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- The emergency room myth busted
- ok Dana 1 troll 0 This is a real sucker punch that i never saw coming ....Dana you are getting nastier by each post what next chomsky on the reading list :)thx for they excellent link well its hurt Racism at the heart of healhcare reform opposition.Who are more likely...
- Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, health care, emergency room myth, Odds Ratio
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- What's a brick?
- Shortly after I posted my blog on CalStar making building materials from coal ash, I heard from the American Brick Industry Association BIA. They feel CalStar is ripping off centuries of brick brand equity. Here is the email with BIA's side of the brick business: "I...
- Tags: Brick, CalStar, ASTM STANDARDS Here, Branding, Blogging, Manufacturing, Marketing, Internet, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- IT security defenses misdirected
- In My Humble Experience...The biggest problem that I have, isn't viruses or phishing. Most people run at least basic AV protection on their machines. My problem is the users themselves.I run a pretty tight setup at the school where I work. Active directory with group policies, Symantec Endpoint Protection, a...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, IT security, information technology, network, security, Internet
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- Green Dam's day not done
- Chinese students were out partying in celebration of the news that China has delayed its mandate that PCs sold in the country must have intalled some spyware named Green Dam Youth Escort, according to Reuters. "We are very happy because we got what we wanted," a young artist said....
- Tags: Thomson Reuters Corp., Ed Black, PC, Manufacturer, Desktops, Manufacturing, Government, Hardware, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-07-02
- PC makers plead with China for release from Youth Escort
- True to form, having figured out the wind is blowing strongly against Green Dam - Youth Escort the censorware that China had ordered PC makers to install before selling computers in the country, the tech industry has now lent its name to a tepid letter of protest to the Chinese...
- Tags: Software, China, PC Company, Tools & Techniques, Government, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- Airlines on Climate: Don't blame us blame the Banks
- I've posted before in these pages about how the business lobby, under pressure to respond to climate change, is starting to fracture. There was another dramatic example of this yesterday in Kuala Lumpur at the annual general meeting of the International Air Transport Association IATA when the CEO, Giovanni Bisignani, took an...
- Tags: Bank, Carbon, Climate, Climate Group, Government, James Farrar, Management, Strategy, UK Air Passenger Duty
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
- IBM & FXA Helping Assure Safety of Vietnam Seafood Exports
- IBM's vision of a smart planet is proving to be an interesting intellectual platform from which to invite all actors to think how best to improve sustainability performance with smart use of IT. Yesterday's announcement hat tip James of a partnerhsip between IBM, FXA Group, the Vietnam Association...
- Tags: Crisis Management, Farm, Food, Food & Beverage, IBM Corp., Ireland, James Farrar, Management, Manufacturing, Meat, Strategy
- Blog posts 2009-05-20
- MPAA vs. Real: Five reasons why Hollywood will win
- MPAA vs. Real: Five reasons why Hollywood will winHere are five reasonsmoney, money, money, money and more moneyThat why we have Blu-RayHarder to rip and you need a 50gb disc. They lost on the DVD front."Confident" not "confidant"Sorry for being a bit anal here, but the word you wanted towards...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, MPAA, DVD
- Discussion threads 2009-05-18
- Real files antitrust countersuit against Hollywood's "illegal cartel"
- Real files antitrust countersuit against Hollywood's "illegal cartel"AmazingAs much a I loathe virtually every application coded by RealNetworks, this has got to be the one case where I'm actually completely behind them. We need the slippery slope to start sliding in the favor of the consumer.Ironically enough, the way I...
- Tags: DVD, files antitrust, RealDVD
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- Real files antitrust countersuit against Hollywood's "illegal cartel"
- Real Networks has turned the tables on Hollywood movie studios, filing a countersuit in U.S. District Court today that accuses the studios of violating antitrust laws by collaborating to form an "illegal cartel" that's trying to monopolize the DVD market. PDF The countersuit accuses the DVD Copy...
- Tags: Antitrust, Studio, Real, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- 500 billion tons, and counting
- The British science journal, Nature, asks if there's political will to do anything about carbon-loading the atmosphere. Their current editorial says there's time to do something...right now. But is there any political leadership to make anything happen? [poll id="125"] DON'T BREATHE THE AIR Apart from...
- Tags: Air, Leadership, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Management, Human Resources, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-04-30
- Can 3D save Blu-ray?
- Blu-ray's problem is simple: Blu-ray's crisper picture isn't enough for recession-whacked consumers. Yet the demo I saw last week in Las Vegas was something else: beautifully detailed and very watchable high def 3D. That's a change you'd pay for. Panasonic is pushing hard. ...
- Tags: 3D, Blu-ray, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- NAB '09: broadcast quality audio - on an iPhone!
- I'm at the National Association of Broadcaster's annual trade show in Las Vegas this week for 2 reasons Media companies are a driving force for new, lower-cost, storage architectures. I produce videos and love all the toys. Alas, most of the toys are...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Audio, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2009-04-21
- The next plastics health scare is here
- The next plastics health scare is here phthalates are poisonIt has been common knowledge for years that phthalates are poisonous.It is only corporate greed that keeps these chemicals on the market.The gangster corporations have control of our government and the regulatory process and will not give up their profits no...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Strategy, plastics health, health care, common knowledge, plastics, conspiracy theory, phthalate
- Discussion threads 2009-04-19
- International Airlines to UN: Set us a CO2 Target Now (but US carriers still ponder)
- People in business often speak of NGO's in a kind of wide eyed way, a mixture of fear and curiosity, but most vastly under estimate their capability. Granted, NGOs are as diverse as businesses - some are hopeless, some perform magnificently. For illustration of the latter & the potency of a sophisticated and intelligent NGO, then look no...
- Tags: Aviation, Carbon, Carbon Dioxide, Carrier, Climate Group, Emission, James Farrar, Management, Nancy, Strategy
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- Real posts Q4 loss, forecasts declining revenue for Q1
- Real Networks reported a net loss for the fourth quarter and said it expects first quarter revenue to decline, compared to the same quarter a year ago. Statement It reported a net loss of $240.5 million, or $1.78 per share on sales of $152.6 million, a decline...
- Tags: Revenue, Net Income, Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-02-12
- Why RIAA, ISP cooperation may deliver returns for both sides
- The Recording Industry Association of America and Internet service providers are reportedly pairing up to police illegal downloads. CNET News' Greg Sandoval and Maggie Reardon report: AT&T and Comcast, two of the nation's largest Internet service providers, are expected to be among a group of ISPs...
- Tags: RIAA, Internet Service Provider, CNET News, Downloadeverymovieandsong, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-29
- Got waste? Feed it to the algae. Presto chango it's valuable.
- Helix bioreactor. Courtesy Origin Oil. For a healthier environment today, tomorrow and in the distant future: algae. That's the belief of Riggs Eckelberry, CEO of OriginOil, in Los Angeles. Sound like just another bodiesel start-up? No way, this is a company that...
- Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Sapphire Energy, Solazyme, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-01-27
- Trade group releases initial green storage measurement guidelines
- This will be the year in which IT managers, data center administrators and other constituents who care will finally get some more industry-wide visibility into what their green IT or eco-efficiency expectations should be for storage, servers and other data center level technology. Up this week: The...
- Tags: Results, Storage, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-01-24
- UCU - University and College Union
- With over 120,000 members, University and College Union UCU is the UK's largest trade union for staff working in further and higher education. UCU was formed in 2006 by the merging of the Association of University Teachers AUT with the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education NATFHE....
- Tags: Teacher, Doherty IT Solutions, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance
- Case studies 2009-01-01
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