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Jun30	Bill Gates says Sayonara! George Parker June 30, 2008 Know More: Industry News ad agencies, advertising, bullshit, creativity, marketing, weblogs Apparently, as Bill Gates made his farewells to 800 Microsoft employees last Friday morning, he was overcome by emotion. According to Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter Todd Bishop, who attended the event and posted audio of the speech, both Gates and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer struggled to hold it together as Ballmer presented Gates with a farewell gift: A scrapbook of photos and memories. "Even the times that were the toughest, in some ways, those are the ones that bond you the most," Gates told the gathering. "You know, when IBM decides to attack you, or when some legal ruling isn't quite right, and you have to have a press conference afterwards." Gates urged employees to realize that the work they do has a long term impact on the world, and said that he takes special pride in seeing blind people using the Internet as a result of the software accessibility improvements Microsoft has made over the years. In the end, though, Gates said the overriding memory he'll take from his many years at Microsoft is the fun he's had coming to work every day. Hey, if I was making a million dollars a minute, I'd look forward to coming to work every day as well! . This and "MadScam" is all you need! Posted at 8:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun29	Is Bill Gates really retiring? George Parker June 29, 2008 It's a little known fact, but true. Back in August of 2003, in a luncheon speech at the Detroit Economic Club, Gates said he had "a little more than 10 years" left in his software "career." The math is simple --... Continue Reading Posted at 2:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun28	The next big thing for Paris Hilton. George Parker June 28, 2008 We're seeing GPS in a ton of cell phones lately, but Garmin thinks humans shouldn't be the only ones who get the benefits of these satellites. The company has released a GPS-enabled dog collar to ensure that you know the... Continue Reading Posted at 2:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun27	No more "kiddie booze" for Anheuser-Busch! George Parker June 27, 2008 So Anheuser-Busch has decided to stop selling so-called "Alcoholic Energy Drinks." Not because they've developed a conscience, but because the Attorneys General and the Center for Science in the Public Interest have threatened to sue A-B and Miller Brewing Co.,... Continue Reading Posted at 4:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun26	Obama owns the Internet! George Parker June 26, 2008 Interesting to read how Obama is jumping all over McCain when it comes to owning the Internet. Particularly when it comes to social networks. Taking the Big Three social networking sites -- where the junior Illinois senator beats the senior Arizona... Continue Reading Posted at 9:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun25	Is Facebook about to kick the crap out of MySpace... I certainly hope so!!! George Parker June 25, 2008 Had to laugh when I read yesterday that Facebook may have started to win the global popularity contest over the the "Wizened of Oz's social network site MySpace, judging from some recent figures. Apparently, last month, Facebook had 123.9 million... Continue Reading Posted at 3:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun24	Steve Jobs and the iPhone sticks it to AT&T, yet again George Parker June 24, 2008 Interesting to read that the cheapest model of Apple's new GodPhone, which is about to go on sale for $199, costs about $173 to make, according to an estimate by research firm iSuppli Corp. The phone, which updates last year's... Continue Reading Posted at 3:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun23	When it comes to blogging, the Associated Press is not amused! George Parker June 23, 2008 It would seem that the Associated Press is currently getting its nose bent out of joint by blogger's. Because just last week AP declared all of its content, even one-sentence snippets, off limits to bloggers. They claim that every comma, every period,... Continue Reading Posted at 5:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	When it comes to blogging, the Associated Press is not amused! George Parker June 23, 2008 It would seem that the Associated Press is currently getting its nose bent out of joint by blogger's. Because just last week AP declared all of its content, even one-sentence snippets, off limits to bloggers. They claim that every comma, every period,... Continue Reading Posted at 5:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun22	When it comes to Middle East communications... The US government can't communicate! George Parker June 22, 2008 News today in the Washington Post that after blowing $350 million of the US taxpayer's money on an Arabic-language TV network by the name of al-Hurra, the bureau's satellite link was unplugged with little explanation a few weeks ago by... Continue Reading Posted at 9:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun20	Rats deserting the sinking Yahoo!!! George Parker June 20, 2008 It would seem that part of the fallout from the failed Microsoft - Yahoo love fest, is the rapid flight of some of Yahoo's best and brightest. Brad Garlinghouse, head of Yahoo's communications and communities group, is the latest exec... Continue Reading Posted at 2:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun19	Jerry Yang breathes a sigh of relief... For now! George Parker June 19, 2008 With all the shit that's been pouring all over Yahoo recently, it must be somewhat heartening for Jerry Yang to see a reminder that his current nemesis among stockholders, billionaire back-seat driver Carl Icahn, only rarely gets what he wants. Icahn... Continue Reading Posted at 8:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google getting gargantuan!!! George Parker June 19, 2008 Why am I not surprised to read that Google, which enjoys 68 percent of web search share in the US and 87 percent in the UK, already dominates over 61 percent of mobile search, says Nielsen Mobile. Yahoo holds second... Continue Reading Posted at 2:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun18	Weary but Wired... There's now a cure! George Parker June 18, 2008 If, like me, you've had to spend far too many sleepless nights trying to meet insane deadlines for some screwed up agency that always wants extra work at the last minute, so you keep yourself going with booze, strong coffee... Continue Reading Posted at 9:50 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun17	Unstoppable Google!!! George Parker June 17, 2008 You have to take your hat off to Google. Once again they've pulled off another monster coup with the news in today's AdAge that they've landed a search deal with Yahoo that by some estimates could boost its revenue by... Continue Reading Posted at 3:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun16	Harry Potter's "Bird" goes coco!!! George Parker June 16, 2008 News out of England today that Emma Watson, the actress who plays Hermione Granger in the 'Harry Potter' films, is to replace Keira Knightley as the face of the Chanel fragrance Coco Mademoiselle in a contract worth £3m. The 18-year-old... Continue Reading Posted at 9:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun15	Fathers Day... Yet again! George Parker June 15, 2008 So, it's fathers day... Yet another faux holiday created by the greetings card and retail industries to make the consumer spend the money, they currently have less and less of, on things they don't actually need. Still, as a member... Continue Reading Posted at 10:04 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun14	Have you had your e-mail fix today? George Parker June 14, 2008 You have to be amused to read in today's New York Times about how many technology companies are becoming victims of their own making. It's all about information overload. How many times over the years have we heard how technology... Continue Reading Posted at 5:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun13	Grand Theft Auto IV... An Al Qaida plot!!! George Parker June 13, 2008 It would seem that there are some people out there who think that hugely successful video game, Grand Theft Auto IV, was inspired by Al Qaida! Seriously, according to an article in the current on line edition of German newspaper,... Continue Reading Posted at 4:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun12	Could Apple's best salesman be Steve Ballmer? George Parker June 12, 2008 In the category of... "Does this make any sense at all?" It would seem that the latest sales pitch by Microsoft to customers who are unhappy with their Vista operating system, can now take a step in the opposite direction 'for... Continue Reading Posted at 1:54 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun11	How about a night in Paris??? George Parker June 11, 2008 So, enough already. Get off your arses and take the quick KMM readership survey... See the panel above. KMM doesn't know this, but I have arranged for whoever answers the survey in a sufficiently risque enough manner to get me... Continue Reading Posted at 2:26 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Apple 3G iPhone... Metal buttons, Plastic back, more expensive AT&T contracts... What's not to love? George Parker June 11, 2008 OK... So the new 3G iPhone is finally with us and everyone is striving to say great things about the newest iteration of something the Apple freaks consider to be the greatest invention since the wheel. The best example is this... Continue Reading Posted at 2:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun10	Apple 3G iPhone update... Delayed!!! George Parker June 10, 2008 NOTE... This was a post I had scheduled for a couple of days ago... Because of network problems, I couldn't post it... But I still think it's relevant. I'll do a follow up, after-launch post later. As I said in... Continue Reading Posted at 3:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 7	Steve Jobs launches the 3G iPhone on Monday. Massive Apple Developer Anxiety Attacks Occurring Hourly! George Parker June 7, 2008 All the Apple Developer Freaks are now waiting to see if GodJobs will launch the iPhone Application Store on Monday during his World Wide Developers Conference keynote address. At the moment, no one really knows. At the same time, the 3G iPhone... Continue Reading Posted at 3:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 6	Amazon loses $1.8 million in one hour... Chickenfeed? George Parker June 6, 2008 Wouldn't you think that a company who had built a multi-billion dollar business based on e-commerce, would do everything in its power to make sure nothing ever got in the way of it doing business over the Internet. Yet earlier today,... Continue Reading Posted at 2:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 5	Study secretly tracks cell phone users! George Parker June 5, 2008 I have to admit, I was somewhat shocked to read today that According to researchers at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, most people rarely venture more than a few miles from home. And these researchers know what they're talking about.... Continue Reading Posted at 9:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 3	The Oracle of Omaha on brands. George Parker June 3, 2008 There's no question, Warren Buffet is a brand investor --a guy who buys companies with well-known or well-regarded names. The Oracle of Omaha's Berkshire Hathaway holding company owns or has major stakes in many iconic brands, including Coca-Cola, Fruit of... Continue Reading Posted at 9:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 2	How private is private? George Parker June 2, 2008 I'm not sure I'm one hundred percent in favor of the new billboards with tiny cameras that gather details about passers-by -- their gender, approximate age and how long they looked at a billboard. These details are then transmitted to... Continue Reading Posted at 8:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 1	Big Business is your friend... Yeah... Right! George Parker June 1, 2008 "Citing expert testimony from a recent House Science Subcommittee hearing on Globalizing Jobs and Technology, The Economic Populist challenges the conventional wisdom that maximizing profits should be a corporation's only responsibility, suggesting it's time for the US to align its... Continue Reading Posted at 2:48 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

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Jun30	Bill Gates says Sayonara! George Parker June 30, 2008 Know More: Industry News ad agencies, advertising, bullshit, creativity, marketing, weblogs Apparently, as Bill Gates made his farewells to 800 Microsoft employees last Friday morning, he was overcome by emotion. According to Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter Todd Bishop, who attended the event and posted audio of the speech, both Gates and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer struggled to hold it together as Ballmer presented Gates with a farewell gift: A scrapbook of photos and memories. "Even the times that were the toughest, in some ways, those are the ones that bond you the most," Gates told the gathering. "You know, when IBM decides to attack you, or when some legal ruling isn't quite right, and you have to have a press conference afterwards." Gates urged employees to realize that the work they do has a long term impact on the world, and said that he takes special pride in seeing blind people using the Internet as a result of the software accessibility improvements Microsoft has made over the years. In the end, though, Gates said the overriding memory he'll take from his many years at Microsoft is the fun he's had coming to work every day. Hey, if I was making a million dollars a minute, I'd look forward to coming to work every day as well! . This and "MadScam" is all you need! Posted at 8:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun29	Is Bill Gates really retiring? George Parker June 29, 2008 It's a little known fact, but true. Back in August of 2003, in a luncheon speech at the Detroit Economic Club, Gates said he had "a little more than 10 years" left in his software "career." The math is simple --... Continue Reading Posted at 2:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun28	The next big thing for Paris Hilton. George Parker June 28, 2008 We're seeing GPS in a ton of cell phones lately, but Garmin thinks humans shouldn't be the only ones who get the benefits of these satellites. The company has released a GPS-enabled dog collar to ensure that you know the... Continue Reading Posted at 2:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun27	No more "kiddie booze" for Anheuser-Busch! George Parker June 27, 2008 So Anheuser-Busch has decided to stop selling so-called "Alcoholic Energy Drinks." Not because they've developed a conscience, but because the Attorneys General and the Center for Science in the Public Interest have threatened to sue A-B and Miller Brewing Co.,... Continue Reading Posted at 4:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun26	Obama owns the Internet! George Parker June 26, 2008 Interesting to read how Obama is jumping all over McCain when it comes to owning the Internet. Particularly when it comes to social networks. Taking the Big Three social networking sites -- where the junior Illinois senator beats the senior Arizona... Continue Reading Posted at 9:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun25	Is Facebook about to kick the crap out of MySpace... I certainly hope so!!! George Parker June 25, 2008 Had to laugh when I read yesterday that Facebook may have started to win the global popularity contest over the the "Wizened of Oz's social network site MySpace, judging from some recent figures. Apparently, last month, Facebook had 123.9 million... Continue Reading Posted at 3:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun24	Steve Jobs and the iPhone sticks it to AT&T, yet again George Parker June 24, 2008 Interesting to read that the cheapest model of Apple's new GodPhone, which is about to go on sale for $199, costs about $173 to make, according to an estimate by research firm iSuppli Corp. The phone, which updates last year's... Continue Reading Posted at 3:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun23	When it comes to blogging, the Associated Press is not amused! George Parker June 23, 2008 It would seem that the Associated Press is currently getting its nose bent out of joint by blogger's. Because just last week AP declared all of its content, even one-sentence snippets, off limits to bloggers. They claim that every comma, every period,... Continue Reading Posted at 5:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	When it comes to blogging, the Associated Press is not amused! George Parker June 23, 2008 It would seem that the Associated Press is currently getting its nose bent out of joint by blogger's. Because just last week AP declared all of its content, even one-sentence snippets, off limits to bloggers. They claim that every comma, every period,... Continue Reading Posted at 5:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun22	When it comes to Middle East communications... The US government can't communicate! George Parker June 22, 2008 News today in the Washington Post that after blowing $350 million of the US taxpayer's money on an Arabic-language TV network by the name of al-Hurra, the bureau's satellite link was unplugged with little explanation a few weeks ago by... Continue Reading Posted at 9:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun20	Rats deserting the sinking Yahoo!!! George Parker June 20, 2008 It would seem that part of the fallout from the failed Microsoft - Yahoo love fest, is the rapid flight of some of Yahoo's best and brightest. Brad Garlinghouse, head of Yahoo's communications and communities group, is the latest exec... Continue Reading Posted at 2:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun19	Jerry Yang breathes a sigh of relief... For now! George Parker June 19, 2008 With all the shit that's been pouring all over Yahoo recently, it must be somewhat heartening for Jerry Yang to see a reminder that his current nemesis among stockholders, billionaire back-seat driver Carl Icahn, only rarely gets what he wants. Icahn... Continue Reading Posted at 8:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google getting gargantuan!!! George Parker June 19, 2008 Why am I not surprised to read that Google, which enjoys 68 percent of web search share in the US and 87 percent in the UK, already dominates over 61 percent of mobile search, says Nielsen Mobile. Yahoo holds second... Continue Reading Posted at 2:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun18	Weary but Wired... There's now a cure! George Parker June 18, 2008 If, like me, you've had to spend far too many sleepless nights trying to meet insane deadlines for some screwed up agency that always wants extra work at the last minute, so you keep yourself going with booze, strong coffee... Continue Reading Posted at 9:50 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun17	Unstoppable Google!!! George Parker June 17, 2008 You have to take your hat off to Google. Once again they've pulled off another monster coup with the news in today's AdAge that they've landed a search deal with Yahoo that by some estimates could boost its revenue by... Continue Reading Posted at 3:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun16	Harry Potter's "Bird" goes coco!!! George Parker June 16, 2008 News out of England today that Emma Watson, the actress who plays Hermione Granger in the 'Harry Potter' films, is to replace Keira Knightley as the face of the Chanel fragrance Coco Mademoiselle in a contract worth £3m. The 18-year-old... Continue Reading Posted at 9:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun15	Fathers Day... Yet again! George Parker June 15, 2008 So, it's fathers day... Yet another faux holiday created by the greetings card and retail industries to make the consumer spend the money, they currently have less and less of, on things they don't actually need. Still, as a member... Continue Reading Posted at 10:04 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun14	Have you had your e-mail fix today? George Parker June 14, 2008 You have to be amused to read in today's New York Times about how many technology companies are becoming victims of their own making. It's all about information overload. How many times over the years have we heard how technology... Continue Reading Posted at 5:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun13	Grand Theft Auto IV... An Al Qaida plot!!! George Parker June 13, 2008 It would seem that there are some people out there who think that hugely successful video game, Grand Theft Auto IV, was inspired by Al Qaida! Seriously, according to an article in the current on line edition of German newspaper,... Continue Reading Posted at 4:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun12	Could Apple's best salesman be Steve Ballmer? George Parker June 12, 2008 In the category of... "Does this make any sense at all?" It would seem that the latest sales pitch by Microsoft to customers who are unhappy with their Vista operating system, can now take a step in the opposite direction 'for... Continue Reading Posted at 1:54 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun11	How about a night in Paris??? George Parker June 11, 2008 So, enough already. Get off your arses and take the quick KMM readership survey... See the panel above. KMM doesn't know this, but I have arranged for whoever answers the survey in a sufficiently risque enough manner to get me... Continue Reading Posted at 2:26 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Apple 3G iPhone... Metal buttons, Plastic back, more expensive AT&T contracts... What's not to love? George Parker June 11, 2008 OK... So the new 3G iPhone is finally with us and everyone is striving to say great things about the newest iteration of something the Apple freaks consider to be the greatest invention since the wheel. The best example is this... Continue Reading Posted at 2:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun10	Apple 3G iPhone update... Delayed!!! George Parker June 10, 2008 NOTE... This was a post I had scheduled for a couple of days ago... Because of network problems, I couldn't post it... But I still think it's relevant. I'll do a follow up, after-launch post later. As I said in... Continue Reading Posted at 3:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 7	Steve Jobs launches the 3G iPhone on Monday. Massive Apple Developer Anxiety Attacks Occurring Hourly! George Parker June 7, 2008 All the Apple Developer Freaks are now waiting to see if GodJobs will launch the iPhone Application Store on Monday during his World Wide Developers Conference keynote address. At the moment, no one really knows. At the same time, the 3G iPhone... Continue Reading Posted at 3:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 6	Amazon loses $1.8 million in one hour... Chickenfeed? George Parker June 6, 2008 Wouldn't you think that a company who had built a multi-billion dollar business based on e-commerce, would do everything in its power to make sure nothing ever got in the way of it doing business over the Internet. Yet earlier today,... Continue Reading Posted at 2:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 5	Study secretly tracks cell phone users! George Parker June 5, 2008 I have to admit, I was somewhat shocked to read today that According to researchers at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, most people rarely venture more than a few miles from home. And these researchers know what they're talking about.... Continue Reading Posted at 9:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 3	The Oracle of Omaha on brands. George Parker June 3, 2008 There's no question, Warren Buffet is a brand investor --a guy who buys companies with well-known or well-regarded names. The Oracle of Omaha's Berkshire Hathaway holding company owns or has major stakes in many iconic brands, including Coca-Cola, Fruit of... Continue Reading Posted at 9:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 2	How private is private? George Parker June 2, 2008 I'm not sure I'm one hundred percent in favor of the new billboards with tiny cameras that gather details about passers-by -- their gender, approximate age and how long they looked at a billboard. These details are then transmitted to... Continue Reading Posted at 8:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 1	Big Business is your friend... Yeah... Right! George Parker June 1, 2008 "Citing expert testimony from a recent House Science Subcommittee hearing on Globalizing Jobs and Technology, The Economic Populist challenges the conventional wisdom that maximizing profits should be a corporation's only responsibility, suggesting it's time for the US to align its... Continue Reading Posted at 2:48 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

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