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HP shares plunge 20 percent on Wall Street
AFP, Published on 20/08/2011
» Hewlett-Packard shares plunged 20 percent on Wall Street after the world's top personal computer maker announced a dramatic strategic shakeup that includes spinning off its PC business.
Letter from Minnesota
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/07/2011
» As I write, the Minnesota government is still shut down, but the governor and legislative leaders have reached a tentative agreement to open its doors next week.
Sorry, we’re closed (updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 13/07/2011
» By the time you read this, I should be on my way with my family for three weeks at my home in Minnesota. It may be a bit inconvenient there because the state government has closed its doors.
Thai exports and Japan quake
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/03/2011
» Japan is Thailand's second largest export destination. Impact on Thai exports will be felt in second half of the year.
Hands-free repetition
Database, James Hein, Published on 09/06/2010
» I've been thinking about automation lately, in the sense of having my computer do things for me. The story starts with wanting to have some of the time I spend in front of a game handled by some program so that I didn't have to be there the whole time. To cut a long story short I ended up being ripped off by some guy selling a solution that ended up being a macro recorder and player. The rip-off part was because the guy was selling a cracked version of a product from http://www.jitbit.com. I paid enough to almost have purchased their Lite product and found about the scam when I read their forum and also found the exact same product as a BitTorrent download.
Aperture 3 (1): A Dubious First Day
Database, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 03/03/2010
» Aperture 3, a long-awaited update, was released in early February with over 200 additional features. Aperture 2 had begun to creak and this worsened after the Snow Leopard update last year: a 32-bit application for professional photographers on a 64-bit operating system. As soon as the online store for Thailand was back online, I ordered my update, which arrived at my office on Monday morning. The update was 3,690 baht instead of 7,290 baht for the full version. After lunch, I opened the box.
The extermination of all things impure from Apple
Database, James Hein, Published on 24/02/2010
» Is Oracle a trusted form of Open source software? With the recent resignation of Ken Jacobs, the man tipped to look after MySQL, people are starting to wonder. Jacobs was known as the friendly face of Open source in Oracle. When Oracle did not assign MySQL to Jacobs, he quit. Jacobs did say that he believed Oracle would look after MySQL and "make it better".
Out with the old: Get ready for the new
Database, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 03/02/2010
» When I was a teenager, I had a series of cheap, used cars. The criteria for changing those that lasted was either that the ashtrays were full or the tyres needed changing.