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TOP10 for 11/18/2008

Filed in archive Daily Top 10 by Creative Weblogging on November 19, 2008

The most popular entries for 11/18/2008 out of 82 entries made in 152 blogs in the Creative Weblogging network yesterday.

OakRun Cayman Hedge Fund Launch The Hedge Funds Weblog

Business, Economy & Finance In HedgeCo news, hedge fund Manager OakRun Capital LLC announced the launch of a receivables refactoring fund, the 'Short Term High Yield Fund'. The Cayman Islands exempted fund launched on October 1st and came in at 9.48% annualized in its first month. The fund's objective is to generate above average current income with a lower overall credit risk profile and... Read it all

Amazon adds content distribution to Web Services options The CIO Weblog

Technology Amazon Web Services today announced the release of Cloudfront, a poor man's global content distribution network deeply integrated with the existing Simple Storage Service (S3) offering from the company. Cloudfront is able to take content stored in the S3 system and replicate it globally between 14 different datacenters and to send users accessing the content to the closest distribution point... Read it all

World Diabetes Day Update Daily Diabetic

Life Sciences Here's the latest update from the World Diabetes Day "Young Voices: Life With Diabetes" Forum event hosted by Novo Nordisk, Discovery Health, Discovery Education and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) to bring together teens and young adults living with type 1 diabetes to share their experiences dealing with life transitions while managing the disease. The event took place at... Read it all

Founder Jerry Yang Leaving Yahoo The Search Engine Weblog

Ecommerce & Internet A number of news sources (paidContent.org, NY Times, WIRED News) are reporting that Founder and CEO Jerry Yang is stepping down as head of Yahoo - just as soon as the company can replace him. Kara at All Things Digital has a copy of the memo from Jerry tendering his resignation. We ran a piece earlier this month on the problems... Read it all

Free Online HTML Courses The Online Universities Weblog

Educate Me Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Ermin Gutenberger If you're looking to learn the basics of programming, there are dozens of high-quality free online HTML classes to choose from. I've reviewed some of the top choices and posted the best in my latest About.com article. Here's a blurb:"Whether you want to practice your programming skills or create a simple website, these free online... Read it all

G20 undermines accounting independence Sox First

Business, Economy & Finance Accounting hasn't been this political since the time Andersen was sent down the chute.The G20 now wants the International Accounting Standards Board to promote financial stability, reports Accountancy Age. That's a totally different role to the IASB's function until now which has been to promote transparency. And that raises serious questions about whether the IASB will be able to remain... Read it all

Mouse and SDHC Card Reader Join Forces to Free Desktop The Gadgets Weblog

Digital Media Multipurpose devices really are the way to go. The Swiss were onto something when they developed that little army knife of theirs. That is why it just kills me when some desktop gadgets are so single-purposed that they make themselves obsolete before they even get started. That is not the case with this mouse / disk reader from USB gadget... Read it all

Biofeedback Machines to DIagnose and Treat Allergies Allergies

Life Sciences Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Trent ChambersIt was at a party where I first heard of a new method of diagnosing allergies using a hybrid of acupuncture and ultrasounds. The woman I was talking to couldn't articulate exactly how it works, but she swears that the technique worked, and unlike conventional allergy tests, it does not involve drawing of blood or... Read it all

Telemundo Moves from Yahoo to MSN Latina Viva

Travel & Culture paidContent.org is among a number of news sources reporting that Telemundo "is ending its two-year partnership with Yahoo as of January 1, 2009." According to paidContent.org, some Telemundo.com content will run across MSN Latino. But the Spanish language TV channel that NBC Universal owns will set up a solo Internet site that will include some social media features. "We partnered with... Read it all

White Cockatoo Resort in Queensland Plans Month of Naked Hedonism to Fight Hard Times Wandalust

Travel & Culture The White Cockatoo resort in Mossman on the coast of Queensland is planning a month long, clothing-optional anything-goes party to drum up business during the economic downturn, according to Reuters. "Tough economic times call for stiff measures," Tony Fox, the owner of the White Cockatoo resort. The resort was raided by police three years ago in response to complaints from the public.... Read it all

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