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Netbooks may be the new mobiles

While everyone has been busy catching iPhone fever, and Blackberries have firmly entrenched themselves as must-have tools in corporate America, the consumer-oriented, scorned netbooks may be the next hot device for businesses. Although netbooks are viewed by traditional IT types as little better th...

Satellite Hopes To Make Deadzones a Thing of the Past

The world's largest commercial satellite has been launched into earth orbit with the goal of providing mobile phone service to "dead zones" all across North America. Owned by Reston, Va.-based TerreStar, the satellite is designed to pick up and relay signals from mobile phones. ...

Daimler SP250 Celebrates 50th Anniversary, Sidney Gets a Treat

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

The Goldman Sachs-Rolling Stone slugfest

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

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...

Wanted: Oldest Pontiac Plus Oldest Pontiac With Original Owner

Pontiac, soon to become one of the Lost Marques of America. Just this day I read that GM would shortly discontinue the Solstice and the Vibe. Mind you, the former was a niche car whose image was diminished by sharing it with Saturn and a British Vauxhall , while the latter was a Toyota Matrix...

Supply chain education ranking: Penn State becomes No. 1

Probably the question of "Which program to choose?" is what many potential supply chain students are facing: Different programs have popped up here and there and many reputable universities are offering supply chain education programs. So AMR Research recently conducted a research to prepa...

Georgia Tech opens a new supply chain center in Costa Rica

We have been witnessing a trend among U.S. based SCM educational institutions in the last couple of years and that's internationalization: MIT established a supply chain and logistics center in Spain some years ago ( ZLC ) and recently added some new members to this collaboration from Latin Amer...

D'oh, I Should Have Paid Attention to My TomTom

I was slightly interested in the Knight Rider GPS unit, but TomTom takes the cake with this one. TomTom has released a Simpson's skin for their TomTom GPS navigators and it features none other than Homer Simpson giving directions and saving the day. Any voice is better than those crappy aut...

The Ultimate Fathers Day Gift for a Classic Car Guy

If I could give myself a Fathers Day gift it would be an all-expenses paid trip to Detroit to see the annual Eyes on Design concours d'elegance. I'd do so because this event is attended by many of America's car designers and automotive decision makers and is therefore aimed at attra...

Advice to F1. Look at the American Open-Wheel Disaster

I've been a Formula One racing fan ever since I realised that race tracks weren't exclusively composed of ovals but instead resembled what most folks drove on every day. I appreciate the talent of NASCAR drivers and Indy Car pilots but for the ultimate in technology and driving skills...

The slow recovery

So the International Monetary Fund has given the US economy, and by implication the Obama administration, a big tick of sorts in its latest report . The IMF projects that the economy will contract 2.5% in 2009 but grow by a modest 0.75% in 2010. It's not huge but at least it's headed in...

In Search of a Cool Summer: Lake Baikal, Siberia

One of the least noticed natural wonderlands in the tourist world today is Lake Baikal in Siberian Russia. During the 52 days between June 20th and August 10th it usually breaks 85F degrees in Ulan-Ude (on the shores of Lake Baikal) less than a dozen times each year. The high temperature is more...

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

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

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...

Why the Vintage Racing League Should Matter to You

If you love vintage cars and if, like many of us, you're also a motor racing fan, you have to appreciate The Vintage Racing League . It advertises itself as "the world's largest online community for people that love vintage cars" and I'm not about to argue with that claim. ...

US President Obama's Eating Habits, BEing Followed By Foodies

IF you are a celebrity...peole follow you and pcitures of you end up in the papers and online. Even if the picture is of you, walking your dog, putting out the trash or just simply gettig your favorite coffee in th nearest Starbucks. But what if you are the President of the United Sated of Amer...

Recession Forces More Golf Deals

Necessity is the mother of invention. How true, especially these days. If you have wandered through your favorite department store recently, you've probably seen some pretty amazing deals: 60 percent off, buy one, get two free - that kind of thing. Retailers are desperate to move mercha...

LG GD910 Wristwatch Phone available in July

LG introduced a wristwatch phone known as the GD910 at the CES and MWC this year. Well here's some good news for GD910 fans as the wristwatch phone will start selling in July this year. The GD910 will be available in the European region exclusively on Orange Network. It will also be availabl...

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...

Self Foot Examination Against Needless Diabetic Amputations

© frankenstoen With nearly 25 million Americans already diagnosed, America is in the throes of a diabetes epidemic that's quickly gaining in momentum. According to the Centers for Disease Control, one out of every three children will develop diabetes sometime in their life. The prognosis i...

Is manufacturing dead?

Much has been written about the decline of manufacturing and the demise of General Motors highlights the problem. Which makes the observations in Robert Reich's blog on the future of manufacturing. Reich argues that the bailout of GM is just buying time. It won't create jobs and it wo...

Blame the recession on Reagan: Paul Krugman

Some fascinating comments from Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman blaming America's economic woes on Ronald Reagan. Basically, Krugman says deregulation, the piling up of debt and the scrapping of financially prudent rules like for example limiting the ability of families to buy h...

Spotify to make it portable?

Spotify is awesome. It is the one piece of legal music distribution I cannot fault; you can listen to music, free of charge, whenever you like, just for a couple of ads here and there. Now it's set to get better with teases of an Android, and potentially an iPhone application in the work, allowi...

Vote for America’s Best Loved Recipe

Taste of Home's America's Best Loved Recipe Contest is coming to a close with four selected finalist who are competing for the grand prize of $25,000 and a feature on Good Morning America. But Taste of Home wants YOU to pick the winning recipe by voting for their favorite, ala American...

Vera Wang Jewelry

Fashion Designer Jewelry Vera Wang was a senior fashion editor for Vogue for sixteen years. In 1985, she left Vogue after being turned down for the editor-in-chief position currently filled by Anna Wintour, and joined Ralph Lauren as a design director for two years. In 1990, Wang opened her own...

Happy Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day to our United States readers! Today we celebrate those who have given service to our country in the Armed Forces and related ways. Thanks to everyone who helped play a role in the safety and security of America! Amidst all the parties, cookouts and fun I had to do a bit of shoppi...

Hanalei Bay in Kauai

© iShot71 Hawaii's Hanalei Bay on the island of Kauai has been named Best Beach in America according to a guy "who calls himself Dr. Beach ," the The Inquisitr said today. Stephen P. Leatherman publishes a list of the best beaches in America each year. This year Siesta Beach...

Palm Pre Knows How to Successfully Launch a Product

© Matt McGee There is a secret to successfully launching an electronics product, and Palm knows it. The secret is simple; you simply hype the heck out of product and then fail to deliver any to stores which will cause a massive shortage. The media storm will follow, and with any luck, you can...

Prague for the Young

I've always associated Prague with youth for some reason. Now here's a story that confirms my suspicions... MSNBC ran a piece yesterday on how Prague is a good place to take your kids. There are more than 80 museums and 70 theaters in Prague. Kids will like taking the funicular train to t...

Oprah Hearts Skype

Oprah dedicated her show today to singing the praises of Skype . "On the show, titled ' Where the Skype Are You? ,' Winfrey conducts video chats - via Skype - with people in weird places," writes the WSJ's Geoffrey A. Fowler . "Those places include a Canadian...

Virgin America Gets Wi-Fi Fleetwide

Virgin America today announced that it's the first airline to offer Gogo in-flight Wi-Fi access on every flight and every airplane in its fleet. "The airline beat out several other contenders, including Delta , Alaska , and AirTran , which have all pledged to soon wire themse...

Vancouver All British Show Highlight No. 2: The Elegant AC Ace

Yes, yes, I know. We're supposed to be totally enraptured by Carroll Shelby's Cobras, unquestionably one of the world's great sports cars. Like the rest of you, I'm in awe, nevertheless I prefer the original AC Ace , the car that gave its chassis, frame, and good looks to the Cob...

President at the Pump

Imagine. In just seven years all new cars sold in America will be required to average 35 mpg. The auto industry (or what's left of it) will not go down without a lot of screaming and hair-tearing, for it hates being forced by politicians to do things it doesn't like or pretends to be tech...

24 - 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM / 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

• 24 - 6:00 AM - 7:00 AM / 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM • Adium 1.4 beta with Twitter support • Nokia maintains its leadership in bringing the Internet to emerging markets • 欧盟反垄断"黑名单":谷歌/思科/高通/IBM • Wal-Mart Makes Electronics Push • Buy an app via Windows Marketplace, share with four fri...

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...

Military joins climate change battle

Talk about strange bedfellows. Environmentalists have now found a new and unexpected ally: the US military. The army, navy, air force and the marines have come out in support of the Green army with a bunch of retired generals and military types at the Center for Naval Analysis (CNA) putting out...

Amali Jewelry

Handcrafted Fine Jewelry Amali designer Sara Freedenfeld discovered her passion for making jewelry while backpacking through South America. Sara launched her company, Amali, in the spring of 2006, and has quickly become a favorite among celebrities . Most recently, Amali Jewelry adorned Tyra B...

Vancouver All British Show Highlight No. 1: Morgan Three-Wheeler

When H.F.S. Morgan began making cars in 1909 his first model was a three-wheeler : two wheels up front, the driving wheel at the rear. And that's the only kind of vehicle the factory manufactured until a four-wheeler was announced in 1935. Unlikely though it may seem, Morgan's three-wh...

Corporate social responsibility and recession

With the recession, companies are cutting back on their corporate social responsibility budgets but it's not going away. As reported here , the big cuts are in corporate philanthropy but they are still focusing on areas like green supply chains. Why is that happening? A report in Slate, an...

Financial crisis winners to hurt banks

Who are the big winners coming out of this financial crisis? And how will they threaten to destroy banks? The Economist identifies four big winners that will decimate the banking sector. These include the advisory boutiques which are cashing in on the banks destroying their reputations and da...

Monica Vinader Jewelry

Handcrafted Gemstone Jewelry Monica Vinader's unique gemstone jewelry collection features fabulous pieces in gold vermeil and sterling silver vermeil . Monica Vinader was born in Spain and now designs and makes beautiful contemporary jewelry from her 16th Century barn in Norfolk, England. ...

Daewoo: GM's Secret Weapon?

With Chrysler bankrupt, GM nearly so, and several other manufacturers in trouble, rumours are flying about mergers and buyouts. Pundits who long ago claimed that the auto industry would some day be reduced to a few combines are being congratulated as visionaries. But where will the familiar marqu...

Why stricter laws won't work

The problem with bringing in stricter laws to fix the banking system is that it turns good behavior into a matter of compliance. As economist John Kay writes, that stricter rules can never replace integrity and that they only result in people finding ways to circumvent them. "Regulation b...

Bioscience Education in America: A State by State Analysis

WHAT: "Taking the Pulse of Bioscience Education in America: A State by State Analysis" is a report prepared and supported by Battelle. BIO commissioned the report and had the input and support of the Biotechnology Institute. WHEN: Monday, May 18, 2009, 2 p.m. EDT WHERE: BIO 2009 ...

微软确认将于 12 月正式发售 Windows 7

刚才在洛杉矶的 TechEd 2009 会议上，微软 Windows 业务高级副总裁 Bill Veghte 确认，微软确认将于 12 月正式发售 Windows 7。公司旗下的另一款产品，适用于客户端及服务器版本的 Windows Server 2008 R2 也将于同期上市。 微软同时表示，将在今年 7 月向此次年会的参加者放出 Office 2010 的技术预览版。微软的一位产品经理 Ward Ralston 则表示，这并不意味着 Office 2010 步入了正式发布前的阶段。微软尚未公布该产品的发布日期。 微软在半月前推出了首个 RC 版的 Windows 7，这也意味着该...

H1B: Frying pan to fire

There are few things more controversial in the world of IT HR than the H1B foreign-worker visa program. CIOs, as a rule, are fans; the ability to hire from an increasingly large pool of eager and well-educated foreign workers to fill domestic jobs helps ease the pay scale. Industry leaders as illust...

Survey: Most Women Work Because They Have To

© Mariela De Marchi According to Adecco Group (the largest staffing agency in the world) North America's latest American Workplace Insights Survey in honor of Mother's Day, more than three quarters of women are working because they have to, not because they want to . Additionally,...

The Capri, Europe's Ford Mustang and BMW Beater

Ah, the Ford Capri! The handsome coupe was Europe's version of the Mustang, built from components of British Ford sedans, just as the former was constructed from Falcon part bins. This year marks the Capri's 40th anniversary, nearly two-million having been produced during its 18-year run....

Save Money on Your Grocery Shopping

© hellochris If you were to look over your food budget and all that is spent on eating out - it would probably surprise most people. When you realize that so large a percentage of your income goes to food would probably even be a shock to many. Finding ways to save money on groceries would pr...

Bankroll blues

Two alarming reports, both from the Centre for Public Integrity , show how entrenched the banks are in the political system and how close they are to politicians. Is it any wonder the US Government won't crack down on them? First comes its report showing that that the top 25 originators ...

First Fiat in North America? Bravo!

As one who remembers when Fiat was active in North America, I'm glad to see the historic Italian automaker return as part of a deal to purchase 20% (with more to come) of Chrysler. Fiat manufactures an extraordinary number of models, some in collaboration with Opel, some with Citroen/Peugeot...

Coming: The Best British Car Show This Side of Britain

The UK's auto industry may be a mere shadow of its past but all over the world you'll find enthusiasts keen to own, restore, or just admire a British car. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Name notwithstanding, the attraction probably has some...

May is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month

The month of May has been designated by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America to be the " National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month ". I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to all the bloggers out there like me who aim to spread awareness and share stories...

All the Lego Star Wars Minifigs in History

• All the Lego Star Wars Minifigs in History • Sprint Nextel Reports First Quarter 2009 Results • NAVIGON stops PND business in North America • iPhone Outsold By BlackBerry Curve In U.S. Last Quarter • Highly Ubuntu 9.04 integrated GMail Notifier in Launchpad • KIDO'Z • Asustek to l...

Testing stress tests

And so The Wall Street Journal reports that 10 of the 19 banks undergoing stress tests will have to boost their capital and that list might include Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Citigroup. The fundamental question is not just whether those banks are solvent. It's whether the stress test...

Top Sights in Dublin

Bernd Biege has an excellent piece online about Dublin's top attractions. Even if you have just one day in Dublin, make sure not to miss any of the Top Ten Sights! Most are within easy reach of the city center or will be part of a bus tour. Top of the list? Trinity College, founded in 1592 by ...

Austin Healey Shines at Victoria BC Car Show

Much as I enjoy writing about car concours in Europe and America I'll be the first to admit there are thousands of local shows that can be just as much fun for entrants and spectators. We have dozens here on BC's Vancouver Island and though the cars may not be spectacular the easy-going ...

More Wall Street greed

Bankers and finance executives might have brought the world to its knees but they haven't learned their lesson. They reckon they're victims. In this striking piece from New York magazine, The Wail of the 1% , bankers say they deserve the be treated with respect. And they don't see ...

Costa Rica!

Costa Rica is among the most over looked tourist destinations in Latin America. Costa Rica's 800 miles of coast lines offers beautiful beaches on both the Caribbean and the Pacific. You can often have a stretch of sand to yourself. Of course, the country is also filled with national parks ....

Classic Car Collector Buys a Spitfire

So you think the prices asked for classic cars are outrageous, especially during economic hard times? Try buying a vintage aircraft . An airworthy two-seater Supermarine Mk IX Spitfire aircraft was recently sold for $2,527,784 during a Bonhams Collectors Motor Car sale . The buyer was Steven ...

Sun, Oracle, WordPress, and MySQL

• Sun, Oracle, WordPress, and MySQL • iPhone OS 3.0 to feature voice control and feedback • Blo.gs Lives On • Dora • MySpace Finally Opens The Door To Application Notifications • Interview With Digg's Kevin Rose: The State of The Union • Mojiva - Mobile Advertising platform to buy a...

Russischer Präsident startet Weblog

© World Economic Forum Fast aber nur fast wäre mir ein Verweis auf den zweiten (bzw. fünften) Teil der Star-Wars-Reihe entfleucht. Dieser lautet "Das Imperium schlägt zurück" und angesichts der Weblog-Präsenz der russischen Regierung könnte man es schon auch so nennen. Wo Weblogs no...

美国银行一季净利42.4亿美元

美国银行今天公布了09年第一季度财报，报告显示，得益于住房再融资和交易收入，美国银行第一季度净利润为42.4亿美元，较去年同期的12.1亿美元增长两倍以上超出分析师的最乐观预期。 via marketwatch

Driving With the World's First Computer-based Rally Navigator

I was with one of the original computer nerds, though I doubt he knew what that meant and I certainly didn't. It was the 1960s and we were competing in the Canadian International Winter Rally in a factory-backed Volkswagen Beetle; me as driver, my friend as navigator. In those years the Win...

Five Fantastic Golf Locations

© Shaggy Paul It may still be a little cool in your part of Glasgow or Leeds, but much of our half of the world is warming up. And it's providing some marvelous weather for golf . Consider some of these fantastic locations where you could be walking the fairways... The Papillon Ayscha ...

HTC Snap headed for T-Mobile

HTC Snap, the Blackberry look-a-like QWERTY Windows Mobile Smartphone is coming to T-Mobile soon. It is designed like a Blackberry, which might mean that it is coming to compete directly with RIM's line up of Blackberry devices. Here are the details: Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, ...

Canadian Golf Prepares for Storm

The recreational golf season is now underway in the chillier parts of North America. The bite of winter has been replaced by the cool winds of spring but there is still a cold feel to the start of the season that goes bone-deep. In Canada, a huge question mark hangs over the golf course indus...

报纸应为网络新闻创立新模式

纽约时报消息 ，在圣迭戈举行的美国 Newspaper Association of America 年度大会上，Google CEO Eric Schmidt 发表演讲，他呼吁报纸产业应当与谷歌合作，创立能够吸引读者在搜索引擎所列的标题之外还想进一步阅读的产品。 他说，"我们认为，Google 能与报业公司建立业务关系，这是我们所能想到的唯一解决方式。" 周二的演讲也是 Schmidt 在报业高管会议中的首次亮相。很多报业高管倍感担忧的是，他们的新闻内容已经成为 Google 的收入来源，报纸业的商业模式则由于读者投向网络新闻而继续分崩离析。 在全球经济滑坡...