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MS Outlook-Tipp: Kostenloser RSS-Client
in Business Computer Blog (DE), on 11.11.09
© Chesi - Fotos CC Lesen sie gerne RSS-Feeds von Ihrem Lieblingsblog oder anderen informativen Seiten? Warum abonnieren Sie den jeweiligen Newsticker dann nicht über Outlook? Das hat den großen Vorteil, dass Sie über neu hinzugekommene News von Outlook erinnert werden und die Neuigkeiten b...
使用 Psystar 在 HP TouchSmart 上安装 Hackintosh
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-25
...elect the GUID Partition Table
j. Click OK
k. Click Apply
l. Click Partition
m. Quit Disk Utilities...
No recovery in sight
in Sox First, on April 30, 2009
With the US economy convulsing in its sharpest contraction since 1958 . down 6.1%, the Fed now seems to be sitting on the side lines. In its latest statement , the Fed said the economic outlook had improved "modestly" but that economic activity was "likely to remain weak for a t...
Take Your Digital Camera On A Photo Cruise
in Digital Shot, on April 25, 2009
Here's something for digital photographers who also like ships and life at sea, at least on a temporary basis.
This may not be an exclusive business, but Crystal Cruises is conducting a "Photography Experiences of Discovery" experience, on two Mediterranean cruises this summer and...
One more step to bank nationalization
in Sox First, on April 25, 2009
While the Federal Reserve says most US banks are well capitalized and will be okay in these stress tests, chances are the public and investors will still have to confront the n-word. Nationalization is on its way. Read carefully between the lines of this otherwise bland New York Time piece ...
美国银行一季净利42.4亿美元
in Independent Money & Investment Guide, on 2009-04-20
美国银行今天公布了09年第一季度财报，报告显示，得益于住房再融资和交易收入，美国银行第一季度净利润为42.4亿美元，较去年同期的12.1亿美元增长两倍以上超出分析师的最乐观预期。
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The great economic cover up
in Sox First, on April 11, 2009
First, we had Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke talking about "green shoots" and how the recession will come to an end this year. Now we have Lawrence Summers, director of the White House's National Economic Council saying that the economic disaster will come to an end in t...
The long slump
in Sox First, on March 3, 2009
Yesterday, I did a blog entry giving Warren Buffett's warning that the US economy will remain in a shambles for at least all of 2009. But if yesterday's performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average is anything to go by, it will be around for a lot longer than that. As The Wall Str...
Blackwater - what's in a name?
in Sox First, on February 17, 2009
Private military contractor (hush, let's not use the word mercenary) Blackwater is rebranding itself . Its futuristic new name is Xe (pronounced, as my American friends do, like the last letter of the alphabet). As the LA Times says, what else can you do when your employees are facing man...
US unemployment gets worse
in Sox First, on February 7, 2009
The US jobless figures are getting worse, which means the country is sinking deeper and deeper. According to the latest Department of Labor statistics , 626,000 Americans filed for jobless benefits last week and 4.8 million Americans were unemployed. A more detailed breakdown from the Bureau ...
Bank bailout failure
in Sox First, on February 3, 2009
If nothing else, the latest events are showing us that Bush's bank bailout strategy was a complete and absolute failure. First, we had the reports last week of four banks closing in January. The year had barely started. And Obama has warned that no matter how much gets handed out, some ...
The axe man cometh: get ready for a shorter working week
in Sox First, on January 28, 2009
It's the year of the axe with companies axing more than 75,000 jobs, led by Caterpillar which is sacking 20,000 . For a good breakdown, check this little table from the Financial Times . The news everywhere looks bad. American Express earnings have fallen 79% , a sure sign of the credit ...
British Pound Sinks To Seven Year Low
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 20, 2009
With each passing day another country gets hit with the effects of the burgeoning worldwide recession and today it seems is Great Britain's turn.
Britain's small businesses and real estate industry have started receiving their economic stimulus payments but it will take a while before these...
Rise of the new consumer
in Sox First, on January 7, 2009
The market meltdown is changing consumer behavior. And it will produce a new consumer. Retailers tell me consumers are still buying, they're just not spending as much. Instead of a $20 bunch of flowers, it's now $10. People have been learning to live on less, and that will have massive ...
Looking for a Raise in 2009? Don't Hold Your Breath...
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on December 23, 2008
MarketWatch ran a story last week on pay raises for 2009. According to a survey conducted by Hewitt Associates, a human-resources consulting firm, the average pay raise in 2009 will be less the 3%. And that's the lowest in 32 years.
According to the survey, about half of all US companies have...
FullHD Fernsehgerät und Computer-Monitor vereint LG M2394D im Test
in Digitaltivi, on 17.12.08
Es gibt Dinge, die treffen unglücklich zusammen. So zum Beispiel die Tatsache, dass ein von lg für einen Test bereitgestellter LG M2394D ausgerechnet in dem Moment eintraf, als ich mich auf den Weg nach München machen musste. So gelang vorerst nicht mehr als ein erster Blick auf den Lieferu...
China: from inflation to deflation
in Sox First, on December 11, 2008
Worrying figures with China's annual inflation rate falling to 2.4% in November. It's the lowest rate of increase in almost two years. In the year to February 2008, it was 8.7% which means basically that China has shifted from inflation to deflation in less than a year. With commodity...
No quick fix for US housing market
in Sox First, on December 6, 2008
The US housing market continues to go from catastrophic to worse, with delinquency rate for Mortgage loans, 90 days overdue, has hit record levels, according to the latest figures from the Mortgage Bankers' Association . The problem is that at the height of the real estate boom, borrow...
Running on empty - the global recession unfolds
in Sox First, on December 6, 2008
Banks around tbe world are slashing interest rates to contain the global recession. The Bank of England has gone for a full percentage point cut, Sweden has slashed by 1.75% and New Zealand by 1.5%. But the bad news keeps coming. The US economy shed 533,000 jobs in November , the worst rate ...
The no surprise recession
in Sox First, on December 3, 2008
It's a bit like saying you have just realised that you can't drive to work because your car was smashed up a few weeks ago. That's my reaction to the National Bureau of Economic Research report that the US has been in recession for 12 months. "The committee identified December...
Malaysia, Singapore Get Perfect World's "Zhu Xian" MMORPG
in Web 2.0, on December 1, 2008
If you think online games and virtual worlds are confined to the English-speaking Internet, it's time to wake up...
Zhu Xian is one of China's most popular MMORPGs (massive multiplayer online role-playing game), and Market Watch is reporting that the game has been launched in Malaysia...
Nimbuzz: Free VoIP for the iPhone
in The VoIP Weblog, on November 27, 2008
Nimbuzz this week launched a free iPhone app which supports VoIP and chat on a huge range of networks including Skype , Yahoo! Messenger , Facebook , MySpace , AIM , Windows Live Messenger , Google Talk , ICQ and Jabber , among others.
"Key features include the ability to ...
Dreadful US data package
in Sox First, on November 27, 2008
This Thanksgiving looks grim and there is every sign that it will be one very bad Christmas for retailers with the latest economic data coming through. Consumer spending fell 1% in October, the biggest slump in seven years. Orders for US-made durable goods fell 6.2% and orders for trans...
Do we get depressed?
in Sox First, on November 24, 2008
The big question is whether the downturn and recession will be a replay of 1929. There are different views on it. The most alarming comes from Paul B Farrell at MarketWatch . in his piece, Farrell gives 30 reasons why we will be in the Great Depression for three years with such lead indicators...
TaskComplete - Web-Based Task List and Calendar
in Wangtam, on 2008-11-22
...• SingsBOX
• Social travel guide, reviews and mobile trip planning - Gridpop
• TryBuySoftware: Discounted Software Titles
• Leapfish Launches Another Meta Search Engine No One Will Ever Use
• ...
Times are Tough, But This AOC Monitor Displays a Bright Side
in The Gadgets Weblog, on November 21, 2008
Here in the United States, some might say that we are in the middle of an economic free fall , while others might say that we are in the middle of a financial meltdown . Personally, I think they both might be right. On the bright side, many companies, itching to stay in business, are offering ...
US market: it's back to 1997
in Sox First, on November 21, 2008
1997 was the year Tony Blair was appointed Prime Minister of Britain, it was the year Diana Princess of Wales was killed in a car crash. And Bill Clinton was riding high. US stocks and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index have collapsed, plunging to the lowest level since 1997. Bloomber...
Automakers flew to Washington in private jets
in Sox First, on November 20, 2008
General Motors' finance arm GMAC has applied with the Federal Reserve to become a bank holding company and the automakers have taken their case to the public with General Motors behind a website gmfactsandfiction.com which purportedly seeks to set the record straight.
According to the...
Comcast, Time Warner Top Keynote VoIP Study
in The VoIP Weblog, on November 12, 2008
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Keynote Competitive Research today announced the results of its latest VoIP Service Provider Study , which compares the reliability and audio quality of eight VoIP providers ( AT&T CallVantage , Comcast Digital Voice , EarthLink trueVoice , Lingo , Pac...
Consumer patterns in crunch
in Sox First, on November 12, 2008
We are seeing some interesting patterns with mcdonalds announcing strong results despite the downturn. Forbes has gone so far as to suggest it's all because of McDonalds' "recession-proof menu" but the picture is more complicated than that. As a rule, discretionary spe...
Obama's to-do list
in Sox First, on November 8, 2008
Earlier this week, I said that an Obama administration would have to bring in a massive fiscal stimulus to try and kick start the US economy. But of course, that's only one item on the to do list for someone who comes into office at a time when the US economy is in the grip of its most se...
Banks stockpiling cash
in Sox First, on November 6, 2008
Two weeks ago, The Economist ran a piece saying trust was starting to run through the system again with the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), which measures how much banks pay when they get money from each other, was starting to come down. But that was premature. True, government bailout...
iPhone production to be cut? Blame the economy
in Sox First, on November 4, 2008
Another sign that the financial crisis is hitting the real economy with reports that one analyst from FBR, Craig Berger, suggesting that Apple could scale back its production of 3G iPhone by as much as 40% in the fourth quarter Berger puts it down to the weakening economy. Eric Zeman at ...
House sales rise, no recovery
in Sox First, on October 28, 2008
Home sales in the US have risen unexpectedly but let's hold off on the cheering. Look closely at the figures and you'll see that the US housing market is still in bad shape. Sales are still lower than they were a year ago and sales prices are at their lowest in four years. There ...
Greenspan's legacy
in Sox First, on October 26, 2008
In his book The Age of Turbulence , former Fed chief Alan Greenspan proclaimed that subprime was a good thing for America. "The gains were especially dramatic among Hispanics and blacks, as increasing affluence as well as government encouragement of subprime mortgage programs enabled many ...
Europe catches the US car industry disease
in Sox First, on October 24, 2008
In another sign that the global economy is deteriorating fast, the European car industry is in serious strife. First, we have Fiat admitting that it's burning cash and it warns that its profit could fall 65%. The only reason its third quarter earnings were anywhere near respectable was on...
$100 (ish) Blu-Ray Player From Best Buy
in The Gadgets Weblog, on October 22, 2008
© DeclanTM
How does America's #1 retailer celebrate the craptastic implosion of its competitor ? The sell a Blu-Ray Player for $200 and give away $100 dollars in coupons with it. This $199 nail to Circuit City's coffin comes in the form of the Insignia NS-BRDVD Blu-Ray player on sale...
Corporate governance takes a back seat
in Sox First, on October 20, 2008
Further evidence that US regulators are not at all interested in fixing the corporate governance mess that helped speed up the meltdown. As part of the $700 billion bailout package, the US Treasury said financial institutions getting taxpayers money would have to adhere to stricter corporate go...
Nokai 公布 2008 年第三季度财报
in Wangtam, on 2008-10-18
Nokia 今天公布了 2008 财年第三季度财报 。财报显示，该公司第三季度利润下滑 30%，销售额下滑 5%。但 Nokia 旗下各部门毛利率有所增长，该公司重申未来业绩预期。
财报显示，截至 9 月 30 日的第三季度， Nokia 净利润从去年同期的 15.6 亿欧元下滑至今年的 10.9 亿欧元，每股收益从 0.40 欧元下滑至 0.29 欧元。调整后的每股收益为 0.33 欧元，达到市场平均预期。
由于美元走弱， Nokia 三季度销售额下滑 5%，至 122 亿欧元，而分析师平均预期的是 127 亿欧元。如果按照固定汇率计算， Nokia 销售额增长 1%。 Noki...
Diabetes 2.0
in Daily Diabetic, on October 15, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 6028358
What: Diabetes 2.0 - Harnessing New Technologies in Research and Treatment
When: Saturday, October 25, 2008 , from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: Marriott Marquis, NYC
Presented by the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation 's 7th New York Rese...
A Time to Renegotiate
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 14, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Jacob Wackerhausen
With many offshore vendors needing to address lost revenues caused by the financial crisis , now may be the perfect time for customers to initiate renegotiation proceedings. By offering to extend the term of a deal at a time when other dea...
American Airlines to Filter In-Flight Wi-Fi For Porn
in The Wireless Weblog, on October 9, 2008
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American Airlines this week said it plans to filter its Gogo in-flight Wi-Fi service for porn.
" In a statement it put out early Tuesday evening , the carrier said it made the decision 'based on the feedback of our customers and employees,'&quo...
Product Reviews
in Web 2.0, on October 3, 2008
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New research says people are more swayed by online reviews than they are by their own friends.
Places like Amazon have pioneered the reader review, and its obviously taken hold. Just about every site nowadays has a place for people to voice an opinion on a product, book, mo...
Tiberium "suspended"
in PCGamers Blog, on September 30, 2008
Tiberium, the FPS based on the Command and Conquer series, has been suspended indefinitely by EA. As it had "fundamental design challenges from the start", it is perhaps a good thing that the game was canceled, yet it is somewhat sad to see it go, after the screenshots made it look re...
Open Source OpenSSO for identity management Unveiled by Sun
in Java Entrepreneur, on September 30, 2008
Organizations of today face problems with respect to Single Sign On or SSO and keeping this in mind the OpenSSO Enterprise software, the first open solution for access management from Sun seeks to address this issue. It aims at offering flexible and scalable solutions for simplifying proces...
China Stock Investors Get New Rules
in China Venture News, on September 29, 2008
Market Watch is among a number of news sources reporting that China will begin allowing margin trading and short selling on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission proposed the new rules and China's State Council has approved the proposal, acc...
Smartparts Intros World's Largest Wi-Fi Digital Picture Frame
in The Wireless Weblog, on September 23, 2008
Smartparts, Inc. today introduced what the company says is the world's largest Wi-Fi digital picture frame, the 32-inch SP3200WF , which is fully compatible with Windows Live Photo Gallery and comes with Smartparts' OptiPix Pro software.
"The resolution for the frame is 136...
The fall of the investment banks
in Sox First, on September 22, 2008
And then there were none! Last week's implosion of Lehman Brothers has brought about the end of Wall Street as we know it with Goldman Sachs and Morgan stanley now moving to become bank holding companies . The significance of this latest development should not be under-estimated. They w...
Win A Seat At The Bellagio Las Vegas Festa Al Lago Poker Tournament
in The Gambling Weblog, on September 17, 2008
Here's an unusual opportunity for Poker tournament fans to win a seat to the prestigious Sixth Annual Las Vegas Festa Al Lago Poker Classic Tournament At The Bellagio Las Vegas Casino.
The online casino, "Spade Club.com" , is offering Poker fans a chance to win a seat to this tou...
Steve Jobs Not Dead - iPod Touch More Alive Than Ever
in The Gadgets Weblog, on September 10, 2008
In case you were hiding under a rock hiding from today's scheduled " end of the world, " yesterday was a major day for Apple and their darling iPod family. Oh yeah, and steve Jobs is not dead as was previously rumored.
First, the new iPod Nano brings a new form factor. Gone i...
Fannie and Freddie fallout
in Sox First, on September 9, 2008
So The Dow Jones gained nearly 300 points on the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Don't expect the party to last. Home loans are being foreclosed more than ever, growing at their fastest pace in three decades . Does anyone really think that saving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac wil...
Las Vegas Art Expo II Starts September 18
in Play Las Vegas, on September 9, 2008
Art lovers alert! Las Vegas continues attracting more fine arts related events and exhibits as part of its effort to make the city more than just a gambler's paradise.
This is the second of what will probably be an annual event here, and if the success of the first one is an indicator of po...
Microsoft's Zune Adds Wi-Fi Downloads, FM Tagging and More
in The Wireless Weblog, on September 8, 2008
Microsoft today announced that, starting on September 16th, Zune users will be able to download or stream songs directly to the device via Wi-Fi. The company is also launching new 16GB ($199) and 120GB ($249) versions of the player, along with a new blue color scheme.
"The bigge...
Samsung Bets On Big Flash Market Buy
in The Gadgets Weblog, on September 8, 2008
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I bet you can name at least 3 flash device manufacturers. I also bet that the names of Sandisk or samsung were two of the three you named. Well, if Samsung has its way, it will own Sandisk, and be the largest flash manufacturer on the planet. We will have to refer to Samsung ...
Virgin America & HBO Inaugurate New York To Las Vegas Flights
in Play Las Vegas, on September 5, 2008
This is a unique way to kick off a new airline service, but then the route goes to Las Vegas, where the unusual is commonplace.
Virgin America Airlines has teamed up with, believe it or not, "HBO" cable TV to kick off its new JFK New York to Las Vegas airline service.
The hook ...
Table Mountain Casino Has Free Bonus In Every Slot Machine
in The Gambling Weblog, on September 2, 2008
The Native American Casinos continue offering unique gambling opportunities, and today we have news about a special slot machine available in California's, "Table Mountain Casino" .
There are 2000 slot machines in the Table Mountain Casino and every one of them has a new, built ...
MGM Mirage Sponsoring "48 Hours in Vegas" Confessional Sweepstakes
in Play Las Vegas, on September 1, 2008
The enormously popular, "48 Hours in Vegas Confessional", which has even caused a few readers to post "confessions" on this blog, has been extended to May 2009.
MGM Mirage has partnered with "About.com" to install even more, "confession", booths thr...
World Poker Tour Premiers On Canada Television Series
in The Gambling Weblog, on August 31, 2008
Televised Poker Tournaments are among the most popular types of TV programming in North America.
The latest broadcaster to join the action is the Canada Television Series which begins coverage of The World Poker Tour next week on four of its Sportsnet outlets.
Here's the full report on...
Gartner: Mobile Phone Sales Grew by 12 Percent in Q2 2008
in The Wireless Weblog, on August 27, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Yunus Arakon
Research firm Gartner today reports that worldwide mobile phone sales reached almost 305 million units in Q2 2008, an 11.8 percent increase over the same period last year. Nokia continues to lead with 39.5 percent of the global mobile phone mark...
Continuous Data Protection solution for Linux Server backups
in On Storage, on August 27, 2008
If you're new the the continuous data protection (CDP) game, continuous is the KEY word here. Most of us are familiar with CDP on Windows machines where changes are made and copies are automatically performed-capturing every change of data over time. The benefit here, as opposed to backu...
Wippee! Go Daddy offers unlimited email storage
in On Storage, on August 24, 2008
© Joe Shlabotnik
If you haven't hear or read the wonderous news that go daddy is now offering unlimited email storage, don't worry. It is just another ploy to make you think you are getting something for nothing.
It is sort of like when my wife says: "It was on sale&quo...
Turkcell Gets the iPhone
in The Wireless Weblog, on August 18, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto
Turkcell today announced that it will be bringing the iPhone 3G to Turkey later this year - this follows an earlier (albeit extremely vague) announcement by Vodafone that it will also be offering the iPhone 3G in Turkey.
" Turkcell is the leading...
SafeLink Wireless to Give Free Phones to Low-Income Tennesseans
in The Wireless Weblog, on August 15, 2008
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Miami-based America Movil subsidiary TracFone Wireless this week announced the launch of its SafeLink Wireless service in Tennessee. SafeLink will serve as the company's distributor of government-supported Lifeline service, providing a free phone and ...
Apple to Recall the iPhone 3G?
in The Wireless Weblog, on August 14, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Jon Schulte
The snazzy new iPhone 3G is driving early adopters crazy with severe network connection problems - and according to BusinessWeek's Peter Burrows , while the problem comes down to the iPhone's Infineon chip, the company is hoping to r...
JP Morgan, Wachovia and UBS burning billions
in Sox First, on August 13, 2008
Heard management guru Gary Hamel talk about the US banks today. And he was savage. Forget all this talk about commodity prices and the US dollar. The name of the game is the US housing crisis and the banks that delivered it. We were reminded of this with JP Morgan Chase writing off $1.5 bil...
Sprint Loses a Million Subscribers
in The Wireless Weblog, on August 7, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Chris Schmidt
Sprint this week announced its results for the second quarter of 2008, which included the loss of nearly a million customers - while AT&T gained 1.3 million and Verizon got another 1.5 million.
"As customers tighten their spending du...
MyPicks Beijing 2008: Sun makes its presence felt at Olympics 2008 but unofficially
in Java Entrepreneur, on August 7, 2008
Sun Microsystems may not be an official sponsor at Beijing Olympics 2008 but thtat doesn't seem to deter the company from making its presence felt in the unofficial arena. Keeping the Olympic frenzy in mind the company has announced a new social networking game on Facebook as a tribute to t...
Hot Gambling And A Sexy Show At The "Spotlight 29 Casino"
in The Gambling Weblog, on August 7, 2008
America's Native American Casinos continue expanding and improving the amenities being offered to their clients.
A good example is The Spotlight 29 Casino, in California's Coachella Valley, which is now offering actual Las Vegas style entertainment.
The Spotlight 29 Casino alread...
"Lavo" Nightclub Opening At Las Vegas" Palazzo Casino
in Play Las Vegas, on July 31, 2008
Four days ago I posted news about The Las Vegas Venetian Hotel and Casino and today its new sister property, The palazzo , gets its turn.
Less than 10 days ago I reported on a new Las Vegas night club and today there is another one to tell you about, the "Lavo" night club, ope...
Hilton Hotels Announces Work At Home Program for Reservation Agents
in Home Based Business, on July 28, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, David H. Lewis hilton hotels has announced a new program that allows their Reservation Agents and Customer Service Reps to work from home. Called Hilton@Home it was designed in response to rising gas costs and the weak economy.
Today's consumer demands...
