About The Ultimate Software Group, Inc.

Ultimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI) is a leading provider of end-to-end strategic human resources, payroll, and talent management solutions. Our team of experienced professionals has developed award-winning HRMS solutions that increase our recurring revenues and contribute to the transformation of our business from primarily a license model to a hybrid model that includes a higher percentage of recurring revenues. UltiPro is Ultimate Software's flagship product, and Intersourcing is the company's service delivery solution that provides customers with hosted services for UltiPro, allowing them to access HR, benefits, payroll, and self-service functionality over the Internet. Intersourcing is the cornerstone of the company's recurring revenue growth.

One America Committee blog.oneamericacommittee.com/videoblog

The One America Committee says it is "dedicated to helping elect Democratic candidates across the country." The most important Democrat seems to be Senator John Edwards. Remember him? Eight months after the 2004 Presidential election, Senator Edwards launched a video blog. While it is hard to imagine the Senator fiddling around with his computer late at night editing video (he has some professional help on this), it does maintain a grassroots, homemade feeling. Citizens (right now mostly video bloggers) can video tape a question and send it in. Then Sen. Edwards answers the question, also on video. The end result is a time-delayed conversation, or a really long town hall meeting. It is a great application of the vlog concept. And a good indicator that the Internet will continue to be a key tool in politics.

American Idol Buzz

Some of the regulars in the know are aware that this myajc.com/idolblog social networking site, which launched a year ago, was an experiment.

The bosses tell me a new social networking site will be back, possibly midseason but definitely by midyear, no later.

Is Homeland Security Too Focused on “Guns, Guards and Gates”?

September 11th was a brutal reminder that there are people out there who have the desire and means to kill us in a mass attack, and we have to stop them. "The best defense is a good offense", we like to say, but in this case it's a little trickier than that. We need an offense mindful of long-term gains and a defense more nuanced than smash-mouth football.

To better understand this quandry, I recently caught up with Juliette Kayyem, Undersecretary of Homeland Security for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a former adviser with the National Commission on Terrorism.

Cocksure Courteeners' rise continues

AS magical moments go, hearing that you've just sold out your biggest hometown show yet while drinking in the picturesque vista provided on the banks of Loch Ness is not a bad one to tuck away for the grandkids. On route to yet another sold out date, this time in far-reaching Aberdeen, Manchester's brightest new hope in ages are revelling in the attention currently being showered upon them. But as the cocksure and ever quotable frontman Liam Fray is quick to point out, they believe their forthcoming debut LP St Jude will cement their position further. “It's a work of art, I'm so proud of us. There's been a lot of pressure with people hyping us, but I'm openly, openly confident that people will see - with those 12 tracks – that there is worth to what we are doing." Relatively inexperienced in the machinations of the studio and recording process, Fray does however concede, he has been surprised about how well the sessions went.

Microsoft prepares to take Office online

In addition to Google's effort, which, as of earlier this month, also includes presentation software, IBM has announced its free Lotus Symphony productivity software, which prompted 100,000 downloads in its first week of availability.

A blend of online services and traditional software
For Microsoft, Office Live Workspace is also the next step in what the company touts as its "software plus services" strategy, essentially the notion that online services can serve as a complement to locally run software, but not necessarily fully replace software running on a consumer's own desktop machine or on a businesses server.

Kristin Day column: 'Day Trippin'

At the start of my sophomore year at ECU, I announced to my family I was dropping my standing as a pre-law student and studying journalism. It's a big jump from the law to the press, but that's not what seemed to bother my mother. She couldn't understand why I chose newspapers over television.

Hip-Hop Rumors: New G-Unit Vid! Rihanna In High School!

Man, remember how The Incredible Hulk comic used to say “Hulk Smash?" Well, wrestling sensation Hulk Hogan might have taken that literally. You know The Hulkster is in the middle of a bitter divorce and it looks like a new situation with his daughter Brooke has exacerbated that. Christiane Plante, a Brooke buddy, was helping with Brooke's album and reportedly did the nasty with Hulk Hogan. This allegedly happened when they were filming the reality show, but they mysteriously didn't capture any of that reality. That's for the best.

Janet Jackson is expected to move about 180k in sales in her first week based on a one day assessment of her sales. She should be at No.