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Lernen, testen & gewinnen: Cloud Computing mit Windows Azure

© TechFlash Todd Endlich ist es soweit: Windows Azure ist da! Hierbei handelt es sich um eine Cloud Computing Plattform, die es möglich macht Speicherkapazitäten, Rechenleistung und Software über das Internet zu nutzen. Konkret bedeutet das, dass beispielsweise Bürosoftware oder Datenb...

Lernen, testen & gewinnen: Cloud Computing mit Windows Azure

© TechFlash Todd Windows Azure ist endlich fertig! Microsoft-Chef Ray Ozzie hat auf der Microsoft-Entwicklerkonferenz PDC 2009 im November nun den Start der Cloud Computing Plattformen Windows Azure und SQL Azure bekanntgegeben. Für alle, die mit dem Begriff Cloud Computing nichts anfa...

Neue Programmiersprache Go von Google

Google entwickelt zurzeit eine eigene Programmiersprache namens „ Go “, die bei der Entwicklung neuer Software helfen soll. Google hat Go nun im kalifornischen Mountain View (Santa Clara County) vorgestellt und beschreibt die neue Programmiersprache als schnell, leistungsfähig und modern. Auf ...

你见过？ - 10大最致命的极品Cool手机(组图)

10大最致命的极品Cool手机(组图) at UltrasMedia 致命的极品 ■文/阿魔 　　许多看过《iPhone背后的杀手》的朋友一直催促我为大家搜罗当今全球最Cool、最牛、最最XX、最让人一见钟情、一见情迷的手机……  　　由于工作太忙碌了，加上国内网上也有一些这方面的强人一直在报道，说实在的，不抓到最牛的图片我是不好意思拿给大家看的，呵呵，这次吗，有些收获，希望抛砖引玉吧，也希望有强人有更牛的手机图片发个链接给我，大家在这里搞一个最牛手机网络大展。  　　...

Playboy 出售，3 亿美元谢幕

《花花公子》创始人 Hugh Hefner 用折叠的裸体插页变革了美国的流行文化。目前有关出售其花花公子公司的谈判正在进行中，价格约在三亿美元，83 岁高龄的 Hefner 即将放弃自己一手创立的成人娱乐帝国；该帝国在引导美国社会对裸体、性及言论自由等方面起到了重要作用。 1953 年， Hefner 投资 600 美元创刊《花花公子》杂志，第一期杂志中夹入了玛丽莲•梦露的半裸照插页。而该杂志後来不仅成为历史上最为成功的出版物之一，而且也成为了一家引导很多美国人以更加轻松的方式来看待性问题的品牌。 Hefner 将《花花公子》与其兔耳标志成了一种单身生活方式的标签。 ...

Todd 当选 FIA 新一届主席 (8P)

Max Mosley 接班人今天揭晓，Jean Todd 击败 Ari Vatanen 当选新一届国际汽联 (FIA) 主席。 Todd 135票对 Vatanen 的 49 票，以压倒性的优势胜出，还有 12 人弃权。整个投票过程由法国最高法院派出的法警监督，投票结果将保存 12 个月。亲临现场支持 Todd 的 Michael Schumache 对结果非常满意。他说：“这是积极的，非常积极的！” 新主席的揭晓，意味着 Max Mosley 的时代将正式宣告结束。Mosley 从 1993 年开始担任 FIA 主席，已连任四届 (1993–1997，1997–2001，200...

Google Voice Faces FCC Scrutiny

© Todd Kravos Does the new Google Voice app compete with AT&T? AT&T seems to think so, and they want the rules that apply to them to also apply to Google. And it's written the Federal Communications Commission about it. The FCC is looking in to it. Lots of people are talking ...

No Recovery in I.P.O.'s Yet

• No Recovery in I.P.O.'s Yet • The PSPgo Launch Guide • GE Is in Talks to Spin Off NBC, Give Comcast 51% of New Unit • Refine your search results with new Search Options • UK court orders writ to be served via Twitter • Spotify goes offline • Keyboard Shortcut To Quickly Open A Jum...

《黎巴嫩》夺得金狮奖

当地时间9月12日晚，第66届威尼斯电影节正式落下帷幕，以色列导演塞缪尔·毛茨的影片《黎巴嫩》最终摘得金狮奖，凭借着电影节放映期间赢得的较高赞誉，该片最终摘得金狮也算在情理之中，纵观本届电影节的各大奖项去处，大奖得主基本无意外，仅个别小奖出现了一些小小的冷门。 《黎巴嫩》捧得金狮 费斯·阿金获评委会奖 以色列导演塞缪尔·毛茨的影片《黎巴嫩》在电影节放映期间就受到了影评人和观众的很高评价，和《白色物质》、《战时生活》等几部影片一起成为了夺奖呼声最高的影片，而最终捧得最佳影片金狮奖也算实至名归。 最佳导演银狮奖被授予了德国影片《没有男人的女人》的导演谢琳·奈沙特。另外一部在本届电影...

微软 Windows Phone 将于 10 月上市

官方 Blog 消息 ，使用最新版本 Windows Mobile 操作系统的手机将于下个月上市。 一段时间以来，微软一直都在大张旗鼓地宣传其 Windows Mobile 6.5 操作系统，而今天终于宣布支持该系统的第一批手机将于 10 月 6 日开始在零售商店发售。虽然微软坚持将使用 Windows Mobile 6.5 系统的手机称为"Windows Phone"，但实际上该公司一直无视许多人的要求，到目前为止还没有自产任何手机。 微软表示，在美国本土市场上，Windows Mobile 6.5 将在 10 月 6 日正式登陆 HP、HTC、LG、三星和东...

EM Market Moves

Looking at the charts of performance for emerging markets across the globe, analyst Alex Thompson noticed that while volatility varied from country to country, every chart had the same shape. Every trend line moved together. MSCI Barra provides charts of the individual emerging markets ba...

有机食品营养价值更高吗？

英国一个研究小组在考查了50年来发表的有关有机食品的文献后得出结论：有机食品并不比用传统方式生产的食品营养价值更高。 不过，这项研究没有涉及到与不同农业生产方法相关的污染物或化学残留物。有机食品的一个主要卖点就是无化学添加剂。 总部位于新泽西州的行业协会食品研究所(Food Institute)所长托德(Brian Todd)回应这项研究时说，有机食品中没有非有机化学物质和杀虫剂，这才是有机食品的诱人之处。 这项研究是由伦敦卫生及热带医学学院(London School of Hygiene & Topical Medicine)的研究人员进行的，报告发表在周三出版的《美国临床营...

Did Palin quit to head off an embezzlement scandal?

The blogosphere is buzzing with talk that Sarah Palin's shock resignation was to head off an embezzlement scandal. Brad Friedman at the Brad Blog broke the story. "I've now been able to get independent information from multiple sources that all of this precedes what are said to b...

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 ...

Arkansas Governor Praises U of A's Dedication to Nanotech

At Duralor LLC 's official opening of its new nanomanufacturing facility in Northern Arkansas, Arkansas governor Mike Beebe praised the University of Arkansas for its dedication to nanotech - the technology behind Duralor's products was developed at the university. "It was u...

1957 年款 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa

官方新闻稿： MARANELLO, Italy, May 17 /PRNewswire/ - RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby's made history at the Ferrari factory in Maranello today as a 1957 Ferrari 250 TR, chassis no. 0714TR sold for € 9,020,000 at the third-annual Ferrari Leggenda e Passione event to set a new world record...

EA 发布 2009 财年第四季度财报

全球第二大游戏发行商 Electronic Arts 本周发布 了 2009 财年第四季度财报。财报显示， EA 亏损了 4200 万美元，合每股 13 美分。 去年同期 EA 亏损了 9400 万美元，合每股 30 美分。不计一次性损益项目， EA 每股亏损 37 美分，低于分析师预期的 42 美分。 EA 营收下滑了 24% 至 8.6 亿美元，高于分析师预期的 6.326 亿美元。 EA CFO Eric Brown 表示，第四财季包括营销和管理费用在内的运营费用下滑了 18%，本财年运营费用将继续下滑。 EA CEO John Riccitiello 在为任天堂 Wii ...

HP拟1亿美元新建科罗拉多州数据中心

• 惠普拟1亿美元新建科罗拉多州数据中心 • Inside Steve Jobs' tear-down mansion • Apple's Mark Papermaster finally ready for work • Eric Schmidt on Google's New Plan for the News • Public Booted from DVD Copying Trial Over 'Secret' CSS Code • Amazon Acquires Stanza, an E-Book Application ...

Will Karen Mills Make a Difference at SBA?

BusinessWeek had a piece last week on Karen Mills, the newly confirmed head of the Small Business Association. She promises to reinvigorate the agency. Mills nevertheless inherits an SBA that languished under the Bush Administration, which cut its funding by about 26% since 2001 and sliced sta...

At Grand Central Station the Next Train Leaves as the First Car Arrives

I've walked countless times through New York's Grand Central Station while on my way to the J. Walter Thompson ad agency next door. During those memorable years I observed many unusual things (and people!) in that great terminal but never, ever, did I see a car in the station. Now BMW has...

Clearwire Testing VoIP Over WiMax in Portland, Oregon

© StuSeeger Clearwire is currently running a trial of VoIP phones in Portland, Oregon , with the aim of launching mobile voice services in 2010, according to Multichannel News' Todd Spangler . "The test could open the door for cable partners to offer their own wireless phone...

Twitter Raises $35 Million

If you were worried about how the people at Twitter were going to pay the bills and stay online, you can rest easier now. Twitter just claimed $35 million in funding. Several sources ( VentureBeat , PE Hub , TechCrunch , Mashable , Gawker ) have covered the funding news. Institutional Venture Pa...

美国第一家庭的装潢偏好

巴拉克•奥巴马(Barack Obama)成为美国第44届总统的就职典礼，令白宫(White House)翻开一页新历史。不过这个作为第一家庭办公、私宅以及正式庆典场所的廊柱型建筑，即将迎来的远不止是不同的主人。 第一家庭热衷留下个人印记 一旦新总统宣誓就职，这个坐落在华盛顿特区拉菲特广场(Lafayette Square)和椭圆形草坪(The Ellipse)之间的、有着208年历史的执政官官邸，将进行翻新改造，范围从入口大厅(Entrance Hall)直至林肯卧室(Lincoln Bedroom)。正如遴选内阁职位和移交国家机密一样，对白宫装潢的翻新历来是权力有序交接过程的...

SocialWhoIs: All About The Social Web

• SocialWhoIs: All About The Social Web • Kabooza - protecting and sharing your memories • BeTheBetterMan.com • MuTwee - Making Music Tweatable! • Leximo - Free Online World Dictionary - Share your words with the world • Google & The Big Ideas • AT&T Seeks Verizon Wireless Asset...

Hedge Fund Manager Surrenders to Police

Missing hedge fund manager Arthur Nadel, who disappeared last week along with an estimated $350 million of investor's money, turned himself in to The FBI yesterday. The Sarasota resident, 76, turned himself in at a Tampa office, accompanied by his legal team and his partner, Todd Foste...

Joost Drops P2P Client

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 4934185 Joost this week announced that it's dropping its desktop P2P client, redirecting users to access videos via its Web site instead. "As of December 19, Joost's Windows and Mac software clients will cease to work, and instead will i...

Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Diasease: Genetically Linked

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Rafal Zdeb Type 1 diabetes is the condition wherein the body doesn't produce enough insulin to convert blood sugar into energy for the cells. On the other hand, Celiac disease is a digestive disease that damages the small intestine and interferes with abs...

World Diabetes Day Update

Here's the latest update from the World Diabetes Day "Young Voices: Life With Diabetes" Forum event hosted by Novo Nordisk, Discovery Health, Discovery Education and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) to bring together teens and young adults living with type 1 diabete...

Comcast, Time Warner Top Keynote VoIP Study

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto Keynote Competitive Research today announced the results of its latest VoIP Service Provider Study , which compares the reliability and audio quality of eight VoIP providers ( AT&T CallVantage , Comcast Digital Voice , EarthLink trueVoice , Lingo , Pac...

Delicious Turns Five

Tech Crunch pointed out today that this is the fifth birthday of social bookmarking site Delicious . Based in Santa Clara, California, Delicious was founded by Joshua Schachter in 2003. Yahoo! bought it in 2005. Today it has more than five million users - me included. From my perspective, De...

Wir sind die coolsten, wenn wir cruzen...

... wenn wir durch die City das Web düsen :) Sorry, der Witz musste sein. Aber ich bin total geflasht von Cruz , dem neusten Streich von Fluid-Entwickler Todd Ditchendorf. Gestern hab ich in den Notizen bei Macnotes nur kurz erwähnt, das es Cruz gibt und so, und nun nach rund 24 Stunden Testph...

Eat at Chili's Today!

Chili's Grill & Bar® to Donate 100 Percent of All Profits on Monday, Sept. 29 to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as Part of Annual Create-A-Pepper to Fight Childhood Cancer Campaign Memphis, Tenn. - September 24, 2008 - Chili's Grill & Bar announced today it wi...

Jack Thompson Disbarred

Jack Thompson, the man who was on a crusade to have various "violent" games banned completely due to the supposed influence they are having on people, is set to have his licence to practice being an attorney removed. Perhaps this will finally stop his torrent of pointless lawsuits...

APCW Celebrates Number 100, Big Move for Online Gambling Bill

100 episodes of APCW weekly . J. Todd comes out firing big with the straight talk about Bodog and more importantly The Passage of a very important Bill that will clarify what the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act completely mucked up. Drawing straighter lines as to want kind of ...

Would you like to visit a virtual RFID Hospital?

If you are a health care professional you should not miss on this!! University of Arkansas students along with their computer sciences professor Craig Thompson are working towards creating a simulation environment which would enable health organizations to test RFID even before they imple...

America's Newest Celebrity: Sarah Palin

Republican politicians generally disdain celebrities and routinely refer to anyone in the limelight who opposes their views as "Hollywood Types." Their reasoning is that celebrities are a bunch of dumb, lying, sensationalist, self-serving, publicity seeking neer-do-wells, who should b...

Your Best Buy May Be Broken, So Take A Look First

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Todd Taulman Kimberly Palmer had an interesting post last week about a Best Buy customer whose TV came out of the box broken : So, as irritating as that would be, you would think that at least the store would exchange it for an undamaged one, right? Wrong. W...

APPT Macau Kicks Off With Two Brunsons

image from bankrollbacker.com The Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) sponsored by PokerStars has officially kicked off with the Day 1A flight. Popular players such as Doyle Brunson, his son Todd Brunson, former WPT champ Nam Le, and the always striking Liz Leu joined 103 players today as they p...

Adventure travel discounts to Kiwis, Aussies and Eurolanders

© Todd Huffman Tucan Travel, an adventure travel specialist is offering discounts to clients who pay in some currencies until 1 November 2008 in response to these currencies increasing in value against sterling and the US dollar. The discount for payment in New Zealand dollars is 7.5%, Austr...

SSD bandwagon too soon

© james.thompson Have we jumped onto the SSD (solid-state disk) bandwagon too soon? An interesting article put out on Byte and Switch titled: " Tough Times Ahead for SSD Storage " takes a look at where we actually are with SSDs in relation to HDDs (hard disk drives). It basically sta...

WHB - Parsley and Baba Ganoush

Humble parsley. So often taken for granted and often considered merely window ( or plate ) dressing. What a shame. Have you ever really tasted flat leaf, Italian parsley? I mean, have you ever put a little bundle of parsley leaves in your mouth and chewed them around and savored their fresh, ear...

60 余款 Big Brother 有关的网络资源

【官方网站】 • Big Brother After Dark • Big Brother Official Site • Real Player Subscription Page 【粉丝网站】 • BigBrotherAccess.com • BigBrotherChatter.com • BigBrotherFanClub.com • HamsterWatch.com • JokersUpdates.com • Monty'sTV.com • MoreBigBrother.com • PowerOfVeto.com • R...

Teens Choose Their Favorite Celebrities, Movies & TV Shows

The kids have spoken and here are the winners of the "10th annual Teen Choice Awards": Movie Action Adventure: "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" Movie Drama: "Step Up 2: The Streets" Movie Chick Flick: "27 Dresses" Movie Romantic Comedy: "Wh...

Preview of the BCS Conferences

© virtva Here now, a look at the predicted order of finish for the BCS Conference schools. ACC Coastal 1. Virginia Tech 2. North Carolina 3. Miami 4. Georgia Tech 5. Virginia 6. Duke Atlantic 1. Clemson 2. Florida State 3. Wake Forest 4. Maryland 5. Boston College 6. NC State Bi...

Microsoft versus Open Source: Who is winning?

Two counter-claims spotted in the blogosphere today causes me to revisit this seemingly quiet battlefield again, although I bring no conclusions or opinions to the matter. You be the judge! First, Sun's Jonathan Schwartz says he is meeting with more and more customers who are finding guerilla...

Microsoft shake-up

Microsoft has just announced the departure of Platforms and Services division president Kevin Johnson and the reorganization of the division into two new business units, Windows/ windows live and Online Services. Johnson, according to the Wall Street Journal, will be taking the helm at J...

Book Review: Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It

Why does work suck? Because full-grown adults are made to feel like children, Slaves to the clock, working by rules that are more fit to the 19th century then today. We work all week and then have to spend the weekend running errands until Sunday comes and that familiar dread creeps into...

iStockphoto wird Exklusivsponsor von Megapixelig

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# München/Calgary, 16. Juli 2008 - iStockphoto®, weltweit führender Anbieter von lizenzfreiem Stockmaterial, wird Exklusivsponsor von dem Weblog Megapixelig . Im Rahmen dieser Partnerschaft stellt iStockphoto den Megapixelig-Autoren insgesamt 1.000 Credits...

Four Ways With Eggplant

This deep purple, glossy beauty of the vegetable world ( actually eggplant is a fruit - a giant berry! ) is coming into season in many markets. This is a wonderful, versatile and chameleon-like vegetable that is featured in cuisines around the world. These are four of my favorite ways with eggplant...

Microsoft takes a stand with Vista

Drawing a line in the sand and pulling out the checkbook, Microsoft has signalled that it doesn't intend to continue standing by quietly and allowing Vista to be sullied by ads, pundits, and random Slashdot posts. "Windows Vista is a good product," said Vice President of Wi...

Name This Car and Win... Fame But No Fortune

Here's a little guessing game for you. I took the above photo in the early 1970's during my time as European Accounts Group Creative Director for the J. Walter Thompson ad agency. The location was near Caserta , a small town in the south of Italy, the purpose an advertising shoot. The ...

Aaron Rodgers Should Demand a Trade

© silwenae Brett Favre may be returning to the NFL, and if he follows through, a number of things will happen. John Madden 's head will explode, ESPN's programming will be set for a month, and Viagra sales in Green Bay will wane due to the excitement of Packers fans. But here'...

College Football Preseason Top 25

© eagle102.net As college football gets closer, it's time for EZB's first preseason Top 25. 1) Ohio State : James Laurinaitis is back at linebacker, Beanie Wells is back at running back, as is a plethora of talent at other positions. 2) Oklahoma : QB Sam Bradford should be ...

Mediaterranean Diet During Pregnancy May Prevent Asthma and Allergies

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Leah-Anne Thompson There have been many research studies on how the maternal diet can influence the health of her child not only while the baby is in utero , but for the rest of the child's life. For example, a recent study suggests that Mediterranean diet ...

Dundarave Golf Resort, Prince Edward Island

Dundarave Golf Club, P.E.I. During U-S Open week, my wife and I had the pleasure of spending 4 days in one of our favorite golf destinations - Prince Edward Island . I have written before about golf on PEI in this space and how rewarding an experience it is but it had been several years s...

Garmin Nuvifone has a Killer UI:

Garmin the leading GPS manufacturer announced its first mobile device known as the Nuvifone in January this year. Todd Haselton of the Laptop Mag recently had a hands on with Nuvifone prototype and he was impressed with the device particularly the UI. It is expected to be released in Q3 2008. Re...

Tiger Back On The Shelf

Courtesy: Getty Images The golf world is abuzz today with the news that Tiger Woods is done for the season. Woods announced today on his website that he was undergoing another surgery on his left knee - not for more arthroscopic work but to repair a tear in his anterior cruciate ligament wh...

Las Vegas 的赌场开始使用微软的 Surface 触控“桌子”电脑

继美国第一大移动运营商 AT&T 之后，Las Vegas 的一家赌场成为第二家采用微软"桌子"电脑" Surface "的公司。 Surface 是一个表面安装了 30 英寸触摸屏显示器的工作台，可以接收多个触摸输入信号，因而支持多人同时操作。它还可以自动识别放置在屏幕上的物体。 这是售价高达 1 万美元的 Surface 首次涉足"娱乐圈"，在此之前，AT&T 曾在部分零售商店中使用 Surface ，为用户提供信息、自选产品等服务。

HP 发布一体式触控屏桌面电脑 Touchsmart IQ506/504

本周在德国柏林举行的新产品发布会上，HP 推出了一体式触控屏桌面电脑 Touchsmart IQ506/504。从整体结构和设计思路来看，倒是很像 Apple 的 iMac，但是 HP 在此基础上已经应用了大尺寸触控屏，使得操作与应用更为丰富。与之前 Bill 演示的 Windows 7 应该是完美的组合。配置方面，CPU 采用 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 处理器或者 1.9GHz 的 AMD x64 处理器，19 或者 22 英寸的触控显示屏，500GB 硬盘，最高可支持 4MB 内存，NVIDIA GeForce 9300 M GS HD 显卡，NTSC/ATS...

Nvidia 发布 Tegra All-in-One 移动处理器

Nvidia 今天面向移动互联网设备 (MID) 发布了两款全新的 Tegra 系列处理器，向"老大哥"Intel 发起挑战。 这两款处理器分别为 Tegra 600 和 Tegra 650，主要面向微型计算设备而设计。但最初，Tegra 系列产品主要面向新兴的 MID 设备。 最早提出 MID 概念的是 Intel，其 Atom 处理器也正是面向MID设备而开发。但 Intel 和 Nvidia 均承认，到目前为止，用户对 MID 的定义仍然很糊涂。 Nvidia 移动事业部总经理 Mike Rayfield 称，MID 的屏幕尺寸应在 4 英寸至 12 英寸之...

NFL's Worst QB Combos

© timsamoff Originally, this was going to be an attempt to rank the best NFL QB combos. But that's a little too mundane. I mean, how can I rank the Indianapolis Colts ' QB tandem when Jim Sorgi never sees playing time except when the Colts have clinched a playoff spot and they...

Sanyo Turns to Sharp for LCD Display Production

© james.thompson Sanyo recently announced that they have started buying liquid crystal display panels from Sharp to manufacture their flat televisions. Sanyo is also looking to other suppliers for procurement of lcd panels as well. According to a recent Reuters post, Sanyo is focusi...

Automakers Proving Grounds, Viewed From Above

During my lengthy career as an automobile journalist and ad writer I was privileged to drive on several auto manufacturer's proving grounds. The Studebaker test track in South Bend was first (I did say "lengthy" didn't I?), then came Ford's historic Dearborn facility ...

Nancy Todd Political Activist or Card Player Wins WPT Ladies Championship

I was checking out the conclusion of the World Poker Tour's WPT Championship this morning, and instead got the final update of a women's tournament. Not that this blogger has anything against ladies exclusive poker tourneys but there hasn't been any notices on the WPT web site until...

More than full disclosure

Is fair disclosure the same as full disclosure? It's an important question in the wake of the subprime mortgage crisis where investors clearly were not given sufficient information. Louis Thompson Jr, who until his retirement was the long-time chief of the National Investor Relations Instit...

Update von Fluid

Anfang des Jahres hatte ich schon einmal meine Begeisterung von Fluid, dem Site Specific Browser, bekundet . Seither nutze ich fluid zumeist für G (läuft bei mir nicht so toll mit .app), flickr und YouTube. Umso mehr freue ich mich heute über ein Update auf Fluid 0.9 . Fluid...

Farecast acquired by Microsoft

© donjd2 This is probably only of interest to the frequent flyers among you, but I thought I'd post it because I've been intrigued by the site Farecast.com since its inception a year or two ago. Farecast, if you haven't used it, applies predictive analysis to airline airfare an...

McFadden vs. Mendenhall vs. Stewart

© Todd Huffman If you ask most people, be they analysts, bloggers or some guy on the street, who the best running back in the NFL Draft is, they'll more than likely say it's Arkansas' Darren McFadden. But is he? Not everyone necessarily believes that's the case. The most outs...

Some Pundits' Mock Draft

© minds-eye Mock drafts are a big thing this time of year, obviously. So we scoured the internets and will share with you who other "experts" from the mass media have going in their mock drafts. For our purposes, we'll confine it to the top 10. Mel Kiper, ESPN 1. Miami Dolphi...

Covestor 获收 650 万美元投资

面向个人投资者的社会化网络 Covestor 近日获收第一轮投资，来自于 Union Square Ventures、Spark Capital 和 Amadeus Capital Partners，总额 650 万美元。去年夏天的时候， 网谈这里介绍过 Covestor ，Covestor 采用了封闭式社区的模式，虽说用户都是免费的，但是需要邀请与资质审核。当申请成功之后，Covestor 会提供与证券有关的专业平台和工具，来帮助你计算、追踪、统计相关选定的信息 - 这一切操作和数据都在默认的私人读取权限下，除非你自己分享。