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SpectraLink Wireless Telephone System Sets New Standard for Customer Satisfaction

The Sewell Automotive Company began in the1950's based on Carl Sewell Senior's renowned high standards of business and customer satisfaction. The Sewell Lexus dealership comprises over a half-million square feet distributed over five buildings and outside car displays. The biggest challenge to a sales staff over such a large area...

Tags: Phone, Telephone Call, SpectraLink Corp., Telephone System, Customer Satisfaction, Sewell Lexus Dealership, Sales Strategy, Product Marketing, Telecom & Utilities, Sales, Marketing

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300 Lithuanian sites hacked by Russian hackers

A recently accepted legislation in Lithuania banning communist symbols across Lithuania, has prompted Pro-Russian hackers to start defacing Lithuanian sites, an indication of the upcoming attack was detected last week with active discussions around Russian forums greatly reminding us of the Russia vs Estonia cyberattack sparkled due to the removal...

Tags: Web, Web Site, Hacker, Distributed Denial Of Service, Attack, Hacking, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-02

Car crash on Wall Street: many injuries and heavy losses

Not since the financial industry did a header off the high board into a mortgage pool filled with bad paper. It's been literally weeks since an American-based business sector looked this sick. I've been trying to keep up with the bloody saga of the Detroit auto makers and...

Tags: Car, Stock, Chrysler LLC, General Motors Corp., Wall, Sales Strategy, Mortgages, Sales Force Management, Construction, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Sales, Finance, Capital Structures, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-30

2008 Infiniti M45X

Photo gallery:2008 Infiniti M45xWhen you think big, comfortable sedans with cutting-edge tech, you look for a price range around $80,000 to $100,000 and think models such as the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, BMW 7-series, and Lexus LS. But then here comes the 2008 Infiniti M45x with all the tech those other cars...

Tags: Infiniti, Mph, Infiniti M45X

Product reviews 2008-06-26

2009 Toyota Corolla XLE

Photo gallery:2009 Toyota CorollaAlthough second from the bottom of the Toyota model lineup, the 2009 Toyota Corolla inherits tech that goes all the way up to Toyota's high-end Lexus brand. The optional navigation system on the Corolla uses a similar interface to that in the Lexus GS 460. And the...

Tags: GPS, Toyota Corolla, Toyota Motor Corp., navigation system

Product reviews 2008-06-16

Is Canada's new copyright law a northern DMCA?

Is Canada's new copyright law a northern DMCA?just a technicality......but this isn't law in Canada, yet. It's just a bill at this point. Carry on...it will never beThis farce of a bill is the single most anti-consumer thing i ever saw in Canada.You can copy legally own media...

Tags: Digital media, Consumer electronics, DVD, northern DMCA, IS Canada, new Copyright Law, DMCA, copyright law

Discussion threads 2008-06-13

Yahoo nears Google search deal; Icahn's plan goes kaput

Yahoo nears Google search deal; Icahn's plan goes kaputWhat happens if...Icahn's slate wins this is still a serious possibility and MS still isn't interested in buying, or would only be willing at a greatly reduced price? I would think that Icahn would have no choice but to run Yahoo...

Tags: Financial accounting, Investment, Yang, Google Search, Yahoo! Inc., Icahn, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-12

Rule change: we're playing corporate greenmail now

Canada is the first to offer a ransom. The government there will give GM money if GM will keep Canadians employed. So the rush to subsidize what might be a viable efficient new car from GM...or might not be, is clearly on. It's not expected the current...

Tags: Canada, Clean Technology, General Motors Corp., Engineering, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-04

2008 Lexus GS 460

Photo gallery:2008 Lexus GS 460The 2008 Lexus GS 460 works as a good example of powertrain engineering, where Lexus took its existing GS model and dropped in the engine and transmission that it launched in the 2007 LS 460. We were very impressed with this powertrain in the LS for...

Tags: Lexus GS 460, GS 460, Laguna Seca, lap, suspension

Product reviews 2008-05-27

Silverlight version of New York Times reader for Macs

The WPF-based New York Times reader is one of my favorite RIAs out there. I wrote a long post about it when it first came out praising the added interactivity and for making reading the newspaper a lot more interesting. I also think it does a good job of showing...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Silverlight, Version, Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation, New York Times Co., Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-05-20

AutoSmart (zip)

AutoSmart is a customizable system designed to cater to the needs of virtually any auto dealership. This powerful, scaleable, and easy-to-use solution will help make every department of your dealership run more efficiently and more profitably. Version 1 offers additional functionality and updates like automatic invoice generation, user restrictions with...

Tags: Dealership, Techweavers IT Solutions, AutoSmart

Software downloads 2008-05-20

(OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta)

(OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta)be very caefulI had a crash and had to reload my OS (Windows XP. That went okay, but I had no backup for Windows Offoice. I was on deadline so I downloaded had no backup for Office so I downloaded Open Office 2.3. When...

Tags: OpenOffice, OOA/OOD/OOP, OPEN SOURCE, OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta, OpenOffice.org 3.0, OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office, object-oriented

Discussion threads 2008-05-12

Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UAC

Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UACEd, You RockExcellent article; thanks a bunch.RE: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2: Taming UACFinally! A journalist that spends time telling us how to make our vista experience better instead of endlessly trashing it.So many journalists think they are providing some "value" by telling...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), UAC, Taming UAC, Fixing Windows Vista, Part 2

Discussion threads 2008-04-29

Automotive was the top advertising market in 2007

Product Category 2007 budget Growth, $ Growth, % Automotive/Auto Dealer Assoc. $12,261 -$1,479 -11% Pharmaceuticals $5,375 -$173 -3% Automotive - Dealership Local $4,657 -$195 -4% Department Stores $4,113 -$260 -6% Wireless Telephone Services $4,084 $422 12% ...

Tags: Advertisement, Sales Channel, Sales, NB

Blog posts 2008-04-12

Can the Apple logo make you more creative?

Apparently so, according to yesterday's Science Daily. In a recent study by Duke University and the University of Waterloo, Canada, researchers found that even brief exposure to established brands can cause people to inherit the behaviors championed by those brands. Or in other words, exposure to the...

Tags: Logo, Brand, Apple Inc., Branding, Marketing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-03-31

Apple plugs Airport Extreme Base Station firmware flaw

Apple plugs Airport Extreme Base Station firmware flawWhen do you guys get to use your Apple stuff?It seems to me that you have to spend all of your time patching it. Doesn't Apple test stuff before they stick the big price tag on it? :(RE: Apple plugs Airport Extreme Base...

Tags: Workstations, Airport Extreme Base Station firmware flaw, firmware flaw, Apple Inc., AirPort Extreme Base Station, firmware

Discussion threads 2008-03-20

Veodia ups the video ante

Veodia, a two year old, venture backed narrowcast video play has taken a further step forward in helping proliferate its technology with the release of a Flash based widget that uses the MPEG-4/h.264 standard. The widget allows organizations to distribute channel based content direct into individual websites or to MPEG-4...

Tags: Video, Service, Veodia, Widget, Corporate Communications, Harassment, Pricing, Web Site Development, Marketing, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity, Internet, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-03-18

2008 Acura RDX

Photo gallery:2008 Acura RDXWe zipped around the city and flogged the 2008 Acura RDX through the hills, and in all areas found it an enjoyable ride. Its compact SUV-style body offers practical interior space while giving it car-like maneuverability. With the tech package, Acura throws in just about every cabin...

Tags: Acura RDX, Mph

Product reviews 2008-03-06

Wikileaks judge realizes you can't enjoin the net

Wikileaks judge realizes you can't enjoin the netforgetting the 1st Amendment?Clsoing down a whole site due to one item that may or may not be actionable seems a bit Stalinish to me. Perhaps our esteemed jurist would like to look at a little document called THE CONSTITUTION! Or perhaps he...

Tags: Wikileaks, Miranda, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Discussion threads 2008-03-04

Leading Car Dealership Achieves Savings With Sales and Delivery Process Optimisation

Autodrome, one of the Netherlands' leading automotive dealers, wanted to automate expensive manual processes and streamline reporting. To achieve this, it deployed a comprehensive dealership reporting, analytics, and dash-boarding solution from Microsoft Certified Partner RPMcar. Based on the latest Microsoft technologies, this gives sales representatives a clear view of each...

Tags: Staffing, Dealership, Microsoft Corp., Car Dealership, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales

Case studies 2008-03-01