*Microsoft Offers 0% Financing On Business Software Purchases *<http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/erp/showArticle.jhtml?ar... Microsoft announced Thursday that it's offering 0% financing for 36 months to all new customers of its Dynamics enterprise resource management and customer-relationship management software that spend between $20,000 and $1 million on licenses. The offer is good until March 20 for businesses in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and covers all five of Microsoft's ERP platforms. * AMD Names New CEO*<http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/processors/showArticle.j... Ruiz will become executive chairman of the chipmaker and chairman of the board. The announcement came as AMD, which has struggled against its larger rival Intel, reported a second-quarter loss of $1.19 billion,<http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/processors/showArticle.j...or nearly double the loss reported during the same period a year ago. Revenue for the quarter, however, was slightly higher, rising to $1.35 billion from $1.31 billion a year ago. Shortly after reporting its seventh consecutive quarterly loss, Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD<http://www.techweb.com/financialCenter/index.jhtml?Account=techweb&Pa...) on Thursday said it has replaced chief executive Hector Ruiz with president and chief operating officer Dirk Meyer. *Looking To Online Newspapers For Design Tips*<http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/11/11/newspaper-website-design-t... It can be easy to fall into the trap of focusing so much on content management tools that you end up forgetting that they don't mean much of anything without good site design. Smashing Magazine this week published a great piece on newspaper Web sites that serves as a strong reminder of that very point. The article, _title_d Newspaper Website Design: Trends And Examples<http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/11/11/newspaper-website-design-t..., goes into great detail dissecting many of the most popular content-driven sites, both online newspaper sites with companion print editions and online-only sites with heavy content volume (The Huffington Post<http://huffingtonpost.com/, among others). The article also examines some of the key design elements, such as navigation, page layout, and placement of advertisements, that can make a site easy to read and navigate, or a chore to slog through.* *<http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.san&s=94696&Nid=49... *Wal-Mart Turns In Solid Quarter, Predicts Happy Holidays*<http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.san&s=94696&Nid=49... We are very pleased with our results this quarter, Lee Scott, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. president and CEO, said in a conference call. Despite economic difficulties around the world, we achieved solid sales and earnings growth, and we are optimistic about the upcoming holidays. At a time when our customer is feeling the pressure of a tough economy, Wal-Mart's price leadership is more important than ever. While it's no secret that consumers are looking for stores that can save them money, Wal-Mart Stores' latest results offer plenty of additional evidence. The Bentonville, Ark.-_base_d retailer says sales for the third quarter jumped 7.5% to $97.6 billion, while income from continuing operations gained 6.6% to $3.03 billion. And its comparable-store sales gained 2.7% in the quarter, excluding gasoline sales, while its Sam's Club division gained 4.5%. * *<http://www.moconews.net/entry/419-three-uk-and-inq-mobile-launch-dirt... *New 'Facebook Phone' Aims To Undercut Rivals On Price*<http://www.moconews.net/entry/419-three-uk-and-inq-mobile-launch-dirt... In a bid to increase the amount of data its customers consume, Three UK launched its so-called Facebook Phone today, which Britain's smallest carrier and its handset partner INQ Mobile are calling the world's first social mobile phone. While the handset