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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 ...

Sun Fixes Vulnerabilities with Java 6 Update 17

© AMagill Sun Microsystems this week released Java 6 Update 17 . "Among the issues fixed by Sun is a command execution vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment Deployment Toolkit," writes InternetNews' Sean Michael Kerner . "According to Sun's advisory on the i...

Seen that? - Seen that? - Open-source alternatives to BigTable

Seen that? - Open-source alternatives to BigTable at Googlestack Open-source alternatives to BigTable at Googlestack disclosure: I am a Hypertable MapReduce contributor, and this post has nothing to do with inc...

Seen that? - How often the simplest solution is the best one

How often the simplest solution is the best one at Tech Intelligence I recently accepted a little job of replacing a small contact script on a customer's website by a large one, with some feature requests. The customer makes use of an existing...

Java Store Is Almost Ready for Prime Time

Sun Microsystems this week announced that the Java Store should finally "fling open the doors to shoppers in the next week or so." "Sun's Store was launched as a free beta program in June at the final JavaOne, with Sun promising a US roll-out by the end of 2009," wri...

Seen that? - SIPMethod Application Server Beta Released

SIPMethod Application Server Beta Released at The VoIP Weblog This may go way over the heads of some of you, but I know we have some VoIP gurus reading this so, if you are interested in developing VoIP applications, you might want to know that thi...

Turning Your Idea into a Business

© egor.gribanov Women Entrepreneur has a good piece recently on how to turn your idea into a business. Lots of people have brilliant ideas for great gadgets, gizmos or thingamabobs, but only a handful end up getting their new products to market. We spoke to a few hardy women entrepren...

When the Plan's Not Right...

© Cale Bruckner Things don't always go as planned. So what do you do when your planning is off? Entrepreneur.com recently had some suggestions... I've said many times that what really matters in business planning is the planning, not just the plan. This time around I'd like to go into...

Sun Microsystems to Cut 3,000 Jobs

© Silveira Neto Sun Microsystems has announced plans to cut 3,000 jobs in the coming year. "The job losses -- about 10 percent of the global workforce -- are the latest in a series of cuts by the struggling company, which reached the $7.4 billion deal with Oracle in April," write...

Seen that? - AJAX based E-messenger

AJAX based E-messenger at Web 2.0 E-messenger is a great tool if you want to use Instant Messaging from MSN, AOL or Yahoo! but can't install the software. This may happen if you are in a public computer or at work and don't have administra...

Oracle Improves Middleware Tools

At Oracle 's OpenWorld 2009 conference this week, the company announced plans for a range of improvements in its middleware and business intelligence products. "The firm announced the 'planned future releases' of Oracle JDeveloper 11g , Oracle Application Development Framework (AD...

JetBrains Announces Open Source Version of IntelliJ IDEA

JetBrains has announced a free, open source Community Edition of its Java IDE, IntelliJ IDEA . "IntelliJ is now available in two forms , one of which will now be free," writes SD Times' Alex Handy . "The Community Edition of IntelliJ IDEA will not only be free, but it ...

China's Entrepreneur Confidence Index is Up

© Stephen_AU China has a entrepreneur confidence index - a scale of 0 to 200. And for the third quater of the year it's up almost 10 points, to 120.1 according to China CSR . The index, which measures the understanding, views, and projections of entrepreneurs, ranges from zero to 200....

Avoiding Layoffs by Pruning and Upgrading

© aflcio2008 Venture Beat's Entrepreneur's Corner had a great piece at the beginning of the month on how to avoid large scale layoffs. Let's face it. We all know that healthy business grow and change. Make your personnel changes as you go. And make them in a timely manner, in ways ...

Seen that? - The Audeamus Awards Round #2

The Audeamus Awards Round #2 at Audeamus - How dare we... (Photo from PBS) Before getting to this week's social entrepreneurship awards, it should be noted that PBS has a program out on social entrepreneurs called The New Heroes, which will ai...

Seen that? - A CERTIFICATE THAT MATTERS?

A CERTIFICATE THAT MATTERS? at Java Entrepreneur One thing I've always had a problem with is figuring out who really has their stuff together as far as skills go. When I interview someone the fact that they have a Sun Certification in Java mea...

What to Look for in a Co-Founder

© Mike Miley Mike McDerment has an article online on what to look for in a co-founder for your new business. They say choosing your partner is the most important decision you will make in life. I’d say choosing your co-founder(s) is the most important decision you will make in buildi...

Keep Yourself Sharp

© Photos8.com In any endeavor in life, keeping yourself mentally well tuned is extremely important if you want to be successful. Entrepreneur.com 's Scott Halford recently had some tips to help you keep yourself sharp. The foundational idea is simple: be a life long learner. Consider t...

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at The Personal Finance Weblog Today is a great celebration of practical jokes. Have fun playing them or being played. When the jokes are over, it's a good idea to use today as a reminder to review your financial game plan. Are you properly d...

Seen that? - Open-source alternatives to BigTable

Open-source alternatives to BigTable at Googlestack disclosure: I am a Hypertable MapReduce contributor, and this post has nothing to do with increasing publicity of the project, the opinions presented here are the opinions of my own One of the mo...

Seen that? - 10 shoestring principles for business

10 shoestring principles for business at BootStrapMe Managing editor Isabel M. Isidro's story entitled 10 lessons for every "shoestring" entrepreneur at PowerHomeBiz.com includes some important points for any business. However, some ...

Seen that? - The Robin Hood Awards Round #1.5

The Robin Hood Awards Round #1.5 at Audeamus - How dare we... (Picture from Herra) Okay, so I only had two people vote in our first Robin Hood Awards, and they each voted for two different people. An appalling turnout, or simply a statistical dead...

Seen that? - IS RUBY ON RAILS FOR REAL

IS RUBY ON RAILS FOR REAL at Java Entrepreneur I keep reading about the relatively new language Ruby and its web framework Rails but I haven't felt compelled to try it out. However, after reading David Geary's recent post titled Tipping Ra...

Do You Really Like ALL Your Customers?

Entrepreneur.com recently asked a profound question: Is every customer a good customer? The goal for most people when they start a business is to find and build a solid customer base. Out of eagerness or desperation to build the business, entrepreneurs commonly take on any customer-good or bad...

Ellison Sez EC Delays Costing Oracle $100 Million a Month

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison says the European Commission's delaying of his company's acquisition of Sun Microsystems is costing Oracle $100 million a month. "Ellison, speaking to former Motorola boss and sometime Sun prez and COO Ed Zander at a Silicon Valley networking event, sai...

Introducing Opera Mini 5

Opera Software this week released the beta version of Opera Mini 5 . "The browser is available for a wide variety of devices including feature phones with Java ME, as well as Windows Mobile and BlackBerry smartphones," writes InformationWeek's Marin Perez . "Opera Mini is...

First Business? Some Tips...

Entrepreneur published some tips this month for rookie business owners. If this is your first business, you should take note... Tip number one? Focus! Many first-time entrepreneurs feel the need to jump at every "opportunity" they come across. Opportunities are often wolves in sheep'...

GyPSii Releases Java App

GyPSii has released a Java version of its social networking app for mobile phones. "The Java client works on more than 100 handsets initially, taking the total number of phones supported by GyPSii to more than 350," writes Mobile Entertainment News' Stuart Dredge . "The...

Microsoft Research Introduces Doloto

Microsoft Research has released Doloto , a tool that makes Web pages more responsive by decreasing the initial download size of complex AJAX Web applications. "Microsoft ran experiments across a number of AJAX applications and network conditions, finding that Doloto reduced the amoun...

Oracle to Sell Sun's Hardware Business to HP?

© mrbill Fortune's Jon Fortt reports that Oracle may be planning to sell Sun Microsystems ' hardware business to HP . "It's no secret that Larry Ellison wanted Sun Microsystems for its software, not its servers," Fortt writes. "HP, on the other hand, wan...

Stella & Dot Jewelry

...sion to create a new kind of company that would help today's busy woman thrive. As a successful entrepreneur, who co-founded WeddingChannel.com, Jessica wanted to use her talents to help solve the...

Success, Failure, and the Need to Keep Trying

Scott M. Messinger published a little chunk of perspective not long ago that I thought I would pass along... The quote - "I have not failed. Ive found 10,000 ways that wont work" - To me addresses the trials and tribulations of a small business owner or entrepreneur. Failure in start ups...

What's Your Motivation

BusinessWeek had a great piece early this month on what motivates an entrepreneur. The article was an interview with Bob Crane, aged 58, who has run the company he started ( C Crane ) for teh past 26 years. The company can best be described as a "gadget maker." A Successful gadget make...

DOJ Approves Oracle-Sun Deal

© Mark Coggins Oracle Corporation this week announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has approved its proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems . "Oracle announced its bid for Sun in April, after abandoning plans to combine businesses with IBM," writes PC Mag's Chloe...

Leslie Greene Sterling Inspirations

Designer Sterling Silver Jewelry An entrepreneur with a creative heart and strategic mind for business, Leslie Greene was inspired to design her own line to satisfy every woman's desire for fine jewelry that flaunts chic style, luxurious quality and a timeless, classic appeal. Designing j...

VMWare Buys SpringSource

VMWare this week announced plans to acquire SpringSource for $362 million in cash and equity, plus the assumption of approximately $58 million of unvested stock and options. "No open source code company has fetched such a price since Red Hat bought JBoss for $350 million in 2006...

Startup Models: Push or Pull?

© toffehoff Young Entrepreneur examined two contrasting startup models recently. If you have thought much about the difference between a "push" model and a "pull" model for your startup, you should. The difference between the two models is this: In a push model an ent...

Building a Niche Business

© country_boy_shane Entrepreneur Dot Com had an interesting piece recently on building a successful niche business. Niche products and services have the potential to generate big bucks if they capture the hearts, minds and wallets of a dedicated consumer base. Unlike conglomerates that targe...

Franchising Myths

© chego101 I saw an articles recently on myths many business people have in their heads regarding franchise businesses. They're the kind of myths that prevent people from getting into a franchsie. The author is Terry O. Powell: As a 25-year veteran of the franchise industry and a multi-...

Oracle-Sun Deal Under Increased Scrutiny

© cliff1066 Oracle 's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems is now receiving increased scrunity from both United States and European Union regulators. "The Redwood City, Calif.-based database giant said in June that although the U.S. Department of Justice had escalated an ini...

Sun Releases Java SE 6 Update 15

Sun has released Java SE 6 Update 15 , with revisions to both the Java SE development kit (JDK) and the Java runtime environment (JRE). "With these versions, the developers fixed numerous bugs and resolved several security issues," according to The H Security . "One of the...

Murdoch's desperate ploy

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has reported a $203 million loss on the back of writedowns and plunging advertising revenues. Look at the numbers in these accounts, they are truly ugly. They are mainly due to impairment charges for Fox Interactive Media, the unit that houses the MySpace...

Google's Chrome OS Should Have Entrepreneurs Salivating

Google's new Chrome OS operating system should set up some mouth-watering opportunities for entrepreneurs, according to Entrepreneur Dot Com. Why? Because the possibility of web-based applications becoming more popular simplifies life for software developers and creates the possibility of the ...

Startup-Friendly Industries

How do you decide whether opening your own startup business is a good idea? Consider a couple of things. How example, how much startup capital does it take to get into the industry? How long does it take to move a business from opening its doors to profitability? What kind of grow forecast is the...

What is Your World Changing Idea?

© Samuel Mann The future of business is green. Eco-friendly entrepreneurs are the wave of the future. That is the premise of a contest sponsored by financial news channel CNBC and financial services provider Allianz. The contest is seeking the European entrepreneur with the best environmentally...

Firefox 3.5.1 Patches JavaScript Vulnerability

Mozilla has fixed a severe JavaScript vulnerability in Firefox . " Firefox version 3.5.1 fixes the critical flaw, revealed... by vulnerability tracking firm Secunia and which arises when the browser processes JavaScript code to handle HTML font tags," writes SC Magazine's ...

Sun Shareholders Approve Oracle Acquisition

© Silveira Neto With 62 percent voting in favor of the deal, Sun Microsystems shareholders have approved the company's merger with Oracle . "Pending approval by the Justice Department, database titan Oracle is set to acquire Sun for $9.50 per share in cash, or $5.6 billion incl...

Raising Money for Your Start-Up

VentureBeat had a piece earlier this month on fundraising: Startup Fundraising 101. The author, Bernard Moon, has been through three startups now. The piece is an interesting, fairly personal account of what's involved in getting cash for a startup. And it comes complete with presentation sl...

Employee or Entrepreneur? The Pros and Cons of Self-Employment

J.D. at Get Rich Slowly recently took an interesting look at the pros and cons of self-employment. His perspective is especially interesting because his blog is not about bootstraping - or any other kind of entrepreneurship. It's just about personal finance... Although I tend toward entrepre...

Common Errors in Writing a Business Plan

VentureBeat had a useful piece a few days ago on common mistakes that get made in the process of writing a business plan. The top of the list is a mistake people make even before they start writing: they procrastinate. It's easy to find distractions (such as your busy schedule) to prevent you...

The Mercedes Folding Bike

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Java vs. Mono

SD Times' David Worthington this week published an excellent article contending that Microsoft's Mono framework has become more popular for Linux desktop applications than Java . "'We have seen a real spike in Mono [application] development for the Linux desktop over th...

AMR: Oracle/Sun to 'Wreak Havoc' on Enterprise Software Market

InformationWeek's Deborah Gage this week noted that a new report from AMR Research finds that (according to Gage) " Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems and Sun's Java programming language could 'wreak havoc' on the enterprise software market... because so man...

Download Java, Get a Free Month of Online Backup

Sun Microsystems and Carbonite have announced a partnership under which users who download the newest version of Java will receive a free 30-day trial of Carbonite Online Backup . "Carbonite Online Backup installs in a few clicks and runs automatically in the background, continuall...

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• FIA公布和解协议内容 FOTA明日宣布取消另立赛事 • Nokia netbooks, smartbooks rumoured • 开8那些雷人的专辑封面..内地无好歌手？这里找原因..... • google.com网站恢复 故障持续约1个半小时 • Microsoft HPC Pack 2008 Tool Pack 2.1.1692.0 • boxee for windows, moving up to the Major Leagues • Windows 7 包装盒 • Tweak Your Way to a Better Finder • Le...

Get a Handle on Expenses

Karin Price Mueller had a piece not long ago on how to get a handle on your expenses that should be 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...

Can You Get Money from the Government? Maybe...

Michael Sanibel had a helpful blog post recently on government grants. He looks at all the basics: What is a grant? Who can qualify? How do you apply? What types of grants are available? What are the advantages and disadvantages of getting a grant? Why would a grant application not b...

Can Wind Power Make a Profit?

© Tracy O Forbes took a look at that question this month. Forbes looks at one specific example... A windmill doesn't make economic sense, even though this poor entrepreneur is gouged 19 cents per kilowatt-hour from his utility. A 121-foot, 100-kilowatt turbine from Northern Power runs $...

Social Entrepreneurship using Facebook

I don't know how many of you have a personal profile in Facebook (I guess most of you at the website has grown to more than 200 million users) but what I have found out recently is that Facebook is not only a website for sharing photos and contact info. with friends but also a good way of st...

Apple Finally Patches Java Vulnerability

© arquera Apple this week finally released a patch for a serious Java security flaw that's been around since December of last year. "The flaw is fixed in Mac OS X 10.5.7 and Mac OS X 10.4.11, available from Apple's website or via OS X's built-in software update mechanism...

Genuitec Intros MyEclipse 7.5

Genuitec this week released version 7.5 of both MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench and MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench Blue Edition . "For our Blue Edition customers we're proud to share new design and advanced layouts that IBM shops will feel comfortable adopting," says Genuit...

How to Create an Action Plans

Times are tough. In the midst of tough times, sometimes a business manage has to do something . But deciding to do something is different than deciding how to do something... Entrepreneur.com had a good piece recently on creating an action plan. This is the number one secret to effective goal...

Problem Solving is Key

Success in starting a business is mostly about figuring out what to do when challenges arise. So I couldn't help but get a little excited when I say this point on problem solving . In the piece Sid Kemp looks a six basic steps to assessing and solving problems. And in his view, most of it is c...

Microsoft Hearts Java

© A Y U M i (LoveLiveLaugh) At last week's JavaOne conference, Microsoft execs did their best to woo the Java developers in attendance. "'I want to say, absolutely, we come in peace,' pledged Steven Martin, one of a pair of Microsoft executives to address the crowd at ...

Entrepreneurial Life

...er knowledge of the subject. Of course, these are generalizations that don't apply to every entrepreneur, but evidently most of them wish they'd made the jump to the world of entrepreneur...

Social Networking With Purpose

Entrepreneur.Com had a piece recently that made a simple point: You should be selective with your social networks. The simple truth is that social networking can be a time consuming endeavor. It's easy to get bogged down trying to read all your Twitter posts. Social networks can become redun...

Coming Soon: Java-Based Netbooks?

© nDevilTV At this week's JavaOne conference in San Francisco, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison raised the idea of creating Java-based netbooks. "The expansion into computers is considered a logical offshoot by Ellison given Sun's experience in hardware and other fields outside of ...

Time to Start Your Business? Maybe...

© Domain Barnyard It's easy to be a pessimist when things really are bad. But the truth is that opportunity doesn't fly as a passenger on the wings of today's economy. It charts its own course... I saw a piece recently at YoungEntrepreneur that reflected on a short list of com...

Social entrepreneurship: A three decade history

Skoll Foundation has created a n excellent video giving an overview of social entrepreneurship initiatives done in the last 30 years. Leaders from Acumen Funds, Skoll Foundations and some entrepreneurs like Mohammad Yunus offer their point of views about the opportunities in this area. ...

Beer company to contribute to social entrepreneurship movement

Beer companies are also joining social movement; yes that's right: As a part of the 250th anniversary celebrations behind brew master, Arthur Guinness's signing of the 9,000 year lease at St. James Gate in Dublin, Guinness has pledged to raise €2.5 million in start up capital for its Art...