Another Nick Leeson

A friend of mine told me an interesting story. A trader in bank X tried to make a profit, building a private portfolio with some new financial product …

Time to buy shares?

Apparently, JD Whetherspoon shares fell , after the company issued a profits warning. The pub management firm is worried, that the smoking ban, to be …

Cassini - web server in .NET

Some time ago Microsoft released a free sample - an HTTP server, written completely in .NET and able to host ASP.NET applications. It has been …

GMail MIDLet

Google allow you to install a Java MIDLet (a small Java application for mobile platforms), which gives you access to your GMail account. Current …

London to have its own domain

An article claims, that there is a proposition to create either

ldn.uk

.london

domain. …

Hedge funds no longer effective

Heiko Ebens, a Merrill Lynch director, claimed , that hedge fund industry has ceased to deliver higher than average returns and can be mostly replaced …

Windows Server (Longhorn) beta 3 review

There is an interesting review of the upcoming Windows Server. The OS seems to be full of goodies to simplify daily administration tasks and to …

Google documents

As some of you probably know, Google provides an “on-line office” - AJAX-based web application, which allows you to edit formatted text …

Berkeley DB .NET wrapper

There is an open source .NET wrapper for (former) SleepyCat Berkeley DB file database system - you can find it on SourceForge .

Bank of England - 5.5 rate possible

The chances for another interest rate rise this month are not very high, but still possible, according to Reuters . The house prices are growing, and …