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O2 to Launch Toshiba TG01 with Nimbuzz Pre-Installed
in The VoIP Weblog, on July 9, 2009
...le. Access is enabled via a central icon on the home screen."
"Nimbuzz, which currently claims to be adding some 750,000 users per month, has set out to erase the proprietary technical bar...
Jackson's funeral: taxpayers foot the bill
in Sox First, on July 9, 2009
... some merchants cleaned up big time from the event. Now ordinary people are being asked to dip into their pockets and pay the costs. As the Mayo PR blog says, it's appalling when you consider t... ...San Bernardino County when people could have got something a lot cheaper at Subway. While there are claims hotels were full, it still doesn't make sense that taxpayers have to foot the bill. Even...
2010 年 F1 规则展望
in Wangtam, on July 3, 2009
• 2010 年 F1 规则展望
• HOW TO: Get Retweeted on Twitter
• Apple patching serious SMS vulnerability on iPhone
• Apple retail stores can now replace broken iPhone screens
• Twittering from the tractor: smartphones sprout on the farm
• New Blog Search tools: Feeds, Hot Queries and Latest Posts
...
What the jobless figures tell us
in Sox First, on July 3, 2009
...worse. It's nowhere near as promising as the optimists claim. As the Economic Policy Institute claims , it's the first time since the Great Depression that all jobs growth from the previous b...
Jackson's estate: the blooduckers zero in
in Sox First, on June 29, 2009
... on music in this market? What's clear is that bloodsuckers are zeroing in. First we have the claims from alleged mobster Al Malnik that Jackson had made him executor of his estate. But without...
Ruth Madoff's lost asset claims
in Sox First, on June 28, 2009
With Bernard Madoff up for sentence tomorrow and likely to spend the rest of his life in the slammer, Reuters reports that his wife Ruth has come to a deal with prosecutors to forfeit her claim for $80 million of assets. Instead, she is left with a paltry $2.5 million and she has to find herse...
Climate change: the lawyers' picnic
in Sox First, on June 27, 2009
...ening. And we now have reports that more companies are getting sued for making bogus claims about their products being environmentally friendly. Climate change will be a lawyers' picnic.... ... already happening. And we now have reports that more companies are getting sued for making bogus claims about their products being environmentally friendly. Climate change will be a lawyers' p...
FIA公布和解协议内容 FOTA明日宣布取消另立赛事
in Wangtam, on June 25, 2009
...sung Win
• Posting to the Stream in Real Time with the Live Stream Box
• Palm Pre App Catalog Reaches 1 Million Downloads
• Facebook Takes Aim at Twitter: New Publisher Makes Public Status Updat...
Bankers' pay soars despite crisis
in Sox First, on June 22, 2009
...anks are also offering guaranteed bonuses. For ordinary income earners and for those who have lost their jobs because of the bank-induced financial crisis, it beggars belief. The banks would argue th... ...n that the banks have put the world into its greatest crisis since the Depression, it turns all the claims of pay for performance into a joke....
Directors warned about greenwash
in Sox First, on June 22, 2009
...become a big corporate governance issue. Directors can get into all sorts of trouble for failing in their duty of care to shareholders. That's what makes a court case in Australia so fascinating.... ...- Rio Tinto, Woodside, Xstrata, Boral, Caltex and BlueScope Steel - had misled investors with their claims about the negative impact of the Australian Government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Schem...
Gmail drives Enterprise Apps adoption
in The CIO Weblog, on June 17, 2009
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Following Google's recent claims of increasing Apps adoption among enterprise customers, CIO Magazine has a snapshot of one company's transition to the platform as a frame for an articl...
iPhone OS 3.0 - smells like Blackberry
in BlackBerry World, on June 10, 2009
...f_unremitting_demand
Think different - so heißt es auf dem Foto und so lautet auch einer der Claims von Apple iPhone. Doch bei näherem Hinsehen zeigt sich, dass "different" gar nicht so...
Test To Determine Baby's Gender, Now Can Be Done At Home
in Straightfromthedoc, on June 10, 2009
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Parents can now determine the gender of their babies in as early as 10 weeks of pregnancy. At the comforts of their homes.
Thanks to the company who made the over-the-counter ge... ...;proprietary mix of chemicals" react differently if a woman is carrying a boy or a girl.
It claims that within 10 minutes of taking the urine test, a woman will be able to tell her baby's g...
Recession Forces More Golf Deals
in Eagle Par Birdie, on June 8, 2009
...'s an entirely different kettle of fish.
Golf courses need golfers. They need them to populate their fairways so they will filter in to the clubhouse for drinks and food afterwards.
Few people v... ...t - and most expensive - courses in the area.
GTA Golf Club is spearheading this new concept and claims that clubs love the idea because GTA buys the space from the courses and then re-sells it to ...
Wells Fargo accused of pushing bad loans on African-Americans
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 8, 2009
...lamed for the bad mortgage loans that they take out, I get sneers. These borrowers should have done their homework before taking out a mortgage loan that they eventually wouldn't be able to pay, p... ...igh-interest subprime mortgages.
Baltimore has since filed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo. The city claims that these bad mortgage loans pushed hundreds of homeowners into foreclosure and cost the cit...
Subprime and racism
in Sox First, on June 7, 2009
... "mud people" and to subprime lending as "ghetto loans". Furthermore, there are claims that the bank targeted black churches because they had so much influence. A New York Times an...
Mortgage giant Mozilo charged with fraud
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 5, 2009
...meowners — but not nearly all of them — were greedy, and tried to buy too much home for their income levels. But if you want to pinpoint the villains who really brought on the housing mess... ...U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil lawsuit against Mozilo yesterday. The lawsuit claims that Mozilo made more than $139 million in profits in 2006 and 2007 from exercising 5.1 milli...
Forza Motorsport 3 游戏截图预览
in Wangtam, on June 3, 2009
...r Own Web Dashboard
• About the security content of iTunes 8.2
• New Twitter Research: Men Follow Men and Nobody Tweets
• Add Text Link Information To Websites
• Amazon Hot! Stuff
• The Lazy... ...PS3 Motion Controller May Be Best Game Motion Capture Yet
• New! Google Search Appliance 6.0
• Microsoft's Bing playing fast and loose with fair use?
• Opera passes iPhone to lead mobile-bro...
ROI Measurement and Misunderstanding
in The CIO Weblog, on May 26, 2009
...IT departments which are being controlled at such a level that they are being precluded from making their own decisions as to the best architecture for service delivery have worse problems than justif...
Early retirement soars, but who is going to pay?
in Sox First, on May 26, 2009
...runs counter to another trend where those who can work, are choosing to stay longer and putting off their retirement. Indeed, some have argued that the concept of retirement is finished. It's an i... ...les Times report that the US Social Security system is reporting a major surge in early retirement claims from laid off workers. It's up 25% ahead of last year. Clearly, laid-off workers are clai...
Harvard Law Professor Says P2P Is Fair Use
in P2P File Sharing, on May 22, 2009
...quot;In court filings, Nesson spelled out his defense strategy, which doesn't appear to involve claims that his client 'didn't do it,'" writes Ars Technica's Nate Anderson . ...
Twitter's Spectacularly Awful 24 Hours
in Wangtam, on May 15, 2009
...ker Claims
• It's Down! The Day Google Stood Still (Updated)
• 谷歌网站周四出故障 搜索等服务中断1小时
• MyLifeIsAverage: The Service Twitter Was Meant To Be
• 13 things that bug us about Android - cupcake o...
Print Books Are Target of Pirates on the Web
in Wangtam, on May 13, 2009
...hone will be modest upgrade
• An approach to fair ad blocking
• Nightline Teams Up With Twitter for New Web Show
• Microsoft hints at June for new Zune
• searchcloud.com
• ETFs - Exchange Tr...
Financial crisis worse than the 1930s?
in Sox First, on May 7, 2009
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Is this crisis shaping up as worse than what we saw in the 1930s. There are some claims that this might be the case. In Britain, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research has foreca...
Supply chain consultants introduce new inventory reduction analytic tool
in Supplychainer, on April 29, 2009
...where "inventory right-sizing" indicates the need to increase certain stocks or rebalance their location."
The many benefits of the Inventory Analysis software include:
- Reducing inv... ...tus continuously; and
- Tracking progress continuously versus using reduction targets.
The company claims that the IA product can deliver measurable results in 30 days. The end result of using IA is ...
Will Biofuel Make It?
in IfEnergy, on April 23, 2009
...be a graveyard for start-ups whose pockets are too shallow to withstand price flucuations caused by their own success. Major energy corporations like BP and Exxon will hang around to buy up technologi... ...Simply put, the outlook is bleak... Yet behind the very real innovations and investments, the brash claims and the breathless headlines, lies an inconvenient truth. Replacing petroleum with biofuels i...
Will COBRA Bite Your Business?
in Biz Plan Hacks, on April 18, 2009
...9;re laid off, but they tend to have the worst health problems. Insurers or businesses that pay for their own workers' claims generally pay more than $1.50 in claims for every $1 they collect in p... ... tend to have the worst health problems. Insurers or businesses that pay for their own workers' claims generally pay more than $1.50 in claims for every $1 they collect in premiums from people cov...
ACTU Issues Warning About Nanomaterials
in Nanotechbuzz, on April 18, 2009
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The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) this week issued a fact sheet warning of the health risks of nanomaterials.
"The ACTU is pushing for closer oversight of the rapidly growing industry, which contributes to more than 800 products including b...
The Future of Golf is Online
in Eagle Par Birdie, on April 17, 2009
...e streaming coverage for a nominal fee.
Well, it turns out, I'm not alone in my thinking.
CBS claims it earned handsome profits during The Masters by selling advertisers on its online coverage a...
Woody Allen: no reputation left to ruin, say lawyers
in Sox First, on April 16, 2009
...stand is this: if Woody Allen is such a dirty old man, why the hell did American Apparel use him in their advertisements? No doubt that's a question that will be put up when the case goes to court... ...sements that were cancelled or withdrawn following the revelation of the affair. The company's claims are over the top given that Allen married Soon-Yi in 1997. And what I don't understand is...
Google数据中心探秘
in Wangtam, on April 13, 2009
...keyy: Another Twitter Worm on the Loose
• 17-year-old claims responsibility for Twitter worm
• Online censorship? Amazon strips ranking of Gay and Lesbian books
• Update on StalkDaily.com Worm
...
What is up with Enterprise 2.0, anyway?
in The CIO Weblog, on April 13, 2009
...facing IT managers and CIOs faced with the ascendancy of these new technologies and philosophies in their shops.
The basic argument, which is one we have heard before, is that these are emergent syst... ... Hinchcliffe identifies three factors that are preventing adoption: a wariness of magical snake-oil claims (radionics!) as to the efficacy and applicability of the technologies, corporate cultural iss...
Apple's Plans to Keep Next iPhone Quiet Foiled
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on April 8, 2009
...entum recently.
The rumors intensified when several carriers said they were slashing the price of their current iPhone 3G stock attributed to claims that they were clearing out inventory in preparat... ...n several carriers said they were slashing the price of their current iPhone 3G stock attributed to claims that they were clearing out inventory in preparation for the update to the handset.
The new...
Free Screenwriting Software
in Wangtam, on April 6, 2009
...oogle Claims Orphan Books, Raising Alarm in Academia ...
Tibet Will Reopen to Foreign Tourists
in Global Mobility Report, on April 2, 2009
...tly how many tourists will be let back in is unclear at the moment.
In the words of the AP, China claims Tibet as part of its territory, but many Tibetans have chafed under rule by Beijing, which gr...
A service pack milestone
in The CIO Weblog, on March 27, 2009
...l those costs for the privilege of having the user fire up a terminal session or similar and do all their real computing elsewhere, what exactly are you gaining in the bargain?
Maybe you should wait ... ...rate IT buyers' comfort levels. But in a recent Gartner research note , analyst Michael Silver claims that Windows 7 will be so stable you won't need to wait for SP1 to come out, even though ...
Geithner's push for power and the law of unexpected outcomes
in Sox First, on March 26, 2009
...till have to honor the bonuses. And you could expect the employees to come after the government for their legal fees, too. That's the tangible loss to the government. It would also signal that the... ... any financial company big enough to hurt the banking system. But how far it will go? Smarting from claims that it's anti-business, the Obama administration appears to be softening its stance on t...
The New Ho Chi Minh Trail
in Eagle Par Birdie, on March 25, 2009
...o shore up a corrupt regime in the South.
Ho Chi Minh continued to inspire his people to fight for their independence and the re-unification of North and South.
The government of North Vietnam began... ... French forces were defeated at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, a defeat that forced France to give up its claims in Indochina and withdraw completely.
That, of course, cleared the way for the United St...
Azure platform to be cloud-only
in The CIO Weblog, on March 23, 2009
...ins to be seen, but at the moment this seems to be a bit of volte-face on Microsoft's part from their "Software+Services" mantra. Thus far, the company has been eager to point out that a... ...nd when to move applications back and forth from internal to external platforms.
The company still claims that applications developed for Azure will be able to run on traditional on-premises Microsof...
Fusion-io Introduces World's Fastest SSD: ioDrive Duo
in On Storage, on March 13, 2009
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Fusion-io this week introduced the ioDrive Duo , which the company claims is the world's fastest SSD.
"Fusion-io's original ioDrive was stupid fast, but the next generation mak...
Powder-Free Latex Gloves Reduce Latex Allergy Related Illness
in Allergies, on March 12, 2009
...has been noted to have significantly reduced the number of claims for latex-related illnesses from their workers. They concluded that although the use of powder-free gloves was more costly, it partia... ...tion to powder-free latex gloves in 2001 has been noted to have significantly reduced the number of claims for latex-related illnesses from their workers. They concluded that although the use of powd...
New Mercedes E-Class Coupé Recalls Old Detroit Styling Gimmick
in carzz.org, on February 25, 2009
...er the hardtop convertible? It came about when a GM executive's wife who liked convertibles for their style complained about the backwash of displaced air that gave everyone a bad hair day with th... ...he new E-Class Coupé above. No B- pillars and fully retractable side windows.
Mercedes also claims a new world-best in drag coefficient: with a Cd-figure of just 0.24, it is the world's mos...
The Bernanke-Obama dance
in Sox First, on February 25, 2009
... launched a housing plan that will help responsible families facing the threat of foreclosure lower their monthly payments and re-finance their mortgages. It's a plan that won't help speculato... ...ica will rebuild and recover. The rhetoric is brilliant, but does it stack up? Consider some of his claims: "We have launched a housing plan that will help responsible families facing the threat...
Western Digital Intros New Network Storage Drive
in On Storage, on February 21, 2009
...he World Edition drive also uses western Digital's GreenPower hard drive, which the company claims will use 33% less power than its previous NAS model.," writes Computerworld's Lucas...
Cima and Toray to Collaborate on Nanotech for Plasma TVs
in Nanotechbuzz, on February 16, 2009
...gies aim to allow silver nanoparticles to self-assemble into transparent film coatings. The company claims its thin films provide better electronic resistance and flexibility than current technologies...
Microsoft Follows Apple's Tactics When It Comes to Applications
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on February 16, 2009
...hrough innovations like the App Store which allows users of its iPhone to download applications for their devices, with games, travel info or news services rounding out the top choices. Apple claims t... ...ons for their devices, with games, travel info or news services rounding out the top choices. Apple claims that within the first six months of operation, the App Store has surpassed 500,000 downloads....
US unemployment gets worse
in Sox First, on February 6, 2009
...ornia (9.3%). As MarketWatch points out, The Optimists would say that job losses and jobless claims typically peak before a recovery. That's very true. Trouble is no-one yet knows whether w...
Lammy: File Sharing is Like Stealing Soap from a Hotel Room
in P2P File Sharing, on January 31, 2009
...room, saying, "We can't have a system where we're talking about arresting teenagers in their bedrooms. People can rent a room in an hotel and leave with a bar of soap - there's a big ... ...om you rented (i.e., a minor issue, not something to arrest someone over). BPI's representative claims he's 'appalled' that the IP minister would say such a thing, and even says it sho...
EcoBee - Save money, be techy.
in The Wired Home Weblog, on January 31, 2009
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Okay. So it's a thermostat, and okay, it costs almost $400. But it will save you money, with claims it could break even within the first year.
It connects to your home network via wifi, and th...
Gaps In the Schedule
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 28, 2009
...ing to question the veracity of spending millions on a single marketing event like a tour stop when their businesses are going down the toilet.
... ...U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee . The bank is pulling its 4 million plus sponsorship.
The bank claims that the tournament goes up against the British Open the same week and the public didn't ...
Financial meltdown claims its first casualty
in Sox First, on January 25, 2009
One down, how many more to go? With his country's economy melting, its three biggest banks nationalised and then placed in receivership and public anger rising, Iceland's Prime Minister Geir Haarde has resigned . Iceland is likely to be hit with a bill that could run to billions of do...
Financial crisis to drive fraud claims
in Sox First, on January 22, 2009
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The financial meltdown will result in more fraud claims and legal disputes, according to the latest report from risk management consultants Kroll . The alarming part about this report is the war...
Beware of Twitter: lawyers
in Sox First, on January 16, 2009
...potential invasion of privacy and defamation issues, not to mention the potential for it to trigger claims for workplace retaliation and wrongful termination. The other big issue is that tweets could...
A treaty for the Arctic?
in Sox First, on January 13, 2009
...e for two reasons. First, there is the prospect of rising tensions with yet to be asserted maritime claims over the vast Arctic Ocean and secondly, there is the impact of climate change. Over the last...
Hedging the bets
in Sox First, on January 13, 2009
...m is very much to the center and that's not just symbolic. Wharton professor Thomas Donaldson claims that too much regulation wouldn't work anyway because it would stifle innovation and tha...
IBM's strategy for the future of ILOG supply chain solution
in Supplychainer, on January 9, 2009
...s to combine ILOG features within the broader capability offerings of its WebSphere and the company claims that it is guaranteeing clients' and partners' investments in existing IBM and ILOG t...
Wicked Winter Weather
in Eagle Par Birdie, on December 31, 2008
...ow never falls. Golfers on Vancouver Island know this only too well. Year after year, they laugh at their fellow Canuck golfers to the east who are inevitably caught in a Deep Freeze and Deep Snow whi... ...ors gather to
watch him scrape if off with his Gold Master Card. One motorist, a former
Albertan, claims use of the mysterious "defrost" switch on the dashboard of
the car can aid in the ...
Voice recognition: Is it now mature enough?
in Supplychainer, on December 28, 2008
...ed to the system and get a rhythm going. They find it much easier than dealing with paper orders as their hands and eyes are free all the time. Order pickers we've spoken to say they wouldn't ... ...s voice recognition technologies. This technology which has been introduced in the last five years, claims to improve the lead-time and cost of picking, material handling and pallet management process...
Adaptix Sues Sprint/Clearwire Over WiMax Patents
in The Wireless Weblog, on December 24, 2008
...n injunction, legal fees and unspecified damages from Sprint and Clearwire, which recently merged their 4G WiMax operations in hopes of rolling out a nationwide WiMax network," writes eWeek... ..." writes eWeek's Roy Mark .
"It's impossible to evaluate the validity of these claims, since nobody outside of Clearwire and their suppliers is fully aware of precisely how their ...
Crisis Help for Anonymous High-net-Worth Individuals
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on December 19, 2008
...n. Tiger 21 has seven offices across the US and plans for six more next year. The organisation even claims to have fielded inquiries from Australia in recent months.
...
younoodle - or what is your startup worth?
in TJ's Weblog, on December 18, 2008
...ed on the relationships among founders, advisers, and employees. Entrepreneurs are also asked about their past salaries, work habits, and work experience.
Give it a spin - don't be too concerned... ...o , CEO of Younoodle:
YouNoodle's promise is both tantalizing and a little crazy: The company claims it can quantify the traits that make for a successful entrepreneur - such as education, work ...
Bernanke the banker
in Sox First, on December 17, 2008
...text of some of the worst fundamentals for any economy. Consider this: jobless claims have reached their highest level since the 1980s and some commentators believe US employment might reach as high... ...o be seen in the context of some of the worst fundamentals for any economy. Consider this: jobless claims have reached their highest level since the 1980s and some commentators believe US employment...
More law suits for big tobacco
in Sox First, on December 16, 2008
...ould be allowed to sue at all given US law requires tobacco companies to place rotating warnings on their packaging and advertising. Basically, the argument goes that smokers were misled into buying c... ... smokers to sue for fraud. It is, as the New York Times points out, a fraught issue because fraud claims are not suited to class action and in any case, the question before the court was not whether...
The Madoff debacle: how did people get sucked in?
in Sox First, on December 14, 2008
...trospect-oscope". And finally, there is the image Madoff himself presented to the public. The claims he makes on his website are cases in point. Madoff made sure he presented an image of impec...
Zimbabwe: Immigration in the Time of Cholera
in Global Mobility Report, on December 12, 2008
British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is warning of an influx of immigrants from Zimbabwe, according to London's Daily Telegraph .
Smith says that refugees fleeing the regime of Zimbabwe's dictator, Robert Mugabe, are buying forged passports in countries bordering Zimbabwe - countries wh...
The new mattress stuffers
in Sox First, on December 12, 2008
... Holiday Spending Survey shows that most Americans are going to use more cash and charge less on their credit cards than in the past. Although most of us have lived in a plastic world so long we ca... ... home safes and vaults are surging and sales of guns this year are up 8 to 10%, says Penn. Then he claims cash is the new plastic. Penn writes: "Our own just-completed Holiday Spending Surve...
Zebra Technologies claims world's first mobile RFID printer
in The RFID Weblog, on December 6, 2008
...gistics, government and mobile field service. Using this mobile printer one can print labels as per their need at just any place which leads to better asset and data tracking apart from increase produ... ...
Zebra Technologies claims it has come up with world's first mobile RFID printer . The mobile printer can be easily carried and is perfect for indoor and outdoor applications in manufactu...
No quick fix for US housing market
in Sox First, on December 5, 2008
...nkers' Association . The problem is that at the height of the real estate boom, borrowers used their homes like a piggy bank. They used the home- equity loans to pay for a wide range of expenses.... ...If the homeowner could not repay the loan, the house could be sold at a profit while satisfying the claims of creditors. what no-one seemed to count on was the the bursting of the residential real est...
Another KBR scandal
in Sox First, on December 5, 2008
...churning. "Eller filed his claim after he deployed in February 2006 for 10 months. The lawsuit claims he developed skin lesions that subsequently spread, filled with fluid and burst. He said they...
Rubin's self-serving "innocence"
in Sox First, on December 1, 2008
...irector and Bill Clinton's former Treasury honcho Robert Rubin probably takes the cake. Rubin claims innocence about Citi, insisting that no-one saw it coming. This is coming from someone who wa...
