Jerry Yang's 'confidential' memo to the SEC

Thanks to Brinke, for pointing me to a serious breach or miss use of the SEC web servers.

As can be seen from the screen capture - there has been some content being placed on the this URL. This page being dished out by the SEC.

However, if you trim the URL you will see that this page has been past \edger\data pathway contents should not be visible to the generic user.

Is this a serious breach of data and usage of government servers ?

Statement from Brad Smith, General Counsel, Microsoft

"Today, Google is the dominant search engine and advertising company on the Web. Google has amassed about 75 percent of paid search revenues worldwide and its share continues to grow. According to published reports, Google currently has more than 65 percent search query share in the U.S. and more than 85 percent in Europe. Microsoft and Yahoo! on the other hand have roughly 30 percent combined in the U.S. and approximately 10 percent combined in Europe."

interest way General Counsel MSFT is rebutting David Drummond General Counsel, Google :)-

So google has worked to get that market space and MSFT at time debunked the internet as a platform..

This is going to be a great war of words.. still waiting for "new" YHOO Statement !!

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lazyweb test

testing  if Hoosgot scraps content based on keyword within content [title]

Livescribe

I just had a look at livescribe, the newest and hotest gadget for the Personal computing.

Heres what my intial thoughts on their blog.

Is it possible to leverage the SDK towards UML spec's ? that is a drawing is done on the DPS paper and then the an applications converts the drawing into UML which is ready for Consumption.. along with direct Audio capture for each of the component's within the UML.

Methinks that will be killer app in terms of agile / next wave of SDLC's methods.. not to mention the host of apps that can be written for various vertical.. think of a doctor that scribble's on a patient's DPS (Dot Positioning systems) paper / chart and it goes routed to medical records to the pharmacy etc in a closed /secure loop infrastructure ? This means before you reach the pharmacy the medication is ready for pickup.

me likes this app. ..when does it ship to Canada ?

Hoosgot test

testing  if Hoosgot scraps content based on keyword within content !

MacAir and China - early warning signs !!

 steverubel sez "MacBook Air supply issues definitely China weather related. That's why everyone is so cagey. I think everyone expected to have them today."

This is a comment of strong fact. China has been having a lot of problems with the Snow etc. Logistics is certainly being impacted.

Now, what happens  if there is a major national disastor in China ? Lets say the Bird Flu Virus, jumps to human beings or mutates and beings air borne. What will happen to the world ?  Remember, there is no alternative logistic pipelines out China.  Just think of it, no new tires for the car's - spares parts of machinery, food, and don't expect cheap toys during Xmas season.  Net net about 40-60% of the US economy will be effected, another 30-40% of the EU's likewise the South America's.

The dependability of global trade on a specific geophysically located /country could spell another type of doomsday for the other countries. 

Southwest Airlines - Drink Coupons Hack !!!

Not sure if this hack works. but if you travel SWA, try it out and let me know .. [Vai DigtialFreeze ]

Southwest Airlines has a class of ticket called 'Business Select'. This ticket typically allows you to board the plane first, and because SWA doesn't have assigned seating means you have your pick of the seats on the plane. But there is quite an additional benefit.

You also get a free drink ticket. But they seem to have forgotten something in the implementation of this: Being your drink coupon is
issued to you when you print your boarding pass. It's also printed whenever you *reprint* your boarding pass!

Neat'o Way to get drunk on a short/mid  haul flight :)-

Chatter capture

To those who are interested in real time chatter with the Microsoft+ Yahoo deal. You can get some insight on eventracker

This is a neat way to keep all the chatter together and see whats happening when something big or small is happening within the ether !

MSFT Landscape for a technical Prespective

If MicroSoft buys Yahoo, then the technical landscape zones that will get revamped would the on the development strand of this mind map.

(MindMap created by Bryce Johnson )

What else could change ?

BREAKING NEWS !! MICROSOFT BIDS FOR YAHOO

I get up this morning to to some breaking news and had to post immediately. THe chatter was picked up on Twitter.

Microsoft Corp. is offering $44.6 billion in cash and stock for search engine operator Yahoo Inc. in a move to boost its competitive edge in the online services market.

A Leading Industry Analyst , Monkchips states " its all about t economy is going to kick in. its all about the referrals baby. aQuantive has a plan".

Dennis of ZDNET " This is not a done deal. We have speculated that one of the enterprise giants might think ride in as a white knight. After all, Oracle or IBM could use a vendor aligned to cloud computing and would arguably would make better use of Yahoo!'s assets, applying strong fiscal management.

As for me , I think its just one big Ploy by MSFT. Its an opprotunity for them to pull the steak knife and take a jab at Yahoo and Google. Both these companies are not doing well, as their expected earnings have fallen. In addition there has been increases in the TAC (traffic Acquisition Costs).

Stay tuned there is a media Conference call set for 8.30AM