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Blaze 3-in-1 Game Selector Makes ADD Fun!

Have you ever seen those chess champions playing 3 or 4 games of chess at one time? They quickly switch back and forth, keeping the games straight in their minds. If they don't have ADD, they should; it would make things easier. Now, Blaze has created a 3-in-1 game selector that will enable...

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 us 10 reasons why the US economy is worse than we think . More companies are asking people to take ...

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...

Genetic Test for Cystic Fibrosis in Embryos

© hive Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder that affects the secretory glands, including the glands that produce mucus and sweat, which leads to various diseases of the lungs, sinuses, gastrointestinal system, liver, pancreas, and may even result to infertility especially among males. Althou...

Larry Summers: the worst is yet to come

Alarming revelations by Larry Summers, director of the US president's National Economic Council in the Financial Times . Summers says the recession has a long way to go and the worst is still ahead. Summers says: "I don't think the worst is over ... It's very likely that more ...

A Day In The Life Of A Twintern

• A Day In The Life Of A Twintern • OS X Snow Leopard 10A402 Brings Visual Tweaks and Other Enhancements • 腾讯门户成全球第9大网站 • FIA 与 FOTA 争端再起 • Sony to release Vaio P 'mark 2' in October • Google Translates Documents • Bing Leapfrogs Yahoo Search … Again • Apple iPhone MMS Delayed...

Ok You're Right [50 Cent]

ok ok ok ok ok ok *screwed* ok ok ok ok ok ok *screwed* Hook: when they talk about me, they say i be tripping what they say about doesn't make me mad i think they hating 'cause they see me when I'm rolling man, i can't help it that they really doing bad ok, alright (they sick) ...

Create Zoho Creator Web Apps from Microsoft Access Database

• Create Zoho Creator Web Apps from Microsoft Access Database • Next in your iPhone OS • Best Buy and TiVo Are Forming an Alliance • Readability - An Arc90 Lab Experiment • 15+ handy bookmarklets to power up any browser • Ubiquity 0.5 Preview Release • Jokeyphone • Online Casino Guide...

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...

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...

Do you still have faith in Obama's stimulus plans?

I happily voted for Barack Obama last year. I was thrilled to see George Bush and his cronies swept away. But I had no illusions: I knew that fixing the country's problems, especially its struggling economy, would require a long, hard slog. I knew, too, that things weren't magically g...

RIAA Wins Lawsuit Against Usenet.com

The RIAA recently announced that it had won a copyright infringement suit against filesharing site Usenet.com . "In October 2007 RIAA lawyers chucked a federal lawsuit at Usenet.com, in which it claimed that the Fargo, North Dakota newsgroup service 'enables and encourages' p...

Skype Updates Windows, iPhone, Windows Mobile Clients

Skype recently released a series of significant updates - Skype 3.0 for Windows Mobile , Skype 1.1 for the iPhone , and Skype 4.1 for Windows . "[The] release of version 3.0 for Windows Mobile should get Skype users plenty excited," writes InformationWeek's Eric Zeman . &...

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...

Rarities Jewelry with Carol Brodie

Designer Rings on HSN Carol Brodie is bringing what every woman wants to multichannel retailer HSN - affordable fine jewelry . Known for her legendary work on the red carpet with "jeweler to the stars" Harry Winston, for the first time in her career, Ms. Brodie is offering her own co...

Jackson's funeral: taxpayers foot the bill

The California economy is in meltdown. So why do taxpayers have to pay for Michael Jackson's funeral? An expensive live event for a dead superstar. The Los Angeles Times reports that inquiries are under way into how the city ended up paying $1.4 million for the funeral. That includes 3500...

T-Mobile USA Launches myTouch 3G Android Phone

T-Mobile USA today announced the start of the pre-sale period (from July 8-28, for current subscribers only) for the $200 myTouch 3G , the company's newest Android-based mobile device. Retail availability of the device will begin on August 5th. "The MyTouch 3G is very similar to ...

Ready Wireless Launches Prepaid Unlimited Voice Plans

Iowa-based prepaid wireless reseller Ready Wireless yesterday introduced two new Unlimited Voice Plans , priced at $10 for 3 days or $15 for 7 days. "Many of our customers really want to be able to buy unlimited services, but for many customers it's difficult to commit to an enti...

Apple's lack of enterprise ambition

eWeek's Don Reisinger has an editorial up titled "Should Apple Even Care About the Enterprise?" in which he answers unequivocally "no." Reisinger lays out all the usual points; Apple is a hardware, rather than software business, with a decidedly consumer focus, limited...

Let's Retire F1's Bernie and Max Before it's Too Late

If ever we needed reasons to get rid of the two clowns who are running, and just about destroying F1, Bernie Ecclestone and Max Mosely continue to offer disgusting opportunities. First, Max gets caught with his pants down, playing Nazi sex games with paid floozies. Then Bernie reveals to a Daily...

GMail Leaves Beta and Hell is Bound to Freeze Over

I never truly knew what was the impetus for the Beta tag that has been attached to GMail, Google Docs, and the other Google Apps for the past few years. Honestly, Gmail, for all intents and purposes, was not substantially different last week than it was one year ago. What has changed however is...

Planning Your Travel with No-Image

You have a vacation coming. Where do you go? A new travel wiki, No-Image , may help you answer that question… No-Image provides information about different travel destinations - like Dubai and Madrid . Looking for something a little closer to home? How about San Antonio ? The wiki's e...

Magellan Maestro 4700 is the Navigator You are Searching For

I have just returned from a road trip, and I thought I was smart because I didn't need a GPS device for my car because I have a iPhone 3GS. Needless to say, I was lost for half of my trip, not because the iPhone didn't work, but because AT&T simply does not exist in Wyoming or South...

Oasis of the Seas - Dining als Kreuzfahrt -Erlebnis

Die Oasis of the Seas ist ein wahres Superschiff und das schreibe ich, obwohl der Luxusliner bislang noch nicht vom Stapel gelaufen ist. Eines ist jedoch schon jetzt bekannt: neben den zahlreichen Neuerungen und dem bislang nicht da gewesenen Luxus an Bord, geht die Royal Caribbean International...

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...

Animoto Releases Updated iPhone App

Animoto has released an update to their popular music video creation app for the iPhone and iPod touch, Videos 2.0 . The Animoto Videos application allows users to easily create and view professional-quality music videos on the go. With nearly 500,000 videos created through the application ...

Alienware OptX AW2210 21.5 寸游戏用显示器

Alienware 今天推出了新的 OptX AW2210 21.5 寸游戏用显示器，推荐分辨率为 1920x1080，对比度为 80000:1，配备双 HDMI 接口以及四个 USB 接口，售价仅为 290 美元。 以下为官方新闻稿： ALIENWARE PUTS YOU IN THE GAME WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE ALIENWARE OPTX™AW2210 21.5" FULL HD MONITOR AND ALIENWARE TACTX™ HEADSET · Eye-catching Alienware OptX Monitor boast...

Taking out a mortgage loan without going mad

There's one secret to taking out a mortgage loan without losing your mind: Don't obsess over those mortgage interest rates. Unfortunately, this is the one piece of advice very few borrowers listen to. You can't really blame homeowners for focusing so intently on what their mortgage int...

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...

Giveaway: Samurai Helmet

We are giving away one of the brand new Samurai Helmet! This is the July deluxe gift bag item! To enter: -Post your username on the thread -This time, you can AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT. Seriously, go nuts! -Drawing will be held on Friday - good luck to everyone!

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...

Supply chain video: Preparing for the worst, managing supplier risk in the downturn (Part 3)

This is the third part of Robert Hanfield's talk in PMMS Leadership in Procurement: A Global Perspective in Troubled Times. In this part Robert touches upon issues such as early retirement policies, cash issues and synchronization with suppliers; Generally speaking, he doesn't consider early...

How can a supply chain react to unexpected events (similar to Michael Jackson's death)?

The death of Michael Jackson shocked many of his fans but also the company which was organizing the event. In a podcast by New York Times, I heard that the unexpected death has resulted in $150 million loss for the organizing company. This is clearly an example of an event which is hardly predicta...

Find your Golf Stuff at the Right Price

It's that time of year... You gather up your golf equipment and throw it all in your trunk. Then you head for the links. Golf is about sun and fresh air, about relaxing with friends. But half golf is the stuff - the golf bags and golf balls , the shoes and golf shirt and sunglasses an...

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 with a little pain in my head and a case of dry mouth, like most people I spend a little time wonde...

Madoff hires prison consultant

Now that he has been sentenced to 150 years, Bernard Madoff has hired a prison consultant, Herb Hoelter, to help find him the best possible jail. But as The Times reports, Hoelter will have his work cut out because 150 years means he has next to no hope of being sent to a low or medium high-se...

July is UV Safety Month: Protect and Repair Your Skin

© pedrosimoes7 Besides sunburn, over time excess UV radiation 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 overexposure to the sun. The American Skincare...

Headache Online Tool: Headache U

© Mr.Thomas Headaches are real. Headaches are also very common. Each year, 90% of men and 95% of women will have at least one. Headache experiences, on the other hand, are anything but common. For some, headaches can get so severe, that family, social and work life takes a serious hit, causi...

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...

Friendfeed 也推实时搜索

官方 Blog 消息 ，Friendfeed 也开始推出实时搜索应用。现在你在 Friendfeed 搜素的话，搜索结果将会实时更新，就像原本 Friendfeed 的 Timeline 一样。更为有趣的是，Friendfeed 实时搜索结果出了能保存在用户的 Timeline 中显示之外，还能外部输出为 Widget，内嵌到用户的 Blog 或者个人网站中来（上图）。

Paoo Jewelry

Designer Gemstone Jewelry Paoo launched their new jewelry line at the Emmy's "Secret Lounge" in Los Angeles last year, and received praise from the Hollywood celebrities who attended. To bring their vision to life, Paoo is working with three international designers from Turkey and...

USB 3.0 Is Coming Soon to Make Your PC Even More Obsolete

The USB 3.0 standard has been in development for some time now, but it finally looks like we might be seeing that blazing speed in our computers and peripherals sooner than later. In fact, Nikkei Electronics Asia is reporting that USB enabled devices will be making their way out of Taiwan as ea...

What the jobless figures tell us

The latest US unemployment figures, as reported here , are a real worry. The jobless rate has climbed to 9.5% and shows no sign of slipping back. What that's telling us is the situation is getting worse. It's nowhere near as promising as the optimists claim. As the Economic Policy Inst...

World Bank finally catches up with Siemens

Seems like regulators are finally dealing with bribers and cheaters. But they're taking their time. Two years after Siemens executives were convicted of paying bribes to get business, the World Bank has announced it will impose a $100 million penalty on the German conglomerate and bar it ...

Good News for Liberal Arts Majors - StarCraft Classes Now Available

© leslie0809 If you have a pension for for playing an eleven year old RTS game, and you really want to kick some butt at it, then I have good news. Starcraft classes are available to you right now in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can learn to be the best, from the best, and it will only cos...

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 ...

全球前 100 名最佳投资网络 VC

最近的一项报告根据风险投资者的网络化程度，评选出具备最佳网络的前 100 家风险投资商。 该报告认为 ，风险投资者的网络化程度越高，网络越好，投资回报率就越高。该报告指出，风险投资者的网络是与由其他与其进行联合投资的投资者所组成的。风险投资拥有的联合投资者越多，网络就越好。风险投资商的网络规模与回报率之间的关系，可以为其投资带来更好的交易流、人才、顾问、潜在客户和退出可能。 该报告对 2006-2008 年间为超过 3300 家创业公司提供融资支持的 2700 个投资者进行了分析，并根据网络化程度评分，评选出具备最佳网络的前 100 家风险投资商。请见下表： 1 德丰杰 2 红杉资本...

Are you ready for a mortgage loan?

For many people, owning a home is still the embodiment of the American dream. (I guess they don't know yet about clogged gutters, weeding and broken water heaters.) The desire to own something, to call something yours, is a strong one. Of course, the American dream has taken a bit of a hit thes...

New Bertone BAT Will Fly High at Concorso Italiano

If you thought there was something familiar about this car you'd be right. Remember the spectacular Bertone-designed "BAT" Alfas of the late 1950s? Like most Italian-designed cars of the period they were years ahead of their time. Not necessarily practical but sparkling with design ...

Madoff's tough spell

Much has been said about Bernard Madoff's 150 year prison sentence. The Los Angeles Times points out the obvious : his sentence is a lot shorter than what was handed out to the likes of Denis Kozlowski (8 to 25 years), Bernie Ebbers (25 years) and Jeff Skilling 24 years and 4 months). Mado...

Supply chain video: Preparing for the worst, managing supplier risk in the downturn (Part 2)

This is the second part of the video presentation from Professor Rob Handfield in the PMMS Leadership in Procurement from the 2009 on supply chain risks in this economic downturn. In this part, he highlights that a charactaristic of high performance in not simply laying off people and go for radical...

AMR Research gets new hires for its supply chain group

AMR Research, the research firm focused on the supply chain management and its supporting technologies, announced recently that it is expanding its research team with the addition of three new analysts, Paul Lord, Steve Steutermann, and Allen Johnson. According to PR Newswire , this announ...

BPI looks back on Napster... what it did wrong.

The cheif of the BPI has been looking back at the days of Napster and the like, and has admitted that the whole situation wasn't handled as it should've been. He admits that if they could've all embraced it at the time we would probably be miles ahead in digital distribution by now...but...

Succeeding on the Internet

© d70focus Search Engine People recently had a fairly comprehensive look at what it takes to succeed on the Internet. Tip number 1: Do what you do best... Seems like a no-brainer, but often times when companies start out they want to be a one stop web shop. Durng our early days we took on ...

Blackberry Tour 9630 coming soon to Verizon Wireless

The much anticipated new Blackberry device known Tour is coming to Verizon Wireless on July 12. It is now available for pre-ordering at a discounted price of $199.99 on a two year contract. Two versions of the device will be shipped, one with a 3.2 Megapixel camera and the other one without it b...

Suipo Navita: Map System Offering Real Time Information

Remember once I had told you all about RFID posters called SuiPo which used RFID technology for interactive marketing and now the extension of the service is Suipo Navita , a map system offering real time information on stores and services situated around train stations. These Navita station...

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 of the Month. 3. New webkinz pets include the Walrus, Fox, Tomato Clownfish, Tawny Pup and the Si...

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

© chrisdlugosz A new domain 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 Web growing, transparency has become a major concern on the Internet. The ...

Genome-Wide Karyomapping for Detecting Cystic Fibrosis in Embryos

© drsuparna In the 25th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Amsterdam, scientists report of an embryo test that can screen for cystic fibrosis as well as aneuploidy. According to the researchers, genome-wide karyomapping simultaneously detects inherita...

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

© chrisdlugosz A new domain you've discovered is 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 growing, transparency has become a major c...

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

© chrisdlugosz A new domain you've discovered 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 Web growing, transparency has become a major co...

Why CEOs don't blog or Twitter

Social networking might be booming but bosses don't twitter or blog. For good reason too. A new survey, published here , reveals that only two out of the top 100 chief executive officers in the United States have Twitter accounts, only 13 have LinkedIn profiles, 81% don't have a person...

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

© chrisdlugosz A new domain you've discovered is offering 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 growing, transparency has become a major ...

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 to determine rates, according to an article by KOMOTV . This means that if you have not been payin...

Is Sony Really Flirting With PSP Phone

I love the PS3. I know there are Xbox diehards, and Wii fanboys, but I honestly believe that Sony did things right with that piece of hardware. The quality of the PS3 is exactly why I am wondering why Sony is flirting with disaster the PSP Phone. Yes, you read that right; according to Nikkei,...

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...

Logistics cost in the U.S. is dropping

American transportation and logistics cost is dropping for the first time in a long time; to be exact after six years. According to a report published by Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), total spending on U.S. logistics dropped to $1.3 trillion last year, a decrease of...