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Google Chrome ads on TV
in Wangtam, on May 10, 2009
• Google Chrome ads on TV
• Verizon to Support Bans on Driving While Texting
• NASA astronaut will tweet, take YouTube questions ... live from space
• Guest post: Hackintosh FAIL
• Mozilla Prism v1.0
• Google Chrome 2.0.172.23 Beta
• Nuts: Twitter Inventor About To Launch His Next Proje...
The Stanford-Madoff connection
in Sox First, on February 22, 2009
... right, in both cases the Securities and Exchange Commission was asleep at the wheel. The Houston Chronicle's Loren Steffy looks at the patchwork of lies that took investors in. But the bottom ...
Free Tax Help (and Some Things You Should Know)
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on January 24, 2009
... your other options...
Shannon Buggs had a good article about those other options in the Houston Chronicle earlier this week.
Two words stood out to me in Shannon's story: Free Help . Like t...
French Scientists Say Cleaner Air Could Be Causing Global Warming
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 18, 2009
There is no dispute over whether or not the Earth's overall air temperature is rising, it is, but still unanswered is the question of what is causing the increase.
The big debate centers on whether or not the temperature increase is caused by humans or is it a naturally occurring event whose ti...
Winners and losers for 2008
in Sox First, on December 30, 2008
... for the last 12 months. There are lists everywhere but the best I've seen is from the Houston Chronicle's Loren Steffy . Not surprisingly, Steffy nominates Wall Street as the biggest loser....
Competing for bailouts
in Sox First, on October 27, 2008
...or mistakes perpetrated by a handful of companies that are not being held to account. The Houston Chronicle's Loren Steffy summed it up well last month: "This bailout has to be about more...
Lawmakers and Social Networking
in Web 2.0, on October 20, 2008
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Both the House and Senate have now said their members can use social networking sites such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter .~ source (And aren't we all racing to view our local politicians YouTube video? I know I am.)
If you're wondering why this hasn't bee...
Week 3 - The Aftermath
in End Zone Buzz, on September 22, 2008
© compujeramey Lambeau Field sounds like it was a lot of fun Sunday, as there were 15 arrests and 44 ejections.
The St. Louis Rams are so bad, they made the coach's wife cry.
It may be time for the Brady Quinn era to begin in Cleveland.
Say goodbye to Lane Kiffin as Raiders h...
Football Things
in End Zone Buzz, on August 15, 2008
...g Reggie Bush as the two most overrated players not to play in preseason games this week. (Houston Chronicle)
- Devin Hester is progressing nicely as a wide receiver for the Bears. (Arlington Heigh...
JP Morgan, Wachovia and UBS burning billions
in Sox First, on August 13, 2008
...up but realistically, that decision won't be made until the new board settles in. The Houston Chronicle's Loren Steffy compares it all to a Shakespearean drama and reminds us that the Secur...
NFL Division Previews: AFC South
in End Zone Buzz, on July 24, 2008
© Michael (mx5tx) The NFL season is approaching quickly, and with that, EZB will be providing previews of each division in the league. Up today: the AFC South.
Indianapolis Colts
Why They Might Win the Division
Despite a creaky Marvin Harrison, the Colts still have a plethora of offensi...
Legends in Concert At The Coushatta Casino Resort
in The Gambling Weblog, on July 7, 2008
The Coushatta Casino Resort located in Kinder, Louisiana, is another Native American Casino success story.
Coushatta is a full service casino that offers more than gambling. fine dining at a variety of restaurants along with entertainment of all types insures that every gambler will find...
Here comes the Fed
in Sox First, on June 19, 2008
It had to happen. When markets are troubled, big government steps in. us treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will be pushing to give the Federal Reserve more power over markets. His speech, strategically leaked to the media , says the Fed needs greater access to information and greater aut...
Seth Godin: Only Borrow Money for Things That Increase in Value
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on June 9, 2008
Always thought-provoking writer Seth Godin steps away from his usual marketing-focused posts today to offer a simple personal finance lesson :
Only borrow money to pay for things that increase in value.
It's a short list: your business, your house and your education, mostly. Stocks if yo...
Salmonella and Tomatoes
in Latina Viva, on June 9, 2008
... given food manufacturing plant once a decade; no inspectors visit farms or retail sales outlets.- chron.com
So if ever there was a time to get healthy and baby your immune system it's now.
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News from the FCPA front
in Sox First, on May 16, 2008
Interesting developments in relation to the activity surrounding the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) . Now we have reports that the US Justice Department has started targeting inidviduals, not just companies, for bribery and corruption. This is quite strategic. It not only puts the heat...
UCB's Cimzia: FDA-Approved for Chron's Disease
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 24, 2008
...With no cure and still of unknown cause - Crohn's disease - is a chronic, inflammatory bowel disease that affects more than 1 million men and women worldwide.
Chron's disease can cau...
Jeff Skilling's appeal
in Sox First, on April 4, 2008
...nt to be released from a Minnesota prison, where he has been held since December 2006. The Houston Chronicle's Loren Steffy describes it as a lawyer's dance. And the lawyer, according to Ste...
Spitzer's demise is Wall Street's gain
in Sox First, on March 13, 2008
...hope his private hell is hotter than anybody else's," he told the media . As the Houston Chronicle's Loren Steffy pointed out this week in his blog , Spitzer made some powerful ...
Best/Worst Free Agent Signings
in End Zone Buzz, on March 3, 2008
free agency began this weekend and the moves came at a rapid pace. While there were some very shrewd moves made by teams, there were also some questionable deals inked. Here's a gander at both sides of the equation.
Best Signings
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers sign center Jeff Faine t...
BP's double standard
in Sox First, on February 8, 2008
At the beginning of this week, I did a blog entry looking at a court hearing into the proposed $50 million penalty for BP over its negligence that resulted in the 2005 Texas City refinery explosion that killed 15 workers. The outcomes should not pass without comment. The bereaved appe...
Société Générale - more blowouts ahead
in Sox First, on January 30, 2008
...#39;s head of corporate and investment banking, reports the Financial Times , and the Houston Chronicle reports that the bank's board is now discussing chief executive Daniel Bouton's offer...
Novel Ways To Travel On The Las Vegas Strip
in Play Las Vegas, on January 28, 2008
Getting around the Las Vegas Strip is easiest by foot, but you have to be in pretty good shape to take in more than just a block or two, and that's when it isn't 100+ degrees.
Long gone are the days when you could casually drive a car up and down The Strip and easily park right outside t...
Supremes screw investors
in Sox First, on January 23, 2008
The fallout from the the US Supreme Court's long-awaited decision in StoneRidge Investment Partners v Scientific Atlanta last week continues. The battle of StoneRidge was fought over a case brought by investors in Charter Communications, a cable-television firm. They had sued two companies...
China's growth: is a slowdown coming?
in Sox First, on January 18, 2008
In the past I have raised the question of whether China is headed for a slowdown. It's one of the big issues for 2008 and the answer is important for businesses and economies around the world, particularly the US which imports a quarter of a trillion dollars-worth of goods a year from t...
Tysabri (natalizumab): Approved by FDA For Moderate-to-Severe Crohn's Disease
in Straightfromthedoc, on January 15, 2008
... by the FDA in June 2006 to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis.
Of unknown cause, Chron's disease is a chronic, inflammatory bowel disease that affects both men and women; with n...
Skilling fights on
in Sox First, on December 22, 2007
... far as they can," Wayne State University Law School professor Peter Henning told the Houston Chronicle .
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Fed's rescue plan: too little, too late
in Sox First, on December 19, 2007
...ss foreclosures, a credit crunch and a looming recession." It's a point echoed by Houston Chronicle's Loren Steffy in his blog when he reminds us that the Fed has closed the barn after...
Push to make BP pay for explosion
in Sox First, on December 4, 2007
...sion or who lost family members. Corpus Christi plaintiff lawyer David Perry has told the Houston Chronicle that the company should pay at least $1 billion in fines, the equivalent of its profits, ...
Recession is nigh?
in Sox First, on December 3, 2007
More signs of recession coming with Bloomberg reporting that US corporate corporate profits, as measured by the Commerce Department, have fallen at an annual rate of $19.3 billion in the third quarter from the second. Most of the damage comes from the weak US dollar and the financial sector, wh...
Internet Gambling Declared Legal For Americans
in The Gambling Weblog, on November 22, 2007
Source:www.img. slate .com
The battle to allow American adults to engage in Internet gambling is still raging but there has finally been a definitive judgment made about its legality.
The Department of Justice has made a determination that Internet gambling , in and of itself, is legal fo...
"It wasn't me" says Jeff Skilling
in Sox First, on September 8, 2007
...ron who did it, says Paul Kedrosky at the Infectious Greed blog . And true to form, the houston chronicle 's Loren Steffy pulls no punches in his blog : "Don't be surprised if h...
GetaFirstLife.com Satires SecondLife.com
in The Social Networking Weblog, on August 21, 2007
...iality , the "truthiness encyclopedia", parodies Wikipedia. FULL ARTICLE @ THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Mark Brooks : In the 80's in England a kids program called "Why Don't Yo...
Britney Spears Hurls Threats And Bottle In Las Vegas
in The Celebrities Weblog, on August 12, 2007
Source:www.gobritney.com
Oops, she did it again, another public display of violent anger by Britney spears , spotted antique shopping a few weeks ago, and looking like a bag lady in training.
Shortly after her shopping trip Britney headed here, to Las Vegas , where she got into a scu...
Plane crash in Brazil - 185 Deaths Confirmed, 13 Officially Identified, 200 Feared Dead
in Latina Viva, on July 19, 2007
Rescue teams were still working yesterday (Wednesday, July 18) in the area of the airport of Congonhas, in São Paulo, where an airplane from TAM Airlines crashed against a building, after trying to land with 186 people on board. The plane crash caused a fire, in the most serious air accident of ...
KPMG and justice: waiting for the next instalment
in Sox First, on July 18, 2007
The fallout from the KPMG tax shelter case continues. Earlier this week, we saw Judge Lewis Kaplan dismissing criminal charges against 13 former partners of accounting giant KPMG. The judge's decision effectively gutted what had been billed as the largest tax fraud case in U.S. history. T...
EXPLOITING WEAK TIGHT PLAYERS IN TEXAS HOLD 'EM
in Play Las Vegas, on July 17, 2007
...can tell where you'll come up with handy Poker advice and this article, in " The houston chronicle ", listed under "other sports" is just such an example.
Here's ad...
Michael Oxley: effects of SOX are overstated
in Sox First, on July 6, 2007
... with SOX on the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Now in an interview with the Houston Chronicle , Mr Oxley has more or less told Sarbox critics to have a cold shower. If the US markets a...
Halliburton's dodgy numbers
in Sox First, on July 4, 2007
...hearing, a congressional committee has requested more information on the case, reports the Houston Chronicle . But then, given what's happened with Lewis " scooter " Libby, there&...
4000 NEW JOBS OPEN IN LAS VEGAS
in Play Las Vegas, on July 4, 2007
Source:www.sandscorp.com
Everything in Las Vegas is big and that includes the job scene.
People move to Las Vegas for a variety of reasons, love of hot weather, reasonably priced housing, at least compared to the really big cities such as New York and L.A., almost 365 days of golf, and of co...
How to Cash In On iPhone Madness
in The Wireless Weblog, on June 29, 2007
...esn't like delegating.
More here from InformationWeek ... more here from the San Francisco Chronicle ... and more here from the Boston Herald .
Photo above is from Engadget .
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AT&T Announces iPhone Data Plans
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 27, 2007
...data plan first started : a newer, cheaper model for phone and data access for mobile users.
Via chron.com ...
PC World 编辑们最喜欢的 100 个 Blog
in Wangtam, on June 26, 2007
...chron.com/techblog )
17.Tech_Space ( blogs.usatoday.com/techspace )
18.Pogue's Posts ( pogue.blogs.nytimes.com )
19.Robert X. Cringely ( weblog.infoworld.com/robertxcringely )
20.Scott Rosenberg&#...
Will the iPhone Have a Bigger Battery Capacity?
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 19, 2007
...nology, but RIM, Samsung and Motorola all have to be a little more worried.
However, according to chron.com , not everyone is convinced. One analyst, for example, thinks a four- to five-hour capacit...
Battle Over the USF: Wireless vs. Landline ... Otherwise Known As 'Keep America Connected' vs. 'Connecting Rural America' ...
in The Wireless Weblog, on June 13, 2007
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Tim Logan reports on a growing debate between a group of companies calling themselves Keep America Connected , and another group calling itself Connecting Rural America , over the status of the Universal Service Fund (USF).
The focus of the debate, Logan ...
New Findings from The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 13, 2007
The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium has published new findings on the genetics behind common diseases such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and coronary heart disease Nature Genetics .
The £9 million study is one of the UK's largest and most successful academic collaborations to da...
The Impact of the Qualcomm Import Ban: No LG Prada?
in The Wireless Weblog, on June 8, 2007
The AP's Elliot Spagat reports that the ITC 's recent import ban on Qualcomm chips could result in a number of hot new phone models disappearing from the U.S. market, including this cool new toy that I've been coveting...
"The ban Thursday by the U.S. International Tra...
Electricity Without Wires: MIT Team Invents WiTricity
in The Wireless Weblog, on June 7, 2007
ITWire's Stephen Withers reports that a team of scientists at MIT "have demonstrated a wireless power transfer scheme they have dubbed 'WiTricity' or wireless electricity."
"While the demonstration was of a 60W globe being powered from a source over two metres (...
Isis Pharmaceutical's Drug Candidate Reduce Cholesterol Levels in Half
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 19, 2007
According to the results of an ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial, Isis Pharmaceutical's cholesterol drug candidate, ISIS 301012 , was able to cut cholesterol levels in half among patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH). ISIS 301012 is a second-generation drug that sele...
Aero和电池寿命
in 西行资讯, on May 15, 2007
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针对 Houston Chronicle 的评论者Dwight Silverman提出 Aero主题对电池寿命的影响 之后， Windows Vista Blog 的Nick White对此做出了解释。
首先，文中Dwight指出Aero主题驱动GPU负责更多的工作会消耗更多的电能是正确的。但是，总的来说这个差距并不大。例如，在使用电池时显示器一般消耗15-25%的电能。在测试中发现，运行...
Vick is no dog breeder; is he a quarterback?
in End Zone Buzz, on May 4, 2007
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Recent reports of Atlanta quarterback Michael Vick being connected to dog breeding and dog fighting are likely of very little concern to the Atlanta Falcons .
In fact, when asked about the report that fighting dogs were found on one of Vick's homes, Falcons coach Bobby ...
The End of Sprint Nextel?
in The Wireless Weblog, on May 3, 2007
BloggingBuyouts' Brian White looks at Sprint's Q1 numbers and suggests that "CEO Gary Forsee may see 2007 mark the end of his career at the telecom giant."
"It's been rumored that Verizon Wireless (45% owned by Europe's Vodafone) was possibly interested in a...
PAMELA ANDERSON GETS A JOB IN LAS VEGAS
in Play Las Vegas, on May 2, 2007
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Source:www.chron.com
More and more celebrities are making Las Vegas their home and it looks like Pamela Anderson is the newest high profile celebrity resident.
Pam will be taking the guest sta...
More choice in accounting rules = more games?
in Sox First, on April 30, 2007
Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Christopher Cox has announced that the US and Europe will be working to a single accounting standard by 2009. But will there be glitches in the transition? Last week's Security and Exchange Commission announcement that it would provide compan...
MedImmune Considers Sale
in The Biotech Weblog, on April 13, 2007
...tion regarding possible strategic interest in acquiring the company.
More backgrounder info from Chron.com ....
Ken Lay's $25,000 desk comes up $1 short
in Sox First, on March 27, 2007
...nimum of $25,000, was too expensive for the bidders. One dollar too expensive, reports the Houston Chronicle . Only one person offered the $25,000 minimum for the desk, and that failed to meet the s...
Gonzales and the Ken Lay defence
in Sox First, on March 19, 2007
...ve up to it," he says. Of course on a political level, the sackings betray the ineptitude and chronic cronyism of an administration hell-bent on placing blind loyalty and political partisanship ...
ANNA-NICOLE SMITH MOVIE DUE OUT IN JUNE
in The Celebrities Weblog, on March 19, 2007
Source:www. celebslam .com
As I suspected, there already is a film in the works about the last days and death of Anna-Nicole Smith.
What I didn't expect was that it would be released so soon.
The latest information on the movie, which has not yet been assigned even a working title ...
Sprint's Unlimited Wireless in San Fran: Future of Mobile Access?
in The Wireless Weblog, on March 16, 2007
The AP's Bruce Meyerson today looks at sprint nextel 's new $120-a-month plan, currently limited to the San Francisco area, that features unlimited call time, unlimited text messaging and unlimited Internet access.
"While not inexpensive, the unusual approach to pricing w...
The HP saga: big wins for Hurd and Dunn
in Sox First, on March 15, 2007
...arges against former chair Dunn and letting three other defendants avoid jail, reports the Houston Chronicle . Sounds like the court bent over backwards to deliver this result, according to t...
Subprime tremors: is this the tipping point?
in Sox First, on March 15, 2007
That's the question the world is asking as the US stock market continues to twist and turn on the fulcrum of anxieties over the subprime market. And while it's by no means clear that the subprime anxiety will push the US into recession , the problems are likely to spread into ot...
Clearwire IPO Looks Good ... And Then Doesn't
in The Wireless Weblog, on March 8, 2007
The AP's Jessica Mintz reports that Craig McCaw's WiMax venture, Clearwire , "landed with a thud on Wall Street" today after critics suggested the company's shares were overpriced. The ticker symbol is CLWR .
" Clearwire Corp., a wireless Internet service ...
Restatement roundup: why Sarbanes-Oxley is here to stay
in Sox First, on March 2, 2007
Senators john kerry and Olympia Snowe are pushing for regulators to give small US companies another year before they have to comply with Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley, reports MarketWatch . Just another short-term solution and seriously dumb in light of a report from research firm Glass...
Ted Turner of CNN Says: Switch to Renewables
in IfEnergy, on February 25, 2007
Just this month, Ted Turner, the billionaire founder of CNN said that there should be a moratorium on all new coal plants, on all new carbon producing energy power technologies, and work on replacing all of these with renewable energy resources. Ted believes that we are endangering ourselves by n...
EarthLink Gets Houston
in The Wireless Weblog, on February 13, 2007
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The Houston Chronicle's Alexis Grant and Matt Stiles report that the City of Houston, Texas today selected EarthLink Municipal Networks to provide it with a citywide wireless network.
...
Pierce's Disease Hurts Texas Wine
in Celebrate Wine, on February 11, 2007
California wine makers are concerned, and it looks like they have every right to be once you read about Pierce's Disease. Yikes! Yes, grapes are a crop before they become our fabulous glass of Merlot or tangy Chardonnay.
From Wine under siege :
Texas' burgeoning wine industry is looki...
Bad week for Morgan Stanley
in Sox First, on February 7, 2007
...ently reached medical malpractice settlements. Talk about low life! More on that from the Houston Chronicle .
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The iPhone Lawsuit: Apple, Cisco... and Ocean Telecom?
in The Wireless Weblog, on January 11, 2007
After Tuesday's big iPhone announcement , there's much discussion online today of Cisco's plans to sue Apple for infringing on its iPhone trademark.
"For about two years, Apple negotiated with Cisco to use the iPhone name, which would dovetail with its existing iPod, iMac ...
Bribery International
in Sox First, on January 4, 2007
...Kirill Kabanov, chairman of Russia's National Anti-Corruption Committee told the San Francisco Chronicle . Meanwhile, the Democrat-dominated Congress is scheduled to begin voting today on ethics...
Wine Storage Big Business
in Celebrate Wine, on January 2, 2007
Right now, our wine racks are a tad on the empty side with all the celebrating we've been doing around here lately, but normally, things are more on the tight side with barely room for a new bottle or two.
Amateur wine drinkers everywhere are starting to feel the pinch when it comes to sque...
