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Rumors of Upcoming Microsoft Cut-Backs
Rumors. Microsoft layoff and cut-backs and Reduction In Force rumors. That's all I have for you. Rumors and second-hand speculation and the comments left by the fine, good-looking folks who participate in the conversation here. So pour yourself some holiday cheer and dive in.
What have those fine folks been sharing over the past couple of posts here? Bad news on the rise and with perhaps January 15th 2009 as an interesting day for Microsoft news. Bad news. 15 Jan is a week before FY09Q2 quarterly results and it's better to share as much news, good and bad, before the results are released vs. surprising Wall Street (something I think we've learned).
It all starts with...
Just heard on the finance grapevine. MSFT layoffs are coming on January 15th.
They are substantial.
And then some curious meetings:
they lost 12 people in STB [...] looks like "feedback" reviews are underway to get the a-10's out of the picture as well.
What kind of meeting? Perhaps like:
I got invited into one of those special "manager" meetings on thursday which resolved to absolutely zero activity other than asking opaque questions for which the answer was already known.
"fact" finding in order to dismiss an argument OR dismiss me :)
shall find out 1/15
In Live Meeting:
Live Meeting is one of the worst places to be right now - and it has gotten downright hostile and strange in recent times. People are pulled into meetings with management where they get interrogated about what they are working on ("We want to hear what you think you know about XYZ, this is not a knowledge-sharing session..."), people are given impossible tasks like coding things not yet designed, automating things not get coded, documenting unfinished ideas (all subject to being cut next week too). On top of that they must account for their time by the hour. Live Meeting is in its death throes.
Breaking-up when you have no budget is another tactic (in STB):
Our 120+ person org has just been broken up due to lack of budget. About 1/2 the team is staying, the other half is going to a number of different teams within the larger org. So far, we all appear to have jobs, but man, what a shocker, I thought ours was one of the more stable teams.
Not sure what happens to our Director, he seemed a bit shocked himself when he delivered the news today. I also don't know if this is the first step towards a lay-off, but for now, it seems we'll have jobs for a few more months.
Ugh, not good, not good at all.
STB again:
I got pulled into a lunch 2:1 today and got given good news on "you have 4 weeks left"
STB - > Server
Rumors! Like the following that I've heard wandering around chatting with folks before the holidays:
I've been hearing some stealth layoffs around the SQL and BOSG groups, around 70+ people were given 6(?) weeks to find another position within the company, otherwise they are laid off.
Anyone know others?
Is the following a list of head-count cuts or expected percent cuts?
* 3 in omps
* 9 in stb
* 12 in msd
* 7 in devdiv
* 18 in UA
* 5 in MSX
Beyond product groups:
Finance is cutting 10% of work force.
I will agree that we'll be casting a hard eye at consistent 10%-ers during MYCD:
If you have to 10% an employee who was in this bucket last review you may well find yourself showing them the door. This means that we can meet VP goals of no lay-offs (we are pruning poor performers) yet be seen to be reducing OEIf you have to 10% an employee who was in this bucket last review you may well find yourself showing them the door. This means that we can meet VP goals of no lay-offs (we are pruning poor performers) yet be seen to be reducing OE
But who is taking the cut?
The news is in. All the money making groups cut 10% of the work force. The money losing groups hires.
Vendors get it, too:
Vendors are also having it bad. The funding for our project stopped and our vendor team of 28 people have been asked to leave immediately. All of us have been asked to move to India by our parent company. [...]
Who should be taking a cut? One commenter points to GFS:
Do you know who was killing Microsoft economically from past several years- think think think? Being one of the 65 level in this organization and spending most of my career here - I can tell you that this group was living lavish life from past many years (thank god – we have some economic crisis now and people are asking some tough questions from the managers here). I know many of you have already guessed and you are right - this group is called "GFS - Global Foundation Service" and DebraC is leading this group. (Did I use the word leading?) If you want to know how capable she is to lead this group, I encourage you to watch her latest all hands streaming that you can find on MSW. [...] There are billions of dollars hardware purchased every year across this group without any planning and I can assure you that 50% of them are not even used or required at first place. Most of the hiring in this group is not for getting things done or being innovative in datacenter world but each manager here trying to build their own empire by just hiring whether they really need it or not.
Local impact? One commenter muses:
As someone whose product was recently whacked, I sure hope there are some RIFs before there are out-and-out layouts (at least in my area!) Scary... 'cause in this climate, it's going to be darn tough on the economy to dump a bunch of talented folks to the curb and have them competing for slim pickings out in the rest of the world. The ripple effect on the Puget Sound economy alone (assuming the layoffs are substantially here) would be staggering. :-(
Okay. So first I'd love to hear what you have heard or know as well, though I realize some of you might want to stir the pot with made-up fluff sprinkled with schaedenfruede - please don't.
Second: you have to realize that the upcoming 2009 Mid Year Career Discussion review process is one of the most important career inflection-points for you that we've had in a long, long time. Already my team is being asked to review people on the HR Watch List deeply and especially look at any two-time-plus 10%'s, no matter whether they are Situation I (eh, should be fired) or Situation II (effective but have reached their career maximum - again, a horrible, horrible concept). The upcoming Stack Rank for Mid-Year is going to be super-important for determining who has to go first if your team is given an n-percent budget to cut-back on. And yes, if we fire the current 10%'ers we drop down the lower 70%'ers into the 10% bucket. So just because you don't end up in the 10% bucket don't get all happy about yourself unless you're well into a high Achieved / high 70% bucket.
My suggestion to you: know when your team's Stack Rank (aka Calibration) meeting is and be very aggressive about enumerating your accomplishments this past year with your manager and asking your boss where they believe you rank within the team. Hey, I hate this system too, folks, and by me giving you advice I'm trying to prescribe some preventative medicine, not endorse the lifeboat drill that is Stack Ranking. And if you have Skip Level meetings with your upper management, you'd better figure a way that you walk out of that room with them loving you.
And if you get your six weeks, you're going to have to depend on your existing Microsoft networks. Folks I know with open positions have really ratcheted up their choosiness about who they want to bring into their group and are exceptionally uninterested in unknown RIF'ed people wanting informationals, assuming that they are 10%-ers.
Third: let's say we are having intensive cutbacks and/or RIFs and layoffs. It is absolutely essential that Microsoft steps back and asks, "Whoa, how did we get here and who was leading us?" How did we go on a drunken hiring binge and continue it even though a year ago most of us realized we were dropping into a recession? It's irresponsible leadership. It's especially irresponsible to the people we've hired and to the people incoming with recent offers. If you don't think too deeply, it's easy to be sipping on your Starbucks in Crossroads Mall typing away at how Microsoft needs to mass fire people so that it can refocus on essential business. But when you do it at a time when the economy is in the crapper and job openings at Microsoft is near nil is unforgivable.
An important consequence is to ensure we never do this again. The first step is to cut out the people who got us here, especially by making weak hires. Everytime someone who you said "Hire" to on an interview loop gets a 10% review your ranking on hiring goes down. If they become good attrition you get dropped from interviewing. You obviously aren't a very good judge when it comes to hiring for Microsoft. Likewise, if you said "No" to someone with a bad review or "Yes" to a star performer, your ranking goes up. And all of this is made very clear to you, versus you wondering one day, "Hey, how come I haven't been on an interview loop in a while?"
Next, if you've been in the way of quickly load balancing within your division according to needs vs. empire building: *poof* you're either gone or demoted.
Come 22 Jan 2009 Microsoft will be asked by the analysts what it is doing to contain costs. And I believe Microsoft will have an answer. I think this is one solution that you don't want to be a part of. I'm all for cutting back, but it should have been done long ago, responsibly, vs. forced upon us. Because I believe when things turn around, groups will be lighting the sparklers and cracking open the Kristal and hiring madly again.
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Plane crash tweets
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Tweets were part of the Denver plane crash, pretty moving to see what folks tweet when they are in danger ..... "Holy Fucking Shit I Was Just In A Plane Crash!" Henry Blodget | December 21, 2008 9:17 AM denverplanecrash3.jpgA Continental airlines 737 slid off the runway in Denver last night. The engine on the right side burst into flames. Passengers escaped out the left side on slides. 38 people were hurt. Fortunately no one was killed. In another first for Twitter, passenger Mike Wilson tweeted his miraculous escape. Read from the bottom up. And then buy this man (and everyone else on the plane) a vodka tonic! 2drinksbehind Just got done with an interview on Fox News. All so surreal. 36 minutes ago from twitterrific
@mark_menard sorry - he was on the successful flight this morning about 4 hours ago from twitterrific in reply to mark_menard
Just left a family Christmas party. about 4 hours ago from twitterrific
Found out chairman of Continental was on our flight. That's putting your money where your mouth is. about 7 hours ago from
twitterrific Wife just picked me up from the airport. Relieved. about 7 hours ago from twitterrific
Touchdown! The crowd goes wild! about 8 hours ago from twitterrific
@MetalRox gratz! about 10 hours ago from twitterrific in reply to MetalRox
@showtunes no-won't get our luggage for a while I think and sounded like my mac is likely melted to the floor about 11 hours ago from twitterrific in reply to showtunes
@richard_holland those who would/could fly again and were still wanting to get to Houston. I wonder how many took the bus instead? about 11 hours ago from twitterrific in reply to richard_holland
The real reason :) http://twitpic.com/uyrn about 11 hours ago from twitterrific
Crash #1 was a "water landing" in a small plane. about 11 hours ago from twitterrific
I'm sitting as close to the exit as possible this time http://twitpic.com/uyqb about 11 hours ago from twitterrific
Media circus ensues. Sitting on the plane waiting to take off about 11 hours ago from twitterrific
Waiting in the continental club for the "replacement" flight. Noticing I'm a little sore. about 12 hours ago from twitterrific
@ranchwoman I didn't run into anyone from SA, but there certainly may have been about 12 hours ago from twitterrific in reply to ranchwoman
Heading to the airport for another try at flying to Houston. about 12 hours ago from twitterrific
Must have crossed wires. I'm not Mike. Please check your contact info. about 13 hours ago from txt
Pretty exhausted at this point, so I'm heading off to bed. Good night! about 20 hours ago from web
I'm very grateful to still be here. Thanks again to all the well wishers. I'm amazed and humbled by it all. about 20 hours ago from web
@mjcarrasquillo this was on takeoff. I'm not sure, but I would speculate some type of mechanical failure. about 20 hours ago from web in reply to mjcarrasquillo
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Tweets were part of the Denver plane crash, pretty moving to see what folks tweet when they are in danger ..... "Holy Fucking Shit I Was Just In A Plane Crash!" Henry Blodget | December 21, 2008 9:17 AM denverplanecrash3.jpgA Continental airlines 737 slid off the runway in Denver last night. The engine on the right side burst into flames. Passengers escaped out the left side on slides. 38 people were hurt. Fortunately no one was killed. In another first for Twitter, passenger Mike Wilson tweeted his miraculous escape. Read from the bottom up. And then buy this man (and everyone else on the plane) a vodka tonic! 2drinksbehind Just got done with an interview on Fox News. All so surreal. 36 minutes ago from twitterrific
@mark_menard sorry - he was on the successful flight this morning about 4 hours ago from twitterrific in reply to mark_menard
Just left a family Christmas party. about 4 hours ago from twitterrific
Found out chairman of Continental was on our flight. That's putting your money where your mouth is. about 7 hours ago from
twitterrific Wife just picked me up from the airport. Relieved. about 7 hours ago from twitterrific
Touchdown! The crowd goes wild! about 8 hours ago from twitterrific
@MetalRox gratz! about 10 hours ago from twitterrific in reply to MetalRox
@showtunes no-won't get our luggage for a while I think and sounded like my mac is likely melted to the floor about 11 hours ago from twitterrific in reply to showtunes
@richard_holland those who would/could fly again and were still wanting to get to Houston. I wonder how many took the bus instead? about 11 hours ago from twitterrific in reply to richard_holland
The real reason :) http://twitpic.com/uyrn about 11 hours ago from twitterrific
Crash #1 was a "water landing" in a small plane. about 11 hours ago from twitterrific
I'm sitting as close to the exit as possible this time http://twitpic.com/uyqb about 11 hours ago from twitterrific
Media circus ensues. Sitting on the plane waiting to take off about 11 hours ago from twitterrific
Waiting in the continental club for the "replacement" flight. Noticing I'm a little sore. about 12 hours ago from twitterrific
@ranchwoman I didn't run into anyone from SA, but there certainly may have been about 12 hours ago from twitterrific in reply to ranchwoman
Heading to the airport for another try at flying to Houston. about 12 hours ago from twitterrific
Must have crossed wires. I'm not Mike. Please check your contact info. about 13 hours ago from txt
Pretty exhausted at this point, so I'm heading off to bed. Good night! about 20 hours ago from web
I'm very grateful to still be here. Thanks again to all the well wishers. I'm amazed and humbled by it all. about 20 hours ago from web
@mjcarrasquillo this was on takeoff. I'm not sure, but I would speculate some type of mechanical failure. about 20 hours ago from web in reply to mjcarrasquillo
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Simpler Gadgets
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According to the NY Times, Gadgets will get simpler ... a'la wii and iphone. wonder about software ...
By DAMON DARLIN Published: December 20, 2008 THE National Bureau of Economic Research hardly stunned the nation this month when it announced that the United States had been in recession since December 2007. Nintendo, which has sold more than 30 million Wii game consoles, is now offering add-ons like the Wii Fit. Enlarge This Image Sonos turned the iPhone into a remote control for managing music, left, while the Flip is the smallest HD camcorder. And, as it turns out, the buyers of consumer electronics could very well have been a leading economic indicator. Over the last year, they chose to buy two inexpensive and simple products, the Wii and the Flip, over competing gadgets bristling with more features. Nintendo has sold more than 30 million Wii game consoles since they were introduced two years ago. The machine is still luring shoppers: lines of buyers still form on Sunday mornings outside electronics stores. Best Buy put the Wii, not big-screen high-definition TVs, on the cover page of its Sunday circular last week, in its bid to get resistant holiday shoppers into the store. The machine is dimwittedly simple. The console itself is hardly bigger than a DVD. It lacks the deep rich graphics, the rumbling sound and many of the violent games of the Microsoft Xbox 360. But at $250, it is outselling the more expensive Xbox 360 and the Sony PlayStation 3 combined by almost 2 to 1. The $130 Flip camcorder is also simple, and two to three times cheaper than camcorders made by Sony or JVC that have optical zoom, an optical viewfinder and special effects. The original Flip didn’t even have a headphone jack. Revenue at Pure Digital Technologies, its manufacturer, grew 44,667 percent, the highest rate of any company in Silicon Valley, over the last five years, according to Deloitte, the business services firm. Pure Digital Technologies says it has sold more than 1.5 million Flips since it unveiled the product line in 2007. This shift in consumer preference to the cheaper electronic device could well be a reaction to the recession. But it isn’t the same as the consumer suddenly, and consciously, reaching for the house brand of creamed corn instead of the one with the Jolly Green Giant on the label. It is not just the economics of a shopping-fatigued nation at work here. Consumers found the simple devices, which don’t need instruction manuals to set up and use, more appealing. That shift in consumer preference could be ominous. As the United States enters a deflationary period, all kinds of companies will have to grapple with the consequences of falling prices. This is nothing new for electronics makers. Every year, competition and the effects of Moore’s Law forced prices down. The one defense that seemed to work was to offer a new product at the same price as the old one — but with more features. The laptops got better graphics, the hard drives spun faster, the cameras picked up more detail, the memory cards held more. Feature-itis was a disease, but it was better than the affliction known as consumer boredom. Even the Flip is experiencing some feature creep. It has a popular model that shoots high-definition video. It’s still the smallest HD camcorder, but it has U.S.B. port rechargers and power adapters, fast forward and rewind and four times as much memory as the original. Wii is still aimed at the market that Microsoft and Sony neglected: young children, older people and others who never played video games. But it is selling add-ons like the Wii Fit, a souped-up bathroom scale that allows a person to play skiing games, balance contests and musical play-alongs. Apple, innovator of business models as much as it is an innovator of electronic geegaws, may have found a solution to the problem of simple products becoming more complex. The Apple iPhone is one of the easiest-to-use devices ever created. At $300, plus a two-year contract that quickly pushes the real price to $1,800, it is hardly in the thrift class with the Wii and the Flip. But it is one of the most popular consumer electronics devices of 2008. Apple is expected to sell more than 14 million of them this year, and it is already the best-selling handset in the United States, according to the market researchers at the NPD Group. AS much as it is part of the distinct trend toward the simple, the iPhone is also part of a trend to make a device versatile. It is a pretty thing, with a sleek touchscreen that does away with a keyboard. But it is also a hand-held game machine and a musical instrument that plays cowbells or imitates an ocarina. It’s clearly an entertainment device, one that can identify the song playing in a movie or find friends on a map. While it is not clear that mainstream electronics manufacturers have caught on, some scrappy start-ups have noticed its utility. One of them, Sonos, has turned the iPhone into a pretty nifty remote control for managing music on Sonos’s whole-house entertainment system. (The application can be downloaded free from the Apple AppStore.) The iPhone taps into a home’s wireless network to control the wireless entertainment system in multiple rooms. John MacFarlane, the Sonos chief executive, says creation of the software that makes the iPhone a Sonos controller lifted the company’s sales by 20 percent in November. “In this economy,” he noted. The company gave up some revenue — a regular Sonos controller is about $300 — but the new device exposed the entertainment system to a new audience and thus expanded the market. Sonos isn’t interested in anything other than music, but a versatile little device that you never let out of your reach could also manage burglar alarms and heating and cooling systems. “I think that is the universal remote control of the future,” Mr. MacFarland said. “And that’s the direction we are headed.” Right along with stingier consu- mers.
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A Victorian toy box
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Source: Edmonton Sun
NewsDateTime: 12/17/2008
World's First Computer Rebuilt, Rebooted After 2,000 Years
But calling it "first" is misleading, as it is likely that there were at least simpler designs for this sort of thing made ... Wired's iPhone App Gives You Gadgets to Go Review: Airstream Interstate 3500 Review: The Harman Kardon GLA-55 Desktop Speakers ...
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Source: Wired
NewsDateTime: 12/15/2008
Videos from YouTube
Title: A Bond Without Gadgets?!
Categories: Bond,Ferguson,Entertainment,007,gadgets,CBS,James,Craig,
Published on: 11/15/2006 4:47:34 PM
Title: Gadgets For Guys
Categories: Guys.com,News,Gregg,David,Present,Gift,Gadgets,Holiday,
Published on: 12/5/2008 10:07:05 AM
Title: The Gadget Show Web TV - Episode 11: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - Top 50 Gadgets
Categories: Tech,jason,tv,computer,gadgetshow,show,the,jon,geek,bentley,suzi,gadget,web,thegadgetshow,bradbury,technology,perry,
Published on: 12/9/2008 9:54:48 AM
Title: Google API Talks - Android, KML,Google Maps,Gadgets/Mapplets
Categories: api,talk,vote,People,kml,tech,google,maps,mapplets,
Published on: 4/11/2008 5:17:36 PM
Title: Windows Vista - Using Gadgets
Categories: Tech,pcwizkid,desktop,aero,microsoft,windows,effects,ubuntu,gadgets,compiz,widgets,vista,imapc,
Published on: 10/4/2008 9:12:17 PM
Title Simpler Gadgets published to cocoa-touch.
Report sent to cocoa-touch. about Simpler Gadgets
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According to the NY Times, Gadgets will get simpler ... a'la wii and iphone. wonder about software ...
By DAMON DARLIN Published: December 20, 2008 THE National Bureau of Economic Research hardly stunned the nation this month when it announced that the United States had been in recession since December 2007. Nintendo, which has sold more than 30 million Wii game consoles, is now offering add-ons like the Wii Fit. Enlarge This Image Sonos turned the iPhone into a remote control for managing music, left, while the Flip is the smallest HD camcorder. And, as it turns out, the buyers of consumer electronics could very well have been a leading economic indicator. Over the last year, they chose to buy two inexpensive and simple products, the Wii and the Flip, over competing gadgets bristling with more features. Nintendo has sold more than 30 million Wii game consoles since they were introduced two years ago. The machine is still luring shoppers: lines of buyers still form on Sunday mornings outside electronics stores. Best Buy put the Wii, not big-screen high-definition TVs, on the cover page of its Sunday circular last week, in its bid to get resistant holiday shoppers into the store. The machine is dimwittedly simple. The console itself is hardly bigger than a DVD. It lacks the deep rich graphics, the rumbling sound and many of the violent games of the Microsoft Xbox 360. But at $250, it is outselling the more expensive Xbox 360 and the Sony PlayStation 3 combined by almost 2 to 1. The $130 Flip camcorder is also simple, and two to three times cheaper than camcorders made by Sony or JVC that have optical zoom, an optical viewfinder and special effects. The original Flip didn’t even have a headphone jack. Revenue at Pure Digital Technologies, its manufacturer, grew 44,667 percent, the highest rate of any company in Silicon Valley, over the last five years, according to Deloitte, the business services firm. Pure Digital Technologies says it has sold more than 1.5 million Flips since it unveiled the product line in 2007. This shift in consumer preference to the cheaper electronic device could well be a reaction to the recession. But it isn’t the same as the consumer suddenly, and consciously, reaching for the house brand of creamed corn instead of the one with the Jolly Green Giant on the label. It is not just the economics of a shopping-fatigued nation at work here. Consumers found the simple devices, which don’t need instruction manuals to set up and use, more appealing. That shift in consumer preference could be ominous. As the United States enters a deflationary period, all kinds of companies will have to grapple with the consequences of falling prices. This is nothing new for electronics makers. Every year, competition and the effects of Moore’s Law forced prices down. The one defense that seemed to work was to offer a new product at the same price as the old one — but with more features. The laptops got better graphics, the hard drives spun faster, the cameras picked up more detail, the memory cards held more. Feature-itis was a disease, but it was better than the affliction known as consumer boredom. Even the Flip is experiencing some feature creep. It has a popular model that shoots high-definition video. It’s still the smallest HD camcorder, but it has U.S.B. port rechargers and power adapters, fast forward and rewind and four times as much memory as the original. Wii is still aimed at the market that Microsoft and Sony neglected: young children, older people and others who never played video games. But it is selling add-ons like the Wii Fit, a souped-up bathroom scale that allows a person to play skiing games, balance contests and musical play-alongs. Apple, innovator of business models as much as it is an innovator of electronic geegaws, may have found a solution to the problem of simple products becoming more complex. The Apple iPhone is one of the easiest-to-use devices ever created. At $300, plus a two-year contract that quickly pushes the real price to $1,800, it is hardly in the thrift class with the Wii and the Flip. But it is one of the most popular consumer electronics devices of 2008. Apple is expected to sell more than 14 million of them this year, and it is already the best-selling handset in the United States, according to the market researchers at the NPD Group. AS much as it is part of the distinct trend toward the simple, the iPhone is also part of a trend to make a device versatile. It is a pretty thing, with a sleek touchscreen that does away with a keyboard. But it is also a hand-held game machine and a musical instrument that plays cowbells or imitates an ocarina. It’s clearly an entertainment device, one that can identify the song playing in a movie or find friends on a map. While it is not clear that mainstream electronics manufacturers have caught on, some scrappy start-ups have noticed its utility. One of them, Sonos, has turned the iPhone into a pretty nifty remote control for managing music on Sonos’s whole-house entertainment system. (The application can be downloaded free from the Apple AppStore.) The iPhone taps into a home’s wireless network to control the wireless entertainment system in multiple rooms. John MacFarlane, the Sonos chief executive, says creation of the software that makes the iPhone a Sonos controller lifted the company’s sales by 20 percent in November. “In this economy,” he noted. The company gave up some revenue — a regular Sonos controller is about $300 — but the new device exposed the entertainment system to a new audience and thus expanded the market. Sonos isn’t interested in anything other than music, but a versatile little device that you never let out of your reach could also manage burglar alarms and heating and cooling systems. “I think that is the universal remote control of the future,” Mr. MacFarland said. “And that’s the direction we are headed.” Right along with stingier consu- mers.
2008's Top 10 Gadgets for Easier, Simpler, Better Living
2008 ushered in some great new gadgets and some welcome improvements to some items already on the market. Using two simple criteria -- did it work as advertised, and did it make ...
more ...
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Consumers Crave Simpler Gadgets - eMarketer
People want easier-to-use gadgets, according to a new Hill & Knowlton survey conducted by Penn, Shoen & Berland Associates. Consumers also want gadgets to be so useful that they ...
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Wikipedia:Gadget/proposals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... A much simpler gadget. Distinguishing links to redirects in a different colour has been a long-standing request on bugzilla (bugzilla:4709, open since 2006).
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After downloading the “official” countdown gadget I was somewhat dissapointed with its design so I decided to make a cleaner and simpler gadget.
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Do we really want simple gadgets? - Tech and Gadget Features ...
Consumers, the latest Which.co.uk survey suggests, would like simpler gadgets. I’m 99% certain that 87% of you won’t find this statistical analysis surprising, but I actually ...
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The year of the simpler gadget
December 21, 2008 12:05 PM PST The year of the simpler gadget By Damon Darlin The New York Times Font size Print E-mail ... Over the last year, they chose to buy two inexpensive and simple products, the Wii and the Flip, over competing gadgets ...
more ...
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Source: CNET News
NewsDateTime: 7 hours ago
Wireless Power Consortium to unleash electronic gadgets
The Wireless Power Consortium hopes to make powering portable electronic devices simpler by offering a standard way to recharge them without wires. Devices such as phones, music players and digital cameras all come with their own power adaptors or ...
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Source: IT World
NewsDateTime: 12/19/2008
A Victorian toy box
As children everywhere ask for new electronic gadgets and the latest video game for Christmas, youngsters just 100 years ago were satisfied with simpler things – a big horse on wheels, a tin soldier or a paper doll to dress up. The simple toys also ...
more ...
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Source: Kentucky New Era
NewsDateTime: 12/16/2008
Stocking up on St. Nick's annual treats
Cookies are the way to go: everybody loves them. The size or shape doesn't matter as long as they taste good and look somewhat festive. If you are not kitchen savvy, there are plenty of great kitchen cookie gadgets to make the job simpler -- from ...
more ...
go to website
Source: Edmonton Sun
NewsDateTime: 12/17/2008
World's First Computer Rebuilt, Rebooted After 2,000 Years
But calling it "first" is misleading, as it is likely that there were at least simpler designs for this sort of thing made ... Wired's iPhone App Gives You Gadgets to Go Review: Airstream Interstate 3500 Review: The Harman Kardon GLA-55 Desktop Speakers ...
more ...
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Source: Wired
NewsDateTime: 12/15/2008
Videos from YouTube
Title: A Bond Without Gadgets?!
Categories: Bond,Ferguson,Entertainment,007,gadgets,CBS,James,Craig,
Published on: 11/15/2006 4:47:34 PM
Title: Gadgets For Guys
Categories: Guys.com,News,Gregg,David,Present,Gift,Gadgets,Holiday,
Published on: 12/5/2008 10:07:05 AM
Title: The Gadget Show Web TV - Episode 11: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - Top 50 Gadgets
Categories: Tech,jason,tv,computer,gadgetshow,show,the,jon,geek,bentley,suzi,gadget,web,thegadgetshow,bradbury,technology,perry,
Published on: 12/9/2008 9:54:48 AM
Title: Google API Talks - Android, KML,Google Maps,Gadgets/Mapplets
Categories: api,talk,vote,People,kml,tech,google,maps,mapplets,
Published on: 4/11/2008 5:17:36 PM
Title: Windows Vista - Using Gadgets
Categories: Tech,pcwizkid,desktop,aero,microsoft,windows,effects,ubuntu,gadgets,compiz,widgets,vista,imapc,
Published on: 10/4/2008 9:12:17 PM
Simpler Gadgets
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Title Simpler Gadgets published to cocoa-touch.
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According to the NY Times, Gadgets will get simpler ... a'la wii and iphone. wonder about software ...
By DAMON DARLIN Published: December 20, 2008 THE National Bureau of Economic Research hardly stunned the nation this month when it announced that the United States had been in recession since December 2007. Nintendo, which has sold more than 30 million Wii game consoles, is now offering add-ons like the Wii Fit. Enlarge This Image Sonos turned the iPhone into a remote control for managing music, left, while the Flip is the smallest HD camcorder. And, as it turns out, the buyers of consumer electronics could very well have been a leading economic indicator. Over the last year, they chose to buy two inexpensive and simple products, the Wii and the Flip, over competing gadgets bristling with more features. Nintendo has sold more than 30 million Wii game consoles since they were introduced two years ago. The machine is still luring shoppers: lines of buyers still form on Sunday mornings outside electronics stores. Best Buy put the Wii, not big-screen high-definition TVs, on the cover page of its Sunday circular last week, in its bid to get resistant holiday shoppers into the store. The machine is dimwittedly simple. The console itself is hardly bigger than a DVD. It lacks the deep rich graphics, the rumbling sound and many of the violent games of the Microsoft Xbox 360. But at $250, it is outselling the more expensive Xbox 360 and the Sony PlayStation 3 combined by almost 2 to 1. The $130 Flip camcorder is also simple, and two to three times cheaper than camcorders made by Sony or JVC that have optical zoom, an optical viewfinder and special effects. The original Flip didn’t even have a headphone jack. Revenue at Pure Digital Technologies, its manufacturer, grew 44,667 percent, the highest rate of any company in Silicon Valley, over the last five years, according to Deloitte, the business services firm. Pure Digital Technologies says it has sold more than 1.5 million Flips since it unveiled the product line in 2007. This shift in consumer preference to the cheaper electronic device could well be a reaction to the recession. But it isn’t the same as the consumer suddenly, and consciously, reaching for the house brand of creamed corn instead of the one with the Jolly Green Giant on the label. It is not just the economics of a shopping-fatigued nation at work here. Consumers found the simple devices, which don’t need instruction manuals to set up and use, more appealing. That shift in consumer preference could be ominous. As the United States enters a deflationary period, all kinds of companies will have to grapple with the consequences of falling prices. This is nothing new for electronics makers. Every year, competition and the effects of Moore’s Law forced prices down. The one defense that seemed to work was to offer a new product at the same price as the old one — but with more features. The laptops got better graphics, the hard drives spun faster, the cameras picked up more detail, the memory cards held more. Feature-itis was a disease, but it was better than the affliction known as consumer boredom. Even the Flip is experiencing some feature creep. It has a popular model that shoots high-definition video. It’s still the smallest HD camcorder, but it has U.S.B. port rechargers and power adapters, fast forward and rewind and four times as much memory as the original. Wii is still aimed at the market that Microsoft and Sony neglected: young children, older people and others who never played video games. But it is selling add-ons like the Wii Fit, a souped-up bathroom scale that allows a person to play skiing games, balance contests and musical play-alongs. Apple, innovator of business models as much as it is an innovator of electronic geegaws, may have found a solution to the problem of simple products becoming more complex. The Apple iPhone is one of the easiest-to-use devices ever created. At $300, plus a two-year contract that quickly pushes the real price to $1,800, it is hardly in the thrift class with the Wii and the Flip. But it is one of the most popular consumer electronics devices of 2008. Apple is expected to sell more than 14 million of them this year, and it is already the best-selling handset in the United States, according to the market researchers at the NPD Group. AS much as it is part of the distinct trend toward the simple, the iPhone is also part of a trend to make a device versatile. It is a pretty thing, with a sleek touchscreen that does away with a keyboard. But it is also a hand-held game machine and a musical instrument that plays cowbells or imitates an ocarina. It’s clearly an entertainment device, one that can identify the song playing in a movie or find friends on a map. While it is not clear that mainstream electronics manufacturers have caught on, some scrappy start-ups have noticed its utility. One of them, Sonos, has turned the iPhone into a pretty nifty remote control for managing music on Sonos’s whole-house entertainment system. (The application can be downloaded free from the Apple AppStore.) The iPhone taps into a home’s wireless network to control the wireless entertainment system in multiple rooms. John MacFarlane, the Sonos chief executive, says creation of the software that makes the iPhone a Sonos controller lifted the company’s sales by 20 percent in November. “In this economy,” he noted. The company gave up some revenue — a regular Sonos controller is about $300 — but the new device exposed the entertainment system to a new audience and thus expanded the market. Sonos isn’t interested in anything other than music, but a versatile little device that you never let out of your reach could also manage burglar alarms and heating and cooling systems. “I think that is the universal remote control of the future,” Mr. MacFarland said. “And that’s the direction we are headed.” Right along with stingier consu- mers.
2008's Top 10 Gadgets for Easier, Simpler, Better Living
2008 ushered in some great new gadgets and some welcome improvements to some items already on the market. Using two simple criteria -- did it work as advertised, and did it make ...
more ...
go to website
Consumers Crave Simpler Gadgets - eMarketer
People want easier-to-use gadgets, according to a new Hill & Knowlton survey conducted by Penn, Shoen & Berland Associates. Consumers also want gadgets to be so useful that they ...
more ...
go to website
Cached
Wikipedia:Gadget/proposals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... A much simpler gadget. Distinguishing links to redirects in a different colour has been a long-standing request on bugzilla (bugzilla:4709, open since 2006).
more ...
go to website
Cached
theWPFblog » Gadgets
After downloading the “official” countdown gadget I was somewhat dissapointed with its design so I decided to make a cleaner and simpler gadget.
more ...
go to website
Cached
Do we really want simple gadgets? - Tech and Gadget Features ...
Consumers, the latest Which.co.uk survey suggests, would like simpler gadgets. I’m 99% certain that 87% of you won’t find this statistical analysis surprising, but I actually ...
more ...
go to website
Cached
The year of the simpler gadget
December 21, 2008 12:05 PM PST The year of the simpler gadget By Damon Darlin The New York Times Font size Print E-mail ... Over the last year, they chose to buy two inexpensive and simple products, the Wii and the Flip, over competing gadgets ...
more ...
go to website
Source: CNET News
NewsDateTime: 7 hours ago
Wireless Power Consortium to unleash electronic gadgets
The Wireless Power Consortium hopes to make powering portable electronic devices simpler by offering a standard way to recharge them without wires. Devices such as phones, music players and digital cameras all come with their own power adaptors or ...
more ...
go to website
Source: IT World
NewsDateTime: 12/19/2008
A Victorian toy box
As children everywhere ask for new electronic gadgets and the latest video game for Christmas, youngsters just 100 years ago were satisfied with simpler things – a big horse on wheels, a tin soldier or a paper doll to dress up. The simple toys also ...
more ...
go to website
Source: Kentucky New Era
NewsDateTime: 12/16/2008
Stocking up on St. Nick's annual treats
Cookies are the way to go: everybody loves them. The size or shape doesn't matter as long as they taste good and look somewhat festive. If you are not kitchen savvy, there are plenty of great kitchen cookie gadgets to make the job simpler -- from ...
more ...
go to website
Source: Edmonton Sun
NewsDateTime: 12/17/2008
World's First Computer Rebuilt, Rebooted After 2,000 Years
But calling it "first" is misleading, as it is likely that there were at least simpler designs for this sort of thing made ... Wired's iPhone App Gives You Gadgets to Go Review: Airstream Interstate 3500 Review: The Harman Kardon GLA-55 Desktop Speakers ...
more ...
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Source: Wired
NewsDateTime: 12/15/2008
Videos from YouTube
Title: A Bond Without Gadgets?!
Categories: Bond,Ferguson,Entertainment,007,gadgets,CBS,James,Craig,
Published on: 11/15/2006 4:47:34 PM
Title: Gadgets For Guys
Categories: Guys.com,News,Gregg,David,Present,Gift,Gadgets,Holiday,
Published on: 12/5/2008 10:07:05 AM
Title: The Gadget Show Web TV - Episode 11: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - Top 50 Gadgets
Categories: Tech,jason,tv,computer,gadgetshow,show,the,jon,geek,bentley,suzi,gadget,web,thegadgetshow,bradbury,technology,perry,
Published on: 12/9/2008 9:54:48 AM
Title: Google API Talks - Android, KML,Google Maps,Gadgets/Mapplets
Categories: api,talk,vote,People,kml,tech,google,maps,mapplets,
Published on: 4/11/2008 5:17:36 PM
Title: Windows Vista - Using Gadgets
Categories: Tech,pcwizkid,desktop,aero,microsoft,windows,effects,ubuntu,gadgets,compiz,widgets,vista,imapc,
Published on: 10/4/2008 9:12:17 PM
Title Simpler Gadgets published to cocoa-touch.
Report sent to cocoa-touch. about Simpler Gadgets
This article is located at cocoa-touch.
According to the NY Times, Gadgets will get simpler ... a'la wii and iphone. wonder about software ...
By DAMON DARLIN Published: December 20, 2008 THE National Bureau of Economic Research hardly stunned the nation this month when it announced that the United States had been in recession since December 2007. Nintendo, which has sold more than 30 million Wii game consoles, is now offering add-ons like the Wii Fit. Enlarge This Image Sonos turned the iPhone into a remote control for managing music, left, while the Flip is the smallest HD camcorder. And, as it turns out, the buyers of consumer electronics could very well have been a leading economic indicator. Over the last year, they chose to buy two inexpensive and simple products, the Wii and the Flip, over competing gadgets bristling with more features. Nintendo has sold more than 30 million Wii game consoles since they were introduced two years ago. The machine is still luring shoppers: lines of buyers still form on Sunday mornings outside electronics stores. Best Buy put the Wii, not big-screen high-definition TVs, on the cover page of its Sunday circular last week, in its bid to get resistant holiday shoppers into the store. The machine is dimwittedly simple. The console itself is hardly bigger than a DVD. It lacks the deep rich graphics, the rumbling sound and many of the violent games of the Microsoft Xbox 360. But at $250, it is outselling the more expensive Xbox 360 and the Sony PlayStation 3 combined by almost 2 to 1. The $130 Flip camcorder is also simple, and two to three times cheaper than camcorders made by Sony or JVC that have optical zoom, an optical viewfinder and special effects. The original Flip didn’t even have a headphone jack. Revenue at Pure Digital Technologies, its manufacturer, grew 44,667 percent, the highest rate of any company in Silicon Valley, over the last five years, according to Deloitte, the business services firm. Pure Digital Technologies says it has sold more than 1.5 million Flips since it unveiled the product line in 2007. This shift in consumer preference to the cheaper electronic device could well be a reaction to the recession. But it isn’t the same as the consumer suddenly, and consciously, reaching for the house brand of creamed corn instead of the one with the Jolly Green Giant on the label. It is not just the economics of a shopping-fatigued nation at work here. Consumers found the simple devices, which don’t need instruction manuals to set up and use, more appealing. That shift in consumer preference could be ominous. As the United States enters a deflationary period, all kinds of companies will have to grapple with the consequences of falling prices. This is nothing new for electronics makers. Every year, competition and the effects of Moore’s Law forced prices down. The one defense that seemed to work was to offer a new product at the same price as the old one — but with more features. The laptops got better graphics, the hard drives spun faster, the cameras picked up more detail, the memory cards held more. Feature-itis was a disease, but it was better than the affliction known as consumer boredom. Even the Flip is experiencing some feature creep. It has a popular model that shoots high-definition video. It’s still the smallest HD camcorder, but it has U.S.B. port rechargers and power adapters, fast forward and rewind and four times as much memory as the original. Wii is still aimed at the market that Microsoft and Sony neglected: young children, older people and others who never played video games. But it is selling add-ons like the Wii Fit, a souped-up bathroom scale that allows a person to play skiing games, balance contests and musical play-alongs. Apple, innovator of business models as much as it is an innovator of electronic geegaws, may have found a solution to the problem of simple products becoming more complex. The Apple iPhone is one of the easiest-to-use devices ever created. At $300, plus a two-year contract that quickly pushes the real price to $1,800, it is hardly in the thrift class with the Wii and the Flip. But it is one of the most popular consumer electronics devices of 2008. Apple is expected to sell more than 14 million of them this year, and it is already the best-selling handset in the United States, according to the market researchers at the NPD Group. AS much as it is part of the distinct trend toward the simple, the iPhone is also part of a trend to make a device versatile. It is a pretty thing, with a sleek touchscreen that does away with a keyboard. But it is also a hand-held game machine and a musical instrument that plays cowbells or imitates an ocarina. It’s clearly an entertainment device, one that can identify the song playing in a movie or find friends on a map. While it is not clear that mainstream electronics manufacturers have caught on, some scrappy start-ups have noticed its utility. One of them, Sonos, has turned the iPhone into a pretty nifty remote control for managing music on Sonos’s whole-house entertainment system. (The application can be downloaded free from the Apple AppStore.) The iPhone taps into a home’s wireless network to control the wireless entertainment system in multiple rooms. John MacFarlane, the Sonos chief executive, says creation of the software that makes the iPhone a Sonos controller lifted the company’s sales by 20 percent in November. “In this economy,” he noted. The company gave up some revenue — a regular Sonos controller is about $300 — but the new device exposed the entertainment system to a new audience and thus expanded the market. Sonos isn’t interested in anything other than music, but a versatile little device that you never let out of your reach could also manage burglar alarms and heating and cooling systems. “I think that is the universal remote control of the future,” Mr. MacFarland said. “And that’s the direction we are headed.” Right along with stingier consu- mers.
2008's Top 10 Gadgets for Easier, Simpler, Better Living
2008 ushered in some great new gadgets and some welcome improvements to some items already on the market. Using two simple criteria -- did it work as advertised, and did it make ...
more ...
go to website
Consumers Crave Simpler Gadgets - eMarketer
People want easier-to-use gadgets, according to a new Hill & Knowlton survey conducted by Penn, Shoen & Berland Associates. Consumers also want gadgets to be so useful that they ...
more ...
go to website
Cached
Wikipedia:Gadget/proposals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... A much simpler gadget. Distinguishing links to redirects in a different colour has been a long-standing request on bugzilla (bugzilla:4709, open since 2006).
more ...
go to website
Cached
theWPFblog » Gadgets
After downloading the “official” countdown gadget I was somewhat dissapointed with its design so I decided to make a cleaner and simpler gadget.
more ...
go to website
Cached
Do we really want simple gadgets? - Tech and Gadget Features ...
Consumers, the latest Which.co.uk survey suggests, would like simpler gadgets. I’m 99% certain that 87% of you won’t find this statistical analysis surprising, but I actually ...
more ...
go to website
Cached
The year of the simpler gadget
December 21, 2008 12:05 PM PST The year of the simpler gadget By Damon Darlin The New York Times Font size Print E-mail ... Over the last year, they chose to buy two inexpensive and simple products, the Wii and the Flip, over competing gadgets ...
more ...
go to website
Source: CNET News
NewsDateTime: 7 hours ago
Wireless Power Consortium to unleash electronic gadgets
The Wireless Power Consortium hopes to make powering portable electronic devices simpler by offering a standard way to recharge them without wires. Devices such as phones, music players and digital cameras all come with their own power adaptors or ...
more ...
go to website
Source: IT World
NewsDateTime: 12/19/2008
A Victorian toy box
As children everywhere ask for new electronic gadgets and the latest video game for Christmas, youngsters just 100 years ago were satisfied with simpler things – a big horse on wheels, a tin soldier or a paper doll to dress up. The simple toys also ...
more ...
go to website
Source: Kentucky New Era
NewsDateTime: 12/16/2008
Stocking up on St. Nick's annual treats
Cookies are the way to go: everybody loves them. The size or shape doesn't matter as long as they taste good and look somewhat festive. If you are not kitchen savvy, there are plenty of great kitchen cookie gadgets to make the job simpler -- from ...
more ...
go to website
Source: Edmonton Sun
NewsDateTime: 12/17/2008
World's First Computer Rebuilt, Rebooted After 2,000 Years
But calling it "first" is misleading, as it is likely that there were at least simpler designs for this sort of thing made ... Wired's iPhone App Gives You Gadgets to Go Review: Airstream Interstate 3500 Review: The Harman Kardon GLA-55 Desktop Speakers ...
more ...
go to website
Source: Wired
NewsDateTime: 12/15/2008
Videos from YouTube
Title: A Bond Without Gadgets?!
Categories: Bond,Ferguson,Entertainment,007,gadgets,CBS,James,Craig,
Published on: 11/15/2006 4:47:34 PM
Title: Gadgets For Guys
Categories: Guys.com,News,Gregg,David,Present,Gift,Gadgets,Holiday,
Published on: 12/5/2008 10:07:05 AM
Title: The Gadget Show Web TV - Episode 11: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL - Top 50 Gadgets
Categories: Tech,jason,tv,computer,gadgetshow,show,the,jon,geek,bentley,suzi,gadget,web,thegadgetshow,bradbury,technology,perry,
Published on: 12/9/2008 9:54:48 AM
Title: Google API Talks - Android, KML,Google Maps,Gadgets/Mapplets
Categories: api,talk,vote,People,kml,tech,google,maps,mapplets,
Published on: 4/11/2008 5:17:36 PM
Title: Windows Vista - Using Gadgets
Categories: Tech,pcwizkid,desktop,aero,microsoft,windows,effects,ubuntu,gadgets,compiz,widgets,vista,imapc,
Published on: 10/4/2008 9:12:17 PM
Android G2 in the works
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Via cnet: On the heels of Google revealing enhancements to its Android mobile platform, rumors are circulating that we may soon be seeing a new Android device. The T-Mobile G2, as the device will reportedly be called, will debut on January 26, according to "rumors" reported by Cell Phone Signal. The new device is expected to have a 5-megapixel autofocus camera, VGA camera for video calls, a full touch screen, and Wi-Fi connectivity, according to the blog. Boy Genius Report has reported a follow-up rumor that says those specs are pretty accurate, but that the release date will actually be in April. Boy Genius' tipster said the G2 wouldn't have a physical QWERTY keyboard, but there would still be a trackball at the bottom of the device. The new device is also expected to be non-exclusive to T-Mobile and sold elsewhere around the world, according to Boy Genius. This week, some of the changes made to the mobile operating system by a private group of developers came to light in Cupcake--the Android code the group shares with the outside world. Now, according to the Android road map, the Cupcake enhancements have started to be merged into the wider, open-source Android project.
Rumor has Android G2 in the works | Wireless - CNET News
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... too much so: http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2008/10/21/hot-t-mobile-g2-pictures-g1-android ... http://www.pcworld.com/article/152536/nextgen_tmobile_g2_in_the_works_oh_come_on.html
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Rumor has Android G2 in the works
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Cupcake’ Developers Working on Android’s New Features!
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NewsDateTime: 12/20/2008
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G1 review: A decent first effort for Android, but it's not there yet
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NewsDateTime: 12/11/2008
A gadget lover’s gift guide
... 16, £12), or Kensington’s Universal FM Transmitter ($40, £27), which works with ... of devices that download music from internet services, such as the Slacker G2 ... 3G-enabled iPhone, T-Mobile’s G1, powered by Google’s open-source Android ...
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Title Android G2 in the works published to cocoa-touch.
Report sent to cocoa-touch. about Android G2 in the works
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Via cnet: On the heels of Google revealing enhancements to its Android mobile platform, rumors are circulating that we may soon be seeing a new Android device. The T-Mobile G2, as the device will reportedly be called, will debut on January 26, according to "rumors" reported by Cell Phone Signal. The new device is expected to have a 5-megapixel autofocus camera, VGA camera for video calls, a full touch screen, and Wi-Fi connectivity, according to the blog. Boy Genius Report has reported a follow-up rumor that says those specs are pretty accurate, but that the release date will actually be in April. Boy Genius' tipster said the G2 wouldn't have a physical QWERTY keyboard, but there would still be a trackball at the bottom of the device. The new device is also expected to be non-exclusive to T-Mobile and sold elsewhere around the world, according to Boy Genius. This week, some of the changes made to the mobile operating system by a private group of developers came to light in Cupcake--the Android code the group shares with the outside world. Now, according to the Android road map, the Cupcake enhancements have started to be merged into the wider, open-source Android project.
Rumor has Android G2 in the works | Wireless - CNET News
Reports say the new device will reportedly feature a VGA camera for video calling, a full touch screen, and Wi-Fi connectivity. Read this blog post by Steven Musil on Wireless.
more ...
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HTC Wasting Little Time, Android Handset Already In The Works ...
HTC Wasting Little Time, Android Handset Already In The Works ... Ed - on the source page for ..." Al Sutton: "At the moment I think the G2 i ...
more ...
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Next-Gen T-Mobile G2 in the Works: Oh Come On!
Mock-ups of a so-called T-Mobile G2 have already started appearing on the Internet, while the first Google Android Phone, the T-Mobile G1 is not even on sale until tomorrow. There ...
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Reader Fan Art - G2 Mockup is a True Dream | AndroidGuys
... too much so: http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2008/10/21/hot-t-mobile-g2-pictures-g1-android ... http://www.pcworld.com/article/152536/nextgen_tmobile_g2_in_the_works_oh_come_on.html
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Android-powered Sciphone Dream G2 is neither dreamy nor the G1's ...
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Cached
Rumor has Android G2 in the works
On the heels of Google revealing enhancements to its Android mobile platform, rumors are circulating that we may soon be seeing a new Android device. The T-Mobile G2, as the device will reportedly be called, will debut on January 26, according to ...
more ...
go to website
Source: CNET News
NewsDateTime: 10 hours ago
Cupcake’ Developers Working on Android’s New Features!
... rumors point towards a T-Mobile G2 coming down the pipeline - all good things for fans of Google’s Linux-based Android OS. Today we have confirmation from the “Cupcake” Android development team that bug-fixes and new features are in the works ...
more ...
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Source: Intomobile.com
NewsDateTime: 12/20/2008
Read all 'Personal communications' posts in Wireless
Rumor has Android G2 in the works Reports say the new device will reportedly feature a VGA camera for video calling, a full touch screen, and Wi-Fi connectivity. Video A toast to online wine The Social The mixtape wars keep on ...
more ...
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Source: CNET News
NewsDateTime: 11 hours ago
G1 review: A decent first effort for Android, but it's not there yet
The Android-based T-Mobile G1 is not an iPhone. It's important to make that comparison ... abandoned my iPod Nano in favor of toting just my iPhone around, and it works fine ... Hopefully, the G2 will be better -- but I don't see anything replacing my iPhone ...
more ...
go to website
Source: Industry Standard
NewsDateTime: 12/11/2008
A gadget lover’s gift guide
... 16, £12), or Kensington’s Universal FM Transmitter ($40, £27), which works with ... of devices that download music from internet services, such as the Slacker G2 ... 3G-enabled iPhone, T-Mobile’s G1, powered by Google’s open-source Android ...
more ...
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Source: Financial Times
NewsDateTime: 12/3/2008
Videos from YouTube
Title: Android Demo
Categories: Tech,developer,android,mobile,development,
Published on: 11/11/2007 6:42:04 PM
Title: Android Video
Categories: date,robots,Entertainment,android,computer,intelligence,Japan,computers,AI,androids,robot,Epstein,dating,
Published on: 4/28/2007 2:25:38 PM
Title: T-Mobile G1 Android Phone Hands-On
Categories: Tech,sprint,android,xperia,phonedogcom,dream,mac,vodafone,t-mobile,windows,nokia,google,at&t,symbian,computers,apple,kravvykrav,g1,x1,htc,verizon,orange,gadget,electronics,mobile,phone,iphone,phonedog,
Published on: 9/23/2008 5:41:58 PM
Title: Android Scanner Application
Categories: Tech,amazon,store,android,g1,htc,t-mobile,mp3,savvy,phonescoop,google,tmobile,shop,
Published on: 9/23/2008 8:16:03 PM
Title: Android - Apps without borders
Categories: platform,open,Education,mobile,intents,Android,
Published on: 9/22/2008 7:14:06 PM
Technology Predictions for 2009
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Smart phones will get smarter
Web Video will go mainstream will TV will clumsily disappear
New New Knowledge workers will save the world again
Web based desktop applications will go mainstream
Microsoft will buy some or all of Yahoo
Facebook will cling to its leadership in social networking
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4 tech predictions for 2009
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Source: CNN Money
NewsDateTime: 12/15/2008
Recession Predictions
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Source: Forbes
NewsDateTime: 12/15/2008
Kingston Technology 2009 Predictions & Trends for the Memory Market
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No Surprise: VCs Say It Will Be Tough To Get Early Stage Funding In ...
... Health Care Logistics Manufacturing Media Services Technology Wall Street Washington ... to stats from the third National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) Predictions Survey, VC firms won’t have much extra time or money to invest in newer companies in 2009 ...
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NewsDateTime: 12/16/2008
Top 10 Cloud Computing Predictions for 2009
SAN MATEO, CA - As the year draws to a close, many companies are left wondering what next year will bring for this year's hottest technology trend -- cloud computing. To answer these questions, Appirio ( www.appirio.com ) today released its top 10 ...
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Title: Technology Pioneer 2009 - Rob Kalin, founder of Etsy
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Title: Technology Pioneer 2009 - Cees Links (GreenPeak)
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Published on: 11/25/2008 4:51:18 AM
Title: Technology Pioneer 2009 - Klaas Kersting (Gameforge)
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Published on: 11/28/2008 4:41:20 AM
Title Technology Predictions for 2009 published to cocoa-touch.
Report sent to cocoa-touch. about Technology Predictions for 2009
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Smart phones will get smarter
Web Video will go mainstream will TV will clumsily disappear
New New Knowledge workers will save the world again
Web based desktop applications will go mainstream
Microsoft will buy some or all of Yahoo
Facebook will cling to its leadership in social networking
Nine clean technology predictions for 2009 | Cleantech Group
It’s become an annual tradition. Here’s Cleantech Group Executive Chairman Nicholas Parker with nine trends to watch for in 2009.
more ...
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Cached
Technology Predictions for 2009 -- CMS Watch
CMS Watch's analyst team peers into 2009 and comes up with twelve predictions for buyers of content technologies. The economic downturn will surely ha
more ...
go to website
Cached
Energy efficiency boom leads 9 clean technology predictions for 2009
Cleantech Group forecasts upswing in energy efficiency and wind sectors, but predicts stalled global climate talks, a rash of failed startups and delayed U.S. cap and trade bill in ...
more ...
go to website
Cached
4 tech predictions for 2009
The technology outlook for the new year looks pretty grim, but there are a few promising trends that are likely to thrive. Here are four predictions for 2009.
more ...
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Cached
Washington Technology Industry Association
Predictions for 2009 ... panel of futurists as they will attempt to predict what technology innovations are expected in 2009 ...
more ...
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Cached
4 tech predictions for 2009
Mini-computers like the Asus Eee are expected to be one of the few bright lights in an otherwise grim market for consumer electronics in 2009. NEW YORK (Fortune) -- You can't really blame technology executives and pundits for not wanting to go too ...
more ...
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Source: CNN Money
NewsDateTime: 12/15/2008
Recession Predictions
Recession Predictions Ed Sperling , 12.15.08, 01:00 AM EST Some Silicon Valley execs ... most pessimistic execs believe a turnaround is inevitable by the end of 2009. ... Related Business Topics Budgeting And Forecasting Information Technology (it) Services
more ...
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Source: Forbes
NewsDateTime: 12/15/2008
Kingston Technology 2009 Predictions & Trends for the Memory Market
John Tu, President and Co-founder says Economic Downturn and Consolidation will help the Industry correct itself 17 December 2008- Dubai, UAE -- John Tu, President and co-founder of Kingston Technology, the independent world leader in memory products ...
more ...
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Source: Zawya.com
NewsDateTime: 12/17/2008
No Surprise: VCs Say It Will Be Tough To Get Early Stage Funding In ...
... Health Care Logistics Manufacturing Media Services Technology Wall Street Washington ... to stats from the third National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) Predictions Survey, VC firms won’t have much extra time or money to invest in newer companies in 2009 ...
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Source: Forbes
NewsDateTime: 12/16/2008
Top 10 Cloud Computing Predictions for 2009
SAN MATEO, CA - As the year draws to a close, many companies are left wondering what next year will bring for this year's hottest technology trend -- cloud computing. To answer these questions, Appirio ( www.appirio.com ) today released its top 10 ...
more ...
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Source: MSNBC
NewsDateTime: 12/17/2008
Videos from YouTube
Title: Technology Pioneer 2009 - Rob Kalin, founder of Etsy
Categories: "technology,People,kalin",economic,pioneer,etsy,2009","world,"rob,forum",
Published on: 11/21/2008 5:11:00 PM
Title: 2009 Yamaha YZF-R1 engine technology explanation
Categories: 2009,crossplane,engineering,four,sport,explanation,crankshaft,yzf-r1,inline,of,engine,super,Yamaha,art,technology,Autos,
Published on: 9/12/2008 3:39:52 AM
Title: 2009 Lincoln MKS - Connectivity Technologies
Categories: activated,THX,SYNC,MKS,Lincoln,connectivity,navigation,technologies,voice,Autos,
Published on: 11/14/2007 1:23:07 PM
Title: Technology Pioneer 2009 - Cees Links (GreenPeak)
Categories: News,WEF,Pioneer,Links,Cees,2009,Forum,Economic,GreenPeak,World,Technology,
Published on: 11/25/2008 4:51:18 AM
Title: Technology Pioneer 2009 - Klaas Kersting (Gameforge)
Categories: News,Klaas,Kersting,WEF,Pioneer,Gameforge,2009,Forum,Economic,World,Technology,
Published on: 11/28/2008 4:41:20 AM
2009 Technology predictions
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Title 2009 Technology predictions published to cocoa-touch.
Report sent to cocoa-touch. about 2009 Technology predictions
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Smart phones will get smarter Web Video will go mainstream will TV will clumsily disappear New New Knowledge workers will save the world again
Nine clean technology predictions for 2009 | Cleantech Group
It’s become an annual tradition. Here’s Cleantech Group Executive Chairman Nicholas Parker with nine trends to watch for in 2009.
more ...
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Technology Predictions for 2009 -- CMS Watch
CMS Watch's analyst team peers into 2009 and comes up with twelve predictions for buyers of content technologies. The economic downturn will surely ha
more ...
go to website
Cached
4 tech predictions for 2009
The technology outlook for the new year looks pretty grim, but there are a few promising trends that are likely to thrive. Here are four predictions for 2009.
more ...
go to website
Cached
SANS Technology Institute: 2009 Security Predictions
Stephen Northcutt and friends offer their predictions for the important trends in network, information and computer security for 2009 and beyond.
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9 Clean Technology Predictions for 2009 - Forced Green
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4 tech predictions for 2009
Mini-computers like the Asus Eee are expected to be one of the few bright lights in an otherwise grim market for consumer electronics in 2009. NEW YORK (Fortune) -- You can't really blame technology executives and pundits for not wanting to go too ...
more ...
go to website
Source: CNN Money
NewsDateTime: 12/15/2008
Recession Predictions
Recession Predictions Ed Sperling , 12.15.08, 01:00 AM EST Some Silicon Valley execs ... most pessimistic execs believe a turnaround is inevitable by the end of 2009. ... Related Business Topics Budgeting And Forecasting Information Technology (it) Services
more ...
go to website
Source: Forbes
NewsDateTime: 12/15/2008
Kingston Technology 2009 Predictions & Trends for the Memory Market
John Tu, President and Co-founder says Economic Downturn and Consolidation will help the Industry correct itself 17 December 2008- Dubai, UAE -- John Tu, President and co-founder of Kingston Technology, the independent world leader in memory products ...
more ...
go to website
Source: Zawya.com
NewsDateTime: 12/17/2008
Top 10 Cloud Computing Predictions for 2009
SAN MATEO, CA - As the year draws to a close, many companies are left wondering what next year will bring for this year's hottest technology trend -- cloud computing. To answer these questions, Appirio ( www.appirio.com ) today released its top 10 ...
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Source: MSNBC
NewsDateTime: 12/17/2008
National Venture Capital Association predicts investment slowdown into ...
According to the organization’s third annual Predictions Survey, which was conducted ... While venture firms are prepared for lower returns in 2009, the upside of this ... 48 percent said that investment in clean technology would increase. • 25 percent ...
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Videos from YouTube
Title: Technology Pioneer 2009 - Rob Kalin, founder of Etsy
Categories: "technology,People,kalin",economic,pioneer,etsy,2009","world,"rob,forum",
Published on: 11/21/2008 5:11:00 PM
Title: 2009 Yamaha YZF-R1 engine technology explanation
Categories: 2009,crossplane,engineering,four,sport,explanation,crankshaft,yzf-r1,inline,of,engine,super,Yamaha,art,technology,Autos,
Published on: 9/12/2008 3:39:52 AM
Title: 2009 Lincoln MKS - Connectivity Technologies
Categories: activated,THX,SYNC,MKS,Lincoln,connectivity,navigation,technologies,voice,Autos,
Published on: 11/14/2007 1:23:07 PM
Title: Technology Pioneer 2009 - Cees Links (GreenPeak)
Categories: News,WEF,Pioneer,Links,Cees,2009,Forum,Economic,GreenPeak,World,Technology,
Published on: 11/25/2008 4:51:18 AM
Title: Technology Pioneer 2009 - Klaas Kersting (Gameforge)
Categories: News,Klaas,Kersting,WEF,Pioneer,Gameforge,2009,Forum,Economic,World,Technology,
Published on: 11/28/2008 4:41:20 AM
Title 2009 Technology predictions published to cocoa-touch.
Report sent to cocoa-touch. about 2009 Technology predictions
This article is located at cocoa-touch.
Smart phones will get smarter Web Video will go mainstream will TV will clumsily disappear New New Knowledge workers will save the world again
Nine clean technology predictions for 2009 | Cleantech Group
It’s become an annual tradition. Here’s Cleantech Group Executive Chairman Nicholas Parker with nine trends to watch for in 2009.
more ...
go to website
Cached
Technology Predictions for 2009 -- CMS Watch
CMS Watch's analyst team peers into 2009 and comes up with twelve predictions for buyers of content technologies. The economic downturn will surely ha
more ...
go to website
Cached
4 tech predictions for 2009
The technology outlook for the new year looks pretty grim, but there are a few promising trends that are likely to thrive. Here are four predictions for 2009.
more ...
go to website
Cached
SANS Technology Institute: 2009 Security Predictions
Stephen Northcutt and friends offer their predictions for the important trends in network, information and computer security for 2009 and beyond.
more ...
go to website
Cached
9 Clean Technology Predictions for 2009 - Forced Green
This list reflects input from industry and government figures in places like Singapore, Mumbai, Tel Aviv, Dubai, London, Barcelona, San Francisco, Was
more ...
go to website
Cached
4 tech predictions for 2009
Mini-computers like the Asus Eee are expected to be one of the few bright lights in an otherwise grim market for consumer electronics in 2009. NEW YORK (Fortune) -- You can't really blame technology executives and pundits for not wanting to go too ...
more ...
go to website
Source: CNN Money
NewsDateTime: 12/15/2008
Recession Predictions
Recession Predictions Ed Sperling , 12.15.08, 01:00 AM EST Some Silicon Valley execs ... most pessimistic execs believe a turnaround is inevitable by the end of 2009. ... Related Business Topics Budgeting And Forecasting Information Technology (it) Services
more ...
go to website
Source: Forbes
NewsDateTime: 12/15/2008
Kingston Technology 2009 Predictions & Trends for the Memory Market
John Tu, President and Co-founder says Economic Downturn and Consolidation will help the Industry correct itself 17 December 2008- Dubai, UAE -- John Tu, President and co-founder of Kingston Technology, the independent world leader in memory products ...
more ...
go to website
Source: Zawya.com
NewsDateTime: 12/17/2008
Top 10 Cloud Computing Predictions for 2009
SAN MATEO, CA - As the year draws to a close, many companies are left wondering what next year will bring for this year's hottest technology trend -- cloud computing. To answer these questions, Appirio ( www.appirio.com ) today released its top 10 ...
more ...
go to website
Source: MSNBC
NewsDateTime: 12/17/2008
National Venture Capital Association predicts investment slowdown into ...
According to the organization’s third annual Predictions Survey, which was conducted ... While venture firms are prepared for lower returns in 2009, the upside of this ... 48 percent said that investment in clean technology would increase. • 25 percent ...
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Source: MSN MoneyCentral
NewsDateTime: 11 hours ago
Videos from YouTube
Title: Technology Pioneer 2009 - Rob Kalin, founder of Etsy
Categories: "technology,People,kalin",economic,pioneer,etsy,2009","world,"rob,forum",
Published on: 11/21/2008 5:11:00 PM
Title: 2009 Yamaha YZF-R1 engine technology explanation
Categories: 2009,crossplane,engineering,four,sport,explanation,crankshaft,yzf-r1,inline,of,engine,super,Yamaha,art,technology,Autos,
Published on: 9/12/2008 3:39:52 AM
Title: 2009 Lincoln MKS - Connectivity Technologies
Categories: activated,THX,SYNC,MKS,Lincoln,connectivity,navigation,technologies,voice,Autos,
Published on: 11/14/2007 1:23:07 PM
Title: Technology Pioneer 2009 - Cees Links (GreenPeak)
Categories: News,WEF,Pioneer,Links,Cees,2009,Forum,Economic,GreenPeak,World,Technology,
Published on: 11/25/2008 4:51:18 AM
Title: Technology Pioneer 2009 - Klaas Kersting (Gameforge)
Categories: News,Klaas,Kersting,WEF,Pioneer,Gameforge,2009,Forum,Economic,World,Technology,
Published on: 11/28/2008 4:41:20 AM
Global Financial Crisis
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The global financial crisis of 2008 is a major financial crisis, the worst of its kind since the Great Depression,[1] which is ongoing as of December 2008. It became prominently visible in September 2008 with the failure, merger or conservatorship of several large United States-based financial firms. The underlying causes leading to the crisis had been reported in business journals for many months before September, with commentary about the financial stability of leading U.S. and European investment banks, insurance firms and mortgage banks consequent to the subprime mortgage crisis.[2][1][3][4] Beginning with failures of large financial institutions in the United States, it rapidly evolved into a global crisis resulting in a number of European bank failures and declines in various stock indexes, and large reductions in the market value of equities (stock)[5] and commodities worldwide.[2] The crisis has led to a liquidity problem and the de-leveraging of financial institutions especially in the United States and Europe, which further accelerated the liquidity crisis.
Global financial crisis of 2008 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The global financial crisis of 2008 is a major financial crisis, the worst of its kind since the Great Depression, [1] which is ongoing as of December 2007.
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In depth coverage of Global financial crisis, including credit squeeze, credit crunch, Lehman Brothers, AGI, HBOS, Lloyds TSB, Goldman Sach, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street, Barclays
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Mainland, Taiwan forum concludes, co-op proposed to weather financial ...
SHANGHAI, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland and Taiwan have proposed improving economic and financial cooperation to jointly cope with the worsening global financial crisis. Jia Qinglin (2nd L), chairman of the National Committee of the ...
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Source: Xinhua News Agency
NewsDateTime: 46 minutes ago
Fischer Says Madoff Shows How Smart Investors Missed Crisis
Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer likened Bernard Madoff ’s alleged $50 billion fraud to the global financial crisis: in both, sophisticated investors missed warning signs that something was awry. “You get into a way ...
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Source: Bloomberg
NewsDateTime: 2 hours ago
Trade Finance Woes Worsen Global Recession
The global financial crisis is drying up the financing that firms depend on for trade. That is making the global recession nastier and deeper than it otherwise would be. As with all kinds of credit these days, financial institutions are making less ...
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Source: Wall Street Journal
NewsDateTime: 3 hours ago
Premier reassures university students on jobs amid financial crisis
He said the country is in a difficult period as the global financial crisis has continued affecting the country's real economy. The government has begun measures to sustain the economy, such as the four-trillion-yuan stimulus package and ...
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Source: Xinhua News Agency
NewsDateTime: 1 hour ago
Rudd's razor gang to fund economic rescue
KEVIN Rudd has resurrected his budget razor gang to slash government spending to counter the global financial crisis and ensure he can deliver his promise to boost pensions next year. And the Prime Minister has demanded ministers produce proposals ...
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Source: News.com.au
NewsDateTime: 3 hours ago
World political leaders and national ministers of finance and central bank directors have coordinated their efforts to reduce fears but the crisis is ongoing and continues to change, evolving at the close of October into a currency crisis with investors transferring vast capital resources into stronger currencies such as the yen, the dollar and the Swiss franc, leading many emergent economies to seek aid from the International Monetary Fund.[6][7] The crisis was triggered by the subprime mortgage crisis and is an acute phase of the financial crisis of 2007-2008.
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The global financial crisis of 2008 is a major financial crisis, the worst of its kind since the Great Depression,[1] which is ongoing as of December 2008. It became prominently visible in September 2008 with the failure, merger or conservatorship of several large United States-based financial firms. The underlying causes leading to the crisis had been reported in business journals for many months before September, with commentary about the financial stability of leading U.S. and European investment banks, insurance firms and mortgage banks consequent to the subprime mortgage crisis.[2][1][3][4] Beginning with failures of large financial institutions in the United States, it rapidly evolved into a global crisis resulting in a number of European bank failures and declines in various stock indexes, and large reductions in the market value of equities (stock)[5] and commodities worldwide.[2] The crisis has led to a liquidity problem and the de-leveraging of financial institutions especially in the United States and Europe, which further accelerated the liquidity crisis.
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The global financial crisis of 2008 is a major financial crisis, the worst of its kind since the Great Depression, [1] which is ongoing as of December 2007.
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Global Financial Crisis 2008 — Global Issues
An overview of the causes and consequences of the global financial crisis that hit the world in 2008.
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Global Financial Crisis
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In depth coverage of Global financial crisis from the Financial Times
In depth coverage of Global financial crisis, including credit squeeze, credit crunch, Lehman Brothers, AGI, HBOS, Lloyds TSB, Goldman Sach, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street, Barclays
more ...
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Mainland, Taiwan forum concludes, co-op proposed to weather financial ...
SHANGHAI, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland and Taiwan have proposed improving economic and financial cooperation to jointly cope with the worsening global financial crisis. Jia Qinglin (2nd L), chairman of the National Committee of the ...
more ...
go to website
Source: Xinhua News Agency
NewsDateTime: 46 minutes ago
Fischer Says Madoff Shows How Smart Investors Missed Crisis
Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer likened Bernard Madoff ’s alleged $50 billion fraud to the global financial crisis: in both, sophisticated investors missed warning signs that something was awry. “You get into a way ...
more ...
go to website
Source: Bloomberg
NewsDateTime: 2 hours ago
Trade Finance Woes Worsen Global Recession
The global financial crisis is drying up the financing that firms depend on for trade. That is making the global recession nastier and deeper than it otherwise would be. As with all kinds of credit these days, financial institutions are making less ...
more ...
go to website
Source: Wall Street Journal
NewsDateTime: 3 hours ago
Premier reassures university students on jobs amid financial crisis
He said the country is in a difficult period as the global financial crisis has continued affecting the country's real economy. The government has begun measures to sustain the economy, such as the four-trillion-yuan stimulus package and ...
more ...
go to website
Source: Xinhua News Agency
NewsDateTime: 1 hour ago
Rudd's razor gang to fund economic rescue
KEVIN Rudd has resurrected his budget razor gang to slash government spending to counter the global financial crisis and ensure he can deliver his promise to boost pensions next year. And the Prime Minister has demanded ministers produce proposals ...
more ...
go to website
Source: News.com.au
NewsDateTime: 3 hours ago
World political leaders and national ministers of finance and central bank directors have coordinated their efforts to reduce fears but the crisis is ongoing and continues to change, evolving at the close of October into a currency crisis with investors transferring vast capital resources into stronger currencies such as the yen, the dollar and the Swiss franc, leading many emergent economies to seek aid from the International Monetary Fund.[6][7] The crisis was triggered by the subprime mortgage crisis and is an acute phase of the financial crisis of 2007-2008.
Videos from YouTube
Title: The Financial Crisis...Simplified
Categories: News,crisis,sub-prime,vlogbrothers,nerdfighters,financial,mortgage,
Published on: 9/29/2008 5:03:09 PM
Title: The Financial Crisis Explained
Categories: crisis,moe,doug,hale,Comedy,library,sketch,bailout,billion,quiet,financial,government,sherng-lee,tuculescu,dollar,
Published on: 10/6/2008 3:46:12 PM
Title: The Real Reason for the Financial Crisis
Categories: News,crisis,bailout,Phil,MBS,Gramm,financial,Mortgage,McCain,John,
Published on: 10/2/2008 6:43:53 AM
Title: Ron Paul on the Global Financial Crisis
Categories: cabal,gold,News,cartel,reserve,monopoly,inflation,socialism,hazard,federal,depression,AIG,derivatives,moral,devaluation,dollar,banking,
Published on: 9/18/2008 9:20:28 AM
Title: Bird and Fortune - Subprime Crisis
Categories: bird,crisis,Structured,Enhanced,Fund,Comedy,fortune,High-Grade,sterns,Credit,subprime,bremner,Leverage,Strategies,bear,
Published on: 2/14/2008 8:30:17 AM
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