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Kazaa Announces HD Movie Sharing Service for Palm Pre
in P2P File Sharing, on July 9, 2009
... titled 'Kazaa Movie Download Exclusive on Palm Pre - Watching Movies in Your Pocket'... It remains to be seen what Palm makes of Kazaa's plans — and indeed how the movie industry re...
Amazon's Kindle Gets a $60 Price Drop
in The Wireless Weblog, on July 8, 2009
... 2 and the larger Kindle DX . "Amazon's jumbo-size Kindle DX, which it introduced in May, remains $489 and is currently out of stock on the site," notes the NYT's Brad Stone .
St...
Is barcode cheaper than RFID or vice versa?
in The RFID Weblog, on July 7, 2009
...ar codes on every item. The total labor cost would be $100 per day, or $36,500, assuming the store remains open 365 days per year. At Store B, meanwhile, it would take one worker two hours to read all...
Boeing remains loyal to its supply chain procedures despite angry Wallstreet analysts' reports
in Supplychainer, on June 26, 2009
It seems the wave of the anouncements from Boeing related to delays is not going to end; in this post comes another one! but I liked the detail analysis of the issues presented in this blog as the author Lisa Reisman describes in detail how the issue of supplier component integration has...
Study Anticipates Increasing Use of Linux on Mainframes
in HackITLinux, on June 21, 2009
...y much aware of the unique value that Linux offers on the mainframe — and that the mainframe remains an ongoing focus for IT investment."
"Of the 100 IT professionals at global enter...
Could Childhod Obesity Be Declining?
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 16, 2009
...by The Journal of the American Medical Association, has been greeted with guarded optimism, and it remains unclear whether efforts to limit junk food and increase physical activity in schools have had...
Create Your Own Ring at Amazon
in White Lace Wedding, on June 9, 2009
...ill look mounted in the setting.
After you've chosen the setting that appeals to you, all that remains is to select the ring size, and then-you're ready to order!
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Martine Wester Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on June 8, 2009
... jewel encrusted belts. Each season, they inject a fun and flirty touch to make sure the collection remains true to their distinctive style, and has that all important Martine Wester sparkle. Their si...
Apps adoption not so terrible
in The CIO Weblog, on June 5, 2009
...200 per employee versus internally hosted Exchange mail looks pretty good to cash-strapped CIOs (it remains to be seen if Microsoft's own hosted Exchange SaaS product will compete successfully wit...
Analysts Say Bringing iPhone to Verizon Would Double Sales
in The Wireless Weblog, on June 3, 2009
...t of AT&T's postpaid customers are already iPhone owners, the Verizon subscriber population remains untapped," writes FierceMobileContent's Jason Ankeny .
More here from AllThings...
Kinoma Introduces World’s First Mobile Social Media Browser
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on May 29, 2009
...inoma Play is available immediately for Windows Mobile users (Q3 for Symbian S60). The retail price remains $29.99 (and the update is free for all current Kinoma Play customers).
For more, click her...
Conrad Black's landmark case
in Sox First, on May 28, 2009
...a ruling by June 2010. He was sent to jail for six and a half years. CBC News reports that Black remains upbeat. True to his arrogant form, he emailed the network telling them of his hope that &quo...
Economists predict recession ends this year. As if!
in Sox First, on May 27, 2009
...ago. Sure it is important to identify turning points and markets are forward-looking. But the truth remains that the hard data - house prices, unemployment, trade and corporate profits and inflation -...
ROI Measurement and Misunderstanding
in The CIO Weblog, on May 26, 2009
...ut whether you're talking to executives inside or outside the department, the original question remains: to what extent to do you try to look at your ROI on SOA projects? Do you need to? Or is the...
Stack and Tilt Loses 2 Stars
in Eagle Par Birdie, on May 16, 2009
...for everyone else.
Usually, the spotlight follows the player, shifting to the new coach. It rarely remains on the old coach.
Or, in this case, "coaches".
Andy Plummer and Mike Bennett...
More bad news: Housing foreclosure activity remains at record levels
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 14, 2009
You can always count on RealtyTrac for bad news, at least these days.
The online provider of foreclosure data didn't disappoint this month, when it released its April foreclosure report . The report showed that housing foreclosure activity remained at record levels during the month.
Acc...
The Balance of Life
in BootStrapMe, on May 10, 2009
Like many high pressure careers, bootstrappers face a problem that can sometimes be difficult. It is a problem for which no pat answers or prefabricated solutions are available. The problem: maintaining a balance between your entrepreneurial endevears and the rest of life.
You do have a life , do...
Pandemic preparation in the IT department
in The CIO Weblog, on April 28, 2009
...more options than ever for being ready for societal as well as technological disasters... all that remains is to consider and plan for them....
How Sound is Your Business Plan?
in BootStrapMe, on April 27, 2009
I recently reported at BizPlanHacks on some research that shows that business plans don't get start-ups funded by VC's. But what do we care?
A business plan takes on a whole new meaning in the context of a bootstrapped business. PE Hub 's Joanna Glasner rightly points out that the...
Chimento Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on April 24, 2009
...present-day Tuscany, created the most beautiful gold metalwork of the ancient world. Today, Italy remains the leader in the transformation of precious metals into masterpieces of design and craftsma...
Will Biofuel Make It?
in IfEnergy, on April 23, 2009
...w the cars on the road now will have to burn something for a while yet. But I suppose my question remains... Why are we planning on new cars burning anything ? Why isn't the electric car the ca...
Cardboard coffins and green funerals
in Sox First, on April 22, 2009
...nergy, low-emission cremations, cardboard coffins and back-to-Earth burials and scattering cremated remains in state parks are now all the rage and the market is growing. Bloomberg reports that they...
Assessing the Future of Venture Capitalism
in TJ's Weblog, on April 20, 2009
...cially when contrasted with opinions like this one over at Red Herring. The venture capital model remains broken after never fully recovering from the dot-com bust at the turn of the century, a long...
Resources for Women Entrepreneurs
in BootStrapMe, on April 19, 2009
Adam over at Blogtrepreneur points out the prominent role women play in the bootstrap community and the larger world of entrepreneurs today. He uses suffrage as a point of reference; 90 years ago women couldn't even vote. "You've come a long way, baby." (Hope that doesn't...
What's Next For Sun?
in Java Entrepreneur, on April 10, 2009
...un, the possibility of a carve-out plan in which each business unit is sold to a different company remains," writes Network World's Jon Brodkin .
More here from JavaWorld ... more here ...
The Lion King in London's theatres
in Wandalust, on April 9, 2009
...o sign that the show's popularity will abate any time soon. So book your tickets in advance. It remains the show to see in London.
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Before You Start a Business, Do an Internship
in BootStrapMe, on April 4, 2009
Before you start a business, you can gain a lot of insight into you new industry or market by doing an internship in a business in the same sector of your economy. That was the advice of Karen E. Klein at BusinessWeek last month. She called it an "inexpensive way to avoid mistakes when you la...
The Value-Price Relationship
in BootStrapMe, on March 31, 2009
Entrepreneur had a good piece by Barry Farber earlier this month on how the relationship between value and price can make or break your business. I remember seeing this statement above a local printer's office:
Price, Service, Quality
(Please pick two)
If you choose to lower your pr...
G20 protest meltdown
in Sox First, on March 28, 2009
...ia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the US and the EU. What exactly the G20 remains to be seen. There's a lot at stake here. That includes Gordon Brown whose popularity rat...
Introducing Skype for iPhone
in The VoIP Weblog, on March 27, 2009
...e calls without being tied to their computers," writes TechSpot's Jose Vilches . "It remains to be seen, however, if the service will be restricted to Wi-Fi networks only..."
Mo...
The New Ho Chi Minh Trail
in Eagle Par Birdie, on March 25, 2009
...rough Laos and Cambodia.
All in all, it was a very bloody time in that part of Southeast Asia and remains a dark and sad chapter in America's history.
Ironically, it was the French who coined ...
The Personality of an Entrepreneur
in BootStrapMe, on March 25, 2009
Young Entrepreneur had a piece recently on entrepreneurial personality. It was an interesting look at the importance of matching personality to your job function.
The article interviews consultant Bill Wagner of Accord Management Systems. Word to the wise, we can't change our personality bu...
Azure platform to be cloud-only
in The CIO Weblog, on March 23, 2009
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This may be a semantic problem, and how the system actually plays out once Azure comes out of beta remains to be seen, but at the moment this seems to be a bit of volte-face on Microsoft's part f...
Executive pay and shareholder greed
in Sox First, on March 23, 2009
...s might have to put packages to shareholders for a vote. Whether these changes would go far enough remains to be seen. Maybe there is room for additional measures, like for example, giving shareholde...
VC's Overrated...
in BootStrapMe, on March 19, 2009
Brad Feld had an interesting piece recently that I thought my BootStrapper friends would smile about. It was on the relationship between entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. When I think about who I spend most of my time with, it's entrepreneurs. When I think about who really drives innovati...
CIO Weblog now powered by Amazon
in The CIO Weblog, on March 18, 2009
...ng Amazon's EC2 and S3 systems on the back-end. I can feel it running faster already!
The blog remains unaffiliated with Amazon despite my occasional cheerleading; in fact, if it blows up, you an...
Wendy Brandes Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on March 16, 2009
... of Korea, assassinated in 1895. No photos of her have been identified beyond a doubt, so her image remains elusive. Accordingly, a dragon is carved into only one side of this stone. Depending on whic...
Gartner Smartphone Market Share for 2008
in The Smart PDA, on March 14, 2009
Gartner has released the Smartphone market share figures for the year 2008 . According to the released figures:
Nokia (Symbian) is still No. 1 with 52.4% market share
RIM (Blackerry) is No. 2 with 16.6% market share
Windows Mobile is No. 3 with 11.8% followed by Apple, Linux, Palm and other S...
March is DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) Awareness Month
in Straightfromthedoc, on March 12, 2009
...s, the Coalition has made great strides in raising awareness - but more needs to be done. DVT still remains a national public health crisis.
Did you know that in the United States, DVT affects up to ...
Confessions of a Startup Addict
in BootStrapMe, on March 11, 2009
Ivan Widjaya over at Noobpreneur had a cute piece Monday. He confesses that he's addicted to starting new businesses.
Ivan looks at the symptoms of his addiction (with an eye toward helping to decide if you share his problem). Then he looks at himself as a case study. I started dozens of busi...
Kate Spade Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on March 10, 2009
... Kate Spade eyewear, and Kate Spade jewelry . Nevertheless, the basis for all Kate Spade products remains firmly founded upon her original ideals of functional and fashionable versatility that have m...
The complex reality of end-user application development
in The CIO Weblog, on March 6, 2009
... Many PaaS and SaaS tools have excellent collaborative interfaces to such information, but the fact remains that it is often duplicative of information already stored within the organization and that ...
A More Pessimistic View of Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on March 2, 2009
... the Indian outsourcing industry this year. Wachovia's Edward Caso points out that "demand remains lackluster and decision making slow," and also points out that customers are putting do...
The Bootstrapper's Fable: Is a VC Hunting You?
in BootStrapMe, on February 28, 2009
Scott Dig , a bootstrapper himself, had an instructive little fable for the bootstrappers of the world earlier this month. I won't retell it in its entirety, but the moral is that we often lose sight of our most valuable assets.
Scott's message is simple: as a Bootstrapper, your most valua...
Managing fragmented data remains a supply chain challenge, IBM research finds
in Supplychainer, on February 28, 2009
A Global Supply Chain study by IBM , based on 400 interviews in 25 countries, reveals that 70 percent say their number one challenge is overwhelming and fragmented data, as well as a lack of ability to make sense out of the information. However fixing this "visibility" problem is low ...
Still in the dark on Steve Jobs
in Sox First, on February 26, 2009
...Steve Jobs can read a memo or look at designs and say, "this one, not that one," Apple is remains in good hands. But, we have already seen what happens when Apple loses i(t)s vision. When th...
John Atencio Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on February 25, 2009
...design, and superb craftsmanship.
Colorado-based John Atencio has built a successful brand, yet remains true to his personal artistic vision. Showcasing vibrant specialty-cut gemstones, John's...
New U2 Album Debuts on P2P
in P2P File Sharing, on February 20, 2009
...tly, the site managed to give fans access directly to the music files ahead of its official release remains unclear, but the tracks have now spread across the Internet like a bad meme - CD-quality and...
Due Diligence Comes in Flavors
in BootStrapMe, on February 16, 2009
Sometimes it's easy to forget that there's more than one type of due diligence. At the start-up stage, remembering to do both legal due diligence and business due diligence is critical.
Scott Dig posted a good description of the two type of due diligence earlier this month. He's ...
ARCOS Internet Tablet-An Innovative Android device!
in The Smart PDA, on February 11, 2009
ARCHOS , the leading portable media player and internet media tablet manufacturer is working on a device that will merge ARCHOS's multimedia framework with Google's Android telephony stack. The new device will provide powerful entertainment, web, connectivity and communication features t...
Seth Godin on Succeeding in a Down Market
in BootStrapMe, on February 9, 2009
Mashable's Andrew Warner recently interviewed marketing guru Seth Godin and talked about how to succeed in a down market.
Seth's advice is especially powerful for bootstrappers in this economy. And it's also encouraging. Among his tips for start-up businesses in this economy: Recogni...
Startling predictions for 2009
in Sox First, on February 7, 2009
...se. What we are talking about here is Depression, not Recession. Whether any of this comes to pass remains to be seen. Trouble is no-one really knows for sure.
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Fossilized 42 Foot Long 2500 Pound Snake Found
in Exclusive from our news room , on February 5, 2009
...is the Green Anaconda, and the longest one, at 32 feet, is the Reticulated Python.
The snake's remains were discovered by an archaeological team from The University of Toronto at Mississauga,...
John Hardy Jewelry 2009
in The Jewelry Weblog, on February 5, 2009
...ing in Chelsea, overlooking the Hudson River. In July 2007, Hardy sold his stake in the firm, but remains the company's visionary.
John Hardy Square Naga Silver Pavé Diamond Ring
Diamonds ...
20 Bootstrapping Tips
in BootStrapMe, on February 4, 2009
Evan Carmichael has a good piece today that looks at ways you can bootstrap. What it amounts to is 20 tips for succeeding as a bootstrapper.
The tips are basic: Hire people on a part time basis
Automate wherever possible
Don't quit your day job (and we've said that before)
Form ...
Introducing GDrive
in On Storage, on February 1, 2009
... the offline storage and sync capabilities now found in Gmail and Google Docs, its official arrival remains highly anticipated because of its potential to make personal files available at any Internet...
Obama's options
in Sox First, on January 26, 2009
...ir assets. None of these choices are easy. Just how the Obama administration will get through this remains one of the great mysteries. What we can be certain about is the new Government will move qu...
Virgin Media Cancels 'Virgin Music Unlimited' P2P Service
in P2P File Sharing, on January 24, 2009
...and attempting to halt behaviour fails to bring in any revenue," he adds. "Meanwhile, P2P remains a taboo: the one form of consumer behaviour that hasn't been given a legitimate revenue ...
Building a Start Up from Scratch
in BootStrapMe, on January 21, 2009
Evan Carmichael over at the Young Entrepreneur blog has a nice basic step-by-step on how to start out with nothing and build yourself a start up business. Here are the steps that I took. This process helped me build my business with $0 in startup capital. Hopefully you can learn from my experien...
Wall Street to Obama: the banks are insolvent
in Sox First, on January 21, 2009
...o solvency. Seeking Alpha's Bill Luby looks at the issue but as he suggests, propping them up remains problematic and is asking for trouble....
Unemployment Benefits? One of the Risks of Going it Alone...
in BootStrapMe, on January 15, 2009
National Public Radio had an interesting story yesterday that highlighted the plight of many people involved in entrepreneurship and home-based business. If their business fails, they are just as unemployed as a laid off autoworker. But they are not eligible for unemployment benefits. Most people ...
Range Finders - Threat to the Game?
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 14, 2009
...irection you wish it to go. Second (unless you are on a par 3), you must estimate how much distance remains to the green for your second shot.
That's where much of the fun and challenge enters i...
1934 Buick Captivates at Gooding Scottsdale Auction
in Classical Drives, on January 14, 2009
...tten the owner but still remember the car. That auto engendered a respect for the Buick marque that remains to this day (though I'd be happier if Buick got out of the crossover game and stuck to s...
The Place of Loyalty in Your New Company's Values
in BootStrapMe, on January 12, 2009
Jack and Suzy Welch over at BusinessWeek had a good article a few days ago on the role of loyalty in corporate culture - especially in hard times. I thought it was useful to consider in the context of building a new business.
Your business is off the ground and you've hired a few people. The...
New Visa Rules Impact Golfers
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 12, 2009
...h a passport in hand. Previously, a driver's license or birth certificate was good enough. That remains the case for driving over the border (for the time being) but not for flying over it.
Likew...
The Effect of Satyam's Revelation
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on January 10, 2009
...e Indian governments late-but-strong reaction to it will affect the outsourcing business as a whole remains to be seen, but there is no doubt that it casts a pale on the statements of strength in the ...
Outsourcing safely
in The CIO Weblog, on January 9, 2009
Implicit in the conflation of agile operations with fragile support is a requirement that your users have access to services which are at once flexible and scalable and which are also efficient for your business to provide. When you put those three words together, the next thing you come to is i...
Hidden Agenda Brings together Art and RFID
in The RFID Weblog, on January 7, 2009
... to bring art and technology together. Her concept of Hidden Agenda makes sure that fashion never remains away from technology. For this purpose she used forty five pieces of black RFID tags and ste...
Winners and losers for 2008
in Sox First, on December 30, 2008
...ice in 2009. The Australian economy in my own back yard too might end up a winner, but again, that remains to be seen. China's in deep trouble, resources prices are sliding and people are losing ...
Apple iPhone Artrives on Wal-Mart Shelves
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on December 29, 2008
...t retail chain but the strategy here still defies logic. Taking such numbers into consideration, it remains a mystery why Apple decided to wait until after the holidays to get units on shelves.
Accor...
