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Goldman Sachs riding high

At the beginning of this month, I did a blog entry asking whether Goldman Sachs had engineered every market manipulation since the Great Depression. Now the New York Times reports that Goldman Sachs is about to report a strong profit of more than $2 billion in the March-June period. Accordi...

Derivatives tripped up regulators: Geithner

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is pushing the Obama administration's plans to regulate the exotic and opaque derivatives market, something that's long overdue. Let's face it, the US Government wasn't even aware of how serious a problem it's been. Associated Press rep...

The new carbon bubble

Despite global recession, reports show the carbon market is booming, up 124% in volume terms and 22% in terms of value. And unfortunately, we might be looking at another bubble. A Friends of the Earth report , cap and trade is just another derivatives market. "Currently, most carbon is ...

Amazon.com Launche Wireless Superstore

If you were to look at the cellular phone market as a graph, there would be some periods of rabid growth, followed by periods of leveling off but the overall pattern would be continued expansion. Sensing the opportunity such a business model presents, Amazon.com, one of the world's largest...

Nokia N97 Review

There was a time when Nokia devices such as the N95 ruled the Smartphone market. However with the arrival of smart touchscreen devices like the iPhone, HTC Diamond, HTC Magic, HTC Dream & Palm Pre, Nokia failed to cope up with the competition. Therefore it decided to launch its new touchscre...

Baidu Gives e_Commerce a Boost

China search engine Baidu is offering to help Japanese companies support e-commerce inside China, according to Asiajin. Baidu has had a Japanese version of it's search engine since 2007. Asiajin sees the move as part of an effort to help Baidu compete in Japan with Yahoo and Google. By the en...

Chrome OS: The reflective phase

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...

Chrome OS: The Fight is Finally on for Microsoft and Google...

© RJL20 Two of the giants of the technology world have finally come to blows. And the battle may reshape the industry and impact every business that uses computers. Okay, that sounded dramatic. And Google's move into operating systems has been a bit of a surprise to everyone but the ind...

Freecom Hard Drive Secure: Added layer of security to your data

From now on stealing data will not be a piece of cake for the thieves from your external hard drives with the availability of RFID backed Freecom external HDD . The Freecom external HDD is secured by RFID access card which is used to lock and unlock the HDD. Within a matter of seconds you get ...

Carbon market bonanza for accountants

First it was Sarbanes-Oxley. Now it looks like accountants will find that carbon trading a license to print money. Earlier this week, we had reports that the Big Four accounting firms are beefing their expertise and setting up climate desks for their clients which include high polluting oil an...

What recession? Small arms trade is booming

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 here , the small arms market is booming and that's being driven by slack US gun laws. The US impor...

SouthWest NanoTechnologies Announces $3 Million in Funding

Nanotube manufacturer SouthWest NanoTechnologies Inc. this week announced $3 million in funding from Michigan's Insight Technology Capital Partners, LP. "Insight will manage the fund which will be used to develop, manufacture and market new products as well as the company's cu...

AMR: Oracle/Sun to 'Wreak Havoc' on Enterprise Software Market

InformationWeek's Deborah Gage this week noted that a new report from AMR Research finds that (according to Gage) " Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems and Sun's Java programming language could 'wreak havoc' on the enterprise software market... because so man...

Why it matters if your neighbor's struggling to pay the mortgage

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. They took out odd mortgage loans with artificially low initial interest rates all so they could move...

Google releases an OS after all

And the development project, much sought and speculated over for years now, has been hiding in plain sight the whole time: Google's Chrome web browser project. Since Google has done little more than announce the operating system so far, all the speculation over who this is aimed at and w...

Introducing the ROKR ZN50

The Motorola ROKR ZN50 is certainly not the most exciting device in the market but nevertheless it is a stylish device with some reasonable features. Judging from the specs, it is evident that the ZN50 is not meant for high-end users but rather it is targeted for users who would like to own a st...

The world's oldest bible reunited online

• The world's oldest bible reunited online • HTML 5 Cheat Sheet (PDF) • Twitter意外中止用户帐户 官方证实存在并修复 • Paging Dr. Grey • Nokia denies plans phone running Google's Android • Apple may add micro projectors to iPhones, iPod touches • Internet, Twitter blocked in China city after ethni...

Can YouTube survive?

How much money is YouTube losing? How much is it costing Google? That's been one of the fascinating questions doing the rounds for some time. And it's anyone's guess. Rhodri Marsden at The Independent suggests YouTube's future is not looking that flash. "YouTube's la...

China Restricts Virtual Currencies

A number of news sources ( Metaverse Journal , CNN , Venturebeat ) are covering new restrictions on virtual currencies in China. China's Ministry of Commerce has put an end to the exchange of virtual currencies for real money in China. The virtual world Second Life is the most well known o...

已经确认 Windows 7 RTM 于本月 13 日完成

• 已经确认 Windows 7 RTM 于本月 13 日完成 • Wireless Network Scanner inSSIDer • Force Firefox To Open Links In Same Tab • IE7pro 2.4.6 • Opera Unite 10.0 Build 1622 Beta • Mozilla 宣布 7 月 7 日发布 Firefox 3.5 补丁 • Windows Live Planet • Mui Cache View • Tech blog titan Michael Arrington's next...

Rachael: Sony Ericsson's first ever Android Smartphone?

According to a German Magazine, Sony Ericsson's first ever Android phone will soon be joining the Xperia lineup of Sony Ericsson's high end mobile devices. It is expected that the device codenamed as Rachael will come with Android 1.5 OS, Qualcomm's Snapdragon Processor, 3g HSDPA conn...

Treatment For Gaucher Disease From Protalix

Gaucher disease is a hereditary, genetic disorder with severe and debilitating symptoms. It is an inherited metabolic disorder in which harmful quantities of a fatty substance called glucocerebroside accumulate in the spleen, liver, lungs, bone marrow, and sometimes in the brain. Now, a biop...

Housing slump boosts population in New York City, other big cities

The housing slump has certainly had some unforeseen consequences. For instance, it may have actually helped boost the number of people living in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago. A story by Bloomberg News theorizes that falling home values in the suburbs of California and Florida may h...

Daimler SP250 Celebrates 50th Anniversary, Sidney Gets a Treat

Walking down Sidney BC's main street recently on a fine sunny day, I spotted a Daimler SP250, known as a "Daimler Dart" until Chrysler threatened legal action. Although SP250s are scarce I remember them primarily because a fellow sports car club member raced one in the same Ontario ...

The Goldman Sachs-Rolling Stone slugfest

Hard to go past Matt Taibbi's piece in Rolling Stone where he accuses it of engineering every market manipulation since the Great Depression. Taibbi doesn't pull any punches either. He calls it the "Wall Street bubble mafia". He writes: "If America is circling the drain...

Sourceforge Website Redesign

• Sourceforge Website Redesign • Microsoft on Twitter • Facebook for iPhone 3.0 • O2 wins exclusive Palm Pre deal • Q2 2009 Spam Trends • Improving Sharing Through Control, Simplicity and Connection • Hulu to work with British ISPs on imminent UK launch • Morgan Stanley: Mac shipments...

Powerful Toshiba TG01 Coming Soon!

Remember that Snapdragon powered Windows Mobile Smartphone known as TG01, which was announced few months back? Well good news for TG01 fans as Toshiba will be holding an event on 9th July in London to launch the TG01 Windows Mobile Smartphone. It is expected that the TG01 will be launched in UK,...

What VCs Are Worrying About

• What VCs Are Worrying About • FastStone Capture Portable 6.4 • China's Internet porn filter - no Garfield please by Reuters • Here Comes the Video Shakeout: Joost Scales Down, CEO Mike Volpi Steps Out • What's Next: The first signs of improvement for the tech economy • With 3.5 ...

Depeche Mode mit Balmain Buckle Boots

© Feras Hares Die Multi Buckle Boots von Balmain mit ihren vielen Schnallen erinnern mich stark an die New-Wave Zeit, in der die Leute genau solche Stiefel trugen und sonst hauptsächlich Schwarz. Wir hörten Anne Clark und Human League, und wie schön wäre es heute das Depeche Mode Konzert ...

Is there room for Cisco in the online office suite space?

A single line in reports on a Tuesday conference call with Cisco VP Doug Dennerline opens up the intriguing possibility that the company is "thinking about" getting into the online office pool with Google, Microsoft, Zoho, and other SaaS providers. It's probably too much to read into...

DHL makes exansion in China

Some months ago I published a post about DHL operations in the U.S. which had some problems because of the economic downturn. Apparently such problems still don't exist in China becuase the company is even expanding there: According to WallStreet Journal , DHL Supply Chain, the logistics ...

Is plain vanilla the right goal?

As part of his efforts to protect consumers, and keep the country from suffering another wave of foreclosures, Pres. Barack Obama has called for the creation of a new consumer protection agency. The agency would have dominion over mortgage lenders. And as part of their new rules, mortgage lende...

Dell to join the Android game?

This little blury snapshot has turned up on the web, adding to the already persistant rumours of Dell entering the smartphone market, with an obviously dell branded handset pictured running Google's android. The handset appears to take some queues from the iPhone design, and will hopefully...

Beware Child Abductors as TotGuard Infant Security solution is here

Beware child abductors as here comes the only tamper detecting umbilical tag in the market. This is the TotGuard Infant Protection solution which includes an active RFID based tamper resistant umbilical tag along with built in tamper alert mechanism. It would be of great use as it will foil...

Would you walk away from your mortgage loan?

If your home lost half of its value — not too unbelievable of an occurrence in today's housing market — would you be willing to simply walk away from your mortgage? Would you have any qualms about not making that monthly payment and simply leaving your house behind? Surprisingly, a ...

Beware the China bubble

Worrying signs are emerging from China with reports that we are seeing the creation of an asset price bubble in that market. There was 4.57 trillion yuan (or about $US670 billion) of new lending pouring into the market but most of that was on speculative assets, not the real economy. Fitch Ra...

Jackson's estate: the blooduckers zero in

Michael Jackson had a weird life so it's not surprising that the story about the battle over his estate is getting stranger by the day. Now we are told that no will for Jackson has emerged and that his father, Joe Jackson, has issued a statement saying he and his wife, Katherine, have the...

Three US IPO Listings for Chinese Companies

Seeking Alpha has an informative write up online at the moment for three Chinese companies that recently released IPOs on the US market. Duoyuan Global Water Inc. listed on the NYSE. The company describes itself as "a leading China -based domestic water treatment equipment supplier."...

INQ1 wins Phone of the Year Award:

After winning the "Handset of the Year" Global Mobile Award and "Best Newcomer" Mobile News Award, INQ1 has recently won the "Phone of the Year" Meffys Award. Here is what MEF's Executive Director, Rimma Perelmuter said about the INQ1: "We are delighted fo...

ChicTots' Chic & Cozy Blanket Bag

Sunny days are here again and it's time to hit the outdoors! Head to the park and let the little ones run around and burn out their energy. Pack some snacks, a blanket and you're done! If you're in the market for a blanket, check out ChicTots' Chic & Cozy Blanket Bag , a co...

Verizon's New Global Smartphone Aims for the Ozone

Tired of worrying about whether or not your cell phone will work when traveling abroad? Verizon understands where you're coming from and, with HTC, are planning on bringing a true global handset to the market. Set to run Windows Mobile 6.1 this new smartphone will run on both CDMA and GSM...

Full HD und 3D-Effekte - LG 47LH50

Stell Dir vor, auf dem Fernsehbildschirm ist ein Singapur Sling zu sehen und Du hast das Bedürfnis, das Glas aus dem Gerät zu nehmen … Diese Gedanken kamen mir beim Durchforsten des Internets, als ich auf die Meldung über das LG Full HD 3D Gerät LG 47LH50 stieß: Dieses erste 3D LCD Display von ...

Home sales rise again. Is this a housing recovery?

The sales of existing homes rose once again this May, according to the National Association of Realtors. The May increased marked the first time that national existing-home sales rose for two months in a row since September of 2005. This is good news for home sellers, many of whom have seen...

Has Intel finally broken into the cell phone market?

• Has Intel finally broken into the cell phone market? • Lenovo slims down new ThinkPad T400s • NPD Finds Consumer Confusion about Netbooks Continues • 米兰一法院推迟谷歌4名高管审判时间 • Bookmarklet to reformat text for reading and Clipping • Pajamas Media • Archivd: Simple research tools for teams •...

In Search of a Cool Summer: Da Lat, Vietnam

Da Lat is the honeymoon capital of Vietnam. It is a romantic French Provincial town snuggled into the cool hills of Southeast Asia. Detailed day-by-day weather records are not available for Da Lat, but the temperature in the city is consistent throughout the summer months: lows drop into the upp...

The future is Battery Powered Passive RFID Tags

Here comes battery powered passive RFID tag which is expected to bridge the gap between passive UHF and active RFID. Also known as semi passive tags, battery assisted passive RFID tags comprise of small sized carbon zinc batteries which are eco friendly and are known to increase RF signal strength w...

Can Wind Power Make a Profit?

© Tracy O Forbes took a look at that question this month. Forbes looks at one specific example... A windmill doesn't make economic sense, even though this poor entrepreneur is gouged 19 cents per kilowatt-hour from his utility. A 121-foot, 100-kilowatt turbine from Northern Power runs $...

Survival strategies for a deepening recession

The green shoots are turning into yellow weeds. The World Bank forecast for the global economy is a sobering read. According to the World Bank, the global economy will shrink by nearly 3 per cent this year, a situation created by plunging trade and business lending. And world trade will contr...

Bankers' pay soars despite crisis

It's hard to believe but bankers are now raking in enormous bonuses despite the global financial crisis. The Financial Times reports that Merrill Lynch, UBS and Citigroup are actually cranking up pay for investment bankers to stop them leaving. Market rates for bankers have been running c...

HP to Pre-Install Norton Online Backup on All Consumer PCs

Symantec recently announced an agreement with HP to pre-install Norton Online Backup on all HP consumer desktop and notebook PCs worldwide. New users will receive a 30-day free trial of the service, limited to 5 GB of storage. "This isn't the first such deal Symantec has done ...

How Big is Your Farm?

Seth Godin asked that question recently, as a metaphor. If you own a lot of acres but just have a few bags of seed, you might be tempted to spread out what you've got and cover as much territory as you can. Farmers tell me that this is wasteful and time consuming. You end up with less yield an...

Study Anticipates Increasing Use of Linux on Mainframes

© scriptingnews A new study commissioned by CA (and executed by TheInfoPro ) has found that large enterprises are increasingly deploying Linux on mainframes to maximize value and minimize costs. "Linux on the mainframe is clearly a very attractive platform choice for IT organizat...

Recession drawing to an end. So what?

So bankers forecast that the recession will end in the third quarter of 2009. Big deal!! Don't crack open the champagne yet. The next few years will be hard. If you expect it will be anything like the boom years, you're kidding yourself. First, the market will be a completely differen...

Aircell Gets FAA Approval for ATG 4000 Business Aviation System

Aircell has received full FAA certification for its new ATG 4000 High Speed Internet system for the business Aviation market, with shipments now commencing three months ahead of schedule — the first installation was completed by Midcoast Aviation on a Bombardier Challenger 60...

CTI and CommPartners Bring Hosted Call Recording to SMB Market

CTI Group this week announced a partnership with CommPartners Connect to bring CTI's SmartRecord IP hosted VoIP call recording solution to the small and medium sized business markets. "By partnering with industry leaders like CommPartners Connect, we believe we are providing o...

T-Mobile Aims High with the Dash 3G

T-Mobile has apparently stood-by and watched RIM and Apple dominate the market long enough. The company has announced its plans to enter the hotly contested smartphone scene with their Dash 3G, which is set to hit streets next month (July). T-Mobile says that the Dash 3G, which was designed b...

A new wave of mortgage foreclosures on the way?

I'd like to think that we've seen the worst of the foreclosure crisis. I'd like to think that we'll be seeing fewer homes fall into foreclosure, and fewer homeowners missing their mortgage payments. I'd like to think all that. Unfortunately, I can't. What I really think is ...

Popcorn Hour C-200 launches

The original Popcorn Hour was one of the best media streamers on the market, and with the C200 they seem to have outdone themselves, adding internet streaming and the potential for Blu-Ray playback, as well as it's normal playback features, which should allow it to be pretty much the best peice ...

Do you trust the government to protect you from mortgage lenders?

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 happy to know that the Obama administration is pushing for the creation of a new consumer agency d...

Gmail drives Enterprise Apps adoption

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 article called "Why Enterprises Are Moving to Google Apps, Gmail." It's no huge surprise ...

A GM name change?

Last month, Harvard Business School set off the debate about a name change for GM . It suggested going for an American theme, although somehow I don't think Stars and Stripes Automobile Manufacturing Co. is going to cut it in a global market. But a name change might be necessary. "If ...

How MySpace fell behind

When Rupert Murdoch acquired MySpace four years ago for $580 million, there were questions whether the septuagenarian media baron would kill the Internet site's phenomenal popularity. Now, the latest figures suggest that might have happened. The latest figures, reported here , showing ComS...

Could Childhod Obesity Be Declining?

© Joe_13 According to a recent study, childhood obesity may be declining for the first time in 20+ years. However, could the numbers be misleading? Research shows consumption of high fat foods is declining and soup, yogurt and fruit are on the rise. This study could be misleading because nea...

Vopium-Free VOIP Application for Smartphones

Vopium is a carrier-grade mobile telephony service designed to offer affordable and reliable international calls from any mobile handset. By using the Vopium application on their mobile to make calls from their home country, consumers and businesses alike can save up to 90% on international mobi...

FIA 公布 2010 年 F1 参赛名单

• FIA 公布 2010 年 F1 参赛名单 • Snack time with the new iGoogle for Android and iPhone • Safari 4 Downloads Top 11 Million in Three Days • No IE onboard Windows 7 in Europe • Tax Man's Target: The Mobile Phone • DeepDyve - Search for Research • iMapWeather™ | Local, National and Global We...

Samsung B7610 Louvre coming soon?

Details and specs of yet another Windows Mobile Smartphone known as the Samsung B7610 Louvre have been released on the web. Smartphone manufacturers still keep coming up with new Windows Mobile Smartphones despite the fact that Windows Mobile is slowly and steadily losing its market share in the ...

On the Shores of Lake Geneva...

© peuplier Jaunted had a piece recently that looks like a great vacation idea - wine tasting in Switzerland, in an area where the vineyards are a UNESCO world heritage site. It's called The Lavaux Vineyard Terraces. Thirty kilometers of UNESCO World Heritage site stretch along the...

NIKA Water: Helping Body and Soul

With another hot summer on the way, proper hydration is on the top of everyone's mind. However, here is a unique twist on the classic summer water story: An estimated 75% of Americans suffer from mild, chronic dehydration. But that number is nothing compared to the 20% of the world's p...

MGB-GT, Yours for Just $20 in Museum Charity Raffle

It isn't often that I participate in so-called "lucky draws," especially those where the first prize is a brand-new million dollar+ home. What would I, a bachelor of considerable years, do in an 8-room house, anyway? I could barely afford the taxes let alone the services of a cleani...

13-inch MacBook Pro 2009 拆解

• 13-inch MacBook Pro 2009 拆解 • Free broadband won't entice all • Pre Recovery Tool Leaks Out, Including webOS Root Image(!) • Smartphone Rises Fast From Gadget to Necessity • Lawyers plan class-action to reclaim "$100M+" RIAA "stole" • Apple stuns WWDC crowd with ...