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- Reaction to Yahoo's Microsoft-inspired poison pill: 'That's nuts'
- Yahoo's poison pill--adopted by the company to thwart a Microsoft takeover--was deemed "nuts" by outside consulting firm Compensia. That nugget was the big takeaway from an unsealed complaint Techmeme and PDF of suit by Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, a Michigan lawfirm suing Yahoo on behalf of...
- Tags: Poison Pill, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tale, Corporate Governance, Benefits, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
- Macworld Expo: A tale of two keynotes
- Macworld Expo: A tale of two keynotesSolving ProblemsThe Air is stylish, but what problems does the thinness of this laptop solve? The laptop is not supremely light nor does it have a significantly reduced footprint. On the other hand, the laptop is more fragile. Mobility has actually...
- Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, mobility, tale, Macworld Expo, Apple Inc., laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-01-15
- How harmful are new wives' tales?
- How harmful are new wives' tales?Talking turkeyTurkey contains high amounts of tryptophans, which can indeed lead to sleepiness.RE: How harmful are new wives' tales?wives' tales were the teachings of midwives. after the witch / mifwife burnings, medicine was taken over by men who referred to the knowledge of midwives...
- Tags: wive, tale, new wive
- Discussion threads 2007-12-31
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- In lean times, a tale of two IT contractors
- In lean times, a tale of two IT contractorsCognitive dissonanceContractors are both hurt and helped by a slowdown; companies both get rid of contractors and hire them. What to make of this?Perhaps calculus would help - do companies increase or decrease the rate of this churn during a slowdown? What...
- Tags: IT Contractors, information technology
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- News to know: Microsoft; Yahoo; Google; IT contractors
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naught. Dennis Howlett: Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain Paul Miller: Powerset really does go to Microsoft... but for how much? Mary Jo Foley: Confirmed: Microsoft buys Powerset natural-language search...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Team Management, 3G, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- In lean times, a tale of two IT contractors
- For IT contractors, a recession can be either the best or worst of times--some struggling businesses shed consultants first while others ramp up contracts to get them through a bad cycle. by Deb Perelman
- Tags: Contractor, Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- "IT is boring," scoff students
- "IT is boring," scoff studentsIT is like any other career.Some of it is interesting and some of it is boring. There is also a misconception that once you have a degree in computer science you are automatically the cats meow. That is, IT graduates don't believe they need to pay...
- Tags: Professional development, Outsourcing, IT IS
- Discussion threads 2008-06-28
- The Tower of Babylon (zip)
- An Age of Mythology and the Titans expansion Interactive eyecandy map. This custom single-player scenario features a fully voice acted intro and ending cinematic. Nothing but lies have been told around the destruction of the Tower of Babylon. In the game included in this singleplayer Age of Mythology the Titans...
- Tags: Scenario, Games, Telecommunications, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-06-26
- Bill Gates' web experience: Byzantine, idiotic logic
- Bill Gates' web experience: Byzantine, idiotic logicFinally, The man gets a taste of his own chocolateThis has been one heck of a delightful tale, finally The Bill himself goes through the same hell the Windows users have to face every time that dreaded Update Icon enters the fray.Now let's see...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Channel management, Operating systems, Strategy, Now Let, Bible Story, Babel, Bill Gates, idiotic logic, web experience, Web
- Discussion threads 2008-06-25
- Cartoon Character Screensaver (exe)
- Together with your old friends from your favorite cartoons you will find yourself in a fairy tale. Cartoon Character Screensaver will help you to forget about your problems. Funny and carefree cartoon characters will bring you some joy right from your desktop. This version is the first release on CNET...
- Tags: 3D, Screensaver, 3D ScreenSaver Jam
- Software downloads 2008-06-25
- Developers criticize Nvidia, other holdouts for hindering Linux desktop
- Linux kernel developers are getting tougher on Nvidia and a few other holdouts that have refused to release open source drivers. More than 100 Linux kernel developers – including top developer Andrew Morton – issued a letter today condemning closed source modules or drivers for Linux to be "harmful and...
- Tags: Desktop, Developer, Linux Desktop, NVidia Corp., Driver, Graphics, Linux Kernel Developer, Open Source Driver, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-06-23
- News to Know: Googlenomics; Windows Mobile 7 phones; Broadband hell
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Free Sourcefire tool pinpoints hostile MS Office files Apple security team finds code execution holes in Ruby Google using invalid security certificate Dancho Danchev: Phishers targeting Facebook users, fake logins...
- Tags: Security, Google Inc., Phone, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Information Technology, Broadband, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Virtualization, Telecom & Utilities, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-06-23
- Women's Murder Club: Death in Scarlet (exe)
- A morning jog presents a chilling find, and a new wave of fear descends upon San Francisco. Finding hidden objects is only the beginning in this unique blend of seek and find, light adventure and puzzle games combined with an all new tale from America's #1 storyteller, James Patterson. Players...
- Tags: Women, Death, SpinTop Games, Gender And Diversity, Games, Human Resources, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-06-16
- Does business really oppose universal coverage?
- That's the headline the Boston Globe put on the launch of a new business interest group dubbed the Coalition for Affordable Healthcare. The Wall Street Journal heartily agrees. By the way don't confuse this group with the Coalition for Affordable Health Coverage, a Washington-based industry group...
- Tags: Business, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Taxes, Benefits, Healthcare, Free Trade, Enterprise Software, Software, Financial Planning, Finance, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- The spreadsheet love affair
- I never thought I'd go on a tear about Excel in these pages, but Josh Greenbaum's correct assertion that Excel is pretty much everywhere and is probably the software industry's most successful product provides the perfect foil. Josh concludes: So, like the floppy disk icon that never dies, the...
- Tags: Spreadsheet, Error, Josh, Panko, Productivity, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- The corporate espionage game: MediaDefender's attack on Revision3
- Run don't walk to read Jim Louderback's account of how Revision3 was taken down by MediaDefender, a subsidiary of penny stock ArtistDirect. The gist: Revision3 suffered a denial of service attack that was orchestrated by MediaDefender. Louderback's well-told tale has all the details, but we'll pick it...
- Tags: Game, Network, Attack, MediaDefender, Revision3, Louderback, Servers, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Sabotage and the cost of change
- Sabotage and the cost of changeNot doing a very good job......of keeping the confidentiality of your clients. From what you have written, it's easy to guess that there is only one provincial political party that you would even consider doing work for, and it's not the Liberals.Only question is...
- Tags: Operating systems, Servers, I.T, Only Question, Office 07, Sun Microsystems Inc., HP-UX, Unix, Microsoft Office, Sun Solaris, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-05-29
- Memo to Microsoft: Put up or shut up on patent claims
- I was reminded today that it has now been a year since Microsoft made its claim that Linux violates hundreds of its patents. In the year since Microsoft has used this FUD like a bargaining chip. It has sued no one. It has not pressed its patent...
- Tags: Patent, Microsoft Corp., Claim, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- HP's Hurd: U.S. demand 'spotty'; Data center, app consolidation continues
- HP CEO Mark Hurd was inevitably asked about the U.S. economy during the company's earnings conference call and the message was clear: It's hard to chart tech spending right now. HP reported a strong second quarter due to sales abroad, but analysts spent a good chunk of...
- Tags: U.S., Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Consolidation, Mark Hurd, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- Over 1.5 million pages affected by the recent SQL injection attacks
- Over 1.5 million pages affected by the recent SQL injection attacksSo...Was this the programmers' fault? That's the tale that was trotted out with the previous 0.5 million SQL-injected sites story.
- Tags: Programming languages, SECURITY, SQL, SQL injection
- Discussion threads 2008-05-20
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