| Software cracking tools open the door to malware
Some of the most prevalent "hacking tools" are those which users unwittingly install themselves, according to stats from anti-virus firm Trend Micro. Trend Micro warns that, for example, key generator programs designed to unlawfully activate Nero CD burning software from a trial mode into a paid mode are often packaged with a range of malware. .
Missing person
The top ranks of finance and investment banking are filled with super-achievers who value long hours and a mastery of detail. There is no room for weakness, no honour in frailty. For decades in this competitive climate, Peter Liebel climbed to the highest levels, all the while battling depression. The investment banker served on the boards of Ottawa-based companies and entertained generously from corporate hospitality suites. He owned comfortable homes in Ottawa and Mont Tremblant, and seemed confident and quick to laugh. Only occasionally did his demeanour hint at insecurity. .
Companies to Share Eco-Friendly Patents
Multinational companies including International Business Machines Corp., Sony Corp., Pitney Bowes Inc. and Nokia Corp. will unveil today what they call a patent-sharing plan for companies to donate intellectual property that improves the environment. The project, dubbed the "Eco-Patent Commons," builds on the experience of the open-source software movement in which programmers around the world freely share their computer programs, said David Kappos, IBM's assistant general counsel for patent law, who helped design the system. He said that "the advantage of using this commons approach is efficiency, scale and visibility." The commons will be administered by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, a Geneva-based group that includes some 200 of the world's biggest companies.
SageRock VP Joe Abraham: Putting Web Marketing on the Map
Creating a presence on Web-mapping services is an opportunity that too many locally focused businesses miss, said SageRock's Joe Abraham. "This is something you can do in an afternoon. It's not a full-day commitment, it's not a week's commitment -- it's a couple of hours. You're at the Internet and making sure you have all the right information for your business sitting in front of you." You don't have to break the bank to own powerful server technology. The HP Proliant DL380 G5 Server with Systems Insight Manager (SIM) comes equipped with everything your business needs to succeed - including a smaller price tag. Learn more. .
How to advertise your business using booggins
Online commerce depends a many different factors to function well. Communication is a critical part of this process. RSS and VOIP technologies streamline and improve communications between buyers and sellers as they are integrated into the booggins marketplace.
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Somerfield's ecommerce drive goes rotten
UK supermarket chain, Somerfield, has pulled the plug on its struggling Web-based home shopping service 24-7. John von Spreckelson, the company's chief executive, said the venture hadn't been growing. "It represents a significant distraction to management at a time when its focus has to be on the core Somerfield and Kwik Save business," he said. The group reported a ten per cent slump in sales last month. The service will stop taking orders from next week and will cease trading on 25 June. In a statement Somerfield said the �11m assets will be absorbed into the main organisation. .
Beyond the Point of No Return
To live without at least an open-ended sense of future (even if it's not an optimistic one) is to open one's self to a morass of conflicting impulses — from the anticipated thrill of a reckless plunge into hedonism to a profoundly demoralizing sense of hopelessness and a feeling that a lifelong guiding sense of purpose has suddenly evaporated. This slow-motion collapse of the planet leaves us with the bitterest kind of awakening. For parents of young children, it provokes the most intimate kind of despair. For people whose happiness derives from a fulfilling sense of achievement in their work, this realization feels like a sudden, violent mugging. For those who feel a debt to all those past generations who worked so hard to create this civilization we have enjoyed, it feels like the ultimate trashing of history and tradition.
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