Today you have many choices for browsing internet. IE8 beta 2, Firefox 3.1b1, Chrome 0.3.154.3, Safari 3.1.2 are the latest releases on web browsers in their categories. With beta versions out for Firefox and Google’s Chrome, the performance and speeds have improved considerably. The test results still show that Firefox is ahead with Chrome acquiring second place. IE 8 is lagging behind in almost all the speed tests. A snappier response is good for everybody as one can roll out many richly built web applications in a jiffy. For detailed analysis just follow this link.
Succession planning is of paramount importance in an organization’s life. Every other guy in trade can narrate a tale about a failed boss and in the same stroke same guy can tell you a story about a successful leader in the organization. Leaders have their own style. Some will shout on top of their voice while some will just watch and speak their mind through body gestures and mannerisms. Effectiveness has nothing to do with whether a boss is an extrovert or an introvert. Leadership styles also vary depending upon the person to person. One distinguishing feature which is found in almost all effective business leaders is emotional intelligence. This therefore is an integral part of succession planning.
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- Recycled paper: You can save 15-20 trees with one ton of recycled paper.
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Wireless Internet connection has been gaining ground because of freedom it offers in terms of convenience of access, not getting tied down to your desk, getting connected while on the move. While wireless network offers some of the excellent features but the there are many shortcoming with which a wireless network has to live with.
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Microsoft has released Silverlight 2.0. Every .NET developer was awaiting with bated breath since 2007 when the Silverlight 1.0 was launched. Now Flash will have competition. Earlier Silverlight 1.0 version was only a video only version with some javascript/AJAX support rolled in to it. The present version is expected to allow developers to create applications which can be built with any programming languages available in Visual Studio, including VB.NET, C# etc. Microsoft is working on some other products like Silverlight Control Pack and publishing of MSDN for technical specifications.
After dismal performance and results announced for the quarter ending on Sept 2008, Yahoo has announced cut jobs.Yahoo! has around 15000 employees on its rolls. With announcement of 10% cut, 1500 numbers of employees will have to go.
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Green movement has so far focused on commercial buildings alone. Not much consideration has been given to residential houses. Buildings alone accounts for about 40% of the energy consumption in developed world.
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Banks, financial institutions, mortgage firms are all collapsing. Even the most pessimistic predictor would not have predicted the size and magnitude of meltdown which the world has begin to address now. To put it simply the scale and magnitude of economic meltdown has been beyond the wildest imaginations.
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