The Lord of the Grids
Cool. Now I just need more Macs at home
At Industrial Technology & Witchcraft you can find the original article.
Archive 24. March 2004
Microsoft: EU Commission Decision Not in Consumers' Interest
The audacity of Microsoft is almost admirable (but only almost). You can find the original article at heise online news here.
Nine health insurance companies lower contribution rates
Reduced from 14.9 to 14.7 - that's really something. That brings so much. And where is the reduction below 14 percent that was promised by the federal government? The whole thing is ridiculous. In the end, we all pay for it again.
At tagesschau im Internet you can find the original article.
RealNetworks CEO pushes Apple to open iPod
It's quite fascinating when a company whose main product is a proprietary compression format for audio and video data calls on another company that uses an open, standardized format (AAC is after all just the audio layer from MPEG4) to open their device.
At The Macintosh News Network you can find the original article.
Ron Sommer and Electoral Tactics
Of course Mr. Sony wasn't fired because he was a failure in his position. That can't be right. All the antics during his time at Telekom are certainly just figments of imagination. Just like the catastrophic stock price collapse of a share that was once promoted as a people's stock. A complete loss of touch with reality really does seem to be a job requirement for managers...
At heise online news you can find the original article.
Telekom reduces weekly working hours to 34 hours
The price for reducing working hours is high - for example, civil servants forgo both vacation pay and Christmas bonuses. For employees, at least part of the Christmas bonus is likely affected too. Of course, Tagesschau doesn't mention anything like that in their report, and suddenly the impression is created that people are simply being given a few hours as a gift. So much for professional journalism...
However, I wouldn't object to a 34-hour regulation with my salary. Unfortunately, my employer did it the other way around: changed from 38.5 hours to 40 hours without wage compensation and by eliminating overtime premiums.
At tagesschau im Internet you can find the original article.