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- Perfect Download Icons 2009.1 (Windows)
- Perfect Download Icons offers web site designers and software developers a collection of affordable and high quality icons that can be used without a restricted license on a multiple of different projects. These collections of download icons were created by talented and experienced graphic designers but are being made available...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Icon, Aha-soft, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Investment, Internet, Marketing, Finance
- Software downloads 2009-10-27
- Microsoft still pushing a standards tax
- You make an assumption that is not true"If a standard includes ?IP restrictions? of any sort, especially royalties no matter how reasonable or necessary you consider them you?re imposing a tax on all users for your invention."Excuse me? Take for example Flash. Do they not license On2's proprietary "IP restricted"...
- Tags: patent, Microsoft Corp., tax
- Discussion threads 2009-08-10
- A good fit: Amazon gobbles up Zappos
- Amazon said Wednesday that it is acquiring Zappos in a deal worth $847 million. The CEOs of both companies portrayed the deal as an e-commerce learning adventure where both sides can learn from each other and leverage strengths. The combination is an interesting one. Zappos.com, which primarily...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Zappos, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-22
- After EU fine, Intel will face rash of lawsuits
- After EU fine, Intel will face rash of lawsuitsAt first...At first, I thumbed my nose at the EU and their "intrusion" into the US business place with their anti-trust this and anti-competitive that.. I am beginning to think they are the only ones with enough backbone to stand up to...
- Tags: Processors, antitrust law, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., lawsuit, OEM, intel
- Discussion threads 2009-05-18
- IBM CEO took home nearly $21 million in 2008
- IBM's chairman and chief executive, Sam Palmisano, received a compensation package valued at nearly $21 million in 2008, only slightly higher than the year before, according to calculations by the AP via a regulatory filing by IBM yesterday. In the filing, IBM's board praised th company's "very...
- Tags: Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM Corp., Performance Management, Benefits, Sales Strategy, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sales, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-03-10
- What TomTom suit may really be about
- What TomTom suit may really be aboutCan't wait for my TomTom 730 GPS to arrive!I compared Garmin to TomTom and purchased the TomTom 730 (instead of the Garmin nuvi 760). They are 95% comparable with the following key exceptions:Map updates are free with TomTom, Garmin you must pay more Microsoft...
- Tags: Investment, OPEN SOURCE, Construction, TomTom, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-03
- Nortel to cut 3,200 more employees
- Nortel today announced that it intends to reduce its workforce by an additional 3,200 positions worldwide over the next several months, almost doubling the total number of laid off employees after 1,800 workers were cut earlier this year.r"There is nothing more difficult than notifying employees, and Nortel is extremely conscious...
- Tags: Compensation, Employee, Performance, Nortel Networks Corp., Equity, Benefits, Performance Management, Investment, Financial Services, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-02-25
- Why Microsoft
- Why MicrosoftIt was just an analogyI had a good idea how it worked, it was just a a simplistic example.But at the same time, I am sure that Apple would not sign a contract with Microsoft that would allow for them to walk away, leaving Apple without one of the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Strategy, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-01
- Workday - Where HR and Finance Do More than Interface
- Workday update Workday hosted a conference call for the Enterprise Irregulars bloggers recently. The firm was announcing a number of functional enhancements to their integrated Finance and HR product line. What did we learn? The company now has...
- Tags: Human Resources, Workday, Finance, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-12-16
- Facebook scores SEC exemption
- Facebook has been granted an exemption by the Securities and Exchange Commission that allows the company to not comply with the same law that pushed Google into becoming a public company. The exemption, reported by Business Week today, was granted on October 14 and allows the company to continue to...
- Tags: Facebook, Exemption, SEC, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Apple to pay Fadell $300,000 as advisor; Can't solicit workers for a year if leaves
- Apple in an SEC filing on Wednesday detailed Tony Fadell's compensation package, which includes an annual salary of $300,000, stock and an agreement to avoid poaching employees for a year at the end of his employment. Apple officially announced Fadell's departure on Tuesday. In the SEC filing...
- Tags: Advisor, Agreement, Apple Inc., Benefits, Company, Human Resources, Larry Dignan, Restricted Stock Unit, Settlement Agreement, Worker
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- Enough already with the Luddite schools
- Enough already with the Luddite schoolsI think middle school is better for tech than primary.I would rather see hand written reports up to and including 4th grade. Technology is great but so far cognitive scientists have not created a device that rivals the human brain. If you don't develop all...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Recruitment & Selection, public school
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- Will Apple help Android succeed?
- Will Apple help Android succeed?Good luck with that...Post when you clear your first $250 grand.http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/9/iphone-developer-i-ll-do-anything-apple-tells-me-to-do-i-just-made-250k-on-the-app-store-in-two-months-aapl-A niche share might be what they want.Think about it. Owning Apple is like being in an exclusive club. It looses the mystique if everyone has it. The Android OS has the potential to become the...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Android OS, Apple Inc., Apple help Android, Apple Help, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- VMware's R&D chief quits after 9 months
- VMware said Tuesday that its executive vice president of research and development has resigned after nine months on the job. In a terse statement, VMware said that Richard Sarwal quit to go back to Oracle. Sarwal joined VMware in December 2007. VMware CEO Paul...
- Tags: Stock Option, Security, Amount, R&D, Stock, Employment, Agreement, VMware Inc., Company, RSU, Control, Change, Cause, Person, Stock Options, Investment, Benefits, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- VMWare employees to receive new pricing on underwater stock options
- The last thing any employee wants is stock options that are "under water." But that's exactly what some VMWare employees who were issued options after the August IPO are stuck with. After the IPO, VMWare's stock climbed and climbed - from $57.71 on its first day to about $125 in...
- Tags: Stock Option, Employee, Stock, VMware Inc., Pricing Strategy, Investment, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Icahn on Yahoo: I'd hire a 'talented and experienced' CEO
- In his latest missive to Yahoo's board of directors, activist shareholder Carl Icahn blasts chairman Roy Bostock and outlines what he'd do if he gets control of the company's board. Right after he ditched Yahoo's poison pill, Icahn said he would "ask our new board to hire a talented...
- Tags: Poison Pill, Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Plan, CEO, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-06
- RIP OLPC
- RIP OLPCWintel is a bit - well, 'legacy'Those kids that get XP rather than OSS olpcs will miss out on the rather more interesting experience. Certainly, for learning about computing, XP can hardly be regarded as an honest opportunity.Agree about editing and recompiling software though - it luckily isn't...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, RIP OLPC, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-05-20
- Microsoft adding 10,000 new datacenter servers a month
- Microsoft adding 10,000 new datacenter servers a monthWell, MS probably did not want anybody to know this. They sure do now wantto appear to be agreeing that cloud computing is the way to go while they try to hold on to the twin cash cows as long as possible. But,...
- Tags: Data centers, Servers, Blade servers, Virtualization, Utility computing, new datacenter server, datacenter server, server, data center, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- Retailer Links 450 Stores to Head Office Systems With Innovative Mobile Solution
- Lithuania-based retailer Lietuvos Spauda needed to connect its chain of kiosks and convenience stores to head office. Manual processes restricted efficient management and delayed stock replenishment. Working with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Etronika and mobile provider Omnitel, the retailer rolled out its "Virtual Sales" solution. Based on the integration of...
- Tags: Mobile, Microsoft Office, Retail Company, Microsoft Corp., Sales Strategy, Retail, Sales Force Management, Sales
- Case studies 2008-04-01
- Yahoo beefs up severance packages (just in case Microsoft succeeds)
- Yahoo said in an SEC filing that it has beefed up severance packages for full-time employees--not to mention executives--in the event of layoffs. Simply put, this move is designed to make Microsoft pay a bit more to lay off Yahoos. In the filing, Yahoo...
- Tags: Employee, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Benefits, Recruitment & Selection, Stock Options, Investment, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
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