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10 Mistakes Microsoft Made Over the Past Decade

December 30th, 2009 | No Comments

News Analysis: Microsoft has had a rough 10 years. The company entered the 2000s with big expectations. It is leaving the decade fighting competitive and regulatory battles on multiple fronts. We take a look at the mistakes Microsoft has made over the past decade that has caused it to get to where it is today.
– As the end of the decade nears, quite a few things have changed. Ten
years ago, Bing, Chrome, Facebook and Twitter didn’t exist. Windows 7
didn’t exist. Not even the iPhone, the iPod Touch or the netbook were
around. It was an exciting decade. But one thing that has remained
relatively constant …


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10 Mistakes Google Is Making with Chrome OS

December 29th, 2009 | No Comments

News Analysis: Google’s Chrome OS might be exciting to some, but so far, Google has made some major missteps that could cost it serious revenue when the operating system is released. The search and cloud computing giant needs to recognize those mistakes and address them soon or accept a permanent reduction to the operating system’s long-term value.
– As 2009 comes to an end and the technology industry looks ahead to 2010,
it’s Chrome OS that could arguably steal the show in the new year. It will be
the first desktop operating system Google has ever released. It will also be
released with one goal in mind: to beat Windows 7 wherever and whenev…


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10 Mistakes Google Is Making with Chrome OS

December 29th, 2009 | No Comments

News Analysis: Google’s Chrome OS might be exciting to some, but so far, Google has made some major missteps that could cost the company serious revenue when the operating system is released. The search giant needs to recognize those mistakes and address them soon or accept a permanent handicap on the the operating system’s long-term value.
– As 2009 comes to an end and the technology industry looks ahead to 2010, it’s Chrome OS that could arguably steal the show in the new year. It will be the first desktop operating system Google has ever released. It will also be released with one goal in mind: to beat Windows 7 wherever and whenever …


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State-owned enterprises: Stakes and mistakes

November 12th, 2009 | No Comments

India’s government is privatising companies for the wrong reasons

WHICH flavour of condom do you prefer? Strawberry, chocolate or banana, perhaps? Prostitutes in India opted for paan, or betel nut wrapped in a leaf, which many Indians chew as a digestive. Their answer persuaded HLL Lifecare, a company based in the state of Kerala, to market a paan-flavoured condom. The sheath takes its place alongside the company’s other offerings, including a textured condom and one that glows in the dark.

HLL Lifecare, which until this year was called Hindustan Latex, is one of 246 enterprises owned by India’s central government. Spanning everything from nuclear energy to artificial limbs, these companies employed almost 1.6m people in 2008 and accounted for 8.3% of the country’s GDP. On November 5th the government expressed a new willingness to reduce its stake in these enterprises. It wants the profitable ones to offer at least 10% of their shares to the public. …

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America Is Repeating the Mistakes Which Led to the Fall of the Hapsburg Empire

October 30th, 2009 | No Comments

William R. Hawkins (formerly an economics professor at Appalachian State University, the University of North Carolina-Asheville, and Radford University) argues that America is repeating the mistakes which led to the fall of the Hapsburg empire:Spain wa…

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Lindsay mistakes perfume bottle-shaped cake for real thing!

October 20th, 2009 | No Comments

Lindsay Lohan is said to have mistaken a perfume bottle shaped cake at the Victoria’s Secret Beauty Velvet fragrance launch, for the real thing.
Thinking the cake baked in the shape of a giant perfume bottle was real, she put her hand out to lean on it.
An onlooker at the Lexington Avenue store witnessed the incident.
“She [...]

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Be Smart – Learn From Your Business Mistakes

September 27th, 2009 | No Comments

By: Kevin Sinclair We all make mistakes in business. The important issue is that we learn from them and apply the lessons in both our online and off-line business activities. One of my most costly mistakes happened about twelve years ago in the off-line business world. However, the lessons I learnt are just as applicable [...]

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Nobel Prize Winning Economist Says Obama is Making the Same Mistakes as Policymakers Made During the Great Depression

September 7th, 2009 | No Comments

Charles Rowley of George Mason University and Nathanael Smith of the Locke Institute say that Obama is committing the same mistakes that policymakers made during the Great Depression.Specifically, Rowley and Smith say: The policy responses to the de…

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Southern California Motorcycle Accident Lawyer’s Top Ten Common Mistakes Made by People in a Ca Motorcycle Accident

September 4th, 2009 | No Comments

1. Not looking out for bikers. 2. Antagonizing bikers. 3. Annoying bikers. 4. Stopping suddenly in the middle of the road because you saw something interesting. 5. Changing lanes without thinking to look in your blind spot. 6. Throwing something out the window that hits a biker. 7. Turning at the last second. 8. Attempting [...]

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Southern California Pedestrian Accident Lawyer’s Top Ten Worst Mistakes Made by People in a Car Pedestrian Accident

September 4th, 2009 | No Comments

1. Annoying the police officer. 2. Antagonizing the other driver. 3. Having tried to drive and eat a chili hot dog at the same time. 4. Reaching for something that fell on the floor. 5. Using your cell phone to call your best friend. 6. Trying to pick up on the paramedic. 7. Sniveling. 8. [...]

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Common PHP Security Mistakes and What You Can Do About Them

August 10th, 2009 | No Comments

Researchers at Fortify Software have compiled a list of the most common vulnerabilities found in PHP code. Here is what they found, and some advice on what developers can do about it.
– Earlier this year, the SANS Institute teamed with a number of different vendors and organizations to list the 25 most dangerous programming errors. This time, its Fortify Softwares turn.
But rather than focus on programming errors generally, the company examined several popular PHP projects – …



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8 Mistakes of Internet Marketers

August 4th, 2009 | No Comments

If you wish to be a successful Internet marketer you will want to avoid these 8 mistakes: 1. Failure to prepare properly. Many Internet marketers are simply lazy and will not make the effort to prepare properly. Refrain from being overly anxious as if you’ll miss the boat if you do not market your website [...]

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