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- OMG: The derivatives bubble = $190K per person on planet
- OMG: The derivatives bubble = $190K per person on planetNot quite."The value of the derivatives market is 22 times the GDP of the entire world."That sentence demonstrates some lack of awareness of what these numbers actually refer to.Yes, the "notional" amount referenced by a credit default swap CDS generally looks...
- Tags: Financial services, Financial accounting, derivatives, Object Management Group
- Discussion threads 2008-10-17
- Beatles music saved from public domain!
- Well, thank God the money will keep flowing in to Paul McCartney. The Times reports that the EU will extend copyright another 45 years in what many people call the "Beatles extension." That's because the first Beatles recordings would have exited copyright in 2012. Actually the first rocker to...
- Tags: Protection, Public Domain, Music, Storyline, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Open source SOA infrastructure project CXF elevated to full Apache status
- After community incubation and development for nearly two years, the Apache CXF open-source SOA and middleware interoperability framework evolved last week into a full project of the Apache Software Foundation. CXF, with some 60,000 downloads since July 2007, takes its place alongside 60 other Apache projects. The...
- Tags: Iona Technologies, Apache Software Foundation, CXF, Open Source, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-04-20
- Will security become Facebook's Achilles' heel?
- Will security become Facebook's Achilles' heel?Facebook is just another crappy service ...... geared towards the socially challenged person. People who need the acknowledgment and attention of others to feel better about their crappy life.Sorry, but I see nothing useful or positive about junk like Facebook and MySpace. Both...
- Tags: security, Privacy Concerns, Web 2.0, Facebook, MySpace, social networking
- Discussion threads 2008-02-22
- CES: On the Bloghaus Bus to Las Vegas
- I'm in Las Vegas for CES for most of this week. Here is a flavor of what it was like to be on the Podtech Bloghaus bus along with top bloggers such as Dan Farber, Robert Scoble, Luic Le Meur, Jeremy Toeman, Robert McLaws, plus Valerie Cunningham and many more....
- Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, CEO, Monster Cable, Blogging, Internet, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-01-06
- CES: 1.8 million square feet of gadgets
- I have arrived on the scene in Las Vegas, in preparation for joining the 140,000 people exploring the 1.8 million square feet of exhibit space inhabited by 2,900 companies. The festivities kick off tonight with a keynote by Bill Gates, who isn't expected to make any earth shattering announcements on...
- Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, CEO, Monster Cable, CNET TV, Federal Government, Government, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-01-06
- Universal Music plays iTunes hardball with Apple
- Universal Music plays iTunes hardball with AppleDumbest statement in a year."The problem with this strategy: iTunes dominates the music scene."Bzzzzt wrong. Apple may have a commanding lead in MP3 players but that hardly constitutes "dominates the music scene".In fact, according to every thing published, sales of iTunes is minimal...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Universal Music Group, Apple iTunes, Apple Inc., MP3
- Discussion threads 2007-07-02
- Harvard Business Review: 20 top ideas that challenge what you know
- The Harvard Business Review has a list of top 20 "Breakthrough Ideas for 2007." Some interesting, ideas here that are counter-culture in that they challenge accepted thinking in many different areas. Siobhan Ford from HBR says that the list is free to read for all of February and that the...
- Tags: Disruptive, Emerging Hotbed
- Blog posts 2007-02-05
- Open source ESB initiative goes into Apache incubation
- My first meeting at the EclipseWorld conference this week in Cambridge, Mass. turned out to be one of the best. IONA Technologies detailed its bear-hug embrace of open source as a burgeoning market driver for the company. IONA is not just dabbling in open source, it does appear now...
- Tags: Apache Software Foundation, Iona Technologies, Apache Incubator, open source
- Blog posts 2006-09-07
- Another cease and desist letter from Apple regarding usage of "pod" turns up
- Another cease and desist letter from Apple regarding usage of "pod" turns upPeapod?They still deliver around where I live. They predated the iPod by years. Shouldn't they sue Apple?PODSAm I the only one that thought PODS were the big containers that you can have shipped to your house,...
- Tags: Now Let, Webster, Apple Inc., pod, Apple iPod
- Discussion threads 2006-08-14
- All Along the Watchtower
- All Along the WatchtowerHendrix-bio?What's the title?With Age Comes Wisdom...Steve,As the money starts to appear for [v/b]logging, the issues of failed partnerships seem to emerge: Adam C./Dave W., Amanda C./Andrew B.Partnerships start with the best of intentions but they are tested overtime and divorces are more common than life long pairings.Amanda...
- Tags: Business structures, Blake, Andrew, Watchtower
- Discussion threads 2006-07-10
- All Along the Watchtower
- Where to begin...First, I'm chatting with Dan Farber about what's going on this coming week. He mentions Mashup Camp on Wednesday and Thursday, which I'm registered for, and a Sun announcement on Tuesday, which I'm not. Sun continues to befuddle me: its CEO, Jonathan Schwartz, lists this blog on his...
- Tags: Dave
- Blog posts 2006-07-09
- Photos: See Apple's glass palace
- Photos: See Apple's glass palaceBetter put a force field around the glass......so nobody will break it... :pHmmm...Suddenly I get this urge to buy a bb gun.New Apple Glass PalaceWho washes their windows pun intended?Is this place wheelchair accessable?Is this place wheelchair accessable?How Fun!I think it's really creative!Glass Cube OriginalThe glass...
- Tags: See Apple, photograph
- Discussion threads 2006-05-18
- Apple Corps: Let it be...
- Steve Jobs took on the music and film industry, built a walled garden around Apple's DRM and iPod platform, became Disney's biggest shareholder and now has to deal with bringing the Beatles into line with the Apple Corps v. Apple Computer trademark lawsuit. Meanwhile Apple Corps is living in the...
- Tags: Digital media, Apple Computer Inc., Apple Corps
- Blog posts 2006-03-30
- Supreme Court to hear patent injunction case
- Supreme Court to hear patent injunction case1981 BMW 5 Series, $2000 ONO"They tend to be sympathetic to MercExchange's argument that it should have the same rights as a company that's actively using its patents. "Not every inventor is going to have the capital or the management experience or all the...
- Tags: Strategy, Ono, question mark, BMW AG
- Discussion threads 2006-03-28
- Yes, there will be a BlackBerry injunction
- Yes, there will be a BlackBerry injunctionNo there won't be an Injunction - eBay saved 'em.The NTP v. RIM spectacle that has dominated the press recently is a done deal. It's over....Kaput. And eBay is who put the dagger in the beastly thing - much to the chagrin of NTP...
- Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., PTO, NTP
- Discussion threads 2006-02-23
- I want my BlackBerry
- I want my BlackBerryJust pay upGeeez, you lose in court and have your motions denied 3 times already. NTP gains nothing from a RIM collapse - so its in their interest to make modest demands. Maybe a sort of merging can occur, and the new company could start shooting down...
- Tags: RIM BlackBerry, patent holder, Research In Motion Ltd., NTP
- Discussion threads 2005-12-08
- Don't Mention It
- I've been waiting for someone to notice the last edition of the Gillmor Gang, and now this guy has. Nice job. Seth Goldstein's Root Vault app is now live and although I've been too busy to download it, I'm thrilled to see ideas Seth told me about at last year's...
- Tags: Dave
- Blog posts 2005-11-09
- Google tool to speed Web surfing
- Google tool to speed Web surfingDO NOT USE!Just say No to this tool. I went to install it last night until I came upon the part that said:"Google Web Accelerator sends requests for web pages, except for secure web pages HTTPS, to Google, which logs these requests. Some...
- Tags: Channel management, Internet service providers (ISPs), PRODUCTIVITY, INTERNET, Big Brother, Google Inc., Web, tool
- Discussion threads 2005-05-05
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