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PC Forum: Who are the trustees?

Howard Gardner, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, kicked off PC Forum  with an apt topic—trust. Who can you trust? Gardner came up with the notion of trustees, people who are well known, widely respected, unbiased and impartial. They would be willing to resign on principle. He...

Tags: trustee, Howard Gardner

Blog posts 2005-03-20

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Vindications: ah, the week that was

Well you realy dont do yourself any favours.any moments of clarity you may have are lost in the sea of anti "wintel" blog rage. Maybe if you were more objective and took comments less personal then you may find life better. na, ah doesn't does I?Find me...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, SCO Group Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-08-29

The new Sony Reader Daily Edition may replace my Kindle and Reader 505

And it's real easy for you to transfer, right?All you have to do is push a button, or make a phone call, or send an email, and all your Kindle stuff moves right over to the Sony?Of course notBut that's the risk you take when you deal with companies that...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Wireless and Mobility, Sony Corp., Sony Reader, Reader 505, new Sony Reader Daily Edition, Sony Reader Daily Edition

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

'Skank' blogger talks, sues Google for $15m

Now the world knows: the "skanks of NYC" blogger is one Rosemary Port, a 27-year-old student at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and she is one pissed-off young lady. She not only has strong words for model Liskula Cohen, whose legal action outed her as the...

Tags: Google Inc., Duty, Lawyer, Port, Blogging, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-23

Twenty years after major eco-disaster: not fully recovered

It's been twenty years since the Exxon Valdez dumped 40 million litres in Port William Sound PWS, Alaska. Just now Exxon is finally paying out its fines to the residents of the area. As long as much of the world in dependent on oil,...

Tags: Exxon Mobil Corp., Spill, Trustee Council, Tools & Techniques, Web Site Development, Strategy, Management, Internet, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-24

EC ends full-time antitrust monitoring of Microsoft

EC ends full-time antitrust monitoring of Microsoft EC ends full-time antitrust monitoring of Microsoft Its about time! There never should have been a trustee in the first place as Microsoft did nothing wrong. All this did was waste everyone's time. I hope the EC learned a valuable...

Tags: Corporate law, EUR, full-time antitrust monitoring, antitrust monitoring, USD, Microsoft Corp., antitrust

Discussion threads 2009-03-04

Former Palm CEO to resign from board of directors

Donna Dubinsky, former Palm CEO and one of the company's original founders, is planning to resign from her seat on Palm's board of directors. The recent $100 million equity deal with Elevation Partners also included the right for the investment group to appoint...

Tags: Board, Palm Inc., Board Of Directors, Donna Dubinsky, Elevation, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-04

Asset Trustee 8.0.4 (Mac)

Asset Trustee , FileWaves automated asset-tracking mechanism. This application allows accurate and up-to-date asset management. It has now been extended to take advantage of new design features in the asset database, and is available in both low-end and high-end versions.

Tags: Asset, Apple Macintosh, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations

Software downloads 2008-12-15

Hosted Telephone Service Delivers Savings for Pensions Office

EPSL provides administrative services for the Electricity Supply Pension Scheme, the central trustee of the pension funds that were created for employees of the UK's electricity supply industry when the industry was privatised in the 1990s. When EPSL moved to a new office, the need for change became apparent. The...

Tags: Phone, Microsoft Office, Verizon Communications Inc., Pension, Telephone Service, EPSL, Telecom & Utilities, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Telecommunications, Human Resources

Case studies 2008-10-01

VMware's R&D chief quits after 9 months

VMware said Tuesday that its executive vice president of research and development has resigned after nine months on the job. In a terse statement, VMware said that Richard Sarwal quit to go back to Oracle. Sarwal joined VMware in December 2007. VMware CEO Paul...

Tags: Stock Option, Security, Amount, R&D, Stock, Employment, Agreement, VMware Inc., Company, RSU, Control, Change, Cause, Person, Stock Options, Investment, Benefits, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-02

Microsoft weighs options after EU defeat

Updated: Microsoft said Monday it will take the necessary steps to comply with a European Union ruling after an appeal court gave the software giant a stinging defeat. Now Microsoft will have to share code with rivals to ensure interoperability. Specifically, The EU's second highest court backed a European...

Tags: Interoperability, Brad Smith, European Commission, Commission, Microsoft Corp., Decision, Court, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-09-17

It's over as SCO files for bankruptcy protection

It's over as SCO files for bankruptcy protectionTrusteeNo trustee in sight (yet.) SCOXQ has petitioned the Court to allow the present management to continue to operate the company without any outside trustee being appointed. This is apparently quite common in Chapter 11 cases; it's only in Chapter 7...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Litigation, His-Name, bankruptcy protection, SCO Group Inc., Novell Inc., bankruptcy

Discussion threads 2007-09-15

Cache poisoning flaw is death knell for BIND 8

The Internet Software Consortium has pulled the plug on support for Version 8 of the BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain DNS implementation after the discovery of a serious vulnerability that could lead to cache poisoning attacks. The flaw, publicly discussed in a paper by Trustee's Amit...

Tags: BIND, Internet Software Consortium, Flaw, ISC, BIND 9, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-09-04

Where does SCO go from here?

Where does SCO go from here?Whither ...Well, by 31 August they're going to have to file a statement with Judge Kimball on where this leaves the [i]IBM[/i] case. That should be interesting, since they're caught between their usual shenanigans and Hizzoner's less-than-jovial appreciation of same.Then, in just one month...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Sun Microsystems Inc., SCO Group Inc., Novell Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-08-15

School officials struggle with criticism in blogs

P>The Internet gives birth to a million opinions and facts everyday in the form of blogs. Some blogs are erudite and well-written, others on the level of schoolyard taunting. For better and for worse, school officials in the public eye often bear the brunt of criticism from unnamed and unaccountable...

Tags: Blogging, blog

Blog posts 2007-03-16

Taking computers from (growing) babies

As school equipment gets more expensive, its value attracts not just students but thieves as well. In Fort Worth, burglars have stolen or damaged thousands of dollars in computers and other equipment - and administrators are instituting new security measures to curtail the thefts, reports the Star Telegram. Although...

Tags: Education Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2007-02-23

Microsoft meets EU deadline in antitrust case

Microsoft meets EU deadline in antitrust caseMicrosoft meets EU deadline?To all:Only time will now tell whether or not MS did it's due diligence in releasing "all" required documentation. To be continued...Dealine yes, compliance No!Hope the EU punished MICROSUCKS to the tune of a $100 Billion - that's with a...

Tags: Sales force management, antitrust, Microsoft Corp., commission

Discussion threads 2006-11-23

Vista and antitrust confusion

Vista and antitrust confusionex post facto crimeA monopoly doesn't exist until a market is defined. Judge Jackson defined the market, determined Microsoft was a monopolist, and convicted the company of abusing the monopoly it did not legally know it had.That has bothered me. I think a solution is...

Tags: Media players, Digital music, Digital media, commission, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., media player, antitrust

Discussion threads 2006-09-08

EU antitrust fines, Microsoft, and bears

EU antitrust fines, Microsoft, and bearsJohn, just curiousWho else should judge except the commission whether they have complied with the ruling?Eu antitrust fine , microsoft ,the Bounceri really enjoy your little story about the unwanted guest but i will get to that later First the so-call EU fine ...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., EU Antitrust, unwanted guest

Discussion threads 2006-07-12

EU hits Microsoft with $357 million fine

EU hits Microsoft with $357 million fineIn Euro'sFor MS's comfort, in Euro's it's less and sound even better to cope with. ;)And the money goes to?Who? Who actually benefits?EU should stop using MS products until reconciledthat'll show MS. Plus they're working on using OSS solutions and centralizing on Linux...

Tags: Sales force management, Microsoft Corp., commission

Discussion threads 2006-07-12