| Microsoft and SAP: Bittersweet Symphony
In the tug of war between Microsoft and rival SAP AG, Korey Lind's company is the rope. Lind is the CEO of service provider Third Wave Business Systems, a Gold Certified Partner and Microsoft Dynamics GP specialist based in Elmwood Park, N.J. Third Wave is also a partner in the SAP Business One program, and those two affiliations have led to some conflicts involving two giant vendors that are about to wage an all-out war in the market for enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. .
Golden Globes Film: 'Sweeney Todd,' 'Atonement' Win Big
In the category of Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama, Daniel Day Lewis bested the filed with his portrayal of an oil baron in "There Will Be Blood." This was Lewis' first Globe win after four previous nominations. Julie Christie was named Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama for her role as a woman succumbing to Alzheimer's in "Away From Her." "Thank you very much indeed for this award, which I will share with Sarah Polley, our wonderful director, who made it all possible, and the terrific cast and crew of 'Away from Her' with whom I was fortunate enough to work," Christie said in a statement to Access Hollywood after her Globe win. Earlier in the evening, "I'm Not There" star Cate Blanchett was the night's first winner, as the HFPA kicked off its press conference with the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture.
County equipment missing in action
At a specially-called Friday meeting, the board approved their fixed inventory assets audit, minus the front-end loader. The county's asset inventory is an account of everything the county owns. Including chairs, phones, computers and even bridges. The document is missing one crucial item however — the 1992 John Deere 544E front-end loader. At first it was thought that the machine had possibly been sold at a county auction; however no records of such a transaction could be found. After an extensive search conducted within the board of supervisors the matter has been turned over to the Adams County Sheriff's Office. “We're looking for it," Sheriff Ronny Brown said. Brown said the serial number and a description of the machine have been posted with the national crime information center in the event it turns up in another location.
Solutions: Shameful support by Mac and PC
Don't buy the marketing hype. However, there is one thing that won't be changing anytime soon: As long as Windows is more than 92 percent of the marketplace, there will always be more compatible software and hardware for Windows PCs rather than Macs. With all other things being equal, why would you want to limit yourself? Apple and Microsoft should be ashamed of the nonsupport they gave you. Q. Please help me rid myself of a daily annoyance. Is there a way to navigate back to the Google results page after clicking on a link and sublinks without having to click the Back arrow any number of times? Doing a Google search led me to Google bookmarks and tagging, but only with a personal account. I don't know if that's the answer. I don't want to have to sign on. A. There are at least a couple of ways to do this.
SBC DSL--Promises Made, Promises Kept?
Whatever happened to keeping the promises both implied and real that you make to a customer? In nearly every industry you look nowadays, it seems customer service is getting more miserable. Why is the onus now on the customer to make sure you're getting exactly what you pay for? Consider my recent experience upgrading my DSL service: SBC is trying to lure people away from cable's broadband, and to keep its own DSL customers, with hot pricing deals of $15 for basic service and $25 for expanded. I recently discovered that since I signed up for DSL years ago, I was getting speeds worse in some cases that what'd you get for basic service. A quick call to SBC was meant to change that. I signed up for DSL pro, which offers 1.5 to 3 Mbps downstream and 384 to 584 Kbps upstream.
Nexage powers DivX mobile video
Advertisers have had their first look at new TV ratings that track how many people stay tuned to commercials. Commercial ratings i.e. how many actually watched the commercial rather than the programme it was in - also include viewers with digital video recorders who watch ads up to three days after the initial airing. Although some ad execs were concerned about a significant drop-off between the two sets of ratings, the first batch of figures released revealed no big surprises. Commercial ratings across the five major US networks came in only slightly below live programme ratings, down 1 per cent on average among people ages 12 to 34 and among adults ages 18 to 49.
The biggest drop was among adults 50 and older, where commercial ratings were 5 per cent lower.
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