Microsoft Missing the Boat on Mobile? (20)
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What's so ironic is that if Microsoft started thinking about the user again, instead of thinking about protecting their business, they could do great things. There are many problems yet to be solved in online software, but they won't be solved without bold leaps into the future.
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Ade said:
"What's so ironic is that if Microsoft started thinking about the user again, instead of thinking about protecting their business, they could do great things. There are many problems yet to be solved in online software, but they won't be solved without bold leaps into the future."
Google Turns 10 (7)
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Ian Lamont writes "It was on September 7, 1998 that Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc., aiming to provide a better search engine. You can see what it looked like here. Google had a relatively good search engine technology that succeeded in burying many late 1990s competitors, and it eventually developed a successful advertising model and pledged to "do no evil." The company now has nearly 20,000 employees and a $150 billion market ...
First $100 laptop runs Linux (3)
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In October, Shenzhen China-based HiVision will ship a MIPs-based Linux mini-notebook for $98. The company is currently offering a similar machine for $120, according to a video blog report from the Internationale Funkausstellunga (IFA) consumer electronics show in Berlin this week.
World Bank data now available through APIs (7)
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By way of David Stephenson I’ve learned that the World Bank now offers an API for several of its data sets on development, governance, and business conditions, plus a collection of photos. Here are the indicators you can explore, for many countries, going back to about 1960 (though the data are sparse in some cases): Agricultural land (% of land area) Forest area (% of land area) Surface area (sq. km) Foreign direct investment, net ...
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We want more data ... never enough :)
The Pixar Touch: A Great Book by David Price (5)
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I have read a lot of stories about organizations over years, especially about the success or failure of innovative organizations, but The Pixar Touch is one of the very best. I've been quite interested in Pixar since Huggy Rao and I did an interview of Brad Bird for the McKinsey Quarterly, but I learned a lot from this book I didn't know. The story itself is stunning; I had not realized that the start of ...
Businesses Choosing "Community" Linux Distros (4)
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An anonymous reader sends along a PCWorld recap of a new study by the 451 Group, which claims that business use of 'community' Linux distributions is on the rise — distros like Ubuntu, CentOS, and Debian, as opposed to "corporate" packages like RHEL and Suse. The trend is most evident in Europe. The article points out examples in Sweden and Germany, and cites growing in-house expertise with Linux as one factor helping enterprises get comfortable ...
VIA Releases FOSS Graphics Driver (6)
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billybob2 writes "VIA has released a 113,800 line open source graphics driver with full mode-setting support for CRT, LCD, and DVI devices along with 2D, X-Video, and cursor acceleration. Harald Welte, VIA's open source representative, states that the next step is to add 3D (see preview), TV-out, and hardware codec support while integrating this work with existing open source projects. VIA has pre-installed Linux on a significant portion of the company's latest products, including the ...
Inside India's CAPTCHA Solving Economy (10)
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Anti-Globalism points out an analysis of India's CAPTCHA-solving industry posted at ZDNet. It begins: "No CAPTCHA can survive a human that's receiving financial incentives for solving it, and with an army of low-waged human CAPTCHA solvers officially in the business of data processing while earning a mere $2 for solving a thousand CAPTCHAs, I'm already starting to see evidence of consolidation between India's major CAPTCHA solving companies. The consolidation, logically leading to increased bargaining power, ...
Gartner Says Enterprises Should Not Block Access to Web 2.0 Technologies, but They Can Better Secure These Applications (1)
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Gartner Says Enterprises Should Not Block Access to Web 2.0 Technologies, but They Can Better Secure These Applications Excluding Employees From the Web 2.0 Global Ecosystem Could Stifle Creativity and Innovation
Gartner Says Organizations Should Not Prevent Participation in Social Applications for Fear of Bad Behavior (1)
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Gartner Says Organizations Should Not Prevent Participation in Social Applications for Fear of Bad Behavior Organizations Should Implement a Multilevel Approach to Polices for Effective Governance
H-P Closes EDS Purchase (1)
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H-P completed its $13.25 billion purchase of EDS, adding more than 140,000 employees. The acquisition has seen little resistance from H-P investors.
H-P Closes EDS Purchase (1)
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H-P completed its $13.25 billion purchase of EDS, adding more than 140,000 employees. The acquisition has seen little resistance from H-P investors.
How to Survive a Power Blackout (2)
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A massive power failure can turn that record hot summer into a major bummer. When the lights do go out, you'll want to be prepared to live without electricity for anywhere from a few hours to a few days. Here are some suggestions to stay fueled, informed and entertained during the next blackout.
Trains, once a dying industry, may become fertile ground for investment again (6)
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With transportation costs up, one of the oldest icons of the Industrial Age is once again coming to prominence. Trains are the object of interest in the United States at levels not seen for decades, with some of the most foresightful investors around — including the world’s richest man, Warren Buffet — placing billions of dollars on old-line companies like Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern.The reason behind the trend is fairly obvious. Most investors have ...
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ScorpFromHell said:
Heard this somewhere else too & pooh poohed it. May be I shouldn't have!
Poster nuns to vie for 'Miss Sister Italy' title (AFP) (1)
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AFP - The first beauty pageant for nuns debuts next month with the advent of "Miss Sister Italy," aimed at erasing a stereotype of nuns as being old and sad, a newspaper reported Sunday.
Infosys Agrees to Buy Axon Group (1)
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India's Infosys has agreed to buy U.K.-based tech consultancy Axon Group for $753.1 million, bolstering its presence in a higher-value market.
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India's Infosys has agreed to buy U.K.-based tech consultancy Axon Group for $753.1 million, bolstering its presence in a higher-value market.
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