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Suddenly more bullish on housing?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 14, 2009
...o drop in the next year.
That's a big improvement from six months ago, when almost half of all survey respondents said they expected their home prices to fall.
Some respondents even said that th...
An X-shaped recession
in Sox First, on July 14, 2009
...n track because the track we were on for years - featuring flat or declining median wages, mounting consumer debt, and widening insecurity, not to mention increasing carbon in the atmosphere - simply ...
Skipping Seven
in The CIO Weblog, on July 13, 2009
... the recent poll that indicated, quite appropriately, that some sixty percent of companies recently surveyed by ScriptLogic as to their OS deployment plans indicate that they have no plans to deploy W...
Downpayments still keeping homebuyers away
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 13, 2009
...half percent.
Each year, the National Association of Realtors releases its National Housing Pulse Survey . It's always a fascinating read. This year's survey, for instance, revealed that com...
What recession? Small arms trade is booming
in Sox First, on July 10, 2009
...d's small arms, light weapons and ammunition between 2000 and 2006, according to the Small Arms Survey 2009. The study found that the US is the biggest importer of pistols and revolvers, sporting ...
iPhone with RFID technology?
in The RFID Weblog, on July 9, 2009
...ecoming a common phenomenon nowadays. This would mean you could see the phone being used beyond the consumer domain also.
Besides this there are also talks about adaptation of grid of piezoelectroni...
5 款最佳的 netBook
in Wangtam, on July 8, 2009
• Samsung NC10 ($399)
• Dell Mini 10 ($349)
• ASUS EEEPC 1000HE ($385)
• Acer Aspire One ($349)
• MSI Wind ($329)
Apple's lack of enterprise ambition
in The CIO Weblog, on July 8, 2009
...lays out all the usual points; Apple is a hardware, rather than software business, with a decidedly consumer focus, limited experience and little interest in the enterprise market. Even if it were, it...
Netbooks may be the new mobiles
in The CIO Weblog, on July 6, 2009
...er, and Blackberries have firmly entrenched themselves as must-have tools in corporate America, the consumer-oriented, scorned netbooks may be the next hot device for businesses.
Although netbooks ar...
已经确认 Windows 7 RTM 于本月 13 日完成
in Wangtam, on July 5, 2009
...an
• Spinning the Web: P.R. in Silicon Valley
• Symantec: it's dangerous to rely on free antivirus
• 7 Spectacular Fireworks Shows on YouTube
• PollDaddy Traffic Soars, Releases Ratings Wi...
AMR Research gets new hires for its supply chain group
in Supplychainer, on June 30, 2009
...nts."
With more than 25 years of experience, Steve Steutermann will focus his research on the consumer product industry's supply chain. At companies such as Procter & Gamble and Gillette...
Fish Detection Test Under Development
in Allergies, on June 30, 2009
...illion people each year in the United States alone.
"In 2004, the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act (FALCP) called for mandatory labeling of the eight major allergenic foods by ...
Is plain vanilla the right goal?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 30, 2009
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As part of his efforts to protect consumers, and keep the country from suffering another wave of foreclosures, Pres. Barack Obama has called for the creation of a new consumer protection agency. ...
Why CEOs don't blog or Twitter
in Sox First, on June 30, 2009
...ocial networking might be booming but bosses don't twitter or blog. For good reason too. A new survey, published here , reveals that only two out of the top 100 chief executive officers in the U...
Sony Next to Release an iPhone Killer
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on June 29, 2009
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We often talk about attempts to dethrone the immensely popular iPhone and it looks like consumer electronics giant Sony is about to take a stab at it next.
Sony has released word that it is con...
Supply chain video: The result of a new survey among 900 U.S. supply chain executives on this year's trends
in Supplychainer, on June 28, 2009
... the results of the company's fourth annual Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution (MWD) National Survey among more than 900 supply chain executives throughout the U.S.
Respondents to the survey sa...
Has Intel finally broken into the cell phone market?
in Wangtam, on June 24, 2009
...lly broken into the cell phone market?
• Lenovo slims down new ThinkPad T400s
• NPD Finds Consumer Confusion about Netbooks Continues
• 米兰一法院推迟谷歌4名高管审判时间
• Bookmarklet to reformat text for rea...
Directors warned about greenwash
in Sox First, on June 22, 2009
...es the Australian Conservation Foundation approaching the regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and asking it investigate whether six companies - Rio Tinto, Woodside, Xstrata, ...
Supply chain education ranking: Penn State becomes No. 1
in Supplychainer, on June 21, 2009
...regularly included among the top schools in rankings of supply chain programs. As an example a 2005 survey of supply chain practitioners and academics published in Supply Chain Management Review ident...
HP to Pre-Install Norton Online Backup on All Consumer PCs
in On Storage, on June 21, 2009
...Symantec recently announced an agreement with HP to pre-install Norton Online Backup on all HP consumer desktop and notebook PCs worldwide. New users will receive a 30-day free trial of the servi...
Study Anticipates Increasing Use of Linux on Mainframes
in HackITLinux, on June 21, 2009
© scriptingnews
A new study commissioned by CA (and executed by TheInfoPro ) has found that large enterprises are increasingly deploying Linux on mainframes to maximize value and minimize costs.
"Linux on the mainframe is clearly a very attractive platform choice for IT organizat...
ASUS 与 Disney 联手打造儿童用 NetBook
in Wangtam, on June 18, 2009
当前经济衰退中，许多玩具公司避免推出高价产品， Disney 却逆势而行，打算在假期销售旺季来临前推出售价 350 美元的儿童 netBook 。
这款 netBook "Disney Netpal"将于7月底起在美国和加拿大的 Toys "R" US 店铺和 Amazon 销售。
美泰和孩之宝(Hasbro)等玩具公司以及 Toys "R" US 等零售商则认为，因失业率上升、楼市低迷及信贷紧缩影响到父母的消费能力，因此价格便宜的玩具会更受欢迎。
Disney 表示，这是该公司首次在北美推出笔记本电脑，五年前该公司曾试图...
Do you trust the government to protect you from mortgage lenders?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 18, 2009
...on, you'll be happy to know that the Obama administration is pushing for the creation of a new consumer agency designed to oversee the mortgage-lending process .
If you answered "no" t...
Does Obama's patchwork overhaul go far enough?
in Sox First, on June 18, 2009
...shion. Basically, there are five things you need to know about these changes. First, they set up a Consumer Financial Protection Agency which will have the authority to force lenders to offer straigh...
Could Childhod Obesity Be Declining?
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 16, 2009
...as much, but that doesn't mean they're eating any better at home.
The findings, based on survey data by the Chicago market research firm NPD Group, follow a report last year that childhood o...
一句话概括 2009 年最热 IT 产品
in Wangtam, on June 12, 2009
美国风险投资家 Fred Wilson 近日撰文 ，列举了用户采用新技术的动力所在。文章列举了今年热销的消费产品或服务，如 iPhone、Facebook、Wii、Hulu、FlipCam、Rock Band、Mafia Wars、Blogger、Pandora 和 Twitter，并用一句话描述了它们火爆的原因：
iPhone：采用了手机浏览器及杀手级触摸屏界面。
Facebook：具有真正实用性的社会化网站。
Wii：动作感应游戏机。
Hulu：通过 UI (用户界面) 设计极棒的网页观看你最喜爱的电视节目。
FlipCam：能方便地装到口袋里的数码录像机。
Rock ...
The Twitpocalypse is Near: Will Your Twitter Client Survive?
in Wangtam, on June 10, 2009
...P Traffic And 64 Percent of Mobile
• comScore Study: Bing Is Off To A Very Good Start
• Google! (retroogle)
• icomplete | the new way to make small business work
• Anjuno | Connecting Artists ...
Recession Forces More Golf Deals
in Eagle Par Birdie, on June 8, 2009
...re going to buy clubs and golf balls to begin with.
So the equipment makers still have the golfing consumer by the short and curlys.
However, when it comes to golf courses , well, that's an ent...
Learning About And Choosing A Photo Printer
in Digital Shot, on June 8, 2009
...a quick treatise on the differences among today's digital photo printers .
This link, "Consumer Reports" digital photo printer ratings , will help you select the best printer for you...
OTC Prostate Cancer Test Kit in the Making
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 5, 2009
...sing protein.
During a test, if cancer-producing proteins are detected at a significant level, the consumer would be directed to see a doctor.
Extensive cOlinical trials will have to be performed, b...
Global Rejection of Genetically Engineered Wheat
in The Biotech Weblog, on June 3, 2009
... Farmers, consumers and civil society organizations in Australia, Canada and the U.S. released a joint statement confirming their collective commitment to stop commercialization of genetically eng...
Eight Genes That Help Predict Patients Response to Melanoma Treatment
in The Biotech Weblog, on May 31, 2009
... the cases were divided, the researchers used a mathematical tool called Neural Network Analysis to survey over 25,000 genes and the regulators that turn the genes on and off to see if they could iden...
How much is Facebook worth?
in Sox First, on May 30, 2009
...fundamental challenge for all of these social network companies is: How do they convert traffic and consumer interest into revenue and earnings? The jury is still out." And as Hasselback points o...
More housing woes
in Sox First, on May 29, 2009
... 12.07 percent on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, the highest ever recorded in the MBA delinquency survey.". Just think about that number - 12.07%. In other words, one in eight mortgagees are in...
Sony to reduce the number of suppliers to half
in Supplychainer, on May 23, 2009
...to post a second consecutive year of losses. The financial crisis has eviscerated global demand for consumer electronics and a strong yen has eroded profits earned overseas. Sony didn't say how th...
Blackberry Storm 2 schon im Juni?
in BlackBerry World, on May 22, 2009
© StrebKR
Das Foto zeigt natürlich die Erstauflage des Blackberry Storm. Was auch sonst, denn das Blackberry Storm 2 ist bislang nicht auf den Markt gekommen. Doch könnte dies früher der Fall sein als bislang erwartet. So zumindest die Gerüchte bei Hardwareluxx , wo sogar schon der kommende ...
How low will interest rates go? Who knows?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 22, 2009
...k or next month.
Don't believe me? Then take a look at Bankrate.com, one of the best financial consumer Web sites out there. According to the analysts at Bankrate, the average interest rate on ...
US and China: the drug dealer-addict relationship
in Sox First, on May 20, 2009
...lationship of co-dependency between the United States and China is worrying and dangerous. American consumers buy Chinese-made goods, China piles up billions of dollars from US trade and buys US debt....
iPhone price reduction rumors missing the enterprise
in The CIO Weblog, on May 18, 2009
...ing prices on data plans and/or offering more varied data plan options to cater to a wider range of consumer demand. This seems like a fairly typical tactic once the market has become more or less sat...
Will federal mortgage loan assistance hurt your credit rating?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 18, 2009
...they will only suffer additional harm to their credit reports.
Norm Magnuson, an official with the Consumer Data Industry Association trade group, is quoted in the Mail Tribune as saying that working...
Sony Introduces DSLR Cameras for the Rest of Us
in The Gadgets Weblog, on May 18, 2009
...n't. Sony is interested in helping people like me figure out photography by introducing several consumer-minded DSLR cameras. The new a230, a330 and a380 give a user the quality and options of SLR...
OTC Prevacid®, Heartburn Medicine Now FDA-Approved
in Straightfromthedoc, on May 15, 2009
...hours
When doctor visits and medication costs are taken into account, Prevacid 24HR may save consumers time and money. Recent research, from the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) and...
New survey launched to identify the current state of supply chain education
in Supplychainer, on May 15, 2009
...ed programs. Supply Chain Management Review Magazine has taken the lead in this area and launched a survey recently to idetify what are the best schools to pursue SCM education.
This 15 minutes surv...
Bankrupt Chrysler's $134 million advertising budget
in Sox First, on May 13, 2009
...rysler during this interim period and why Chrysler will be a brand going forward that is one that a consumer should continue to look at as one of their purchase opportunities." Go figure!! It do...
New Search Tool Aims at Answering Tough Queries, but Not at Taking on Google
in Wangtam, on May 12, 2009
...• New Search Tool Aims at Answering Tough Queries, but Not at Taking on Google
• Survey: one in five US households are cellphone only
• NBC Invests In Video Search Startup EveryZing And Signs Up ...
Navigating the new mortgage roadmap
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 12, 2009
... history of late payments.
You should check your credit score before applying for a mortgage loan. Consumers are allowed a free credit report . You can find out more about this at the Federal Tra...
Gorton: LimeWire Is Secure
in P2P File Sharing, on May 11, 2009
...ama's helicopter was breached via P2P . There have also been reports of inadvertent exposure of consumer financial data and medical records over peer-to-peer, according to the Committee on Oversig...
Supply chain video: Future Supply Chain 2016
in Supplychainer, on May 11, 2009
...in the video, the focus on regulatory issues and S&OP seemed to have more weight as many of the consumer goods and retail companies are now exposed to cut inventories and comply with various envir...
Facebook for Windows Mobile 6
in Wangtam, on May 9, 2009
...ers could see $500M in revenue this year
• Asus Eee PC T91 launching by June!
• Set Up and Use XP Mode in Windows 7
• Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Beta
• TidyRead
• Is the Growth Of The Web Slo...
The Players Championship: DVD or Download?
in Eagle Par Birdie, on May 8, 2009
...bsite currently boasts all kinds of streaming video.
Maybe I'm different from the average golf consumer but buying a DVD of one event is like buying a novel; I'll read it once and never pick ...
Survey: Most Women Work Because They Have To
in Well Woman Blog, on May 8, 2009
...(the largest staffing agency in the world) North America's latest American Workplace Insights Survey in honor of Mother's Day, more than three quarters of women are working because they hav...
All the Lego Star Wars Minifigs in History
in Wangtam, on May 5, 2009
...ays: PR People Love Our No-Embargo Policy
• Showing Its Twitter Envy, Facebook Gets Serious About SMS
• ProtoShare
• Directory of phone numbers for customer service and customer support
• Kidl...
WinRAR 3.90 beta 1
in Wangtam, on May 2, 2009
...Phone Sweeps JD Power Consumer Smartphone Ratings - Except In Battery Life
• Apple Is Serious About Gaming: Steals Xbox Senior Director of Strategy
• 5 Ways to Take Control of Your Personal Brand ...
S&OP in high tech companies should incorporates measures of risk
in Supplychainer, on April 30, 2009
... said. "What works for Budweiser in the beverage industry, may not be right for Samsung in the consumer electronics sector. It might, in fact, be a case of having too much information."
Ove...
Supply chain video: Getting supply chain on the boardroom agenda
in Supplychainer, on April 30, 2009
... getting Supply Chain Management on the Board Room Agenda. He illustrates the themes using a simple survey undertaken at the European Supply Chain Summit 2008, Dusseldorf, Germany and responded to by ...
Window 7 coming early, as expected
in The CIO Weblog, on April 30, 2009
...ed by kicking the operating system gold masters out the door as soon as possible. While the muddled consumer market will adopt 7 in the same measures as it did Vista, largely with the purchase of new ...
Diabetes Drug Januvia May Trigger Pancreatitis, Pancreatic Cancer
in Daily Diabetic, on April 30, 2009
A new study from UCLA's Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center found that the type 2 diabetes drug sitagliptin - sold in pill form as Januvia - could lead to a form of low-grade pancreatitis in some patients and a greater risk of pancreatic cancer in long-term users.
Researche...
What's the State of Your Air?
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 30, 2009
...d indoor air pollution as one of the top five urgent environmental risks to public health, though a survey commissioned in December 2008 by 3M Filtrete filters, revealed that:
Three out of four ho...
No recovery in sight
in Sox First, on April 30, 2009
...are predicting the US economy will return to growth with a big decline in inventories and improved consumer spending . But as Peter Schiff from Euro Pacific Capital says , there is nothing to celeb...
Georgia Tech Opens Marcus Nanotechnology Building
in Nanotechbuzz, on April 24, 2009
...technology will not touch or influence in the future. It will enhance medicine, high-technology and consumer products. I hope that nanotechnology will do for Georgia Tech, Atlanta and the region what ...
Study Finds Pirates Buy More Music
in P2P File Sharing, on April 24, 2009
...ry reason why other people aren't buying music. 73 percent of of respondents to the CRIA's survey said that they bought music after they downloaded it illegally, while the primary reason from ...
More job cuts ahead: Bain
in Sox First, on April 23, 2009
...g again, unemployment will continue to escalate. That's borne out in the latest Bain executive survey, published in the Harvard Business review blog which found that companies are still plannin...
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...
Economic recovery a long "slog" - Volcker
in Sox First, on April 19, 2009
...and that it's going to be one long hard slog. The reality is that the fundamentals of housing, consumer demand and corporate investment need to show signs of improvement before we know the worst ...
The long recession's impact
in Sox First, on April 17, 2009
...ave on society. Earlier this month, I did a blog entry looking at how it was creating a new kind of consumer, one that focused on value and that rejected behaviors of the past that had embraced excess...
Is all this free sustainable?
in The CIO Weblog, on April 16, 2009
... would even come to our attention without their popular success in the larger proving ground of the consumer market? It's not inevitable that good ideas will find a way to monetization. Does anyon...
Did Vista jump the shark?
in The CIO Weblog, on April 14, 2009
...eploying it in the first year, particularly in these economic conditions.
The real news out of the survey is twofold; one, that fully half of respondents indicated that they are considering a switch ...
Who are the world's most ethical companies?
in Sox First, on April 13, 2009
...starting with the fact that the companies nominate themselves. They are not selected by specialists surveying the scene. Then they complete a survey, no doubt with lots of input from spin merchants. ...
