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Netbooks may be the new mobiles
in The CIO Weblog, on July 6, 2009
...er, and Blackberries have firmly entrenched themselves as must-have tools in corporate America, the consumer-oriented, scorned netbooks may be the next hot device for businesses.
Although netbooks ar...
China's supply chain challenge: Mitigating supply risk
in Supplychainer, on July 5, 2009
...to enjoy the advantages of cheaper material and labor costs, as well as the potential to reach vast consumer markets, they must continually reassess the pros and cons of operating in China," she ...
Neverland's future: up for grabs
in Sox First, on July 4, 2009
...ey from Sony as advances on future royalties. That didn't cover his interest bill let alone his spending. So should they do with Neverland? The answer is pretty simple: just sell it off to help r...
The Mother of all Dashboards
in The CIO Weblog, on July 1, 2009
...today I run across the Federal IT Dashboard , which is a pretty impressive piece of work detailing spending and performance on almost 40 billion dollars worth of US government IT projects and I think...
Is plain vanilla the right goal?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 30, 2009
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As part of his efforts to protect consumers, and keep the country from suffering another wave of foreclosures, Pres. Barack Obama has called for the creation of a new consumer protection agency. ...
Sony Next to Release an iPhone Killer
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on June 29, 2009
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We often talk about attempts to dethrone the immensely popular iPhone and it looks like consumer electronics giant Sony is about to take a stab at it next.
Sony has released word that it is con...
Logistics cost in the U.S. is dropping
in Supplychainer, on June 28, 2009
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According to a report published by Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), total spending on U.S. logistics dropped to $1.3 trillion last year, a decrease of $49 billion from 2007. ...
Michael Jackson's debt legacy
in Sox First, on June 26, 2009
...an accountant testifying at his child molestation trial said Jackson was living beyond his means, spending $20 million to $30 million a year more than he earned. Back in 2003, Forbes put his debt ...
Has Intel finally broken into the cell phone market?
in Wangtam, on June 24, 2009
...lly broken into the cell phone market?
• Lenovo slims down new ThinkPad T400s
• NPD Finds Consumer Confusion about Netbooks Continues
• 米兰一法院推迟谷歌4名高管审判时间
• Bookmarklet to reformat text for rea...
Don't believe the homeownership hype
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 24, 2009
.... But they'll also be buying a house whose value has risen, more than likely. So they'll be spending more to get their next house. There isn't a lot of financial gain there.
Secondly, don...
Get a Handle on Expenses
in Biz Plan Hacks, on June 23, 2009
...e required reading if you manage a business. This is not the kind of economy in which you should be spending unnecessarily. Some expenses are obvious areas to pare back, but others-those vampire expen...
Stimulus packages create corruption opportunities
in Sox First, on June 23, 2009
...in just 18 months, being poured into saving economies. The reasons are pretty obvious. Most of the spending will involve juicy, big budget capital projects. These are the traditional targets of corru...
Directors warned about greenwash
in Sox First, on June 22, 2009
...es the Australian Conservation Foundation approaching the regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and asking it investigate whether six companies - Rio Tinto, Woodside, Xstrata, ...
HP to Pre-Install Norton Online Backup on All Consumer PCs
in On Storage, on June 21, 2009
...Symantec recently announced an agreement with HP to pre-install Norton Online Backup on all HP consumer desktop and notebook PCs worldwide. New users will receive a 30-day free trial of the servi...
ASUS 与 Disney 联手打造儿童用 NetBook
in Wangtam, on June 18, 2009
当前经济衰退中，许多玩具公司避免推出高价产品， Disney 却逆势而行，打算在假期销售旺季来临前推出售价 350 美元的儿童 netBook 。
这款 netBook "Disney Netpal"将于7月底起在美国和加拿大的 Toys "R" US 店铺和 Amazon 销售。
美泰和孩之宝(Hasbro)等玩具公司以及 Toys "R" US 等零售商则认为，因失业率上升、楼市低迷及信贷紧缩影响到父母的消费能力，因此价格便宜的玩具会更受欢迎。
Disney 表示，这是该公司首次在北美推出笔记本电脑，五年前该公司曾试图...
Do you trust the government to protect you from mortgage lenders?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 18, 2009
...on, you'll be happy to know that the Obama administration is pushing for the creation of a new consumer agency designed to oversee the mortgage-lending process .
If you answered "no" t...
Does Obama's patchwork overhaul go far enough?
in Sox First, on June 18, 2009
...shion. Basically, there are five things you need to know about these changes. First, they set up a Consumer Financial Protection Agency which will have the authority to force lenders to offer straigh...
一句话概括 2009 年最热 IT 产品
in Wangtam, on June 12, 2009
美国风险投资家 Fred Wilson 近日撰文 ，列举了用户采用新技术的动力所在。文章列举了今年热销的消费产品或服务，如 iPhone、Facebook、Wii、Hulu、FlipCam、Rock Band、Mafia Wars、Blogger、Pandora 和 Twitter，并用一句话描述了它们火爆的原因：
iPhone：采用了手机浏览器及杀手级触摸屏界面。
Facebook：具有真正实用性的社会化网站。
Wii：动作感应游戏机。
Hulu：通过 UI (用户界面) 设计极棒的网页观看你最喜爱的电视节目。
FlipCam：能方便地装到口袋里的数码录像机。
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Want a better credit score? Manage your money
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 12, 2009
...are that there is no quick way to boost a credit score. Because of this, it may make sense for some consumers to wait a year or more before applying for a mortgage loan. They should just make sure the... ...le. The bad news is that it takes time, and real effort. In short, you have to actively change your spending habits.
Home buyers with the highest credit scores qualify for the mortgage loans with the...
The Twitpocalypse is Near: Will Your Twitter Client Survive?
in Wangtam, on June 10, 2009
...P Traffic And 64 Percent of Mobile
• comScore Study: Bing Is Off To A Very Good Start
• Google! (retroogle)
• icomplete | the new way to make small business work
• Anjuno | Connecting Artists ...
Create Your Own Ring at Amazon
in White Lace Wedding, on June 9, 2009
...ng over you. And because there are no overhead costs, buying over Amazon saves you money could be spending on your other wedding needs.
Try it for yourself:
Open up Amazon's Create Your Own...
Supply chain video: Short interview on SC Finance
in Supplychainer, on June 8, 2009
...Ariba, the provider of spend management solutions, is spending :) lots of money recently to promote the on-demand solutions it's offering the practices associated with them. Among some of the mate...
Apple Rumors Are At the Breaking Point
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 8, 2009
...ts are expecting great things from the folks at the Cupertino Campus. With luck, I will find myself spending a few hundred dollars in the next couple of weeks on new and amazing iPhone hardware.
On t...
Learning About And Choosing A Photo Printer
in Digital Shot, on June 8, 2009
...a quick treatise on the differences among today's digital photo printers .
This link, "Consumer Reports" digital photo printer ratings , will help you select the best printer for you...
Barcelona: Things to Do
in Wandalust, on June 7, 2009
... in Barcelona without traveling outside the boundaries of these three vibrant areas, of course, but spending a few well-chosen days among their narrow streets and shadowy alleyways will provide you wi...
Banks fight to keep accounting tricks
in Sox First, on June 6, 2009
...rite to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner trying shelve the accounting rule change. They are also spending millions lobbying Congress. Not content with their $700 billion bailout, the banks want to ...
Save Money on Gas and Groceries
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on June 5, 2009
...o run out of key items - such as toilet paper, breads, and pasta. Meal planning can help you avoid spending more on gas and less time at the grocery store, too. Grocery stores are geared up to sell pe...
OTC Prostate Cancer Test Kit in the Making
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 5, 2009
...sing protein.
During a test, if cancer-producing proteins are detected at a significant level, the consumer would be directed to see a doctor.
Extensive cOlinical trials will have to be performed, b...
Global Rejection of Genetically Engineered Wheat
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 3, 2009
... Farmers, consumers and civil society organizations in Australia, Canada and the U.S. released a joint statement confirming their collective commitment to stop commercialization of genetically eng...
Kevia Jeffrey-West Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on June 2, 2009
...welry
Kevia Jeffrey-West's exposure to the world of fashion began at five years of age, while spending hours looking over her mother's clothing sketches and playing with fabric swatches. Soo...
Barcelona: a Few Things to Do...
in Latina Viva, on May 31, 2009
... in Barcelona without traveling outside the boundaries of these three vibrant areas, of course, but spending a few well-chosen days among their narrow streets and shadowy alleyways will provide you wi...
How much is Facebook worth?
in Sox First, on May 30, 2009
...fundamental challenge for all of these social network companies is: How do they convert traffic and consumer interest into revenue and earnings? The jury is still out." And as Hasselback points o...
Krugman, Soros and Roubini: how to fix the crisis
in Sox First, on May 26, 2009
... inherently unstable." The big challenge for the US is growing without excessive leverage and consumerism. What's needed is a society built around saving and infrastructure and that will be ... ...inflation tax to wipe out the real value of the debt; or you have to raise taxes and cut government spending. And given the size of the deficits, over time that's going to be a painful political c...
Save Money on Grocery Shopping by Buying Food – Just Food!
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on May 24, 2009
...lot of coupons and are looking to save money on groceries, you can still blow the budget easily by spending grocery money on a lot of other things. This includes paper items, trash bags, aluminum foil...
Sony to reduce the number of suppliers to half
in Supplychainer, on May 23, 2009
...to post a second consecutive year of losses. The financial crisis has eviscerated global demand for consumer electronics and a strong yen has eroded profits earned overseas. Sony didn't say how th...
Entering an Era of Virtual Currencies?
in Bizinformer, on May 23, 2009
...gin to bleed over into the non-virtual world? Answer: I don't think I'm going to see people spending Linden Dollars at Wal-mart any time soon, but VentureBeat points out a number of issues w...
Britain to lose AAA rating, US is next
in Sox First, on May 23, 2009
...t a time when the financial crisis is putting pressure on governments around the world for stimulus spending. And of course, the perverse irony is that the US is running up a budget deficit to save t...
Blackberry Storm 2 schon im Juni?
in BlackBerry World, on May 22, 2009
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Das Foto zeigt natürlich die Erstauflage des Blackberry Storm. Was auch sonst, denn das Blackberry Storm 2 ist bislang nicht auf den Markt gekommen. Doch könnte dies früher der Fall sein als bislang erwartet. So zumindest die Gerüchte bei Hardwareluxx , wo sogar schon der komme...
How low will interest rates go? Who knows?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 22, 2009
...k or next month.
Don't believe me? Then take a look at Bankrate.com, one of the best financial consumer Web sites out there. According to the analysts at Bankrate, the average interest rate on ...
US and China: the drug dealer-addict relationship
in Sox First, on May 20, 2009
...lationship of co-dependency between the United States and China is worrying and dangerous. American consumers buy Chinese-made goods, China piles up billions of dollars from US trade and buys US debt....
How to introduce a carbon tax
in Sox First, on May 20, 2009
...uld result in lower emissions. Think of it as a matter of supply and demand. If people reduce their spending on energy, if they drive less or use less electricity, that means the price of permits will...
iPhone price reduction rumors missing the enterprise
in The CIO Weblog, on May 18, 2009
...ing prices on data plans and/or offering more varied data plan options to cater to a wider range of consumer demand. This seems like a fairly typical tactic once the market has become more or less sat...
Will federal mortgage loan assistance hurt your credit rating?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 18, 2009
...they will only suffer additional harm to their credit reports.
Norm Magnuson, an official with the Consumer Data Industry Association trade group, is quoted in the Mail Tribune as saying that working...
Sony Introduces DSLR Cameras for the Rest of Us
in The Gadgets Weblog, on May 18, 2009
...n't. Sony is interested in helping people like me figure out photography by introducing several consumer-minded DSLR cameras. The new a230, a330 and a380 give a user the quality and options of SLR...
OTC Prevacid®, Heartburn Medicine Now FDA-Approved
in Straightfromthedoc, on May 15, 2009
...hours
When doctor visits and medication costs are taken into account, Prevacid 24HR may save consumers time and money. Recent research, from the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) and...
Bankrupt Chrysler's $134 million advertising budget
in Sox First, on May 13, 2009
...rysler during this interim period and why Chrysler will be a brand going forward that is one that a consumer should continue to look at as one of their purchase opportunities." Go figure!! It do...
Navigating the new mortgage roadmap
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 12, 2009
... history of late payments.
You should check your credit score before applying for a mortgage loan. Consumers are allowed a free credit report . You can find out more about this at the Federal Tra...
Gorton: LimeWire Is Secure
in P2P File Sharing, on May 11, 2009
...ama's helicopter was breached via P2P . There have also been reports of inadvertent exposure of consumer financial data and medical records over peer-to-peer, according to the Committee on Oversig...
Supply chain video: Future Supply Chain 2016
in Supplychainer, on May 11, 2009
...in the video, the focus on regulatory issues and S&OP seemed to have more weight as many of the consumer goods and retail companies are now exposed to cut inventories and comply with various envir...
What do you think about webkinz signature pets?
in WebKinzBlog, on May 11, 2009
... At 11, Hayley still likes webkinz but doesn't ask for them like she used to so I can't see spending almost $30 on one. Kinz Klips - sure, she has one on her backpack. Caring Valley - waiting ...
More Ways to Reduce Your Food Bills
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on May 9, 2009
... planning you can actually use more of what is in your cabinets. This will cut down on unnecessary spending. It will also enable you to save money because you won't be buying a lot of extra food -...
The Players Championship: DVD or Download?
in Eagle Par Birdie, on May 8, 2009
...bsite currently boasts all kinds of streaming video.
Maybe I'm different from the average golf consumer but buying a DVD of one event is like buying a novel; I'll read it once and never pick ...
Late Motherhood and Lifespans
in Next Nine Months, on May 8, 2009
...rwise," says the study's lead author, demographer Ken R. Smith, a professor of family and consumer studies at the University of Utah . "If you have a female relative who had children ...
No recovery yet
in Sox First, on May 8, 2009
...loyment will continue to rise, so any recovery is some time off. Add to that the reports that US consumer credit fell by a record $11.1 billion in March and loan delinquencies continue to rise , a...
Save Money on Your Grocery Shopping
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on May 7, 2009
...ent book, America's Cheapest Family Gets You Right on the Money: Your Guide to Living Better, Spending Less, and Cashing in on Your Dreams , actually mentions a family that goes shopping once a m...
BlackBerry Curve Dethrones iPhone
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on May 6, 2009
...d the T-Mobile G1 with Google's Android operating system.
RIM snagged nearly 50 percent of the consumer smartphone market in the first quarter, up 15 percent from the previous period, as Apple...
SOX and complacency
in Sox First, on May 5, 2009
...hich are often handsomely remunerated). These individuals frequently serve on numerous boards while spending very little time examining the activities of the corporation - the details of which are fre...
WinRAR 3.90 beta 1
in Wangtam, on May 2, 2009
...Phone Sweeps JD Power Consumer Smartphone Ratings - Except In Battery Life
• Apple Is Serious About Gaming: Steals Xbox Senior Director of Strategy
• 5 Ways to Take Control of Your Personal Brand ...
S&OP in high tech companies should incorporates measures of risk
in Supplychainer, on April 30, 2009
... said. "What works for Budweiser in the beverage industry, may not be right for Samsung in the consumer electronics sector. It might, in fact, be a case of having too much information."
Ove...
Introducing Truphone 3.0
in The VoIP Weblog, on April 30, 2009
...roida . "In other words, if you're in range of a hotspot, you can gab all you want without spending a penny."
"The latest version of Truphone allows for VoIP calls to be made on 3...
Window 7 coming early, as expected
in The CIO Weblog, on April 30, 2009
...ed by kicking the operating system gold masters out the door as soon as possible. While the muddled consumer market will adopt 7 in the same measures as it did Vista, largely with the purchase of new ...
Diabetes Drug Januvia May Trigger Pancreatitis, Pancreatic Cancer
in Daily Diabetic, on April 30, 2009
A new study from UCLA's Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center found that the type 2 diabetes drug sitagliptin - sold in pill form as Januvia - could lead to a form of low-grade pancreatitis in some patients and a greater risk of pancreatic cancer in long-term users.
Researche...
Luxury or necessity? It's back to the past
in Sox First, on April 28, 2009
...There is also a decline towards satellite and cable television services. One reason could be people spending more time on the computer. Another is that most of the stuff you get now on television is j...
Necessary Attitudes You Need Toward Saving Money
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on April 25, 2009
...velop an attitude toward it. Here are some attitudes you need to have in order to turn around your spending habits and put some money in the bank.
1 . Do You Really Want to Save Money?
It is easy ...
Georgia Tech Opens Marcus Nanotechnology Building
in Nanotechbuzz, on April 24, 2009
...technology will not touch or influence in the future. It will enhance medicine, high-technology and consumer products. I hope that nanotechnology will do for Georgia Tech, Atlanta and the region what ...
How to Ship Your Classic Car Home
in Classical Drives, on April 22, 2009
...t you live in Bellingham, WA and the car is in Sarasota, FL. How do you find the best price without spending hours on the phone haggling with folks you've never met? The " Shipping Price Esti...
Oracle 出价 74 亿美元收购 Sun
in Wangtam, on April 20, 2009
Oracle 同意以 74 亿美元或每股 9.50 美元的价格收购 Sun ，预计该次并购于今年夏季完成。
Oracle 公司总裁 Safra Catz 称，预计该并购交易完成的第一财年，将促使 Oracle 公司依非国际公认会计原则（Non-GAAP）计算的每股盈利至少增加 15 美分。
Catz 指出，预计其收购 Sun 电子计算机公司的业务在并购第一财年将为 Oracle Non-GAAP 运营利润贡献 15 亿美元 ，第二财年贡献逾 20 亿美元。而并购 Sun 电子计算机公司第一财年将实现的每股收益要高于 Oracle 并购服务器软件供应商 BEA 系统公司的计划每股收益...
Is all this free sustainable?
in The CIO Weblog, on April 16, 2009
... would even come to our attention without their popular success in the larger proving ground of the consumer market? It's not inevitable that good ideas will find a way to monetization. Does anyon...
Qtrax Announces Official Relaunch
in P2P File Sharing, on April 10, 2009
... sharing advertising revenue and offers a content rich environment that delivers a clearly superior consumer experience to any of the popular pirate sites."
"Qtrax, which is in part target...
The great economic cover up
in Sox First, on April 10, 2009
...the Obama administration is trying to talk up the economy. You restore confidence, and people start spending again. But William Black , Executive Director of the Institute for Fraud Prevention warns...
