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Seen that? - Open office provides free software

Open office provides free software at BootStrapMe While griping recently to an associate about the lack of Microsoft Excel on my Windows XP Home Edition, I was reminded of this site. Open Office, as its name implies, is completely free of licensin...

Seen that? - Travel Toy for the Filthy Rich

Travel Toy for the Filthy Rich at Wandalust Normally I wouldn't be caught dead at SciFi.com but yesterday they had a mouth-watering list of the Top 10 Gadgets for the Filthy Rich in their tech blog. Among the items listed are at $24,000 gaming...

Seen that? - Rule of 72

Rule of 72 at The Personal Finance Weblog A: Compound Interest Q: What did albert einstein think was the most powerful force in the universe? Hey, if it works for Al it works for me too. The title of this article refers to a great little tool that...

IMF warns to stop paying off polluters

In the lead up to Copenhagen, the International Monetary Fund has produced a report warns about the dangers of over compensating carbon producers by handing out too many free permits. First, there is the problem of foregone revenue. Governments are actually losing money when they hand fr...

Motorola Invests in Universal Touch Screen Technology

As simple and effective as onboard navigation has become on mobile hardware, Motorola believes there’s still room for improvement. The company has recently announced an investment in a firm called Sensitive Object (a spin-off of the French National Center for Scientific Research), who cla...

Sarbanes Oxley on trial

Amazing that seven years after it was signed into law, people are still pushing to wipe out Sarbanes-Oxley. On Monday next week, the Supremes will hear arguments that seek to dismantle Sarbox by wiping out the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). The case, as detailed here , i...

Seen that? - IT salaries up - inspite of offshoring

IT salaries up - inspite of offshoring at The Outsourcing Weblog According to data from the META Group, IT salaries are expected to rise by 10-15% over the next three years. Can you hear the collective sigh or relief from system administrators Cal...

Is retention on your radar yet?

It probably seems premature to some people to be talking about IT staff retention while there are still vast pools of laid-off techie talent out there to draw on and while budgets remain tight in many organizations. Further, if you buy in to the idea that utility computing models are going to conti...

Seen that? - Cheating to be fit?

Cheating to be fit? at Daily Power Walk Yesterday I heard on the news that Brazilian woman, especially in Belo Horizonte, use 42% more diet pills than European women. And I think to myself; how is this possible? Why? It's incredible easy to bu...

Seen that? - Motorola Q's Production Costs

Motorola Q's Production Costs at The Smart PDA The Motorola Q was launched last May, before this blog went online. It's been generating buzz for over a year before its release, impressing with its ultra-thin profile and full qwerty keyboard. C...

Seen that? - New Website Provides Resources For Diabetic Teens

New Website Provides Resources For Diabetic Teens at Daily Diabetic Changing voices, changing bodies, changing views of the world...a teen's life is complicated enough. Often a time of confusion and alienation, the teen years are difficult for...

Seen that? - Challenges of RFID Industry(2): Is the future clear?

Challenges of RFID Industry(2): Is the future clear? at Supplychainer (This is the second part of the Q&A with Anita Campbell about challenges of RFID industry) How do you see the future of RFID and its applications? In my view some of the fa...

Seen that? - Hormone replacement therapy and hot flashes

Hormone replacement therapy and hot flashes at Straightfromthedoc A study from JAMA suggested that more than half of women who started taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to relieve symptoms of menopause saw a dramatic resurgence of those sym...

Seen that? - The Business Cases for Storage Consolidation and NAS

The Business Cases for Storage Consolidation and NAS at On Storage A couple of potentially useful white-papers from computerworld - probably not a whole lot of new information in there for most of you, but I find this sort of thing to be useful wh...

Buffalo Introduces USB 3.0 Hard Drive

Buffalo Technology has introduced the first USB 3.0 external hard drive, the DriveStation HD-HXU3 , offering data transfer rates up to 625 MB per second (or five Gbits per second). "The drive is backward-compatible with existing USB 2.0 computers... The company is also releasing a ...

Battle of the Sports Cars: Honda Fit vs. Smart. We're Not Kidding!

This is one of the most unusual, if not absolutely dumbfounding, test drive comparisons ever written. Who would pit a Fit (pardon the pun) together with a Smart in a contest to determine which is the best low-cost sports car... and why? Winding Road Magazine , that's who, and they're serious. ...

Seen that? - Texas Holds Up Wine

Texas Holds Up Wine at Celebrate Wine Wine shops in Texas are going to have to stick to the law, and the Texas alcoholic beverage Commission is going to make sure they do. That means restrictions on importing wines. From MSNBC: The law imposes a b...

The war industry's victory: more tax to pay for Afghanistan

More evidence of the military's growing clout with reports here and here that Us lawmakers are proposing higher taxes to pay for sending more troops to Afghanistan. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee has proposed an "additional income tax to the upper brackets, f...

Seen that? - I bumped my car

I bumped my car at Are you a beauty? ...and crashed the other one totally. Of course it wasn't my fault, the road was very slippery, partially covered with snow and ice, and the jerk in front of me just had to brake! I put my little foot light...

Seen that? - Self-Employed have CPP Woes Bigger Problem is Income Taxes

Self-Employed have CPP Woes Bigger Problem is Income Taxes at Small Business Unplugged An editorial in the Edmonton Sun commented on the fact that the "Stephen Harper government is considering lowering the premiums we pay for the Canada Pensi...

Seen that? - Dealing with climate change

Dealing with climate change at Audeamus - How dare we... (Photo from the UK's Environment Agency) So far I haven't touched much on climate change and global warming, but this is an extremely important part of the future of international de...

Seen that? - Vulnerability in Gmail

Vulnerability in Gmail at I got Spam?! Anthony: I was recently attempting to mail some javascript code from my yahoo account to my gmail when I came across this vulnerability. Apparently javascript will run if it is withing the preview of the mess...

Seen that? - Money talks: Health report cards do not improve patient care

Money talks: Health report cards do not improve patient care at Straightfromthedoc A recent study in JAMA suggests that "health report cards" do not improve patient care: To see if these report cards are effective, Dr. Louise Pilote, fro...

Seen that? - Berkshire Hathaway says 'Get Boring'

Berkshire Hathaway says 'Get Boring' at The Personal Finance Weblog Berkshire Hathaway's 2004 annual report came out a few weeks ago. If you'd like to read it you can find it here. Warren Buffett has put together one of investing's all...

Apple overtakes Nokia in phone profits

• Apple overtakes Nokia in phone profits • Word of the Year: an unreliable yet fascinating barometer of tech • Chrome Extension: Switch proxy • 摩托罗拉收购以色列网络电视厂商 BitBand • 巴菲特与盖茨在哥伦比亚大学问答实录 • About Half in U.S. Would Pay for Online News, Study Finds • How To Use An Apostrophe • M...

Cost cuts hit auditors

The economic crisis is having an impact on financial statements and auditors with Britain's Financial Reporting Council (FRC), as reported here , warning that accounting firms could sacrifice audit quality when they're cutting costs and scrambling to get more cash in through the door. In fa...

Memopal Online Backup Offers 3 GB for Free

Memopal Online Backup has introduced a free version of its online backup service , limited to 3 GB of storage space. Higher-capacity plans now include 50 GB more than they did previously, at 200 GB for €49 and 300 GB for €69. "The cost of storage is constantly decreasing, so, as pro...

New fair value rule to face test

Corporate disclosures are about to get a lot longer and a lot more complicated. The International Accounting Standards Board has released its revised set of rules dealing with the classification and measurement of financial assets, such as loans, as well as debt and equity securities using ...

Seen that? - Disaster recovery protection for Microsoft Exchange Server - Computerworld

Disaster recovery protection for Microsoft Exchange Server - Computerworld at On Storage Disaster recovery protection for Microsoft Exchange Server - Computerworld: Microsoft Exchange server downtime costs companies millions of dollars a year. Tec...

Seen that? - Nanotech's for real in the building industry

Nanotech's for real in the building industry at Nanotechbuzz Nanotechnology is sometimes seen as all hype, with little real-world application. But nanomaterials are already all around us. Take the buildings that we live and work in, for instance. ...

Google Doodle: 月球发现水

• Google Doodle: 月球发现水 • Apple unveils browser-based iTunes Preview • Apple was NOT more profitable selling cell phones than Nokia in Q3 • Rupert Murdoch to remove News Corp's content from Google 'in months' • Verizon tests sending RIAA copyright notices • Oxelon Media Converter • ...

Google Doodle: 月球发现水

• Google Doodle: 月球发现水 • Apple unveils browser-based iTunes Preview • Apple was NOT more profitable selling cell phones than Nokia in Q3 • Rupert Murdoch to remove News Corp's content from Google 'in months' • Verizon tests sending RIAA copyright notices • Oxelon Media Converter • ...

Taxpayers lose out on bank bailout

Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general for the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), otherwise known as the bank bailout or banking welfare program, has conceded that the program will result in a loss to taxpayers to the tune of tens of billions of dollars. Barofsky sa...

Suicides: the real cost of recessions

More reports confirming the way the recession is destroying, quite literally, the lives of so many people with news that the rate of suicides is on the rise as people weight up the cost of the recession with soaring unemployment and home foreclosures. According to one psychology professor ...

Seen that? - USB Phonebook Flash Drive

USB Phonebook Flash Drive at Tech Without Wires Here's an easy way to download and transfer contact details from your phone to your computer. All you need to do is plug the drive to your phone and it will download all your contact information ...

RIM Gets Serious With Developer Tools To Edge Out iPhone

Research In Motion and Adobe announced a collaboration to integrate Flash technology into the BlackBerry development platform. This new level of integration will grand developers access to Adobe Flash and Adobe Creative Suite tools to create content and applications for RIM’s BlackBerry device...

Seen that? - Portable dialysis machines on the horizon

Portable dialysis machines on the horizon at Straightfromthedoc Portable dialysis machines have been recently approved by the FDA. Currently, people have to go to dialysis centers several times per week. If at-home dialysis takes off, many lives o...

Seen that? - RFID intermediary

RFID intermediary at The Techwear Weblog Between the barcode and the RFID: A company called InkSure got patents on a technology to print low-cost chipless RFID's on products. The relation is $0.001 per barcode tag and from 25c to 10$ for RFID....

Seen that? - Gordon’s Jewelers Grants Wishes

Gordon’s Jewelers Grants Wishes at The Jewelry Weblog If you're thinking of buying a little bling in the near future, then you may want to see about getting more bang for your jewelry buck with a trip to your local Gordon's Jewel...

Seen that? - Germany in trouble?

Germany in trouble? at The Outsourcing Weblog Do you remember the often cited McKinsey study? the study outlined how outsourcing creates value for American GDP? As the study says the balance for outsourcing done by American firms is $1.13 positive...

Exchange 2010 now available

Microsoft announced the general availability of the new version of Exchange today, Exchange 10. The clear focus in the press release is on efficiency and cost cutting, not a bad selling point in today's economic environment, with businesses generally pretty comfortable with Exchange 2007 or '03. ...

New innovative ways to identify supply chain talent: 360 degree feedback

These days, more than ever, I get emails regarding new supply chain positions and surprisingly, many of them are related to executive positions. I was wondering one reason for this might be that at the time of cost reduction, supply chain efficiency becomes a key differentiator and companies ar...

Seen that? - Earthship Enterprise

Earthship Enterprise at Wandalust New Mexico company Earthship Biotecture specialises in creating environmentally friendly, solar and thermodynamically powered homes, called Earthships. "The Earthship is a completely independent globally orie...

Seen that? - Napkin Folding

Napkin Folding at White Lace Wedding A beautiful folded napkin adds a perfect, elegant finishing touch to a reception table - and is a great way to dress up your table without much extra cost! There are a number of different folding options, and t...

Seen that? - Internet marketing made simple-and cheap!

Internet marketing made simple-and cheap! at BootStrapMe It doesn't cost a lot to get involved in e-commerce, as any good bootstrapper knows. This weekend I attended a (wince) free Internet marketing seminar at the Zollinger Art Center on the ...

Linux to Overtake Windows in Netbooks by 2013

© viagallery.com A new report from ABI Research finds that Linux currently has 32 percent of the global netbook market, and will overtake Windows in 2013. "Sales of low-cost netbooks are being increasingly driven by sales outside of the U.S. where Windows is not as prevalent, a...

Backblaze Launches Business Online Backup

Online backup provider Backblaze has introduced unlimited backup for businesses for $50 per computer per year. "The company is now providing their services to businesses at the same price they already offered to individuals," writes TidBITS' Joe Kissell . "Although that ...

Apple Announces Over 100,000 Apps Now Available on the App Store

• Apple Announces Over 100,000 Apps Now Available on the App Store • Tumblr 开始限制每天上传图片的容量了 • 35 million netbooks to ship in 2009 • 4 Ways News Organizations are Using Twitter Lists • Personal Droid Data Will Cost $30, Even With Exchange • Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 NAS • Amazon aff...

Seen that? - Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy

Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy at Well Woman Blog Women are on an ongoing cycle that begins in the early teens or even pre-teens with the onset of menstruation, carries on through the childbearing years and ends with menopause. Menopaus...

Seen that? - Challenges of RFID Industry (1)

Challenges of RFID Industry (1) at Supplychainer Today Supply Chains are vulnerable to security threats and the uncertainties associated with them. A lot of experts believe that RFID is an answer to this problem. But RFID industry is a volatile an...

Reading the Microsoft tea leaves: Is the company turtling?

Today's round of Microsoft layoffs, widely reported elsewhere , included a somewhat surprising addition: Don Dodge, the Director of Business Development for the Emerging Business Team, who blogs about it here . The Emerging Business Team is Microsoft startup-facing evangelist squad, and Dodge has...

Seen that? - Reaching the Tween and Teen Markets via SMS

Reaching the Tween and Teen Markets via SMS at Biz Plan Hacks A new use for cell phones? Coupons and advertising using SMS or Short Messaging Service, I guess this was bound to happen because Tweens and Teens live on their cell phones and are avid...

Dubai's Technosphere Concept Would Fit Right Into a Disney Park

• Dubai's Technosphere Concept Would Fit Right Into a Disney Park • 高清照片: Ares I-X 火箭升空 (28P) • Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK), IEAK 8, IEAK 7, IEAK 6 Resources and Downloads • DirectX 11 For Windows Vista Released • CCleaner Portable 2.25.1025 • AbiWord Portable 2.8.1 ...

Google: Too darned smart for it's own good?

There has been a bit of a low-level buzz lately over whether or not Google's famously rigorous hiring standards have actually resulted in superior performance at the operational level. The company is famous for its preference for Ivy League graduates and marathon interview sessions requiring copiou...

Seen that? - Blog Sold for $25 Million

Blog Sold for $25 Million at BlogWealth copyright infoYes that's right...someone sold their blog for $25 million! The blog, Ars Technica, has been around for 10 years and has over 4 million unique visitors a month. It was bought by media giant...

Seen that? - USA to Host 2 Rounds of MotoGP in 2008?

USA to Host 2 Rounds of MotoGP in 2008? at Under My Helmet Indianapolis Motor Speedway may be a candidate to host a round of the MotoGP World Championship in 2008. It is un-confirmed, but there are a few sources saying it is likely. This round wi...

Seen that? - House Cleaning Business, Cheap Way to Start Earning Big

House Cleaning Business, Cheap Way to Start Earning Big at Home Based Business You don't need to have much money to start a lasting profitable home business. Those in the residential house cleaning services business would surely agree. If you ...

Infonetics: VoIP Providers Earning Billions

According to a recent report from Infonetics Research , revenue from VoIP worldwide reached $20.7 billion in the last six months alone. That's billion, with a b... "Residential VoIP services remain healthy, comprising the majority of worldwide VoIP services revenue, and subscribers...

Seen that? - July 1 GST/HST Drops to 6% from 7%

July 1 GST/HST Drops to 6% from 7% at Small Business Unplugged On July 1st, 2006, the goods and services tax (GST) rate will be lowered from 7% to 6%. This also means that the harmonized sales tax (HST) rate will be reduced from 15% to 14% in New ...

Novel Antifungal Protein from Pumpkin Rinds

© Tambako the Jaguar Scientists have identified antimicrobial proteins from pumpkin rinds that can inhibit the growth of microbes, including Candida albicans which causes vaginal yeast infections, diaper rash in infants, and other health problems. From the abstract of the study published...

League Action

Score-lines from the weekend’s football included a 2-2 draw between West Ham and Arsenal at Upton Park, ahead of Arsenal’s rather more bitter London derby this weekend against Tottenham Hotspur. Chelsea trounced Blackburn Rovers 5-0 after a defeat against Aston Villa the week before which keeps the...

Promoting Yourself: It Can Get You Fired

© Gauldo Personal branding guru Dan Schawbel had an insightful piece recently on how things you can do to promote yourself can also get you fired. Branding has become very personal these days and the relationship we have with our companies is changing very fast, so I think it’s impor...

Seen that? - The Tricked Out Kitchen

The Tricked Out Kitchen at Do you like to cook? Whether gourmet cooking is your hobby or your profession, it's tempting to fill your kitchen with every gadget on the market but for most of us that's just not practical. There are a few thin...

Google Docs Batch Export

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Nobel Prize winners are also supply chain people!!

Hey I saw this exciting news in DC Velocity on recent winners of nobel prize in economics: apparently one of the co-winners is a supply chain folk: Much has been made of the fact that Indiana University Professor Elinor Ostrom, Ph.D., is the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in econ...

CIOs trust Microsoft over Google by two to one

The statement in the title requires some additional explanation, as most such claims do. First, the sample size of the polling data is far too small and self-selected for any meaningful result... twelve out of ninety of the TechRepublic's CIO Jury panel (even had all ninety replied it might not hav...

Seen that? - Small Business Taxes

Small Business Taxes at The Personal Finance Weblog April 15th is this Friday. If you won't get your taxes filed on time be sure to get an extension. In light of all things taxes, here is a short article discussing the intention of the IRS to ...

FINAL FANTASY XIII “ELIXIR” 官方限量版饮品携主要角色手办

（ 点击查看大图 ） 官方接受预订是从 12 月 8 日开始，12 月 22 日正式起售。Ghost 的 猪猪档 则是从 11 月 23 日开始接受预订。

你见过？ - 索尼VGX-TP1家庭娱乐中心：有点像厕纸盒？

索尼VGX-TP1家庭娱乐中心：有点像厕纸盒？ at 全新志 Tracing Gadget 在此前的CES 2007上我们看到了索尼的这款多媒体娱乐PC，按照计划它将在三月开售，也许再没几天我们就可以在市场上看到这款产品。重新翻出来看还真有点让人浮想联翩，是不是有点像是洗手间的厕纸盒？:-) 不过把它摆在你的客厅可一点都不失体面，亮丽的外表足以让人震撼。功能也非常不错，Intel Core2双核处理器，HDMI高清多媒体接口，配合Vista家庭版系统使用者能获得最大的娱乐体验，唯一的一点遗...

Seen that? - Saskatchewan Business Tax Revamp Improves Outlook

Saskatchewan Business Tax Revamp Improves Outlook at Small Business Unplugged Saskatchewan business owners a bit more upbeat due to tax breaks announced in the April provincial budget. The new provincial budget will lower corporate income tax rate...