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flickr war: the real enemies [Updated]

UPDATE 10-13-2009: i hold no grudge against Mr. Dave Sewel. We made friends in the end and that's most important. As humans, we conflict. i forgive that conflict. i do NOT forgive flickr.This is partially a...

Software Industrial God Complex

Dear 800-pound-software-gorillas:The more engineering time you waste binding your products together into confusing suites/packages (adding questionable "value-added" features) & then "protecting" them with...

Phillip Morris Pays Millions To Smoker's Daughter Jodie Bullock

Jodie Bullock, daugter of longtime smoker Betty Bullock who died of lung cancer in 2003, has been awarded $13.9 million in damages by the cigarette company Phillip Morris. The recommendation was made on Monday, in the third trial between Bullock and Phillip Morris. Jodie...

Happy Birthday, Sliced Bread!

This is news to me. I would have thought that sliced bread hadbeen invented much longer ago. " The following is reprinted from the July 6, 1928 edition of The Constitution-Tribune: SLICED BREAD IS MADE HERE....

Baxter: Product contained live bird flu virus

When I saw this story on a website some days ago, but was unable to find any one else writing about it, I thought it might just be another of the whirlwind of unproven stories that find a home on the...

Greenpeace says gadgets at CES 2009 could be greener

Greenpeace has declared that while gadgets are getting greener, there is still a long way to go in order to make them environmentally friendly. At this year's Consumer Electronics Show, Greenpeace urged companies to...

Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. Introduces e-BRIDGE Open Platform Con...

"Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) today announced the development and release of its e-BRIDGE Open Platform Connectors for Microsoft(R) (MS) Exchange and Microsoft Office...

Google Site Search gets more demanding

With Google Site Search, you can create a search engine for your organization's websites in just a few minutes. " Customers today demand speed. Waiting around is so, well, yesterday -- as so many of the...

German Economy Enters Worst Recession in 12 Years

European stock markets are panicing today as investors learn that Germany, Europe's largest economy, has officially fallen into recession. In morning trading Britain's FTSE 100 was down about 1.3 percent and the...

Obama and the Revenge of Democracy

"by Mosharraf Zaidi Perception is reality. So while there is an almighty chorus of those that are warning the people of the world to be cautious and not invest so emphatically in the hope that the US election result has inspired, it is important to listen not only to our...

flickr Continues to Kill Off Core Community with "Features"

flickr's been rolling out new "features" that have been making users irate. At the moment, there are 2000+ complaints (one day after rolling out the change) all telling flickr management the same thing: "THIS...

Palin backs sending U.S. natural gas overseas

Sarah Palin tells campaign audiences the United States needs to become energy independent, produce what we use and use what we produce."But the Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential candidate has pushed the...

Charlize Theron to Pay for Wearing Wrong Watch

A warning to celebrities worthy of promoting fine products: be wary of the endorsement deals you sign. And loathe be the one who would wear more than one watch.Actress Charlize Theron is being forced to pay...

The Idol of Customer Service

"many business owners see that if they did the above steps and earned money, that means they succeeded…oh no…it is not the truth. There is one missing step."

US will welcome its small cars

"A top Ford Motor Co. executive says market research shows the company's coming line of global small cars will be well received in the U.S. Derrick Kuzak, group vice president of global product development, says the European-designed Fiesta subcompact and Focus compact...

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