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Is the world really that "flat"?

This will provoke some heavy thinking... if we could turn the population of the earth into a small community of 100 people, keeping the same proportions we have today, it would be something like this..... by Phil Fersht

Tags: Earth, Proportion, Population, Phil Fersht

Blog posts 2007-12-16

Cabbage Soup Diet (exe)

This is a book about 7-day Cabbage Soup Diet. Put all vegetables in a big pot and cover with pure water. Bring to a boil, stir in the soup mix, and boil gently for 10 minutes. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer until all the vegetables are soft. Stir in the...

Tags: Proportion

Software downloads 2007-06-29

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What people hate most about health insurance

What people hate most about health insurancetry medicaid if you want a real headacheIf you think your paid insurance is bad, try living on SS or SSI, yet being expected to make co-pays on everything they can find to ding you on, it may sound like no big deal if...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, health care, health insurance

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

LCD TVs recommended over plasma TVs in retail, Samsung and Sony top recommended brands

At a rate of more than three to one, retail electronics salespersons are recommending liquid crystal display LCD flat screen TVs instead of sets using plasma technology to shoppers who are seeking to purchase big screen televisions (sets with screens measuring 40 inches or larger), according to the J.D.Power and...

Tags: Sony Corp., Brand, LCD TV, Plasma TV, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Salesperson, LCD, Branding, Monitors & Displays, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Marketing, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, AM

Blog posts 2008-07-21

New studies highlight the potential downsides of SharePoint

New studies highlight the potential downsides of SharePointSharePoint Best Practices!!!I'm not disputing the result of the studies but i think the downsides are normally excerbated by inappropiate practices. Every product has its downsde but i believe these downsides can be overcome if appropiate practices are used: SharePoint Best Practices Start...

Tags: Groupware, Collaboration, Enterprise software, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

Rogue network admin still in jail on $5m bail

This is crazy. Perhaps literally. Terry Childs, computer network administrator for the city of San Francisco, got mad, apparently because his supervisors were trying to fire him, and created a secret root password for himself, locking out the rest of the city. Reported the SF Chronicle: ...

Tags: City, Network Administration, Network, Terry Childs, Networking, Productivity, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-07-17

Survey: 39 percent of iPhone 3G buyers own PCs

Survey: 39 percent of iPhone 3G buyers own PCsLooking at the data another way,there were fewer Mac owners getting iPhone 3G's than the original iPhones. Not just %, but raw number. Wonder what conclusions could be drawn from that?Good luck with the corporate TrojanYeah I don't see this being any...

Tags: Cellular phones, Desktops, Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G buyer, 3G, survey, Apple Inc., PC

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

SOA market will double, but will success stories follow?

SOA market will double, but will success stories follow?No they won't.SOA proponents are throwing out the propaganda. But that is all SOA has to offer. SOA does one thing efficiently - burn money. If it has the word service in its description, it has become a joke. Every layer of...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA proponent, SOA, SOA Market

Discussion threads 2008-07-11

Keeping the web open, by letting the EU deal with things

Privacy International have said that Google's new Street View tool could breach data protection laws if people's faces are shown, according to the BBC, whereas the creator of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has made it clear that the success of the web has been because it's open for...

Tags: Imagery, Google Inc., Web, European Commission, Europe, Street View, Channel Management, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-09

Kaminsky and Ptacek comment on DNS flaw

Well, well, well, what a day for security news! I got a chance to get the scoop word of mouth from Dan Kaminsky of IOActive (pictured above [image courtesy of quinnums]) and Thomas Ptacek of Matasano pictured below on the DNS flaw that's been all over the...

Tags: DNS, Flaw, Nate, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Web 3.0 - the future of social networking

Note: re-posted after withdrawing post a few days ago; no changes made since then. I would put this very much on par with a past Scoble moment, as I've been lucky enough to see something which actually impresses me. I've seen a lot over my life, the...

Tags: 3D, Web, Facebook, Network, Web 3.0, Scene, Vivaty Scenes, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Students and the browser war

Note: I just want to quickly apologise for the lack of posts recently; moved into a new house and broadband won't be set up for a while, so had to resort to dial-up which is proving troublesome. I'll do my best, considering this is essentially my income,...

Tags: Web, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Firefox Library, Web Browsers, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-06

YouTube vs. Viacom: Google's IP wins; Users lose

Updated: The latest battle in Google's ongoing court battle with Viacom over YouTube copyright infringement is a glass half full or half empty situation. In the half full department, Google scored a legal victory as a judge shot down Viacom requests for the search giant's search code and other critical...

Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., IP, Video, Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-03

Blizzard introducing two-factor authentication for WoW gamers

Password stealing malware targeting popular MMORPGs such as World of Warcraft for instance, has become so prevalent, that video game developers are taking their authentication model a step further, by introducing two-factor authentication into play. And while marketable, is the new authentication layer actually useful in a real life situation?...

Tags: Password, Two-factor Authentication, World Of Warcraft, Malware, Gamer, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Games, Cyberthreats, Security, Personal Technology, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-02

Working online from home in your pyjamas

A good proportion of a working day in the average office, is indeed working outside of the office. It seems nowadays though, the opportunity has arisen to let those who can't get a job - students for example - to utilise their skills for the online market. Working from home...

Tags: Poster, Task, Web Browsers, Recruitment & Selection, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-01

What is a company blogger good for?

I often hear from companies that want to "be social" or "hire a blogger." Usually, there hasn't been any effort put into the question of what they'd like to accomplish from the effort, so I send out the following. Now, you can call me to talk when you have an...

Tags: Marketing, Industry, Blog, Site, Blogger, Industry New, Blogging, Strategy, Internet, Management, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Reformed computer criminals - your country needs you

And trust me, they really do. Over the last year, the UK and US Governments have had an awful problem in keeping basic data protection rules in check, almost to the point where they may have been broadcasting over the radio minutes of the intelligence committee meetings. ...

Tags: Computer, Hat Hacker, Productivity, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-06-26

Maybe I was wrong about Mac Servers

Maybe I was wrong about Mac ServersSo ZFS is the sole criteria for a quality server OS or not?Has data loss due the underlying file system really been the problem Robin and you are making it out to be?RE: Maybe I was wrong about Mac Serversye: Veritas VxFS indeed has...

Tags: Desktops, Servers, server, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-06-20

Softgroup .Net Forms Resize (zip)

Sofgroup .Net Forms Resize is a professional .Net component that gives your applications forms resolution independence. Softgroup .Net Forms Resize automatically resize all controls and fonts contained in a .Net Windows Form as they are sized without need of write code. With Softgroup .Net Forms Resize you can: keep your...

Tags: Control, Font, Softgroup, Sofgroup .Net Forms Resize, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2008-06-19

Students (unaware/don't care) about music legalities

Students (unaware/don't care) about music legalitiesRE: Sharing amongst friendsAbsolutely not!!! This is not even a gray area! If you hand someone a physical copy of a cd (book, record, movie, etc.) you can no longer play it (read it, watch it, etc.). If you hand them a...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Digital media, music legality

Discussion threads 2008-06-17