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Conosco CEO Ben Gladstone keeps an eye on IT.
Why tax loss-making businesses?
9 Dec 2009 - 11:28 |Loss-making companies don’t pay corporation tax but they do pay payroll taxes (national insurance). Why tax loss-making businesses at all? Helping them recover to profitability should be the government’s first priority – who else is going to drag the country back to financial health? All these taxes end up in the same pot, so it’s illogical and short-sighted, but such is...
Chrome OS: building a cathedral on a bazaar
23 Nov 2009 - 19:33 |Chrome OS is a triumph: from the chaos of the open-source bazaar its champion, Google, is building a tightly-controlled cathedral – one that will shield people from computing horrors...
You can go Google gradually
20 Nov 2009 - 16:21 |Don Dodge, Microsoft Google evangelist, sums up Google’s pitch to businesses - Google has a two pronged approach for enterprises moving to the Cloud. Google Apps has packaged...
Video: Chrome OS For Dummies
20 Nov 2009 - 09:16 |Why Google is building an operating system. For many users, even today, this could be sufficient – a simple computer that is just an access point for web-based services Posted in Technology Tagged: chrome OS, google a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/bengladstone.wordpress....
Microsoft Office vs Google Apps – differing strategies
13 Nov 2009 - 16:03 |A useful summary from Tim Anderson of the differing strategies of Microsoft and Google in the email/document space. If I knew the winner, I’d place my bet in the stock market… but the collaborative power of Google Apps and the functional maturity of MS Office mean that both are...
Apple’s cantilevered beauty
13 Nov 2009 - 11:37 |More effortless than computing… but such a beautiful example of a true cantilevered staircase, in Apple’s new store in New York: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbuchanan/4098990406/in/set-72157622666078981/ Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: apple a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress....
The best isn’t good enough for Steve Jobs
9 Nov 2009 - 17:40 |The difference between me and Steve is that I’m willing to live with the best the world can provide. With Steve that’s not always good enough. More applause from the tech elite on Steve Jobs winning Fortune’s “CEO of the decade”. Posted in Technology...
A much better mouse
3 Nov 2009 - 09:39 |If you have a Mac, get Apple’s new Magic Mouse. It’s worth the £55. Why? It’s a trackpad and mouse in one. You can move, scroll, zoom and more with almost effortless ease. Very simple, very effective – within minutes I forgot I was using a completely new tool. Posted in Technology Tagged: apple a rel="nofollow" href="http...
Microsoft tilts at Apple by selling PCs with support service?
22 Oct 2009 - 12:19 |The Microsoft Store (US only) has started selling desktops and laptops direct to consumers – with “90 days of Microsoft Support Services included”. If MS provides phone support for the complete package of hardware, software and online services, this could finally be the IT support solution for home users – and will offer competition to Apple’s integrated hardware,...
Fake Steve skewers the Borg
20 Oct 2009 - 13:22 |Fake Steve does a sharp analysis of Microsoft’s fading “copycat business model” How did Microsoft find itself a leader in nothing and playing catch-up on every front?… They put so much effort into lost causes like search… they keep missing out on new things…...
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