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The Business Software Alliance has long been on the case of U.S. companies who use, inadvertently or not, unlicensed software for their business operations. Make no mistake, the BSA has aggressively gone after and imposed heavy fines on companies who are caught in the act using pirated software....
Read More | Jan 30th, 2008
Let's all take a breather at the end of another topsy-turvy week on Wall Street, where things have calmed down as of mid-morning on Friday (the Dow Jones Industrial Average is off a mere four points at 11:30 AM EST, and is actually up for the week . . . but the media doesn't want you to know...
Read More | Jan 25th, 2008
Keeping track of the economic news is getting nerve-racking - akin to watching a train wreck in slow motion.
In the past 24 hours we've seen . . .
- A Fortune magazine study showing that about 75% of Americans who think we're either already in a recession or are heading toward one (no surprise...
Read More | Jan 18th, 2008 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Jan 19th, 2008
Today's batch of economic news is mixed, and seemingly conflicted as ever.
Hey, don't shoot me - I'm only the messenger.
But for techies wondering how secure their jobs really are these days the news from the most recent Federal Reserve Beige Book report signaled economic growth for November and...
Read More | Jan 17th, 2008
If you've been following this blog, you know I'm no nay-sayer on the economy. A realist, yes, but I won't wave pom-poms for a recession like so many others in the media.
That said, I don't think there's any doubt that 2008 will be short of a robust year for technology. And that's okay. Economies...
Read More | Jan 16th, 2008
Okay, I was downed by technology issues for a few days but I'm back up with a vengeance.
And just in time, as the major technology companies begin to release their quarterly earnings statements. IBM was first up earlier this week, and easily surpassed analyst expectations. Wall Street attributed...
Read More | Jan 16th, 2008
Interesting news from a new study of 112 homes in the Seattle area that shows a 10% reduction in home energy bills through the use of "smart grid" technology.
The study, conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy, and reported on CNet News this morning, says its GridWise Project not only saves...
Read More | Jan 10th, 2008 | Comments: 1 | Last Comment: Jan 10th, 2008
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newsguy in a Nutshell
I live and breathe technology news, it is what turns me on. Sad, but hey I am a news nerd, what can I say? (Read Blog)
That is what we could be asking by 2012, and be answered with a resounding cry of to the job centre looking for new employment if Fujitsu Siemens Computers is correct with its prediction. FSC today suggested that within just four years unmanned data centres will not only be fully commercially...
Read More | Jan 21st, 2008 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: Jan 21st, 2008
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happygeek in a Nutshell
I am a freelance technology journalist from England, and have been for fast approaching 20 years now. For 14 of them I have enjoyed being Contributing Editor with PC Pro magazine, the biggest selling monthly IT publication in the UK.
Currently, I hold the title of Information Security Journalist... (Read Blog)
Many years ago, during a press visit to Microsoft HQ in Seattle, I was given relative freedom to wander around the Redmond campus. Of course, there were some areas that were strictly out of bounds. Areas like the one which was entered via the 'Cryogenics Lab' door for example. At the time I thought...
Read More | Jan 17th, 2008 | Comments: 3 | Last Comment: 25 Days Ago
Blog Stats: Entries: 472 | Views: 1,399,710 | Last Entry: 9 Hours Ago | Overall Rating:
tamar in a Nutshell
I'm a girl. I like social media. I like gadgets. I will take your gadgets for free. My main website is Techipedia. I also blog about search at Search Engine Roundtable. You might have seen me elsewhere, like Lifehacker or anywhere, really. I like Twitter. I like Digg. I like StumbleUpon. ... (Read Blog)
While I'm not yet a Mac convert, I've always been an iPod convert. I bought my first iPod in September of 2003 and can't say I complained. Reminiscing, it was a 40GB 3rd generation that I paid $475 for on eBay. It wasn't cheap, and I was fresh out of college, so it put a huge dent in my savings...
Read More | Jan 16th, 2008 | Comments: 3 | Last Comment: Jan 17th, 2008
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