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HP said today it has closed its $13.9 billion acquisition of Plano, Texas-based IT services provider EDS, which was first announced in May. The success of the deal will depend on HP’s ability to integrate such a large buy into its already mammoth corporate structure. HP has tackled such a .. read full article »

Google is working with a consortium of carriers to become part of an intra-Asian submarine cable system, tentatively called the Southeast Asian Japan Cable (SJC). The cable would be Google’s second play in the sub-sea category. The new cable links various different cities to Guam, the landing .. read full article »

Google is working with a consortium of carriers to become part of an intra-Asian submarine cable system, tentatively called the Southeast Asian Japan Cable (SJC). The cable would be Google’s second play in the sub-sea category. The new cable links various different cities to Chikura, Japan .. read full article »

MapQuest isn’t the shiniest online mapping service. It isn’t the most accurate or the coolest. It is so old school…well, you get the drift. Apparently, that hasn’t deterred over 47 million people who check out the service every month and make it one of the top 20 web sites on the .. read full article »

(www.morethanweknow.com) They say that a picture is worth a thousand words - and that holds true for blogging as well! When you review your old blog posts for inspiration and re-use opportunities, don’t overlook all the great pictures you’ve posted on your site. These, with or without quotes .. read full article »

(www.morethanweknow.com) They say that a picture is worth a thousand words - and that holds true for blogging as well! When you review your old blog posts for inspiration and re-use opportunities, don’t overlook all the great pictures you’ve posted on your site. These, with or without quotes .. read full article »

Want to watch a great boxing match? Just take a seat and watch the back-and-forth between Adobe Systems and Microsoft. I wrote about this is fight without an end last year, but now it seems the punches being thrown with more intensity. No surprise - like two aging gladiators, the two software .. read full article »

Want to watch a great boxing match? Just take a seat and watch the back-and-forth between Adobe Systems and Microsoft. I wrote about this is fight without an end last year, but now it seems the punches being thrown with more intensity. No surprise - like two aging gladiators, the two software .. read full article »

Clark Aldrich's Style Guide for Serious Games and Simulations: A Taxonomy of Interactivity read full article »

Muxtape, the online service that would allow you to create playlists and share tunes with your friend was recently shut down, much to the dismay of its fans. I found 8Tracks as a worthy follower. Now, OpenTape, an open source version of Muxtape has seen the light of the day. You can download the .. read full article »

This is No. 99 in our list of motivational business quotes. The series, begun in September 2006, ends next week with No. 100. Feel free to guess what Canadian Entrepreneur we have chosen to finish off our series.Two weeks from now, a bold new weekly series begins on this blog.In the meantime, .. read full article »

Muxtape, the online service that would allow you to create playlists and share tunes with your friend was recently shut down, much to the dismay of its fans. I found 8Tracks as a worthy follower. Now, OpenTape, an open source version of Muxtape has seen the light of the day. You can download the .. read full article »

MapQuest isn’t the shiniest online mapping service. It isn’t the most accurate or the coolest. It is so old school … well you get the drift. Apparently, that hasn’t deterred over 47 million people who check out the service every month and make it one of the top 20 websites on the .. read full article »

I used to volunteer at a local elementary school (which I strongly recommend to everyone). One day, at the end of the school year, I was talking to the janitor... read full article »

With less than three weeks to go, we are busy trying to finalize panels and speakers for our Mobilize conference, scheduled to be held on Sept. 18 in San Francisco at the Mission Bay Conference Center. (We have super-saver tickets on sale but not for long.) One of the highlights of the event is .. read full article »

Barack Obama’s text message is the big story here. Brian outlined the historical importance in an earlier post. Now we have more data about the text-message itself, thanks to Nielsen Mobile who describes it as “the single largest mobile marketing event in the U.S., to date.” They estimate .. read full article »

Barack Obama’s text message is the big story here. Brian outlined the historical importance in an earlier post. Now we have more data about the text-message itself, thanks to Nielsen Mobile who describes it as “the single largest mobile marketing event in the U.S., to date.” They estimate .. read full article »

Any day now -- perhaps any hour -- the plug will be pulled on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and a massive government bailout will ensue. Together, they'll become the largest government-owned entities in American history, and, once again, taxpayers will pay the bill, which could come to $25 billion .. read full article »

If you havent read, ESPN has come out and said that they will be aggressively bidding for the retransmission rights for the next available Olympics, which will be in 2016. Notice I didnt say TV rights. The battle for the Olympics rights will be in spreadsheet projections done by ESPN, NBC and .. read full article »

I received a question:I am an educator in Arizona about to graduate with my Masters in Instructional Design. I wish to apply my experience designing courses for online learning; however I've searched and don't know where to begin to actually learn how to use the LMS and course design .. read full article »

With less than three weeks to go, we are busy trying to finalize panels and speakers for our Mobilize conference, scheduled to be held on Sept. 18 in San Francisco at the Mission Bay Conference Center. (We have super-saver tickets on sale but not for long.) One of the highlights of the event is .. read full article »

After the FCC last week told Comcast it had 30 days to file its new network management plan that involves cutting back speeds for users who are using too much bandwidth, the mainstream media is learning more about the slowdown plan Comcast CTO Tony Werner explained to Om back in March. Last week .. read full article »

(www.businessandblogging.com) Recently my air conditioner went out. I live in Texas and it gets hot here, so having an air conditioner on the fritz is a serious condition. Fortunately, we have been able to find a repair person in our area and I expect my air conditioning to be working soon. The .. read full article »

(www.businessandblogging.com) Recently my air conditioner went out. I live in Texas and it gets hot here, so having an air conditioner on the fritz is a serious condition. Fortunately, we have been able to find a repair person in our area and I expect my air conditioning to be working soon. The .. read full article »

After the FCC last week told Comcast it had 30 days to file its new network management plan that involves cutting back speeds for users who are using too much bandwidth, the mainstream media is learning more about the slowdown plan Comcast CTO Tony Werner explained to Om back in March. Last week .. read full article »

Larry Dignan, who writes at the Between The lines blog, talked to Qwest CTO Pieter Poll about company’s future plans including fiber-based broadband. Unlike Verizon, Qwest has opted for fiber-to-the-node strategy. The company is pushing fiber to a point where it can feed 350 homes using VDSL2 .. read full article »

Larry Dignan, who writes at the Between The lines blog, talked to Qwest CTO Pieter Poll about company’s future plans including fiber-based broadband. Unlike Verizon, Qwest has opted for fiber-to-the-node strategy. The company is pushing fiber to a point where it can feed 350 homes using VDSL2 .. read full article »

Back in the office after 3 1/2 days in my hometown of Manhattan Beach at the Ayres Hotel for the Speak Your Way to Wealth seminar.  My head is full.  Met a lot of great people and learned a lot about the art and science of speaking from the stage and selling from the stage. Though Patsi and .. read full article »

Nvidia’s Nvision conference and celebration of all-things-graphics-processor starts today. As part of the brouhaha, the chipmaker is showcasing about 60 startups building businesses on the back of its GPU, and it’s interesting to see how many of these firms have nothing to do with gaming. As .. read full article »

Nvidia’s Nvision conference and celebration of all-things-graphics-processor starts today. As part of the brouhaha, the chipmaker is showcasing about 60 startups building businesses on the back of its GPU, and it’s interesting to see how many of these firms have nothing to do with gaming. As .. read full article »

I've been working with Steve Wexler and the eLearningGuild on the eLearning 2.0 survey and report. Some interesting data points are coming out of the study. Right now there are more than 1000 respondents. I've not really seen good numbers on what people are using as part of their day-to-day .. read full article »

Over at the Sun Microsystems blog I've posted my list of the five most important lessons I've learned as an entrepreneur. #1 is "Focus on cash flow." Please check out the entire posting here. More information for startups is also available here and more information for small business is here. read full article »

The Inc. 5000 is an annual listing of the fastest-growing (note: not necessarily the largest, just the fastest-growing) private companies in America. If you think companies can't grow in this... read full article »

Earth2Tech: 10 things to know about Joe Biden & clean energy. NewTeeVee: Yes Virginia there are good web series. NewTeeVee: Outsidelands rocked SF this weekend. We go behinds the scene. jkOnTheRun: The State of Palm: Turn out the lights. OStatic: Why free isn’t enough. NewTeeVee Station: .. read full article »

There are many ways to build a business global, but what it really requires is guts (a willingness to go outside your comfort zone).Here's a four-step process for selling your products abroad. read full article »

Earth2Tech: 10 things to know about Joe Biden & clean energy. NewTeeVee: Yes Virginia there are good web series. NewTeeVee: Outsidelands rocked SF this weekend. We go behinds the scene. jkOnTheRun: The State of Palm: Turn out the lights. OStatic: Why free isn’t enough. NewTeeVee Station: .. read full article »

AMD finally announced that it has unloaded its digital television chip division to Broadcom for the low, low price of $192.8 million cash, which it should have done ages ago. The news should cheer investors who have been repeatedly disappointed by AMD’s earnings, and should also elate Broadcom .. read full article »

The Internet has given us plenty of something for nothing, and we’ve comfortably allowed advertising to support that free content. After all, its a model we’re familiar with from TV, magazines and newspapers. But on the Internet, the advertising-supported-content model is changing. You’re .. read full article »

The Internet has given us plenty of something for nothing, and we’ve comfortably allowed advertising to support that free content. After all, its a model we’re familiar with from TV, magazines and newspapers. But on the Internet, the advertising-supported-content model is changing. You’re .. read full article »

AMD finally announced that it has unloaded its digital television chip division to Broadcom for the low, low price of $192.8 million cash, which it should have done ages ago. The news should cheer investors who have been repeatedly disappointed by AMD’s earnings, and should also elate Broadcom .. read full article »

I recently attended a session at the Academy of Management conference in which one of the papers presented concerned unethical behavior by corporations. The author argued that this type of behavior could not be explained by simple cost-benefit analysis. I thought, "Why not?" The benefits to a .. read full article »

The fast-increasing number of storage drives on my desk jump-started a quest for a networked storage device that could: replace three drives (in other words, have 1 terabyte of disk storage), be quiet, be fast for easy backups and recovery, act as a repository for my iTunes library and, of .. read full article »

1. Your book is titled Transforming Power. What do you mean by transformation?Hugh Ballou: Examine at the word Transform. It is not merely change, or we would simply say “change”. It is a verb with an expanded vision and is much more transcendent. It implies a deeper, more fundamental .. read full article »

Transforming PowerStories from Transformational Leaders for Encouragement and Inspiration By: Hugh Ballou (Editor)Published: May 1, 2008ISBN-13: 978-0881775310 Format: Paperback 160 ppPublisher: Discipleship ResAs leaders, if we expect transformation from others, we must be willing to transform .. read full article »

Some of my buddies have expressed astonishment that I get approximately thirty-six hours of standby with my iPhone, so I'm sharing my settings. Note: this is my second 3G iPhone--I returned the first one because I was getting only five hours of standby time. This is my usage screen. One .. read full article »

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The fast-increasing number of storage drives on my desk jump-started a quest for a networked storage device that could: replace three drives (in other words, have 1 terabyte of disk storage), be quiet, be fast for easy backups and recovery, act as a repository for my iTunes library and of course .. read full article »

Embarq, the wireline division spun off by Sprint, today announced that it would cut between 500 and 700 jobs and eliminate 300 contractors. The company lost about 170,000 landlines in the most recent quarter. According to an AP report, in June Embarq handed over some service centers to Nokia .. read full article »

Embarq, the wireline division spun off by Sprint, today announced that it would cut between 500 and 700 jobs and eliminate 300 contractors. The company lost about 170,000 landlines in the most recent quarter. According to an AP report, in June Embarq handed over some service centers to Nokia .. read full article »

Barack Obama’s now-famous text-message announcement of his VP pick reveals something about the candidate that should really worry the Republicans. What it reveals is not that he’s a smart technologist. If he was, he would have known that sending 10 million SMS messages at the same time is .. read full article »