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- How to respond if a client asks you to lie
- If an IT consulting client asked you lie for them, would you? Chip Camden provides tips on what to say if your client puts you on the spot. by Chip Camden
- Tags: Client, Taxes, Free Trade, Outsourcing, Financial Planning, Finance, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Chip Camden
- Blog posts 2008-06-11
- Nortel tells IT pros to avoid the 'Cisco energy tax'
- Among the bold claims being made at Interop Las Vegas 2008, perhaps the boldest was Nortel's assertion that its network gear consumes 50% less power than Cisco's. Take a look at Nortel's aggressive Interop campaign in the Expo Hall and in the promotional materials for the conference. by Jason Hiner
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Nortel Networks Corp., Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Taxes, Financial Planning, Finance, Jason Hiner, nortel, cisco, networking
- Image galleries 2008-05-09
- Indicted Samsung Group Chairman resigns
- Lee Kun-hee is resigning his position as chairman of Samsung Group, the South Korean company that produces everything from memory chips to ships. He steps down amidst charges of evading about $120 million in taxes. Although reports say he is "resigning in disgrace," it doesn't look like...
- Tags: Chairman, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., South Korea, Lee Kun-hee, Kun-hee, Government, Taxes, Semiconductors, Memory, Free Trade, Vertical Industries, Financial Planning, Finance, Hardware, Components, Enterprise Software, Software, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- I found it on Craigslist -- an F-14 and night vision goggles
- You would think that the military would be careful about how it disposes of old or outdated equipment. And you may be wrong. Or are we blaming the victim of theft? Rep. Chris Shays (R-Connecticut) pressed a Department of Defense official for answers on how military items...
- Tags: U.S., Craigslist, Item, Vision, Army, Sales Strategy, Taxes, Free Trade, E-business/E-Commerce, Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Financial Planning, Finance, Internet, Management, Tricia Liebert
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- March marks third consecutive month of job losses
- Well, I'm just a font of joy this morning, aren't I? According to The New York Times, employers slashed 80,000 jobs in March alone. This figure is the highest since March 2003, when the labor market was still struggling to recover from the 2001 recession. From the...
- Tags: Job, Federal Reserve Board, Taxes, Recruitment & Selection, Free Trade, Government, Financial Planning, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-04-04
- Microsoft asked to pay 175 million in taxes in India
- A unit of Microsoft Corp. has been asked by an Indian appellate authority in income tax to pay more than 7 billion rupees - or about US $175 million on income earned for the assessment period of 1999 to 2005. The amount is computed based a...
- Tags: India, Microsoft Corp., Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-04-04
- What bargains did you find at CompUSA?
- I figure that most of us who write code for a living are probably gadget geeks at heart, so I assume that many of you went to your local CompUSA during its closing days. Sunday was the final sale at the two stores here in the Nashville area....
- Tags: Retail Price, Recorder, CompUSA Inc., Games, Consumer Electronics, DVD, Taxes, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Financial Planning, Finance, Rex Baldazo
- Blog posts 2008-03-06
- The Feds are data mining World of Warcraft -- surely, you can't be serious?
- The blogosphere is abuzz with recent revelation that the United States Federal Government is spending our tax dollars to develop software that will detect violent extremists infiltrating World of Warcraft and other massive multiplayer games. That's right, that undead priest that just healed you could be a Fed. ...
- Tags: World Of Warcraft, Blogosphere, Taxes, Data Mining, Free Trade, Blogging, Games, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Financial Planning, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Internet, Personal Technology, Marketing, Mark Kaelin
- Blog posts 2008-02-29
- EU telecommunications director not solidly behind Internet tax
- At a Munich conference, European Union telecommunications director, Viviane Reding, said that a proposal by France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy to implement a tax on Internet and cell phone networks was not the best way to expand access to new media. From the International Herald Tribune: "I...
- Tags: Advertisement, Telecommunications, Broadcaster, Viviane Reding, Nicolas Sarkozy, Internet, Taxes, TVs, Free Trade, Tv & Home Theater, Financial Planning, Finance, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tricia Liebert
- Blog posts 2008-01-22
- Intel and IBM, two corporations concentrating on social responsibility
- The chairman of Intel recently sat down for an interview with a News.com reporter, and one of the themes discussed was the issue of "social responsibility," or the belief that corporations should push initiatives that improve society at large in addition to those that simply add to the company's bottom...
- Tags: Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Internet, Taxes, Free Trade, Regulations, Government, Financial Planning, Finance, Andy Moon
- Blog posts 2007-10-22
- Extending a big "thanks" to BlogHer 2007
- The BlogHer 2007 conference in Chicago, IL, included two days interesting and informative sessions. In fact, there were so many different offerings that it was impossible to attend them all. The conference tracks included Art of Life, Business of You, Community, Identity, and Technical. Topics ranged from the very personal...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Blog, Conference, Blogger, Blogging, Taxes, Internet, Financial Planning, Finance, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2007-08-01
- Quicker Quicken profits
- The San Jose Mercury News, a Bay Area tech bellwether, reports Intuit's profit is up 23% for the quarter. With over a billion of quarterly sales, it's no wonder Reuters reports a stock buy-back at the home of Quicken, QuickBooks, and TurboTax. Taxes led the way to...
- Tags: Intuit Inc., Quicken, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, John Bartley K7AAY
- Blog posts 2007-05-21
- Geek Trivia: Stunt double to the stars
- What celestial object in our solar system bears a strange resemblance to Star Wars' Death Star? What's more than 100 kilometers across; home to more than 1 million military officers, crew, and support personnel; berths more than 7,000 attack craft; and has been the recipient of such...
- Tags: Jay Garmon, Death Star, Star Wars, Geek Trivia Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Moon, Tax, Mimas, Taxes, Financial Planning, Finance
- Technical articles 2007-04-24
- Geek Trivia: A tax to grind
- Which company filed the largest U.S. tax return in history? It's spring in the northern hemisphere, when young men's fancies turn to thoughts of love. But if you live in the United States, thoughts of love will have to wait -- at least for another week. That's...
- Tags: Jay Garmon, Taxes, Operational accounting, income, income tax, tax, Geek Trivia Newsletter, U.S., General Electric Co., Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance
- Technical articles 2007-04-10
- Using SQL Server JOINs for easy range lookups
- Arthur Fuller goes beyond the traditional use of JOINs to link two tables on equal values. In this tip, he illustrates how to perform a range lookup using a JOIN. JOINs are an essential component for SQL Server developers, yet relatively few of them understand their real ...
- Tags: Arthur Fuller, SQL Server Newsletter, Microsoft SQL Server, T1, Server, Lookup, Network Technology, Taxes, Databases, Enterprise Software, Networking, Financial Planning, Finance, Software, Data Management
- Technical articles 2006-11-13
- Dilbert's 9-point financial plan
- Found via Reddit: 'Dilbert's' 9-point financial plan worthy of economics Nobel - MarketWatch I'll skip to the good part: Make a willPay off your credit cardsGet term life insurance if you have a family to supportFund your 401k to the maximumFund your IRA to the maximumBuy a house if you want...
- Tags: Financial, Tax, Dilbert, Taxes, 401(k), Retirement Plans, Financial Accounting, Free Trade, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance, Human Resources, Benefits, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-10-11
- How much is a "Billion"?
- A Billion!!!!! Here's some thought provoking information The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" in a casual manner, think about whether you want the "politicians" spending your tax money. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of...
- Tags: katrina, new orleans, off-topic, sea-level, taxes, TonytheTiger
- Discussion threads 2006-09-14
- Money not the problem for US education.
- Money not the problem for US education.Tech companies are not to blame for the failure of U.S. Education: the education establishment is. The abandoning of proven educational pedagogy for new, fanciful concepts have not produced students who can compete with their foreign counterparts. School funding continues to increase (as...
- Tags: education, tax, taxes, politics, news, incentives, tech companies, Sonja Thompson, it management, income
- Discussion threads 2006-05-01
- Tech innovation and job opportunities for all
- Since my last blog entry about President Bush was so popular not, I thought I'd go out on a limb today and discuss a recent - but unrelated - news story about GWB: "Bush shows support for tech industry." According to the story, "Bush spent the week promoting his American Competitiveness...
- Tags: Innovation, Job, Blog, Worker, Bush, Blogging, Taxes, Internet, Financial Planning, Finance, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2006-04-24
- This really makes me trust
- Symantec / Nortons over security issues.[b]NOT[/b]if they are willing to lie to the IRS, that Government Agency famed for no sense of humour, what lies are they telling their customers?or shareholders?that your computer is protected against all known threats? ]:)That they are making money? ]:)The article:http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/04/18/symantec/index.phpscary thought....but following that money-making...
- Tags: Internal Revenue Service, This Really, security, taxes, lies, criminal activity, stock, Jaqui
- Discussion threads 2006-04-18
