Steve Ballmer, the Chief Executive of Microsoft decried usage of software that is pirated through Chinese firms.
In a business forum in the Spanish city of Madrid, he said that one that has really improved so much across the world is piracy by businesses, stating that in China in particular business piracy today is intense than cases of consumer piracy.
Ballmer added that they are working cordially with the Chinese government towards the improvement of the situation although it is a huge problem.
A Trade group based in Washington, the Business Software Alliance …

It was good to see David Tennant’s bedroom sequence woes rule net trends, with twitterers saying that all was well with the world with no catastrophe hogging the limelight, after the Danube disaster had the eco-gang having conniptions. Dishy TV doctor Tennant, who starred in Doctor Who and won over a legion of fans in his five year stint on the Saturday night show, now plays hunky Single Father.
David Tennant said that after BBC TV-men botched shots, he had to re-shoot a bedroom scene many times over. For the perfect …

Nebraska football fans, rejoice! A plan was unveiled on Friday for a $56 million worth of Memorial Stadium expansion, to accommodate Big Ten crowds of more than 90,000. The capacity boost will be a delight for fans who are used to large scale facilities at Ohio State, Penn State and Michigan.
Nebraska authorities want to keep the stadium facilities competitive enough for the big leaugue.Director Tom Osborne was heard saying that the revamp was long due, as Nebraska is set to join the Big Ten club next year, and is now …

Two children at Kelly Elementary School in central Carlsbad received injuries in the arm when they were shot at on Friday afternoon. A gun-toting man, who is allegedly a German hit the Carlsbad neighbourhood with a gasoline can in one hand, what kids and witnesses said looked like a jack-o-lantern.
Police stationed at Carlsbad say that the gunman involved in the 12:30 p.m. shootout in in custody, and no threat looms any more. The suspected culprit appears to have no other accomplices.
Carlsbad Police Lt. Kelly Cain assuaged terrorized kids and parents, …

On Friday, the Unites States Treasury announced Colorado has received a grant of $17.2 Million, as per the new law that aims at replenishing the capacity for lending for many small businesses.
$1.5 billion has been set by the Small Business Jobs Act that will be allocating funds across the United States. Passed in congress in September, the bill was passed last week into law by president Barrack Obama.
The Treasury Department released a statement to the effect that the allocated money is meant, “for programs that partner with private lenders to …

President Obama is set to start offering his own thoughts on the latest employment government’s report after making a tour to a small business in the Suburbs of Washington.
The visit to the Bladensburg Md on Friday will be after the release of the Labor Department’s Job figures for September.
Later on, Barack Obama is set to hold a meeting with some senior advisers followed by a signing into law of the 2010’s 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act.
The act sets measures and federal guidelines crucial for the telecom industry, which …

On Friday, the United States Department of the Treasury made the announcement for the allocations for individual initiative of small business funding for all the 50 states, all U.S. territories and in the District of Columbia as well.
The program aims to offer about $15 billion in novel small business loans via localized programs to aid in helping the expansion of businesses and in the creation of new jobs.
Through the initiative, states will be given an opportunity to make an application for funds from the federal government for those programs collaborating …

The image of the iconic wire-rimmed glasses worn by John Lennon sent netizens in a tizzy, with a flurry of Google searches “John Lennon’s death.” No wonder it peaked on Google Trends. Here’s the info: Lennon was born on October 9, 1940, so it was Google’s way to commemorate the Beatle who asked us to go imagine.
The searches evince how John Lennon’s martyrdom in etched on this century’s psyche, and all the rot about how Yoko was the witch who broke up the guy gang. Lennon was shot dead by …

A brace from striker Miroslav Klose and Mesut Ozil’s shot in the 79th minute helped Germany beat Turkey 3-0, in the Euro 2012 qualifier held on Friday. For goal poacher Miroslav Klose, this was a personal milestone as he became Germany’s second highest scorer, after Gerd Mueller, called the bomber.
The young German brigade lifted the nation at the World Cup, be it Thomas Mueller’s pyrotechnics or Mesut Ozil’s. The latter who has signed up with La Liga giants turned cuckoo on Turkey. Ozil’s parents were from Turkey, but the youngster …

Krystal Ball, the Congressional candidate was left fuming after a dirty tactic by Republican bloggers that saw private pics of her taken at a costume party when she was a 22year old, posted on an uptight and conservative blog which immediately went viral.
Given contemporary internet standards of dishyness, the pics were nothing much, with a youthful Krystal Ball in a red Santa cap suggestively chomping off the nose of her now ex-husband dressed as Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. Krystal is a running for Congress in Virginia as …