Microsoft Recent Drop In Profit and Declining PC Operating System Share

February 18th, 2009

February 2008 operating system market share

Microsoft surprised investors by reporting its fiscal second-quarter earnings early — and the news was not good. The software giant posted an 11 percent drop in profits and said it will slash 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months.

The company said deteriorating global economic conditions and lower revenue from PC software forced it to cut back. The company also said it is unable to provide any profit and revenue guidance for the rest of the year due to market volatility.

Valentine’s Ideas That Won’t Break The Bank

February 16th, 2009

Valentine's Day Dinner - save money on Valentine's

Your special someone is one of a kind, so it’s only natural you’ll want to choose a gift or plan a dinner that reflects how special and unique they really are.  Below are some great tips on finding Valentine’s Day gift in the current tough economic times without spending a fortune.

Express Yourself:  Take time to write down how you really feel, then add a few poems and pictures to create a book they will cherish for a long time. Have it bound, printed and delivered to your significant other in special gift wrapping.

The Ultimate and Best Taiwan / Taipei Travel, Tourist, Visitor Attractions Guide

February 11th, 2009

The Ultimate Best visitor tourist travel guide to Taiwan, Taipei

After 10 months of part-time work on the “The Ultimate and Best Taiwan / Taipei Travel, Tourist, Visitor Attractions Guide” series of articles, it is finally done. Yippee! :)

Below is a listing of all the Taiwan articles listed in a logical order, meaning from some history, to intro, to finding out what to do in Taiwan.

1. Some History About Taiwan Before I Write About My Trip

Knowing When To Play The Gaps – Trend Trading Part 5

February 10th, 2009

Knowing when to play the gaps for trading stocks and options is the subject of this Part 5 of the Trend Trading video trading course. This is a good video for beginners to learn how to make money with gaps, and how to identify and profit from them.

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Trading Psychology – Trend Trading Part 4

February 2nd, 2009

This is part four of the Trend Trading course, in this video the focus is on the psychology of trading, which is key to success in trading.  A lot of knowing when to buy and sell depends on watching the charts and news, and managing your emotions.

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Pesty Worm / Virus Infects Millions Of Computers – Time To Migrate to Ubuntu Linux or Apple Mac OS X

January 29th, 2009

Confiker and Downadup computer virus wormRecently there was an article that wrote about a computer virus / worm called “Conficker” or “Downadup” that has infected over 9 million computers and was spreading at an extremely fast rate of 1 million computers a day.

One thing to note is that this Confiker or Downadup virus / worm only infects Microsoft Windows computers, it targets the Windows service RPC Server.

Money Management In Trading – Trend Trading Part 3

January 21st, 2009

The subject of this trading video tutorial is Money Management which is of course one of the most important aspect of trading stocks and options. Basically, this trading video tutorial will discuss factors like how much money you should risk on any single trade so as you do not bust out, and use up all your capital.

Introduction To Options – Trend Trading Part 2

January 14th, 2009

MoneyAccumulator.com is a resource for learning about trading topics, as well as anything to do with money, so here is the Trend Trading video for “Introduction To Options.” Great video for those, who want to learn the basics of trading option contracts.

More to follow, make sure to check back to this website.

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Introduction To Trading – Trend Trading Part 1

January 14th, 2009

Here is part 1 of the Trend Trading course. Introduction To Trading is geared towards someone who would like to know the basics of trading either stocks or options and the basic of trade order entry and money management. More videos to follow.

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Upgrade Your Acer 3680-2682 Celeron M CPU to an Intel Core Dual T2250 1.73Mhz CPU Processor or Higher

January 9th, 2009

Upgrade Acer 3680 from Celeron M to Dual Core CPU processor

Just want to share with my visitors / readers about a recent upgrade that I have done on my Acer Laptop model 3680-2682. The Acer 3680 laptop transformation continues, so far I have upgraded the memory (RAM) from standard 512MB to 1.6GB of RAM now, and then I toasted Windows Vista causes it sucks, and installed Windows XP SP2.

Taipei, Taiwan – Some Basic Information Tourist / Travellers Should Know

January 5th, 2009

 

Taipei, Taiwan basic tourist and visitor information

• Area: 271.8 square kilometers

• Location: Northern Taiwan, in the Taipei Basin.

Bordered on all sides by Taipei County

• Population: Approximately 2.62 million

• Languages: Taiwan’s official language is Mandarin; English and Japanese are also commonly used.

• Climate: Taipei has a subtropical climate with an annual average temperature of 22 degrees Celsius (71.6 degrees Fahrenheit) and an annual average rainfall of 2,325 millimeters. Summers are hot with occasional afternoon thunderstrom; winters are chilly with frequent drizzles.