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GoBootstrap: simplifying SME accounting

I'm keen to see startups in the accounting for small business space. Part of that is because I spent more years than I care to remember in finance roles, part is in the belief that accounting systems that reflect a 600 year old methodology are well...

Tags: Accounting, Small And Medium Enterprise, Advisor, GoBootstrap, GoBootstrap.com, Tax Estimate, General Usability, Taxes, Free Trade, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-28

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Cap and trade controversial in Australia

This is what happened:An Australian researcher who was critical of mainstream theories got censored.The new Inquisition: dare to raise your voice against the enviro-whackos and they get all angry.CEC FAILs againCEC claims: [i]"An Australian researcher who was critical of mainstream theories got censored."[/i]He wasn't censored for disagreeing with the global...

Tags: theory, CEC, global warming, Cap-and-Trade, carbon dioxide, tax

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

GOP will present a health care bill

Good startGood work Dana. This blog is not biased to the left (we'll see how you fare in the talkbacks though).There's of course still the question why you put politics on this IT tech site."ZDNet: Tech News, Blogs and White Papers for IT Professionals. Where Technology Means Business: ZDNet delivers...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, IT Pros, health care, No., Pelosi, GOP

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

California screenin': Majority of residents oppose big-screen TV ban

Regulate power, not sizeThey should be regulating the power consumption of TVs, not necessarily their size. Force the companies to make big screen TVs less power hungry and more efficient. Not flat out ban them.TVs should strive to be Energy Star compliant because I'm sure many of them...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, TV, big-screen TV

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

Will the policy debate narrow or end?

here we go again!Obama is trying to destroy the best healtcare system in the world and give free care to people who don't deserve it.The solutions for the healt reform are simple and have been enumerated by conservatives like John McCain and others:1.Vouchers to buy insurance2.Tort reform3.Tax cuts in the...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Obama, car

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

The Math Behind Accenture’s Restructuring

Will more cuts come? Thursday, Accenture announced that they were going to reduce their senior executive ranks by about 7%. The company stated: Approximately $128 million of the charge is for severance and related costs of workforce actions, primarily at the senior-executive level, which...

Tags: Accenture Ltd., Restructuring, Senior Executive, Executive, $119mm, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Payroll Solutions, Real Estate, Outsourcing, Human Resources, Business Operations, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-08-26

VMware's SpringSource purchase sparks head scratching; Still doesn't solve the Microsoft problem

VMware's purchase of SpringSource for $420 million has sparked a fair amount of head scratching among analysts who argue the virtualization software company paid too much and still failed to solve its Microsoft problem. Global Equities analyst Trip Chowdhry noted that SpringSource had roughly $10 million in...

Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., SpringSource, Virtualization, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-08-11

Is Web image theft a problem? Solution providers say yes

Screw it!Let's just pull the friggin' plug.I'm so tired of this crap. Really, I am.I kinda feel the same way.By the time the lawyers, big corporations, and the politicians get down with the Internet, it won't be worth the powder to blow it to Hell. It was originally designed...

Tags: Channel management, INTERNET, Web

Discussion threads 2009-08-07

EMC ups Data Domain bid as NetApp deal proceeds

EMC on Monday increased its bid for Data Domain to $33.50 a share from $30 a share to $2.1 billion after NetApp's acquisition plan received regulatory clearance.  NetApp said Monday that Data Domain shareholders will vote on its $1.9 billion bid Aug. 14. Data Domain has rejected EMC...

Tags: NetApp Inc., Domain, EMC Corp., Data Domain, Cihra, Storage, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-06

IRS eyes taxing your work mobile phone

IRS eyes taxing your work mobile phoneIRSMore money to spread around.. GREAT WORK IRS..Another fine example of no new taxes for people under $250,000. YEA, what I thought and can you say " I TOLD YOU SO"..You asked for it you got it...In the UKHMRC do consider a work provided...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Tax Code, tax, Internal Revenue Service, phone, mobile phone, mobile

Discussion threads 2009-06-12

Worse and worse

Worse and worseNot Unusual. And No Problem.Oh wait. Someone has a political agenda out here.Tip of the Iceberg, to coin a phraseIts much worse than anyone thinks. I spent 3 months researching an article on all the latest science and each one of 8 new (2-3 years) developments indicates it...

Tags: Kozmcrae

Discussion threads 2009-05-31

Time Warner sets AOL spin-off; Separation 'best outcome'; Worth $5 billion?

AOL will be an independent publicly traded company again as Time Warner solidified plans to spin off the ailing unit, which some analysts estimate to be worth about $5 billion. In a statement Thursday, Time Warner put more meat on its plans to spin off AOL. Executives...

Tags: Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc., Channel Management, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-28

E-file flap dings Intuit tax revenue outlook

Remember that flap over Intuit's decision to charge fees for multiple tax returns and its call to rescind them? We now know what the tab was.  In an otherwise fine third quarter, Intuit revealed that the fee issues did put a dent in results. Intuit's consumer tax...

Tags: Revenue, Intuit Inc., Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-21

The coming wireline business implosion (and how you'll wind up paying for it)

Is the wired telecom business just as doomed as beleaguered automakers like GM and Chrysler and the newspaper industry? It's quite possible a few years down the line. And this wireline fallout will have ramifications well beyond the usual suspects such as AT&T and Verizon. Simply put, cutting the...

Tags: Bailout, Business, Craig Moffett, Finance, Financial Planning, Free Trade, Larry Dignan, Network, Networking, Personal Finance, Phone, Taxes, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Telecommunications Company, Telephony, Verizon Communications Inc., Wireline

Blog posts 2009-05-18

ObamaCare opponents scramble to build a winning coalition

ObamaCare opponents scramble to build a winning coalitionObamaCare sneaks a foot in the doorExisting insurance companies and health care providers worry about the government plan because it is the pre-ordained winner on the path to single payer, not because a government plan would be inherently superior.Any Democrat worth their credentials...

Tags: Vertical industries, Healthcare reform, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, game plan, health care, single payer, ObamaCare, ObamaCare opponent

Discussion threads 2009-05-12

Foxconn may have contract to manufacture Apple netbook

Foxconn may have contract to manufacture Apple netbookFoxconn may have contract to manufacture Apple netbookLook on the bright side, if they use a Foxconn motherboard you won't be able to run linux on it. The purchase of one of these will depend on price. Remember that Apple is...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Apple Inc., netbook, Apple Netbook, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-04-20

What Price Time? The Factor That Decides If Either Mac or PC Is Cool

It's been interesting to see how much attention has been awarded to Roger Kay's attempt to take down the Mac, What Price Cool? -- sponsored by Microsoft. That should have consigned the paper to the dustbin in the first place. Hey, if Hershey's commissions a survey of...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, PC, Desktops, Hardware, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-04-16

Health care is rationed and people die

Health care is rationed and people dieWrong approachThe health care provisions in the current "stimulus" package are a prescription for the elimination of the aged and no amount of "data"worship can change that fact. What's next "Soylent Green"?Government Run Health Care == VA HospitalsWant to see how government mandated...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care

Discussion threads 2009-02-15

The coal war heats up

The coal war heats upA problemA problem with the green initiatives is that they do not account for the environmental damage companies outside the US do while producing their products. It's easy to pick on the local guys because their processes are visible. This in turn creates an unlevel playing...

Tags: coal, gasoline, USSR Russia

Discussion threads 2009-02-15

TurboTax Deluxe 2008 (Federal + State)

Photo gallery:TurboTax versus TaxCut 2008Nobody ever wants to do taxes, especially after a rough financial 2008. But as long as you have to, you'll need a straightforward tax-prep program to help you wade through tricky tax law. TurboTax 2008 continues to produce the most complete and understandable do-it-yourself tax software...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, TurboTax, TurboTax 2008, tax

Product reviews 2009-02-05