The Technology Tech Leaders Fear the Most

clipped from blogs.wsj.com You know that cool Web site you found or the device that makes you more productive? Better not bring it to the office: The majority of corporate tech leaders say that these tools don’t belong in the workplace. That’s according to CIO Magazine, which found that 54% of the 311 tech leaders it surveyed said that technology designed for consumers was inappropriate for corporate use. Here are the top nine Voice-over-the-Internet software Online productivity software. This surprised us, but software like Google Apps and Zoho Digital cameras Remote storage Smartphones Social-networking Web sites. Ten percent of tech leaders are frightened by sites like MySpace and Facebook. Instant Messaging. Online chat is a large enough security threat that 11% of tech leaders said it was their biggest fear. Web-based email accounts. Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail topped the list Portable storage devices. A runaway winner, devices like USB drives were the biggest fear for 43% of tech leaders.

Three of the Nasdaq Four Horseman Are Limping

clipped from bigpicture.typepad.com Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG) and Baidu (BIDU) -- three of the NASDAQ FOUR HORSEMAN -- have been coming up gimpy since their FusionIQ timing sell signals (triggered at much higher levels several weeks ago). These stocks have fallen precipitously since those Sells. Only Research in Motion (RIMM) -- which gapped open strongly yesterday -- acts well. Google Apple Baidu note: Sell Signals are indicated with a red "S" Research in Motion

Money?

clipped from news.aol.com So, The New York Times today has a piece on how Hillary Clinton's spending habits aren't exactly in line with what you would expect from a presidential candidate who just recently had to loan herself $5 million to stay competitive with her rival, Barack Obama. The candidates had to submit January campaign finance reports to the Federal Elections Commission. Clinton's can be seen here, while Obama's is here. By Liza Porteus Viana Feb 22nd 2008 11:45AM Filed Under:eHillary Clinton, Democrats, Barack Obama, 2008 President

Newborn lemur makes public apperance at Paris zoo

clipped from blogs.usatoday.com This lemur, known as Propithecus verreauxi coronatus, is part of an endangered species native to Madagascar.

Netscape Finally Really Dead

clipped from blogs.wsj.com AOL will officially pull the plug on the Netscape Web browser next week, which raises the question: Netscape is still alive? This week, the diehards who still use Netscape’s browser received a notice telling them it was time to start using either the Firefox or Flock browsers — for some reason Netscape didn’t suggest switching to Explorer – officially marking the end of an era. This blogger will always remember Netscape fondly for providing access to out-of-town baseball scores in the early days of the Web.

Green Eyeshades vs. Starry Eyes: The Cap or Tax Debate

clipped from blogs.wsj.com We’ve written before that in climate policy, the devil is in the details. Last week’s post on a Congressional Budget Office report that argued a carbon tax would be far more efficient than a cap-and-trade program provoked plenty of responses. The CBO report said a carbon tax would produce emission reductions at a lower cost than a cap-and-trade system, because a tax would give industry more flexibility to target the cheapest emission cuts first. That didn’t sit well with Environmental Defense, the New York-based advocacy group that for years has led the political charge for a U.S. cap-and-trade system. The CBO analysis comparing the efficiency of a carbon tax with a cap-and-trade system has serious flaws. It highlights the drawbacks of a version of cap-and-trade that no one advocates, and bases its efficiency analysis on a faulty premise. Environmental Defense points to its own deconstruction of the CBO report the threat is catastrophic “tipping points”

Would You Be Disillusioned by a Boss’s Inappropriate Behavior?

clipped from blogs.wsj.com The controversial New York Times article published yesterday questions Sen. John McCain’s record of adhering to ethical standards. The piece says that some of Sen. McCain’s top advisors believed that his close relationship with lobbyist Vicki Iseman had turned romantic Their alleged disappointment in Sen. McCain raises the question of how colleagues and friends respond to infidelity or inappropriate behavior in a boss or coworker. In this Work Therapy column on WSJ.com, a reader seeks advice because a long-time mentor has left his wife for a woman with whom he was having an affair. “All of a sudden, I feel uncomfortable around him. Professionally, he is still at the top of his game and a worthwhile mentor. But on a personal level, I feel like he’s done something wrong and isn’t trustworthy,” the reader writes. Experts in the article says that the mentee may not know the whole story and should raise the issue with the mentor — before rashly ending the relationship.

Football Forecasters Think Too Much

clipped from blogs.wsj.com Each year, ESPN.com columnist Gregg Easterbrook keeps track of errant NFL predictions. He acknowledges in his introduction to this year’s column that he’s only reporting the worst Full disclosure: Mr. Easterbrook picks on my print colleague Allen St. John for missing on most of his playoff picks “Here’s the beauty of the Isaacson-Tarbell Postulate: You don’t need incredible insider information, you don’t need to spend hours in fevered contemplation, you don’t even need to know who’s playing,” Mr. Easterbrook wrote. “Simply always check-mark the team with the best record, or, if their records are equal, check-mark the home team. I’ve written before about how this maxim applies to hurricane forecasts, to conflict scenarios and to political punditry. I In a recent recap of forecaster accuracy, the Journal’s Justin Lahart noted that the top forecaster scored just 41 out of 100, and the average score was just 18.

Memory And Thinking Problems Decline Among Older Americans

clipped from www.alzheimersanddementia.org clipped from www.medicalnewstoday.com A new US study suggests that brain health is improving among older Americans as demonstrated by a decline in thinking and memory problems in this group. The researchers said improved cardiovascular care, better education, and being financially better off could be the main reasons. The researchers found that: About 40 per cent of the decrease in cognitive impairment over the decade ending in 2002 was likely due to increases in education and personal wealth. They found this by comparing two groups of seniors, one at the start of the decade and one at the end. School attendance requirements, graduation rates in high school, enrollment rates in college or technical school, all went up in the period when the adults in the study were children and young adults. 72 per cent of people aged over 65 living in 2003 had a high school diploma compared with 53 per cent in 1990. The proportion of college-educated elderly also went up during that time, from 11 to 17 per cent.

Clinton V. Obama: Legislative Accomplishments

clipped from news.aol.com By now you may have caught the viral video that the Clinton campaign is e-mailing around. It features a rather dumbfounded Obama surrogate Kirk Watson who cannot name a single legislative accomplishment for the guy he's on the air promoting. That will go down in history as perhaps the single worst performance of spindom ever. But does Watson's ignorance prove Clinton and McCain's claim that Obama, unlike Hillary, is all talk and no walk? I thought this might be a good time to revive a piece I put up a while back comparing the legislative agendas of both Clinton and Obama in 2007. You can read the whole piece here, but the gist is that neither one has a whole lot of passed bills of real substance over which to gloat. By David Knowles Feb 20th 2008 12:56PM Filed Under:eHillary Clinton, Democrats, Barack Obama, Viral Video

Teamsters Union to Endorse Barack Obama

clipped from news.aol.com Sen. Barack Obama is poised to get the endorsement of the powerful Teamsters, the second major union endorsement for the Democratic front-runner in a week, union officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Obama will meet with Teamster President James P. Hoffa in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday. The endorsement is expected to come soon thereafter, said the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the planned formal announcement. The Teamsters represent 1.4 million members. The Democratic presidential contenders have lobbied hard for the Teamster endorsement because of the power the union wields through its fundraising for Democratic candidates and get-out-the-vote programs. The Teamsters gave more than $2.2 million to Democrats in federal races in 2004. They have given more than $24 million to Democratic election causes since 1989, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Texas-Size Health Quiz for Clinton and Obama

clipped from blogs.wsj.com Now McCaughey, who now runs a group battling hospital-acquired infections, is posing questions about health care of Hillary Clinton and her rival Barack Obama in advance of their debate in Texas this Thursday night. Sen. Clinton: When you pledge to cover every one of the 47 million uninsured, do you include recent and future newcomers to the United States, legal and illegal? Sen. Obama: You have said that you will require all parents to have health insurance for their children. What will you do to enforce this law? What would you ask Obama and Clinton about health care?

In Wisconsin, Obama has edge over Clinton

clipped from www.marketwatch.com While Clinton, the Democratic senator from New York, is behind rival U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in polls leading up to Tuesday's Wisconsin primary, she could pull off an upset, some pundits say. Obama leads Clinton in pre-primary polls by four or five percentage points, well within the margin of error. And despite her claims that she's setting up a firewall in Ohio and Texas to stop what is becoming an Obama juggernaut, Clinton will be hitting the stump in the Badger State to make sure she at least captures a sizable chunk of the state's 92 delegates and super-delegates. Wisconsin is a diverse state, known for its progressive politics. With an elaborate public school and college network, the state's electorate is highly educated and has large college-age populations in the capital of Madison as well as other cities throughout the state. There's also a significant working-class demographic in urban centers such as Milwaukee, which once elected a socialist mayor.

Pushing on a string

clipped from krugman.blogs.nytimes.com Ben Bernanke has cut interest rates a lot since last summer. But can he make a difference? Or is he just, as the old line has it, pushing on a string? Here’s the Fed funds target rate (red line) — which is what the Fed actually controls — versus the interest rate on Baa corporate bonds (blue line), which is probably a better guide to what matters for actual business spending. It’s pretty grim. Basically, deteriorating credit conditions have offset everything the Fed has done. Doubleplus ungood.

Jaws Trailer

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Alzheimer's Foundation Offers Grant for Innovative Service

clipped from www.prnewswire.com As demand increases nationwide for support services for individuals with Alzheimer's disease and their families, the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) today announced that it will be accepting applications for a $30,000 grant to support an innovative program or service that improves the lives of those affected by the brain disorder. The grant process is open only to AFA's nonprofit member organizations, and applications must be postmarked by May 15, 2008. To find out more about AFA membership and AFA's grant programs, visit http://www.alzfdn.org or call 866-AFA-8484. AFA's services include a toll-free hot line, counseling, educational materials, a free caregiver magazine, and professional training. For information, call (toll-free) 866-AFA-8484 or visit http://www.alzfdn.org.

Obama's Victory Speech in Madison, Wisconsin

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Feds Lists Worst-of-the-Worst Nursing Homes

clipped from blogs.wsj.com The federal government just published a list of more than 100 of the worst nursing homes in the country, based on how they fared during government inspections. The list is online here. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the federal agency that runs Medicare, published a portion of the list last year, but today was the first time the complete list has been made public. Information on deficiencies at nursing homes not on the special facilities list is available at Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare Web site, which allows users to search by location or by the name of facilities.