05 May 08 $349 off the very solid HP dv9700t 17″ laptop… nice machine, nice deal
HP has a pretty tasty promotion running right now with $349 on the HP Pavilion dv9700t notebook – this is a great laptop (I’ve handled it in store on a few occasions) and yes, this coming from a long time fan of Dell – yes I still love Dell, but it’s been a love-hate relationship with their business notebook machines.
The dv9700t is one of those really well-built and functional notebooks, a few of the things I like:
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Tags: Deals, General, Hardware, HP dv9700t, laptops, mobile computing
04 May 08 Ken McCarthy speaks at 1st Internet Marketing Conference in 1994 – classic video
Now I wish I would have (carefully) listened to his words a bit more attentively back in ’94.
Tags: General, IMC, Internet Marketing Conference, Ken McCarthy, Monetization, SEM, SEO, Web 1.0
14 Jan 08 “iPod Tax” smacked down in Canada
An attempt to push through significant levies on digital music players (up to CAN$75 per device) has been quashed by Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal. Innovators and consumers rejoice.
This is good news … and as someone who has spent 5 figures on a music collection over the last 20 years (DJ period in my life) I find it ludicrous to be arbitrarily taxed for something that presumes my guilt!
Tags: General
17 Nov 07 eHarmony dating site offers free communications and messages all weekend.
No credit card needed either so they can’t auto-renew you…. it ends Monday night at 23h59 pacific time so even later for us guys (and gals) on the East Coast.
Tags: General
12 Nov 07 IBM finally closes acquisition of Cognos of Ottawa…. such a Canadian BI leader
Well, it’s not really a surprise that IBM and Cognos finally jointly confirmed the acquisition of Cognos by the Armonk, New York giant in IT services.
The deal was for “roughly” $5 billion or $58 USD per Cognos share. Nice arbitrage play on the plumetting US dollar .. kudos to the IBM accounting strategists 
Cognos is one of those great Canadian success stories and it’s a bittersweet pill to see it go (like so many others) to foreign ownership. Their business intelligence products are Tier 1 quality. 
edit: That title should reach “nears acquisition” and not “closes acquisition” since officially this is just an offer… mind you at a 15% premium on the stock price!
Tags: General, Management
