The puzzle is why firms pay huge sums to big name consulting firms, when their advice comes from kids fresh out of college, who spend only a few months studying an industry they previous knew nothing about. How could such quick-made advice from ignorant recent grads be worth millions? Why don’t firms just ask their own internal recent college grads?

via Overcoming Bias : Too Much Consulting?.

Will Solaris be renamed So-Larry-Us?

via Oracle Drags Microsoft, Red Hat Into Itanium Lawsuit Swamp | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com.

Assuming ~93% of ZNGA’s bookings are generated through FB average of first three quarters of 2011, then total net FB bookings for ZNGA for 2011 would be $1,117mm based on FB’s ZNGA rev of $445mm divided by 30%, generating gross FB bookings of $1,484mm for ZNGA, then multipled by the 70% that ZNGA keeps.

via Zynga & its Facebook Problem — Tech News and Analysis.

You have a product so revolutionary, youll have no problem selling it. The question is, are people going to be allowed to use it?—Jeff Bezos

via Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos meet "Ginger" - HBS Working Knowledge.

"Applications in England are down over 50% more than in any other part of the UK as a result of the government making it the most expensive country in the world in which to gain a public degree."

via BBC News - UK university applications down as fees rise.

I can't even be bothered to find the counter point, just Google "Average US College Fees" then convert it to UK £.

Uhh [long pause] you know, Canada is the wrong direction for me my friend. It's cold up there [laughs]

via The exit interview with Jon Rubinstein: 'What we accomplished has been amazing' | The Verge.

Apple, the computer giant whose sleek products have become a mainstay of modern life, is dealing with a public relations disaster and the threat of calls for a boycott of its iPhones and iPad.

via Apple hit by boycott call over worker abuses in China | Technology | The Observer.

Two Important things to note about this 'bogus-ness':

A) Foxconn make lots and lots of consumer electronics for practically every company on this earth. Xbox or PS3 yup that's them.

B) Apple, has been extraordinarily transparent about its manufacturing record. But, rules and expectations do not translate from one country to another.

"If you add up all the workers who have died to build your iPhone or iPad, the number is shockingly high,"  - Peter Cohan : Forbes

Finally, if your going to write sound-bites, at least have the decency to give the number or cite the source.

“They are in a pickle. Their pickle is security,” Mr. Heins said in an interview. “When the first big security flaw even happens in one of the large enterprises, you will see this turn around. Wait for the day this happens.”

via In Europe, Some Lovers of the BlackBerry Now Seek A New Flavor - NYTimes.com.

Children's brains could be left damaged and they could suffer temporary 'dementia' by playing computer games, a leading scientist has warned.

via Computer games leave children with 'dementia' warns top neurologist | Mail Online.

I think it would be entirely appropriate to lose the "Leading" and "Scientist" from the article.

A "Leading Scientist" would be happy to publish papers in order to be peer-reviewed. Baroness Susan Greenfield as zero science behind this stupid claim. Lets make some wild claims to get funding and recognition for my current do-gooding project.

That means this whole debacle has cost the taxpayer at least £262,400,000. Paying the bonus in the first place would have cost the tax payer nothing, the payment was coming out of profits.

And as for the idiots who think good money is being thrown after bad at RBS. RBS is owned by the taxpayer and not funded.

Well done to the Ed Millerband and the cronies.