http://www.carelinknz.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:06:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How apropos: On Earth Day, a PC company says it's going to make a greener PC. We already know Dell wants to be the greenest company on the planet, or in the solar system, or something. So as part of his remarks to the Fortune Brainstorm: Green conference in Los Angeles ... http://www.carelinknz.com/index.php/2010/09/04/dell-pitches-smaller-greener-consumer-desktop-pc/ I'm also making periodic complete backups in case I get bitten by any major new bugs in Leopard or Time Machine, but I don't expect anything like that. The OS upgrade process appeared to go well, but when I tried to log in, Leopard said it wasn't able to ... http://www.carelinknz.com/index.php/2010/08/29/bitten-by-leopard/ Lily and Clichy commentary Except for Adebayor's golden opportunity in the 93rd minute, Arsenal never looked like it was going to put the ball into the AC Milan net. Threatening, ever threatening, yet never finishing the job. It was like 2006/07 all over again. Oh, well. After a crushing defeat to Manchester ... http://www.carelinknz.com/index.php/2010/08/24/off-topic-arsenal-0-ac-milan-0-champions-league/ Big Blue on track Another important indicator for the health of the tech industry, IBM announced earlier Tuesday that it anticipates better-than-expected revenue from the fourth quarter. The world's biggest technology services company is set to report a 10 percent rise in revenue. IBM's success can also be attributed to strong ... http://www.carelinknz.com/index.php/2010/08/23/intel-still-optimistic-despite-some-economic-uncer/ Representatives from Microsoft deferred deadline extension questions to Yahoo. And a Yahoo spokeswoman declined comment. In order for Yahoo to extend its March 14 deadline for shareholders to nominate an opposition slate, it would need to do one of two things. Yahoo could change its bylaws and extend the notification period ... http://www.carelinknz.com/index.php/2010/08/23/yahoo-to-extend-proxy-slate-deadline/ Full article: 10 lessons learned on SOA excellence My two key takeaways: -You will be forced to do integration, regardless if it fits into the analyst dream world of immaculate SOA conception -If Thomson has already achieved an SOA environment and are so focused on governance, than its clearly more important than most ... http://www.carelinknz.com/index.php/2010/08/23/lessons-of-soa-excellence/ OK, not everyone's going to get that much. But, just for fun, let's say you bought an 8 GB iPhone the day they were released for $599. Months later you got an Apple Store gift certificate for $100 when the price was cut, meaning you're effectively out only $499 (yes, assuming ... http://www.carelinknz.com/index.php/2010/08/23/those-iphone-suckers/ "It's the first time we've ever had a mobile version of Imeem, which is pretty exciting for us," Matt Graves, vice president of marketing, told CNET News. "It opens up an entirely new market for us, a new demographic, and a new market of people who may not have been ... http://www.carelinknz.com/index.php/2010/08/23/imeem-picks-android-not-iphone-for-mobile-app/ In the past four months, Oracle, Microsoft, and Electronic Arts have all launched high-profile, unsolicited buyout bids for reluctant targets. Such efforts are otherwise known as bear hugs. So, dust off your calendar. Who's gently knocked on your company's door in the past year about a potential merger? You might ... http://www.carelinknz.com/index.php/2010/08/23/tech-companies-beware-a-bear-may-be-outside-your/ "I was testing out a feature that allows you to create and edit blog posts in Docs and publish them directly to your blog," Chang said in a follow-up post afterward. "One button click later, my list was out there for the world to see. I've since changed my settings ... http://www.carelinknz.com/index.php/2010/08/23/a-to-do-list-slip-up-not-new-a-google-docs-app/