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- Universities in hot water over students' peer-to-peer sharing
- The success of iTunes shows ....... that people will pay for a product if the cost is reasonable and they have CHOICES.Most music CDs now a day have a SINGLE song that is worth listening to. The reason people started stealing music was because the industry was forcing them to...
- Tags: Personal finance, P2P, MPAA, RIAA, piracy
- Discussion threads 2009-10-25
- mySQL founders fork on the post-Oracle future
- paranoia againi remember paranoia when sun bought openoffice and mysql...look they are still here!!!and oracle bought sun...people will be paranoid for some time, and than that story will go to oblivion just like any other paranoid story in open source world.Oracle must commit 1 billion for MySQLand also 5 billions...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Oracle Corp., MySQL
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Microsoft makes Web development tools available for free
- right...'free tools' that cost you arm and leg when you realized you just missed a small component not included in the 'stack'...kind of like getting a free car with no wheels.RE: Microsoft makes Web development tools available for freeFor example? What would one of those components be?Give an ExampleWhat...
- Tags: Channel management, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Microsoft Visual Studio, Web development, Web Development Tools, Microsoft Corp., Web, proc, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- Windows zero-day reported
- Oh my god, a piece of software has an error!I think if this can be duplicated (as it seems from the story the 'bug' is inconsistent) the it will be patched. Every software has bugs and few software is more complex than an OS.RE: Windows zero-day reportedWindows needs to be...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows 7, exploit, Microsoft Windows, Linux, window, vulnerability, software, Microsoft Corp., Win 7
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Colbert heats up global warming
- Too funnySo, 350ppm means certain environmental disaster? And we're already above that? Hmmm...Back to the drawing board...I really REALLY resent the Chicken Littles running around screaming their heads off, and I'm gradually getting the feeling that, even if originally well-intentioned, they can't see the forest for the trees.What...
- Tags: disclamer, Colbert, global warming, scientific community, carbon dioxide
- Discussion threads 2009-08-25
- Who's the fairest HR product of them all.......
- Every year, I set aside some budget monies to attend a couple of events/shows. I’m fortunate that some software vendors waive some of the costs if I’m covering the event as a press/analyst person. Events are expensive to attend and hurt my chargeability at the same time. I choose carefully...
- Tags: Software, Human Resources Inc., Registration Site, Tools & Techniques, Management, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-08-16
- Who might get health reform passed?
- They're notAnother poll shows that 71% of those surveyed believe there should be a public option. Again, it's of those surveyed - not all Americans. Sort of like your poll.As for the Round Table, I think most large companies are aware of how much their health care benefits...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, public option, health care
- Discussion threads 2009-08-12
- Chevy Volt: 230 mpg in city driving; Are you a buyer?
- Why the focus on MPG for an electric vehicle?The real question is: How much in increased electricity costs will one incur from recharging this vehicle "at least once a day"?That plus the added price tagare warning me away from this. If I thought I could save money versus buying a...
- Tags: car, mpg, battery
- Discussion threads 2009-08-11
- Reports: HP cutting more EDS salaries
- Updated: HP is reportedly cutting salaries of EDS workers again. It's the second round of salary cuts for EDS staffers since HP acquired the services giant. According to the Dallas Morning News and television reports, EDS workers have been notified that another round of pay cuts is...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Salary, Worker, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Personal Finance, Human Resources, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- Global Collaboration Competitive Success: Old Dogs, New Tricks & The Shift Index
- Global Collaboration Competitive Success: Old Dogs, New Tricks & The Shift Indexyou forgot the parasite employees that cause the falling ROA."The paradox of falling ROA alongside growing productivity is explained at least in part by the rising total compensation of knowledge workers and other talented employees"?????!!!!!!!!you've forgot the blood sucking...
- Tags: Benefits, Personal finance, ROA, Global Collaboration, New Tricks, collaboration
- Discussion threads 2009-07-10
- Watch that reference you write on LinkedIn and other sites
- Watch that reference you write on LinkedIn and other sitesRidiculous !!!People is US are exploiting laws to such an extend that everything is loosing its real purpose....I wonder one day they will sue each other because they r breathing air in each other's neighborhood. How about adding declaimer...
- Tags: Workforce management, Recruitment & Selection, Potential employer, firing, LinkedIn
- Discussion threads 2009-07-06
- Apple makes big bucks profit per iPhone 3G S
- Apple makes big bucks profit per iPhone 3G SYou forgot a componentApple Logo = $421.04Medialets Sunspider Tests: iPhone 3GS 3x faster than Pre, 5x faster than G1In Medialets controlled tests on Javascript execution using Sunspider test suit provided by Webkit it found that the iPhone 3GS was significantly faster than...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G S, big buck, Apple iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, phone
- Discussion threads 2009-06-25
- The media is dead. Long live the media
- The media is dead. Long live the mediaInteresting comment about ads.Jeremy,I found your rejection of TV due to advertising very interesting, considering the revenues of your employer (and I presume your salary?), are utterly dependent on the same model.I would like the option of ad-free content. I understand that ads...
- Tags: TVs, Advertising & Promotion, ghosting, advertisement, ad-free content, media, TV, Godzilla
- Discussion threads 2009-06-23
- Creative destruction in Canada
- Creative destruction in CanadaRoyal Bank of Canada RBC Bank : Corporate BullyRBC Bank President Gordon Nixon - Salary $11.73 Million $100,000 - MISTAKE (FISHERMEN'S LOAN) ...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Only Problem, RBC Bank, RBC
- Discussion threads 2009-06-22
- VC perspective: Can enterprise software companies do SaaS?
- VC perspective: Can enterprise software companies do SaaS?Large vendors can, but will they?Steve Lohr at NY Times had a similar point this weekend that big companies have more of an ability to invest in innovation - and I responded below. http://dealarchitect.typepad.com/deal_architect/2009/05/the-innovation-tilt-toward-big-companies.htmlWith some exceptions like Intel, Apple, Google the trend in...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, SaaS IS, software-as-a-service, enterprise software
- Discussion threads 2009-05-27
- AT&T's First (well not quite first) Chief Sustainability Officer
- AT&T's First well not quite first Chief Sustainability OfficerSkepticalThough I usually tend to encourage and hold out hope for even the most dastardly offenders of sustainability, I'm having serious reservations about AT&T's ability to achieve the goals that they've set. Their history and this press release show no...
- Tags: AT&T Corp., Chief Sustainability Officer, sustainability
- Discussion threads 2009-05-14
- Do they still need us more than we need them?
- Do they still need us more than we need them?Geek not NerdYou are mixing your names in your article and thereby invalidating your premise. Nerds are socially inept beings that may or may not be geeks. Geeks are technically gifted beings that may or may not be nerds....
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Nerds
- Discussion threads 2009-04-13
- India's Nano to challenge global auto industry
- India's Nano to challenge global auto industryWhy don't we have a Nano in this country?What we need in a global market place is tech like this to even our costs out here in the states. If we are to compete with a world economy and try to make ends...
- Tags: car, Nano
- Discussion threads 2009-03-23
- News to know: Salesforce.com; SXSW; Cisco; HP
- 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. Larry Dignan: Salesforce.com: Pondering the next 10 years  Sam Diaz: SMBs to Salesforce: We want more SaaS ...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Cisco Systems Inc., SXSW, Microsoft Windows, Sales Force Management, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-16
- News to know: Amazon; Windows 7 beta; Ozzie; Facebook
- 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. Ed Bott: Five things every Windows beta tester should know Zack Whittaker: Students and the Windows 7 release candidate Larry Dignan: Kindlenomics: Keep...
- Tags: Facebook, Microsoft Windows 7, TomTom, Online Photo, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Beta, Brittany, Linux, Ultrawideband (UWB), Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-02
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