Australia Will Be Strong, Despite Election

Seeded on Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:33 AM EST ()

For the last 14 years, Aussie economy has invariably grown 4 to 5 percent. However, they recently elected a new Prime Minister. Rumor has it no matter who was elected their economy would have continued the historically steady annual growth.

economy, election, australia, development, rudd, world-news, social-enterprise

"Man In The Browser" Attacks Increasing

Seeded on Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:23 AM EST ()

The technique is called "Man in the Browser" and involves Pharming, which is the practice of redirecting users to a fake website that looks like the legit site of a bank. The infected user's PC has a code that is only triggered when the user visits the actual banking site.

technology, security, spyware, spam, banking, malware, pharming

Renault Opens Up New Supply Chain Department

Seeded on Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:05 AM EST ()

Renault SA has announced the creation of a new department covering supply chain and logistics. The responsibilities which includes managing production and transport capacities, and organizing transport routes.

technology, management, renault, scm, logistics, supply-chain

China's Iron Lady Wu Yi - Will Retire

Seeded on Wed Nov 28, 2007 7:59 AM EST (CNET News.com)

Vice Premier Wu Yi, announced on Friday that she would retire in March when China's new administration takes office. In October Wu's office was partly responsible for hundreds of arrests in a product safety crackdown in China.

china, venture-capital, world-news, iron-lady, 2007, wu-yi

Bootstrapping And Re-Investment

Seeded on Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:45 AM EST ()

According to an article, growth through re-investment is an important part of the bootstrapping process. One of the suggestions is break a larger business idea into smaller chunks.

business, investment, startup, entrepreneur, bootstrapping

11 Free Press Release Distributor Sites

Seeded on Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:19 AM EST ()

There are paid PR distributor sites but if you want it cost-free, there are a number of sites that could boost web promotion without spending a penny. Here you can see 11 Free Press Release Distributor Sites.

technology, seo, free-press-release, seo-technique, boost-web-promotion, search-engine-results

How To Read CHM On Linux

Seeded on Sun Nov 18, 2007 4:47 AM EST ()

CHM files are Compiled HTML Help files that Microsoft use for its Help application. Here are several CHM viewers like chmsee, kchmviewer, gnochm, Help Explorer Viewer for Linux and xchm.

technology, html, chm, chmsee, xchm, gnochm

New Email System Claims To Eliminate Spam

Seeded on Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:52 AM EST ()

MyMail claims to eliminate all spam and insure emails stay private. Only time will tell if the service lives up to its promises.

technology, security, email, spam, encryption, filters, spamming, mymail

Ranking Of The Countries In Respect To Trade Logistics

Seeded on Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:01 AM EST ()

The countries have been evaluated in criteria such as customs, infrastructure, international shipments, logistics competence, tracking and tracing, etc. Singapore now stands in first position.

technology, singapore, world-bank, ranking, scm, logistics, supply-chain

Do You Like Your Roommate?

Seeded on Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:34 AM EST ()

Scholarships.com recently published a list of common roommate problems to watch for. Some of the issues are, simple hygiene, immodest behavior, and an unwillingness to compromise.

college, education, campus, problems, roommate, 2007

Dynamism.com Sense Of Humor In Technology Products

Seeded on Sat Nov 17, 2007 8:29 PM EST ()

Dynamism.com is an interesting site full of cutting edge tech products. Check out the super cool new USB aka flash drives that are really great gift ideas for anyone.

technology, gadgets, usb, flash-drives, usb-drives, dynamism-com, usb-animals

Private Equity Faces Hurdles In China

Seeded on Sat Nov 17, 2007 7:34 PM EST (CNET News.com)

Foreign private equity funds face a number of hurdles. One of which is the threat of protectionist sanctions both in China and in a fund's home country makes private equity investment more risky.

business, china, venture-capital, venture, 2007, private-equity

Bootstrap Marketing 101

Seeded on Sat Nov 17, 2007 6:30 PM EST ()

Paying millions for television ads is no longer the key to getting the masses to purchase your product. This is what Seth Godin told those gathered at an one of the Ideas Worth Spreading conference.

business

China's First PE Fund Makes Debut Investment

Seeded on Fri Nov 9, 2007 12:03 PM EST (CNET News.com)

Bohai Industrial Investment Fund, China's first Western-styled private equity fund, made its debut investment. With their debut investment Bohai bought a 20% state in Tianjin Pipe Corporation.

business, china, venture-capital, investment, private-equity, investment-fund, bohai

Oracle Continues Round Of Acquisitions With The Bid For BEA

Seeded on Fri Nov 9, 2007 11:23 AM EST ()

The software giant disclosed a $6.7 billion unsolicited offer to buy BEA Systems Inc., a Silicon Valley company that helped build the market for Web-services software. Buying BEA would make Oracle the No. 2 middleware vendor after IBM.

technology, acquisition, oracle, scm, logistics, middleware, supply-chain, bea

PDF Spam Returns

Seeded on Fri Nov 9, 2007 10:34 AM EST ()

A new attack was launched last week, sending tens of thousands of spam messages across the web. This new attack appears finance related, with subject lines touting things like free credit reports.

technology, spam, pdf, spammers, malware, attachments, malicious

Oral Roberts University Over $50 Million In Debt

Seeded on Fri Nov 9, 2007 2:33 AM EST ()

Oral Roberts University seems to be preparing for a fire sale of sorts to reduce the college's debt of more than $50 million. ORU has decided to try and sell the campus-based radio Station, KGEB, according to one local news outlet.

education, university, oral-roberts, 2007, oru, oral-roberts-university

Does The Recent Google PR Penalty Affect Search Engine Rankings?

Seeded on Fri Nov 9, 2007 1:26 AM EST ()

With the recent Google PR Penalty, how will it affect the rankings would be one question. One example is given to see the actual figures.

google, technology, penalty, rankings, pr, search-engine, google-pagerank

Size Matters: Napa Utility Poles Too Short For Wi-Fi

Seeded on Fri Nov 9, 2007 12:21 AM EST ()

According to a report another Wi-Fi project has bit the dust. The utility poles in Napa Valley are too short which doesn't leave enough room for Wi-Fi antennas.

technology, wireless, att, wifi, napa, hotspot

WalMart Refines Its Original RFID Strategy

Seeded on Thu Nov 8, 2007 10:23 PM EST ()

WalMart, from now on, is going to focus only on three lines of initiatives in respect to RFID. Pallet tagging for a Sam's Club DC to test RFID-based putaway as one example.

technology, rfid, walmart, scm, tesco, supply-chain

PostRanger Aids Bootstrap Marketing

Seeded on Sat Oct 27, 2007 12:14 PM EDT ()

In trying to increase your websites traffic and its ranking with search engines by paying services like the sponsored search by Yahoo! Since as a bootstrapper you have to spend as little as possible in marketing.

business, small-business, marketing, website, bootstrap, postranger

Skype Hit By Hackers Again

Seeded on Sat Oct 27, 2007 10:05 AM EDT ()

This time they are distributing a piece of malware called "Skype Defender". It's being distributed almost exactly like the previous bug and tricks users into installing it.

technology, spam, hackers, skype, hack, malware, trojan

Learn More About New TV

Seeded on Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:06 AM EDT ()

Essentially "new TV" is centered on delivering content via the Internet and particularly through broadband. But where the real developments are is on who provides that content. You could be as much a star on your own channel as anybody.

technology, home, internet, 2007, user-generated, new-tv

Noah Education Sets Terms For NYSE IPO

Seeded on Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:10 PM EDT (CNET News.com)

Noah Education hopes to raise about $84 million through the IPO. The company expects the IPO shares to go for between $9.80 and $11.80 per ADS. Noah Education provides interactive multimedia education content to accompany Chinese textbooks on a broad range of subjects.

business, china, nyse, ipo, venture-capital, 2007, noah-education

Why Bootstrapper's Need A Personal Brand

Seeded on Thu Oct 18, 2007 9:06 PM EDT ()

Here are 5 reasons bootstrappers may want to use a personal brand when starting up their venture. This is even if they eventually end up developing a company brand name somewhere down the road.

business, internet, small-business, social-networks, bootstrap, bootstrapper, personal-brand-name

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