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 …
Even lap dancers have to pay their own VAT
An article on Reuters, lap dancers have to pay their own VAT, similar to other self-employed.
Mozilla and ebay - partnership for better shopping
Mozilla and eBay are working on a way to improve shopping experience of Firefox users, accessing eBay’s auction sites in some of the countries, …
"Const-ness" in C++
In C++ you can declare class methods as
const
. The idea is that a
const
method does not change the value of instance’ member variables (and …
Read-only on-line banking
I think it would be great if banks provided “read-only” access for on-line banking - a set of credentials, which can only be used to view …
2007 - property still grows in the UK
Prices for both commercial and residential property seem to go up, especially in London.
According to this article on Reuters, there is a surge in …