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Derivatives tripped up regulators: Geithner
in Sox First, on July 11, 2009
...ion will define derivatives. Perhaps they're still working it out. In the meantime, the the big banks like Credit Suisse are now pouring in money to stop the US administration from bringing deriva...
Nokia N97 Review
in The Smart PDA, on July 10, 2009
...time finding videos that would play on it), but the built in speakers make even your favorite songs sound like they're being played through a cat. Nokia makes a valiant effort to cram everything i...
Introducing the ROKR ZN50
in The Smart PDA, on July 8, 2009
...h v2.1 + EDR, GPS
Memory: microSDHC support
Multimedia: Audio/Video Player, "SRS WOW HD" sound system
Battery: 900 mAh
Via: BGR
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Neverland's future: up for grabs
in Sox First, on July 4, 2009
... So should they do with Neverland? The answer is pretty simple: just sell it off to help repay the banks and creditors....
Daimler SP250 Celebrates 50th Anniversary, Sidney Gets a Treat
in Classical Drives, on July 3, 2009
...9;t the quickest in his class but at least drove well as the SP250 offered spectators a distinctive sound.
I was quite fascinated with this British vehicle, partly for its Detroit-influenced styling...
It's getting tougher to get a mortgage-broker license
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 2, 2009
...ifficult for them to receive mortgage broker licenses.
For instance, the Massachusetts Division of Banks, according to the Boston Business Journal, is now rejecting about 23 percent of the would-be...
Will California drag down the United States?
in Sox First, on July 2, 2009
...o do that, the deficit blows out by another billion dollars. The state plans to issue IOUs but the banks are saying there's no guarantee they'll honor the bits of paper. California Controll...
Are you ready for a mortgage loan?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 1, 2009
...rush into owning a home. For some, renting is still the best option. Wait until you get yourself in sound financial shape. Then you'll be ready to own a home....
Palm Pre Playstation Emulator coming soon
in The Smart PDA, on July 1, 2009
...eam is currently working on the following issues before releasing the emulator to general public.
Sound output issues
Hardware rotation and scaling
Full Screen landscape
QWERTY Keyboard issues
To ...
Is plain vanilla the right goal?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 30, 2009
...urage reputable mortgage lenders from offering innovative new lending products, so long as they are sound.
I agree with this argument. Take a closer look at interest-only mortgage loans. They've ...
Beware the China bubble
in Sox First, on June 29, 2009
...f that was on speculative assets, not the real economy. Fitch Ratings now warns that the Chinese banks are an accident waiting to happen. And it will affect all of us. Fitch warns: "With much...
Have a look at the solar concept tent
in The RFID Weblog, on June 27, 2009
...ound Oyster subway cards. It would then glow in response enabling you to enter your own tent only.
Sounds cool considering that the basic tents available have been carved out to shield you from weath...
Dragging out the foreclosure mess
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 26, 2009
... still living in their homes. That's because there are so many foreclosures taking place, that banks are behind on taking back foreclosed properties . That leaves many homeowners in limbo: They c...
Classic Car Auctions Going Cyberspace
in Classical Drives, on June 26, 2009
... I've often wondered how buyers at a live auction could determine whether a car is mechanically sound. Yes, they can peek in-and-under while an owner revs up the engine but it's still a game o...
Can Wind Power Make a Profit?
in IfEnergy, on June 23, 2009
...urbine from Northern Power runs $500,000, installed. The air at Driscoll's site on Long Island Sound is so still that the average output would come to only 18% of peak output, meaning that the jui...
Bankers' pay soars despite crisis
in Sox First, on June 22, 2009
...aving. Market rates for bankers have been running close to the boom-time highs of two years ago and banks are also offering guaranteed bonuses. For ordinary income earners and for those who have lost...
Mafia cashes in on crisis
in Sox First, on June 19, 2009
... and using its hoard of cash for investing and lending money to those who can't get it from the banks. As reported here , Italy's shopkeepers' association last year did a study showing t...
Do you trust the government to protect you from mortgage lenders?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 18, 2009
...;s surprise, the banking industry is not pleased with the plan. They say such new rules could force banks out of business.
Of course, banks and other mortgage lenders have no one to blame but themsel...
Does Obama's patchwork overhaul go far enough?
in Sox First, on June 18, 2009
... that would affect their business and stop them raking in enormous profits. So don't expect the banks to lie down and cop this one. As Bloomberg reports, lobbyists will be doing everything to en...
How MySpace fell behind
in Sox First, on June 17, 2009
... As I pointed out in this blog entry last month, Facebook and Twitter are living on bailouts (the banks should be so lucky) and will have to radically change their business models if they are to sur...
Nokia Hopes Cell Phones will No Longer Require Chargers
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on June 10, 2009
... result in the collective dumping of phone chargers all around the globe but it is a scientifically sound idea that we hope will come to pass.
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By Boe Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on June 10, 2009
...oe jewelry has been worn by celebrities such as Cameron Diaz , Oprah Winfrey, Mandy Moore , Tyra Banks, Sara Ramirez (Grey's Anatomy), Mary J. Blige, Kelly Ripa, Jessica Alba , and the co-ho...
Western Digital My Book Studio Edition is 4TB Worth of Peace
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 10, 2009
...mputers and has had substantial data loss on everyone, 4TB (yes Terabytes) of data storage does not sound like overkill. I could run Time Machine for years on that sucker, and never lose anything. At ...
Rental Rates for that House at the Beach this Summer are Down
in The Flyaway Weblog, on June 10, 2009
...at, too. So far this spring - from Cape Cod to the Jersey Shore, from Ocean City, Md., to the Outer Banks of North Carolina to Myrtle Beach, S.C. - real estate agents are reporting that business is do...
Apple 公布 iPhone 3G S 和 iPhone OS 3.0
in Wangtam, on June 9, 2009
在刚刚结束的 WWDC 2009 开幕演讲上，Apple 全球营销高级副总裁 Phil Schiller 发布了第三代 iPhone 手机，名字就叫做iPhone 3G S。其中，字母"S"代表了 Speed 速度。顾名思义，Apple 这一次将注意力放在了提升系统性能方面。
iPhone 3G S的外观设计和上一代产品iPhone 3G完全相同，整机、屏幕尺寸没有进行任何修改，重量从133g略微增加到135g。而在内部，iPhone 3G S对硬件配置进行了全面升级。根据苹果在发布会上的说法，iPhone 3G S启动短信应用程序的速度是iPhone 3G的2.1...
Banks to face more stress tests
in Sox First, on June 9, 2009
... I raised the question of whether the tests had been put in place to stop the panic, not to fix the banks. More a political ploy than anything else. Now, the Congressional Oversight Panel has put out...
It's Not Called a Sunroof for Nothing
in Classical Drives, on June 8, 2009
...sh specialist firm.
All-metal sunroofs eventually took over, having the advantage of total weather/sound-proofing. Perhaps the most unusual example could be found in Studebaker Wagonaires during the ...
Subprime and racism
in Sox First, on June 7, 2009
...ime crisis is the impact it's had on the African American and Hispanic communities, and the way banks had targeted these people for predatory and toxic loans. As Melvin Oliver and Thomas Shapiro w...
Banks fight to keep accounting tricks
in Sox First, on June 6, 2009
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US accounting standard setters might be tightening the rules for banks, forcing them to take off balance sheet toxic vehicles on to their books but don't expect the banks to take that lying ...
Napster Turns 10
in P2P File Sharing, on June 3, 2009
...nt ... more here from Idolator ... more here from ReadWriteWeb ... more here from Drowned in Sound ... more here from Billboard ... more here from Silicon.com ... and the announcement is h...
Xbox Project Natal Makes You Get Up and Move
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 2, 2009
..., and it has interesting potential.
Project Natal is a camera, mic, and sensor bar that can track sound and movement in real-time 3D space. Effectively, Project Natal allows for users to totally dit...
GM's bad ad
in Sox First, on June 2, 2009
...l to make cleaner cars, the environmental imagery is hard to take. What's more, the ad makes it sound so simple when in fact this is going to be a long, difficult and complicated process. Sorting ...
In Search of a Cool Summer: Baguio, Philippines
in Hidden Travel Gems, on May 29, 2009
Asia is hot in the summer. At least most of it is. But there are a few spots where the summer traveler can enjoy moderate, perhaps even cool, weather. Chief among those locations is Baguio City, Philippines.
Baguio is referred to affectionately as the summer capital of the Philippines. The title...
微软确认 Zune HD
in Wangtam, on May 27, 2009
微软今天确认了之前的传言，将推出新款 Zune HD。微软 Zune 全球市场主管 Chris Stepheson 在接受采访时表示："该设备是为了与 iPod Touch 相抗衡。
根据微软公布的信息，Zune HD 配备 3.3 英寸的 OLED 触摸屏，支持 multitouch，分辨率为 480x272。Zune HD 中 HD 的意思是指支持 720p 的高清视频。以下为官方新闻稿：
For Immediate Release
May 26, 2009
Microsoft Announces the Expansion of the Zune Entertai...
Economists predict recession ends this year. As if!
in Sox First, on May 27, 2009
...iller Home Price Index has seen house prices falling a massive 18.7% in 20 US cities. That does not sound like a market that's bottoming. As the the Lex column in the Financial Times notes, peo...
Loan modifications not always helping homeowners
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 26, 2009
...on wants to see fewer housing foreclosures. That makes sense: Housing foreclosures help no one. The banks certainly don't want these homes back. Foreclosures devastate families. And they weaken ne...
Fernsehen war gestern - heute ist Heimkino mit Twenga
in Kinoplausch, on May 22, 2009
...dern und Kanälen und genießen Heimkino der Extraklasse.
Klar, dass hierzu auch der passende Sound gehört und wo früher ein kleiner Mono-Lautsprecher seinen Dienst tat sind heute Subwoofer und Ve...
Logan ProxTalker: RFID gives voice to disabled children
in The RFID Weblog, on May 21, 2009
...ent to a laptop. Utilizing RFID technology, Logan ProxTalker comes bundled with RFID tags (known as sound tags out here) and interrogators enabling a child to command the machine so that it utters the...
Vancouver All British Show Highlight No. 2: The Elegant AC Ace
in Classical Drives, on May 20, 2009
...that drew from a racing heritage. This high-revver produced 125 hp at 6000 rpm and made a delicious sound at speed. All ACs were light in weight with aluminum bodies, ladder chassis, fully-independent...
Cashing in on the disgust with banks
in Sox First, on May 19, 2009
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Last week, I did a blog entry looking at how banks were going to face more intense competition in the wash-up from this financial crisis. To put it bluntly, banks will be losing market share to ...
RFID technology for treatment of chronic pain
in The RFID Weblog, on May 18, 2009
... to depend on pain killers, injections and stimulators for treatment of your chronic pain. This may sound untrue at the moment but it could become a possibility in the near future. MicroTransponder is...
Amali Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on May 18, 2009
...6, and has quickly become a favorite among celebrities . Most recently, Amali Jewelry adorned Tyra Banks on America's Next Top Model, and Tori Spelling on the cover of People Magazine. They are a...
Financial crisis winners to hurt banks
in Sox First, on May 15, 2009
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Who are the big winners coming out of this financial crisis? And how will they threaten to destroy banks? The Economist identifies four big winners that will decimate the banking sector. These inc...
Classic Motor Racing, Seen From the Driver's Seat
in Classical Drives, on May 14, 2009
...ostly shot from the driver's seat? But then I remembered a period, decades ago, when sports car sound effects LPs were popular among aficionados and I was hired as writer/announcer for two such ra...
Cordotz Prove That Little Things Can Make A Big Difference
in The Gadgets Weblog, on May 14, 2009
...At any given time, I have at least five devices plugged in, five USB connections flowing, and a few sound and video cables. More than once, I have unplugged the wrong device only to lose data and scre...
Why stricter laws won't work
in Sox First, on May 13, 2009
...ive ... The Basel directives can be seen, in retrospect, probably to have done more harm than good. Banks took the view that capital sufficient to comply with the regulations was sufficient for their ...
Downturn easing without recovery
in Sox First, on May 12, 2009
...ment ... is betting on muddling through: the Fed's measures and government guarantees mean that banks have access to low-cost funds, and lending rates are high. If nothing nasty happens - losses o...
A (Plug-In) Star Trek Communicator
in The VoIP Weblog, on May 11, 2009
...ed to your PC via a USB cable.
"It's basically a glorified speakerphone with 21 built-in sound effects and lines that may or may not have been legally licensed," writes CrunchGear'...
Credit card losses to hit banks
in Sox First, on May 11, 2009
...eshow when you take a look at the impact that credit card losses will have on the US economy and US banks. Credit card debt is the ticking time bomb for banks, says the New York Times . According to...
Airfare Deals Abound
in The Flyaway Weblog, on May 10, 2009
...at deals available at the moment on airfares.
How does New York (or Atlanta) to Ireland for $159 sound? How about Boston to LA for $79? Or LA to Melbourne or Sydney for $320? Those are all one-way. ...
Lasche US-Bankenaufsicht: Sexy Banks in transparent Pants
in Bauen - aber richtig, on May 8, 2009
© markhillary Da hilft nur noch Humor! Und den liefert Tobias Bayer scharf wie Tabasco-Sauce in seinem Kommentar am 7. Mai 2009 in der financial times deutschland: "Was fehlt in der gesamten Kreditkrise, ist eine Regierung, die mit eitlen, aktionsarmen Lustspielchen aufhört. Das b...
Microsoft needs LESS focus, not more
in The CIO Weblog, on May 8, 2009
...ftware with the power of Internet services across a world of devices" which, okay, doesn't sound quite as intense as "A computer on every desktop" but if it is less focused, the dis...
No recovery yet
in Sox First, on May 8, 2009
...Some would point to the results of the bank stress tests as a green shoot with 10 of the 19 largest banks needed to boost their capital by a combined total just shy of $75 billion. Not as much as many...
Bankroll blues
in Sox First, on May 7, 2009
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Two alarming reports, both from the Centre for Public Integrity , show how entrenched the banks are in the political system and how close they are to politicians. Is it any wonder the US Governme...
Sekt oder Selters - Das Blu-ray 5.1-System HB954PB von LG
in Digitaltivi, on May 5, 2009
...nn aber hat man laut Magnus, LG stellt neues Blu-ray Home-Theatre-System vor , Luxist, Design, Sound und Vision: Vorstellung LG Blu-ray Home Theatre und LGBlog etwas wirklich Feines im Wohnzimmer...
Testing stress tests
in Sox First, on May 5, 2009
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And so The Wall Street Journal reports that 10 of the 19 banks undergoing stress tests will have to boost their capital and that list might include Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Citigroup. Th...
The next accounting battle
in Sox First, on May 3, 2009
...t vehicles were one of the reasons the markets went into meltdown. Using borrowed money, investment banks, hedge funds and commercial banks made reckless bets. They created and sold exotic investment ...
Lost American Marques: Hupmobile
in Classical Drives, on May 1, 2009
... To modern ears Hupmobile , as the name of a car, might sound a little odd. Oldsmobile, yes, for Olds has a pleasant ring to it but Hupmobile? Still, that didn't prevent more than a million own...
How Sound is Your Business Plan?
in BootStrapMe, on April 27, 2009
...an economic downturn is a good time to revisit your business plan and make sure it is fundamentally sound. That's probably more true for bootstrapped companies than anyone else. Berry looks at six...
Nouriel Roubini: we're not even at the bottom yet
in Sox First, on April 27, 2009
...are in the middle of U-shaped recession and the US government has no alternative but to nationalize banks. What's equally as concerning is his inability to identify where the next wealth creating...
Big bonuses at imploding banks
in Sox First, on April 26, 2009
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The banks are imploding but that hasn't stopped the bankers raking in massive bonuses. Just what they're being rewarded for is anyone's guess. The New York Times reports that six of...
One more step to bank nationalization
in Sox First, on April 24, 2009
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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. Nationaliza...
Dangerous economic optimism
in Sox First, on April 24, 2009
...to a sense of complacency where they won't make hard decisions on crunch issues like fixing the banks and ruinous deflation. So what to make of all the glimmers of hope? Recovery is still some ti...
Another sucker's rally
in Sox First, on April 22, 2009
...xpected because of the weak economy with deflationary forces for the next two years. Secondly, some banks will be found to be insolvent. And finally, some emerging markets are likely to be caught up i...
TARP fraud investigations
in Sox First, on April 21, 2009
...larming is that this follows reports that the bailout money might convert to equity stakes in the banks, resulting in the nationalization of banks via the back-door....
How a nut case blogger fooled the market
in Sox First, on April 21, 2009
... had a Bloomberg report where US Treasury was called in to deny a blog report that 16 of the 19 banks being stress tested are insolvent. That report contributed to falls in the US market, althou...
How Does Free Mobile TV Sound to You?
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on April 20, 2009
Of all the various mobile tech news subjects I come on and blog about, it's hard to imagine anything more exciting than announcements like the following. Broadcasters at the nation's capital have decided Washington will be the first U.S. city to get free digital TV for mobile devices.
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Back door bank nationalisation
in Sox First, on April 20, 2009
... I did a blog entry looking at how the Obama administration was opening the door to nationalizing banks where the US government is repaid with common stock giving it a stake in the business. Now th...
Resources for Women Entrepreneurs
in BootStrapMe, on April 19, 2009
... women couldn't even vote. "You've come a long way, baby." (Hope that doesn't sound patronizing; it's not meant to.)
Adam published a list of resources for women in business...
