Something good: discriminatory ads becoming less

And in response to the spirit of fair employment, it was noted that discriminatory ads are getting less and less. Want to know more?

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From TODAY, News
Wednesday, 11-February-2009

Fair Employment: Key To Mutual Trust

In the midst of the current crisis, and with all the past, ongoing, and future massive layoffs, this 'fair employment' tune rings a note that will at least bring a calming effect, a therapy to the ailing economy. What is said is true. I agree with it 100%. Do you?

Read on...

From TODAY, News
Wednesday, 11-February-2009

STATS ChipPAC is not an exception; 650 jobs axed

Another company swinging the axe: 650 jobs slashed.
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From TODAY, News
Wednesday, 11-February-2009

Seagate Makes Its Move

While the rumor of retrenchment flew around Singapore, Seagate employees were still taken aback, surprised and immobilized by the sudden move.

Read on...

From TODAY, Business
Tuesday, 10-February-2009

Nissan's trim down: 20,000 workers

Automaker Nissan is not spared; will be axing 20,000...
Read on.

From TODAY, Business
Tuesday, 10-February-2009

Everyone's to blame

Road safety, who is responsible?

Some say, it's the motorists.

Others say, it's the pedestrians.

But one says, it's everybody's responsibility.

Read on...
From TODAY, Voices
Tuesday, 10-February-2009

Job Redundancy - Does It Happen Only During Bad Times?

Just what is job redundancy?

Does it happen only during bad times? Or they are prevalent even during good times, and that redundant employees are actually allowed, or required?

Reminds me of Sony's story many, many years ago, when, coming across a big business opportunity, the leader just saw the days after that, and said 'No.'

"What will I do with all the people that I will need to cater to this surge," said the man, "when the volume is no longer there?"

"The laborers are still around, but there is no more work to do..."

Boy, that is no longer the norm today.

Anyway, read on...

From TODAY, News
Tuesday, 10-February-2009

Panasonic's Numbers

From TODAY, Business

Thursday, 05-February-2009

 

Panasonic's numbers on the restructuring exercise is high: 15,000 workers to go. And it is due to the company's largest loss in seven years… Read on.

 

Kids, take note. The sun is not always bad for you. You don't get Vitamin D from the sun, but it concentrates what you get from the food you eat.

 

Soak up sunlight in the early morning, 7am to 9am. Avoid the sun while it is blazing hot, or you'll get undesirable effects…

 

Read on for more info; this article is from Today dailies, Tuesday edition, 03-February-2009.

 

 

 

I've been seeing my Secunia PSI report for some time, and it was telling me that my Office PC Macromedia Flash Player ActiveX was unsecure (take note, unsecure, not insecure). And since there is a link to an update, I clicked that. Not once, not twice, but many, many times! Can you imagine that? Even though I know that there are five options, one of which is the blog/forum link, I never bothered to go there.

 

But today, after 3x of re-installing the update, and still ending up with the same 'unsecure' message, I decided to go to the forum.

 

Voila!

 

That is where I found the key, the solution to the 'mysterious' no-change status of the ActiveX, despite numerous times of update and re-installation.

 

But that's not only the point. The good thing about forums is that you always get some by-products.

 

Which is why I write this blog now. I stumbled upon a new freeware, I haven't tried it, but the guys in the forum knew what they were doing, and as I've gone through the description of the product in their webpage, I'm putting it up for everybody who might want to grab it and use it. It is FREEWARE, and that makes a huge difference, when, after trying, you like the product and want to keep it, and use it for life, or until the better product comes. Mind you, it was described to be 'better' than the usual Windows Add/Remove utility, and anything that is 'better' than the incumbent may stay for long (if not swallowed up, choked dead, or squeesed dry).

 

So, here it is, Revo uninstaller!

 

.NET Framework multiple versions installed - need to clean-up?

I was thinking, since the alert from Secunia Personal Software Inspector keeps on coming back, telling that MS .NET FW 1.x is posing a security threat, and that when running windows update, it is not reported as a security threat. That's my first roadblock.

 

I went in, and found that several versions of the .NET framework are installed in my development PC. For Java versions, I know that I am supposed to uninstall the older versions manually, as this is not done by the updater program, but what about MS .NET FM older versions?

 

I browsed through the wide networld, and found some answers.

 

I'm sharing to all who might be encountering the same problems and asking the same questions.

 

Read the articles to gain some nifty insights as provided by the authors.

 

Link 1: http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2007/08/31/4678599.aspx

Link 2: http://cybernetnews.com/2008/12/18/remove-or-reinstall-net-framework/

Link 3: http://kbalertz.com/938244/Availability-services-Messaging-hotfix-rollup-package.aspx

Link 4: http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/17/33OPsecadvise_1.html

 

I am linking directly to the tool provided by MS for cleaning up .NET FM versions, and as always - USE WITH CAUTION.

Uninstall Cleanup Tool for Microsoft .NET Framework versions

 

Or course, there are a lot more articles and discussions on "removing older versions of the .NET framework", and these are yours for the browsing…

 

Ciao!

 

Something else to do during the recession... cool off

From TODAY, Tech
Friday, 30-January-2009

Even during the hard times, don't get too caught in your worries, or job-hunting. There's always a time for everything. Don't do one thing all the time, or everything in one time...

Do some chillaxin...

H5N1 Vaccine; is it really coming? Soon?

From TODAY, World
Friday, 30-January-2009

With H5N1 virus still going around and causing deaths, this vaccine will be much-needed. Hopefully, it comes not at a time when it is too late.