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Chrome OS: The reflective phase
in The CIO Weblog, on July 10, 2009
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...
Carbon market bonanza for accountants
in Sox First, on July 10, 2009
...rers. As CFO.com explains, carbon disclosures and trade will open an entirely new market. The US Government will be either auctioning off or handing out allowances to allow companies to spew out th...
What recession? Small arms trade is booming
in Sox First, on July 10, 2009
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While the US State Department has announced it is observing the United Nations' International Small Arms Destruction Day, you have to wonder whether their hearts were in it. As reported he...
Virginia Nanotechnology Park Moves Forward
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 9, 2009
...otech firms captured 61 of them valued at $15 million, more grants than in any other region of the state."
The full article is available here.
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The Mercedes Folding Bike
in Wangtam, on July 9, 2009
...• President Obama's first 167 days
• Online attack hits US government Web sites
• No thanks Google, we've got Ubuntu
• Eleven Questions About Google's Chrome OS
• Google's PDF...
Why it matters if your neighbor's struggling to pay the mortgage
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 9, 2009
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You might not want the federal government to bail out your neighbors who took out bad mortgage loans and now can't pay their monthly bills on time.
Most of them were greedy, you might say. ...
Let's Retire F1's Bernie and Max Before it's Too Late
in carzz.org, on July 8, 2009
...nt Max Mosley, one-time fascist leader Oswald Mosely's son, would make a good prime minister.
Government officials in Germany have already canceled meetings with Ecclestone, while some have spec...
Can dope save California?
in Sox First, on July 8, 2009
...'s largest cash crop. It's valued at $14 billion annually, or nearly twice the value of the state's grape and vegetable crops combined. "Put it all together, and California could pote... ...a's problems have absolutely nothing to do with marijuana. It's more about the inability of governments there to frame responsible budgets and spending that's just way over the top. Still...
Is barcode cheaper than RFID or vice versa?
in The RFID Weblog, on July 7, 2009
...at wood handled hammer is cheaper when compared to nail gun.
He has used a very simple example to state that the overall cost of implementing RFID is less when compared to barcode. Have a look:
Let...
Taxes on e-Commerce? States Giving it a Try...
in Bizinformer, on July 6, 2009
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VentureBeat had a report recently on state efforts to collect sales taxes on e-commerce. Laws have been proposed, passed, signed, vetoed and in some cases abandoned in New York, No...
Can the G8 solve climate change?
in Sox First, on July 6, 2009
...ns pay the developed nations in compensation. That's impossible to resolve given the diabolical state of the global economy. "It is a discussion between the bankrupt and the impoverished,'... ...is year and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, now with JPMorgan Chase & Co, says that governments should focus on energy efficiency and forest protection, not carbon trading. Which will ...
Did Palin quit to head off an embezzlement scandal?
in Sox First, on July 4, 2009
...or, a job which would have provided her enhanced power to grant building contracts in the wide-open state. "SBS has close ties to the Palins. The company has not only sponsored Todd Palin's ...
Housing slump boosts population in New York City, other big cities
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 3, 2009
...home values in parts of Florida and California skyrocketed. This attracted a lot of people to these states, many of whom were hoping to cash in on the real estate gold rush. Of course, things are diff...
It's getting tougher to get a mortgage-broker license
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on July 2, 2009
...officers have to work for their business.
To make life even more difficult for loan officers, many states are making it more difficult for them to receive mortgage broker licenses.
For instance, the...
Will California drag down the United States?
in Sox First, on July 2, 2009
...legislature in missing a deadline and political incompetence of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The state has an unemployment rate of 11.5%, higher than the national figure, and there have mass forecl...
The Mother of all Dashboards
in The CIO Weblog, on July 1, 2009
...mpressive piece of work detailing spending and performance on almost 40 billion dollars worth of US government IT projects and I think "Hey, this is a really big deal... if the government can pul...
Supply chain video: Preparing for the worst, managing supplier risk in the downturn (Part 1)
in Supplychainer, on June 30, 2009
...d to share some of them with you. In this first series, Professor Rob Handfield from North Carolina State University gives a presentation titled "Preparing for the worst, managing supplier risk i...
Fish Detection Test Under Development
in Allergies, on June 30, 2009
... © adactio A food scientist from The Florida State University has received a grant to develop a test kit to detect fish allergens in food products. She was given a three-year, $280,000 award from ...
Madoff gets the max! What now?
in Sox First, on June 30, 2009
...f 100% or more, redirected from other people's money. You can bet they'll be targets of the government's continuing investigation. And then again, Madoff's wife Ruth might be looking a...
Would you walk away from your mortgage loan?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 29, 2009
... the government promoted home ownership as the American ideal. And, yes, mortgage lenders and real estate agents often led buyers to homes that were too expensive for them.
Yet, the people making th... ...financial obligations.
We have to remember that no one forced anyway into owning a house. Yes, the government promoted home ownership as the American ideal. And, yes, mortgage lenders and real estate...
Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 3
in Wangtam, on June 26, 2009
• Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 3
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• Google Takes On Tourism With City Tours Experiment
• Yep, iPorn Is Here For The iPhone
• The Power of Word in Outlook
• CBS Interactive's Smith On Authentication: '70 Billion Reasons To Make This Work'
• Hedge fund managers betting ...
Can You Get Money from the Government? Maybe...
in TJ's Weblog, on June 23, 2009
... Michael Sanibel had a helpful blog post recently on government grants. He looks at all the basics:
What is a grant?
Who can qualify?
How do you apply?
What types of grants are available?
W...
Tourismus: Deutschlands beste Badeseen
in Das Reise-Weblog, on June 22, 2009
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Keine Lust auf Chlorwasser? Oder überfüllte Schwimmbäder? Dann ist der Badesee eine gelungene Alternative, zumal die Wasserqualität innerhalb der EU einmal mehr vom Feinsten ist. Das hat die EU-Studie zur Wasserqualität ergeben, über die die Tageszeitung " Die Welt " berichte...
Freistaat Bayern hat eigenen CIO
in Das CIO Weblog, on June 22, 2009
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Das berichtet auch die Computerwoche und weist auf die Zusammenlegung der Bereiche IT und E-Government hin:
Zu Pschierers Aufgaben zählen die IT-Strategie und die Koordinierung von IT- verfahren...
Bankers' pay soars despite crisis
in Sox First, on June 22, 2009
...d despite Dresdner being sold to Commerzbank as part of a rescue package put together by the German government. As Bloomberg's Ann Woolner notes, they should be offering apologies instead of dem...
Directors warned about greenwash
in Sox First, on June 22, 2009
...lueScope Steel - had misled investors with their claims about the negative impact of the Australian Government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme which paves the way for an emissions trading regi...
Supply chain education ranking: Penn State becomes No. 1
in Supplychainer, on June 21, 2009
...sense in the graduates, 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....
Russia and Japan to Collaborate on Nanotech
in Nanotechbuzz, on June 21, 2009
...how to expand business cooperation to include smaller companies specializing in the development of state-of-the-art technology alongside large corporations in the sector."
The press release is...
Digital Britain on Filesharing
in P2P File Sharing, on June 21, 2009
...t believe the package would reduce piracy by 70 percent in two to three years, the government's stated aim."
... ...ot;Nicholas Lansman, the secretary general of the ISP Association , said the group was pleased the government had ruled out introducing legislation to force internet companies to disconnect persisten...
Jammie Thomas-Rasset Hit With $1.92 Million Fine
in P2P File Sharing, on June 21, 2009
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The jury in Jammie Thomas-Rasset's filesharing trial this week found the defendant guilty of downloading 24 songs from Kazaa, and hit her with a $1.92 million fine — or $80,000 per song.
But The Inquirer's Egan Orion says this is just the beginning. "This tr...
CIA recruits bankers
in Sox First, on June 19, 2009
...ncing and procurement of weapons of mass destruction, money laundering and corruption among foreign governments and companies". "Candidates with a bachelor's or master's degree in e...
NFL Week 6
in End Zone Buzz, on June 19, 2009
...r on a warrant out of Texas for drugs and burglary charges.
Leaf posted a $45k bond in Washington State and promised to appear in Texas to face burglary and like 7 counts of drug related charges inv...
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...
U.S. Open vs The Weather
in Eagle Par Birdie, on June 18, 2009
...can play for just a hundred bucks during the week.
And that's if we don't live in New York State. As is often the case with American courses, if you're a resident of the state, you get a ...
Do you trust the government to protect you from mortgage lenders?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 18, 2009
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Do you have faith that the government can protect you and other borrowers from bad mortgage loans pushed by shady mortgage lenders? If you answered "yes" to this question, you'll be...
Climate change impacts
in Sox First, on June 18, 2009
...as insurance. Nothing we didn't know already. What's significant is that this is a major US Government document that spells it out so clearly. After years of inaction and incompetence from the...
Apple Updates its Software While the Government Rethinks Law
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on June 17, 2009
...r texting, emailing and browsing the Internet sometimes for work, sometimes for personal use.
The government now says the law should be scrapped altogether.
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Does owning a home have to be the American Dream?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 17, 2009
...enders were lazy, and passed out home loans to people who clearly couldn't pay them back. Real estate agents didn't do enough to deter their clients from buying homes that were obviously out o... ...e or she has no other choice or hasn't yet figured out that owning is a far better option.
The government, too, is complicit in this. During the Clinton and Bush administrations, the homeownershi...
I Am Making The SSD Jump Thanks to Kingston V-Series Kit
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 16, 2009
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I know that you can get some serious performance boost when you add a ssd (solid state drive) to a laptop setup. The problem is, most of the drives that I can afford are slow, stuttery, or flat o...
IBM's confusing cloud strategy
in The CIO Weblog, on June 15, 2009
...s cloud strategy, the company said, is the culmination of 100 prototype projects with companies and government agencies over the last year, and its research partnership with Google.
Yeah... difficul...
Is Algae the Real Future of Biofeul?
in IfEnergy, on June 12, 2009
...ty. Algae's potential, at least in theory, is remarkable. The fairly lengthy piece looks at the state of biofuel from algea and points out that algae could be 100 times more productive per acre fo...
Will rising mortgage interest rates stop housing recovery?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 11, 2009
Mortgage interest rates are still pretty low. But they are rising. That has some economists worried. They're wondering whether increasing mortgage interest rates will slow or even halt the modest recovery that the housing market is now experiencing.
Of course, anything that slows down hous...
Digital Transition Is Looming and Many Aren't Ready
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 11, 2009
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In Feburary, the transition was supposed to happen, but no one was ready - not even the Federal Government. At the time, there were 5.8 million households unprepared so the number has shrunk, but ...
Will the Volt save GM?
in Sox First, on June 10, 2009
... one thing. With the US taxpayers now holding 60% of the company, the Volt will be backed by the US Government....
Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officier
in The Search Engine Weblog, on June 7, 2009
...t has probably occurred to many of you: What exactly does a Chief Technology Officer for the U.S. government do , anyway?
Part of the confusion is that there's also a new Chief Information Off...
Banks fight to keep accounting tricks
in Sox First, on June 6, 2009
...l be the losers. And with the Fed reportedly uneasy about the accounting change, it looks like US Government will want to repeat the same mistakes that plunged global markets into a crisis....
Renewable energy and the recession
in Sox First, on June 5, 2009
...ng 2008, reaching a total of $120 billion. What's driving this? It's coming very much from governments bringing in new policies and setting new targets. Europe, for example, has a target to g...
Rising healthcare costs put strain on homeowners
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 4, 2009
...o make those monthly mortgage payments.
Right now, the hope lies with Barack Obama and the federal government. Obama has made reforming the health-insurance industry a priority. The public is behind ...
What next for GM?
in Sox First, on June 4, 2009
...s. He also wants tax incentives to encourage more people to buy hybrid cars. It's unlikely the government will listen to Moore and Makower. But the GM crisis could be a real opportunity. And no c...
Napster Turns 10
in P2P File Sharing, on June 3, 2009
...he service made the entertainment industry realize that consumers want more power, and the current state of digital entertainment - and a move back to DRM-free content - owes a lot to Mr. Fanning and ...
Blame the recession on Reagan: Paul Krugman
in Sox First, on June 1, 2009
...gage in best case economic scenarios. The big difference of course is their view about the role of government. And if nothing else, this crisis marks a punctuation point in global history. The Reagan...
Summer Golf Deals
in Eagle Par Birdie, on May 31, 2009
...be something here for you.
I'm talking specifically of the border between Ontario and New York State, down in the wine country of the Niagara Peninsula.
The economic demise continues to make its...
Washington's Best Wine
in Celebrate Wine, on May 30, 2009
...e people at Vinography had an informative piece this past week on the wine industry in Washington State. The first week of April I got the opportunity to do an "immersion" course in Washin...
The Time is Now...
in Bizinformer, on May 29, 2009
...better talent for less, and people are a lot more receptive to entrepreneurs because of the fragile state of things. And don't tell anyone, but the economy is actually looking up. Makes sense to m...
Loan modifications not always helping homeowners
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 26, 2009
...ing foreclosures help no one. The banks certainly don't want these homes back. Foreclosures devastate families. And they weaken neighborhoods.
Problem is, a key tenant of the administration's... ...eet Journal, looks at the success of loan modifications. These are an important part of the federal government's efforts to halt foreclosures. Basically, they involve mortgage lenders working clos...
Western Digital Unleashes Quite and Smart WD AV-GP Hard Drives
in The Gadgets Weblog, on May 26, 2009
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The reality for hard drives is that if you are not going to be a SSD (Solid State Drive), then you have to fast, big, and do a few tricks to stay relevant. Western Digital knows that better than a...
Krugman, Soros and Roubini: how to fix the crisis
in Sox First, on May 26, 2009
...ul Krugman and Nouriel Roubini. Krugman says he is concerned about the long run solvency of the US Government, racking up massive a massive deficit to save the economy. It is a finely balanced thing,...
Les chics musées newyorkais de l'Upper East Side
in Les Explorers, on May 25, 2009
... et ceux qui n'ont pas encore pris le temps de monter en haut de l'Empire State Building (1931; 449,5m antenne comprise) ou du General Electric Building du Rockefeller Center (1933; "seul...
Triglycerides and Diabetic Neuropathy
in Daily Diabetic, on May 25, 2009
... often in the hands, arms, legs and feet.
Now, researchers from University of Michigan and Wayne State University found that triglycerides (a known cardiovascular disease risk factor) can also be us...
National Venture Capital Association: Suggestions and Blind Spots
in TJ's Weblog, on May 25, 2009
...ing summed up the NVCA's suggestions: Mr. Doll asked that "both the private sector and the government address the breakdowns that have occurred within their respective systems," to solve...
History-laden, Picturesque Savannah
in Hidden Travel Gems, on May 24, 2009
... Gridskipper took a look recently at Savannah, Georgia. The first colonial and state capital of Georgia, Savannah was spared in the Civil War, meaning nearly every city street is spotted with centuri...
Wine Time: the Bunnel Family Cellar in Washington State
in Celebrate Wine, on May 24, 2009
Entrepreneur.com had an interesting piece this month on a family winery and wine bar in Prosser, Washington. The Bunnel Family Cellar was recently opened on the Yakima River. The 3,700-square-foot winery and wine bar, called Wine O'Clock, showcases their two labels and "gives customers ...
Entering an Era of Virtual Currencies?
in Bizinformer, on May 23, 2009
...s about money are bleeding over into virtual worlds. Second Life closed its casinos rather than see government regulators invade their cyberworld. There have been other examples.
The issue of virtual...
Dude, You're Getting Ubuntu
in HackITLinux, on May 22, 2009
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"The base Ubuntu Linux 8.10 equipped unit comes with 512MB of RAM, a 16GB SSD (solid state drive) and a 3-cell battery," writes Computerworld's Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols . &qu...
Microsoft Shuts Off Windows Live Messenger IM For Users In Countries Embargoed By The US
in Wangtam, on May 22, 2009
...nswer netbook market with $500-$700 tablet - report
• U.S Government Launches Data.gov Open Government Initiative
• Analyst: An Apple tablet is coming to shake up netbook market
• Gmail Magic In...
Tweeting Too Hard
in Wangtam, on May 21, 2009
...• Palm Pre to run $549 off-contract
• Open Source Developer Intends To Block Belgian Government From Using His Technology Over Tax Dispute
• Report: iPhone Applications Are Getting Cheaper
• Lo...
Merced County California Looking for Entrepreneurs
in TJ's Weblog, on May 21, 2009
...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 ...
Amazon Launches AWS Import/Export: Upload by Snail Mail
in On Storage, on May 21, 2009
... to the mail for delivery to the cloud, but as a stopgap measure this offering says a lot about the state of our pipes," writes GigaOM's Stacey Higginbotham .
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