On May 22, 2010

Resource Utilization Alchemy: Turning an Art Into a Science

Increasingly, sellers of IT are finding it harder to win large software and hardware capital purchases contracts, which traditionally followed three- to seven-year obsolescence and refresh cycles. The shifts in technology and business models accelerated by the

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On May 21, 2010

Payment method feature on “income”

One feature I'd love under Income is HOW the customer paid (cash, credit, paypal, etc). I would find that extremely useful. Maybe someday?

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On May 21, 2010

Will Texas Textbook Decision Spur On E-Readers?

Just removed from the 8th grade social studies curriculum in Texas: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter From a Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963.

And that's just the beginning.

Other changes to come in history…

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On May 21, 2010

Content Mill Demand Media Expands Its Reach — To More Newspapers! [Exclusive]

Demand Media has expanded its move into traditional newspapers with a publicly unannounced deal to provide articles and video to web sites owned by Hearst's San Francisco Chronicle and Houston Chronicle.

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On May 21, 2010

Now You Can See BP’s Live Oil-Spill Feed — While Watching the Company Squirm

BP's live video feed of the gushing well is coming back to haunt them, now that the public gets to watch too.

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On May 21, 2010

How to specify our own currency symbol?

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On May 21, 2010

Friday Links

? The new episode of The Business Beat has been released by the wonderful crew over at Portfolio. It’s a DIY issue, featuring Mark Freuenfelder, author Made by Hand (one of our favorite new books), and Power…

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On May 21, 2010

How American Apparel Lost its Ass, and How it Can Get Back on its Feet

It's been a wild ride to stardom for 13-year-old American Apparel (APP). CEO Dov Charney proved a wizard at grabbing attention for the brand with notoriously porn-y advertising. But now it's all coming crashing down because along the way, the

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On May 21, 2010

Tesla and Toyota: A Likely Win-Win

Tesla and Toyota are working together on electric car strategy and maybe a car down the road. The partnership could be more fruitful than last year's alliance with Daimler.

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On May 21, 2010

The FTC Never Forgets: Just Look at the Federal Pursuit of Infomercial King Kevin Trudeau

The Trudeau case demonstrates an interesting aspect of the FTC: The agency, which polices false advertising, is often slow to act. But when it does, it's like a vengeful elephant: It never forgets and you have made an enemy for

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