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The Mercedes Folding Bike
in Wangtam, on July 9, 2009
... Law
• Sony CEO dismisses price cut chatter on PlayStation
• Search British Newspapers From 1800-1900
• Chrome OS: But Will it Run Photoshop?
• President Obama's first 167 days
• Online ...
Can the G8 solve climate change?
in Sox First, on July 6, 2009
...p with a solution on climate change in the lead up to Copenhagen at the end of this year and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, now with JPMorgan Chase & Co, says that governments should ...
Daimler SP250 Celebrates 50th Anniversary, Sidney Gets a Treat
in Classical Drives, on July 3, 2009
... drove well as the SP250 offered spectators a distinctive sound.
I was quite fascinated with this British vehicle, partly for its Detroit-influenced styling but more for its 2.5 liter hemi-head 140 ...
USB 3.0 Is Coming Soon to Make Your PC Even More Obsolete
in The Gadgets Weblog, on July 3, 2009
...am looking forward to.
Just how fast the standard is adopted waits to be seen, but NEC Electronics Corporation, from Japan, has already begun shipping host controllers this June. With the speed of ad...
Sourceforge Website Redesign
in Wangtam, on July 2, 2009
...• Improving Sharing Through Control, Simplicity and Connection
• Hulu to work with British ISPs on imminent UK launch
• Morgan Stanley: Mac shipments on the rise
• AT&T Problems Can Delay i...
Classic Bentley Tour Arrives on My Doorstep
in Classical Drives, on June 29, 2009
...his assets to Rolls-Royce in 1931. As they arrived these fabulous classics lined up in front of the British Columbia parliament buildings, to the astonishment of tourists visiting from nearby Canadian...
Siemens becomes a recommended partner for F-35 supply chain
in Supplychainer, on June 28, 2009
... Automation, Inc. announced last week that after extensive testing and evaluation, Northrop Grumman Corporation Aerospace Systems is strongly encouraging its supply chain to explore the use of Siemens...
Adobe 将于十月推出手机版 Flash player 10 beta
in Wangtam, on June 26, 2009
Adobe 的 CEO Shantanu Naraye 最近在一次会议上宣布将于今年 10 月早期推出Flash player 10 beta 版，该版本将支持大多数智能手机系统，包括 Android、webOS、Windows Mobile 和 Symbian。
这则消息对使用 Google Android 或 webOS 操作系统的手机来说可谓意义重大，目前为止，在这两款操作系统中一直没有好用的 Flash 视频播放器。基于 Symbian 和 Windows mobile 的系统中则已经实现了对Flash视频的支持。而 Adobe 的 iPhone 系列手机普遍缺乏对 Adobe...
HTC Hero Android Smartphone Officially Launched
in The Smart PDA, on June 25, 2009
HTC has officially launched a new Android Smartphone known as the HTC Hero. It is the most exciting Android device launched thus far and will come with a customized UI known as the HTC Sense. According to HTC, the HTC Sense UI will be based on three basic principles: Make it Mine, Stay Close and...
Wanted: Oldest Pontiac Plus Oldest Pontiac With Original Owner
in Classical Drives, on June 24, 2009
.... Mind you, the former was a niche car whose image was diminished by sharing it with Saturn and a British Vauxhall , while the latter was a Toyota Matrix with a few styling differences. Rather th...
Digital Britain on Filesharing
in P2P File Sharing, on June 21, 2009
The Digital Britain report was finally published earlier this week, laying out new tactics for the UK's approach to filesharing.
" Ofcom will work with ISPs to send written warnings to those who are illegally sharing files with their peers," writes Telegraph.co.uk's Emm...
Airline crisis strategy: screw customers and staff
in Sox First, on June 21, 2009
...is year. So what's their answer? Screw passengers and staff. First, we have the report that British Airways is demanding its staff work for a month without pay. That's gone down like a bri...
MGB-GT, Yours for Just $20 in Museum Charity Raffle
in Classical Drives, on June 12, 2009
...eautiful 1974 MGB-GT, complete with air conditioning and overdrive, with the benefits going to the British Transportation Museum , an arm of the Society for the Preservation of British Transportation...
Hedge Fund Competing To Buy British Bank
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on June 9, 2009
BlackRock , Inc. confirmed that negotiations are ongoing with U.K.'s third-largest bank, Barclays Bank plc, about the potential purchase of Barclays Global Investors (BGI), including the iShares business.
BlackRock's BGI buyout will break its own record in a hedge fund transaction,...
Martine Wester Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on June 8, 2009
... British Fashion Jewelry
Since the summer of 2004, Martine Wester has been offering a unique range of high fashion jewelry and jewel encrusted belts. Each season, they inject a fun and flirty to...
Crunch for airlines
in Sox First, on June 8, 2009
...I am a realist. I don't see facts to support optimism. Our industry is in survival mode." British Air's Chief Executive Officer Willie Walsh told Bloomberg there isn't much that ca...
In Search of a Cool Summer: Kunming, China
in Hidden Travel Gems, on June 6, 2009
...During the 19th Century it was a gateway for trade between China on the one hand and the French and British colonial powers in Burma and Vietnam on the other.
Kunming is something of a garden city. ...
伦敦最大的佛教文化节
in Wangtam, on June 2, 2009
就其主题而言，伦敦主办的《佛教面面观》节(Many Faces of Buddhism)几乎不应引起太大的轰动。然而，这次佛教文化节是该市有史以来最大的一次。电影、舞蹈与讨论将让位于一门宗教-抑或是哲学。佛教或许已在英国的首都吸引到了部分信徒，但一般公众对其平和的处世方式仍相当缺乏了解。
维多利亚和阿尔伯特博物馆(Victoria and Albert Museum)首个佛像画廊在4月29日的开放，为这次佛教文化节锦上添花。这两者并非巧合，它们能够出现都应归功于何鸿毅家族基金(Robert H.N. Ho Foundation)-这家香港慈善机构成立于2005年，致力于弘扬中国艺术文化、以及...
Mike Hawthorn, Britain's First F1 Champion, Remembered in Art
in Classical Drives, on May 29, 2009
... Stirling Moss (who had won four races to Mike's single victory, in France) to become the first British World Champion.
Paul Chenard is making this Hawthorn dedication available in original, pri...
Product Alert: Publix Brand 100% Whole Wheat Sliced Bagels
in Allergies, on May 27, 2009
... © Egan Snow Western Bagel Baking Corporation is recalling " Publix Brand 100% Whole
Wheat Sliced Bagels " due to undeclared egg . The product was distributed to Publix stores in Alabam...
Vancouver All British Show Highlight No. 5: 1934 Aston Martin Mk II
in Classical Drives, on May 27, 2009
... The modern Aston Martins are so spectacular we sometimes forget that the legendary British marque has a long and noble history, dating back to 1914 when Old Etonian Lionel Martin built a car to d...
Vancouver All British Show Highlight No. 4: Sunbeam Alpine Mk 1
in Classical Drives, on May 25, 2009
...to spoil the glamour of the car and its famous occupants.
So whenever I attend Vancouver's All British car show I immediately begin looking for an early Alpine and this year I wasn't disappoi...
British Airways axes first class: more to come?
in Sox First, on May 24, 2009
... a steep decline in passenger numbers. So it's not surprising to read the news report that british Airways has just got rid of first class. In hard times, there's less demand for first ...
Vancouver All British Show Highlight No. 3: Rolls-Royce Touring Limousine
in Classical Drives, on May 22, 2009
...surrounded by Rolls-Royce "motor cars" of all years and types at Vancouver's 2009 All British show. Just imagine being next to dozens of fine automobiles purchased originally by the rich...
Vancouver All British Show Highlight No. 2: The Elegant AC Ace
in Classical Drives, on May 20, 2009
...res, and Ford V-8 engines. That's why I was delighted to see this Ace at the 2009 Vancouver All British show. After all, they're scarce in numbers, especially in North America.
The manufactur...
Dmitriy Pavlov Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on May 19, 2009
... and design. Dmitriy's professional journey began in 1981 at Russkiye Samotsvety (Russian Gems) Corporation, where he grew from engraver to leading engraving artist and designer . Besides his ind...
Cashing in on the disgust with banks
in Sox First, on May 19, 2009
...out financial backing. Virgin Money is also said to be interested in acquiring Northern Rock if the British Government decides to flog it. Just what will it do to banking? Probably not much at the ou...
Vancouver All British Show Highlight No. 1: Morgan Three-Wheeler
in Classical Drives, on May 18, 2009
...f course, makes them instantly recogniseable. The car in our photo was one of three at the 2009 All British show in Vancouver and though there were dozens of conventional Morgans parked nearby, I foun...
Corporate social responsibility and recession
in Sox First, on May 15, 2009
...o me: "In the long term, you could suggest in a downturn it's more important than ever for corporations to be responsible citizens and to help and support communities. And it would be crazy t...
Hedge Fund Administrator of The Year
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on May 13, 2009
...nel included Dr Werner Frey, CEO of the European Securities Forum and Angela Knight, CEO of The British Bankers Association.
More about the awards
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Packard Stars Among Vintage Cars, Here in My Own Backyard
in Classical Drives, on May 11, 2009
...nt to be strolling past row-upon-row of wonderful old cars, mostly of Detroit origin although a few British imports were on hand to provide variety. A really big show? Not at all, just a reminder that...
Kapalua Saved. PGA Sighs With Relief
in Eagle Par Birdie, on May 8, 2009
...liff.
At any rate, this new sponsor is a very interesting entity . SBS, the initials of the Seoul Broadcasting System, has signed a 10 year deal to take over the season opening event at Kapalua in H...
The Capri, Europe's Ford Mustang and BMW Beater
in Classical Drives, on May 8, 2009
...he Ford Capri! The handsome coupe was Europe's version of the Mustang, built from components of British Ford sedans, just as the former was constructed from Falcon part bins. This year marks the C...
Coming: The Best British Car Show This Side of Britain
in Classical Drives, on May 6, 2009
... its past but all over the world you'll find enthusiasts keen to own, restore, or just admire a British car. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Name no...
SOX and complacency
in Sox First, on May 5, 2009
...nerate a profit. A good share of the blame for corporate governance failures (and poorly performing corporations in general belong to passive boards of directors (the members of which are often handso...
Buffett says newspapers have no future
in Sox First, on May 4, 2009
...at they are constantly losing ground in the battle for eyeballs. Simply put, if cable and satellite broadcasting, as well as the internet, had come along first, newspapers as we know them probably wou...
Footloose auf den BVI
in Das Segel Blog, on April 29, 2009
...erto Ricos teilzunehmen.
Zu teuer? - Stimmt nicht ganz. Denn das Besondere am Revier der British Virgin Islands ist, dass man an den Wettfahrten auch mit kleinem Geldbeutel durchaus mit Erfolg te...
Swatch Watches
in The Jewelry Weblog, on April 28, 2009
... the event that marked the upturn in the industry's fortunes was the founding of SMH, the Swiss Corporation for Microelectronics and Watchmaking Industries. And its answer to the crisis was Swatch...
Classic Car Collector Buys a Spitfire
in Classical Drives, on April 24, 2009
...ly sold for $2,527,784 during a Bonhams Collectors Motor Car sale . The buyer was Steven Brooks, a British financier and polar adventurer, who became the first person to drive across the Bering Strai...
Are economists to blame for the financial crisis?
in Sox First, on April 23, 2009
...ake our confidence in the reliability of our elites and even of our scientific civilization." British economist John Kay adds to the debate, pointing out that the fundamental mistake of econom...
Own One of the Greatest Racing Prototypes at Ferrari Leggenda e Passione
in Classical Drives, on April 21, 2009
...ini and Willy Mairesse, while Jackie Stewart and Chris Amon took the car to second place in the British BOAC International 500 at Brands Hatch, clinching that year's World Championship for Fer...
KDDI/Sharp launching Solar Powered Eco-Friendly Phone
in The Smart PDA, on April 21, 2009
...has announced a new stylish Solar-Powered handset, which will be launched in association with Sharp Corporation. It will be made of Eco-Friendly and Water Proof material and provide few minutes of Tal...
Oracle 出价 74 亿美元收购 Sun
in Wangtam, on April 20, 2009
Oracle 同意以 74 亿美元或每股 9.50 美元的价格收购 Sun ，预计该次并购于今年夏季完成。
Oracle 公司总裁 Safra Catz 称，预计该并购交易完成的第一财年，将促使 Oracle 公司依非国际公认会计原则（Non-GAAP）计算的每股盈利至少增加 15 美分。
Catz 指出，预计其收购 Sun 电子计算机公司的业务在并购第一财年将为 Oracle Non-GAAP 运营利润贡献 15 亿美元 ，第二财年贡献逾 20 亿美元。而并购 Sun 电子计算机公司第一财年将实现的每股收益要高于 Oracle 并购服务器软件供应商 BEA 系统公司的计划每股收益...
The long recession's impact
in Sox First, on April 17, 2009
... embraced excess. Some other interesting trends are emerging. A Booz & Company study of 1800 British consumers has found that most consumers think the economic climate will get worse before it ...
Ab sofort: CarDelMar kooperiert mit Opodo
in Das Mietwagen-Blog, on April 7, 2009
...n Airlines - Aer Lingus, Air France, Alitalia, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, Finnair, Iberia, KLM und Lufthansa - gegründet. Der Reisetechnologie-Anbieter Amadeus hält seit Juni 2004 eine Mehrhe...
The Latest on PowerPlay Golf
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 7, 2009
It's always heartening to be able to pass along good news in dire economic times. And, yes, despite my view that we have fallen off a cliff and are only halfway to the bottom, I do report positive golf stories when I find them!
And one such story is the ongoing success and growth of PowerP...
G20 and FASB: the banks win again
in Sox First, on April 3, 2009
...
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown might proclaim the G20 summit as the beginning of a "new world order" but the reality is the financial crisis will be around for some time yet. Don... ...ites, that the real problem we have now is a breakdown of trust. People simply don't trust what corporations are telling them. And needless to say, this accounting pea and thimble trick will make ...
Detroit's Beauty on the Lawns of a Mansion built by Matilda Dodge Wilson. Yes, that Dodge
in Classical Drives, on April 3, 2009
... will feature "The Best of Detroit", The 100th Anniversary of Morgan and a celebration of British Sports Cars, along with "The Class of 1959"; Rolls-Royce Phantom; Swoopy Coupes an...
SUNY Albany Launches $150 Million Nanotech Expansion
in Nanotechbuzz, on April 2, 2009
...uld extend its research and development partnership with the school through 2013. By that time, the corporation will have invested more than $1 billion there."
"IBM has taken full advantag...
The importance of corporate DNA
in The CIO Weblog, on March 30, 2009
...have to have a culture dedicated to a product or concept to succeed? Various massive, multi-faceted corporations with many divisions and product lines might seem to disprove this immediately, but on a...
Westwood Memories Celebrate With Historic Racing
in Classical Drives, on March 27, 2009
...ing race circuit named Westwood. Built in 1959 with financing by members of the Sports Car Club of British Columbia , it was Canada's first purpose-built road course. Featuring an entertaining va...
Non-profit newspapers? No way!
in Sox First, on March 25, 2009
...rofits for educational purposes under the US tax code. That gives them a similar status to public broadcasting companies. It means that advertising and subscription revenue, the life-blood of pape...
Why Geithner's plan won't work
in Sox First, on March 23, 2009
... will use US Treasury Capital and financing from the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and of course money from private investors, to create a fund that will buy the banks...
Awomo lets you play games before you finish downloading
in PCGamers Blog, on March 19, 2009
...while because the game needs to be downloaded completely first before you can start playing.
Enter British company Awomo . Their idea : take a game's core files, which should be enough to get i... ... Steam, the games are cheaper, there's an anti-cheat system in place, and there's even an incorporation of downloadable content. Alas, while Steam is awesome in many respects, it's not per...
Rodney Rayner Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on March 18, 2009
... Designer Gemstone Jewelry
British jewelry designer Rodney Rayner has received worldwide fame and praise for his bold and colorful designs. From stylish and chic - to bold and beautiful, the Rodney ...
Dell 终于公布 Adamo 超薄本本
in Wangtam, on March 18, 2009
传言 是真的，Dell 今天终于公布了传说中的 Adamo 超薄本本。这是一个直指 Macbook Air 的针对性产品，同样为 13 英寸，标配售价 1999 美元，将于本周六开始出货。配置方面包括了 Intel Core 2 Duo U9300 的处理器，主频为 1.2GHz，2GB 内存和 64GB 的固态硬盘。13.4 的显示屏为 16:9，一般使用分辨率为 1366 x 768。以下是官方新闻稿和一些产品相片：
What's in YOUR network?
in The CIO Weblog, on March 16, 2009
...n a real dearth of stories lately about commercial software "phoning home" to the parent corporation, a staple of technology beat reporting in years past as intrepid reporters discovered a v...
Counterpoint: Employers snoop away!
in The CIO Weblog, on March 4, 2009
... In an age where millions of dollars worth of personal information is lost weekly by "careless corporations" it's hard to turn around and fault those companies for looking for staff with...
Norman: Take A Pay Cut
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 28, 2009
... recipient of some 25 billion dollars in taxpayers' bailout money and the new owner of Wachovia Corporation is dropping the Wachovia name from the Charlotte tour stop in late April.
The event w...
Ryanair überlegt WC-Gebühr im Flugzeug
in kinkaa blog - das Blog zur Reisesuchmaschine, on February 27, 2009
Wer sagt, man könne nicht aus Sch.... Geld machen???
Mr. O'Leary ist doch immer für eine Überraschung gut.
Konsumentenschützer kritisieren Profit- statt Passagier-Politik
London/Berlin (pte/27.02.2009/13:18) - Die irische Billigfluglinie Ryanair http://www.ryanair.com überlegt ernstlich,...
At Last, a Vintage Photo Site That Invites You to Share Your Pre-70s Memories
in Classical Drives, on February 23, 2009
...ere, to revive lost memories. Who wouldn't be charmed by the photo above, which appears to be a British Singer sports car? V like Vintage invites anyone interested in the past to submit photogra...
Duffy闪耀全英奖 Coldplay空手归
in YuleGuan, on February 21, 2009
美国格莱美音乐发奖会之后，又一个音乐盛事令人瞩目的 The Brit Awards 颁奖典礼在伦敦 Earl's Court 隆重举行了，威尔士女歌手 Duffy 成为发奖会上最风光的明星。
Duffy 惊喜连连
发奖会之前，已经有众多猜测 - 刚刚在美国格莱美发奖会上红了一把的英国乐队 Coldplay 和女歌手 Duffy 将会是本届全英音乐大奖发奖会上的大赢家，两者分别得到四项提名。
现在，尘埃落定，人们的猜测对了一半。正如人所料，来自威尔士小镇腼腆而秀丽的女歌手 Duffy 成为昨晚伯爵宫最令人瞩目的明星 - 赢得三项大奖 ：最佳女歌手奖、最佳新人奖，和最佳专辑...
Bad Money by Kevin Phillips
in Sox First, on February 17, 2009
...und, and indeed we are now seeing the great unwinding. Not before time. As Phillips reminds us, the British colonial secretary Joseph Chamberlain told the bankers in 1904: "Granted that you are t...
Madoff and the conspiracy of silence
in Sox First, on February 16, 2009
...r. People needn't have lost their savings and investment had they done that. People like former British army major William Foxton who killed himself after losing his life savings. And while we ...
Are British And American Banks Headed Towards Nationalization?
in Exclusive from our news room , on February 11, 2009
...Anatole Kaletsky, a world renowned economics writer and commentator, says the only way American and British banks can survive this crisis is if they are nationalized.
Read all the details here .
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Compliance and Outsourcing
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on February 11, 2009
...ve and compliance concerns, often fueled by the news media or political changes, change.
Within a corporation, it is easy to socialize a greater perceived regulatory risk - put simply, the complianc...
Celebrity Accounts and Twitter's Credibility
in The Social Networking Weblog, on February 10, 2009
Are you a follower of the Dalai Lama? You can evidently follow him now over the Internet - on Twitter . Kinda. Unofficially, at least...
I'm a follower of the Dalai Lama, on Twitter at least. I have about 150 followers; he has almost 20,000. Don't get me wrong; I'm a Baptist. I belie...
The meltdown and fascism: minister warns
in Sox First, on February 10, 2009
...m, nationalism and the eventually, the outbreak of World War Two. Now we have a warning from the British Children's and Schools Secretary, Ed Balls, that the downturn is likely to see a return ...
Bugatti Barn Story Part 2: Sold! $4,408,575!
in Classical Drives, on February 9, 2009
...family disagreement.
The rare Bugatti was originally owned by Earl Howe , first president of the British Racing Drivers' Club and a renowned competitor, who kept the car for eight years. It cha...
Murdoch's woes a warning for the media
in Sox First, on February 6, 2009
...
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has reported a massive loss of $6.4 billion. Why the red ink? Because the company took $8.4 billion in write-downs on its intangible assets, mostly related ...
