japanese prime minister Taro Aso stopped by the Vatican and gave Pope Benedict what...

Tags: Sony Corp., Prime Minister, Camcorder, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-07-08

Prime Minister 'doesn't recognize' IT failures

In a comment that was rather bizarre and extraordinary, even for a politician, UK Prime Minister, Gordon Browne, dismissed the importance of multi-billion pound IT failures. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Prime Minister, Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman, IT Failure

Blog posts 2008-10-31

Russia tells Google to try again

Google's attempt to acquire Russia's second most popular search and advertising company called Begun (which has 20% market share) was refused by the Russian federal anti-monopoly service. They said that Google did not provide information requested, including a list of people who have the ability to influence their economic...

Tags: Google Inc., Prime Minister, Putin, Internet, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-10-24

Anwar Ibrahim Blog RSS 1 (Windows)

Dato' Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim (born August 10, 1947) is a former deputy prime minister and finance minister of Malaysia. Early in his career, he became a protege of the former prime minister of Malaysia, Mahathir bin Mohamad, but subsequently emerged as the most prominent critic of Mahathir's administration. In...

Tags: Prime Minister, Malaysia, Muhammad Nur Hanief, Wiki, Professional Development, Microsoft Windows, Workforce Management, Financial Accounting, Online Communications, Career, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Finance

Software downloads 2007-07-27

Prime Minister Forever - Canada 1.0 (Windows)

Run for Prime Minister in the 2004 Canadian election. Target provinces and even individual ridings, criss-cross the country doing barn-storming campaigns, setup detailed platforms to outmaneuver your opponents, unleash foot soldiers to stop your opponents, run attack ads. Play one of the 4 major parties (Liberal, Conservative, NDP, Bloc). With...

Tags: Prime Minister, Opponent, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2004-06-22

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Copenhagen may not see any real agreement on greenhouse gases

That's the conclusion of Britain's lead environmental official. He thinks the barriers to reaching agreement on how to pay for reduction of emissions is too high a hurdle to overcome in less than fifty days. The British Prime Minister already tried scolding fellow heads of state. That got...

Tags: Alternative Energy, Greenhouse Gas, Agreement, Copenhagen, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Some prepare for Copenhagen climate meeting

Here in the U.S. most folks don't even know where Denmark is. Hint, it's just a little east of Kennebunkport. But elsewhere the positioning before the December climate talks in Copenhagen has begun. In Britian, for example, all three major political parties actually admit there's global warming. ...

Tags: Copenhagen, Leadership, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Canada scandal illustrates perils of health IT stimulus

I love it... you do a story that involves tech, and nobody says anythingPeople just like to complain. If this was a Health Reform article, you would have people screaming and crying all over TalkBackFUDDisappointing Dana, I would have thought you were above this type of FUD.RE: Canada scandal illustrates...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, health-IT, stimulus

Discussion threads 2009-10-09

U.S. still thumbing its nose at global warming agreements

Japan's new prime minister is leaning toward putting greenhouse gas emission limits on his nation. This week he will tell the U.N. he wants a 25% reduction in emissions by 2020. The out-going Japanese regime had been less interested in taking action. There's no such move likely from...

Tags: Agreement, Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-20

'Anonymous' group attempts DDoS attack against Australian government

Following a threat posted on YouTube a month ago, the the well known malicious pattern of the "Anonymous group" failed to materialize earlier today when the group attempted to launch a distributed denial of service DDoS attack against the web sites of Australia's Prime Minister and the Australian Communications and...

Tags: Government, Crowdsourcing, Distributed Denial Of Service, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-09

Is $400 billion a lot of money?

Is $400 billion a lot of money?Breaking evenSo if US were to spend more money on achieving energy independence, how much time will be needed to break-even? For example, if the US spends $400 billion each year towards energy independence and achieves it in two years and then it...

Tags: Qannadda

Discussion threads 2009-07-24

"Cooling trend" gets hot reactions

I blog about global warming and the reactions are hot. One commenter thinks I want everybody to believe in global warming so green tech will get more investment. My selfish reason for liking green tech: it is more likely more birds and trees will survive and I find...

Tags: Green Technology, Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-16

How to shop for your first Digital SLR

How to shop for your first Digital SLRYou ignored the most important decisionCanon or Nikon.Why?Because you are committed to a lens system forever. In the long run, you will have a fortune in lenses.ViewfinderAlso, don't forget to check out how large and clear the viewfinder image is. You're going...

Tags: DSLR, camera, first digital-SLR, battery, Digital-SLR, Minolta, Nikon Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-10

Britain hires hackers for intel squad

The hackers are coming, the hackers are coming. Britain is hiring ex-hackers as a security cadre to protect the country's computer systems from cyber attacks, AP reports. [Anti-terrorism minister] Alan West said the technology-savvy staff will join efforts to trace the source of â€"...

Tags: Britain, Hacker, Hacking, Security, Viruses And Worms, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Guns Girls Lawyers Spies 1.40 (Windows)

Build your own private spy agency. Travel around the world, trade with state secrets, weapon systems, spy codes, WMD, hire secretaries, agents, lawyers, helicopters and soldiers, establish agency stations, cells and bases and search for criminals and politicians. Game contains more than 30 missions including CIA unlimited, general noriega, USAF,...

Tags: Agency, Lawyer, Microsoft Windows, Strategy Lights Series, Mission Objective, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-05-02

The cause of swine flu

The cause of swine fluas I said beforeThe origin of this virus and many others is in the promiscuos way of life of the homosexuals.Church leaders and conservative bloggers saw it comming.Unfortunately Obama does nothing to eradicate the root cause of this disease that is homosexuality, and panders to these...

Tags: antibiotics, H1N1 flu, virus

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Chuck Norris Syndrome and IT failure

Chuck Norris Syndrome and IT failurelololoolloolARghhhhhhh thx for the good laugh you make my day man .....Chuck norris syndrome arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhHuman's Hate ChangeThis is a statement I make repeatedly - in every presentation I ever deliver and especially in my Process Management presentation. So your following summation truly...

Tags: Strategy, Chuck Norris Syndrome, information technology, IT Failure, Chuck Norris

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Enterprise vendors: in pursuit of reality

Michael Hickins at BNet cracks open the customer/vendor relationship kimono, using Ray Wang's most recent post as the backdrop. As we enter the conference season, the timing could not be better: Indeed, most customers have a love-hate relationship with their vendors that is heavily weighted towards hate....

Tags: Beverage, Customer, SAP AG, IBM Corp., MISO PR, Carr, Food & Beverage, Software As A Service (SaaS), Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, Managed Hosting, Manufacturing, Emerging Technologies, Investment, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-04-16

Can Australia's government really bring fiber to the home?

The Australian federal government plans to build its own fiber to the home network.  Renai LeMay at ZDNet AU reports that the Australian government didn't get any viable proposals from the big telecom players. Instead, the government will build its own network in partnership with the private...

Tags: FTTH, Australia, Government, Fiber Optics, Vertical Industries, Optical Networking, Broadband Internet, Telephony, Telecommunications, Enterprise Software, Software, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-07