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Where's your federal tax "economic stimulus" going?: Quick poll ... The first batch of taxpayers have already started to receive their federal tax "economic stimulus" rebates, but where's your rebate going to go? Are you going to be stimulating the economy or saving? [poll=293] Share...; Tags: Stimulus, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-07
Time for a 'stimulus package' for SOA?: Time for a 'stimulus package' for SOA?Or, let it die a quiet death.Sorry, I see almost no value in it. Other than keeping IT employed.If all you have a is a hammer...As David Linthicum points out, you don't apply SOA to every problem, just because that's the tool du...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA, stimulus; Discussion threads 2008-01-29
stimulus (dmg): Tired of juggling between multiple applications just to enjoy your digital media library. Discouraged by the expensive prices of media management software. Don't want to import your media files into proprietary photo album and catalog formats. Stimulus is your solution. With support for 28 popular file formats, Stimulus...; Tags: Stimulus, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2007-01-18
stimulus (exe): Tired of juggling between multiple applications just to enjoy your digital media library? Discouraged by the expensive prices of media management software? Don't want to import your media files into proprietary photo album and catalog formats? Stimulus is your solution! With support for 28 popular file formats, Stimulus is a...; Tags: Stimulus, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2007-01-17

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Where's your federal tax "economic stimulus" going?: Where's your federal tax "economic stimulus" going?I am going to build a Mac Clone.NTI won't be getting one.I make too much.EntertainmentI'm finally going to buy an HDTV and surround sound system. I was thinking of building a new pc, but that would have been just for me. My whole family...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, federal tax, tax; Discussion threads 2008-05-07
On owning your own bits: On owning your own bitsIf anyone is interested...Here are the cases I used:http://www.meritline.com/720-cd-dvd-storage-wallet-case.htmlAnd the software:www.invelos.comTotal cost, about $110, and I have room for another 500 or so DVD's before having to worry again.No, its OEM CD's, not CD-R's (although...)OEM CDs that one buys down at the local store are...; Tags: Consumer electronics, physical media, CD-collection, DVD, CD, media, disc; Discussion threads 2008-05-06
stimulus Payment Calculator (exe): A small script. You pick the form you used and then enter such things as your wages, adjusted gross income, tax liability and the number of children claimed on your tax return who are under age 16. You need to have your tax return in order to complete these items.; Tags: Payment, Computer Sciences Corp., Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance; Software downloads 2008-04-03
Who+is+the+open+source+candidate%3F: Who+is+the+open+source+candidate%3FIronically......the only presidential candidate this year that strikes as having even partially "walked the walk" is the one that just withdrew. It was Mitt Romney's administration in Massachussetts that adopted ODF as their standard document format, and stood by the decision in the face of intense pressure from MS-lobbyists...; Tags: open source, Mitt Romney, government; Discussion threads 2008-02-08
Poll: now that the 16GB iPhone is out, will you buy one?: Yes, the 16GB iPhone is official. If you are of the mind$et, you can order one now. $499 for the device itself. How much of a stimulus for iPhone sales will this new model be? Not much, IMHO. I don't get the sense that...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-02-05
Smart holograms to monitor our health?: In a short news release, the Institute of Physics reports that smart holograms, which use materials called hydrogels that shrink or swell in response to local environmental conditions, can be used to monitor many physical conditions than three years ago. These smart holograms could soon be used 'by diabetics to...; Tags: Monitor, Hologram, Health Care, Polymer, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-02-05
Google's quarter falls short of expectations; Social networking not monetizing well: Google's quarter falls short of expectations; Social networking not monetizing wellit's because of the M$ illegal behaviorM$ is trying to point the default IE search engine to its crappy msn and is not advertising through google, hence the shortfall.The courts should look into this.Stuff like this makes me wonderare we...; Tags: SEARCH, Yahoo! Inc., network, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., social networking; Discussion threads 2008-01-31
Survey: no SOA 'fiascos' out there, so far: Survey: no SOA 'fiascos' out there, so farSurvey Says: SOA Stimulus Package!Joe, its not surprising at all that the survey reports SOA health in a positive light. AmberPoint, along with other SOA-related vendors (my company as well - XAware.org), can only benefit from increased SOA deployments. More deployments...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA, survey; Discussion threads 2008-01-30
Time for a 'stimulus package' for SOA?: Is it time to retrench and get SOA back to basics? Some discussions taking place at this week's Open Group Enterprise Architecture conference reflect growing concern that SOA efforts have stalled, or that SOA is now in a funk. Is it time for a shot of new energy or funding?...; Tags: Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-01-28
Apple takes a big fall: Apple takes a big fallPanic time for stocks?I think that it's going to be panic time for a lot of investors, especially since the President came out with a $145 Billion stimulus package he said was urgently needed and actually agreed to work with Congress in order to get it...; Tags: big Fall, Apple Inc., Apple Takes; Discussion threads 2008-01-23
Is Apple a barometer of the consumer economy?: Is Apple a barometer of the consumer economy?I sure hope it's not the barameterWith stocks dropping by 12% in after hours trading. With such a rosy picture, why are investors not so happy?RE: Is Apple a barometer of the consumer economy?The economy in general is the main reason Apple's...; Tags: Investment, Apple-hardware, Apple Inc., barometer, stock, consumer economy; Discussion threads 2008-01-23
Build around open source, not just on it: Build around open source, not just on itShoes with SOULS??Talk about DOWNTRODDEN!Future is closed source, proprietary code...Open Source has proven to be a failure. All Open Source companies eventually need a lifeline to survive. In addition, the average computer person and IT person has no idea what to do with...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., open source; Discussion threads 2008-01-18
On the bleeding edge of platform-as-a-service: At April's SaaScon show, Salesforce.com's head of platform development Steve Fisher demonstrated a vacation booking application he'd built with a colleague in a weekend using the since renamed as Force.com platform. As with all demonstrations, of course, what made it all look so easy was the preparation that had gone...; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Intention, Application, Platform, Force.com, Sales Force Management, Sales, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2007-10-25
What today's X-Box and PS3 Games mean for us: What today's X-Box and PS3 Games mean for usWhat do you know abot games Rudy?Let's see, comparing Wii to Xbox&P3 is not apples to applesand Wii is orientated towatds fun not numbercrunching so no need for cell!I think that overall games and design are much improved fromsay sprite based models....; Tags: Games, Sony PlayStation 3, game, console, graphics; Discussion threads 2007-09-10
Intelligent Perceptual Information Parallel Processing System Controlled by Mathematical AIM Model: This paper studies an intelligent perceptual information processing system in which plural processing can run in parallel. The proposed mathematical Activation-Input-Modulation AIM model controls each execution frequency of plural processing independently based on degrees of stimuli detected by external sensors. When external stimuli are detected by some of external sensors,...; Tags: AOL Instant Messenger, Sensor, Parallel Processing, Information, University Of Tsukuba; White papers 2007-07-27