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Best of Humor and Offbeat News

wilsonng — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:34:41 +0000

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The following are selected blog posts from bloggers worldwide by Wilson Ng, a Philippine blogger which he thinks represents the most interesting posts on the subject. This is updated several times per week.

Bizdrivenlife's Humor and OffBeat News » Why TechCrunch lives, and Valleywag dies

Posted 8 days ago

Valleywag is dead, and none too soon. It's a good example of journalism gone tabloid. … [Link]

Bizdrivenlife's Humor and OffBeat News » What's better? Live or recorded music?

Posted 11 days ago

Most of us hear a lot more recorded than live music, but the question is, what's better? What moves you more? … [Link]

Bizdrivenlife's Humor and OffBeat News » Play Your Age

Posted 14 days ago

A woman is having a bad day at the roulette tables in Vegas. Down to her last $100, completely exasperated, she cries, ???What horrible luck! What in the world should I do now???? A gentleman next to her, trying to calm her down a bit, calmly suggests, ???I don???t know??? Why don???t you play your age???? He walks away. Moments … [Link]

Bizdrivenlife's Humor and OffBeat News » Jesus Saves

Posted 14 days ago

Not being much the religious type, I asked a friend for proof that Jesus actually saves??? and this is what I got. Pretty definitive proof if you ask me. Mike, you???re a funny character. ?? F&J Staff for Funny and Jokes, 2008. | Permalink | 4 comments | Add to del.icio.us [Link]

Bizdrivenlife's Humor and OffBeat News » Bar Stool Economics

Posted 14 days ago

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth would pay $1. The sixth would pay $3. The seventh would pay $7. … [Link]

Bizdrivenlife's Humor and OffBeat News » Play Your Age

Posted 17 days ago

A woman is having a bad day at the roulette tables in Vegas. Down to her last $100, completely exasperated, she cries, “What horrible luck! What in the world should I do now?” A gentleman next to her, trying to calm her down a bit, calmly suggests, “I don’t know… Why don’t you play your age?” He walks away. Moments … [Link]

Bizdrivenlife's Humor and OffBeat News » Jesus Saves

Posted 17 days ago

Not being much the religious type, I asked a friend for proof that Jesus actually saves… and this is what I got. Pretty definitive proof if you ask me. Mike, you’re a funny character. © F&J Staff for Funny and Jokes, 2008. | Permalink | 4 comments | Add to del.icio.us … [Link]

Bizdrivenlife's Humor and OffBeat News » Bar Stool Economics

Posted 17 days ago

Bizdrivenlife's Humor and OffBeat News » Blogger jailing backfires on Malaysian government

Posted 5 weeks ago

After country's Internal Security Act is used to imprison a blog editor, a newspaper reporter, and an opposition lawmaker, censorship watchdogs and parliament members cry foul. [Link]

Bizdrivenlife's Humor and OffBeat News » A Cuckoo Of A Night Out

Posted 5 weeks ago

The other night I was invited out for a night with the ???girls.??? I told my husband that I would be home by midnight, ???I promise!??? Well, the hours passed and the margaritas went down way too easily. Around 3 a.m., a bit loaded, I headed for home. Just as I got in the door, the cuckoo clock in the … [Link]

Bizdrivenlife's Humor and OffBeat News » ENGLISH IS A STUPID LANGUAGE

Posted 5 weeks ago

Let???s face it, English is a stupid language. There is no egg in the eggplant. No ham in the hamburger. And neither pine nor apple in the pineapple. English muffins were not invented in England. And French fries were not invented in France.We sometimes take English for granted. But if we examine its paradoxes we find that Quicksand takes you … [Link]

Bizdrivenlife's Humor and OffBeat News » Methuselah

Posted 5 weeks ago

A prominent young lawyer died on his way to court, and found himself before the gates of Heaven. When he arrived, a chorus of angels appeared, singing in his honor. St. Peter himself came out to shake his hand. ???Mr Jones,??? said St. Peter, ???it is a great honor to have you here at last. You are the first being … [Link]

Bizdrivenlife's Humor and OffBeat News » Sick of Her

Posted 5 weeks ago

Fred and Jim are having a quiet beer one night when Fred announces that he???s going to divorce his wife.???Good grief,??? says Jim, ???you and Sue are the happiest couple I know! Why on earth would you want to divorce such a lovely woman after all these years of obvious bliss????"Well,??? replies Fred, ???truth be known, I???m just bored with … [Link]

Bizdrivenlife's Humor and OffBeat News » Severe Stress Disorder Joke

Posted 5 weeks ago

A woman accompanied her husband to the doctor???s office. After his checkup, the doctor called the wife into his office alone. He said, ???Your husband is suffering from a very severe stress disorder. If you don???t do the following, your husband will surely die.??? The doctor continued, ???Each morning, fix him a healthy breakfast. Be pleasant at all times. For … [Link]

Bizdrivenlife's Humor and OffBeat News » Fifteen most buzzed-about athletes

Posted 5 weeks ago

Athlete Sport Country 1.Michael Phelps Swimming United States 2.Yao Ming Basketball China 3.Kobe Bryant Basketball United States 4.LeBron James Basketball United States 5.Dara Torres Swimming United States 6.Shawn Johnson Gymnastics United States 7.Laure Manaudou Swimming France 8.Kerri Walsh Beach Volleyball United States 9.Katie Hoff Swimming United States 10.Misty May-Treanor Beach Volleyball United States 11.Yi Jianlian Basketball China 12.Park Tae-Hwan Swimming … [Link]

Bizdrivenlife's Humor and OffBeat News » Naked hiker's jail strip

Posted 5 weeks ago

A hiker jailed for walking across Germany naked has been allowed to go nude because prison clothes depress him. Siegfried Grawert was sentenced to 10 weeks in Nuremberg prison for failing to pay fines for walking around natural beauty spots in the buff. [Link]

Bizdrivenlife's Humor and OffBeat News » Man continues decades-old Cadillac-a-year habit

Posted 5 weeks ago

The 84-year-old Flint man has bought or leased a new Cadillac every year since 1955, the year Disneyland opened in Anaheim, Calif., and Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus. 'You only live one time. Money is to spend,' he [Link]

Bizdrivenlife's Humor and OffBeat News » Where Do Babies Come From?

Posted 5 weeks ago

A mother is in the kitchen making dinner for her family when her daughter walks in. ???Mother, where do babies come from???? The mother thinks for a few seconds and says, ???Well dear, Mommy and Daddy fall in love and get married. One night they go into their bedroom, they kiss and hug and have sex.??? The daughter looks puzzled … [Link]

Bizdrivenlife's Humor and OffBeat News » How Much Fer Joe?

Posted 5 weeks ago

A Missouri farmer got in his pickup, drove several miles to a neighboring farm and knocked on the farmhouse door. A young boy about 12 opened the door. ???Is yer paw home???? the farmer asked. ???No sir, he ain???t,??? the boy replied. ???He went into town.??? ???Well, said the farmer, is yer maw here???? ???No, sir, she ain???t here neither. … [Link]

Bizdrivenlife's Humor and OffBeat News » Worthy of Heaven

Posted 5 weeks ago

A man appears before St. Peter at the pearly gates. ???Have you ever done anything of particular merit???? St. Peter asks. ???Well, I can think of one thing,??? the man offers. ???Once, on a trip to the Black Hills, out in South Dakota, I came upon a gang of high-testosterone bikers who were threatening a young woman. I directed them … [Link]

BEst of Software dev/ Outsourcing

wilsonng — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 05:34:14 +0000

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EsprintNews » 7 Overrated Technologies and Their Underrated Low-Tech Alts

Posted 7 days ago

Technology rocks, and improving upon what we have is a boon for fighting climate change in a lot of ways. But sometimes green gadgets get more attention than the totally effective non-tech solutions to problems in our lives, because, well, non-tech solutions are boring. The latest and greatest is… … [Link]

EsprintNews » 12 Principles For Keeping Your Code Clean

Posted 7 days ago

Beautiful HTML is the foundation of a beautiful website. When I teach people about CSS, I always begin by telling them that good CSS can only exist with equally good HTML markup. A house is only as strong as its foundation, right? The advantages of clean, semantic HTML are many, yet so many… … [Link]

EsprintNews » End of a snarky era: Gawker shuts down Valleywag

Posted 8 days ago

The New York-based blog network will turn its Silicon Valley title into a column on Gawker.com written by current Valleywag editor Owen Thomas. … [Link]

EsprintNews » Sun restructures, lays off up to 6,000

Posted 8 days ago

Company will realign its software organization into new business groups with a focus on open source and new market sectors. … [Link]

EsprintNews » CNET News Daily Podcast: Tech innovations that won big

Posted 8 days ago

From one-time-use syringes to fire logs made from an invasive African plant, the 2008 Tech Awards honored five innovators for creating solutions for developing countries. … [Link]

EsprintNews » SAP and Microsoft, Watch Your Back

Posted 9 days ago

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EsprintNews » A Leap into Business School

Posted 10 days ago

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EsprintNews » Building a Better Twitter

Posted 10 days ago

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EsprintNews » What's Most Pressing for Programmers?

Posted 11 days ago

A Microsoft Professional Developers Conference panel on the future of programming languages looks at what is on programmers' minds. The PDC panel of experts debates what's best for programmers and languages. - LOS ANGELES What are some of the most pressing issues facing developers today, and… … [Link]

EsprintNews » Sun clarifies its open-source model

Posted 11 days ago

Sun Microsystems is fast becoming a leader in open-source business models. Let's hope the revenue follows. … [Link]

EsprintNews » Open-source companies crashing en masse? Puh-lease!

Posted 11 days ago

One analyst thinks open-source companies are on the decline, but he's got his facts wrong. … [Link]

EsprintNews » Dethroning Microsoft

Posted 16 days ago

Hewlett-Packard announces a new Linux-based laptop while tech execs fret over the power of the iPhone - signs that Microsoft's days as the king of software are over. … [Link]

EsprintNews » Cisco looks into the abyss

Posted 16 days ago

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EsprintNews » Asustek: $200 Eee PC coming in 2009

Posted 18 days ago

The Netbook market expects the price of its most visible notebook to drop even further next year. … [Link]

EsprintNews » Music Social Network Imeem In Play Hires Bank Laying Off 25 Percent

Posted 4 weeks ago

Online music-focused social network Imeem is on the block according to our sources and has hired investment banker Montgomery and Co. to lead the sale. Coincidentally we have also learned that the company is announcing some layoffs internally todayas much as 25 percent of its around 80-strong… … [Link]

EsprintNews » Twitter The Next Google? No The Next Netscape

Posted 4 weeks ago

Twitter is definitely onto something Dave Winer argues. Its also trying to take on way too much and boil the ocean. If it continues down this path the big boys will soon stomp it out of existenceFred Wilson in his famous answer compared Twitter to Google when it was a pre-revenue startup. A nice… … [Link]

EsprintNews » Yahoo Launching App Platform Next Week — A Year Late YHOO

Posted 4 weeks ago

As a part of its open strategy Yahoo YHOO will launch its app platform next week in hopes of creating a social dimension opening itself to third-parties and rewiring Yahoo from top to bottom reports VentureBeat which attended a press briefing on the news.Yahoo probably also used the phrase… … [Link]

EsprintNews » How 4 tech giants have fared

Posted 6 weeks ago

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EsprintNews » Microsoft exec: Challenging times play to our strengths

Posted 6 weeks ago

Microsoft Business Division President Stephen Elop says the software giant is trying to get the message out that it can help its customers save money in tough times. … [Link]

EsprintNews » Missing girl's father finds help through Twitter

Posted 6 weeks ago

Message regarding man's missing teenage daughter is spreading across the service at an extremely rapid rate. … [Link]

Best of Gadgets

wilsonng — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:33:33 +0000

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GadgetsNews » Are Netbooks real?

Posted 8 days ago

I'm less convinced we're seeing the emergence of a truly distinct product category than the continued downward movement of not only notebook entry pricing, but entry bulk as well. … [Link]

GadgetsNews » Samsung Topples Motorola as No. 1 in the U.S.

Posted 10 days ago

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GadgetsNews » Memo to Intel: Netbooks morphing into notebooks

Posted 11 days ago

Some Netbooks will look more like notebooks in the coming months. … [Link]

GadgetsNews » Intel Core i7 chip reviews arrive–yes, it's fast

Posted 18 days ago

Intel's Core i7 processor is expected to launch later this month–appearing first in fast gaming desktop PCs. … [Link]

GadgetsNews » Semiretired Bill Gates steps up for white spaces issue

Posted 4 weeks ago

Even though he stepped away from day-to-day duties as chairman of Microsoft months ago Bill Gates is nonetheless pitching in to help the company lobby government officials on a controversial effort to open up the airwaves for broader Internet access as soon as next year. Source: MarketWatch … [Link]

GadgetsNews » Apple Almost 7 Million iPhones Sold in Q4 Digital Daily

Posted 4 weeks ago

Apple which typically low-balls its earnings forecasts and then exceeds them appears to have done so once again. The company posted revenue of $7.9 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.14 billion quite a bit more than the profit of $1 a share on $7.8 billion in revenue it had forecast. It… … [Link]

GadgetsNews » Windows 7 to reach down to Netbooks

Posted 4 weeks ago

When Microsoft talks Windows 7 next week expect the software maker to talk about a product that can reach a part of the market that Vista has so far barely touched. Source: CNET News … [Link]

GadgetsNews » The Lenovo S10 Netbook is here, count me in

Posted 4 weeks ago

Netbooks are almost cheap enough to be an impulse buy. This may not be a good time to invest in Apple stock. [Link]

GadgetsNews » What is a Netbook computer?

Posted 4 weeks ago

An introduction to Netbook computers, a new class of low-end laptops. [Link]

GadgetsNews » Scientists say 1 in 10 MP3 player users could go deaf

Posted 4 weeks ago

Featured links from the CNET Blog Network Scientists say 1 in 10 MP3 player users could go deaf–European Union scientists have declared that 1 in 10 MP3 users could lose their hearing because they're playing their music too loud. Create your own HTML e-mail newsletter–Download a newsletter template and send it to a subset of … [Link]

GadgetsNews » Netbooks a temporary Band-aid on PC industry

Posted 4 weeks ago

Mini notebooks push up sales worldwide, but U.S. growth stalls despite declining prices. [Link]

GadgetsNews » The Lenovo S10 Netbook is here, count me in

Posted 6 weeks ago

Netbooks are almost cheap enough to be an impulse buy. This may not be a good time to invest in Apple stock. … [Link]

GadgetsNews » What is a Netbook computer?

Posted 6 weeks ago

An introduction to Netbook computers, a new class of low-end laptops. … [Link]

GadgetsNews » Scientists say 1 in 10 MP3 player users could go deaf

Posted 6 weeks ago

GadgetsNews » Netbooks a temporary Band-aid on PC industry

Posted 6 weeks ago

Mini notebooks push up sales worldwide, but U.S. growth stalls despite declining prices. … [Link]

GadgetsNews » Ballmer: Tech showing 'buoyancy' despite economy

Posted 7 weeks ago

In a speech to the Churchill Club, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says the tech industry is weathering the economic storm, but is not immune to it. [Link]

GadgetsNews » The trouble with Zunes

Posted 7 weeks ago

When Microsoft introduced the Zune portable music player almost two years ago, even people at the company made light of it. Microsofties called it "the brick." The Zune was larger thanApple's sleek iPod. It also came in white, black…and brown. [Link]

GadgetsNews » Text Messaging Rates Come Under Fire

Posted 7 weeks ago

Text messaging rates have jumped 100 percent over the last three years and Sen. Herb Kohl, chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, wants to know why. In a letter to Verizon Wireless, AT T, Sprint and T-Mobile, Sen. Herb Kohl suggests that the consolidation among wireless carriers may be leading to a … [Link]

GadgetsNews » E-mail is as addictive as gambling

Posted 7 weeks ago

E-mail is a dangerous distraction–it only brings gambling riches when you win the Nigerian lottery. [Link]

GadgetsNews » Most Desired WordPress Hacks: 11 Common Requests and Fixes

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Best of Tech

wilsonng — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:31:48 +0000

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Select Tech Articles » Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang to step down

Posted 5 days ago

Shared by wilson Its a sad note….he was one of the Silicon valley icons…. it would have been better if you could leave on a high note, but well, these are not the best of times. … [Link]

Select Tech Articles » The Dangers of Having a Poor Sleep….

Posted 5 days ago

Shared by wilson I used to ( and still do) try to steal an hour of sleep every night… maybe that is not such a good idea. … [Link]

Select Tech Articles » Time to Bury Web 2.0?

Posted 7 days ago

Shared by wilson Just really plain optimism - everybody thinks he can do it better than the others. What is in future for Web 2.0? Are too many duplicating applications sucking the life out of it? According to Creative Weblogging's Web 2.0 blog editor, no: As I have said many times, there are way too many applications on the internet … [Link]

Select Tech Articles » Six Myths of Strategic Business Planning

Posted 7 days ago

Shared by wilson The most important - what is the quality of your execution team, and what is the quality of your plan. Eric Kurjan, President of Six Disciplines - The Ohio Group, offers this article in the Toledo Free Press, entitled "Myths of Strategic Business Planning". Myth No. 1: “We’re too small of an organization to need strategic planning.” … [Link]

Select Tech Articles » 10 Best Tips for WordPress Optimization

Posted 7 days ago

This WordPress optimization guide is a collection of useful tips and tutorials on how to speed up your WordPress site. If you ever experienced slow WP admin panel, “MySQL server has gone away” message, pages taking forever to load or you want to prepare your site for a major increase in traffic (for example Digg fp) this is the guide … [Link]

Select Tech Articles » How 10 Famous Technology Products Got Their Names

Posted 7 days ago

From iPod and BlackBerry to Twitter and Wikipedia, we take a look at the processes and people who came up with the names for these iconic tech products. … [Link]

Select Tech Articles » 25GB in 70 seconds with USB 3.0

Posted 7 days ago

The USB 3.0 specification guarantees an increased performance of 10 times compared to the capabilities of the current USB 2.0, providing a bandwidth of 600 MB/s second. Devices employing USB 3.0 specifications are planned to be available to consumers in 2009 or 2010 and would be backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and USB 1.1. … [Link]

Select Tech Articles » 20 Great Online Image Editors

Posted 7 days ago

The online image editing space has grown rapidly in the past year, providing great free and subscription-based options for users of all levels. These well-rounded services let you import images from your social networks, touch up photos, promote your work, and more. … [Link]

Select Tech Articles » Four essential tweaks keep Outlook simple and safe

Posted 8 days ago

Send and receive mail as plain text, block new-mail pop-up alerts, close the reading pane, and create a custom contacts view. [Link]

Select Tech Articles » Crocs: When a Growth Firm Starts Shrinking

Posted 8 days ago

Shared by wilson I guess that is the lesson always when something is hot — is it sustainable? Will it continue to excel or be in the lead? At one point, Crocs shares were approaching $70, and now, after yet another bad quarter of financial results, they???re just above $1, a decline of about 98%. [Link]

Select Tech Articles » 10 management gurus you should know

Posted 8 days ago

Shared by wilson It is easy to be a guru - just come up with something outrageous that seems to be true –but ultimately the measure of a true guru is how long will you last - or at least your theories or principles…. You've heard of Peter Drucker, Jim Collins, and C.K. Prahalad. Here we introduce the next generation … [Link]

Select Tech Articles » 11 economies in decline

Posted 8 days ago

Shared by wilson The list of economies in major decline - Russia, China, UK, India, Brazil, Germany, UK, Japan, etc looks like the list of countries who are either the most advanced, or the most fast growing….So everybody IS affected without exception… A financial crisis that began when the U.S. housing bubble popped has engulfed countries large and small around … [Link]

Select Tech Articles » Malcolm Gladwell's secrets of success

Posted 8 days ago

In the business world, managing talent is one of those topics that are both overanalyzed and misunderstood. What separates the legendary CEO from the chronically dissatisfied cubicle dweller? [Link]

Select Tech Articles » How Better Marketing Elected Barack Obama

Posted 8 days ago

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Select Tech Articles » How Digital Technology Has Changed the Brain

Posted 8 days ago

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Select Tech Articles » 'Guitar Ambassador' Goes to the Movies

Posted 8 days ago

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Select Tech Articles » Bringing Obama-Style Inspiration to the Workplace

Posted 8 days ago

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Select Tech Articles » Barack Obama: A Leader for the 'We' Generation

Posted 8 days ago

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Select Tech Articles » 80% of Americans think technologies have improved their ability to do their

Posted 8 days ago

Shared by wilson For sure!Technology has enabled us to improve our ability to work. It has also keep us busy not doing our work as it makes us more busy on many other things which without technology would not be there too - like playing video games, or surfing, or doing social networking, or chatting. While working Americans largely hold … [Link]

Select Tech Articles » 21% of women and 10% of men work fewer than 25 hours a week

Posted 8 days ago

I think men and women work equally hard… It is just that until now, I reckon more women still work on house chores, which is not logged in as hours worked. [Link]

Best of Business

wilsonng — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:31:42 +0000

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Select Biz Articles » 19 Tips to Bring Focus

Posted 4 days ago

Is it distracting out here or what? Thank goodness the election’s over, right? Sheesh. But still, we’ve got the economy yet to hit bottom, banks still needing money (I guess to keep lobbying…), more banks needing money and now more countries needing money. Some of our mortgages are so under water they’re surfacing in China. And they’re sinking China judging … [Link]

Select Biz Articles » To Survive This Economy You Must Automate Your Small Business

Posted 4 days ago

I’ve met enough small business owners to know that there are still plenty of you out there who have yet to move into the 21st century. For whatever reason, you’re still doing plenty of stuff that could be automated in your business. Or you’re doing things yourself that could be accomplished more efficiently by outsourcing to an expert. Now is … [Link]

Select Biz Articles » Best Business Schools 2008

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Select Biz Articles » Obama's Economic Fuel

Posted 9 days ago

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Select Biz Articles » Five Lessons for Managers from Obama's Campaign

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Select Biz Articles » German economy sinks into recession

Posted 9 days ago

Read full story for latest details. … [Link]

Select Biz Articles » Jobs lost in 2008: 1.2 million

Posted 10 days ago

The government reported more grim news about the economy Friday, saying employers cut 240,000 jobs in October - bringing the year's total job losses to nearly 1.2 million. … [Link]

Select Biz Articles » Is now the time to buy a business?

Posted 10 days ago

A downturn can be a great time to become an entrepreneur - but only if you're prepared, financially and emotionally, to wait out the economic turmoil. … [Link]

Select Biz Articles » The Drucker Difference: What Obama Shouldn't Do

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Select Biz Articles » Medical Tourism: Surviving the Global Recession

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Select Biz Articles » The Best Business Schools

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Select Biz Articles » Laid off? No, you've been 'simplified'

Posted 10 days ago

On his reality show "The Apprentice," Donald Trump plays to the cameras when he tells contestants they're fired. But in the real world, there's no easy way to tell employees they're losing their jobs. … [Link]

Select Biz Articles » What would Warren Buffett do?

Posted 10 days ago

Warren Buffett has already told the world what he's doing in this frightful market. The Oracle of Omaha proudly proclaimed that he's "been buying American stocks" with his personal funds. … [Link]

Select Biz Articles » Mr. President: The future of small biz

Posted 16 days ago

You've heard the conventional wisdom: Entrepreneurs drive innovation and job creation in the U.S. Yet two recently published books draw starkly different conclusions about the state of small business in America today. … [Link]

Select Biz Articles » Why it's time to buy stocks

Posted 16 days ago

You didn't hear this uttered very often, but over the past decade and a half, through bull and bear market alike, the value proposition for stocks could be stated succinctly: There's nothing to buy. … [Link]

Select Biz Articles » Flight from mutual funds slows

Posted 4 weeks ago

As the world financial markets continue to thrash wildly the amount of money pulled from stock mutual funds in the past week was on the decline according to a report released Thursday - an indication that individual investors were getting a little less pessimistic. Source: CNNMoney … [Link]

Select Biz Articles » Times are Tough — But Should You Talk About It?

Posted 4 weeks ago

Sales are down revenue is shrinking and cost-cutting has become an obsession. Do you fess up? Cover up? Give up? Source: TheStreet … [Link]

Select Biz Articles » Economic Report Existing-home sales jump to 13-month high

Posted 4 weeks ago

Boosted by foreclosures and plunging prices sales of pre-owned homes and condos rose sharply in September to the highest level in 13 months an industry trade group reports. Source: MarketWatch … [Link]

Select Biz Articles » Too Many Banks Too Big to Fail

Posted 4 weeks ago

The financial crisis is forcing regulators to encourage the creation of bigger more interconnected institutions. In the short term this may serve a useful purpose by allowing healthier well-capitalized banks like Wells Fargo Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase to shore up weaker ones.But Breakingviews argues it also presents a serious threat to the financial … Source: DealBook - New … [Link]

Select Biz Articles » Two Ways Yahoo Can Blow The Mass Firings

Posted 4 weeks ago

Now that Yahoo employees have had the pleasure of reading about their impending fate for weeks management will reportedly finally announce the mass firings this week. The exact number has yet to be released–somewhere between 1500 and 3000 it seems–but this mass-firing round will certainly be larger than the last mass-firing round. And there are still two ways Yahoo can … [Link]

Bizdrivenlife

wilsonng — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 01:20:50 +0000

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Leon Kilat ::: The Cybercafe Experiments » Building with WordPress: From sketch to prototype to company website in 5 hours

Posted 9 days ago

Aside from being a good blogging tool, WordPress is also a lightweight content management system that can be used to run such diverse sites as news or magazine publications, personal and organizational websites. I recently started accepting paid web development work and website management. Several weeks back, I bought a domain, Tugkaran.com (from the Bisaya word for staging ground), and … [Link]

Leon Kilat ::: The Cybercafe Experiments » Tweak Firefox, hack your mind

Posted 9 days ago

Do you believe binaural beats can influence the state of your mind in such a way that you are able to relax, focus, meditate, or boost your brain power? I have a nagging suspicion this is a monumental joke worthy of Belbo, Diotallevi and Casaubon in Umberto Eco’s Foucault’s Pendulum—that all these talks on the effect of binaural beats on … [Link]

Leon Kilat ::: The Cybercafe Experiments » Sony Expo 2008 opens in Cebu City

Posted 9 days ago

THE worldwide financial crisis has not affected sales of Sony, the company???s president for the Philippines said yesterday. Sony Philippines president and managing director Toshiya Kagita told reporters in Cebu on Friday that sales of the company???s products were good. He also said the company had no plans of laying off workers amid widespread reports of industry job losses. VAIO. … [Link]

Leon Kilat ::: The Cybercafe Experiments » Building with WordPress: From sketch to prototype to company website in 5 hours

Posted 4 months ago

Leon Kilat ::: The Cybercafe Experiments » Tweak Firefox, hack your mind

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Leon Kilat ::: The Cybercafe Experiments » Davao, Cebu bloggers meet

Posted 4 months ago

A dozen or so Cebu-based bloggers met in Bo’s Coffee Club on Osme??a Boulevard in Cebu City yesterday afternoon. Winston organized the gathering by posting an invitation in his site for a meet-up. Winston and Blogie Robillo then shared with Cebu bloggers how they were able to organize the Davao blogging community. DAVAO, CEBU BLOGGERS. Wilson Ng talks about plans … [Link]

Leon Kilat ::: The Cybercafe Experiments » Cebu bloggers to meet tomorrow

Posted 4 months ago

Several Cebu-based bloggers are set to meet tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Bo’s Coffee shop near Capitol and Cebu Doctor’s Hospital. The meet-up is being organized by Winston, the blogger at BatangYagit.com. Quite a few Cebu-based bloggers have already confirmed their attendance. I’m also attending the event and, if I can remember to bring them, hand out the remaining Ubuntu … [Link]

Leon Kilat ::: The Cybercafe Experiments » Despite existence of open source products, many still use pirated software: CICT secretary

Posted 4 months ago

THE Philippines still lacks awareness of and support for free and open source software (FOSS), Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) Secretary Ray Anthony Roxas-Chua III said yesterday. Chua, in his speech during the opening of the Philippine Open Source Summit at the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC) early today, said that despite the existence of FOSS products, many … [Link]

Leon Kilat ::: The Cybercafe Experiments » Philippine Open Source Summit opens

Posted 4 months ago

Blogger’s note: Hit refresh to read updates. I’m live-blogging event. The Philippine Open Source Summit is now open at the Cebu International Convention Center in Mandaue City. The two-day summit is Vice Mayor Michael Rama, speaking for Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmena, told the delegates that information and communications technology (ICT) should always be guided by the fact that technology … [Link]

Leon Kilat ::: The Cybercafe Experiments » Get your ??mobile invitations

Posted 4 months ago

??mobile is now offering invitations on its website. The advertising-funded service, which I wrote about earlier, is invitation-only. You can’t buy it’s subscriber identification module (SIM) pack in stores, you have to get invited to the service. ??mobile, as I wrote earlier, gives you cellphone load for every mobile advertising message you get on your phone. To get your invitation, … [Link]

Leon Kilat ::: The Cybercafe Experiments » ??mobile: ad-funded mobile network launches in Cebu

Posted 4 months ago

I attended the Cebu launch last May 24 of ??mobile, the first advertising-funded mobile phone network in the country, and boy was it the loudest telecoms-related launch I’ve ever covered. It was the sexiest, too. The launching was held in Club Vudu and by the time it ended, I knew more about what “Vudulicious” was than the details of ??mobile … [Link]

Leon Kilat ::: The Cybercafe Experiments » Joomla users schedule Cebu meeting

Posted 4 months ago

Users, developers, and supporters of the open source content management system (CMS) Joomla will be meeting in Cebu next Saturday, June 7 at the Lepiten & Bojos Law Office on Don Pedro Rodriguez St. in Capitol Site, Cebu City (see map below). The meeting is preparatory to the Joomla Day that will be held in UP Diliman on June 14. … [Link]

Leon Kilat ::: The Cybercafe Experiments » Breaking news: Globe to sell iPhone in the Philippines

Posted 4 months ago

Globe will start selling the iPhone in the Philippines later this year. A source with the company said the units will likely be marketed by end of September or early October. Globe, SingTel, Bharti Airtel and Optus have signed an agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to the Philippines, Singapore, India and Australia, according to a brief statement released … [Link]

Leon Kilat ::: The Cybercafe Experiments » From here on, Heron

Posted 4 months ago

Today, the new Ubuntu Linux version—8.04 the Hardy Heron—will be released. I have been using the beta or test version for the last two weeks and have found Ubuntu to be easier to use and install and its whole computing experience better than ever. I had initially decided to stay away from using the beta version—the amount of updates you … [Link]

Leon Kilat ::: The Cybercafe Experiments » The Internet is for sale

Posted 4 months ago

Do you have a spare P350,000? The Internet, apparently, is for sale for that amount. I regularly read the classified ads section of Sun.Star Cebu, the paper I work for. At any given day, you???d have people selling anything from pets, houses, power tools to second-hand vehicles to adult toys (under Various Items, together with ???Injectable Testosterone for male menopause???). … [Link]

Leon Kilat ::: The Cybercafe Experiments » Davao, Cebu bloggers meet

Posted 5 months ago

A dozen or so Cebu-based bloggers met in Bo’s Coffee Club on Osmeña Boulevard in Cebu City yesterday afternoon. Winston organized the gathering by posting an invitation in his site for a meet-up. Winston and Blogie Robillo then shared with Cebu bloggers how they were able to organize the Davao blogging community. DAVAO, CEBU BLOGGERS. Wilson Ng talks about plans … [Link]

Leon Kilat ::: The Cybercafe Experiments » Cebu bloggers to meet tomorrow

Posted 5 months ago

Leon Kilat ::: The Cybercafe Experiments » Despite existence of open source products, many still use pirated software: CICT secretary

Posted 5 months ago

Leon Kilat ::: The Cybercafe Experiments » Philippine Open Source Summit opens

Posted 5 months ago

Leon Kilat ::: The Cybercafe Experiments » Get your ümobile invitations

Posted 6 months ago

ümobile is now offering invitations on its website. The advertising-funded service, which I wrote about earlier, is invitation-only. You can’t buy it’s subscriber identification module (SIM) pack in stores, you have to get invited to the service. Ümobile, as I wrote earlier, gives you cellphone load for every mobile advertising message you get on your phone. To get your invitation, … [Link]

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GMA News.tv » Investor fear remains deep despite 1-day rally

Posted 3 hours ago

NEW YORK – Since the Nov. 4 election, investors have been abandoning stocks in a kind of slow-motion crash that experts say underlines just how anxious they are about what is likely to be a long and deep recession. [Link]

GMA News.tv » APEC leaders say no to protectionism, yes to Doha

Posted 5 hours ago

LIMA, Peru – Leaders who oversee half the world's economy pledged Saturday to avoid protectionism but shied away from any new proposals on the financial crisis because of somebody who wasn't there: U.S. President-elect Barack Obama. [Link]

GMA News.tv » Obama's economic plan: 2.5M new jobs by 2011

Posted 8 hours ago

WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama promoted an economic plan Saturday he said would provide 2.5 million jobs by rebuilding roads and bridges and modernizing schools while developing alternative energy sources and more efficient cars. [Link]

GMA News.tv » Obama economic plan aims for 2.5M new jobs by 2011

Posted 10 hours ago

GMA News.tv » APEC leaders: Trade protectionism is road to ruin

Posted 20 hours ago

LIMA, Peru - Leaders of 21 nations in Asia and the Americas said Saturday that the world's top economies must resist protectionist measures - no matter how punishing the global downturn gets. [Link]

GMA News.tv » Pressure on Citigroup builds, stocks below $4

Posted 25 hours ago

NEW YORK - Pressure intensified on Citigroup to sell part or all of itself as its stock fell below $4 a share on Friday and fears escalated about future loan losses. [Link]

GMA News.tv » US regulators shut 2 California banks

Posted 32 hours ago

WASHINGTON - US regulators have shut down two banks based in Southern California, saying they fell victim to the acute distress in the housing market in that state. [Link]

GMA News.tv » GM, Chrysler making deep cuts to hold on for loans

Posted 34 hours ago

DETROIT, Michigan - When Chrysler was near death and awaiting a government bailout in 1979, then-CEO Lee Iacocca ordered drastic spending cuts and required all checks above $1,000 to be approved by a senior vice president. [Link]

GMA News.tv » Automakers need to make case for government aid

Posted 34 hours ago

WASHINGTON - Democratic leaders ordered the United States' Big Three automakers Friday to submit what amounts to a detailed loan application to Congress so lawmakers can decide whether to give the beleaguered industry an emergency $25 billion lifeline. [Link]

GMA News.tv » Venezuelan oil falls to lowest price in 22 months

Posted 35 hours ago

CARACAS, Venezuela - Prices for Venezuelan oil reached their lowest level in 22 months Friday as fears of a global recession stalled demand, slashing the main source of cash for President Hugo Chavez's hefty state spending. [Link]

GMA News.tv » Chile's Bachelet won't take wage hike amid crisis

Posted 36 hours ago

SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile's president promised Friday that she would not accept a 10 percent wage hike approved for all public workers, and called instead for austerity amid the world economic crisis. [Link]

GMA News.tv » US will guarantee up to $1.4T in bank debt

Posted 36 hours ago

WASHINGTON - Federal regulators will guarantee as much as $1.4 trillion in US banks' debt in a bid to get the distressed financial system pumping again. They also took steps Friday to make it easier for private investors to buy banks seized by the government. [Link]

GMA News.tv » Dollar mostly falls as equities edge higher

Posted 37 hours ago

NEW YORK - The dollar mostly fell Friday as stocks surged nearly 500 points on reports that President-elect Barack Obama plans to name New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary. [Link]

GMA News.tv » Leaders of Asia, Americas face pressure on economy

Posted 38 hours ago

LIMA, Peru - Leaders of Asia and the Americas faced mounting pressure Friday to stop the spread of the financial crisis and resuscitate moribund free-trade talks as they flew into Lima for a weekend summit. [Link]

GMA News.tv » US stocks jump on report of Geithner nomination

Posted 38 hours ago

NEW YORK - Wall Street is ending a volatile week with an unexpected jolt of confidence following reports that President-elect Barack Obama plans to name New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary. The major indexes have jumped more than 5 percent, with the Dow Jones industrials surging nearly 500 points. [Link]

GMA News.tv » Crude oil futures waver

Posted 39 hours ago

HOUSTON - The price for regular gasoline tumbled below $2 a gallon (53 cents a liter) Friday, its lowest point in more than three years, and crude oil futures edged higher in volatile trading. [Link]

GMA News.tv » Govt told to explain half-year implementation of tax relief law

Posted 39 hours ago

MANILA, Philippines - The Supreme Court has ordered the government to comment on the allegations of Senator Manuel A. Roxas that it is not fully implementing a wider tax relief for minimum wage earners. [Link]

GMA News.tv » Taiwanese HTC seeks to double RP sales

Posted 40 hours ago

MANILA, Philippines - TAIWANESE luxury mobile phone maker HTC is eyeing triple-digit growth in its local operations next year despite the threat of slowing demand due to the slowing economy. [Link]

GMA News.tv » Asiatrust posts net loss, meets CAR requirement

Posted 41 hours ago

MANILA, Philippines - Asiatrust Development Bank, Inc. posted a net loss of P5 billion in the nine months to September, as income from loans shrank after it adopted a cautious lending stance amid a worsening financial crisis in the US and Europe. [Link]

GMA News.tv » Ayala Land launches RP version of Silicon Valley

Posted 41 hours ago

MANILA, Philippines - Ayala Land, Inc. may bid for the development of a 90-hectare property of the University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman, which is envisioned to become the country"s version of Silicon Valley. [Link]

Featured Blog/News Nov 6 - Sunstar

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