Movie of the Day: 300

"300 is a 2007 epic film adapted from the graphic novel 300 by Frank Miller about the Battle of Thermopylae. The historical fantasy is directed by Zack Snyder with Frank Miller attached as an executive producer and consultant. 300 stars Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Rodrigo Santoro and David Wenham. The film is slated for a March 9, 2007 release."
Source: Wikipedia

Official site:
300themovie.warnerbros.com

Trailers:
300 - Apple

Blogs:
300 - Cinematical
300 - Advertising/Design Goodness

Books:
The Greek and Persian Wars 500–323 BC - Osprey Publishing
The Spartan Army - Osprey Publishing
The Persian Army 560–330 BC - Osprey Publishing

Company of the Week: Oracle Corporation

"Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) is one of the major companies developing database management systems (DBMS), tools for database development, middle-tier software (Fusion Middleware), enterprise resource planning software (ERP), customer relationship management software (CRM) and supply chain planning (SCM) software. Oracle was founded in 1977, and has offices in more than 145 countries around the world. As of 2005, it employs over 50,000 worldwide.

Lawrence J. Ellison (Larry Ellison) has served as Oracle's CEO for several years. Ellison served as the Chairman of the Board until his replacement by Jeffrey O. Henley in 2004. Ellison retains his role as CEO. Forbes magazine once judged Ellison the richest man in the world."
Source: Wikipedia

Corporate site:
oracle.com

News & Blogs:
Oracle - Topix.net
Oracle News Aggregator

Blogs:
OraBlogs
Oracle - CNET News
Oracle Watch - eWEEK

Finance:
ORCL - SeekingAlpha

Audio:
ORCL - EarningsCast
Oracle OpenWorld, Ellison’s distro, AMD/Dell, IBM/Amazon and more.. - Between the Lines/ZDNet.com

Photos:
Oracle - Flickr

Resource of the Day: OpenLearn - The Open University (OU)

Keywords: Open University


"Welcome to The Open University's OpenLearn website - free and open educational resources for learners and educators around the world.

You are in the LearningSpace where Open University learning materials are freely available for you to study in your own time, away from any formal teaching environment.

Visit the LabSpace to share and reuse educational resources. Download some learning materials, adapt to your needs: translate, shorten, extend, add examples... and then of course, place it back for others to benefit!"
Source: OpenLearn - The Open University (OU)
[via IT in the press]

News & Blogs:
Open University - Topix.net

See also:
Idea of the Day: Education 2.0 - The World 2 Come

Blog/Video of the Day: WallStrip

Keywords: Wall Street, pop culture

Wallstrip.com
Link

Wall Street + pop culture = WallStrip

See also:
Video of the Day - The World 2 Come

Company of the Week: Dow Jones & Company

"Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ) is an American publishing and financial information firm.

The company was founded in 1882 by three reporters: Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser. Like The New York Times and the Washington Post, the company is publicly traded but privately controlled. The company is led by the Bancroft family.

Its flagship publication, The Wall Street Journal, is a daily newspaper covering U.S. and international business and financial news and issues."
Source: Wikipedia

Corporate site:
dowjones.com

Research:
Dow Jones - Ketupa
Dow Jones - Columbia Journalism Review

News & Blogs:
Dow Jones - Topix.net

Blogs:
WSJ-DJ - PaidContent.org

Finance:
DJ - SeekingAlpha

Insight:
The 50 Content Companies that Matter: Factiva - Content Matters

Audio of the Day: VV Show #39 - Guy Kawasaki

Keywords: Guy Kawasaki

"If technology entrepreneurs have a guru, it surely must be Guy Kawasaki. For about two decades, Guy’s been advising entrepreneurs in one way or another. First as an evangelist for Apple, he courted software entrepreneurs and developers to write code for the Macintosh. Guy later tried his own hand at entrepreneurship, and eventually returned to Cupertino as an Apple Fellow. In the late 90’s, Guy jumped ship from Apple again to launch Garage Technology Ventures. Garage went through several incarnations before turning into the venture capital fund that it is today. Guy spreads his vision of entrepreneurship though books including The Art of the Start, speaking engagements, investing and blogging. Now you can hear his story."
Source: Venture Voice

Blogs:
Signal Without Noise--by Guy Kawasaki

Photos:
Guy Kawasaki - Flickr

News & Blogs:
Guy Kawasaki - Topix.net

See also:
Audio of the Day - The World 2 Come

Company of the Week: Salesforce.com

"Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) is an on-demand Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution vendor.

The company was founded in 1999 by former Oracle executive Marc Benioff. In June 2004, the company went public on the New York Stock Exchange. Salesforce.com is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with regional headquarters in Dublin (covering Europe, Middle East, and Africa), Singapore (covering Asia Pacific less Japan), and Tokyo (covering Japan). Other major offices are in Toronto, New York, London, and Sydney."
Source: Wikipedia

Corporate site:
salesforce.com

News & Blogs:
Salesforce.com - Topix.net

Blogs:
The Official Salesforce Blog
SalesForceWatch.com
CRM - SeekingAlpha
CRM - BloggingStocks

Finance:
CRM - Google Finance
CRM - Yahoo Finance

Audio:
CRM - EarningsCast

Video:
Salesforce - Google Video
Salesforce - YouTube

Photos:
Salesforce - Flickr