An article in The Economist’s December 23, 2006 holiday double issue caught my attention. It reported on how Arizona State University was converting their email system over to use Google’s free hosted service, under the “Google Apps for your Domain” offering that I blogged about back in August last year. I’m still using the service […]

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Apple has informed investors that due to the ongoing inves­ti­gation into their options backdating problems, they may be removed from the Nasdaq’s special “Global Select Market.” How select, you may ask? Well, a mere 1/3 of companies listed on the Nasdaq are privi­leged enough to make the cut. Wait, was that a typo? One-third of companies […]

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Having lugged around three thick files repre­senting the full permanent file for an audit client for the past few weeks, I’ve come to the conclusion that my firm needs to consider digitizing these things. Perm files for accoun­tants consist of client documents that carry forward year to year. For example, engagement letters are good for […]

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Microsoft’s upcoming operating system, the successor to XP, isn’t out yet but it has still managed to be cracked (in a sense). Vista will be out Jan. 30, 2007 to consumers, earlier for Microsoft’s preferred big business clients. With Windows Vista only just going “gold” … the first cracked versions have already hit the pirate […]

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The Ontario Securities Commission has launched a probe of Research In Motion’s stock option practices. An OSC spokesperson said the review was launched in early October, which is not long after the company announced it would have to restate past finan­cials because of its options accounting. Another tech company is having diffi­culties with their options […]

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