Month: June 2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes 四川腾中重工(in Chinese, Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Machinery) The little known Chinese Co. who bought Hummer brand from GM yesterday (News: Bloomberg; Reuters; Tengzhong web site). Quote Reuters: Tengzhong, formed in 2005 through several mergers, makes special-use vehicles such as dump trucks and fuel tankers, as well as construction machinery, energy equipment, and structural components for highways

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June 3, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute Blackberry or iPhone? I used both BB and iPhone. I think BB is better for “Email/text messaging” (dedicated keypad). It takes a few days to get used to the touch screen keypad on iPhone. It’s still not as easy as the BB keypad in my opinion. BB also has strong push technology which pushes email

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June 2, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute I bought a used book “Inside COM” from Amazon Marketplace recently. This is my second Amazon Marketplace buy this year. I found for used (a little out of dated) computer books, Amazon Marketplace offers a great value. Why I need to buy the COM book? I found in order to really understand the .NET stuff,

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June 2, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute GM was replaced by Cisco; Citi replaced by Travellers. Source: WSJ. (you may need to get the full article via Google). Interesing part (for me), quote WSJ: Why choose a tech company, Cisco, to replace an automaker? We did not need another consumer goods company after adding Kraft Foods when we removed AIG. In looking

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June 1, 2009

Reading Time: < 1 minute Microsoft Bing, the new search engine which represents the high hope of Microsoft executives, goes alive today (incidentally today marks another big event in US corp history: General Motor files for bankruptcy). Underneath the Bing, it is really the re-brand of Microsoft Live search, plus some new features, as shown last week at D7. (Actually

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June 1, 2009
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