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- Offshore outsourcing rates headed higher
- Offshore outsourcing rates headed higherHope they are enjoying thieir 'bargain' service...That's what you get when you think short-term.Which means its a good time to stop offshoringWith the cost of offshore outsourcing increasing its a good time to reevaluate that position and correct that mistake by bring the work back in...
- Tags: Outsourcing, offshore outsourcing, US/EU
- Discussion threads 2007-07-24
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- Linux-based cell phone drops July 4
- The Openmoko Neo Freerunner, a Linux-based cell phone that "will help enable ubiquitous computing in the 21st century," will be on sale starting July 4, with shipping to begin July 7. According to company specs, the phone utilizes GNU/Linux and comes with core software for dialing, SMS...
- Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Linux, Telecom & Utilities, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Now I know we're in a recession
- Now I know we're in a recessionPricingYou can't sell coffee at those prices in a mainstrean coffee chain on a long term basis. Certainly not when it's either a coffe or a gallon of regular unleaded :-) A Sophie's choice indeed.Well, Starbucks in Vienna, Austria, EU, does (Starbucks is more...
- Tags: Auto Industry, Starbucks Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- A world ruled by Apple
- A world ruled by AppleGood post[i]I am perfectly willing to praise Apple or Linux when I feel they are doing something right, and do so on a regular basis in this blog. That’s why I have a hard time understanding the need to believe that Gates did nothing right, in...
- Tags: Operating systems, PRODUCTIVITY, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Mobile subscriber monthly consumption of content and applications in March 2008
- US EU FR DE IT ES UK Total mobile subscribers 226 m 224 m 46.5 m 49 m 47 m 34 m 47 m Watched video 6.0% 9.2% 7.3% 6.2% 11.2% 12.8% 9.4% Listened to music 7.4% 17.9% 16.1% 17.6% 14.7% 22.5% 19.9% ...
- Tags: Mobile, Video, Social Networking, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-06-28
- The French way to open source
- The French way to open sourceTop down short term thinking will harm youAnd you vote for the idiots who don't listen.RE: The French way to open sourceDana - I agree that if OSS is to grow past its current niche in servers and developing nations who mistrust US high-tech companies...
- Tags: French way, open source, OSS
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- Microsoft's geeks might miss Gates the most
- Microsoft's geeks might miss Gates the mostBrilliance = Techie + Financial ManagerialI think one of the reasons Microsoft has been so succesful is that Bill Gates was adept not necessarily the best at both spectrums: the techie and the business side. Witness General Motors under the "Smith" bean counter tenure:...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Recruitment & Selection, Mergers & Acquisitions, Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- Hyper-V: It's here
- Hyper-V: It's hereI Love it ....Quote:"Hyper-V does have one drawback, in that it will only run on the 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008, because it makes heavy use of Intel VT-X and AMD-V on chip virtualization acceleration features, which are only present in newer 64-bit CPUs."I have deployed 20...
- Tags: Network technology, Microsoft Windows, Hyper-V, 64-bit, VMware Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-26
- Auto MPG in the US, per the EPA rankings: Lamborghini #1 gas hawg
- Auto MPG in the US, per the EPA rankings: Lamborghini #1 gas hawgcomparing apples and ....When you state "the least efficient car in every category is european" you fail to see that the cars listed as the least efficient connot be compared to the most efficient cars. I dont see...
- Tags: Smart Cars, Lamborghini, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Discussion threads 2008-06-22
- Chinese antitrust and Microsoft
- Chinese antitrust and MicrosoftTo the previous poster...Truer words have never been spoken posted this at the wrong levelIrony...Chinese Government is the biggest monopoly of all.RE: Chinese antitrust and Microsoftwhy would China care about the retail price of microsoft products in light of such cheery articles as these: "only 244...
- Tags: Corporate law, Regulations, Microsoft Corp., Chinese antitrust, antitrust, Chinese Government
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- Pay $50 extra for XP on a PC? You've gotta be kidding me!
- Pay $50 extra for XP on a PC? You've gotta be kidding me!Welcome to reality...[b]Whatever happened to the idea that computing would change the world, and that free and fair competition is the basis of a free market society? [/b]Uh... I don't know what ivory tower you grew up in,...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Construction, user experience, Apple Inc., Pay $50, job, window, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, PC
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- China to sue MSFT over high prices
- China to sue MSFT over high pricesAnd gas cost more overseas in the EUthen in the US, and less in Mexico the in the US.Who determines what is "fair" and what is "accurate"?I guess Europeans should sue British Petroleum as people in the US and other countries pay less then...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Sounds like China, Microsoft Corp., high price, anti-monopoly, MSFT
- Discussion threads 2008-06-18
- Want XP on your new Dell? $50, please
- Want XP on your new Dell? $50, pleaseWindows Vista all the way!I haven't used Windows XP since January 2007. Windows Vista is so much better than Windows XP. When will people wake-up and see Windows Vista as the best, most secure, operating system currently available?how about a no...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, MS OS, Microsoft Windows XP, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Microsoft Windows, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-06-18
- China: A potential, new antitrust battleground for Microsoft
- China: A potential, new antitrust battleground for MicrosoftI wonder how much marketshare MS would loseI wonder how much Chinese marketshare MS would lose if they pulled out of China? If leaving China leads to the loss of [url=http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/only_244_copies_of_genuine_windows_vista_sold_in_china.php] 244 sales[/url], maybe China would actually be doing MS a favor! :)They...
- Tags: Linux, Corporate law, SECURITY, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Communism, Microsoft Corp., new antitrust battleground, antitrust battleground, antitrust
- Discussion threads 2008-06-18
- Why is Microsoft sponsoring the Open Source Census?
- Why is Microsoft sponsoring the Open Source Census?Microsoft sees RedHat and Novell making...money with open source. They are looking to see if it is a market they can tap into as well. Microsoft would rather make money from Open Source than try to kill it - something they have found...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., open source, Winux
- Discussion threads 2008-06-16
- Climate changing, political climate unchanged
- An international meeting in Bonn, Germany, has been trying to find common ground for the nations of the planet to deal with climate change. But nothing's changed politically and the meeting has accomplished little. The current Kyoto Protocol on climate change expires at the end of...
- Tags: China, Nation, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-14
- Open source as industrial policy
- Open source as industrial policythe EC patriots will bring M$ downwith the EU commision spearheading the the fight against the M$ beast, Linux will level the field and force M$ to compete on merits.Now is the time to prevent an Apple monopoly[i]"The Commission must do its part," said Kroes. "It...
- Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Apple Inc., open source, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPhone, industrial policy, software
- Discussion threads 2008-06-12
- Is it really about .Me or Montenegro?
- The land rush for the .Me domain is underway and the usual domain name shenanigans are here--especially with speculation that Apple is hoarding these digital monikers to rebrand its .Mac service. This speculation perked up earlier this month. Jason O'Grady tried to land a few Apple.me-ish domains...
- Tags: Yugoslavia, Domain, Independence, Apple Inc., Domain Name, Montenegro, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- Two small countries thinking big, and green
- Two small countries thinking big, and green....Rock on! And the US continues to fall behind... ironic, no? ]:)Arizona is doing the same asinine thingThey are building a THREE SQUARE MILE solar power plant using more steel than the golden gate bridge!It will power 70,000 homes.Toshiba makes a nuclear power plant...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, small country, Cyprus
- Discussion threads 2008-06-08
- Crude oil: OPEC cartel? Speculation? Unlimited demand?
- Crude oil: OPEC cartel? Speculation? Unlimited demand?Why is Crude Oil Price so High?Why is the Dollar so low?RE: Crude oil: OPEC cartel? Speculation? Unlimited demand?It's pretty easy. OPEC is made up mostly not all mind you, of countries that are not to fond of the US....
- Tags: Auto Industry, OPEC, Crude Oil, cartel
- Discussion threads 2008-06-06
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