Youth Drain

Read this and take note:

One need only look at the hairlines of today’s software leaders. The current wunderkinds are not looking to create the next wave of corporate computing applications, but are instead gravitating toward emerging fields, such as web 2.0, biotech, and anything “green.”

This should be a wake up call [...]

When Airplane Mode Isn’t

"… Casey, the iPhone user, told Consumerist that he tried several times to explain to the flight attendant that the iPhone was in "airplane mode," with all the radios disabled. But the flight attendants did not accept that explanation, and continued to insist that FAA regulations prohibit talking on cell phones [...]

Saving Africa

So much for the so-called "peace dividend".

The report pointed out that, since the end of the Cold War, Africa has suffered a catastrophic number of wars (over two dozen). During that period, half the nations in sub-Saharan Africa have been at war for at least some of the time. The cost [...]

Newt on Second Life

This is pretty cool, Newt Gingrich on Second Life. Link via Jennifer Fader.

QotD: Sell Side Analysts

On the Oracle acquisition of BEA today:

"Half of these sell-side analysts wouldn’t touch BEA with a 10-foot pole yesterday at $13.60, now they’re stumbling and bumbling all over themselves to put out research notes explaining why $17 just isn’t enough for the BEA assets."
- anonymous

Some Thoughts on Oracle and BEA

Cue theme music. Roll.

Today the sun rose to news that Oracle has announced their intention to acquire BEA, a company that has seen the sun set on it’s glory days. In recent months Carl Icahn, not exactly a buy and hold kind of guy, has acquired a 13.2% position in the company, and existing investor [...]

Friends of NewsGator on Facebook

I created a Facebook group called Friends of NewsGator, come on in and sign up! I don’t have any concrete objectives I want to accomplish with this, just trying to push it and see if we can get some goodness out of it. Most of the FB groups I check out have nothing interesting going [...]

Free Wifi at Starbucks?

When Starbucks introduced for-pay Wi-Fi in 2002, it seemed like a great deal (especially for business customers who could expense it). But five years later, the model appears old and stale and ready for a complete overhaul.Prediction: Starbucks will start rolling out free Wi-Fi access within one year.

Doubt it. I’m not [...]

The Table Was Turned

Genentech… 80% of their executives use Macs and their entire sales group is converting.

What Would Jack Bauer Do?

Kiefer Sutherland got sentenced to 48 days in jail for violating his probation… it would have been funny if the judge sentenced him to 1,152 hours… wait a minute, 48 is 2×24… hmmm…

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