Shell bosses 'fooled the market'

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Disgraced Shell bosses lose bonus

Disgraced Shell bosses lose bonus 05/28/2004 03:28 AM
Surviving bosses at Shell and those sacked, disgraced by the scandal over oil reserves, lose their bonuses.

Jobs 'attacking PC market'

Jobs 'attacking PC market' 02/10/2004 09:14 AM
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is taking a bolder approach to tapping the PC market, with the iPod and iTunes Music Store, according to industry analysts. A report in The San Francisco Chronicle looks at the alliance between Apple and HP, whereby HP will sell an own branded iPod, and suggests that having found great popularity with its market-leading iPod, Apple does not want to repeat the mistakes of the past.

Mac mini 'utterly unlike anything else
on the market'

Mac mini 'utterly unlike anything else
on the market' 02/05/2005 10:09 PM
BusinessWeek's Stephen Wildstrom is the latest to sing the praises of Apple's new Mac mini...

IPspeak launches 'mass market' VoIP

IPspeak launches 'mass market' VoIP 05/13/2004 02:04 PM
ZDNet UK May 13 2004 5:49PM GMT

Manage With the Windows Shell: Write
Shell Extensions with C#

Manage With the Windows Shell: Write
Shell Extensions with C# 06/30/2004 05:43 PM
In this article, Dino Esposito demonstrates how to create a Windows shell extension using C# code and the .NET Framework. He discusses the COM Interop layer and using a practical example, shows you techniques and tricks you need to know to build managed shell extensions.

Bosses playing Gotcha!

Bosses playing Gotcha! 12/30/2004 02:47 PM
globetechnology.com Dec 30 2004 5:41PM GMT

Former Mitsubishi bosses arrested

Former Mitsubishi bosses arrested 05/06/2004 06:00 AM
Japanese police arrest seven former Mitsubishi executives on suspicion of falsifying reports into a fatal fault.

Blogs, bosses and bucks

Blogs, bosses and bucks 06/25/2004 08:31 PM
I had a good time yesterday at Supernova, but it seemed that one of the points I made on our panel caused some consternation among some listeners, so let's look at it.

I had heard a certain amount of what I thought was wildly overoptimistic forecasting of the widespread adoption of blogging as a tool in corporate America. For instance, Tim Bray said: "Any corporation that doesn't do this in the future is going to be playing catch-up. They can use the technology to make the enterprise provide a more human face to world." (I copied this quote from a trade journal article on the conference and promptly lost the URL. Sorry. I wasn't taking notes myself so if it's wrong, apologies in advance.)

I agree with Tim and the other optimists that blogging can give enterprises a more human face. But will they let it? What I said yesterday is that I thought the successes to date in public blogging by software developers at places like Microsoft and Sun weren't likely to be duplicated in other, more traditional corporations any time soon. Software professionals are relatively unique in feeling that (a) their talents are in demand and (b) if they get fired from one job they can probably (except maybe at the very bottom of an economic cycle) get another one pretty easily. In other words, they feel more empowered to spout off on their blogs without fearing for their livelihood than the typical American worker does.

I'm not sure why, but Tim seemed to take this comment to mean that I thought that people in other fields -- I think he mentioned construction, it's hard to remember -- wouldn't succeed as bloggers because they're "not as interesting." Of course, that's not what I said, and it's precisely the opposite of what I think. Everyone has stories to tell, and everyone's stories are worth telling: that's a credo of the digital storytelling movement that I've been involved with for a decade now.

The stories that programmers are telling in the current explosion of blogs have given their work a vital new visibility; as developers tell their stories to each other, creating a pool of technical, practical and philosophical knowledge, they are also giving the public a new and fascinating window onto their discipline. (I'm as aware of this as anyone -- my work on my book is infinitely easier thanks to the profusion of programming blogs.)

Do I think it would be a Good Thing for this pattern to be duplicated in other fields? Of course -- and it's happening in some, predictably in those areas where individual professionals have a tradition of independence (the legal world, academia).

But the utopian vision of blogging somehow flattening corporate hierarchies and allowing Cluetrain-like voices of authenticity to trumpet forth from every Fortune 500 headquarters? Maybe it's possible on the sort of time scale that Supernova keynoter Tom Malone talked about -- from hunter-gatherers to agriculture, that sort of thing. But I don't think it's going to happen in our lifetimes.

I'm sorry to be the pessimist at the party. But for large numbers of workers in America, particularly those at big companies, the dominant fact of life remains don't piss off your boss. And, in an era of health-insurance lock-in and easy outsourcing and offshoring, many U.S. workers remain doubtful that they can simply waltz into a new job should their activities displease the current hierarchy to which they report. So the odds of them feeling at ease publishing honest Web sites about their work lives are extremely poor. The blogs you're going to see from within most traditional companies will be either uninformative snoozes or desperate attempts at butt-covering and -kissing. Not because people don't have great stories to tell -- but because telling the truth has too high a cost.

Someone at Supernova got up and said that he worked in investment banking and thought it was a field that was ripe for blogging. No doubt! I'm assuming that your typical investment banker has managed to sock away some private unemployment insurance cash (also known in some industries as "fuck you" money, something Dick Cheney apparently has in abundance).

For those with such resources, blog on! For those lucky enough to work for a company that says "blog on" and means it, cherish your luck. But for most of the rest of the working population, the blogging revolution will be happening in some other office.

Bosses keep an eye on work computers

Bosses keep an eye on work computers 01/18/2004 03:49 PM
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Nortel, Cisco bosses met

Nortel, Cisco bosses met 06/21/2004 07:27 AM
Globe and Mail Jun 21 2004 11:45AM GMT

Bosses paying for staff Internet use

Bosses paying for staff Internet use 04/25/2004 08:41 PM
bizhot Apr 25 2004 11:36PM GMT

Brit bosses get tough on Net abuse

Brit bosses get tough on Net abuse 11/10/2003 11:09 PM
Carrot and stick. Without the carrot

Are bosses wise to open source use?

Are bosses wise to open source use? 07/16/2004 11:43 AM
General industry estimates on the use of open source software in some fashion or another ranges from about half to even 90 percent of companies with significant programming staffs. But how often the boss knows about it, or perhaps more importantly: How often open source gets the proper review is a far lower figure.

IT bosses are storage addicts who can't
stop themselves

IT bosses are storage addicts who can't
stop themselves 09/24/2004 05:47 AM
Storage buyers need help, not capacity

Calls for Alitalia bosses to quit

Calls for Alitalia bosses to quit 05/06/2004 11:40 AM
Italy's authorities call for Alitalia's chairman and CEO to step down as part of a plan to shore up the ailing airline.

Nortel, Cisco bosses met after saying
they'd consider partnership

Nortel, Cisco bosses met after saying
they'd consider partnership 06/19/2004 06:07 PM
Globe and Mail Jun 19 2004 8:32PM GMT

Bosses tell staff to hang up when
driving

Bosses tell staff to hang up when
driving 01/02/2004 09:37 AM
Blanket ban

Brainstorming how you can sell NetWare
6.5 to your bosses

Brainstorming how you can sell NetWare
6.5 to your bosses 05/27/2004 04:48 AM
One of the new features of NetWare 6.5, and which is also part of Nterprise Linux Services and slated to be in Open Enterprise Server, is Virtual Office. Many of the elements of Virtual Office, such as iFolder, iPrint, eGuide and more, aren't new in themselves but the "office" metaphor as well as the user interface is new. All that makes working with these interesting and useful technologies easier for your non-techie users (and isn't that most of them?).

Police quit jobs over bad bosses

Police quit jobs over bad bosses 05/06/2004 08:14 PM
Four-fifths of police officers who quit their job blame poor management for their choice, a Home Office study finds.

Firefighter bosses offer new plan

Firefighter bosses offer new plan 05/20/2004 01:07 PM
Fire Service bosses say they have new proposals to resolve a dispute that has led to unofficial action.

Google bosses work for a dollar

Google bosses work for a dollar 04/11/2005 07:55 AM
Pocket-lint.co.uk Apr 11 2005 11:13AM GMT

Stress afflicts security bosses

Stress afflicts security bosses 03/17/2005 03:39 AM
A survey shows technology bosses have misplaced confidence in their company security systems.

Bosses Keep Sharp Eye on Mobile Workers

Bosses Keep Sharp Eye on Mobile Workers 12/30/2004 12:21 AM
AP via Daily Press Dec 30 2004 3:33AM GMT

Bosses Keep Sharp Eye on Mobile Workers
(AP)

Bosses Keep Sharp Eye on Mobile Workers
(AP) 12/29/2004 10:12 PM
AP - Ciro Viento commands a platoon of 110 garbage trucks, so when a caller complained after seeing one of the blue and white trash tanks speeding down Route 22, Viento didn't know which driver to blame. Until he checked his computer.

Bosses to track workers via their
mobiles

Bosses to track workers via their
mobiles 09/22/2004 02:53 PM
ZDNet UK Sep 22 2004 6:25PM GMT

Bosses fear employee fraud

Bosses fear employee fraud 08/27/2004 01:43 PM
But fail to act accordingly

Bosses may lose right to monitor without
notice

Bosses may lose right to monitor without
notice 08/19/2004 06:02 AM

Bosses warned on employment 'myths'

Bosses warned on employment 'myths' 08/11/2004 05:02 AM
Check first, fire later

Tech bosses slam 'IT doesn't matter' bad
boy

Tech bosses slam 'IT doesn't matter' bad
boy 11/18/2003 01:20 AM
ZDNet Australia Nov 18 2003 0:26AM ET

Newsday.com - Prosecutor Sues Bosses,
Ashcroft

Newsday.com - Prosecutor Sues Bosses,
Ashcroft 02/19/2004 01:33 AM
Prosecutor Sues Bosses, Ashcroft .. Newsday .. HAR

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Software firm's ex-bosses face seven
years

Software firm's ex-bosses face seven
years 02/11/2004 12:10 PM
Silicon.com Feb 11 2004 2:46PM GMT

Google bosses work for a buck. A year

Google bosses work for a buck. A year 04/11/2005 03:41 AM
Pity the poor billionaires...

New milestone sees bonuses for Marconi
bosses

New milestone sees bonuses for Marconi
bosses 12/23/2003 10:22 PM
Scotsman Online Dec 23 2003 9:40PM ET

ICANN bosses slam VoIP regulation

ICANN bosses slam VoIP regulation 04/16/2005 02:13 AM
OptusNet Apr 16 2005 6:12AM GMT

ICANN bosses slam Net-phone regulation

ICANN bosses slam Net-phone regulation 04/15/2005 04:33 PM
Lawmakers who define VoIP as phone technology will paint themselves "into a pretty big corner," Vint Cerf says.

ICANN bosses slam Net phone regulation

ICANN bosses slam Net phone regulation 04/15/2005 03:29 PM
Lawmakers who define VoIP as phone technology will paint themselves "into a pretty big corner," Vint Cerf says.

Fire bosses 'face growing revolt'

Fire bosses 'face growing revolt' 08/05/2004 07:37 PM
The Fire Brigades' Union claims the bosses are 'in crisis' as fire authorities revolt over failure to end a pay dispute.

Tyco bosses guilty of $150m theft

Tyco bosses guilty of $150m theft 06/17/2005 03:21 PM
Two former bosses of US manufacturer Tyco stole $150m from the company to fund lavish lifestyles.
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