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Apple’s opening move: Promises of the Boot Camp strategy
As the dust settles following Apple’s announcement to provide Boot Camp, a free tool for running Windows XP on its new Intel line of computers, the move is sending waves through the industry and setting a new precedent for the company.
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- April 12, 2006
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Wal-Mart opens doors to urban competitors (and more revenue)
In a surprising move that received only light attention last week, Wal-Mart announced that it would agree to support small businesses near its new urban stores, which it had been competing with fiercely until. From the New York Times article
Under the program, Wal-Mart will offer Continue reading »
P2P for businesses: TribalWeb
This tool is great for file sharing between partners in a business situation. Specially useful when you have several companies involved and you do not want to have to set up a special server that would have to be maintained by one or the other. http://www.tribalweb.net/tour/telechargement.php?lg=us The end of the email nightmare Continue reading »
- April 11, 2006
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OpenSource Biotech
Via RedHerring: Open-source Biotech Australian biologist Richard A. Jefferson reckons biotech could learn a lot from the software’s open-source movement, which encourages collaboration among developers, even if they’re not on the same payroll. To prove it, he took his discovery—one of the main tools used in plant genetic engineering—and gave it Continue reading »
- April 8, 2006
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Last Week to Win an iPod
The posh little black iPod is still up for grabs until 16 April... Thats Friday next week! OpenBusiness is looking for creative people for a study into copyright. To participate you will need to fill out a simple online questionnaire. We've had Continue reading »
- April 7, 2006
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Leading by Omission
Presentation from Ricardo Semler where he explains that companies are run like armies and that instead they could in some cases be run using a "democratic" model. This is what he is doing for his own company with great results: http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/308/ ... Continue reading »
- April 6, 2006
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Music Online
Here is a good story about how access to the internet and free online resources can change the way we do business. This one is from the music industry, the story of singer who was able to reach her audience through webcasting: http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/59402.html... Continue reading »
demari.tv
motion designer - after effects artist - showreel @ www.demari.tv... Continue reading »
- April 5, 2006
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Cooperation Commons on The Open Business Creative Commons
Here's a recent blog posting from the Cooperation Commons blog: The Open Business Creative Commons describes itself as: a platform to share and develop innovative Open Business ideas- entrepreneurial ideas which are built around openness, free services and free access. The two main aims of the Continue reading »
- April 4, 2006
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Now Available: Podcasts from “Economics of Open Content” Forum
In January, we pointed you to the upcoming symposium organized by Intelligent Television in New York on The Economics of Open Content. We are now excited to let you know that most of the presentations and panels have recently been Continue reading »
- April 2, 2006
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