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- The Revenge of Samuel Slater
- The Revenge of Samuel SlaterTitle s/b England's Revenge ON Samuel Slater.Slater, after all, damaged England's most valuable export, cloth, by breaking international rules and building a mill with technology which he was not entitled to use.Now the US's most valuable export, IP, is being damaged by software which the English...
- Tags: Samuel Slater, bandwidth, mill, Slater
- Discussion threads 2006-02-10
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- RIM warns for the third quarter; Blames Bold, Storm slippage, weak Loonie
- Research in Motion said its third quarter sales and earnings will be lower than expected primarily due to "shifts in product launch dates" and a weak economy. In a statement late Tuesday, RIM said that revenue for the third quarter will be $2.75 billion to $2.78 billion....
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Quarter, Storm, Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Sales Force Management, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- IBM reports early. Profits up 20 percent, full year estimates reaffirmed.
- IBM, surprising Wall Street today with an early release of its quarterly earnings, reported a 20 percent in net income and EPS of $2.05. The company also reaffirmed its forecast of at least $8.75 for the year, a 22 percent increase from a year ago. Samuel J. Palmisano, IBM chairman,...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- RIM's Storm: Why it matters
- Research in Motion launched its Storm touch handheld and it is critical to the company's long-term plans. RIM, along with Vodafone and Verizon Wireless, launched the Storm on Wednesday (Techmeme, statement, Crave review, gallery). The phone, a rival to the iPhone 3G, signals a product barrage for...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Keyboards, 3G, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Now Debuting: One-Click Payment For Illegal Downloads
- Frank Zappa again is a mother of invention. Since Friday, songs of the experimental musician, dead now for almost 15 years, have been used to test a one-click system for getting payments from individuals who download works of artists illegally. ...
- Tags: Payment, Musician, Antipiracy, Nexicon Inc., Piracy, Operational Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Negotiating with Authority
- The act of negotiating has several aspects and definitions, including, the "art of the deal", "making the big sale", and "making the right decision", to reference but a few. In this on-demand web seminar, subject matter expert Samuel Brown teaches you how to negotiate with authority - through the best...
- Tags: Global Knowledge Network Inc., On-demand, Cloud Computing, Channel Management, Marketing
- Webcasts 2008-08-25
- News to know: 64-bit Windows; JavaFX; Net neutrality; Apple
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Suddenly, 64-bit Windows is mainstream Dear Adobe, can we please have a 64-bit Flash player? Larry Dignan: JavaFX SDK preview launches: Can Sun play the RIA game? Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft launches new search...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Broadband, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Microsoft Windows, 64-Bit, Network Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Networking
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- External HD cases turn your drive into Samuel L. Jackson
- External HD cases turn your drive into Samuel L. JacksonSeems a little expensive to me$250 for a drive case? Tough to consider when external drives in the terabyte range cost less than that WITH the drive.RE: External HD cases turn your drive into Samuel L. Jacksonand if the drive...
- Tags: External HD case, Samuel L. Jackson, External HD
- Discussion threads 2008-07-30
- External HD cases turn your drive into Samuel L. Jackson
- There are a lot of odd customized products in the gadget world, but this one takes the cake for the most potential. Meninos Design Studio offers acrylic cases wrapped in customizable vinyl, turning your favorite silver drive into a can of Red Bull, a bottle of Heinz...
- Tags: Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- IBM: Big Blue beats expectations; raises full year guidance
- updated: IBM, a bellweather that analysts have been watching as an indicator of the tech industry's economic health in the U.S., reported second quarter earnings of $2.8 billion, or $1.98 a share, an increase of 28 percent over the same quarter a year ago. Revenue was $26.8 billion, a 13...
- Tags: Revenue, IBM Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Rhode Island's novel approach to addressing budget gaps
- Rhode Island's novel approach to addressing budget gapsRhode Island's novel approach to addressing budget gapsHooray for RI! I haven't heard of any energy crisis in RI. You can bet the naval base there would probably want to get on this.You knowif we actually built power plants this wouldn't...
- Tags: Blackstone, mill, river, Blackstone River
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Airport security part 5: Snakes on planes? Check. Marshalls on planes? Nope.
- Update: TSA has commented on the CNN story on their website. From our good friend Dave Lewis from Liquidmatrix Security Digest, and memorable quotes from Samuel L. Jackson, apparently we can draw the conclusion that we have snakes on planes, but not Federal...
- Tags: Airport Security, Transportation Security Administration, Dave Lewis, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- How evil is China?
- How evil is China?I would not call China Evil....So much as America is being very stupid.1) No one is in a uproar about their kids having lead in their toys. 2) Sending our computer components to be built in China and wonder why they have spyware on...
- Tags: Chinese product
- Discussion threads 2008-04-21
- How evil is China?
- Matt Asay has a headline today that's doubtless worth a click -- Microsoft and Novell seek to exonerate Chinese piracy. The news peg is that Microsoft and Novell extended their existing agreement on IP to China. They call it "an incremental investment in their relationship" aimed...
- Tags: China, America, Matt Asay, Matt, Intellectual Property, Piracy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- Big Blue delivers big profits; Ups 2008 outlook
- IBM on Wednesday handily topped Wall Street estimates with net income of $2.3 billion, or $1.65 a share, on revenue of $24.5 billion. According to Thomson Financial, Wall Street was expecting a profit of $1.45 a share on revenue of $23.7 billion. IBM got help from a...
- Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Revenue, IBM Corp., Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
- H-Store: Complete destruction of the old DBMS order?
- Guest Post: Curt Monash reports from the front lines of a database revolution. Mike Stonebraker created much of the database management industry. Now he wants to blow it up. Via a project called H-Store [pdf file], he proposes to manage high-end OLTP databases entirely in...
- Tags: Disk, DBMS, Brown University, OLTP, RAM, H-Store, I-Store, H-Store Team, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Curt Monash
- Blog posts 2008-02-20
- Let the green tech lobbying begin, CEO-style
- This is one of those posts that I've been meaning to put together for a couple of weeks, but I wasn't frankly quite sure of what I thought about the information until just now. But the second time I read the pitch through, I decided I was suitably impressed. ...
- Tags: Green Technology, Chairman, Technology, Strategy, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- Google on Markey net neutrality bill:let's stop the "gatekeepers"
- Without mentioning Comcast's broadband Internet throttling by name, Google's Public Policy analyst and blogger Derek Slater has just made a post resoundingly in favor of the net neutrality legislation introduced this week by Congressmen Ed Markey and Chip Pickering: Today, Rep. Ed Markey and Chip...
- Tags: Google Inc., Broadband, Net Neutrality, Broadband Policy, Internet, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- Coal may get a nasty black eye from Federal Government
- It seems the Bush Administration is re-considering its support of an experiemental showcase coal-burning plant to generate electricity. Recently it was announced that FutureGen would be built in Mattoon, Illinois. An Administration spokesperson didn't complain because the plant was NOT sited in Texas, instead it's claimed to be...
- Tags: Illinois, Texas, FutureGen, Business Structures, Government, Federal Government, Telecom & Utilities, Finance, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-01-30
- Chirp displays a social screen saver
- If you studied your ancient Web history, you may remember PointCast, which pushed Web content feeds prior to RSS to a user's screen. In its prime during 1996, PointCast had more than 200 employees, 1.5 million users, nearly $50 million in venture funding and even some revenue. By 2000, PointCast...
- Tags: PointCast, Screensaver, Greylock Ltd., Chirpscreen, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-01-24
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