The Risk Professional: London suffers terrorism in its purest form
23. May 2013
The UK has suffered its first fatal terrorist attack since 7 July 2007. Running people down, hacking down people large knives is so common in some parts of the world that it warrants a small note on the inside pages of newspapers. But those attacks are usually related to organised crime or some perceived personal slight. But the murderous attack in Woolwich in south-east London was neither of those. |
Internet: Google to retire Checkout
21. May 2013
Google has announced that its Checkout service is to be abandoned as of 20 November 2013. It's focussing on payments for non-physical goods and shipping other providers off to third parties, signalling a surrender to PayPal and Amazon Payments. It's another example of Google building a product and orphaning users.What's worse - it's gonna cost you. Google has developed what amounts to a corporate social responsibility product that is a huge benefit to, especially, very small businesses. Now, having encouraged reliance on it, it's kicking them in the most tender region. |
F1: Wot, no race report?
15. May 2013
Yes, I know it's Wednesday. Yes, I know I'm supposed to write a race report on Sunday night or Monday morning. But it's hard to do that when there wasn't actually a race. The Spanish Grand Prix 2013 was like a NASCAR race with corners and no crashes. At least it didn't last 500 laps. |
InfoTech: Adobe puts its head in the Cloud
7. May 2013
Adobe is betting on cloud services. You don't have to take that bet. You can keep your feet on the ground - and you can save your company thousands of dollars. Year after year after.... |
F1: the good, the bad and the tyres in Bahrain 2013 as, at last, we get fast and furious racing
22. April 2013
Pirelli made a good decision for the Bahrain race: take two tyre compounds that are very similar. That negated pretty much all the pit-lane decisions that have led to what basically amounts to racing by remote control. But all was not rosy. |
Publishing: today's dumb spam
22. April 2013
If it's got lies in it, it's a spam and putting an address or unsub link doesn't turn lies into truth. But really, one should be able to trust someone promoting "bible verses," right? Nope. |
Airports: the world's top airports. Allegedly.
19. April 2013
Skytrax has announced the top 100 airports as selected by their readers. What were they thinking? |
Strategies: Ignorance remains the main weapon of Thatcher's critics.
19. April 2013
Criticism of Margaret Thatcher is often based on flawed reasoning - and false statements that have been too-often repeated. Nigel Morris-Cotterill, Head, The Anti Money Laundering Network, ultimate owner of ChiefOfficers.Net presents a balanced viewpoint. Actually, she created a business-friendly environment. How can that be a bad thing? |
Aviation: Lion Air jet misses Bali runway
17. April 2013
Indonesia's Lion Air has been a rare beacon of reliability and an excellent safety record. But then one of its jets missed the runway at Bali's Denpasar (DNP) airport. |