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Do you still have faith in Obama's stimulus plans?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 10, 2009
...aith in Obama's economic stimulus plans ? According to a story by the New York Times, a growing number of citizens no longer do.
According to the story, critics are lining up to point out that Ob... ...ne thing: time.
We are an impatient society. I've been writing some stories lately regarding weight loss. It's amazing how many U.S. citizens are still looking for that magic pill, powder or...
Carbonite Announces Distribution Deal with Sun Microsystems
in On Storage, on July 10, 2009
...ever outgrow their Carbonite subscription no matter how much data they have."
"With the number of machines out there that have Java installed and updated this is a big deal for Carbonite,&...
Mozy and the Petabyte
in On Storage, on July 10, 2009
...uot;13.3 years of HDTV content — that's approximately 58,292 movies, which means an equal number of large pizzas," notes Gizmodo's Jesus Diaz . "So one petabyte equals 52 tonn...
Download Java, Get a Free Month of Online Backup
in Java Entrepreneur, on July 9, 2009
...ever outgrow their Carbonite subscription no matter how much data they have."
"With the number of machines out there that have Java installed and updated this is a big deal for Carbonite,&...
China Restricts Virtual Currencies
in China Venture News, on July 6, 2009
...A number of news sources ( Metaverse Journal , CNN , Venturebeat ) are covering new restrictions on virtual currencies in China.
China's Ministry of Commerce has put an end to the exchange of...
Netbooks may be the new mobiles
in The CIO Weblog, on July 6, 2009
... can fill an important niche between the mobile phone device and a full-fledged laptop. There are a number of types of services which do not require the horsepower of a laptop, and a number of individ...
Treatment For Gaucher Disease From Protalix
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 4, 2009
...r half-life for their cells, creating a more potent treatment which may potentially cut in half the number of hospital visits a Gaucher patient must undergo for treatment.
Protalix is currently in ph...
Housing slump boosts population in New York City, other big cities
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 3, 2009
...has certainly had some unforeseen consequences. For instance, it may have actually helped boost the number of people living in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago.
A story by Bloomberg News theori...
Are you ready for a mortgage loan?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 1, 2009
...merican dream has taken a bit of a hit these days, what with housing values plummeting and a record number of homes falling into foreclosure. Still, there are a lot of renters out there who dream of m...
Succeeding on the Internet
in TJ's Weblog, on June 30, 2009
...eople recently had a fairly comprehensive look at what it takes to succeed on the Internet.
Tip number 1: Do what you do best... Seems like a no-brainer, but often times when companies start out th...
Mexico's Ruins (and Google)
in Latina Viva, on June 29, 2009
...rchaeological sites and 116 museums. Tourism plunged in Mexico during the Swine Flu outbreak. Now a number of efforts are underway to revive tourism.
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Acer set to kick Dell out of 2nd place
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 29, 2009
...ck about this... but I found this news really, really suprising. Dell are set to be knocked off the number 2 spot of pc sales in the USA by none other than Acer, a non US company, making this esspeica...
Sony Next to Release an iPhone Killer
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on June 29, 2009
...s the functions of its portable gaming device (the PSP) with mobile phone features.
An increasing number of game developers including Capcom and Square Enix are now launching software on the iPhone ...
Would you walk away from your mortgage loan?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 29, 2009
...here homeowners have already seen many of their neighbors lose their homes to foreclosure. A higher number of respondents said that they were willing to default if they happened to live in an area wit...
Undervalued or Not, the Yuan is Not Likely to Gain Much
in China Venture News, on June 29, 2009
...urchasing Power Parity (PPP). This concept says that a currency's value is based upon the total number of products that can be bought with a single unit of that currency. So if USD$1 buys two McDo...
Oh, the Pain... What to Do When You've Been Unfriended
in The Social Networking Weblog, on June 28, 2009
...39;re adults. Unfriending me seemed tantamount to toilet-papering my locker or scribbling my phone number on the boy's locker room wall. She never got the friend back - on Facebook or in real life...
Saving Money on Your Car Insurance Tips
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on June 26, 2009
...uld be enough discounts to lower your insurance costs considerably.
Discounts can be given for a number of things and each one will give you a better deal - possibly more than 25% off. Some of the t...
Dragging out the foreclosure mess
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 26, 2009
...reclosure can be a long, drawn-out process.
According to a story in the Washington Post, a growing number of homeowners have stopped paying their mortgage bills. But they're still living in their...
Home sales rise again. Is this a housing recovery?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 25, 2009
...16.8 percent from a year earlier. The reason? Economists at the Realtors association pointed to the number of distressed properties that were sold in May. These properties accounted for 33 percent of ...
In Search of a Cool Summer: Da Lat, Vietnam
in Hidden Travel Gems, on June 24, 2009
Da Lat is the honeymoon capital of Vietnam. It is a romantic French Provincial town snuggled into the cool hills of Southeast Asia.
Detailed day-by-day weather records are not available for Da Lat, but the temperature in the city is consistent throughout the summer months: lows drop into the upp...
Caribbean Sees Deep Price Cuts
in The Flyaway Weblog, on June 24, 2009
...acation packages that amount to a 'fly free' credit. The fairly lengthy article talks to a number of travel execs in the region.
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Save Money on Auto Insurance
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on June 22, 2009
...educe your monthly costs and save money.
One way to get your low cost auto insurance is to get a number of auto insurance quotes and then compare them. You can get online insurance quotes easily fro...
Type 2 Diabetes Overtreatment, Is It Really Safe??
in Daily Diabetic, on June 22, 2009
...C."
In the said study, intensification of therapy was defined as starting or increasing the number of classes of oral antihyperglycemic medications or starting insulin.
Well...I'm just a l... ... predictors of intensification of antihyperglycemic therapy, its impact on [hemoglobin] A1C, body weight, symptoms of anxiety/depression, and health status, and patient characteristics associated with...
Beware of loan-modification scams
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 21, 2009
...As the number of housing foreclosures across the nation continue to rise, something else is on the upswing, too: loan-modification scams.
The scammers target homeowners who have fallen behind in thei...
Supply chain education ranking: Penn State becomes No. 1
in Supplychainer, on June 21, 2009
...uates, etc.
As you can see from the above figure (full report here ), Penn State has become Number 1 in this ranking, followed by universities like Michigan State and Arizona. Smeal (the schoo...
Have a Ball - in Dublin...
in Wandalust, on June 21, 2009
... would say only) urban thrills in the Republic of Ireland. Among the city's charms, there are a number of museums and academic halls to wander. No trip to Dublin is complete without a visit to Tri...
Ohio Music Festival moves smoothly with RFID Tickets
in The RFID Weblog, on June 21, 2009
...e of the situation.
This time the organizers deployed passive UHF RFID tag encoded with unique ID number where every tag was read by interrogators at concert gate to prevent reuse or counterfeiting. ...
Recession drawing to an end. So what?
in Sox First, on June 20, 2009
...king, retail, autos, and insurance sectors will be a lot smaller. Oh yeah, and Wal Mart will become number one again because frugality is here to stay. Welcome to the new normal. Justin Fox at Time ...
Google Voice Prepares for Launch
in The VoIP Weblog, on June 20, 2009
...week, Network World's John Fontana broke the news that Google has reserved 1 million phone numbers with Level 3 in anticipation of the upcoming launch of Google Voice .
"Sources coul...
Product Alert: Smith's Tea with Lemon
in Allergies, on June 19, 2009
...milk .
The lot affected in this recall is in gallon-size containers with UPC 70424 00560 and lot
number 07/07/09 . If you have purchased this product and would like to return it, you may return th...
NFL Week 6
in End Zone Buzz, on June 19, 2009
...he NFL playing for the San Diego Chargers near the end of the century just wasn't enough.
The number 2 pick for San Diego's Chargers was arrested trying to cross the US/Canada border on a wa...
A new wave of mortgage foreclosures on the way?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 18, 2009
...ents.
I'd like to think all that. Unfortunately, I can't.
What I really think is that the number of housing foreclosures is only going to rise in the coming months. And, unfortunately, many ...
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...
How MySpace fell behind
in Sox First, on June 17, 2009
...70.26 million for MySpace (down 5% year over the year). In other words, Facebook nearly doubled the number of users, MySpace went backwards. What caused this? Analysts have told the Los Angeles Time...
Nokia E72 unveiled - pics and video
in Wangtam, on June 16, 2009
...e makes Acrobat.com a business with paid accounts
• Google Voice's Secret Weapon: Number Portability
• Google Calendar Gadgets Appearing
• For TechCrunch, Twitter = Traffic (A Statistical Br...
Could Childhod Obesity Be Declining?
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 16, 2009
...cent study, childhood obesity may be declining for the first time in 20+ years. However, could the numbers be misleading?
Research shows consumption of high fat foods is declining and soup, yogurt a... ... the rise. This study could be misleading because nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population is overweight. And, the percentage of overweight children has grown at an alarming rate, with 1 out of 3 kids...
How to Create an Action Plans
in Biz Plan Hacks, on June 15, 2009
...something...
Entrepreneur.com had a good piece recently on creating an action plan. This is the number one secret to effective goal setting; regardless of what your goal is, the key to reaching it...
Accelerating Relationships with Social Networking
in TJ's Weblog, on June 15, 2009
...lmost everyone I follow is a professional in my field whom I will likely never actually meet. But a number of my relationships show up on more than one of those platforms, and the cross over usually s...
How'd the mortgage meltdown happen? NPR knows
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 15, 2009
...time, of course, and is one of the main reasons that the mortgage industry is dealing with a record number of delinquencies and housing foreclosures today.
Be sure to check out the NPR show. It takes...
Vopium-Free VOIP Application for Smartphones
in The Smart PDA, on June 15, 2009
Vopium is a carrier-grade mobile telephony service designed to offer affordable and reliable international calls from any mobile handset. By using the Vopium application on their mobile to make calls from their home country, consumers and businesses alike can save up to 90% on international mobi...
Unemployment: are the numbers lying?
in Sox First, on June 14, 2009
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So unemployment in the US has jumped to 9.4% but are the numbers telling us the truth? Is unemployment actually worse than what the statisticians are telling us? As reported here , consultant ...
In Search of a Cool Summer: Lake Baikal, Siberia
in Hidden Travel Gems, on June 12, 2009
One of the least noticed natural wonderlands in the tourist world today is Lake Baikal in Siberian Russia.
During the 52 days between June 20th and August 10th it usually breaks 85F degrees in Ulan-Ude (on the shores of Lake Baikal) less than a dozen times each year. The high temperature is more...
Want a better credit score? Manage your money
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 12, 2009
...for passing out mortgage money too freely during the housing boom, something that led to the record number of foreclosures we're seeing today.
But how can you boost your own credit score before a...
NIKA Water: Helping Body and Soul
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 12, 2009
...summer water story:
An estimated 75% of Americans suffer from mild, chronic dehydration. But that number is nothing compared to the 20% of the world's population that lack access to safe drinkin...
Wal-Mart Promises to Promote Women. Do you Believe Them?
in Bizinformer, on June 11, 2009
...ot;global women's council." Just 27% of Wal-Mart's senior managers are women, and that number has been stagnant since 2007. A sex-descrimination case against Wal-Mart was filed by six wom...
ROI metrics for SOA
in The CIO Weblog, on June 11, 2009
...ocess administrative costs
3. Higher visibility on existing/running business processes
4. Reduced number of manual, paper-based steps
5. Better service-level effectiveness
6. Quicker implementatio...
Digital Transition Is Looming and Many Aren't Ready
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 11, 2009
...- not even the Federal Government. At the time, there were 5.8 million households unprepared so the number has shrunk, but 2.8 million seems like an awful lot of folks without a plan or a clue. What s...
Introducing Fedora 11
in HackITLinux, on June 10, 2009
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The Fedora Project this week released Fedora 11 , which adds a number of attractive new features to the Linux OS.
"Fedora 11, which was code named Leonidas, includes virtualization cons...
Outsourcing Your Dating Life
in The Dating Weblog, on June 10, 2009
... © annie.kisskiss
A number of sources ( TechCrunch , Online Dating insider , VentureBeat ) have reported on a new service that lets you outsource all the stuff involved in online dating - for a ...
Is it time to refinance your mortgage?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 10, 2009
...ng today may make sense if the borrower's current interest rate is more than 6.25 percent. That number changes depending on a borrower's loan amount. For instance, for mortgage loan values of ...
Swine flu and crime
in Sox First, on June 10, 2009
...nal activity and confuse the line between their illegal and legal activities." Given that the number of swine flu cases in Australia might push the WHO into declaring a pandemic, and given that ...
Mashable 超越 Techcrunch
in Wangtam, on June 10, 2009
根据国外第三方统计机构 Compete 和 Quantcast 数据显示，最受欢迎的科技 Blog 桂冠已不再是 Techcrunch 所属，而是社会化媒体 Blog Mashable。
根据 Compete 的独立用户统计数据显示，Mashable 在今年 5 月份的时候，在流量上超越了 Techcrunch。
Silicon Alley Insider 在最新的文章中表示 ，Mashable 之所以能够超越 Techcrunch，原因有如下四点：
1、扎实的资讯内容；
2、大量对搜索引擎友好的"How-tos"主题；
3、社会化媒体的读者愿意分享一切；...
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...
Chemotherapy Drug Triggers Fatal Allergic Reactions
in Allergies, on June 9, 2009
... TheNickster A new report indicates that between 1997 and 2007, there have been an unusually high number of deaths among cancer patients who received Cremophor-based paclitaxel , a solvent-adminis...
Recession Forces More Golf Deals
in Eagle Par Birdie, on June 8, 2009
...e being fire-saled.
Then came a unique kind of playing membership that allowed a golfer to enjoy a number of different high-end courses for one membership price.
Club Corp. in Dallas, Texas was the ...
Twitter Attention This Month...
in The Social Networking Weblog, on June 7, 2009
...tter always gets a lot of attention in the Blogosphere. But it seems like the past week has had a number of interesting Twitter stories.
BusinessWeek (of all people) published an article on why ...
PSP Go is More Tempting Thanks to UMD Trade Up
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 5, 2009
...ly, they wanted to know how Sony would protect or even reward a loyal fan base that already owns a number of PSP games on UMD. Even Apple, who constantly updates the iPod, allows for users to transfer...
Rising healthcare costs put strain on homeowners
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 4, 2009
...g a Harvard University study that shows that medical bills are playing a serious role in a greater number of bankruptcies .
According to the Harvard study, medical bills combined with the problem o...
Palm Pre Review
in The Smart PDA, on June 4, 2009
...risp and as good as the iPhone's.
The Web OS is the best feature of the Palm Pre. It provides a number of useful features such as Universal Search, Notification bar, Gesture Area and Synergy.
Mult...
Sipgate vs. Skype
in The VoIP Weblog, on June 3, 2009
...FierceVoIP's Pete Wylie . "The service, called sipgate one, assigns users a free telephone number that allows them to receive calls from VoIP phones or softphones for free."
The servic...
Mortgage delinquencies not slowing
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 2, 2009
...t the last year-and-a-half or so.
Take yesterday: The Associated Press ran with the news that the number of mortgage delinquencies is expected to rise throughout 2009.
This is bad news. It's c...
Social entrepreneurship: A three decade history
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on May 31, 2009
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The video starts with Mohammad Yunus and as I mentioned continues with interviews with a number of social entrepreneurs and others in the field, including Sally Osberg of the Skoll Foundati...
One Visitor Wonders
in The Search Engine Weblog, on May 31, 2009
...y lengthy piece not long ago on how to keep that from happening. You need engagement. He looks at a number of different types of reader engagement. And you need you content to be profitable (as in ben...
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...
Skype 4.1.0.130 Beta for Windows
in Wangtam, on May 29, 2009
...: Free call phone number highlighting on webpages
• feature: Contacts sending
• feature: Birthday reminders
• improvement: Audio and Video engine updated
• improvement: Ability to import more contacts...
More bad news: Mortgage delinquencies on the rise
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 29, 2009
... ran a story today pointing out that the nation's rising unemployment rates helps push a record number of homeowners into either mortgage delinquency or foreclosure .
According to the Post story...
More housing woes
in Sox First, on May 29, 2009
...justed 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 serious trouble. What's even mo... ...in the MBA delinquency survey.". Just think about that number - 12.07%. In other words, one in eight mortgagees are in serious trouble. What's even more concerning is the fact that it's ...
Antalya: Turkey's Mediterranean Playground
in Wandalust, on May 29, 2009
...left layers of archeological attractions in the area. And Antalya affords its visitors access to a number of surrounding seaside resorts and natural attractions.
The city of Antalya is the heart beat...
Is your credit score falling?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 27, 2009
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There's one number that means more than all the rest when you're applying for a mortgage loan: your credit score.
Also known as your FICO score, this number condenses your history of pa...
Loan modifications not always helping homeowners
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 26, 2009
...that the government should scrap its modification efforts? I don't think so. Even if the higher number holds true - that 75 percent figure - that still means that 25 percent of failing mortgages d...
