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2009 年最热英文单词
in Wangtam, on 2009-12-01
...billion aid package meant to help mend the US economy
5. Vampire — Vampires are very much en vogue, now the symbol of unrequited love
6. 2.0 — The 2.0 suffix is attached to the next generation o...
One in four American children on food stamps
in Sox First, on November 30, 2009
...s, one in eight Americans and one in four children are now on food stamps. The NYT reports: "More than 36 million people use inconspicuous plastic cards for staples like milk, bread and cheese, swip... ...t third group and they are only there because the US Government bailed them out to the tune of $700 billion. Reich writes: "Shame? If we've learned anything over the last year, it's that Wall Street...
Dubai: a sign of worse to come
in Sox First, on November 30, 2009
... is whether Dubai's woes are a harbinger of even worse disasters in 2010. Dubai's debt of about $80 billion is just a drop in the ocean compared to the trillions of dollars of debt that have been amas...
Dubai: what's ahead?
in Sox First, on November 29, 2009
...irate would make good on publicly traded instruments, and in particular Nakheel’s sukuk, rather than suffer further damage to its financial reputation. The dismay of investors was quickly apparent in ... ...ere taken in and fooled. The Economist writes: "Dubai’s debts are heavy, amounting to about $80 billion including the government and the conglomerates it controls. Investors had half-expected Dubai ...
Mininova Goes Legit
in P2P File Sharing, on November 28, 2009
... popular — torrent sites on the web, clocking 633 million page views in August and serving more than 10 billion torrents since being launched in early 2005," notes NewTeeVee's Janko Roettgers . ... ... — torrent sites on the web, clocking 633 million page views in August and serving more than 10 billion torrents since being launched in early 2005," notes NewTeeVee's Janko Roettgers .
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Clearwire Raises $920 Million
in The Wireless Weblog, on November 27, 2009
...ital that will allow us to expand more aggressively by covering more people, and with more capacity than we had previously planned," says Clearwire CEO Bill Morrow.
More here from Wireless We... ... raised an additional $920 million in debt financing.
"The company had already nabbed $1.85 billion of senior secured notes due in 2015 to help it pay off an existing $1.4 billion debt payment...
The Dubai con job
in Sox First, on November 27, 2009
... the desert. The news has sent shock waves around the world. While Americans were munching on their Thanksgiving turkey, global stock markets were reeling . And the situation in Dubai is not pretty... ... FT Alphaville , they all invested in get rich quick schemes in Dubai. So did banks like HSBC ($17 billion), Standard Chartered ($7.8billion), Barclays ($3.6 billion), Citi ($1.9 billion) and BNP Par...
Dubai goes for broke
in Sox First, on November 26, 2009
... reporting that Greece's bonds and the ratings agencies now deem the country a greater credit risk than Colombia or Panama. But all that's chicken feed with Reuters telling us that Dubai has info... ...ken feed with Reuters telling us that Dubai has informed its creditors that it can't repay a $3.5 billion bond which was due on December 14. Dubai had asked for a six month moratorium on its debt ...
Vive Nano Secures $3.8 Million in Funding
in Nanotechbuzz, on November 24, 2009
... bring their technology to market, so that they can create jobs and seize what is already a multi-billion dollar global market opportunity."
More here from The Canadian Press ... and the...
Firefox / Chrome / Safari 全插件包（11/22/2009 Updates）
in Wangtam, on 2009-11-23
...nd Teachers | Game Classroom
• AtozQuotes.com - Quotations archive with more than 150,000 quotes for more than 25,000 authors.
• FranchiseDirect.com - All About Franchises
• TechCrunch Reader... ...s Warranty
• Oracle $7.4 Billion Sun Takeover May Be Blocked by EU on Competition Issue
• Video Demonstrates Wired's Concept iTablet App
• Purchase music from Amazon on your Linux machine
•...
US to pay $500 billion to service mega debt
in Sox First, on November 23, 2009
...ed $700 billion a year in 2019, up from $202 billion this year. Now, the extra $500 billion is more than more than the combined federal budgets this year for education, energy, homeland security and t... ...ork Times warns, the US is now facing waves of debt payments. Servicing that debt will exceed $700 billion a year in 2019, up from $202 billion this year. Now, the extra $500 billion is more than mor...
Seen that? - The Wind Report
in IfEnergy, on November 20, 2009
... IfEnergy According to the American Wind Power Association more than 3000 Megawatts of wind power will be put up in the US, easily a 25 percent increase in capacity... ... The industry easily broke earlier records in 2005, installing over 2,400 megawatts (MW) or over $3 billion worth of [...] Read More Canada's Largest Wind Farm at IfEnergy ...
Growl for Windows 2.00:00
in Wangtam, on 2009-11-20
...How to Buy a Television
• Cyrank
• TourMapr.com - A System That Finds Bands & Gigs
• Plurchase.. Shop with friends
• Dropico ...
Now Wearable RFID Sensors for detecting airborne chemical agents
in The RFID Weblog, on November 20, 2009
...ople in event of environmental chemical agents being present in the air. The sensor will be smaller than the size of a penny and could be operated without battery.
The wearable RFID sensor could... ...ing films which can pick up specific volatile organic compounds and chemical agents with part per billion detection limits.
...
Firefox 3.6 Beta 3
in Wangtam, on 2009-11-19
...s: Top e-tailers profitting from billion-dollar Web scam
• American Express Acquiring Steve Case's Revolution Money For $300 Million
• Digg CEO: Profitability Is Not A Problem Anymore
• Why i...
Seen that? - Connecting the Pieces with SOA
in Java Entrepreneur, on November 15, 2009
... writes, is "whether the expansion of wireless phone service across rural America under the $7 billion fund should be capped while federal officials redesign the program for [...] Read More ...
Greenland melting fast
in Sox First, on November 15, 2009
...rate. According to the report, Greenland lost an estimated 1500 gigatons (one gigaton is equal to 1 billion tons) of ice from the year 2000 to 2008 and if it does lose all its ice, seas will rise seve...
Gartner Says Worldwide SaaS Revenue to Grow 18 Percent in 2009
in Wangtam, on 2009-11-13
...台
• Keyword Tool
• Be a Mind Blower - The Most Mind Blowing Competition
• Bill On Site - Send bills from any smartphone!
• RingFul.com - Take Care Of Your Health
• Survs - Online Survey... ... is Changing the Face of Media
• Bill Gates' Plan for Fixing the World
• Mozilla Jetpack Gallery
• Online Advertising Stops Falling, Thanks To Search
• 百度知道：文档分享平台
• Keyword Tool
• B...
Taxpayers lose out on bank bailout
in Sox First, on November 13, 2009
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Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general for the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), otherwise known as the bank bailout or banking welfare program, has conceded that the...
HP continues growth with 3COM acquisition
in The CIO Weblog, on November 11, 2009
...ced plans to acquire network company 3Com to extend its reach in the networking sphere.
The $2.7 billion deal causes HP to raise its outlook for FY 2010 and puts it in a strong position to compete ...
Ubuntu 9.10 安装指导截图
in Wangtam, on 2009-11-09
...App Engine
• Superbad Anti-Whaling Stealth Boat
• China Pledges $10 Billion to African Nations
• Multi-Button OpenOfficeMouse At OOoCon 2009
• Why the mainstream media is dying
• TwitCr...
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... ...ess. And this is someone representing 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 2...
Unemployment and the failed stimulus
in Sox First, on November 7, 2009
...ondly, there are political machinations. As this New York Times piece point out, 84% of the $1.05 billion in "green" stimulus funding distributed since September had gone to foreign companies buildi...
OpenOffice.org Portable 3.1.1 简体中文版
in Wangtam, on 2009-11-04
...Gets Streamlined In An Attempt To Fend Off Facebook And Twitter
• DVR, Once TV's Mortal Foe, Helps Ratings
• Do-It-Yourself iPhone Apps
• Skype for Linux to go open source... eventually
• ...
India goes for gold: dollar to lose out
in Sox First, on November 4, 2009
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Extraordinary developments with India paying $6.7 billion for IMF gold , giving its bank the about the tenth largest gold holdings of all the central banks. At the moment, gold now makes up a...
Dubai's Technosphere Concept Would Fit Right Into a Disney Park
in Wangtam, on 2009-11-02
...卡拉OK侵权经营场所执行证据保全
• 27-inch iMacs reported to have Flash playback issues
• Google's fade-in homepage confuses
• How Google Voice Is Growing
• Bing for mobile now live at m.bing.com
• Twi...
Infonetics: VoIP Providers Earning Billions
in The VoIP Weblog, on October 31, 2009
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"I fondly remember the early part of this decade when folks dismissed VoIP as little more than an idle curiosity," writes GigaOM's Om Malik . "There was a lot of continued belief ... ... According to a recent report from Infonetics Research , revenue from VoIP worldwide reached $20.7 billion in the last six months alone.
That's billion, with a b...
"Residential VoIP servi...
Abu Dhabi 的 Yas Marina 赛道前瞻：设计效果图一览 (14P)
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-31
...avy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3
• 《华尔街疯人日记》连载84
• Amazon PayPhrase Tries to Make Paying Online Easier
• Nyko's DSi Zoom Case is A Little Bit On The Ridiculous Side (but I still want one)
• Cast...
Virtual Goods Becoming Real Money
in Web 2.0, on October 31, 2009
...many other new and exciting markets, according to summit organizers.
No place is this more true than Asia, according to a recent report by VentureBeat . The industry is worth $7 billion there.
... ...ig money. Virtual goods in games and social apps have taken off and revenues are expected to hit $1 billion in 2009. The summit focused on "the emerging market opportunity for virtual goods and econom...
$1.26 billion: PepsiCo pays the price of not turning up to court
in Sox First, on October 30, 2009
...s should preclude the lawsuit, brought 15 years after the company started selling Aquafina and more than two decades after the alleged confidential talks. Moreover, 'the $1.26 billion judgment that ha... ...m PepsiCo stole their idea to sell bottled water and sued the snack and drink maker and won a $1.26 billion judgment last month after the company didn't respond. As the National Law Journal reports,...
Seen that? - The weekly trend in US stocks
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on October 24, 2009
...at The Hedge Funds Weblog The fight is on..If Goldman paid 6.8 billion for a specialist unit on the floor. Can members let their exchange go for half the price , 3...
Pay cuts for auto firm executives. What about banks?
in Sox First, on October 23, 2009
...ices firms. The Economist reports that despite the fact that Citigroup and Bank of America lost billions of dollars in the last quarter, they still ended up paying a combined $13.7 billion in comp...
Sun Microsystems to Cut 3,000 Jobs
in Java Entrepreneur, on October 22, 2009
... workforce -- are the latest in a series of cuts by the struggling company, which reached the $7.4 billion deal with Oracle in April," writes Times Online's Mike Harvey . "Sun said in a fil...
Seen that? - How to act in a company takeover ?
in Tech Intelligence, on October 21, 2009
...r bid from polygon and United Bank of Switzerland. Which is a shame. Newcastle need a takeover more than any other Premiership club. Not because Freddy Shepherd has failed to provide funds, but becaus... ...days, EA has revealed that it has launched a takeover bid for GTA creators Take Two, worth up to $2 billion, showing just how much money the games industry is really worth nowerdays. However, Take Two...
Did brilliant minds create the recession?
in Sox First, on October 18, 2009
... 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 coul... ...ue of Harvard’s General Operating Account, a pool of cash from which bills are paid, fell to $3.7 billion from $6.6 billion. Intellect and finance don't necessarily go together. Whether it's because ...
Privatization - Not a Silver Bullet
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 17, 2009
... privatization experts. Apparently, it didn't turn out that way, as Indiana canceled its US$1.34 billion dollar deal this past Thursday (see AP Report ).
Like any other process, outsourcing isn't...
Big Picture: Venture Capital, Private Equity Still Drying Up
in TJ's Weblog, on October 17, 2009
I wrote recently about how rosey the venture capital picture was for greentech firms. Several stories (Venture Beat here and here , TechCrunch ) have stressed the continuing downturn in private equity and venture capital fundng.
In the world of venture capital funds, only 17 funds even r...
Could YouTube Finally Find a Way to Monitize the Site?
in The Search Engine Weblog, on October 17, 2009
... TechCrunch noted as a few days ago that YouTube could be on the way to monitizing its billion-video online library in the near future. How do they know? Google says so... YouTube is on the path to p...
Lie To Me Season 2 : Ep. 3 - Control Factor
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-17
...Jesus?
• Five tips to help ease the migration from Mac to Linux
• Homemade Reed Diffusers: How-To &Tips
• Lufthansa MySkyStatus ... ...illion Mobile Users, Twitter Strikes SMS Deal With Largest Indian Carrier
• Acer Android smartphone hands-on!
• Is Steve Jobs more popular than Jesus?
• Five tips to help ease the migration f...
iPhone and Blackberry squeeze Nokia
in Sox First, on October 17, 2009
...'s biggest mobile phone maker has suffered a whacking $1.36 billion loss - its first loss in more than a decade - with sales plummeting 20%. Nokia has a smart phone problem with Apple's iPhone and R... ...
Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker has suffered a whacking $1.36 billion loss - its first loss in more than a decade - with sales plummeting 20%. Nokia has a smart phone problem ...
Seen that? - Generic Allegra from Mylan Laboratories
in Allergies, on October 16, 2009
...adine hydrochloride tablets, 30mg, 60mg and 180mg. Uh-oh. Aventis won't be happy to share this billion dollar market. As it is, there [...] Read More Generic Zyrtec Syrup Gets Tenta...
Louisiana Tech Researchers Seek to Improve Biofuel Processing
in Nanotechbuzz, on October 16, 2009
... Louisiana Tech researchers are exploring ways of using nanotechnology to improve the cellulosic ethanol processes.
"Louisiana Tech Professors James Palmer, Yuri Lvov, Dale Snow and Hisham H... ...estimates range from approximately $32 million for each cellulosic ethanol plant to a total of $7.5 billion if a federally-established goal of 16 billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol is achieved.&quo...
Shared folders and more in Google Docs
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-14
...ur PR Pitch Plan
• Venture Funds Raise Only $1.6 Billion In Third Quarter. Most Of That Went To Vinod Khosla.
• StatsMix
• Logo, Flyer, Web site, Banner, Business cards, advertising creation ...
Dubai can't meet debts
in Sox First, on October 13, 2009
...oes not have resources to pay its debts. The sheikdom and state-controlled companies cranked up $80 billion of debt building man-made islands and opulent high rises, and $50 billion of that needs to b...
Soros invests $1 billion in clean energy
in Sox First, on October 13, 2009
...This is why it's not surprising to read reports that George Soros has announced he will invest $1 billion in clean-energy technology and donate $100 million to an environmental advisory group to aid...
Seen that? - Roulette, a laser, a cellphone and 1.3 million later
in The Gambling Weblog, on October 12, 2009
...888.com, Pacific Poker and Reef Club Casino looks to be the next online gambling giant to have a $1 billion floatation, following the footsteps of PartyGaming Looking for a quick IPO in September, the...
Seen that? - Ridge Crossing in the Dunes
in Under My Helmet, on October 11, 2009
...d plum tones with just a hint of vanilla from the French oak in [...] Read More $1.45 Billion Blue Ridge Fund to Focus on China at China Venture News ...
Seen that? - VIDEO POKER PLAYER WINS THEN LOSES
in Play Las Vegas, on October 11, 2009
...t machines as casinos generate $30 billion annually in profit from slots - with a house edge higher than most other gambling games, slots rake in approximately 70% of the total casino revenue. [...] ... ... of slot machines is analysed in the local press According to the Miami Herald, Americans put in $1 billion per DAY into slot machines as casinos generate $30 billion annually in profit from slots - w...
Seen that? - Nanotech market to top $1 trillion by 2010
in Nanotechbuzz, on October 12, 2009
...e world market by the end of 2010. Government spending on nanotech R&D has increased to over $3 billion per annum, and venture capitalists have increased their investments six times over the previ...
Seen that? - Generic Allegra is coming
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 11, 2009
...adine hydrochloride tablets, 30mg, 60mg and 180mg. Uh-oh. Aventis won't be happy to share this billion dollar market. As it is, there [...] Read More Allegra Oral Suspension Now FDA...
Thailand Joins the Renewable Energy Push
in IfEnergy, on October 11, 2009
...ergy expects investment over the 15-year period, from public and private sources, to be some 488 billion Baht (US$ 14.6 billion).
...
Greentech Sees Venture Capital Growth
in TJ's Weblog, on October 11, 2009
...aw 85 deals worth $1.2 billion. Q3 saw 112 deals worth $1.9 billion. So the flow of money has more than doubled since the first quarter and the number of deals has almost doubled.
Where did the m... ...nd the greentech sector. Q1 this year saw 59 deals worth $826 million. Q2 saw 85 deals worth $1.2 billion. Q3 saw 112 deals worth $1.9 billion. So the flow of money has more than doubled since the ...
Turbo: The Movie Is Better Than Most Street Fighter Films
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-11
...• Turbo: The Movie Is Better Than Most Street Fighter Films
• 《华尔街疯人日记》连载69
• Google Chrome 4.0.221.6 Beta
• Microsoft mulling 128-bit versions of Windows 8, Windows 9
• A Windows to Help You... ......
Seen that? - Digital music is 6% of industry sales
in Digital Music - The Future, on October 9, 2009
...nwol, Chairman of RIAA, recently told CNET "Digital sales are rising at a value that is larger than the decline in physical sales. We went through a pretty extraordinary time (recently). What you... ...ble from last year * Mobile music sales are over $400 million * Total digital music sales were $1.1 billion, up from $380 million in 2004 * Total digital downloads were 420 million singles, 20 times t...
Seen that? - NYSE Value, is in Goldman`s mind
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on October 9, 2009
...ame( 2 min rule by the SEC which will be gone after this biding game ), minus physical value, the 1 billion dollars in the NYSE account and the building...The ARCA deal is valued at [...] Read More ...
Palm's Full Monty
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-09
...umbers
• Google PowerMeter's first device partner
• PhotoSketch: better than sliced bread, Photoshop
• Google targeted in e-mail scam
• CopyTrans Manager
• Fiddling with accounting rules... ... Come This Year
• Schmidt: We paid $1 billion premium for YouTube
• SparkPeople
• How to Handle Illegal Interview Questions
• Office 2007 Theme Builder
• The Camelizer
• Arora Is an Open-S...
Seen that? - Saif Partners Picks China TV Home-Shopping Network as the Next Big IPO
in China Venture News, on October 6, 2009
...twork in China.The venture partners predict that TV home shopping is projected to gross close to $2 billion by 2008, and [...] Read More SAIF Partners is China's Number One Venture Capit...
Go Google It.
in Business Computer Blog (UK), on October 5, 2009
...ernet.
Google Voice, one of Google's new and highly debated projects has more to due with phones than the internet. Google Voice provides a single phone number and connects it to voice mail, email ... ...bit about Google's most recent triumph: Youtube.
Youtube, bought by Google in 2006, has hit one billion views a day. This is great news for Google, since when they bought the video site, many pre...
建国 60 周年庆典集锦
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-03
...y to replace Google Maps?
• Cry Us A River: Timberlake Bails On His Own SF Party To Go Dress Up As Sean Parker
• Twitter's Geolocation API Appears To Be Live. But Most Of You Are Lost.
• Twi...
Seen that? - Poker Billionaires
in Internet Poker, on October 2, 2009
... Poker Billionaires at Internet Poker Forbes Magazine recently posted its latest list of the world's richest people. Among the 746 billionaires ...
Seen that? - NBA's Marc Cuban Blogs his Plans to Launch Betting Hedge Fund
in The Gambling Weblog, on October 2, 2009
...nfident a change in the [...] Read More British Rail Pension Fund Plans to Invest One Billion In Hedge Funds at The Hedge Funds Weblog Railp...
The Rich Not Quite So Rich At the Moment
in Bizinformer, on October 1, 2009
...losing $10 billion in value on his shares in Berkshire Hathaway. At least he's not alone. More than three-quarters of Forbes's annual list of the 400 richest Americans lost wealth in the past ... ... took a look at the numbers... Warren Buffett's wealth took a dive this past year, losing $10 billion in value on his shares in Berkshire Hathaway. At least he's not alone. More than three-qu...
Long live Youtube.
in Digital Music - The Future, on September 30, 2009
...ad unrealistic? A wildly high figure... but you know, perhaps the US is just more into online video than we are over here.... ...seeing once more just how big Youtube has become; the site becoming a literal giant of the net. Ten billion video views in the month of August, almost 2 for every person on the planet. A staggering 81...
Writedowns reduced but bad loans to increase
in Sox First, on September 30, 2009
...ete mess right around the world. The IMF says: "The commercial real estate sector turned later than other sectors, but its deterioration is now in full swing. Rising unemployment and vacancy rate... ...l writedowns for banks and other financial institutions to a mere $3.4 trillion. So that's $600 billion less of writedowns. The bad news is that the number of bad loans will increase because of u...
Unicom says to sell iPhones in China from October
in Wangtam, on 2009-09-30
...cs store NewEgg files for $175M IPO
• Xerox to buy Affiliated Computer for $6.4 billion
• Google Wave Faces Tougher Test in Rollout to 100K Users
• Apple's App Store Downloads Top Two Billio...
IPO boom out of sync
in Sox First, on September 29, 2009
...est Americans is getting wider. As reported here , the wealthiest 10% percent of Americans on more than $138,000 each year, earned 11.4 times what those living near or below the poverty line made in ... ...erse, the market for IPOs is booming . Just in the US alone this week, IPOs are set to raise $3.5 billion. It will be the busiest week for IPOs in nearly two years. But the biggest IPO market is in...
Xerox makes managed services move
in The CIO Weblog, on September 28, 2009
...siness as usual with customers (although no doubt pitching Xerox hardware and services a bit harder than before).... ...cquisition. The company announced today its plans to purchase Affiliated Computer Services for $6.4 billion in a deal projected to triple the company's services revenue over the next year.
Xerox ...
美国南方洪水泛滥
in Wangtam, on 2009-09-28
... Frame makes IE less secure
• 37SIGNALS VALUATION TOPS $100 BILLION AFTER BOLD VC INVESTMENT
• The Beatles Rock Band Sales "Exceeding Expectations"
• New Twitter Funding
• Twitter Ap...
China's Outbound Investment Surpases Inbound Investment
in China Venture News, on September 27, 2009
...or the first time, China is sending more investment out of the country to the rest of the world than it is taking in from foreign investors, according to Seeking Alpha . According to Peoples'... ...rs, according to Seeking Alpha . According to Peoples' Daily, this year China could invest 150 billion U.S. dollars overseas. This is three times more than last year's figure of US$52 billion...
Why Sky-High Valuations Can Make it Difficult to Actually Run a Business
in Wangtam, on 2009-09-27
...Resume
• Twitter to Become Tech's Newest $1 Billion Company
• Billboard: Maximum Exposure
• Adobe releases Photoshop Elements 8
• Nocs is a Google Docs-Powered Notepad Clone
• Google Sit...
