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  1. 2009.02.26 Windows Command Prompts 01/30/2009 by CEOinIRVINE
  2. 2009.02.26 Apple director says no change in Jobs' plans by CEOinIRVINE
  3. 2009.02.11 Why A $99 iPhone Is Bad For Apple by CEOinIRVINE
  4. 2009.02.11 Vmware Fusion 2 vs. Parallels Desktop 4.0 by CEOinIRVINE
  5. 2009.02.11 Intel's Chief On His $7 Billion Bet by CEOinIRVINE
  6. 2009.02.11 Qwest profit falls 49 pct in 4Q by CEOinIRVINE
  7. 2009.02.11 Obama's Stimulus by CEOinIRVINE
  8. 2009.02.09 IPhone by CEOinIRVINE
  9. 2009.02.09 Amazon New Kindle : Resurvival of publishing industry? by CEOinIRVINE
  10. 2009.02.07 Guitar Hero by CEOinIRVINE

 

compmgmt.msc - Computer management
devmgmt.msc - Device manager
diskmgmt.msc - Disk management
dfrg.msc - Disk defrag
eventvwr.msc - Event viewer
fsmgmt.msc - Shared folders
gpedit.msc - Group policies
lusrmgr.msc - Local users and groups
perfmon.msc - Performance monitor
rsop.msc - Resultant set of policies
secpol.msc - Local security settings
services.msc - Various Services
msconfig - System Configuration Utility
regedit - Registry Editor
msinfo32 _ System Information
sysedit _ System Edit
win.ini _ windows loading information(also system.ini)
winver _ Shows current version of windows
mailto: _ Opens default email client
command _ Opens command prompt


Run Commands to access the control panel:
Add/Remove Programs control appwiz.cpl
Date/Time Properties control timedate.cpl
Display Properties control desk.cpl
FindFast control findfast.cpl
Fonts Folder control fonts
Internet Properties control inetcpl.cpl
Keyboard Properties control main.cpl keyboard
Mouse Properties control main.cpl
Multimedia Properties control mmsys.cpl
Network Properties control netcpl.cpl
Password Properties control password.cpl
Printers Folder control printers
Sound Properties control mmsys.cpl sounds
System Properties control sysdm.cpl


Command Prompt:
ANSI.SYS Defines functions that change display graphics, control cursor movement, and reassign keys.
APPEND Causes MS-DOS to look in other directories when editing a file or running a command.
ARP Displays, adds, and removes arp information from network devices.
ASSIGN Assign a drive letter to an alternate letter.
ASSOC View the file associations.
AT Schedule a time to execute commands or programs.
ATMADM Lists connections and addresses seen by Windows ATM call manager.
ATTRIB Display and change file attributes.
BATCH Recovery console command that executes a series of commands in a file.
BOOTCFG Recovery console command that allows a user to view, modify, and rebuild the boot.ini
BREAK Enable / disable CTRL + C feature.
CACLS View and modify file ACL's.
CALL Calls a batch file from another batch file.
CD Changes directories.
CHCP Supplement the International keyboard and character set information.
CHDIR Changes directories.
CHKDSK Check the hard disk drive running FAT for errors.
CHKNTFS Check the hard disk drive running NTFS for errors.
CHOICE Specify a listing of multiple options within a batch file.
CLS Clears the screen.
CMD Opens the command interpreter.
COLOR Easily change the foreground and background color of the MS-DOS window.
COMP Compares files.
COMPACT Compresses and uncompress files.
CONTROL Open control panel icons from the MS-DOS prompt.
CONVERT Convert FAT to NTFS.
COPY Copy one or more files to an alternate location.
CTTY Change the computers input/output devices.
DATE View or change the systems date.
DEBUG Debug utility to create assembly programs to modify hardware settings.
DEFRAG Re-arrange the hard disk drive to help with loading programs.
DEL Deletes one or more files.
DELETE Recovery console command that deletes a file.
DELTREE Deletes one or more files and/or directories.
DIR List the contents of one or more directory.
DISABLE Recovery console command that disables Windows system services or drivers.
DISKCOMP Compare a disk with another disk.
DISKCOPY Copy the contents of one disk and place them on another disk.
DOSKEY Command to view and execute commands that have been run in the past.
DOSSHELL A GUI to help with early MS-DOS users.
DRIVPARM Enables overwrite of original device drivers.
ECHO Displays messages and enables and disables echo.
EDIT View and edit files.
EDLIN View and edit files.
EMM386 Load extended Memory Manager.
ENABLE Recovery console command to enable a disable service or driver.
ENDLOCAL Stops the localization of the environment changes enabled by the setlocal command.
ERASE Erase files from computer.
EXIT Exit from the command interpreter.
EXPAND Expand a M*cros*ft Windows file back to it's original format.
EXTRACT Extract files from the M*cros*ft Windows cabinets.
FASTHELP Displays a listing of MS-DOS commands and information about them.
FC Compare files.
FDISK Utility used to create partitions on the hard disk drive.
FIND Search for text within a file.
FINDSTR Searches for a string of text within a file.
FIXBOOT Writes a new boot sector.
FIXMBR Writes a new boot record to a disk drive.
FOR Boolean used in batch files.
FORMAT Command to erase and prepare a disk drive.
FTP Command to connect and operate on a FTP server.
FTYPE Displays or modifies file types used in file extension associations.
GOTO Moves a batch file to a specific label or location.
GRAFTABL Show extended characters in graphics mode.
HELP Display a listing of commands and brief explanation.
IF Allows for batch files to perform conditional processing.
IFSHLP.SYS 32-bit file manager.
IPCONFIG Network command to view network adapter settings and assigned values.
KEYB Change layout of keyboard.
LABEL Change the label of a disk drive.
LH Load a device driver in to high memory.
LISTSVC Recovery console command that displays the services and drivers.
LOADFIX Load a program above the first 64k.
LOADHIGH Load a device driver in to high memory.
LOCK Lock the hard disk drive.
LOGON Recovery console command to list installations and enable administrator login.
MAP Displays the device name of a drive.
MD Command to create a new directory.
MEM Display memory on system.
MKDIR Command to create a new directory.
MODE Modify the port or display settings.
MORE Display one page at a time.
MOVE Move one or more files from one directory to another directory.
MSAV Early M*cros*ft Virus scanner.
MSD Diagnostics utility.
MSCDEX Utility used to load and provide access to the CD-ROM.
NBTSTAT Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT
NET Update, fix, or view the network or network settings
NETSH Configure dynamic and static network information from MS-DOS.
NETSTAT Display the TCP/IP network protocol statistics and information.
NLSFUNC Load country specific information.
NSLOOKUP Look up an IP address of a domain or host on a network.
PATH View and modify the computers path location.
PATHPING View and locate locations of network latency.
PAUSE Command used in batch files to stop the processing of a command.
PING Test / send information to another network computer or network device.
POPD Changes to the directory or network path stored by the pushd command.
POWER Conserve power with computer portables.
PRINT Prints data to a printer port.
PROMPT View and change the MS-DOS prompt.
PUSHD Stores a directory or network path in memory so it can be returned to at any time.
QBASIC Open the QBasic.
RD Removes an empty directory.
REN Renames a file or directory.
RENAME Renames a file or directory.
RMDIR Removes an empty directory.
ROUTE View and configure windows network route tables.
RUNAS Enables a user to execute a program on another computer.
SCANDISK Run the scandisk utility.
SCANREG Scan registry and recover registry from errors.
SET Change one variable or string to another.
SETLOCAL Enables local environments to be changed without affecting anything else.
SETVER Change MS-DOS version to trick older MS-DOS programs.
SHARE Installs support for file sharing and locking capabilities.
SHIFT Changes the position of replaceable parameters in a batch program.
SHUTDOWN Shutdown the computer from the MS-DOS prompt.
SMARTDRV Create a disk cache in conventional memory or extended memory.
SORT Sorts the input and displays the output to the screen.
START Start a separate window in Windows from the MS-DOS prompt.
SUBST Substitute a folder on your computer for another drive letter.
SWITCHES Remove add functions from MS-DOS.
SYS Transfer system files to disk drive.
TELNET Telnet to another computer / device from the prompt.
TIME View or modify the system time.
TITLE Change the title of their MS-DOS window.
TRACERT Visually view a network packets route across a network.
TREE View a visual tree of the hard disk drive.
TYPE Display the contents of a file.
UNDELETE Undelete a file that has been deleted.
UNFORMAT Unformat a hard disk drive.
UNLOCK Unlock a disk drive.
VER Display the version information.
VERIFY Enables or disables the feature to determine if files have been written properly.
VOL Displays the volume information about the designated drive.
XCOPY Copy multiple files, directories, and/or drives from one location to another.
TRUENAME When placed before a file, will display the whole directory in which it exists
TASKKILL It allows you to kill those unneeded or locked up applications


Windows XP Shortcuts:
ALT+- (ALT+hyphen) Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu
ALT+ENTER View properties for the selected item
ALT+ESC Cycle through items in the order they were opened
ALT+F4 Close the active item, or quit the active program
ALT+SPACEBAR Display the System menu for the active window
ALT+TAB Switch between open items
ALT+Underlined letter Display the corresponding menu
BACKSPACE View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer
CTRL+A Select all
CTRL+B Bold
CTRL+C Copy
CTRL+I Italics
CTRL+O Open an item
CTRL+U Underline
CTRL+V Paste
CTRL+X Cut
CTRL+Z Undo
CTRL+F4 Close the active document
CTRL while dragging Copy selected item
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging Create shortcut to selected iteM
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word
CTRL+LEFT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word
CTRL+DOWN ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph
CTRL+UP ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph
SHIFT+DELETE Delete selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin
ESC Cancel the current task
F1 Displays Help
F2 Rename selected item
F3 Search for a file or folder
F4 Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer
F5 Refresh the active window
F6 Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop
F10 Activate the menu bar in the active program
SHIFT+F10 Display the shortcut menu for the selected item
CTRL+ESC Display the Start menu
SHIFT+CTRL+ESC Launches Task Manager
SHIFT when you insert a CD Prevent the CD from automatically playing
WIN Display or hide the Start menu
WIN+BREAK Display the System Properties dialog box
WIN+D Minimizes all Windows and shows the Desktop
WIN+E Open Windows Explorer
WIN+F Search for a file or folder
WIN+F+CTRL Search for computers
WIN+L Locks the desktop
WIN+M Minimize or restore all windows
WIN+R Open the Run dialog box
WIN+TAB Switch between open items


Windows Explorer Shortcuts:
ALT+SPACEBAR - Display the current window’s system menu
SHIFT+F10 - Display the item's context menu
CTRL+ESC - Display the Start menu
ALT+TAB - Switch to the window you last used
ALT+F4 - Close the current window or quit
CTRL+A - Select all items
CTRL+X - Cut selected item(s)
CTRL+C - Copy selected item(s)
CTRL+V - Paste item(s)
CTRL+Z - Undo last action
CTRL+(+) - Automatically resize the columns in the right hand pane
TAB - Move forward through options
ALT+RIGHT ARROW - Move forward to a previous view
ALT+LEFT ARROW - Move backward to a previous view
SHIFT+DELETE - Delete an item immediately
BACKSPACE - View the folder one level up
ALT+ENTER - View an item’s properties
F10 - Activate the menu bar in programs
F6 - Switch between left and right panes
F5 - Refresh window contents
F3 - Display Find application
F2 - Rename selected item


Internet Explorer Shortcuts:
CTRL+A - Select all items on the current page
CTRL+D - Add the current page to your Favorites
CTRL+E - Open the Search bar
CTRL+F - Find on this page
CTRL+H - Open the History bar
CTRL+I - Open the Favorites bar
CTRL+N - Open a new window
CTRL+O - Go to a new location
CTRL+P - Print the current page or active frame
CTRL+S - Save the current page
CTRL+W - Close current browser window
CTRL+ENTER - Adds the http://sfhaxxx.weebly.com (url)
SHIFT+CLICK - Open link in new window
BACKSPACE - Go to the previous page
ALT+HOME - Go to your Home page
HOME - Move to the beginning of a document
TAB - Move forward through items on a page
END - Move to the end of a document
ESC - Stop downloading a page
F11 - Toggle full-screen view
F5 - Refresh the current page
F4 - Display list of typed addresses
F6 - Change Address bar and page focus
ALT+RIGHT ARROW - Go to the next page
SHIFT+CTRL+TAB - Move back between frames
SHIFT+F10 - Display a shortcut menu for a link
SHIFT+TAB - Move back through the items on a page
CTRL+TAB - Move forward between frames
CTRL+C - Copy selected items to the clipboard
CTRL+V - Insert contents of the clipboard
ENTER - Activate a selected link
HOME - Move to the beginning of a document
END - Move to the end of a document
F1 - Display Internet Explorer Help

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Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs still expects to return from his medical leave at the end of June. That's according to an Apple director who responded to an investor at the company's annual shareholder meeting Wednesday.

The investor had pressed for details about when the board of directors knew Jobs planned to step away from his daily duties. Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) director Arthur Levinson responded only by saying that since Jobs announced Jan. 14 that he needed to go on leave, "nothing has changed."

Jobs, who turned 54 on Tuesday, was not at the meeting.

A survivor of pancreatic cancer who looked very thin last year, Jobs said Jan. 5 that he had a treatable hormone imbalance and would continue to run Apple. But the following week he went on leave to treat medical issues that were "more complex" than he had believed.

Copyright 2008 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed





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Memo to President Bringdown. Cool it with the "catastrophe" talk, Barack. It's contagious.

The latest example: Analysts are predicting Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) will launch a $99 iPhone that will sell like crazy--after a quarter during which iPods sold like crazy--causing one analyst to argue that the Cupertino, Calif.-based company's shares are at risk.

Crazy, right? Apple's shares are up 15% to $97.83 this year, even as the broader stock market has fallen 8%. In January, Apple reported net income for its holiday quarter rose to $1.78 a share, or $1.61 billion, from $1.16 a share, or $1.05 billion, during the year-ago period. That's 39 cents better than the $1.39 per share analysts had expected.

The prospect of a hot new product at a great price would seem to be cause for celebration, then. But not in this economy.

In a note to investors Tuesday, RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky became the latest to predict that Apple will launch an entry-level $99 iPhone in June or July. The result: Abramsky is now penciling in sales of between 20 million and 30 million units in fiscal 2010 for the new device. That would boost Apple's share of the global smart phone market to between 14% and 19%, he writes.

The problem: With consumer spending declining to its lowest levels since 2002, a cheap phone could damage Apple's sweet iPhone business. "The economics of an entry-level iPhone appear less attractive when factoring in iPhones/iPod cannibalization," Abramsky wrote. "Apple must sell three $99 iPhones to replace gross profit from one 3G iPhone."

Abramsky figures the new phone can sell for $99, thanks to a $200 carrier subsidy. However, it will come without a high-speed, so-called 3G connection to wireless carriers or GPS. It will also get a "light" data plan that will cost users $15 a month, less than the $30 a month users pay now.
In other words, Abramsky is predicting that the foul economic mood will turn the cheap new phone into a cannibalistic margin killer. "We remain concerned re: elevated risks to valuation from a growth and/or margin 'downshift' for Apple," Abramsky writes, slapping a target price of $70 on Apple's stock.

Even Apple bulls are cautious. "The primary concern with Apple these days is its high average selling prices and whether it can deal with the deteriorating macroeconomic environment," Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu wrote in a note arguing that Apple' shares still merited a "Buy" rating and a $120 price target.

What that really means, of course, is it's time for President Obama to slap some optimism back into the economy. And if he's not up to that, maybe he should grab his iPod, relax and wait until he's in a better mood.

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VMware Fusion 2 vs. Parallels Desktop 4: Let’s Dance

Written on November 11, 2008 by Darrell Etherington and 60 people have commented

When it comes to OS virtualization on a Mac, there are two major contenders for the title of virtualizer to end all virtualizers.

Likely Parallels and VMware Fusion need no introduction for TAB readers, but you might not be aware of what the latest incarnations that both programs bring to the table. VMware Fusion 2, released in September, and Parallels Desktop 4.0, just released today, have a few new tricks up their sleeves.

Setup

Setting up both machines on my aluminum iMac was incredibly easy. I used Windows XP Media Center Edition from a physical disc for both, although the programs also offer the choice of using an image instead. For both installations I used the default settings. In Parallels 4.0, this consists of a 32 GB hard drive with 512 MB of RAM and 128 MB of video RAM. VMware’s quickstart configurations sets you up with 40 GB of disk space, 512MB of RAM, and although it doesn’t have a video memory slider like Parallels, 3D acceleration is enabled.

Install times were almost exactly the same for Parallels and VMWare, at 24 and 25 minutes respectively. One nice option that Fusion provides, which isn’t available in the Parallels setup, is the ability to import settings from your Boot Camp installation of Windows.

OS X Integration

Yes, it is wrong to run Windows on your beautiful Leopard desktop. Which is why you may be inclined to hide it. You’re in luck, because both Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion offer the option to run guest OS applications in windowed mode, making it seem like they’re being run in the host system.

VMware’s Unity mode allows Windows applications to behave just like native OS X apps, in windows that can be minimized to and launched from the dock, even without booting the guest OS beforehand.

Parallels’ Coherence mode is similar, though it displays the Windows taskbar at the bottom of the screen, just above the dock.

Both integration modes are functional, and even maintain beveled application windows and shadow effects, but VMware wins out here, for two reasons. First, the taskbar seems out of place and clumsy above the dock with Parallels. Second, dragging and resizing application windows in VMware’s Unity mode is absolutely smooth, while there is some lag in Parallels’ Coherence mode.

Features and User Interface

Both UIs are clean, simple and great improvements over previous incarnations. The layout of the applications in Windowed mode are incredibly similar, as well. Major functions like Suspend, and Settings are in the upper left hand corner, and view mode toggle buttons are in the upper right. The bottom right area in both has a number of icons, which control drives, display drive access indicators, and control sound, sharing, printing, etc.

VMware shows all the devices connected to your Mac via USB, and allows you to click the icons to switch them into Windows. Parallels gains points here by allowing any storage media (USB, external HDs) to be connected to both Windows and Mac operating systems simultaneously. During initial setup, Parallels also prompted me to select which OS I wanted to mount my girlfriend’s Palm Treo in, which is a nice feature, especially for users new to virtualization.

Both programs offer the ability to take Snapshots, which is great if you’re a developer, reviewer, or IT professional, though VMware has a slight advantage here by having a button right in the application window. I also like Fusion’s ability to display the OS X menu bar when you move your cursor to the top of the screen in full mode. Parallels depends on key combinations to return to windowed mode, which offers more immersion, but feels clunky at times. In terms of pure design, I prefer Parallels, since it looks and feels more like a polished Mac application.

Performance

When it comes to general performance, both pieces of software ran Windows at a very usable pace. Applications opened quickly and were instantly responsive, and even running both Fusion and Parallels at once and doing things in OS X didn’t result in any significant slowdown. I should note here that my iMac has a 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4 GB of RAM installed, so user experience may vary with different setups.

Both programs are boasting improved video performance, so I downloaded QuickTime to test HD playback. Conveniently, the Transporter 3 trailer was a recent addition to Apple’s hi-def content, so I used that in my test.

First, in 720p, video playback was smooth in Fusion, only showing some not very noticeable horizontal lines during fast action sequences. In Fusion, audio was slightly behind video on my first attempt, although video playback itself was mostly smooth, with no horizontal lines. Rewinding to the beginning and starting play again resolved the audio/visual syncing issue, and numerous attempts to recreate the problem failed, so it may have been an isolated event. Also, I was only using 128MB of video RAM, so assigning more may have made a difference. Oddly, Fusion would play only audio, no video, in fullscreen mode in Quicktime, while Parallels had no trouble switching from full to windowed playback.

At 1080p, playback was noticeably more laggy in Fusion, although there were never any syncing issues. Not, overall, very watchable though, and the Quicktime fullscreen bug persisted. Parallels was even more choppy at 1080p than VMWare. In both cases, I would definitely recommend sticking to 720p for HD playback.

Verdict

In the end, both applications are polished, effective ways of bringing Windows into OS X. There are no deal-breaking flaws in either software, and the choice of which to use will likely come down to what you intend to do with your virtual machine. For me, despite the problems mentioned above and features you gain, like simultaneous device mounting, VMWare Fusion wins out, due largely to its much better OS X integration. If I’m using virtualization software, there’s a good chance I want to be able to use Leopard as well, or else I’d just run Boot Camp. Fusion offers the least obtrusive way to bring Windows into your Mac sanctuary, and that’s exactly what I’m looking for.

Both Fusion and Parallels will set you back $79.99.

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Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini

Boldness has always been part of Intel's DNA. In 1965, co-founder Gordon Moore predicted that the number of transistors that could in a cost-effective manner be put on an integrated circuit would increase exponentially, setting the pace for the computer industry for decades to come. In the mid-1980s, Moore and then company President Andrew Grove killed Intel's biggest business--computer memory--in order to place the risk-it-all bet that turned it into the world's largest manufacturer of microprocessors.

Now, with the global economy facing its darkest days since the 1930s, Chief Executive Paul Otellini says he will spend around $7 billion over the next two years to upgrade Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people )'s factories--or fabs--to crank out processors built from even smaller transistors.

Otellini has decided to hustle to market a new generation of affordable mass-market processors, code-named Westmere. "One of the best ways to use this kind of capacity is for what I call a 'square-wave transition,' to bring massive amounts of new technology at a great price point," Otellini told Forbes. Here are edited excerpts from his interview.


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Qwest profit falls 49 pct in 4Q

IT 2009. 2. 11. 02:57

Qwest Communications International Inc. says its fourth-quarter earnings fell 49 percent from a year ago, mainly due to tax effects, while cost-cutting improved its underlying performance.

The Denver-based phone company on Tuesday said it earned $185 million, or 11 cents per share, in the October-December period. That's down from $366 million, or 20 cents per share, a year ago.

The latest results included a charge of a penny per share for severance payments. The company cut 1,700 jobs in the quarter.

Thomson Reuters says analysts it polled expected lower earnings of 10 cents per share.

Qwest says its revenue slipped 3 percent to $3.32 billion.

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Obama's Stimulus

IT 2009. 2. 11. 02:54

Obama's Stimulus

Joshua Zumbrun, 02.09.09, 09:56 PM EST

The recession, deficit and bailout were inherited--the stimulus is all his.

WASHINGTON -- After weeks of negotiations with Congress, President Barack Obama took to the primetime airwaves Monday night to make his case for the passage of a more than $800 billion stimulus package to revive the economy. He said the package was not perfect, but, "the federal government is the only entity left with the resources to jolt our economy back to life."

A friendly fireside chat this was not. Obama painted a grim picture of the economy he inherited, which he said underscored the need for the passage of the stimulus, noting that last month alone the economy lost the equivalent of every single job in the state of Maine.

"My hope is after a difficult year--and this year is going to be a difficult year--that businesses start investing again … consumers start feeling their jobs are stable and safe and start making purchases again," Obama said. Predicting another year of recession may be realistic, but it is hardly confidence boosting.

For confidence Obama had this: "I am absolutely confident that we can solve this problem." If, that is, Congress starts by passing the stimulus package.

Obama's first primetime press conference as president is part of a White House publicity blitz to sell his strategy to the public. Earlier Monday, the president made a targeted pitch at a town hall meeting in Elkhart, Ind., where unemployment reached 15.3% in December. Tuesday, Obama takes the same message on the road to Florida. Meanwhile, Congress is struggling to come up with a bill to send to the president's desk--a process Obama wants to see resolved quickly.

On Monday the Senate voted to end debate on its version of the legislation, with an estimated price tag of $838 billion, by a vote of 61 to 36. On Tuesday, they will vote--likely with the same number of supporters--to pass the legislation.

Members of the House and Senate will then meet to reconcile the Senate package with the $819 billion plan passed by the House. Despite nearing passage, hopes for a bipartisan bill have been squashed. Only three Republicans in the Senate--Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania--and not a single Republican in the House--supported the legislation.

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IPhone

IT 2009. 2. 9. 07:09

AT&T For the Win

Despite the all the unlocking tools and hacks, 82% of those surveyed report their phone is not unlocked. This is good news for AT&T, who is raking in the profits - nearly $2 billion in increased revenues.

From the survey, here's how the $2 billion was calculated:


Most of my friends purchased iPhones. Despite poor phone quality, bad signals and late to get txt msg/emails through internet, most of them love their phone and enjoy their lives with that gadget.

It's pretty cool. It looks very fancy.

If somebody see that phone and try to test the iPhone, he/she really wants to buy that fantastic device.


However, for me, $199 or $299 (without tax) is too high to deal with because I got free company's blackberry phone.


I am still thinking I can have a chance to buy a new iPhone soon or later, though.


AT&T is so happy about their increased revenue such as 3 Million Dollars.

Also, their customers came from other competitors.

AT&T and Apple obviously spent the great time with iPhone last year.



But who knows?

New iPhones is coming? or another fantastic phone will be popular?


We will see.

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A new Amazon Kindle is coming out in a few days.

Due to high internet usage, people don't have enough time to read books. To read books is pretty important cause it's very hard to get every different kind of knowledge within finite time and place.

For me, it's a little bit sad for me to make a lot of excuse for having no time to read books.


I used to be kinda bookworms until I was 24 years old.
However, after getting a job, I thought I was kinda tied up to other things.

Anyway, I admitted that we should get indirect experience as much as we can.



Also, this is one way to give publishing company better circumstances to survive and help us to make our lives better.


Second Amazon Kindle has a better shaped, keyboard layout and a little bit wide and longer screen.

:) Enjoy!!!

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Guitar Hero

IT 2009. 2. 7. 04:37

Guitar Hero

Peter C. Beller, 01.29.09, 05:00 PM EST
Forbes Magazine dated February 16, 2009

How did Bobby Kotick, a man with no interest in playing videogames, build the world's most successful videogame publisher?

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Robert Kotick's mother dates his compulsive capitalism to toddlerhood, when young Bobby sold her ashtray to a friend who had come over for a playdate. He netted $3. After that the moneymaking ideas never stopped pouring out. By junior high Kotick had his own business cards and ran an array of ventures: delivering sandwiches, restringing tennis rackets, selling wallets. He first made the pages of forbes at the age of 20, after he started a software company to take on Apple Computer (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ).

When Kotick stumbled across his umpteenth new business idea--buying a bankrupt videogame maker--it seemed a perfect mismatch. Gaming fanatics like Atari's Nolan Bushnell and Electronic Arts (nasdaq: ERTS - news - people )' William (Trip) Hawkins had made fortunes in the young industry, but businessmen lacking any passion for games had a way of winding up broke. The 26-year-old Kotick seemed destined to land in the latter group. To him, playing videogames was a waste of time.

Yet Bobby Kotick would go on to turn a bankrupt company into the biggest and most valuable videogame publisher in the world. Over the course of his 18-year tenure shares in Activision (nasdaq: ATVI - news - people ) have risen fortyfold. The Santa Monica, California company, with $3 billion in revenue, is worth $12.3 billion, double the market value of the industry's perennial leader, Electronic Arts.

Somehow, a chief executive blind to the beauty of videogames developed an unmatched eye for spotting hits. Activision Blizzard, as the company is now called, owns a peerless collection of widely beloved and extremely profitable games. They include the bestselling family entertainment videogame (Guitar Hero), the bestselling massively multiplayer game (World of Warcraft), the bestselling war simulation (Call of Duty) and many others.

Just as in Hollywood, successful executives in the videogame industry are ultimately judged for their ability to back the right creative talent. Movie mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg, an old pal of Kotick's, marvels at his friend's knack for green-lighting winners. To understand today's videogame industry, Katzenberg suggests, you first need to unravel the mystery of its most unlikely success--a man he fondly calls "a crazy, ambitious, funny lunatic."

Kotick, now 45, traces his ascent to the lessons he learned as a teenage hustler trying to escape the tedium of suburban Long Island, New York. He happily recalls his most profitable high school business venture, renting out Manhattan nightspots like Studio 54 on off nights and throwing parties for underage kids. The hardworking Kotick found the hedonism of his customers--his fellow teenagers--befuddling. "I could never understand how you could spend hundreds of dollars buying cocaine or pot. I worked too hard for my money. I saved it. I still have it," he says.

Instead he spent his spare time hanging outside with the bouncers taking head counts and dreaming up wholesome cross-selling opportunities, such as bringing in ice cream carts to the clubs. He left for college confident in his ability to understand his customers, whether or not he shared any of their passion for his products.

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