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Mike Deem: “When simplifying for mass consumption any issue as complex as this one, one could ‘spin’ it in any number of ways without abandoning the ‘truth.’ Gates is spinning this one in the way that is best for Microsoft’s bottom line. It is his responsibility to Microsoft’s share holders to do this.” I responded…

Back in January, I linked to a Forbes article that indicated Tom Siebel believed the recession was over. In fact, he said, “I believe we will see the information technology market pick up in Q1 and Q2 and the economy at large by Q3 or Q4.” (How’d he know? He uses his own software, of…

My wife and I agree on one thing (well, more than that – but we agree on one thing regarding technology): TiVo is the single best piece of technology we’ve ever bought. Talk to anyone who has one (or to folks like Jenny, who bought the ReplayTV device), and you can’t get us to shut…

Well, my complaint yesterday about Google searches coming up empty is no longer a problem… searches for terms like CPA weblog, accountant weblog and the like now have a result: this site. Oh well. Maybe others looking for them will find this site, and point me to sites that must be out there. Anyone? Anyoone?…

Where, oh where are the accounting blogs? So far, I’ve managed to find just one: the cleverly titled “Accounting-blog“. (No clue who’s behind it, or even how to get in touch with them.) But searches for “accountant blog“, “ accountant weblog“, “CPA blog“, “CPA weblog“ and so on are, um, not exactly fruitful. What gives? Sure,…

Weil Gotshal is making up for that embarassing Global Crossing gaffe from a few weeks ago with this document repository for the Enron reorg. In partnership with e-Law, LLC, Weil Gotschal has put the documents, the service list, the hearing schedule, and instructions for appearing by telephone online. Nice. [law .com]

Jenny (TheShiftedLibrarian) finds a gem, allowing you to get the Google News feeds directly into your news aggregator (if you don’t know what one is, read the “about this site“ page and read about RSS to get more info). Very cool. Serendipity! Multiple Google News Feeds from The Loebrichs: “My aggregator brought in an interesting story from The…

Hard to imagine, but it looks like Senator Fritz Hollings (D-SC) may be on the right side of the law on this one. This is the same guy who two weeks ago proposed a bill that would effectively have Congress enter into a limited partnership with Hollywood; now it looks like Fritz is siding with…

Wall Street & Technology reports that eight Wall Street firms (CS First Boston, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Salomon Smith Barney, and UBS Warburg) are building out an Instant Messaging network based on Communicator, Inc.‘s secure IM system. The goals: greater customer convenience, faster communication, and improved efficiency via an…

Fast Company interviews David Maister on why professional services firms are so poorly run. If you haven’t seen David speak before, you should. Though the shtick gets old after a while (you can only listen to him clear his throat into a lavalier mic so often), he has been thinking about management of professional services…