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Submission + - SPAM: The art of public speaking from one of its masters

Submitted by mikeconsol on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @01:57AM

mikeconsol writes: The careers of most executives advance or stall based on how well they communicate. Public speaking performances are the riskiest of all, but they also give you a chance to make a very big impact. Being a sought-after public speaker gives you and your company a cachet that would otherwise be absent. One of the best places to look for guidance in these matters is the late Jack Valenti, former CEO of the Motion Picture Society of America. Here is expert advice from Valenti on becoming a confident and powerful public speaker.
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Submission + - Bomb-Resistant Trucks Blast RPGs Before They Hit

Submitted by

Ponca City, We love you

on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @12:41AM

Ponca City, We love you writes: "Wired reports that the US Army has awarded an $8 million contract to equip MRAP (mine resistant ambush protected) armored trucks with Iron Curtain, a protection system which blasts incoming Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG) before they can hit the vehicle. Iron Curtain detects and tracks the incoming rocket with radar, which then cues an optical sensor — a smart camera, essentially that identifies and classifies the threat, pinpointing the location of the rocket with an accuracy of about half an inch, and then selects an aim point. A row of explosive countermeasures is mounted on a rail running around the top of the vehicle. The system selects the best one of countermeasures, and fires it vertically downwards at the exact moment the rocket is passing. This does not destroy the warhead but ‘duds’ it so that the warhead deflagrates, rather than exploding properly. By the end of the collision of RPG and countermeasure, the warhead bounces off of the vehicle’s side. MRAP vehicles equipped with Iron Curtain and CROSSHAIRS should be ready for testing in July 2010. Meanwhile, there are also studies to integrate Iron Curtain with Hummers and with the LAV’s operated by the Marine Corps."

Submission + - French court fines eBay US$2.5 million (goodgearguide.com.au)

Submitted by

angry tapir

on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @12:37AM

angry tapir writes: "A French court has fined eBay US$2.5 million for failing to comply with an earlier ruling that required the online retailer to prevent the sale of certain brands of perfume to French consumers on its sites. The ruling is related to one of three lawsuits brought by LVMH, a company that controls brands including Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton and Givenchy. The suits charged eBay with unlawful marketing of perfume brands that included Christian Dior, Kenzo and Givenchy as well as the sale of counterfeit items on eBay."

Submission + - Can Google hack it in business? (infoworld.com)

Submitted by GMGruman on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @12:32AM

GMGruman writes: Robert L. Scheier analyzes Google Apps to see if it really can be trusted by businesses and governments. With the city of Los Angeles adopting Gmail, and Google steadily pushing its business cloud offerings, more organizations are tempted by the low price and promised simplicity of running equivalents to Microsoft Exchange, Office, and even SharePoint from Google. As Scheier discovers, many Google Apps can be meet business-level needs — but not all.

Submission + - Microsoft Won't Pay Murdoch to De-Index Google

Submitted by

Hugh Pickens

on Monday November 30, 2009 @11:46PM

Hugh Pickens writes: "AP reports that Microsoft is unlikely to fund a Google boycott contradicting earlier reports that Microsoft is in discussions to pay Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to 'de-index' its news websites from Google. Discussions between Microsoft and News Corp could result in new revenue-sharing agreements or other payments — but an agreement wouldn't necessarily require News Corp or other publishers to boycott Google. "The reality is that people have been trained to go to Google for information, so if you are not showing up in Google, that hurts," says Forrester Research analyst Shar VanBoskirk. Even publishers who are thinking about limiting Google's access to some newspapers realize it probably would be counterproductive to cut all ties with a search engine that is so pivotal in Internet navigation. "We are in no shape or form at odds with Google," said William Dean Singleton, chief executive of MediaNews Group Inc., a private company that owns more than 50 daily newspapers, including The Denver Post and San Jose Mercury News. "There is no question that Google provides us with a large audience for our content, which we monetize with ad revenue." And despite its reported flirtations with Microsoft, News Corp. evidently still thinks highly enough of Google's search engine to pay it for traffic. Entering the words "financial news" into Google's search engine over the past week triggered an advertisement from The Wall Street Journal. Anyone clicking on that link would be sent to the newspaper — and would put more money into Google's pocket."

Comment Re:And? (Score 4, Insightful) 857

by riptide_dot on Thursday June 29, 2006 @01:52PM (#15629253) Attached to: WGA Turning Off PCs in the Fall?

It is their product, if you didn't pay for it I don't see how you can complain that they aren't going to support you or allow you to continue using it. If you want software to be free that much, use Linux and stop complaining. What if I did pay for it and I don't want the WGA software installed? I'm not allowed to use the sofware I PAID FOR because I don't want to add on to it? That's like selling me a car and telling me that if I refuse to put a spoiler on the back that I won't be allowed to drive it.

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