Archive for the ‘Process’ Category

Google “Street-View” on Art

Friday, February 4th, 2011

If you can afford to take a trip around the world to some of the world’s famous museums, no need to worry, Google has you covered.

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The search engine has announced a new art project where one can Google any piece of art in the world and experience it, as if they were actually in the museum.

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Training: Making Small Talk

Friday, November 26th, 2010

In most English-speaking countries, it is normal and necessary to make “small talk” in certain situations. Small talk is a casual form of conversation that “breaks the ice” or fills an awkward silence between people. The ability to make ‘small talk’ is highly valued. In fact, many English students agree that making effective small talk is much more important than knowing correct grammar structures – and rightly so! Small talk gets friendship started and ‘breaks the ice’ before important business meetings and other events.

Training: Effective Business Letter Writing

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

The training’s purpose is to equip participants with knowledge of the main principles and techniques of effective business letter writing. In this entertaining, highly practical course, participants learn how to structure letters for success, produce a more professional document, maximize comprehension, and create a good impression.

Novell Keeps Unix Copyrights from Microsoft

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

microsoft-and-novellNovell has moved to quell growing concerns that it has sold Linux out to Microsoft as part of its Attachmate deal.

On Wednesday, Novell chief marketing officer John Dragoon issued a short statement saying that Novell – not Microsoft – owns the copyrights on Unix.

Sentence two of Dragoon’s terse, three-sentence statement said simply: “Novell will continue to own Novell’s Unix copyrights following completion of the merger as a subsidiary of Attachmate.”

Dragoon’s statement came two days after Novell said that it is being sold to Attachmate for $2.2bn. Under the deal, the barely-known Attachmate is selling 882 Novell patents to an even lesser known Microsoft-backed consortium called CPTN Holdings LLC for $450m in cash. Novell’s SEC filing on the deal did not specify which patents are going to Microsoft, and Microsoft has not coughed up details either.

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After 5 years, Xbox 360 Still a Big Winner

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

If there’s one thing that I recall more than any other from “Zero Hour,” the 30-hour Xbox 360 launch event on November 20 and 21, 2005, it was the sight of dozens of gamers literally passed out on beanbags, their controllers still in their hands.

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Despite absolutely frigid conditions, more than 2,000 gamers showed up in Palmdale, an aerospace town about an hour northeast of Los Angeles, for the chance to be among the first ever to play and buy an Xbox 360.

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