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The shrinking movie release window and blockbusters
in Sox First, on November 28, 2009
... and satellite television are now supplying more channels to more people across the world with more than half of all pay-television subscribers now live in the Asia-Pacific region. And every minute, a... ... on the impact of the shrinking window between theatrical releases and DVD releases. In 1997, the average video release window was five months and 22 days and now it's four months and 11 days. This ...
Seen that? - Friday Celebrity Wedding Update
in White Lace Wedding, on November 26, 2009
...ce most celebrities are rich, they're weddings and honeymoons tend to be just a tad more lavish than average. Now just because celebrities get married in places such as Saint Paul's Cathedral,... ...st celebrities are rich, they're weddings and honeymoons tend to be just a tad more lavish than average. Now just because celebrities get married in places such as Saint Paul's Cathedral, rath...
Seen that? - How to always be on time in only four steps
in Tech Intelligence, on November 19, 2009
...y. Typically you will have email to read, daily things to get done and project tasks to handle. And than there is the phone. A classic [...] Read More Early Daylight Savings Time: Help ... ... that's simple. It means you are disorganized. So what can you do to change this ? Analyze your average day. Typically you will have email to read, daily things to get done and project tasks to ha...
Goldman Sachs and God
in Sox First, on November 9, 2009
... as a "blue collar guy". But when you read his rantings here, he comes across as nothing more than the poster child for the corporate greed that has left the global economy in a mess, that has stopped... ...esenting a bank that has assets of $1 trillion and profits of $3.4 billion in the last quarter. Average pay there is $700,000 and the top rainmakers pull in millions. In 2007, Blankfein was paid $68 m...
MBA turkeys and the market
in Sox First, on November 8, 2009
...s of MBAs flocking to Wall Street is actually good for the market. According to the Index, if more than 30% of Harvard MBAs end up in "market-sensitive jobs" like investment banking, private equity a... ... the last time it reached the 10% "buy" level was in the early 1980s, when the Dow Jones industrial average traded below 1000. And with only 28% of Harvard MBAs this year going into market sensitive ...
Does Google need a dashboard for businesses?
in The CIO Weblog, on November 6, 2009
...sserted, including myself, that data stored on Google's server is just as safe, and probably safer, than data kept within the average corporate environment, which doesn't have nearly the security budg... ... that data stored on Google's server is just as safe, and probably safer, than data kept within the average corporate environment, which doesn't have nearly the security budget that Google or other to...
The psychology of climate change
in Sox First, on November 6, 2009
...for instance, people cut their electricity usage when they were told that their neighbors used less than they did. In another fascinating experiment, researchers told households what others in their n... ...other fascinating experiment, researchers told households what others in their neighborhood used on average. High users cut their consumption in response, so that they would fit in. At the same time ...
Seen that? - Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy
in Well Woman Blog, on November 5, 2009
... at Straightfromthedoc A study from JAMA suggested that more than half of women who started taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to relieve symptoms of menop... ...esearchers, working from centers in England, Australia and New Zealand, studied 5,692 women with an average age of 63 and who were an average of 15 years post-menopause. Randomly split into two groups...
Seen that? - Calorie counting
in Daily Power Walk, on November 1, 2009
...ing and logging by storing nutritional information and doing the math. But as you can imagine, your average calorie counter doesn't know how big of a portion he or she just ate - [...] Read More ...
Seen that? - Michelle Wie Blows Another Sony Open
in Eagle Par Birdie, on November 1, 2009
...s.com Sir Terry Matthews is quite a guy. Before he became a "sir", Matthews was just your average multi-millionaire. Matthews was born in Wales but came to Canada and made his money with par...
The US's Reverse Brain Drain Will Benefit China, India
in Global Mobility Report, on October 26, 2009
... PhDs. Among Indians, 66% held a masters and 12% had PhDs. It's hard to see this as anything other than bad for the US and good for China and India (and for entrepreneurs doing business in China and ... ...t boisterous Silicon Valley boosters.
We learned that these workers returned in their prime: the average age of the Indian returnees was 30 and the Chinese was 33. They were really well educated: 5...
Fewer Americans believe in climate change
in Sox First, on October 23, 2009
... including ideology and scientific ignorance – but a lot comes down to one word: coal. No fewer than 25 states produce coal, which not only generates income, jobs and tax revenue, but also provides a ... ...writes. "Per capita carbon emissions in US coal states tend to be much higher than the national average. Since addressing climate change is first and foremost directed at reduced emissions from coal –...
Cisco Agrees: P2P Use Declining
in P2P File Sharing, on October 22, 2009
...width hogs who are demonized by ISPs or are they the early adopters who are indicators of how the average person will use the network in the future? Given that P2P use is falling while the use of vide...
Seen that? - Cyndi Violette and David Williams on Joe Average Poker Show
in Internet Poker, on October 22, 2009
... Cyndi Violette and David Williams on Joe Average Poker Show at Internet Poker Cyndi Violette and David Williams will be guests on the Joe Average P...
Bailed out banks continue to live it up
in Sox First, on October 21, 2009
..., the major small-business lender now on the brink of bankruptcy, each received about $100,000 more than a year earlier for personal use of corporate jets. Others saw an increase in the value of chauf... ...na benefited from a $2.5 million payment from his company to help cover his personal tax bill. "On average, the chief executives at 29 of the largest public financial companies that have taken bailou...
Green Halloween: What to Give Out Instead of Candy
in The Parenting Weblog, on October 18, 2009
...he Seattle area where the Green Halloween team exhibited alternatives to conventional candy to more than 20,000 children. Not a single child between the ages of two and sixteen, Colwell-Lipson asserts... ...ecutive director of Treeswing , the non-profit "host" of Green Halloween. "It's appalling that the average child brings home 10 pounds of candy after making the Halloween rounds."
If you're runni...
Privatization - Not a Silver Bullet
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 17, 2009
... in business goals are significant. Unfortunately, these factors are not usually captured in the average RFP or procurement process – perhaps they should be.
...
Skype May Buy Gizmo5
in The VoIP Weblog, on October 15, 2009
...mpany back)."
"Since Gizmo5 has its own instant messaging, SMS and voice services, the average consumer wouldn’t really see the difference," writes GigaOM's Om Malik . "My sour...
Can a CIO be successful without IT experience?
in The CIO Weblog, on October 15, 2009
... of industry CIOs come to the position from the general management side of their businesses, rather than ascending up the IT ladder. There are a variety of reasons for this, including the historic po... ...arious IT departments struggling to keep up with modern technologies, undercut by (you guessed it!) average users with only business experience who are able to apply what they know using newer, easier...
Seen that? - Nanotech market to top $1 trillion by 2010
in Nanotechbuzz, on October 12, 2009
...terials, tools, and devices was estimated at $7.6 billion in 2003. Demand is expected to grow at an average annual growth rate of 30.6% to reach $28.7 billion in 2008. It is believed that nanotechnol...
Pee before you fly
in Sox First, on October 9, 2009
...hich in turn will save fuel and reduce carbon emissions. As detailed here , the airline claims the average human bladder has the capacity to hold 15oz, and if 150 passengers relieved themselves on bo...
Four ways to create jobs in the recession
in Sox First, on October 6, 2009
...rivals of voting against steps to help small businesses, public schools, children's health, and average working people who need a tax cut."...
Tourism in Cuba Still Looks Toward US
in Latina Viva, on October 3, 2009
... restaurant's window and stretches a hand toward patrons nibbling delicacies unavailable to the average rice-and-beans-eating Cuban, miming hunger. Americans manage to make to Cuba. They depart fr...
US economy goes from bad to worse
in Sox First, on October 3, 2009
...th of their standard unemployment benefits. In other words, unemployment in the US now lasts longer than benefits. Worse still, personal bankruptcies have now topped one million . It's the first ... ...sign that all the talk of recovery in the US economy is a crock with new figures showing that the average time it takes fired employees to find a new job now exceeds the length of their standard une...
Seen that? - LAS VEGAS CASINO DEALER'S TIPS IN JEOPARDY
in Play Las Vegas, on October 2, 2009
...,000.00 per year, and has a net worth of about 10 times that amount, he or she wants something more than the average hotel room when traveling. So, when gamblers in that league visit Las Vegas what... ... Play Las Vegas Source:www.jimippolito.com When someone earns an average of $302,000.00 per year, and has a net worth of about 10 times that amount, he or she wants ...
Security breaches up in 2009
in The CIO Weblog, on September 30, 2009
... explained by researcher Walid Hejazi as an outgrowth of lower IT budgets (respondents indicated an average decrease of 10%) and staff who are more willing to skirt the law to steal valuable informati...
iPhone has issues in New York
in The Gadgets Weblog, on September 30, 2009
...ssues with call connection in the New York area... with rates of up to 30% disconnections being the average. I find it fairly hard to even comprehend having such a poor signal quality in a major city....
Is Twitter really worth $1 billion?
in Sox First, on September 26, 2009
...ships. With such a tenuous relationship between Twitter and its users, it's hard to imagine the average user paying for a subscription or premium features. The best these investors can hope for is...
China moves to fight climate change
in Sox First, on September 26, 2009
...rbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that it produces for every unit of GDP by 4.9% each year on average over the past 15 years, compared with just 1.7% in the United States and 2.7% in Germany. Ch...
Red Hat Stock Soars
in HackITLinux, on September 25, 2009
...;s Connie Guglielmo . "Subscriptions accounted for 85 percent of sales. Red Hat also said the average length of contracts signed in the quarter increase to 22 months from 19 months in the previou...
Get Good News at High Speed
in Business Computer Blog (UK), on September 24, 2009
... © YtseJam Photography
The dream of super fast internet no longer belongs to just the average teenaged gamer. Executives, marketers and even stay at home moms feel the pressure to connect ...
The phoney bull market
in Sox First, on September 24, 2009
...rance of the casual investor, but this can be the sign of a sort of halfway mark in a rally, rather than the death knell rung by taxi drivers talking day trading to me on my way somewhere. There is al... ...t's all a mirage. "The problem is, our newly expanded government isn't doing much for average working Americans who continue to lose their jobs and whose belts continue to tighten, and w...
UW Researchers Use Nanotech to Store Energy from Trees
in Nanotechbuzz, on September 10, 2009
...quot;The circuit the UW team developed is built from parts measuring 130 nanometers and consumes on average just 10 nanowatts of power during operation," writes Gizmag's Darren Quick . "...
Electric cars - no one will buy without Government backing
in Sox First, on September 6, 2009
..., a billion new cars need to be added and there will not be any industry that will be more exciting than this one. If you think of an industry that will make a billion of something, [with an average p... ...exciting than this one. If you think of an industry that will make a billion of something, [with an average price of] $20,000, you're looking at a $20 trillion industry rising up from nothing toda...
Malware threat grows: is the Internet burning?
in Sox First, on September 1, 2009
...ust over the past year. Each year since 2006, the number of malware signatures has doubled, or more than doubled and the malware itself has become far more sophisticated and insidious in both its payl... ...e is alarming and the trend suggests we are struggling to deal with it. ZDNet UK reports that an average of 37,000 new malware samples are discovered and processed each day and that over half - 52%...
Talking to Cubans in Cuba
in Latina Viva, on September 1, 2009
...eren't allowed into tourist hotels. It made it a little more difficult to actually talk to an average Cuban on your trip to Cuban...
Well, technically that ended last year; MSNBC covered th...
Enterprise 2.0 finds success (and failure!)
in The CIO Weblog, on August 25, 2009
...t to gain acceptance from executives only after the fact. Driven primarily by business needs rather than internal politics or power-mongering, the projects are simply an outgrowth of workers looking f... ...n the study are technology companies, with a user base generally more technically adept than in the average enterprise. It's nothing new for disgruntled engineering staff to whip up their own solu...
八月未央
in Wangtam, on 2009-08-23
...s I.P.O., 5 Years Later
• Survey: Average gamer is 35, fat and depressed
• Does iLike price show cost of Facebook dependence?
• Samsung InstinctQ Pictures Leak!
• Possible new iTunes 9 screens...
Health care reform and a fat tax
in Sox First, on August 16, 2009
...tics have become rote, but consider that people in their 50s are about 20 pounds heavier on average than 50-somethings were in the late 1970s. As a convenient point of reference, a typical car tire we... ...e statistics have become rote, but consider that people in their 50s are about 20 pounds heavier on average than 50-somethings were in the late 1970s. As a convenient point of reference, a typical car...
Verizon 4G Coming Soon
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on August 14, 2009
...hink 3G is quick enough for your needs, consider this: 4G will offer speeds five to 10 times faster than existing network and yield average download speeds of 7 to 12 Mbps.
The concept is exciting b... ... needs, consider this: 4G will offer speeds five to 10 times faster than existing network and yield average download speeds of 7 to 12 Mbps.
The concept is exciting but Verizon isn't the first t...
Who says you are a CIO?
in The CIO Weblog, on August 13, 2009
...ore are finding themselves wedged into the accounting department again, a lackey for the CFO rather than powerful strategic thinker for the company) and are having trouble being taken seriously as Goo... ... agent, "Who would claim to be that , if they were not?" In a time when the stock of the average CIO is again falling (more and more are finding themselves wedged into the accounting depart...
Streaming, Not P2P, Is Fastest-Growing Mobile Bandwidth Hog
in P2P File Sharing, on August 12, 2009
...te Anderson notes. "Though it only accounts for 21 percent of the bandwidth utilization in an average mobile cell, it takes up 42 percent of the bandwidth in the top five percent of utilized cel...
Mortgage rates on the rise, again
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on August 12, 2009
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The latest report from Zillow.com shows that mortgage interest rates across the nation rose to an average of 5.36 percent for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage.
The week earlier, that average stood ...
Nissan Drops a Leaf Into History
in carzz.org, on August 12, 2009
... Nissan was a little late coming to the hybrid party and for good reason. Other than a technology share deal with Toyota it has skipped past the competition and gone straight to plug-in electrics. I... ...l needs an internal combustion engine to top up the batteries.
Both companies acknowledge that the average driver doesn't travel far in a day. The range of the Leaf is just over 100 miles - enoug...
The Palm Pre Just makes it Interesting
in Business Computer Blog (UK), on August 7, 2009
...competition is less fierce.
Truth is, the internet's great and all, but people are busy. The average consumer can't/won't make time to sit down at a desktop and surf for the nearest coff...
Murdoch's desperate ploy
in Sox First, on August 7, 2009
...etters and even Twitter streams are being launched every year. So while Murdoch has no choice other than to change strategy, he's stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place. The fact that ... ... alienating advertisers. They certainly will have their work cut out. Can you imagine telling your average Fox fan they have to start paying to access the Fox web site? Financial Times editor Lionel...
Google 出价 1.065 亿美元收购 On2
in Wangtam, on 2009-08-06
Google 表示 将斥资 1.065 亿美元收购数字视频压缩技术提供商 On2 Technologies。
根据协议规定，每股 On2 股票将转换为价值 0.60 美元的 Google 普通股。交易规模大约在1 .065 亿美元。整个交易预计将在今年第四季度完成。
Google 拥有广受欢迎的视频共享网站 YouTube。而 On2 是一家数字视频压缩技术提供商，在网络视频日益盛行的今天，数字视频压缩技术已成为一个重要法宝。
Google 产品管理副总裁 Sundar Pichai 在声明中表示，"现在视频已经是 Web 体验的一个重要组成部分，我们相信高品质的视频压...
Save the world: don't have kids
in Sox First, on August 5, 2009
...it called the Optimum Population Trust in Britain says parents should be stopped from having more than two kids. It says that even if we cut emissions drastically, it won't help. The population ... ...s, for example, each child adds about 9441 metric tons of carbon dioxide to the carbon legacy of an average female, which is 5.7 times her lifetime emissions. A person's reproductive choices must ...
Mortgage companies falling down on loan-modification help
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on August 4, 2009
...gging the rest of the economy down with it? Rememer, a foreclosed home generally sells for far less than do traditional real estate sales. This drags down average selling prices on all homes in a neig... ...foreclosed home generally sells for far less than do traditional real estate sales. This drags down average selling prices on all homes in a neighorhood.
At the same time, while some greedy homeowner...
Top Tips for Expectant Mothers
in Next Nine Months, on July 31, 2009
Infanticipating? Elizabeth Stein , a leading midwife and women's health expert with 25 years of experience in fields of obstetrics, gynecology and women's health chares the following tips:
1. Vitamins : Take prenatal vitamins with folic acid and essential fatty acids, starting 2-3 mon...
Summer Diabetes Management
in Daily Diabetic, on July 28, 2009
...thy diets.
Testing & Travel Management Tips
Marc Wolf - a registered pharmacist with more than 28 years of experience serving diabetic patients and founder and CEO of Diabetic Care Services ... ... food and allows you to get fuller faster and consume fewer calories.
Staying Hydrated
The average person should consume 64 fluid ounces of water per day. For people with diabetes, this is pa...
The Retail ROI Calculator at RFID in Fashion 2009
in The RFID Weblog, on July 23, 2009
... if a rollout would deliver an ROI
Using the RFID Retail Calculator, retail firms could enter the average number of units on sales floor and back room along with average unit cost, retail margins an...
Thank You, Tom Watson
in Eagle Par Birdie, on July 19, 2009
... seal what would have been a record-setting victory was the kind that has been his nemesis for more than 10 years.
But that's not when I shed a few tears; it was when he began to fall apart in th... ...ws.
But one cannot stay in the zone for long. Or call it up at will (witness Tiger Woods' very average performance over two days).
And Watson re-discovered that on the first hole on Sunday.
Tom...
Tweetmeme Gets Your Blog on Twitter
in The Social Networking Weblog, on July 18, 2009
... compatibility. In other words, I was able to calculate how many retweets my posts were getting, on average, before I had the button installed. VentureBeat reported recently that the Tweetmeme button...
An X-shaped recession
in Sox First, on July 14, 2009
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Last month, I did a blog entry explaining why the real unemployment figures are worse than what the official statistics tell us. Now The Wall Street Journal takes it one step further and gives ... ... and more workers are being forced into part time jobs, which doesn't show up on the stats, the average work week has dropped to 33 hours, the time spent between jobs is now at the highest level s...
Save On Car Insurance by Raising Your Deductible
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on July 6, 2009
...s will allow you to save about $100 per year. This single change will allow you to save money more than any other change.
You want to be careful about raising this amount too quickly, however, becau... ...which is usually about $250.
According to Bob Sullivan at the Red Tape Chronicles (MSNBC), the average individual could save as much as 40% of their annual costs by raising their deductible. By ch...
Pebble Beach Swamped, Calendar Needs to be Split
in Classical Drives, on July 6, 2009
...ers like me if it didn't continue to push room rates beyond reach. (Yes, the rich are different than you and me.) The latest announcement comes from La Dolce Vita Automobili at Black Horse, "... ...concours that feature prize-winning cars from the past. But most of those cars were beyond reach of average folks when new and are even more so today. What upsets me is the price of the show, especial...
The Mother of all Dashboards
in The CIO Weblog, on July 1, 2009
...and style over the substance of the information. They get pitched and constructed more as cool toys than legitimate management tools and subsequent abandonment and neglect, followed by disillusionment... ..... if the government can pull this off and make IT project progress and costs understandable to the average citizen, why can't any enterprise do the same? What a quick result in such a massive und...
Home sales rise again. Is this a housing recovery?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 25, 2009
...using slump back in May of 2008. But even so, existing-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... ...han 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. According to the report, existing homes sold for a m...
In Search of a Cool Summer: Da Lat, Vietnam
in Hidden Travel Gems, on June 24, 2009
...rely climb past 78F degrees. This means that Da Lat is often cooler at the hottest point of the day than Saigon gets at the coolest point of the night. Rain is regular and plentiful.
The city is fil...
Can Wind Power Make a Profit?
in IfEnergy, on June 23, 2009
...runs $500,000, installed. The air at Driscoll's site on Long Island Sound is so still that the average output would come to only 18% of peak output, meaning that the juice would be worth $30,000 a...
RFID based Electronic Shelf Labels expected to replace paper
in The RFID Weblog, on June 16, 2009
...ormation to the shelf labels.
Product information can be displayed on ten thousand labels in less than an hour. The system developed by Altierre is already being tested by two US grocery stores.
... ...care of from a remote location and is expected to save millions of paper labels each year.
With an average retail store making ten to twelve thousand price changes each week you can yourself calculat...
Victoza: New Diabetes Drug, Better Than Byetta?
in Daily Diabetic, on June 14, 2009
...ew diabetes drug under clinical trials - Victoza (liraglutide) - that is proving much better than Byetta (exenatide) .
From WebMD :
Byetta is the first of the class of type 2 diabetes drugs... ...direct comparison study shows patients who took liraglutide once a day had a greater reduction in [average blood sugar levels] at the end of the 26-week study than did [Byetta] twice a day," Blon...
Behind the social networks
in Sox First, on June 13, 2009
...t not all Twitter users are alike. According to the study, men have 15% more followers and are more than twice as likely to follow another man than a woman. The average woman is 25% more likely to fol... ...n have 15% more followers and are more than twice as likely to follow another man than a woman. The average woman is 25% more likely to follow a man than a woman and the average man is 40% more likely...
Will the Volt save GM?
in Sox First, on June 10, 2009
...ectric motor won't take you that far, just 40 miles, but then that's suited for today's average commute. The real problem is that the new Prius will be selling for $22,000-$28,000 while th...
Apple 公布 iPhone 3G S 和 iPhone OS 3.0
in Wangtam, on 2009-06-10
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...
Snow Leopard makes 7 look expensive
in The CIO Weblog, on June 9, 2009
...T&T network that all US users are saddled with; the new unibody Macbooks were a face-saver more than anything, after the story broke last week that the old white Macbook was outperforming them, an... ...
I would rate the Apple WWDC splash this year as "about average." In other words, not a lot of the unexpected, nothing really revolutionary, and not much in it for business users. The ...
Banks to face more stress tests
in Sox First, on June 9, 2009
...ther the tests had been put in place to stop the panic, not to fix the banks. More a political ploy than anything else. Now, the Congressional Oversight Panel has put out a report saying that the s... ...r than originally forecast. "The unemployment rate climbed to 9.4 percent in May, bringing the average unemployment rate for 2009 to 8.5 percent. If the monthly rate continues to increase during ...
Subprime and racism
in Sox First, on June 8, 2009
...use they had so much influence. A New York Times analysis reveals that black households making more than $68,000 a year were nearly five times as likely to hold high-interest subprime mortgages as whi... ...wrote in The American Prospect toward the end of last year, home equity accounts for 63% of total average net worth of black households versus only 38.5% of average white net worth and predatory loa...
