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微软将于本月底推在线音乐服务

... The Telegraph 消息 ，微软将在本月底以前推出一种类似于 Spotify 的音乐播放服务，这种服务将为用户提供免费的音乐播放和下载功能。 微软新闻和娱乐门户 MSN 的执行制作人 Peter Bale 称："音乐对微软来说是个重要的领域，我们目前正着眼于在不久的将来推出音乐播放服务，这种服务的原理将类似于 Spotify，不过我们仍在审视应采取何种商业模式的问题...

Azure pricing announced

... Microsoft has released the pricing and SLA commitments for their Azure cloud offering, currently in limited beta testing and scheduled to be generally available for commercial use this November. ... ...s is what you are looking at in all three realms: Compute Cycles - $0.12/hr Storage - $0.15/GB/month Bandwidth - $0.10/GB in / $0.15/GB out Database Instance - $9.99 for 1GB Messages - $0.1...

Sexy Lady Invites Muscle Car Owners to the Drive of a Lifetime

... Assuming they're still upright and smiling they'll then be treated to a public viewing and wine tasting presented by several local wineries. Inasmuch as muscle cars are best-known for flat-... ... Who could resist that invitation from the seductive lady seated on the hood? Certainly not me if I owned a muscle car! The spectacular Muscle Car 1000 is being organised by Russo and Steele , perh...

An X-shaped recession

... 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 ... ... 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 ...

Raising Money for Your Start-Up

... VentureBeat had a piece earlier this month on fundraising: Startup Fundraising 101. The author, Bernard Moon, has been through three startups now. The piece is an interesting, fairly personal acco... ... VentureBeat had a piece earlier this month on fundraising: Startup Fundraising 101. The author, Bernard Moon, has been through three startups now. The piece is an interesting, fairly personal acco...

Pandora is Charging So Consider Aluratec Internet Radio

... If you didn't hear, last week Pandora struck a deal with the recording industry that is a sort of win/win. The recording industry is going to be paid a royalty for songs played, and Pandora... ...net Radio will stay alive. The catch is that a user's streaming will be cut off at 40 hours per month. If you go over 40 hours, you owe Pandora a dollar. At the end of the month, you get a new 40 ...

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 Goldma... ... 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 Goldma...

Rosé

...n Rosés. And since they don't receive much press, I thought I'd pick up the story... Rosé wines are perhaps the most versatile, food-friendly wines around. They have had an image problem to ov... ... About Dot Com had a nice piece recently on Rosés. And since they don't receive much press, I thought I'd pick up the story... Rosé wines are perhaps the most versatile, food-friendly wines a...

Baidu Gives e-Commerce a Boost

...ng 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 end of th... ... move as part of an effort to help Baidu compete in Japan with Yahoo and Google. By the end of this month, Japanese companies will be offered a range of services, i.e. setting up China-friendly-websit...

Carbonite Announces Distribution Deal with Sun Microsystems

... Sun Microsystems and Carbonite have announced a partnership under which users who download the newest version of Java will receive a free 30-day trial of Carbonite Online Backup . "Ca... ...g to gain access to its online backup service and surely the company will benefit from this. A free month of backups is going to be tempting to some and even if only a small percentage decide to sign-...

From The Pirate Bay to OpenBitTorrent?

... The Pirate Bay has gone legit. "Embattled file-sharing site The Pirate Bay is to be turned into a legal business after being bought by a Swedish software company... Global Gaming Factor...

O2 to Launch Toshiba TG01 with Nimbuzz Pre-Installed

... Nimbuzz recently announced that O2 is launching the Toshiba TG01 handset throughout Germany with Nimbuzz software pre-installed. "The TG01 employs a 1GHz Snapdragon chipset and it... ... the home screen." "Nimbuzz, which currently claims to be adding some 750,000 users per month, has set out to erase the proprietary technical barriers that separate popular VoIP/IM communi...

Download Java, Get a Free Month of Online Backup

... Sun Microsystems and Carbonite have announced a partnership under which users who download the newest version of Java will receive a free 30-day trial of Carbonite Online Backup . "Ca... ...g to gain access to its online backup service and surely the company will benefit from this. A free month of backups is going to be tempting to some and even if only a small percentage decide to sign-...

Anticipating the CrunchPad

... TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington is promising to introduce a Linux-based tablet, the CrunchPad , before the end of the month. "The purpose of the CrunchPad will be very simple: sur... ...el Arrington is promising to introduce a Linux-based tablet, the CrunchPad , before the end of the month. "The purpose of the CrunchPad will be very simple: surfing the Web," writes the ...

T-Mobile To Begin Pre-Selling New Android Phone

...to reaise up some well needed capital, struggling wireless carrier T-Mobile today began pre-selling the myTouch 3G, its second Google-powered smartphone. T-Mobile, which currently sits in fourth-plac... ...e already hit stores, and Research in Motion's BlackBerry Tour is set to be released later this month). Google's first Android-powered smartphone, the G1, was an unexpected success for T-Mob...

Ready Wireless Launches Prepaid Unlimited Voice Plans

...y 'Free Nights and Weekends' plans are still available as well, so our customers can choose the plan that's best for them." "Ready Wireless is a reseller that uses Sprint Next... ...be able to buy unlimited services, but for many customers it's difficult to commit to an entire month at any given time," says company vice president of sales Fred Haumesser. "Our new pl...

At Last. The Concours that Pebble Beach Really Needs

... fun will be this event." The organisers have added this Monterey County-Mandated Warning: No wine, cheese, straw boaters, silicone-augmented cougars, or watercolors of pre-war Grand Prix races ... ... Did I just say (in the last blog) that too many things were happening during the Pebble Beach week? And that it should be split in two? So why am I plugging the newest event on the calendar? Becaus...

Beware loan-modification scams

...If you want to read a chilling story, try this one published yesterday by the Los Angeles Times. It details the devastating effects that loan-modification scammers can have on their victims. The Ti... ... thought was being used to modify her mortgage loan into one that she could more easily afford each month. Instead, the homeowner had sent all that money to scam artists who pocketed the money and di...

The Month in Twitter - A Nobel Prize Coming?

....faramarz It's been a fascinating few weeks for Twitter . First we were all talking about the end of the Twitter World ( The Twitpocalypse is Near: Will Your Twitter Client Survive? ,) and th...

Why Do We Get Hangovers (and What to Do About It)

...I love wine: red, white, and rose' (okay I lean more toward red), sweet or dry (dry is better). And I know my limits. So hangovers rarely happen to me. But on those rare occasions when I wake up... ... WHY it happens... Douglas Green has a good explanation available for why hangovers happen. The biggest culprit? A toxin called congeners . What to do? Douglas Green has some answers. © ...

July is UV Safety Month: Protect and Repair Your Skin

...e system suppression, and premature aging. UV Safety Month was started to help individuals educate themselves on how to protect themselves from overexposure to the sun. The American Skincare Society... ...ation can cause skin cancer, eye damage, immune system suppression, and premature aging. UV Safety Month was started to help individuals educate themselves on how to protect themselves from overexposu...

July Deluxe item

... I'm really loving the Samurai Helmet! What a fantastic item! We'll have to do a giveaway for one of our extra ones soon!...

National Cherry Festival 2009

... The National Cherry Festival in Traverse, Michigan is almost here— just one day to go! It's a week packed with cherry events, but for cherry lovers out there, you shouldn't miss t...

Will California drag down the United States?

... California has entered the new financial year in crisis with a budget deficit of $26.3 billion, up from $24.3 billion, because of the ineptitude of the legislature in missing a deadline and politi... ...re, and there have mass foreclosures. As the San Francisco Chronicle tells us, they just have one month to balance budget. If they fail to do that, the deficit blows out by another billion dollars. ...

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 ... ... dangles promises of significant savings in front of them. Cisco probably has a twelve to eighteen month window to introduce a significant, enterprise-grade web-based office suite into the market whi...

Reality TV Coming to Cancun

... Hotel Chatter had a piece this month on reality TV coming to Cancun. We found out in April that the newest season of The Show That Will Never Die, The Real World , would be taking place in Cancun a... ... Hotel Chatter had a piece this month on reality TV coming to Cancun. We found out in April that the newest season of The Show That Will Never Die, The Real World , would be taking place in Cancun a...

Last Day for Pearl Pup

...'s blog, Kinzville News: If you've been meaning to adopt your very own Pearl Pup, today is the last day it will be available at the Ganz eStore. Can't decide? Why not watch the video belo... ...ast chance to get something - even if it is one of the birthstone ones that will cycle through each month....

July notes to remember

...Another month is upon on, let's do a quick review of what you need to know 1. Let's hope July's Deluxe gifts arrive on time and without any hassle. 2. The Spotted Frog is the Webkinz Pet... ...Another month is upon on, let's do a quick review of what you need to know 1. Let's hope July's Deluxe gifts arrive on time and without any hassle. 2. The Spotted Frog is the Webkinz Pet...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

...omain you've discovered is offering a dating website and you're wondering who's behind the site and whether they're reputable. Where do you go to find out? With the influence of the W...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

...offering a variety of hotel and airline booking services and you're wondering who's behind the site and whether it's reputable. Where do you go to find out? With the influence of the Web ...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

... is offering a variety of banking and financial services and you're wondering who's behind the site and whether they're reputable. Where do you go to find out? With the influence of the W...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

...ffering a name-your-own-price travel reservation service and you're wondering who's behind the site and whether it's reputable. Where do you go to find out? With the influence of the Web ...

Durbin-Grassley, Indian Outsourcing, and the H-1B Visa

... BusinessWeek had a fascinating examination early this month of what may be the biggest problem faced by the H-1B visa: Indian outsourcing. A bill currently before Congress, the Durbin-Grassley visa... ... BusinessWeek had a fascinating examination early this month of what may be the biggest problem faced by the H-1B visa: Indian outsourcing. A bill currently before Congress, the Durbin-Grassley visa...

Chianti Rufina

...some of the world's best grapes. Sangiovese grapes. And they make some of the world's best wine, IMHO. Deb Harkness had a post recently on a 2005 Marchesi de' Frescobaldi Chianti Rufina... ... © dottorpeni Tuscany is a place blessed with some of the world's best grapes. Sangiovese grapes. And they make some of the world's best wine, IMHO. Deb Harkness had a post recently on...

Credit Scores and Car Insurance

... © me and the sysop One way to get better car insurance rates and save money is to keep your credit score in good shape. For some time now, insurers have been looking at credit scores in order t... ...e your bills are paid on time that you are probably paying your insurer more than you want to each month. In many cases, you can reduce your car insurance costs and save money if you take the time to ...

Magic Genie lamp!

... There is also a new Pet of the Month item - Magic Genie lamp. The artwork on this item is great. I'm dying to know if it is interactive. If you have gotten this as your pet of the month loot ba... ... There is also a new Pet of the Month item - Magic Genie lamp. The artwork on this item is great. I'm dying to know if it is interactive. If you have gotten this as your pet of the month loot ba...

Five new webkinz for August

... Five new webkinz will be released in including the Silversoft Cat, Mocha Pup, Iguana and the Lionfish. All full sized, no lil'kinz are scheduled. The eyes on the Iguana crack me up, totally bug... ...the Iguana crack me up, totally bug-eyed. Just remember the Grey Arabian is the webkinz pet of the month for August too....

Dragging out the foreclosure mess

... It's difficult to imagine the stress that homeowners feel when their home falls into foreclosure. Losing your home is a sign that you failed. You couldn't cut it. And now you and your fam... ...be a blessing to these homeowners, right? They get to live payment-free in their homes for an extra month, two or more. But for many, it's just the continuation of a mortgage nightmare. Many fami...

Lots of changes rolled out yesterday!

... — The Daily Activities are now starting at 9am since it is summertime and they'll run until 11pm. More goodies and games for all! — Say goodbye to some old long standing exclusives l...

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 mo... ...f 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 se...

Using Facebook as a Dating Service

...new. You'll get introduced to single people through your friend's profiles, and get to know them by posting on their walls or commenting on their photos. You can easily get a sense of someone&... ...My friend Cherie Burbach had an interesting post earlier this month on how to get a date using Facebook. Facebook can be a great place to meet someone new. You'll get introduced to single people...

Mercy for Madoff plea

... Earlier this month, I did a blog entry looking at how Bernard Madoff's victims wanted the fraudster to get the full 150 year jail sentence. Many of the victims were not high flyers. Madoff r... ... Earlier this month, I did a blog entry looking at how Bernard Madoff's victims wanted the fraudster to get the full 150 year jail sentence. Many of the victims were not high flyers. Madoff r...

Can Wind Power Make a Profit?

...ur is gouged 19 cents per kilowatt-hour from his utility. A 121-foot, 100-kilowatt turbine from Northern Power runs $500,000, installed. The air at Driscoll's site on Long Island Sound is so still... ... © 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 c...

E-mail traffic analysis reveals disruptions

...Science is now proving what bored e-mail server admins the world over have known for some time, which is that rudimentary mail traffic analysis can indicate ongoing or upcoming disruption within an or... ... comprised of messages sent to and from 150 senior staff at Enron during the company's final 18 months found that volume increased and the correspondents became more insular approximately 1 month ...

Apple Finally Patches Java Vulnerability

...patch for a serious Java security flaw that's been around since December of last year. "The flaw is fixed in Mac OS X 10.5.7 and Mac OS X 10.4.11, available from Apple's website or via ... ...omes under fire for its sluggish pace," writes Computerworld's Gregg Keizer . "Last month, a security researcher angered by the delays posted attack code that exploited one of the unfix...

Airline crisis strategy: screw customers and staff

...how the airline business was going to the dogs. The combination of the global financial crunch and swine flu will cost them at least $9 billion this year. So what's their answer? Screw passengers... ... Earlier this month, I did a blog entry looking at how the airline business was going to the dogs. The combination of the global financial crunch and swine flu will cost them at least $9 billion... ... Earlier this month, I did a blog entry looking at how the airline business was going to the dogs. The combination of the global financial crunch and swine flu will cost them at least $9 billion...

Does Apple need Steve Jobs?

... The Wall Street Journal tells us this morning that Apple chief Steve Jobs had a liver transplant and is expected back at work this month as scheduled. What's fascinating though is the way A... ...s this morning that Apple chief Steve Jobs had a liver transplant and is expected back at work this month as scheduled. What's fascinating though is the way Apple shares have been performing in h...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

... © chrisdlugosz Whether it's online commerce, advertising or trading in Internet properties and domain names, the Web has come to play an important role in 21st Century business. With the in...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

... that you really like. It allows you to post information about your hobby or business and it lets other users build on what you post, adding to the content. But you're not sure how much traffic it...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

...discovered is offering a variety of Web hosting services and you're wondering who's behind the site and whether its bandwidth will adequately serve your clients. Where do you go to find out? ...

The Philoneist Tells You Who's Behind that Domain, and More...

...vited to join it, but you're not very familiar with it. Is it safe? How do you find out? With the influence of the Web growing, transparency has become a major concern on the Internet. The abilit...

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, ... ... 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 by Asian-based HTC, will run on Mi...

Mafia cashes in on crisis

... Fascinating story in the Financial Times about how the Mafia has been cashing in on the financial crisis with two apparently "Japanese" men bringing $134 billion worth of fake Treasury... ...en were questioned by Italian police who subsequently let them go. Surprise surprise. This comes a month after authorities had cracked a $1 billion bond scam run by the Sicilian mafia. And last month...

And They Say He's One of the Smart Breeds

... © Matt Finley Gordon.Loves him some water! I've enjoyed living in rural southern California. I've got a decent place and a good dog to watch it while I'm at work. Last month my nei... ...ern California. I've got a decent place and a good dog to watch it while I'm at work. Last month my neighbor's beagles got tagged by a skunk. Twice. Now, as funny as it may have seemed a...

5 款最佳的日志工具

...$99) • 纸和笔 • Microsoft OneNote (Windows, $99) • Evernote (Windows/Mac, Free-to-$5/month) • WordPress (Web Based, Free)...

Free Entrance to U.S. National Parks on Weekends

...If you hadn't noticed it yet, U.S. National Parks have waived thier fees for people who visit the parks on some weekends this summer. The weekends when visiting the parks is free are: June 20 ... ...on the park you visit. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the initiative earlier this month. "National parks also serve as powerful economic engines for local communities, and we h...

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 Manuf... ... 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 Manuf...

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, th... ... is going away. And Facebook still has to turn a profit. As I pointed out in this blog entry last month, Facebook and Twitter are living on bailouts (the banks should be so lucky) and will have to r...

A Healthy Dozen "Gift" Ideas for Father's Day

... © gailf548 In lieu of Fathers' Day, Dr. Erika Schwartz is giving tips on how to give the gift of better health for Dads. Cinergy Health 's Medical Director, Dr. Erika Schwartz, offers ... ...x his shoulders (a better after-work stress reliever than a cocktail) 6. Buy him golf lessons, a month's membership at a gym 7. Find a hiking or biking group and join together (or just get him ...

Hedge Funds Up & Social Media Footprint Expansion

... " Hedge funds finished up 4.06% in May , capturing the largest monthly gains since February 2000." Oliver Schupp, President of Credit Suisse Index, said, "Emerging Markets funds wer... ... " Hedge funds finished up 4.06% in May , capturing the largest monthly gains since February 2000." Oliver Schupp, President of Credit Suisse Index, said, "Emerging Markets funds wer...

Full Report and Test Of The Amazing Olympus Pen EP-1 Digital Camera

... This camera is so new that it isn't even available until next month but the wait will be worth it. The details of the how and the why the camera was named "Pen" are in the introduct... ... This camera is so new that it isn't even available until next month but the wait will be worth it. The details of the how and the why the camera was named "Pen" are in the introduct...

Higher mortgage interest rates putting a scare in homebuilders

... Home builders are a nervous lot these days. Who can blame them? Ever since the housing slump began, they've been going out of business or declaring bankruptcy in record numbers. It's no ... ...es as being the reason that builders' confidence dropped significantly in the beginning of this month. The National Association of Home Builders charts the confidence levels of their home-builder...

Accelerating Relationships with Social Networking

...bout networking. More and more, it has come to be about social networking. I wrote recently about the need to focus your efforts in social networking. I came across this piece not long ago by Ch... ... context that can add or detract from the meeting. You already use dozens of (offline) places every month to meet clients. Similarly, various "social networks" are more appropriate for engag...

The Coming Solar Revival

... Forbes had an article earlier this month on SunPower and the solar energy revival it expects to see soon... This guardedly optimistic outlook came Tuesday... and follows an abysmal period in whi... ... Forbes had an article earlier this month on SunPower and the solar energy revival it expects to see soon... This guardedly optimistic outlook came Tuesday... and follows an abysmal period in whi...

Chit chat

...- Smileys are now available in chat. I can't say I think they are going to be something really exciting but I'm not ten either. - The new General Store theme is cute but where is the rest of...

Unemployment: are the numbers lying?

... So unemployment in the US has jumped to 9.4% but are the numbers telling us the truth? Is unemployment actually worse than what the statisticians are telling us? As reported here , consultant ... ...quot;. These are people who have looked for work in the past year but stopped searching in the past month because of barriers to employment such as child care, poor health or lack of transportation. N...

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 ca... ...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. Thir...

Who would buy a newspaper?

... Last month, I did a blog entry on Warren Buffett warning that newspapers had no future and that they would go the way of the horse and buggy. In that context, it's fascinating to read the re... ... Last month, I did a blog entry on Warren Buffett warning that newspapers had no future and that they would go the way of the horse and buggy. In that context, it's fascinating to read the ...

No Skype App for the Palm Pre

... GigaOM's Jennifer Martinez , Skype unfortunately has no plans (for now, at least) to jump on the Palm Pre bandwagon. "When Skype launched its mobile app on the iTunes App store in Ma... ...cess will continue once the iPhone 3GS hits stores next week. If the Pre is still doing well in a month or two, we might see Skype start giving them a little more consideration..." More here...

Outsourcing Your Dating Life

... Online Dating insider , VentureBeat ) have reported on a new service that lets you outsource all the stuff involved in online dating - for a mere $480 a month. VirtualDatingAssistants.com will do... ... a new service that lets you outsource all the stuff involved in online dating - for a mere $480 a month. VirtualDatingAssistants.com will do the work of creating your profile and screening your po...