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I’ve found it important to communicate with IT decision makers to learn how they made important IT decisions. This time, I had the opportunity to communicate with Jim DiMario, CIO and Director of IT at Mazada’s North American Operations to learn more about his company’s decision to use cloud services […]
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U.S. leads SaaS parade as emerging markets wary, says report
July 31st, 2013 
Peter Nolan The United States accounts for 60 percent of the software as a service market and emerging markets in Asia and Latin America are lagging due to concerns about security, third party control and lack of bandwidth, according to a report from Siemer & Associates. Siemer’s report, which will be released […]
Bruce Willis and the dressing gown
July 31st, 2013 Peter Nolan Bruce Willis is a law unto himself, pictured here in his dressing gown. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied BRUCE Willis is still totally and utterly bored with promoting Red 2. So much so, that he couldn’t even manage to get out of his pyjamas for a live breakfast television interview with Daybreak’s Kate Garraway yesterday. Willis […]
An end to Peanut Butter D-cup porn
July 31st, 2013 Peter Nolan Adult film makers Caballero Video have agreed to stop making movies with titles based on Ben and Jerry’s ice cream flavours such as ‘Peanut Butter D-Cup’. Source: News Limited THE days of buying pornographic videos with names based on Ben &Jerry’s ice cream flavours are over. Caballero Video has agreed to stop marketing “Boston Cream […]
Dell buyout consortium sees deal collapsing: source
July 31st, 2013 Peter Nolan NEW YORK (Reuters) – Dell Inc CEO Michael Dell and his private equity partner Silver Lake expect their deal to buy the No. 3 PC maker to collapse unless the company’s special committee changes how votes on the transaction are counted, a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Earlier on Wednesday, Dell’s special […]
Apple CEO met China Mobile head, discussed cooperation
July 31st, 2013 Peter Nolan By Paul Carsten and Lee Chyen Yee BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday met with the head of China Mobile Ltd, the world’s largest mobile carrier by subscribers and the only Chinese carrier that doesn’t offer iPhones and iPads. The meeting with China Mobile Chairman Xi Guohua in Beijing was to […]
Facebook passes IPO price for 1st time since IPO
July 31st, 2013 Peter Nolan NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook‘s stock price has passed its $38 IPO price for the first time since its rocky initial public offering more than a year ago. Shares of Facebook Inc. are up 1.2 percent to $38.08 in morning trading Wednesday. The world’s biggest online social network has been on a roll since reporting […]
Facebook stock passes $38 IPO price for first time since troubled initial public offering
July 31st, 2013 Peter Nolan NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook stock passes $38 IPO price for first time since troubled initial public offering. Source Article from http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-stock-passes-38-ipo-133205368.html Views: 0
Facebook shares touch above IPO price in premarket
July 31st, 2013 Peter Nolan NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook‘s stock has passed its IPO price of $38 before the market open. If the gains hold in the regular session, it would mark the first time the stock has risen above that mark since its rocky initial public offering in May 2012. Before Wednesday’s opening bell, the shares rose as […]
Twitter’s ‘Report Abuse’ Button Is a Good, But Small, First Step
July 31st, 2013 Peter Nolan After its users’ rape threats became too hard to ignore and the public outcry for an easy way to report such threats grew increasingly louder, Twitter has announced that it will finally create a “Report Abuse” button. Now the big question is: Is this going to do any good? RELATED: Twitter Tells News Organizations to […]
IBM cooperating with SEC on probe of its cloud revenue
July 31st, 2013 Peter Nolan NEW YORK (Reuters) – IBM Corp said on Wednesday that it is cooperating with U.S. regulators on an investigation into how it reports revenue from its cloud computing business. Its shares fell 1 percent to $193.89 in pre-market trading. IBM said it learned of the investigation, being conducted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, […]
Hey, Peter Jackson, Freddie Wong is bringing high-frame rate online – and viewers are flocking to it
July 31st, 2013 Peter Nolan By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) – When Peter Jackson opted to shoot and release “The Hobbit” at 48 frames per second, he predicted the higher frame rate would become the new standard for all of Hollywood’s biggest films. Instead, it sparked a major dispute. Less than a year after the film’s release, the jury […]
Exclusive: Sundance Institute digitally premiering 15 movies this fall
July 31st, 2013 Peter Nolan By Josh Dickey LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Sundance Institute will release 15 independent films in the coming months through its Artist Services self-distribution program, including the premiere of “Sing Me the Song That Says I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle with Martha and Rufus Wainwright.” The 15 titles are all making their digital […]
Facebook stock almost hits IPO price, 14 months after rocky debut
July 31st, 2013 Peter Nolan By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s stock on Tuesday came within a hair of reclaiming its $38 debut price for the first time since going public in 2012, a milestone in the social networking company‘s effort to wipe away Wall Street‘s skepticism of its business. The stock has surged more than 40 […]
Microsoft losing money on Surface tablets
July 31st, 2013 Peter Nolan SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp‘s Surface tablets have yet to make any profit as sputtering sales have been eclipsed by advertising costs and an accounting charge, according to the software company‘s annual report. The two tablet models, introduced in October and February to challenge Apple Inc‘s popular iPad, have so far brought in revenue of […]
The Seduction of Judeo-"Christianity" by Orthodox Judaism
July 31st, 2013 FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Mr. Hoffman, I am very happy that this was a good gathering. I intendto put the Postcard insert from mycopy of Usury in Christendom on the notice board at my local good foods store tomorrow. The notice board is well placed and well noticed. I am absorbed in this book. Thank you and I wish […]
Syrian Army continues Military Operations in Aleppo & Homs
July 31st, 2013 Syrian army carried out military operations in Damascus, Homs, and Aleppo. The troops of the Syrian Arab army (SAA) are gaining more and more ground in several regions across the country and the recent cleansing operations by units of the Syrian army were again very successful in these regions of the country, including the countryside […]
America’s War against Syria’s Artistic Creations, Film, Media and Cultural Heritage
July 31st, 2013 Syrian Drama of Another Order. The blockade on Syria -on Syrian life not weaponry- reaches into the heart of social, historical and cultural life. This policy is integral to the US-led assault against the country and against Arab national integrity. No-fly zone, poison gas, foreign guerrillas, sectarian massacres. These frightening yet alluring, ambitious yet wearying […]
Titanium Backup 6.1.0: Android 4.3 Support & Bugfixes
July 31st, 2013 The new version of Titanium Backup in the Google Play Store has finally the support for the new Android 4.3 version and integrates such features like scheduled job power conditions, data exclusion for media storage, and the new version of Titanium Backup also fixes the support for Android 1.5, which was broken in the last […]
Jailed and Raped for Not Fasting by AlNusra Front Jihadists
July 31st, 2013 AlNusra Front continues its criminal & shameful behavior towards the Syrian people and Muslims everywhere. Right after the story of banning croissants in Aleppo the story of jailing and raping all who breaks fasting during Ramadan, women or men, started in AlBukamal town in Deir Ezzor. AlNusra Front have issued an order to all its […]
