Life is seldom simple so we must make sense of the twist and turns
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Public outcry may have caused Time Warner Inc. to drop for now it’s plans for metered internet services but it’s not about to let the citizens in the small town of Wilson, NC, get a fair deal.
Time Warner, Embarq Fight to Outlaw 100 Mbps Community Broadband in Wilson, NC [From DailyTech - Time Warner, Embarq [...]
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Today I spoke with a friend from a company where I worked many years. This company is an automotive parts supplier and is hard hit by the current economical recession and lack of automotive sales.
At one time there was over 1,400 associates working at a main site and two smaller remote facilities. Now the remote [...]
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Visiting a Circuit City (CC) store this morning clearly demonstrated the company doesn’t yet understand why their business failed.
While driving, I noticed a person standing by the road with a billboard sign advertising the Circuit City going out of business liquidation sale–with discounts of up to 30%. As I passed the store I saw [...]
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I have mixed feelings regarding the purposed bailout of the U.S. big three auto companies. I worked at an automotive supplier for over 18 years and I understand how wide an impact bankruptcy and layoffs could be.
It will extend well beyond those who directly work for one of the auto-manufacturers.
If the big three declare bankruptcy [...]
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While reading news feeds I came across a CNET News article titled “Meetings suck, but they don’t have to.” The article gives a number of suggestions on how to make meetings more productive or “suck less.” My personal take is making meetings more productive should not be the only goal. Organizations should focus on eliminating [...]
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It appears that Microsoft has an upcoming $300 million ad campaign that is geared towards convincing those misinformed that Vista is better then being told. A hurdle to overcome will be that not all who have a voice are so misinformed:
Microsoft’s biggest challenge is not in convincing us how misinformed we are about [...]
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While the U.S. economy in general appears to be on the verge of a recession, Apple thus far appears immune to the slowdown:
Apple – Apple Reports Record Second Quarter Results
Apple today posted revenue of $7.51 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.05 billion, or $1.16 per diluted share, for its fiscal 2008 second quarter, [...]
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So, we all thought that Apple’s days with the PowerPC CPU were behind it and that all future devices would be based on Intel processors. We might have been wrong!
According to reports, Apple has purchased for $278 million cash a semiconductor company, PA Semi, which designs energy efficient CPUs based on IBM’s PowerPC architecture. Yes, [...]
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It’s not turning out to be a good public relations week for Microsoft, as the following links indicate:
Gartner Says Vista Will Collapse. And That’s Why The Yahoo Deal Must Happen – TechCrunch
Microsoft Designed Vista’s UAC to “Annoy Users” – DailyTech
Gartner Analysts Predicting Doom and Gloom for Microsoft Windows – eWeek
Windows at risk of “collapsing,” say [...]
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It’s rare that you call someone concerning a home repair and have them there and finished in a day, much less a few hours.
Around noon yesterday I noticed that a couple of shingles on our roof had come loose and were slanted at a 40 degree angle.
Not a great thing to notice when they’re calling [...]
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I’ve been reading the reactions to Apple’s special event yesterday, March 6th, 2008, where the iPhone Software Developers Kit (SDK) for third party developers was announced. Apple also made announcements that focused on enterprise customers with push email, Microsoft Exchange compatibility and security improvements/enhancements. This move is a direct shot across the bow of RIM’s [...]
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