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Sarbanes Oxley on trial

...s 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 Compan... ...Sarbox by wiping out the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). The case, as detailed here , involves a small accounting firm Beckstead and Watts which was audited by the PCAOB in 2004. ...

Google vs Murdoch: Google blinks

... Last week, I did a blog entry raising the question of whether Rupert Murdoch's much-heralded talks with Microsoft were actually part of a ploy to spook Google and frighten it into paying him ... ...an , Josh Cohen has tried putting some spin on it by claiming the publishers need Google. Still, there's no doubt Murdoch has won the first small battle. The question is whether he will be able to k...

A Nantes, le loueur de voitures vous pique la vôtre !

... d’auto-partage Marguerite et en leur offrant une voiture de location tous les week-ends. En échange, les bénéficiaires de l'expérience doivent être disponibles pour raconter aux médias -le but de l'o...

Anticipated Nook Digital Reader Postponed Again

...vember 30th) which was then postponed to December 7th and now possibly not until the second week of the New Year. There is still slight hope that a few units will reach retailers before Christmas b... ... Well at least there’s Amazon’s Kindle! Barnes & Nobel were hoping to have their competitive product (the Nook) on shelves and in cyber space before the holidays but now it doesn’t look like t...

Seen that? - Teaching Golf to Kids

...ummer the facility hosts a camp for junior golfers. And they draw quite a crowd of kids for a solid week of hitting balls, playing and [...] Read More Horses for Courses at ... ...f to Kids at Eagle Par Birdie Courtesy: Camp Olympia There's a practice facility I sometimes go to early in the golf season. It's one of those fac...

Seen that? - A black and gold pump

...d More Black days for Black at Sox First Week of mixed fortunes for embattled ex-media tycoon Conrad Black. And on the balance of things, he ... ... The warm season is really all about color, bold and beautiful. But there are times when you just want to stand out from the crowd wearing yellow, or look really compose...

Seen that? - Motorola Q's Production Costs

... can't help but wonder if Motorola and Verizon are absorbing losses on each unit sold. Business Week [...] Read More Leaked photos of upcoming Motorola devices at The Sm... ...p with the fast paced Mobile and Smartphone Industry. But may be it has learnt a lesson or two and therefore planning to release four new devices that actually might do well in the market. Not much is...

Seen that? - Social Enterprise, Sunday Roundup

... (Photo from GreenWorks) My inbox is full of stories on social enterprise. This week I'd like to highlight some specific cases in social entrepreneurship, so in the meantime, h... ... week I'd like to highlight some specific cases in social entrepreneurship, so in the meantime, here are a number of links to stories I'm trying to clean out, but are worth listing anyway. *N...

Avez-vous vu? - Grossesse et sushi

... at Les Boutchous Avant de partir en week-end ou en vacances, n'oubliez-pas d'en parler à votre gynécologue ou votre sage femme qui auscultera l'éta...

Seen that? - Hormone replacement therapy and hot flashes

...t Straightfromthedoc Results of a study published on-line this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reported that women who take the most c...

Berlusconi fights on

... Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will be on trial this week on charges of paying a $600,000 bribe to David Mills, his former British tax adviser. That's after they overturned the law ...

Oracle Schedules December 10 Meeting with European Commission

...un’s MySQL open source database business," writes Eric Savitz at Barron's . "Last week, the deadline for EU review of the combination was extended to January 27 from January 19 after Ora... ...dings as a 'profound misunderstanding' of the database market and open source..." More here from The Inquirer. ...

Seen that? - Stream TV IPTV service launches in Russia

...an expanding universe of communications possibilities. Alcatel's president explains it all.This week in a Business Week article titled "The Real Meaning Of IPTV", Mike Quigley, CEO of Al...

Another Super Sunday

...This week features some major matches in European football, with games as important as Serie A leaders Inter Milan vs Fiorentina and Aston Villa vs Tottenham, a crucial Premier League match between tw... ...bies on Sunday. Chelsea make the eight mile journey through the centre of London to the Emirates, where Arsenal will want to close that 8-point gap in front of the home fans. Everton invite Liverpoo...

The shrinking movie release window and blockbusters

... box office, breaking the record set by Twilight. It's a point examined in The Economist this week. Audiences are fragmenting into niches and consolidating around blockbusters. It applies to movie... ...far from the multiplex. And they could charge a good fee for it, say $50 for a first run movie. Where does that leave cinemas? It means they will have to look at other business models, like for examp...

Clearwire Raises $920 Million

... Clearwire this week announced that it has raised an additional $920 million in debt financing. "The company had already nabbed $1.85 billion of senior secured notes due in 2015 to help... ...d with more capacity than we had previously planned," says Clearwire CEO Bill Morrow. More here from Wireless Week ... more here from Barron's ... and the press release is here . ...

Ontbijten als netwerktool

...ls een ‘chapter’ van deze zakelijke club opgericht . Het principe is heel eenvoudig; eens in de week gaan de ondernemers met elkaar eten en krijgen ze daar stuk voor stuk een minuutje om te vertellen ...

Carbon Offsets: Cap & Trade's Loophole?

... © MGSpiller BusinessWeek ran a story last week on a simple loophole in the concept of cap & trade being debated in Congress at the moment. Cap & Trade is supposed to work something ...

CDs Still Falling - Black Friday Figures

...Nielsen Soundscan has just released the weekly figures from the week ending with "Black Friday", a day known in america for being one of the biggest shopping days of the year, with many retailers offe...

Odds Analysis - 29th November

...football/soccer matches in Europe, one of the most lucrative gambling industries. Included in this weekend’s line-up are three major derbies on Sunday; the Merseyside Derby, where the reds of Liverpo... ...Continuing our series here at the Gambling Weblog of sports odds analysis we take a look at some of the more interesting football/soccer matches in Europe, one of the most lucrative gambling industrie...

BBC iPlayer on Wii

...Free downloads of the BBC’s iPlayer were made available last week for the Wii, and we here at houseofnintendo decided to delete a few of the less enjoyable games we had downloaded from WiiWare to make... ...Free downloads of the BBC’s iPlayer were made available last week for the Wii, and we here at houseofnintendo decided to delete a few of the less enjoyable games we had downloaded from WiiWare to make...

Victoria Espinel Will See Full Senate Vote for Copyright Czar

... Wired was among a number of news sources last week that reported on Victoria Espinel's progress throguh the U.S. Senate, where she is moving through the confirmation process and could soon b... ...er of news sources last week that reported on Victoria Espinel's progress throguh the U.S. Senate, where she is moving through the confirmation process and could soon become the first Copyright Czar. ...

Seen that? - Torino 2006 - WTF!?

...hletes in these uber obscure sports (i.e. curling, speed skating) become "heroes" for two weeks, every four years. I like watching the Olympics, and I totally recognize these guys are incred... ... Major Nelson revealed some interesting most played/most downloaded lists on his blog recently. Here's a peek: 2006 Top Xbox 360 Titles (UU's) 1 Gears of War 2 Hexic HD 3 Call of Duty 2 No...

Dubai goes for broke

...it looks like the once opulent kingdom of Dubai could go the way of Iceland and go broke. Now, this week we had reports of Estonia's economy losing 15.3% , and The Wall Street Journal reporting tha... ...on December 14. Dubai had asked for a six month moratorium on its debt repayments but the rulers there are dreaming. With Dubai World's debts totaling $80 billion, all spent to create the illusion o...

Seen that? - Interview with Alec Saunders on the Telephone Relevance Engine, Iotum

...h With Alec Saunders of iotum at The VoIP Weblog This week, I'm up in Ottawa for my day job. This presented me with the opportunity to have lunch with... ...th the opportunity to have lunch with Alec Saunders of iotum. Alec is well-known in the VoIP blogosphere with his Saunderslog blog. The conversation? Hardly about tech. It was about travel. All the co...

Seen that? - Up march Option Expiration

...he Option side of the market. Internals are now showing more strength to come, and through out this Week...The top in the Major indexes that started last week has been side tracked by derivatives trad... ...een side tracked by derivatives traders. The down trend will resume next week. For the Traders out there that use R.N. [...] Read More US Stock Market March 21 2005 at The H...

Seen that? - What's a Network?

...formation Network at P2P File Sharing BitTorrent last week fired about half of its employees, and replaced its CEO, Doug Walker, with former CTO Eric Klin... ...ations - the first blog were both parties felt it makes sense to pool our efforts will come up soon here in the network. However essentially we are proving a publishing platform here to A) Sponsors an...

Seen that? - Biggest Gnome proves good example

... A Deadline Looms at Bizinformer Thanksgiving is this week and as the holiday fast approaches with all the added chores associated with making it memorabl... ... CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS POST So how about you? What's your purple cow? There may be no better way to develop a unique brand than to take one or more of your personal passio...

Seen that? - Five Business Success Indicators

... There are some days that it is so hard to get motivated to write. This week has been a very long one and every time I would sit down to write something I just could not ge... ... Business Success Indicators at Biz Plan Hacks While there is no magic bullet to ensuring your business will be a success - here a few observations I have...

Seen that? - New York, as seen from Iowa

... You can easily add your photographs and videos to Wandalust's multimedia groups. Each week we showcase some of the best photos and videos added to both groups in our Multimedia Roundup p... ... New York, as seen from Iowa at Wandalust There are three kinds of tourist suggestions in the world. There are those written by natives of the city ...

Seen that? - Business Plan Archive

...t Bizinformer Dan Sitter brings up an interesting point this week in his blog Idea Sellers: Business Models: A Track to Run On. He asks "What is the differenc...

Seen that? - Recipe: Fruit Salad

...o Fruit at WebKinzBlog We got one of these free a few weeks ago and I've been searching for the recipe! Cherry + Apple + Orange = [...] Read More ... ...e people simply don´t remember to eat 5 fruits a day. Or don´t feel like it. Me for example. But there are days when I can eat fruit all day long. Not to make up for what I have lost during the week b...

Seen that? - Let's Get Natural

...o Natural Jewelry at The Jewelry Weblog Over the past week, along with my jewelry blogging duties, oh, and finishing the draft of my Dissertation (yes, I ... ...of Nicole Giordano and her line, via MySpace. You would be surpised by how many designers hang out there (me included) I love Nicola's style from her tank tops with wovens and her cute tank tops w...

Seen that? - Will Napster 2.0 follow Napster 1.0?

...pster Turns 10 at P2P File Sharing Ten years ago this week, college student Shawn fanning released the first version of Napster — and the music indu... ...music industry has never been the same. "Without the original Napster, we'd be far behind where we are now," writes Technologizer's Ed Oswald. "The service made the entertainmen...

Avez-vous vu? - Bon plan pour un week-end en famille

... Bon plan pour un week-end en famille at Les Boutchous Lorsque l'on habite Paris ou ses environs, pas facile de trouver une idée pour occuper no...

Seen that? - Berkshire Hathaway says 'Get Boring'

... 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... ...way'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 star performances. Even the small i...

Seen that? - Jewel of a Perfume

...mple, she often includes yellow diamonds in [...] Read More Rockin' Jewels at Fashion Week at The Jewelry Weblog Rock and Republic is rockin...

Seen that? - 43 Domains: What is Next for 43 Things?

... elected Homecoming Queen, and for a long-time geek, that's pretty cool... I got an invite last week to a new (brand new) site that's intended for networking for career opportunities. The comp... ...has spawned an off-shoot in 43places and another in 43people. Hmm...43things, 43places, 43people - there's a pattern there! It looks like the team is picking a social object and creating a goal-sh...

Why it's not easy being green

...mes down to what I've called the psychology of climate change, something I covered in a blog last week. To put it bluntly, people have real issues about changing their lifestyles, particularly for... ...he battle to win public support on climate change because of what's been called Apocalypse Fatigue where people are so overloaded with warnings of terrible climate-induced disasters ahead that they ju...

Seen that? - Personalized China

...lenty of places that you can get custom postage made. In [...] Read More Idea of the Week: Home Business Making and Selling Personalized Gifts at Home Based Business ... ...lica of her gown that we featured earlier. That's one family that is just full of good ideas. There are plenty of places that you can get custom postage made. In [...] Read More Id...

LG's Shine 2 Coming to AT&T

... AT&T’s latest handset from LG is set to launch in under a week. The Shine 2, a stainless steel slider with reflective screen and polished round edges, will hit shelves on November 22 for $120. ... ... available on November 22 for $120 with a two-year contract. For more detailed specs, click here . ...

The fight for developer hearts and minds

...orate desktop. I wrote about Dodge's termination and what it might indicate at the company last week . As I indicated then, the interpretations were sheer speculation, and if that's the case when... ...now if you want to make this into a meta-pattern or what, but Google again seems to be stepping up where Microsoft has stumbled, today hiring laid-off business development director of Microsoft's Emer...

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

...tanium dioxide nanoparticle coating to shed dirt. To learn more, check out the report released this week on Nanotechnology [...] Read More nanoSTUDIO explores architecture and nanotechno... ...dings. It's already happening, as you can see from Richard Meier's Jubilee Church, pictured here, which uses a titanium dioxide nanoparticle coating to shed dirt. To learn more, check out the ...

Seen that? - Virus Fears with Skype

... 50000 Google video subscribers received Kama Sutra virus to their inboxes last week, compliments of Google, reports ZDNet: "W32/Kapser.A is better known as the Kama Sutra wor... ... The VoIP Weblog Be careful what you clickThe coolest VoIP out there now has a PR nightmare to overcome. Tuesday saw a security update to correct a serious bug that...

Seen that? - Download.com, the Censor

...nsor at P2P File Sharing Download.com announced: This week, we've upped the ante: we're launching a new zero-tolerance policy toward all bundled a... ...D model (costing $800) which records programs in high definition, the faithful were salivating. But heresy has come to stalk this tale. Alas, the Series3 does not come with TiVoToGo. That is [...] Re...

Google Chrome OS 将于 18 日发布？

之前 TC 曝光过 ，Google 会在本周发布 Chrome OS。今天又有消息称，Google 按计划将于美国时间 11 月 18 日推出 Chrome OS，届时这一备受关注的操作系统将首度正式向外界展露真容。据悉，中国团队此前已参与到这一系统的开发之中。 今年 7 月 8 日， Google 在其官方 Blog 中宣布将推出Chrome OS，一款基于 Chrome 浏览器的 PC 操作系统。上述举动，被外界普遍认为是 Google 首度在操作系统领域，与微软展开直接竞争。尽管盖茨曾在公开场合称Chrome OS并无新意。 目前主要针对开发者 据透露 ...

50's big reaction to album leakage

...s released as an iTunes exclusive and managed to knock up a respectable 50k sales within it's first week. Perhaps this is the way to go; react when an album leaks and make it available legally then?... ...The leaking of a brand new, set to be hit album is now almost 100% inevitable. There is literally no way a record label can press so many discs in preperation for a retail release without one sneaky w...

Seen that? - Acupuncture for Infertility

...y divided 270 patients with a similar severity of tension headache into three groups. Over an eight week period one set were treated with traditional acupuncture, one with minimal acupuncture (needles...

Seen that? - Wi-Fi TV over Satellite

... with Time Warner, Comcast, Cox Communications, EchoStar and DirecTV bidding on radio spectrum this week, cable and satellite TV providers are vying to enter the wireless phone space. "Though the... ... Looks like someone finally invented a device that allows you to watch Satellite TV anywhere. directtv's Portable Satellite TV Box has a satellite receiver with LCD so you can watch it...

What Not to Say When You Hand Out Pink Slips

... © Mykl Roventine BusinessWeek ran a good article this week on things not to say when the time comes to hand someone their pink slip. People are getting laid off. Right and left, ea... ... go of solid performers who would remain employed in a good economy. If you have to do the deed, there are some basic things you should avoid saying. You can think of it as being sensitive (why woul...

Seen that? - Is Roy Hall this draft's Marques Colston?

...'s a hall of fame for just about everything these days-including consumer electronics. And this week, among the 11 new members of the hall will be someone we should all pay homage to: Steve Sasson... ... of Fame Class Ever? at End Zone Buzz In five years, there's going to be one hell of a Hall of Fame class in Canton, Ohio at the Pro Football Hall of ...

Seen that? - Joining a Gym

... exercise routine involves running. In the beginning it is so tiring and many give up after only a week. Well don't! Hang in there another five or six weeks and you will find that it gets so muc... ...ng. In the beginning it is so tiring and many give up after only a week. Well don't! Hang in there another five or six weeks and you will find that it gets so much easier. [...] Read More ...

Seen that? - A global workout

...kout by using different techniques, kick boxing and medicine balls. They have a program they call 9 Week GIM Total Body Fitness Challenge, in which you go to their gym six days a week for nine [...] ... ...ve told you all about the importance of exercise, the good it does to your body, beauty and brains, here still are times when you just don't want to go out for the run, you're feeling too yuk ...

Happy 5th Birthday, Firefox!

...d rights-managed e-mail to browsers • Last week on TechCrunch: The Skype settlement, Hitler vs Obama in the app store, Scamville, SnapNames and more… • Investing in a mobile future with AdMob ... ... Apple Still Not Allowing VoIP Calls Over 3G • Confusion on Where Money Lent via Kiva Goes • Firefox Tops Vulnerability List • Murdoch could block Google searches • Microsoft buys bridge b...

Seen that? - Lights, camera, action!

... This pretty sweet camera bag/day pack/torso pack from Kata has been mentioned on a few blogs this week, and there's an excellent review over at Trailspotting (a pretty cool blog I just discovere... ...h videos, download and listen to songs, share high-quality photos, read your email and navigate anywhere. The Ultra Smart F700 features include: - 2.78" color display; - Full touch screen user in...

Avez-vous vu? - Une idée pour les dragées

...e baptisé religieusement [...] Lire plus Bon plan pour un week-end en famille at Les Boutchous Lorsque l'on habite Paris ou ses environs...

Seen that? - Portable dialysis machines on the horizon

...en 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 of those with kidney failure will change: When Karen... ...primary cause. Jill Bennett, nurse manager at the Western New York Kidney Center in Kenmore, where Hetzel is treated, said the center has grown to treat about 80 patients per week at 15 [...] Read Mo...

Seen that? - RFID intermediary

...t protection system has prevented the abduction of a baby at Presbyterian Hospital. Now Information week let us know that soon this kind of RFID tagging is available for home use. Lauren Scott of Cal... ...g technology from SmartWear and maybe sells it at Targets. SmartWear tries to establish a database where parents can save information [...] Read More Anti-RFID at The Techwe...

Seen that? - TFR Over Memphis Due to Presidental Visit

... Presidential Candidate Duncan Hunter's website was hacked last week. Duncan is a Republican Congressman from California, and last week visitors to his website were... ... I fly in the Memphis area, and was notified today of a TFR over the Memphis area. Here's the notam... FAA TO ESTABLISH TFR OVER MEMPHIS ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY AOPA is sending this m...

Seen that? - Germany in trouble?

...What the World Drives - Germany at carzz.org For this week's edition of "What the World Drives," we take you to Germany to see what our frie... ... hindrance for BPO's success includes cost overruns and unacceptable service. Aside from that, there are also BPO options that are not yet mature thus needing more time and experience in order to ...

Al Gore, climate change profits and civil disobedience

...tten about Al Gore making mega profits out of global warming. As the New York Times reported last week, as a partner in Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers , he has... ...panies focused on bio-fuels, sustainable fish farming, electric vehicles and solar power. And then there is London-based Generation Investment Management which he runs with David Blood. As the Te...

Seen that? - Bio-Terrorism and the Flu Pandemic Conference

...llows drugs companies to start the approval process for vaccines still in development. Earlier this week, [...] Read More Flu Vaccine Recommended for Asthmatics at Allergies... ...ding on delivery) can cause fever, nausea and abdominal pain or lung disease before causing death. There is no antidote after the first few hours of exposure and, because symptoms [...] Read More ...

Seen that? - Silicon Valley Bank Bridges Sandhill Road and Shanghai

...Face Great Wall Hurdles at China Venture News In this week's Red Herring issue, Jeremy Xue, the managing director of Beijing- based Tsinghua Science P... ...n VCs are risk adverse and sums it by saying that when it comes to supporting entrepreneurs, "there is a lot of talk but no action." Xue goes on to indentify specific reasons why most Silico...

Galleon scandal: just the beginning?

... The biggest prosecution of hedge fund insider trading went into overdrive this week with 20 people, including Galleon Group LLC co-founder Raj Rajaratnam, getting hauled up on criminal charges.... ... Andy Kessler writes in The Wall Street Journal , stock markets trade on information. "As long there have been markets, there have been those who have tried to get an edge.'' Kessler writes. "Whoe...

Chelsea vs Man Utd

...One of the biggest matches this weekend has to be the meeting of the two teams at the top of the Premier League. Chelsea invite Man Utd to Stamford Bridge for the first match between the two this se...

RedLynx Intentionally Leaked Trials HD to P2P Sites

... At Develop Liverpool this week, RedLynx CEO Tero Virtala said his company had intentionally leaked its motorcycle game Trials HD to P2P sites. "The only difference was that the le... ...se onto torrent sites is an opportunity that only a few have taken advantage of." More here from GamesIndustry.biz ... and more here from Gamasutra . ...

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 T... ...advisory on the issue, the vulnerability could potentially be leveraged to execute arbitrary code. There is also critical fix for a vulnerability in the Java Web Start Installer which potentially coul...

Unemployment and the failed stimulus

...ting jobs will require more spending. This time, it needs to be better targeted. With voters this week rejecting Democratic candidates to be governors in Virginia and New Jersey in part because of con... ...ll government spending packages - it takes too long for the money to get to the problem. Secondly, there are political machinations. As this New York Times piece point out, 84% of the $1.05 billion ...

Does Google need a dashboard for businesses?

...Google announced earlier this week that individual users would now have a consolidated way to access all data they have allowed the company to store for them in its many different products via a sin... ...is on personal privacy; rather, it might show more detail about what corporate data Google stores, where it is kept, and what permissions it is held under. I think the more legitimate concern about c...

Obama dismantles post-Enron reforms

... Earlier this week, I did a blog entry on how White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was pushing wants Democrats to let small public companies worth less than $75 million avoid complying with...