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UK Wii Sales Reach a Record Six Million
in House of Nintendo, on December 4, 2009
...such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II on Nintendo’s competitors, Microsoft and Sony have seen a rise in sales of their consoles, thanks in part too to a cut in price. The news will help, then, to r...
The History of the Internet in a Nutshell
in Wangtam, on 2009-12-01
...f Media
• Kindle Breaks Record for Sales in a Single Month During November
• Top Bing Searches in 2009
• Study: Males vs. females in social networks
• NASA's New Altair Lunar Lander Simula... ...• The History of the Internet in a Nutshell
• The Killed Windows 7 Family Guy Special Even More Horrible Than I Imagined
• Over-revealing Blade and Soul Showgirls Are Ordered Out of Gstar 2009 ...
Seen that? - IT salaries up - inspite of offshoring
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on November 30, 2009
... According to data from the META Group, IT salaries are expected to rise by 10-15% over the next three years. Can you hear the collective sigh or relief from system adm... ...this be when a worker from India demands 5x less than his American counterpart? For one [...] Read More BPO Salaries: Going Up at The Outsourcing Weblog ...
Seen that? - Alienating your best fans: Music, P2P, & LinkedIn
in Digital Music - The Future, on November 29, 2009
... What does social networking and music have in common? Quite a lot. Consider the meteoric rise of MySpace. Music is entwined with popular culture, interests, and friends, the stuff of networ... ...mpacts the bottom line. We've seen it in the music business. RIAA, representing the [...] Read More Connect to other Digital Media Insiders at Digital Music - The Future...
Seen that? - Challenges of RFID Industry(2): Is the future clear?
in Supplychainer, on November 30, 2009
...ry. Both are technologies that are not widely understood by the public. Lack of understanding gives rise to fears -- both the legitimate kind and [...] Read More Airline Industry Adoptin... ...is is the largest single RFID market worldwide, according to Smart Labels Analyst. We will see many more uses of RFID in ticketing for [...] Read More Challenges of RFID Industry (1) ...
Seen that? - I'll Pay by RFID Wand, Please
in The RFID Weblog, on November 29, 2009
.... However, according to IDTechEx: the percentage of RFID expenditure related to active was about to rise from about 15% to 25%. The 2007 huge orders for active RFID is evidence to that and IDTechEx ha... ...e or checkout. Right now you can use Speedpass to pay for gasoline at the pump at over [...] Read More RFID enabled boxes expected to see the light of the day at The RFID W...
Artists and capitalism
in Sox First, on November 28, 2009
...og and Christophe Spaenjers, both from Tilburg University in the Netherlands, found that art prices rise not only when income or the size of the population goes up, but also when income inequality ris... ...e or the size of the population goes up, but also when income inequality rises. In other words, the more money around, the more the artist gets. Conversely, the bigger the gap between rich and poor, t...
Bankruptcies soar with no recovery in sight
in Sox First, on November 27, 2009
...sing money on bad loans have never been greater, with business bankruptcies and unemployment on the rise. These figures are immense. Far too large for the world's biggest economy to make any sort of ... ... totaled 58,721. That's up a whopping 52%. Add to that data showing banks are tightening up even more and lending even less money. Lending has declined 3% in the third quarter, the biggest drop sin...
Swedish Music Sales Rise After Pirate Bay Shutdown
in P2P File Sharing, on November 26, 2009
...om seven consecutive years of decline," writes The Guardian's Katie Allen . "Much of the rise came after April's implementation of an anti-piracy law and a ruling against the operators of T... ...rnet disconnection laws, ISP filtering schemes, and similar invasive measures weren't required.
More here from NME ... more here from DriverHeaven ... more here from Afterdawn ... and more h...
Bad economy, suicides and compensation
in Sox First, on November 23, 2009
...perts at Oxford University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine showing that a 3% rise in unemployment was linked with a 2.7% rise in heart attacks among men aged 30-44 and increases...
Twitter Marketing
in BlogWealth, on November 22, 2009
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Internet Marketers have flocked to Twitter , much like they did to Facebook and MySpace before. More and more marketers are using Twitter to communicate with their customers. However, use of Twitter...
Greenland melting fast
in Sox First, on November 15, 2009
...ual to 1 billion tons) of ice from the year 2000 to 2008 and if it does lose all its ice, seas will rise seven meters. Combine that with a new University of Colorado at Boulder study showing that ...
Gold price rises as supply runs out
in Sox First, on November 13, 2009
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The price of gold continues to rise, now hitting an all-time high of $1,123.38 an ounce . For good reason too. Investors now see it as an alternative to the slumping US dollar. But we can exp... ...es will be shelving plans to discover fresh sources of ore. That will drive the price up further. More to the point, it's likely to prevent any recovery in the greenback...
Suicides: the real cost of recessions
in Sox First, on November 11, 2009
...ying, quite literally, the lives of so many people with news that the rate of suicides is on the rise as people weight up the cost of the recession with soaring unemployment and home foreclosures. ... ...
More reports confirming the way the recession is destroying, quite literally, the lives of so many people with news that the rate of suicides is on the rise as people weight up the cost of t...
Seen that? - Portable dialysis machines on the horizon
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 9, 2009
...innovation and improvement in hemodialysis [...] Read More Kidney Failure Rates Rise With Diabetes at Daily Diabetic As cases of Type 2 diab... ...table hemodialysis machine out of her kitchen and into her motor home, ready to hook up [...] Read More On the horizon: A portable CPR machine at Straightfromthedoc ...
Seen that? - TFR Over Memphis Due to Presidental Visit
in The Aviation Weblog, on November 9, 2009
... Aviation Weblog That this tiny two-seater box of metal managed to rise into the air at all felt unbelievable. Once we broke ground, it seemed as if I were floating on... ...it Thursday, March 10 through Friday, March 11. There will be a 30-nautical-mile-radius [...] Read More Communications Failure Shuts Down Memphis Airport at The Aviation Web...
Seen that? - Hubbert Peak v. Actual Peak
in IfEnergy, on November 7, 2009
... happens, it's likely to squash any hope of recovery. Goldman Sachs is already predicting a big rise in heating oil prices.Analyst Jeff Rubin warns that peak [...] Read More ... ...cording to this curve we are near peak production, but recent efforts in countries such [...] Read More Peak Oil what do the search engines say? at IfEnergy ...
Seen that? - LOTR: Battle for Middle Earth II coming to Xbox 360
in XboxSpace, on November 7, 2009
...s Blog Wondering if Lord of the Rings - Battle For Middle Earth 2: Rise of the Witch King is any good? PC Gamers Blog scours the net for reviews so you dont have to! A... ...;t remember the first Battle for Middle-Earth, it is a Real Time Strategy game based in [...] Read More Battle For Middle Earth II Review Roundup at XboxSpace ...
Seen that? - Challenges of RFID Industry (1)
in Supplychainer, on November 5, 2009
...ry. Both are technologies that are not widely understood by the public. Lack of understanding gives rise to fears -- both the legitimate kind and [...] Read More Airline Industry Adoptin... ...have asked some basics questions which shape the concerns of CIOs today in an interview [...] Read More Challenges of RFID Industry(2): Is the future clear? at Supplychainer...
Flixster Expands Its Reach By A Factor of 8 Million
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on November 2, 2009
...(iPhone, Android, Blackberry and the Palm Pre) Flixter hopes to continue its meteoric rise as the first choice for mobile users looking to make use of the multimedia capabilities of their handsets.
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Facebook's Most Popular Games
in The Social Networking Weblog, on October 31, 2009
...as a use short guide to Facebook's 10 most popular games. Without a doubt, social gaming is on the rise — and big business for some. With the Facebook application platform, game developers have an un...
Seen that? - Pillow Talk
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on October 31, 2009
...couples this year. All sorts of reasons have been offered but the most obvious one is that with the rise of two-income couples, more people have access to information.So what's going on. It's ... ... have emerged around, of all things, the pillow. The lowly pillow is an interesting but [...] Read More Near Field Communication: So Close, Yet So Far at The Mobile Technolo...
Seen that? - Outsourcing to Africa
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 29, 2009
... were expected to be offshored to non-European countries in 2004. The number of offshored jobs will rise to about 760,000 by 2015. [...] Read More Africa Joins the Call Center Hype ... ... English language is generally strong. In addition, while a North American might detect [...] Read More South Africa Might Win Europe's IT Jobs at The Outsourcing Weblog ...
Cell phones and brain cancer
in Sox First, on October 26, 2009
...tween 2000 and 2004. The newspaper reported that six of eight Interphone studies had discovered a rise in the risk of suffering a glioma (the most common brain tumour). One found an increase of 39% ...
Hundreds lining up for low pay
in Sox First, on October 26, 2009
...t drop in pay for them but at least it's a job. The bottom line is this: with unemployment on the rise, the recession is not over and we can expect to see more people lining up for low-paid jobs. Pe... ... a sustained growth rate of 3%. Not just for one quarter either. Which is why we can expect to see more people lining up for low-paid work. The New York Times reports that hundreds of people were a...
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 9.0
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-19
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Did brilliant minds create the recession?
in Sox First, on October 18, 2009
...ol screwed up and lost $500 million when it made the stupid bet that interest rates in the US would rise. Worse still, the net asset value of Harvard’s General Operating Account, a pool of cash from w... ...which collapsed after making enormously leveraged gambles with various forms of arbitrage involving more than $1 trillion dollars. According to the professors, their model was scientifically sound and...
Soros invests $1 billion in clean energy
in Sox First, on October 13, 2009
... Internet look like small change. There's a good reason for that. Just as the Great Depression gave rise to businesses like television and the electric razor, this recession will usher in new industri...
Seen that? - Telephone Solutions : VOIP
in Tech Intelligence, on October 11, 2009
..., you are still reachable on your own landline number and you can [...] Read More The rise and fall of a telecom business : Sunrocket closes it's doors at Tech Intelligence ... ... I recently decided I needed a phone line for my office, and just a cellphone wasn't enough anymore. VOIP is the first thing to think of, if you are working as an independant consultant or freela...
Seen that? - LOTR: Battle for Middle Earth II
in PCGamers Blog, on October 11, 2009
...s Blog Wondering if Lord of the Rings - Battle For Middle Earth 2: Rise of the Witch King is any good? PC Gamers Blog scours the net for reviews so you dont have to! A... ... to download. The game is said to have both heroes and creatures not seen the the movie [...] Read More LOTR Battle for Middle Earth 2 Reviews at PCGamers Blog ...
Seen that? - Email Sucks
in I got Spam?!, on October 11, 2009
... adult material. This included pornography, [...] Read More Modern E-mail Scam On The Rise at The Search Engine Weblog A different kind of s... ...PAM, Gmail continued to drop the email in my Inbox. I reviewed the email's original [...] Read More Need to encode your e-mail? at I got Spam?! ...
Seen that? - 10 shoestring principles for business
in BootStrapMe, on October 2, 2009
...8 trillion at Sox First Last year, I looked at the rise of the universal owner. These are the institutions and pension funds that have holdings across the... ...essarily a contest of having the fattest wallets...Successful entrepreneurs know how to [...] Read More 13 articles on bootstrapping success at BootStrapMe ...
Google releases SketchUp 7.1
in Wangtam, on 2009-09-29
...ontent
• HulloMail - Voicemail that's yours to keep
• Geolenz - Let's Find That Place
• LocalHow
• Let's go for a run! -> RunThere
• LocaleTrends.com - Finding Specific Data M...
Temperatures to soar by more than expected
in Sox First, on September 27, 2009
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Global temperatures are set to rise 6.3 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of this century, according to new reports . These projections are a lot worse than the forecasts two years ago. And sea leve... ... forecasts have been made in the lead up to the critical Copenhagen summit in December and will put more pressure on global leaders to come up with a solution. But what are the chances of that happeni...
No one believes Bernanke
in Sox First, on September 17, 2009
...why is the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development warning that unemployment could rise to 10% in its member states? That's 57 million people out of work. For the ordinary person ... ...t's not going to happen for some time which suggests the market will continue to underperform. More to the point, it means people will continue losing their jobs while politicians put the spin on...
The looming dementia epidemic and health care crisis
in Sox First, on September 1, 2009
...eing of the population is the main driver. Of course, one could argue that it might be contained if more people exercised more, got their blood pressure down and stopped smoking. But even then, health...
Slums of Jakarta
in Hidden Travel Gems, on August 30, 2009
...ourist attraction. Hidden in the alleyways behind Jakarta's fancy malls and in between the high-rise apartment buildings is what Ronny Poluan, a former film maker, calls the "real Jakarta.&qu...
Double dip recession looming
in Sox First, on August 24, 2009
...shed by the bond market. That will raise interest rates on their massive debt. Inflation could also rise. The second reason why we might be headed for a double dip recession is that oil, energy and f...
Headed for the double dip
in Sox First, on August 20, 2009
... economy unless something is done to rein in the debt when markets pick up again. That's given rise to speculation that we might be looking at a double dip recession caused by rising inflation.... ... way ahead of the real economy. Which means there will have to be a correction, making a double dip more likely....
Lease accounting trouble looms
in Sox First, on August 16, 2009
...d obligations. According to the rule makers, lease accounting should recognise that all leases give rise to liabilities for future payments and assets. They say this means leases need should be incorp... ...resented separately from other financial statements. The key, according to the standard setters, is more disclosure. When the standard does come through, balance sheets will be more transparent. It co...
Post 9/11: What to do when post-traumatic stress doesn't subside?
in Straightfromthedoc, on August 14, 2009
...should have generally decreased, the mental effects of the September 11th attacks are still on the rise. While effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) tend to last a few months and in serio... ...help with exposure.
Be cautious of drug and alcohol consumption - People suffering from PTSD are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol as a way of coping with the stress.
For more information, ...
Bankruptcies soar
in Sox First, on August 14, 2009
...e likely to see 1.4 million consumer bankruptcies by December 31. All this moves in rhythm with the rise in unemployment which is likely to hit double digits soon. It's a trend happening right ar...
Americans Love Imports
in Celebrate Wine, on August 12, 2009
...nts out that the taste for imported wine in the US is not static. Wine imports to the US are on the rise. She singles out Portugal; the market for wine from Portugal has grown a huge 77% in the US ove...
Mortgage rates on the rise, again
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on August 12, 2009
There was one positive of the housing slump: Mortgage interest rates kept going down.
Now that the housing market is in the early stages of a fragile recovery, mortgage interest rates are no longer falling so regularly. In fact, they're going up.
The latest report from Zillow.com shows that mo...
《特种部队》攻占票房冠军宝座
in YuleGuan, on 2009-08-11
...sbro)公司生产的动作玩偶。据制片公司周日的统计数字，该片全美首周末票房收入5,620万美元，夺得了票房冠军的宝座。该片海外票房4,430万美元，全球票房1.005亿美元。
另外一部面向成年人观众、由梅丽尔•斯特里普(Meryl Streep)主演的影片《朱莉与朱莉娅》(Julie & Julia)首周末票房2,010万美元，位列第二。该片讲述的是朱莉娅•柴尔德(Julia Child...
More good news for the housing industry
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on August 7, 2009
...s just the latest indication that the housing market is on the mend. We've also seen home sales rise in the last few months. We've also seen the first national rise in housing prices in three ... ...A rising number of U.S. residents in June signed contracts to buy homes. It's just one more piece of evidence that the U.S. housing market is finally recovering from its long slump.
And that'...
Bring Business to Your DoorStep with Local Search
in Business Computer Blog (UK), on August 4, 2009
... © 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 mo...
Is the housing bust over?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 30, 2009
...ing new homes. This leads to an increased demand. Sure enough, housing starts have finally begun to rise again.
As demand for housing increases, Mulligan says, we'll finally see housing prices st...
CharcoCaps and More Tips Against Gas Discomforts
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 29, 2009
...r stomach, it also helps relieve your gas pains in your wallet. With gas prices still on the rise/high, CharcoCaps is offering a $100 pre-paid gasoline card (while supplies last).
Simply take the g... ... Gas can be an embarrassing subject, but everyone passes it more than 14 times a day.
This is where an all-natural anti-gas medicine comes in: CharcoCaps .
CharcoCaps is an over-the-counter ac...
Pacific islands' climate change litigation threat
in Sox First, on July 27, 2009
...y-five million of these will be in the Asia-Pacific region. Recent science indicates that sea level rise is likely to be 1m or more by the end of this century. Although many of these people are likely... ...one strategy to stop climate change: complete evacuation. "Rising sea levels, heavier floods, more frequent and severe storms, extensive drought, contamination of drinking water and other effect...
Allergic to Wi-Fi?
in The Wireless Weblog, on July 26, 2009
...magnetic hypersensitivity - the number of people pumping out the wireless Internet signal is on the rise."
The Telegraph's Ian Douglas is just one of many who aren't buying it. "...
Kensington Nightstand iPhone Charger Is Alarmingly Smart
in The Gadgets Weblog, on July 24, 2009
...d charger specifically designed for the iPod Touch and iPhone that combines Kensington's " Rise and Shine " (iTunes Link) application to turn the iPhone into a bona fide alarm and weathe... ...art. When I use my phone, I just use the built-in alarm, which does not offer a static display, and more than once, I have not been able to plug my iPhone in next to my bed because of lousy outlet des...
Recession-fuelled crime wave
in Sox First, on July 23, 2009
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Is there a link between the rise in crime and the recession? In Spain, bank robberies are reportedly running 20% ahead of the previous year's figures and it's been blamed on that countr... ... reports saying that major crime in big US cities has actually fallen over the last year, despite more business bankruptcies and soaring unemployment. That suggests the problem might be more compli...
Can Technology Clean Up Coal?
in IfEnergy, on July 22, 2009
...nd other forms of clean renewable energy are expanding rapidly, it will be a long time before they rise to production levels that will allow coal to be sidelined.
The Obama Administration is investin...
Swine flu profits
in Sox First, on July 21, 2009
...porting that Britain's biggest pizza delivery chain has had a 25% jump in first half profits as more people stay at home. Are we looking at a swine flu led recovery?...
Uzbekistan: Silk Road Tourism
in Wandalust, on July 19, 2009
Believe it or not, Uzbekistan may be one of the next great tourist destinations. And a recent piece in the Wall Street Journal tells why. Walking at dusk through the stone alleyways of this legendary Silk Road city, it's difficult to tell which country, or century, you're in. Minaret...
Home construction starts rise. Another sign of a recovery?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 17, 2009
...arting to recover came this week. Housing starts in the country rose in June. And not only did they rise, they jumped rather significantly.
Construction of single-family homes in June increased by th...
Recession and repression
in Sox First, on July 16, 2009
...lize toward the second half of next year, or in 2011,'' Roubini writes. "If oil prices rise too much, too fast and too soon, that's going to have a negative effect in terms of trade a... ...us, even if the economy stops contracting it will not necessarily signify the end of the recession. More than 3.4 million jobs have been lost in 2009, mroe than double the number in the recession of t...
Suddenly more bullish on housing?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 14, 2009
...r home prices to fall.
Some respondents even said that they thought the value of their homes would rise in the next year.
What accounts for this optimism? There has been some good housing news latel...
Rosé
in Celebrate Wine, on July 12, 2009
...erly sweet and in the category of "starter wine." However, Rosé wine sales are on the rise as savvy Wine Lovers have discovered that many of these pink wines fall into the definitively "...
The world's oldest bible reunited online
in Wangtam, on 2009-07-08
...future of Twitocracy?
• Rise of Web Video, Beyond 2-Minute Clips
• Making Google Maps even more useful with real estate search
• "Days of Summer" calendar
• Yahoo Plans Rebranding Wi... ...lice of the real-estate search business
• More Evidence of Cameras in Next Gen iPod Touch and Nano?
• Prepare Yourself For iPod Video
• Introducing our new venture capital firm Andreessen Horowi...
Taking out a mortgage loan without going mad
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 6, 2009
... interest rate possible. This is tricky stuff. No one really knows when interest rates are going to rise or fall. If your mortgage lender tries to tell you that he or she has a feeling that rates are ...
Sourceforge Website Redesign
in Wangtam, on 2009-07-03
...rk with British ISPs on imminent UK launch
• Morgan Stanley: Mac shipments on the rise
• AT&T Problems Can Delay iPhone Voicemail
• Live Blog: The Facebook Privacy Conference Call
• So, he... ...ne OS 3.1 Features: Better Video Editing, Voice Control Over Bluetooth, And More
• GDGT Launches For Non Stop Gadget Action
• Labels: drag and drop, hiding, and more
• Marvel At the Ingenuity of...
Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 3
in Wangtam, on 2009-06-27
...ical Analysis
• Opera: Mobile Search On The Rise, Google Still King Of The Hill
• Java Portable 6 Update 14 Released
• Why We Need Steve Jobs
• Exclusive: Yahoo Working on Major Brand Overhaul... ...Major Brand Overhaul (Pretty Please, No More Yodeling!)
• Step by Step Guide to Jailbreak and Unlock iPhone 3.0
• Google Voice invites on their way
• Kayak to Bing: Stop Copying Us! - Update
• ...
Home sales rise again. Is this a housing recovery?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 25, 2009
...all sales of existing homes.
Is the housing slump over, then? Not quite. In fact, don't be surprised if, after summer ends, we see the number of housing sales fall once again. That traditionally ... ...sting-home sales back then were 3.6 percent higher than they were in May of this year.
There's more bad news for home sellers when you look at the average price that a home sold for in May, too. ...
Beware of loan-modification scams
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 22, 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...
Study Anticipates Increasing Use of Linux on Mainframes
in HackITLinux, on June 21, 2009
...s
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.
"Li... ...engine will grow between 21 percent and 40 percent, and another 10 percent said that use will grow more than 76 percent."
More here from ComputerWeekly ... more here from TMCnet ... and th...
A new wave of mortgage foreclosures on the way?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 19, 2009
...tely, 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 economic analysts agree with me.
A story in the... ...drastically over the last two years, many homeowners with these mortgage products will actually owe more on their homes than what they are worth.
Some financial experts believe that the wave of forec...
Could Childhod Obesity Be Declining?
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 16, 2009
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Research shows consumption of high fat foods is declining and soup, yogurt and fruit are on the rise. This study could be misleading because nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population is overweight. ... ...p, follow a report last year that childhood obesity appears to have hit a plateau after rising for more than two decades.
That finding, reported by The Journal of the American Medical Association, h...
