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Eisenhüttenstadt, ville socialiste idéale

La « ville de la sidérurgie » fut édifiée de toute pièce sur les bords de l'Oder des années 60 à 90. Eisenhüttenstadt était destinée à devenir une ville socialiste parfaite. Elle séduisait les jeunes couples de RDA qui y recevaient un appartement tout neuf ainsi qu'un travail, souvent au com...

Downpayments still keeping homebuyers away

If you're a first-time homebuyer, there's probably one factor that's preventing you from buying a home: the downpayment. It's always been a struggle for buyers to scrape together enough money for a downpayment. After all, homes aren't cheap. Who has $10,000 or more just lyi...

Dior Jewelry

Designer Fashion Jewelry The House of Dior was the first to use aurora borealis rhinestones in their costume jewelry . The aurora borealis is a naturally occurring weather phenomenon, and the rhinestones are treated to reflect flashes of color. The play of color and light is very similar to th...

Common Errors in Writing a Business Plan

VentureBeat had a useful piece a few days ago on common mistakes that get made in the process of writing a business plan. The top of the list is a mistake people make even before they start writing: they procrastinate. It's easy to find distractions (such as your busy schedule) to prevent you...

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...

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...

Jackson Memorial Service Internet Viewing May Match Obama's Inauguration

• Jackson Memorial Service Internet Viewing May Match Obama's Inauguration • Introducing the Google Chrome OS • Michael Jackson's Funeral - the Online Version • 微软将揭开Gazelle（瞪羚）浏览器面纱 • Demand for Apple's 13" MacBook Pro may be outpacing supply • Google Drops A Nuclear Bom...

Los Angeles leads nation in mortgage fraud

If you own a home in Los Angeles, watch out for the scammers. Your city leads the nation in mortgage fraud , according to the FBI's annual mortgage fraud review. The FBI's Los Angeles field office took 9,971 reports of suspicious mortgage activity in 2008. That's far ahead of the secon...

Palin shoots the media

The Sarah Palin sideshow continues to amaze the world. Last week, I did a blog entry looking at bloggers speculating whether her resignation was about averting an investigation into whether she embezzled funds. Now, Palin has hit back on Twitter : "Critics are spinning, so hang in ther...

Kieselstein-Cord Jewelry

Fashion and Fine Jewelry A premier luxury designer and artist, Barry Kieselstein-Cord has applied his unique perspective to create extraordinary jewelry and accessories . His silver jewelry and other design pieces are sought by serious art collectors, and are found among the collections of the...

RFID Touchwall: The touch screen with RFID effect

Just look at this beautiful screen - this is an interactive Touchwall backed by RFID technology which made debut at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival held in France recently. It was put into service to serve as information hub at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Fest...

Another stimulus package

Last week, I did a blog entry saying that the appalling jobless figures in the United States were telling us one thing: that 19 months into this bad recession and the economic indicators are getting worse. So it's not surprising then to read Vice President Joe Biden telling George Stepha...

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...

2010 年 F1 规则展望

• 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 ...

Outsourcing Trends

© laura padgett Here's an interesting article on outsourcing trends (made more interesting because I am quoted in it). In any case, I believe that outsourcing could be at the leading edge of the recovery, as careful organizations try to grow their footprints without growing their head c...

The Mother of all Dashboards

So, after running across the CIO Dashboard of Twittering CIOs last week , I had been toying with the idea of doing a post on dashboards in general. I'm of mixed opinions on them, generally; I think it's valuable and important to have relevant metrics available as close to real-time as possi...

PS3 Slim?

There's been lots of rumours about a slim model of Sony's Playstation 3, and today we are hearing that agreements may have been made with Foxxcon and another manufacture in order to produce consoles for a July 2010 launchdate...however, the same rumour also states that this will be the ...

Rive Gauche by Jean-Louis Jewelry

Fashion Jewelry Made with Technibond Gold Rive Gauche Jewelry is made with Technibond , a patented gold plating process for jewelry sold exclusively by HSN and hsn.com. It consists of 40 mm of 18 karat Gold bonded to Sterling Silver . Each piece has a lifetime manufacturer's warranty agai...

The True Story of True Ventures

• Hulu not working on PS3 • The True Story of True Ventures • BlackBerry Tour hitting Verizon Wireless on July 12th, selling for $199? • Gmail Raises Attachment Limit to 25 Megabytes • Firefox 3.5 gears up for a possible Tuesday public release • Facebook Page Frenzy Due Today: URLs Availa...

Collabote with Wizehive

© Ryan Somma I came across a pretty decent collaboration tool recently, via TechCrunch . It's called Wizehive , and I spent some time today tinkering around with it to see what it can do. I was impressed with Wizehive. It's in beta at the moment, so there still are a few bugs in it....

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...

Jewelry Sale at FantasyJewelryBox.com

Cubic Zirconia Jewelry Fantasy Jewelry Box prides themselves on being your premier resource for captivating Cubic Zirconia Jewelry, Celebrity Inspired Jewelry , CZ Wedding Sets, and marvelous Men's Jewelry. Every item they offer, from their beautiful Bridal Jewelry to their stunning Solita...

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...

Boeing remains loyal to its supply chain procedures despite angry Wallstreet analysts' reports

It seems the wave of the anouncements from Boeing related to delays is not going to end; in this post comes another one! but I liked the detail analysis of the issues presented in this blog as the author Lisa Reisman describes in detail how the issue of supplier component integration has...

Anti-corruption body slams major export countries

Transparency International has condemned some of the world's biggest exporters for failing to tackle bribery corruption. In its latest report , the anti-corruption body said some of the world's worst examples included Australia, Canada, Austria, Ireland, Israel, New Zealand and South...

Goldman Wedding Bands

Women's Wedding Rings The Goldman family tradition of excellence spans a period of more than sixty years. Today, Goldman provides high quality fine jewelry - wedding rings, bridal sets, anniversary rings, solitaire enhancers all in 14K and 18K gold, titanium , tungsten, and platinum grou...

First Test Drive: Porsche Panamera

The world, at least the part of the world that really cares, has been waiting to learn whether Porsche's upcoming Panamera 4-door sedan can live up to its promise. Britain's Classic Driver magazine has, not surprisingly, been awarded first dibs at a test drive. Thus you can be among the...

Dick Cheney's memoirs

Can't wait to read it!! Associated Press reports that former puppet master and vice president Dick Cheney is writing his memoirs. According to that report, Cheney will be paid a cool $2 million for the book. Reading his spin on how he dragged the US into a destructive war will be fascinat...

Healthy Athlete Pass for Special Olympics participants

People with intellectual disabilities tend to lack confidence and for this purpose Special Olympics which is an international organization based in Washington, D.C has been working towards honing the confidence and physical fitness of these very people so that they can realize their potential. ...

Did Sonia Sotomayor's mortgage views help send county into recession?

You'll often hear conservative commentators on FOX News and other stations putting the blame for the country's mortgage meltdown on the poor and on the federal agencies that tried to get them into homes. Their reasoning goes like this: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, along with other advoc...

The Cloud Is Coming - and With It, Change for Business

© rappensuncle BusinessWeek ran a couple of pieces recently on how cloud computing is changing both business and management . The concept of cloud computing is one of a user sitting at a terminal taking advantage of services, storage space, and resources provided somewhere else - on anot...

Philippines Announces 10-Year Nanotech Roadmap

© UKDevon The Republic of the Philippines this week laid out a 10-year strategy for the development of a local nanotech industry. "The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Advanced Science and Technology Research and Development Council (DOST-PCASTRD) made this ...

Have a Ball - in Dublin...

MSNBC recently looked at the city of Dublin and said that despite the hard economic times, visitors to the Irish capital can still have a ball there. While Ireland's famed "Celtic Tiger" economy is now more of a sickly kitten these days, the country is still vibrant as can be for tra...

Digital Britain on Filesharing

The Digital Britain report was finally published earlier this week, laying out new tactics for the UK's approach to filesharing. " Ofcom will work with ISPs to send written warnings to those who are illegally sharing files with their peers," writes Telegraph.co.uk's Emm...

US Immigration Overhaul "Essential"

© jurvetson The Obama Administration made it clear this week that overhauling the immigration system in the U.S. is a priority for his administration. Obama told the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference that U.S. borders must be strengthened to thwart illegal immigrati...

Secret Allergy Triggers Revealed

© flm Did you know that limes can trigger your allergies? Apparently, lime and other citrus fruits contain a compound called limonene , which gives many people watery eyes and a burning sensation in the nose, as well as skin irritations. Surprised? Here are other lesser known allergy trigger...

NFL Week 6

AP Photo/Kevin Higley I guess the millions Ryan Leaf made getting his dozen or so touchdowns (and twice as many interceptions) in the NFL playing for the San Diego Chargers near the end of the century just wasn't enough. The number 2 pick for San Diego's Chargers was arrested trying to...

LG starts the 3D bandwagon

3D TV has always been one of those things which has been set to catch on "this year" or "next year", but it seems that LG are really about to start the push toward it becoming mainstream with the 47 inch LH50. Of course, it still requires funny little glasses...but LG seem t...

U.S. Open vs The Weather

Courtesy: www.tillinghast.net The fourth at Bethpage Black How fitting is it that this year's U.S. Open is being played on a public course? The game that millions around the world love is being served up by the world's finest players on a layout that you and I can play for just a hundre...

Does Obama's patchwork overhaul go far enough?

President Obama has announced the most sweeping reforms of the financial services in 70 years. The reforms are to be applauded and are long overdue. But are they enough? Can they be undone or jettisoned? Will they stick? I have two problems with the changes. First, they do nothing to stop the...

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 these 12 easy, fun and effective ways to help improve Dad's overall health and outlook on life: ...

I Am Making The SSD Jump Thanks to Kingston V-Series Kit

I know that you can get some serious performance boost when you add a ssd (solid state drive) to a laptop setup. The problem is, most of the drives that I can afford are slow, stuttery, or flat out buggy. Today, I made the jump and purchased a 128GB Kingston SSD. Specifically, I grabbed a SSDNo...

Throwing the book at Madoff

Bernard Madoff, who has pleaded guilty to 11 charges of fraud, money laudnering, perjury and theft, faces up to 150 years in jail. And his victims want exactly that! The New York Times reports that Madoff's victims, many of them widows and war veterans had sent 100 emails and letters to t...

IBM's confusing cloud strategy

On the first read-through of this New York Times' article on IBM's plans to entice the enterprise with cloud computing offerings, you might be pardoned for simply assuming that Big Blue has decided to do what so many other businesses have done lately, which is to simply take their lat...

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...

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...

Steven Kretchmer Jewelry

Fine Designer Jewelry Steven Kretchmer began making jewelry in 1969. Although the Kretchmer bloodline can be traced back several generations to jewelers of Romanian royalty, Steven's interest in precious metals and fine jewelry design was driven by his own unique vision. In 1976, he earne...

Dining in Vienna

It's been years since I've been to Austria. This MSNBC piece made me think about going back. Vienna is one of Europe's cultural capitals. And while the music and the art and the archetecture and the history are all great, the food is not bad either. Each coffeehouse comes with its own...

Test To Determine Baby's Gender, Now Can Be Done At Home

© BadrNaseem 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 gender prediction test called >"Boy or Girl Gender Prediction Test" . The company - bas...

Badgley Mischka Jewelry

Designer Fashion Jewelry Mark Badgley and James Mischka have been hailed by Vogue as one of the Top 10 American Designers, and as darlings of the Hollywood set. The design duo has made their mark over the past two decades with glamorous, stylish, and wearable eveningwear and accessories . Thei...

It's Not Called a Sunroof for Nothing

Summer, for those of us who live up north, is special. It raises hopes for the future, gets us outdoors, even encourages a change of wardrobe. It's also the beginning of the sunroof season. Thus I'm about to have a hole cut into my 2003 Focus ZX5 so that a pop-up sunroof can be fitted. Am...

Sony Eircsson goes green with C901 GreenHeart and Naite

901 GreenHeart: The Sony Ericsson 901 GreenHeart is eco-friendly version of the recently released Sony Ericsson C901. It is unlike typical eco-friendly phone as it is not only made of environment friendly materials but also comes with good looks and some cool features. It will be shipped with envi...

Jewelry Sale at Shopbop.com

Designer Jewelry Sale Since its launch in 2000, shopbop.com has become one of the leading web-based women's apparel and accessories retailers. Originally conceived as the online offshoot of the Madison, Wisconsin-based boutique Bop, shopbop.com is considered a one-stop shopping destinatio...

Entrepreneurial Life

© tedmurphy I came across a interesting piece last week from Small Business Trends : Entrepreneurial Lessons From The Experts. It was a list of simple observations about the life of entrepreneurs in general. Author Lisa Bourne was lucky enough to get Copyblogger's Brian Clark, John Jantsc...

Getting the Most for Your Dollar

© korom Frommers recently published a very useful article on the value of the U.S. Dollar overseas. The piece tells you where you can get the most for your money this summer - assuming that your money is in dollars... The Frommer's piece compares the price of a movie, bus fare, a cup o...

Social Networking With Purpose

Entrepreneur.Com had a piece recently that made a simple point: You should be selective with your social networks. The simple truth is that social networking can be a time consuming endeavor. It's easy to get bogged down trying to read all your Twitter posts. Social networks can become redun...

T-Mobile To Release Second Android Phone While Samsung Targets Photogs

T-Mobile, the fourth-largest U.S. carrier, is hoping to increase its rank by launch its second smartphone to run Google's Android operating system in a few weeks. While details aren't overly specific just yet, the new smartphone is slotted to run Google's codenamed "Cupcake&q...

Mortgage giant Mozilo charged with fraud

I'm always amazed that so many people pin the blame for our nation's current housing crisis on homeowners facing foreclosures. Yes, some of these homeowners — but not nearly all of them — were greedy, and tried to buy too much home for their income levels. But if you want to pinp...

Apps adoption not so terrible

In the face of recent assertions that "the Cloud isn't enterprise-ready" or "cloud adoption is more theoretical than real right now" it turns out that the people who actually have the data say they are doing just fine. Google Enterprise president David Girouard, in a...

Hands-on with Wave: Weird and quite wonderful

• Hands-on with Wave: Weird and quite wonderful • Google Squared • 天涯调整业务重心 将在全国建立销售团队 • 创业，你准备好了吗？ • 新闻集团证实DirecTV CEO归来 7月1日上任 • Bing vs. Google face-off, round 3 • gReactions • TweetMyPC 2.0 Update Released • Tweetree Puts Actual Shared Content In Your Twitter Stream • CrunchPa...

Rising healthcare costs put strain on homeowners

Unemployment across the nation is at record highs. Foreclosures are, too. Of course, the two are related. But unemployment isn't the only factor in the rise of mortgage delinquencies and housing foreclosures we're now seeing. Credit card debts are high, too, making it harder for famili...

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...

Napster Turns 10

© bixentro Ten years ago this week, college student Shawn Fanning released the first version of Napster — and the music industry has never been the same. "Without the original Napster, we'd be far behind where we are now," writes Technologizer's Ed Oswald . "...

Be honest with your finances before taking on a mortgage

Many things have caused the housing slump the country is still working through. But one of the biggest factors? Borrowers weren't honest with themselves before taking on their mortgage loans. A mortgage loan is a huge responsibility. For most people, it's the biggest monthly expense they&...

Kevia Jeffrey-West Jewelry

Designer Fashion Jewelry Kevia Jeffrey-West's exposure to the world of fashion began at five years of age, while spending hours looking over her mother's clothing sketches and playing with fabric swatches. Soon they began making doll-sized versions of her mother's line. She had the be...

AMR announces top 25 supply chains for 2009

I have been covering annual ranking of the best supply chains by AMR Research for some years now and apparently this year Apple is still on the top of the list. Companies like Unilever and Intel are now back again in Top 25 as this year was a very tense period for them in terms of credit and o...

Beer company to contribute to social entrepreneurship movement

Beer companies are also joining social movement; yes that's right: As a part of the 250th anniversary celebrations behind brew master, Arthur Guinness's signing of the 9,000 year lease at St. James Gate in Dublin, Guinness has pledged to raise €2.5 million in start up capital for its Art...

Time Warner Inc. Announces Plan to Separate AOL

• Time Warner Inc. Announces Plan to Separate AOL • Bing! Microsoft Prepares For War With A Revamped Search Engine (Screenshots) • AOL Spinoff Approved Last Night by Time Warner Board: Here Are the Inside Details (Not in the Press Release) • AOL Spinoff Approved Last Night by Time Warner Boar...

In Search of a Cool Summer: Baguio, Philippines

Asia is hot in the summer. At least most of it is. But there are a few spots where the summer traveler can enjoy moderate, perhaps even cool, weather. Chief among those locations is Baguio City, Philippines. Baguio is referred to affectionately as the summer capital of the Philippines. The title...