Microsoft sued over passwords
The software giant Microsoft, has been sued over requesting a couple of passwords! And they have had to fork out over $140 million for the privilege.
In order to stop piracy Microsoft had developed a system that would mean that by asking for an extra password, they will be able to offer a better level of [...]
Google to spend millions on Green energy
Google plan to tackle the world reliance on fossil fuels for energy, it is estimated to be around 40% of the world is reliant on coal for electricity. Googles idea is to replace this reliance coal with cheaper renewable energy, which is key in reducing global warming and save the planet.
They intend to develop cutting [...]
IBM to force adds on DVD’s
This new idea is everyone’s nightmare, imagine you are watching a great film on DVD, it gets to a really exciting bit and all of sudden there is and advert that pops up, and what’s more to make it even worse the remote has been jammed so that you cannot fast forward it.
Sounds weird? Well [...]
Mini Nukes could power towns
In this day an age, you would have thought that the idea of a mini nuclear reactor that could be built, encased in a block of concrete, transported to the site, where it will be buried in the ground and will be able to provided enough power for a 25,000 homes for at least five [...]
November 23, 2007“I feel lucky” costs millions
Poor old Google, every time that a Google users presses the “I Feel Lucky” button on the search engine its costs them money, according the one of the co founders Sergey Brin, costing them money however is not entirely true, what he means is that they don’t actually make any money, there is a slight [...]
November 21, 2007From babysitter to millionaire
Like most teenagers Vanessa Wauchope from Connecticut, USA, did a bit of babysitting for some extra cash, but after college when she moved to NYC, babysitting was far from her mind. But as things go she ended up needing some extra cash and decided to fall back onto what she knew best.
So at the age [...]
There’s no money in Wi-Fi
Municipal wireless projects are great for the areas but for companies like Earthlink they are not only a nightmare but unprofitable as well.
But it would that it is the companies fault, as they have been working on the wireless system in Philadelphia and with only a small percentage of the work done, they have realised [...]
Business security issues by Microsoft
Concerned business owners can get the heads up on what is going on the field of computer security by hooking up with the Microsoft executives while they discuss latest Security Intelligence Report (SIR).
There are additional subjects that may interest business too, including the latest trends in software vulnerabilities, malicious software (malware), spyware, and how these [...]
Could Santa be green?
This is a bit of fun, which also has a serious message. The figure of Santa has been around for what would seem years and yet he turns a blind eye to what happens in the world, the disasters, the bad people and so on, so where does he stand on green issues?
The case for [...]
AT & T offer security tools to business
Once again AT & T are in the news for all the bad reasons, this time it is to do with the fact that they are offering businesses the same services that they have been offering the security services and large corporations, which is being able to monitor employees, customers and other operations from totally [...]
November 9, 2007Business target Facebook users
From now on businesses will be on Facebook in a big way, and some major companies like, Coca Cola, Blockbuster, CBS, Sony and Verizon have already been looking into how they can take advantage of this new and exciting advertising opportunity.
Advertising on Facebook will take the form of custom pages, marketing messages across the network [...]
Before you write a business plan
If you are planning on writing a business plan, there may be some things that you need to do before putting pen to paper:
Understand what a business plan is; don’t just write down your idea. There is help out there on the net where sample can be found.
Legal, sort out any legalities in order for [...]
Patronising a bad business
You know how it is there this local store that is very convenient for those last minute items or when you really don’t fancy driving to the out of town superstore, but the people that run this little store are rude, sell stuff that is out of date and so on, every town must have [...]
November 5, 2007Why use eBay?
For many people eBay has been the source of the success, whether they run a small one man business that is home based or up to large car sales companies who use it as an additional outlet, the basics are simple. Sign up, pay a fee and list your product. It’s that simple, but it [...]
November 2, 2007Google loves Web 2.0
The last couple weeks saw the long awaited PR update, but what seems to have happened is that there has been a move by Google towards those site that are to all intents and purposes Web 2.0, these have been judged to have solid content and are updated regularly which the most of them are, [...]