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Galleon scandal: just the beginning?

The biggest prosecution of hedge fund insider trading went into overdrive this week with 20 people, including Galleon Group LLC co-founder Raj Rajaratnam, getting hauled up on criminal charges. Bloomberg has the rogue's gallery of all the names of the people behind the insider trading. W...

Eight New Insider Trading Arrests, Fourteen Total

The SEC’s ongoing investigation of insider trading at hedge funds and stock trading firms has brought allegations against 14 Wall Street professionals. The charged defendants include hedge fund managers and trading firm executives, lawyers and corporate insiders. Five of the charged defe...

Olympus E-P2 发布

THE PEN IS NOW MIGHTIER: OLYMPUS EXPANDS THE POWER AND PERFORMANCE OF THE E-P1 WITH THE NEW E-P2 New Electronic Viewfinder, External Audio Port, Autofocus Tracking and More Creative Control All in a Retro Black Metal Body – Looks as Good as it Performs CENTER VALLEY, Pa., November 5, 20...

Joel Klein To Receive The 100 Women in Hedge Funds' Effecting Change Award

100 Women in Hedge Funds’ Board of Directors today announced that Joel Klein, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, will receive its 2009 Effecting Change Award at its New York Gala on November 18, 2009. The 100 Women in Hedge Funds' Effecting Change Award is given to an in...

Seen that? - Urlacher fine defines NFL

Urlacher fine defines NFL at End Zone Buzz Courtesy Yahoo Sports The "No Fun League," or NFL for people out of the know, is at it again. The NFL, which seems to pride itself on punishing its players for harmless acts, fined chicago bear...

Seen that? - Sustainable Development for the Future

Sustainable Development for the Future at Audeamus - How dare we... (From National Curriculum) Just a round up of sustainable development news as I clean out my backlog of items here today. *PricewaterhouseCoopers has identified six trends that w...

Seen that? - About Wearable Computing

About Wearable Computing at The Techwear Weblog Wearable Computing is one of the upcoming markets that emerge from a next step in computing. Computing power and functionality will be build straight into clothings and therefore will be allways aro...

Seen that? - Pillow Talk

Pillow Talk at The Mobile Technology Weblog Maintaining emotional connections over distances is hard, as anyone who has traveled or been away from a loved one for a long time can tell you. The current state of retail mobile technology and services...

Seen that? - Buy Doom on DVD, Get Doom III Demo for Xbox

Buy Doom on DVD, Get Doom III Demo for Xbox at XboxSpace If you are one of the few people who enjoyed the movie Doom enough to purchase the DVD, you will be happy to find out that in addition seeing The Rock blast the demons of Hell on Mars, you w...

Seen that? - Virgin Mary Wins Big at GoldenPalace.com

Virgin Mary Wins Big at GoldenPalace.com at The Gambling Weblog 'Virgin Mary' toast fetches $28,000 Never a stranger to stupid publicity stunts, GoldenPalace.com ups the ante again after purchasing a 10 yr old piece of toast on Ebay for $2...

Times dismisses Microsoft

The New York Times has published a scathing critique of Microsoft's current status and prospects, marking a new low in the prevailing conception of the company's chances as the industry spins slowly on an axis leading away from the traditional desktop market it dominates. While haters such as mys...

Epson Introduces Its Compact “PictureMate Charm” Photo Printer

Competition for the “payoff”, end of digital cameras, that is, the printing of the digital files, is keener than ever. We have several ways of having our pictures printed such as one hour in store printing, instant printing at photo kiosks, and by uploading photo files to an online or bricks...

EA 发布全新的 Madden NFL Arcade (17P)

Can a CIO be successful without IT experience?

Something that's been sitting on a back burner over here for a while is a post commenting on Chris Curran's post last month at CIO Dashboard asking "Can a CIO be Successful Without IT Experience?" It's not an academic question at all; a fair chunk of industry CIOs come to the position from the ge...

Shared folders and more in Google Docs

• Shared folders and more in Google Docs • 世界眼中的中国 (38P) • iSweat4 where YOU make sports happen | iSweat4 • Typedia: A Shared Encyclopedia of Typefaces • Plogger | open source photo gallery PHP script | free image gallery script • Only 17 venture capital firms raise money in Q3 — few...

Offshoring surviving the recession just fine

So says a fresh report from McKinsey highlighting recent survey results suggesting that leading offshore outsourcing providers have not only benefited from the cost-cutting frenzy that has occupied their traditional client based over the past year, but have also taken the opportunity to improve thei...

FTC Steps in to Regulate Bloggers

© faungg I liked the reaction of JD Lasica last week to the news that the Federal Trade Commission was going to start regulating product endorsement in blogs. I‘ve been struck by the varying reactions to this week’s news that the Federal Trade Commission will now begin to regulate pro...

Seen that? - Game on Supply Chain Management

Game on Supply Chain Management at Supplychainer XIMB, a business school in India, has arranged a supply chain management game to test the decision-making skills of the participants in the field. According to Cool Avenues, The game will be based ...

Gelbe Wellen in Berlin

Sachsen-Anhalt hat sein Blaues Band. Berlin besitzt die Gelbe Welle . Die Farbe des Bandes im Land zwischen Arendsee und Zeitz bezieht sich auf die adergleich gewundene Elbe mit ihren Zuflüssen Schwarze Elster, Mulde, Saale und Ohre. Die Havel mündet nordwestlich von Havelberg in den über 1.50...

Title Race Decided?

With Man City, Aston Villa and serial under-achievers Spurs all fighting it out for a place in the top four, who will lose out and change the face of the Big Four for the first time in five years? Rafa Benitez continues to insist that the top seven teams will lose more matches this year. But after ...

Seen that? - Saif Partners Picks China TV Home-Shopping Network as the Next Big IPO

Saif Partners Picks China TV Home-Shopping Network as the Next Big IPO at China Venture News Daniel Yang, a partner of SAIF Partners, the most active venture capital firm in China in 2004, displays only confidence about the investment climate in t...

Seen that? - Simplicity in consulting

Simplicity in consulting at Tech Intelligence Years ago when I was still young, I received a request for help concerning the implementation of internal e-mail, webpages and backup. The environment was a school, running a windows NT server and wind...

Seen that? - Find Recipes Fast

Find Recipes Fast at Do you like to cook? Who's got time to search for really good recipes and still get dinner on the table before midnight? You do! Take a look at this list of top recipe sites. If you can't find something great to make, ...

Google 关键词业务或遭欧洲法院叫停

Google 关联搜索结果和广告营销的关键词业务可能会面临欧盟最高法院一份意见书的质疑。 欧洲法院的一位顾问将公布他对 3 起争议诉讼案的非限定性意见，这些诉讼案可能会迫使 Google 改变其在欧盟的关键词业务。 Google 的大部分营收都来自于与关键词相关的搜索广告。 这将是欧盟首次调查 Google 和其他搜索引擎在欧盟 27 国将 LV 等保护商标作为搜索词来销售的案件。欧洲法院将根据其法律顾问的意见对大多数案件作出判决。 英国 Wedlake Bell 律师事务所知识产权法专家 Michael Gardner 表示："如果此次的专家意见倾向于商标持有人，并授予...

FitForCommerce Can Be Your eCommerce Solution

Can a business thrive today without moving into ecommerce? Perhaps; but it's the exception, but the rule. So the question is, how do you make the leap into the world of ecommerce? A huge number of companies and consultants out there today will gladly offer you ecommerce software and then pret...

Google and Mongolia: leading the way in solar power

Fascinating developments in the world of solar power. Exciting innovative things are happening in that space. First, The Times reports that Mongola is set to become a world leader in solar energy with Chinese officials signing a deal with American business to convert a remote desert area of ...

Time is Money, but the Virtual Dating Assistant Doesn't Save You Much of Either

© D.C.Atty I blogged a couple of months ago about the Virtual Datign Assistant - a company that specialized in doing "the work of creating your profile and screening your possibilities." Online Dating Insider had a piece recently that points out that Virtual Dating Assistant is...

2009 Mid-Atlantic Bio Conference Calls for Emerging Companies to Present to Investors

Emerging companies in the field of biotechnology are called to present to potential investors at the Mid-Atlantic Bio's 2009 Conference (Nov. 4-6, 2009). Building on the success of last year's format, company presentations will again be offered on two tracks. In addition to our main &...

Watermelons as Source of Biofuel

© La Grande Farmers' Market Watermelons that do not make it to the market may be a valuable source of alternative energy. A study has shown that the juice of reject watermelons can be fermented efficiently into biofuel . Wayne Fish worked with a team of researchers at the USDA-Agricultura...

All Left Turns is Your Place for NASCAR News

With only three races left before the field is set for the Chase, you just have to get your NASCAR news somewhere. NASCAR.com is a good place to start. But how much perspective can you get from the voice of the sport's sanctioning body? It would be like getting your football news all straigh...

PS3 Slim is the PS3 I Wish I Owned

Sony announced a new Blue-ray player today that is energy efficient, slim, and compact. It also comes with many standard features that make it a leader in the field of Blue-ray players, and it only will cost $299. Oh yeah, and it is a PS3. It is official, Sony is releasing the PS3 slim in Sept...

If you work in a mobile profession then get Tool Link for your vehicle

Are you deployed in high pressure jobs which leave no time for you to think? With a preoccupied brain it becomes difficult to keep tab of everything in your busy schedule and realizing this problem Ford, the car company is offering an optional RFID solution Tool Link which deploys the onboard...

商业周刊：微软应停止投资Windows Mobil

• 商业周刊：微软应停止投资Windows Mobile • SHORTURL SAVIOR: Bit.ly Swoops in to Save Tr.im • NewsGator Consumer RSS Reader Product Changes & Google Sync • Air Force used Twitter to track NY flyover fallout • King Of The Apple Geeks • Curbed LA : The Los Angeles Neighborhoods and Real Estate Blog ...

Bring Business to Your DoorStep with Local Search

© acnatta So we know purchasing on the internet is on the rise, but how do you get an online advantage if your company provides a service instead of a product? Sure, you can throw lots of money at Google and pay-per-click ads but you'll be fighting against everyone else for one or two ...

Top 10 Tips for Using Twitter in Your Business

© JoshSemans Twitter has immeasurable uses for business. There's lots of discussion about the "worth" of twitter right now. Twitter may not act like a Purchase button, but it can still help you with customer service, branding, and connection. Here are my top ten reasons that eve...

Getting Yourself Out There on the Web - with NetworkingForPros.com

Are you on the Web? Where? A presence on the Web has quickly become an essential part of professional life in many fields. Whether you're a doctor or a dance teacher, a lawyer or a locksmith - whether it's for business or for pleasure, people find you on the Web. In a specialized field l...

RFID tags could be reused multiple times

© myuibe There is nothing better than an RFID tag being reused multiple times which certainly brings down the costs associated with it and this is what study from Reusable Packaging Association states. It states that RFID tags created for single use in tracking shipping goods can withstand m...

The missing XP - 7 upgrade path

At first blush, the fact that Microsoft failed to provide direct upgrade options from Windows XP to Windows 7 didn't excite much comment; after all, the company has rarely stretched back two versions in upgrade support, the implicit message being "Stick with the program, kid, or get left be...

Canadian, eh? So what?

Courtesy: RCGA What does the future hold for the Canadian Open? The world's third oldest tournament and Canada's only contribution to the mighty PGA tour machine has become a mere backwater event in professional golf. Once upon a time, the Canadian Open was one of the most prestigiou...

Will Juan Pablo Montoya Make the Chase?

NASCAR Dot Com ran a feature on Juan Pablo Montoya recently. Montoya could become the first non-American to make NASCAR's Chase, the 10-race "playoff" where the racing series' top 12 drivers compete for the Sprint Cup Championship. Montoya is currently 9th in the Sprint Cup stan...

The Nanomedicine Job Market

© Andrew Mason In an excellent article in the journal Nature , Virginia Gewin takes an in-depth look at the job market for nanomedicine. "Governments around the world are banking on high economic returns as they invest in a field that aims to use atomic- or molecular-level techniques...

第 61 届艾美奖提名公布

第61届艾美奖提名今天公布，今年的提名名单上多了一些新面孔，如《恶搞之家》、《弦乐航班》等，不过《我为喜剧狂》依然以创纪录的22项提名独领风骚（获得提名包括最佳喜剧、最佳喜剧男女主角、最佳喜剧男女配角、最佳喜剧剧本、最佳喜剧导演等），就连客串该剧的詹妮弗·安尼斯顿也获得了最佳客串演员的提名。 本届艾美奖将于9月20日（周日）颁奖，届时CBS电视台将直播颁奖典礼。以下是主要奖项的提名名单：

Noir Jewelry

Designer Fashion Jewelry Leeora Catalan , creator of the influential accessories design house nOir, began her career at Ralph Lauren and Oscar De La Renta before making her mark as a successful fashion stylist. In 1996 she launched nOir. Leeora has collaborated with designers such as Marc J...

Attack of the flesh eating robots

Whoaah!! Fox News reports that the Pentagon has now contracted a Maryland company to develop a robot that will gobble up everything in its way, from grass and wood - to dead bodies ! With the cute name EATR (Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot), this machine will forage around and in a ...

Chrome OS: The reflective phase

After the original explosion of Google Chrome OS related articles immediately after the announcement, today we get the day-after "thoughtful" posts exploring what it all means, and what will really happen with Google, Chrome OS, and the supposed arch-enemies of the two, Microsoft an...

Los Angeles leads nation in mortgage fraud

If you own a home in Los Angeles, watch out for the scammers. Your city leads the nation in mortgage fraud , according to the FBI's annual mortgage fraud review. The FBI's Los Angeles field office took 9,971 reports of suspicious mortgage activity in 2008. That's far ahead of the secon...

Instruction From A Pro Digital Photographer During A Day Long Field Trip

Any amateur digital photographer would love to spend a day with a pro photographer traveling around, stopping here and there to take pictures and then receiving an on the spot critique and advice. Well, for those of us who aren't that lucky, and that's nearly all of us, I found an excel...

Finding What You Need at the Right Price...

Soccer season is in full swing and the kids are out on the field practicing and playing. Where do you find the soccer equipment you need? The kids have to have soccer cleats and the team needs new soccer jerseys . How do you find it? How do you pay for it all? Fortunately for you, there...

RFID in every cell phone by 2010?

© Pink Sherbet Photography This is what Hakan Djuphammar, VP of systems architecture at Ericsson predicts for the technology. Let me quote the exact words of Hakan: A year from now basically every new phone that's sold will have [Near Field Communication]. It's a two-way, bio-direct...

西方青年怎么买艺术品？

尽管自去年夏季经济低迷以来，富有的艺术品投机商已停下扩大藏品的脚步，但位于市场较低端的年轻收藏者却对于研究和购买新的艺术品怀有很大热情。很多特殊机构兴起，帮助那些开始积累藏品的年轻人。 向艺术品收藏者提供教育课程的伦敦机构Contemporary Art Society主管保罗•霍布森(Paul Hobson)表示："衰退让一些抱负更为远大的收藏者退出，将当代艺术品视为'品牌'。"霍布森指出，那些预算较低的人可能更为谨慎的考虑潜在购买机会，但他们仍在购买。 他们持续的热情来自于这样一个战略，这种战略对为了快速转手而购买艺术品的做法嗤之以鼻，而是更愿意购买...

The Cloud Is Coming - and With It, Change for Business

© rappensuncle BusinessWeek ran a couple of pieces recently on how cloud computing is changing both business and management . The concept of cloud computing is one of a user sitting at a terminal taking advantage of services, storage space, and resources provided somewhere else - on anot...

Social Entrepreneurhip at Stanford

As you might know, California has probably the highest unemployment rate in the U.S. now as the result of the economic downturn. The companies in Silicon Valley as an example are scaling back and laying off many people which has created lots of difficulties for students and graduates of universities...

Zirconite Jewelry

Simulated Diamond Jewelry Zirconite is a high intensity super cut Cubic Zirconia with a lifetime warranty. The Zirconite Jewelry Collection is handcrafted in Sterling Silver with Platinum or 18K gold plating, as well as in solid 14K gold. Zirconite is a diamond simulate having optical character...

U.S. Open vs The Weather

Courtesy: www.tillinghast.net The fourth at Bethpage Black How fitting is it that this year's U.S. Open is being played on a public course? The game that millions around the world love is being served up by the world's finest players on a layout that you and I can play for just a hundre...

Accelerating Relationships with Social Networking

Business has always been at least partly about networking. More and more, it has come to be about social networking. I wrote recently about the need to focus your efforts in social networking. I came across this piece not long ago by Christopher Rollyson on how business relationships can, ...

PSP Go is More Tempting Thanks to UMD Trade Up

© Jake of 8bitjoystick.com I own a PSP 2000, and it is a pretty good device. I play Field Commander, Patapon, Lumines and LocoRoco with some regularity. For that reason alone, I had almost dedicated myself to not buying a PSP Go. Not only will the device cost more than I payed for my origin...

Arkansas Governor Praises U of A's Dedication to Nanotech

At Duralor LLC 's official opening of its new nanomanufacturing facility in Northern Arkansas, Arkansas governor Mike Beebe praised the University of Arkansas for its dedication to nanotech - the technology behind Duralor's products was developed at the university. "It was u...

Ausreden, Ausreden, Ausreden.

Lass mich ausreden! heißt es manchmal so schön. Manchmal aber wollen wir Ausreden gar nicht hören, sie sind einfach nur lästig. Warum sind Ausreden ein ständiger Wegbegleiter von uns? Weshalb bedienen wir uns gerne mit Ausreden? Was macht Ausreden so sympathisch, aber auch so unsympathisch? Di...

Eve Sperling Jewelry 2009

Fine Gold Jewelry Eve Abraham Sperling is a designer who grew up in the jewelry industry and considers the New York jewelry district her second home. At the age of 15, she began working in the family owned gem company, Precious Gem Resources , alongside her father, Jack Abraham, who is one of ...

Social entrepreneurship: A three decade history

Skoll Foundation has created a n excellent video giving an overview of social entrepreneurship initiatives done in the last 30 years. Leaders from Acumen Funds, Skoll Foundations and some entrepreneurs like Mohammad Yunus offer their point of views about the opportunities in this area. ...

Powerbrella from Sky Shades Blocks and Channels the Sun

I love working outside. I keep the range of my WiFi network just large enough that I can be online and somewhat productive while enjoying the summer sun. Unfortunately, I can work outside for just a bit over an hour thanks to my laptop battery crapping out. Running an extension cord out the the...

The Genius Visa

© Keith Allison You've probably never heard of the genius visa. Les than 10,000 people a year are allowed into the U.S. on it. People who are at the absolute top tier of their field in the arts, athletics, sciences, education, or business. Its formal name is the O-1 visa, and BusinessWeek...

The Solúcar Platform (PS20) Solar Power Tower - Now Operational in Spain

With all the focus on cars recently, solar energy seems to have moved to thirds place in the public mind, after wind energy. So when I saw this piece in Renewable Energy World I thought I'd use it to bring solar energy up front again for a moment... Abengoa Solar has started commercial operat...

Vancouver All British Show Highlight No. 3: Rolls-Royce Touring Limousine

My field of dreams is filled with vintage automobiles, and so I was obviously in dreamland when 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 ...

Merced County California Looking for Entrepreneurs

As unemployment rises and economic growth continues to decline or sit stagnant, many local governments are asking themselves how they can encourage and attract entrepreneurs. Among them, according to BusinessWeek , is Merced County in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California. Organizations such...

Dell 推出为孩子们准备的 Latitude 2100 Netbook

Seien Sie ein gutes Sprachvorbild für Ihre Kinder

© crimfants Kinder lernen das Sprechen schneller und einfacher, wenn viel mit ihnen gesprochen wird und sie möglichst viele Gelegenheiten bekommen ihre Muttersprache zu üben. Demnach ist es wichtig, dass die Eltern bereits schon mit dem Säugling viel sprechen und sich mit dem Nachwuchs auch fr...

RFID technology for treatment of chronic pain

A day would come when you won't have 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 developing a novel device to take care of your pains...

Twitter's Spectacularly Awful 24 Hours

• Twitter's Spectacularly Awful 24 Hours • Windows Mobile 6.5: the UI was rushed, more on widgets • Reports point to widespread Google outages • YouTube arrives on Google News after outage • Cloudy day: Google falters; Packets lost in key cities • present.io • Sample Extensions for ...

Apple 发布 Mac OS X 10.5.7 和 Security Update 2009-002

Apple 刚刚发布了 Mac OS X 10.5.7 和 Security Update 2009-002，修正了大量 Bug、 系统漏洞 ，以及硬件支持方面的问题。主要更新如下： General • Includes latest security fixes. • Includes additional RAW image support for several third-party cameras. • Improves performance of video playback and cursor movements for recent Macs with NVIDI...