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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Amazon Is Building a Better Browser for Kindle (Wired News)

Browsing the web on one of Amazon's Kindle e-readers is like taking a step backwards in time. It's clunky and has only limited support for web standards, and bare-bones JavaScript capabilities. But now Amazon may be looking to add browser engineers to the Kindle team, according to job listings on the company's website.


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

QLogic Rises on Takeover Chatter - Orange County Business Journal

a maker of electronics for data storage networks, rose Tuesday on Wall Street chatter that it's a possible takeover target. The stock closed up 2% in on a recent market value of $2.2 billion. According to a blog posting on financial news Web site ...


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Michelle Obama bows to tradition - Independent Online

Washington - First Lady Michelle Obama bowed to tradition on Tuesday and donated the dazzling ball gown she wore for her husband's presidential inauguration last January to the Smithsonian museum institution. The flowing, white, one-shouldered Jason ...


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Read all 'iPhone 4G' posts in Crave - CNET News

DesignedbyItem's concept design for the iPhone 4G. (Credit: designedbyitem.com) The day the iPhone 3GS launched, I wrote a column entitled " 364 days and counting to iPhone 4G ." Since then, thanks to Google, I've gotten a lot of emails from folks ...


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

New Honor for the Designs That Get Movies Moving - New York Times

LOS ANGELES ? Can an introduction be an art form? The people who hand out film awards are beginning to think so. Next week in Austin, Tex., the South by Southwest festival will honor the winners of a film and television titles competition, a rare ...


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Dassault Systemes Unveils New Social 3D Authoring Solutions for Game Developers and Creative Professionals at GDC 2010 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

SAN FRANCISCO----Dassault Systèmes , a world leader in 3D solutions, today announced the public beta of 3DVIA Studio and 3DVIA Scenes, two powerful applications that enable new communities of Web users to create, publish and share highly realistic 3D experiences online.


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Official Condom Design: New York's New Sex Symbol (NPR)

You've heard of official state flowers, but an official condom? New York City's health department, which distributes 40 million free condoms a year, held a contest for a new limited-edition wrapper. The winning design, announced Tuesday, will likely become one of the most recognized logos in New York.


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Amazon to improve the Kindle's browser (Geek.com)

Users could be able to browse the whole web with the Kindle's built-in web browser, including popular web apps that have become a part of our daily routine, WebMonkey observed Tuesday. The publication pointed its finger at a one-month old Amazon job posting seeking a browser engineer who will be working at Amazon's Lab126 unit [...]


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Anti-trust Competition (Mondaq)

The European Commission ("Commission") has welcomed the implementation of Microsoft's commitment to give PC manufacturers and users in the European Economic Area, covering 30 nations, the option to choose their web browser.


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Senior wins shoe-design contest (The Indiana Gazette)

DENVER - Carmelo Anthony likes to tell people that if he weren't playing basketball, he'd want to be a footwear designer. Austin Jermacans, a 17-year-old from Reading says if he weren't still in high school, he'd like to be designing shoes.


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Innovations in Online CAD Publishing Grow Industrial Companies' Sales While Speeding Design ... (ThomasNet)

New Video from ThomasNet Educates Industry on Value of Publishing CAD Drawings on the Web New York, NY - March 9, 2010 - ThomasNet today announced the posting of a new video detailing the business value of CAD drawings from the Web, as resources to manufacturers that share them with existing and prospective customers (engineers and or architects) who incorporate 2D 3D CAD drawings into their ...


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Sick days - Star-Tribune

Ashleigh Harris, marketing director for Gyrobike, works from her dining room table at her home in San Francisco. "Things need to get done when they need to get done when it comes to building a successful startup," said Harris, the marketing director ...


Tuesday, March 09, 2010

IPdisplays Announces Availability of Next-Gen Video Controller and Web-based Packaged Offerings for LCD and LED Displays (PRWeb)

Open interface ddeal for real-time display of mission critical data for contact centers, manufacturing automation and 3PL environments. (PRWeb Mar 8, 2010) Read the full story at http: www.prweb.com releases 2010 03 prweb3687794.htm


Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Your (Brief) Guide To GDC 2010 - Gamasutra

To help prospective attendees choose what talks to attend, and to help readers who can't attend to get a bead on what coverage they should be looking for on the web, we've put ... catchily named 'The Psychology of Game Design (Everything You Know Is ...


Tuesday, March 09, 2010

A reactor to make nuclear affordable - Marketplace.publicradio.org

Kai Ryssdal: French president Nicolas Sarkozy sees economic opportunity in nuclear power. France gets about 80 percent of its electricity from splitting atoms. So when Sarkozy told a conference in Paris today that nuclear's a great way to help third ...


Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Stately rewards for bright ideas (Sydney Morning Herald)

The Victorian Government is offering $100,000 in prizes (including PS3 consoles and Apple iPhones) for innovative web and mobile applications. The competition is even open to those who don't have the technological know-how to implement an idea, with Victorians able to submit creative ideas for useful apps. Entrants have already started submitting ideas for serious games as part of the ...


Tuesday, March 09, 2010

IPdisplays Announces Availability of Next-Gen Video Controller and Web-based Packaged Offerings for LCD and LED Displays (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Open interface ddeal for real-time display of mission critical data for contact centers, manufacturing automation and 3PL environments.


Tuesday, March 09, 2010

PDS Group Launches Web Site -- "The Performance Flight Deck" New Web Site Goes Live on Monday March 8th ([[[SHIFTOUT ... (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Two out of three change initiatives fail in North America (Mckinsey, 2009 & Kotter 1996). On both surveys, Executives cited "people not being on the same page" as the top reason for change failure.


Tuesday, March 09, 2010

Girl honors mother's memory (The Topeka Capital-Journal)

An Abilene teen is honoring her late mother and drawing attention to breast-cancer awareness by designing a computer-generated Toyota Camry NASCAR racer for an online contest. read more


Monday, March 08, 2010

WEB EXTRA: Facts on the Detroit River bridge projects - Crain's Detroit Business

? More than $33 million has been spent by the Michigan Department of Transportation since 2002 on Detroit River International Crossing studies and other related processes. Last year, $8 million was authorized by the state for pre-engineering and ...


Monday, March 08, 2010

Defectors Say Church of Scientology Hides Abuse - Herald Tribune

CLEARWATER, Fla. ? Raised as Scientologists, Christie King Collbran and her husband, Chris, were recruited as teenagers to work for the elite corps of staff members who keep the Church of Scientology running, known as the Sea Organization, or Sea ...


Monday, March 08, 2010

ADRs give investors global exposure at home - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

As the rest of the world grows, U.S. stock markets are becoming a smaller part of it. In 1998, the U.S. stock market counted for half of the world's market capitalization, said Bruce R. Laning, partner and portfolio manager at Marietta Investment ...


Monday, March 08, 2010

CONSUMER REPORTS: Cutting through 3D-TV hype (9 News Denver)

KUSA - The success of Avatar's computer-generated breakthrough 3D images has plenty of people talking. And 3D was the big buzz at this year's Consumer Electronics Show.


Monday, March 08, 2010

Madisonville library (St. Tammany News)

Hrricane Katrina has given the town of Madisonville and the St. Tammany Library Board an opportunity to build a structure from the ground up that will offer current and future generations a place of community, research and reading.


Monday, March 08, 2010

24-year-olds start delivery business with optimism and a plan (Lexington Herald-Leader)

Oh, to be young, ambitious and just starting your own business ? in the worst economic downtu


Monday, March 08, 2010

Business Notes: Boatless weekend spawned local inventor's brainstorm (Quincy Herald-Whig)

BRIAN OHNEMUS had an idea he believed in, and now so do quite a few others. Two years ago, Ohnemus invented a boat rack to haul his boat while pulling his camper. The concept worked so well he decided to market the idea with the help of an investor friend.


Monday, March 08, 2010

RESULTS: Capital Area Science and Engineering Fair (The Sentinel)

The following students were category winners in the Capital Area Science and Engineering Fair. Listed is the student's name, grade, school, project title and placement. Some also list special awards received by that student.


Monday, March 08, 2010

Western Reserve Historical Society sells its history to save institution (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)

This is a story about how the Western Reserve Historical Society, a beloved Cleveland institution, dreamed too big, lived too large, failed to understand the politics of Cleveland City Hall and marched recklessly to the brink of ruin.


Monday, March 08, 2010

Toby Talbot AP - San Francisco Chronicle

Jeremy Lesniak owns a small Web design firm in Randolph, Vt. He has 10 employees and hundreds of clients. Sick isn't an option. "I have two cell phones and a pager" he said. "I have taken partial sick days or just worked from home, but I haven't had ...


Sunday, March 07, 2010

In slow economy, sick time a luxury - Austin American-Statesman

Jeremy Lesniak owns a small Web design firm in Randolph, Vt. He has 10 employees and hundreds of clients. Taking sick time isn't an option. "I have two cell phones and a pager," he said. "I have taken partial sick days or just worked from home, but I ...


Sunday, March 07, 2010

Welcome to the Future (GoldSeek.com)

We are in an era of accelerating change, moving toward a future that will be profoundly different from the past we grew up in. But what will the nature of that change be? What will the future look like?


Sunday, March 07, 2010

Dot-com bust ripples still felt 10 years later (San Francisco Chronicle)

With just $20,000 in cash but gobs of gumption, ambition and talent, Ethan Bloch and two partners are turning an idea into a Web-based business. "I came to San Francisco to build a big company that does important things," said the 24-year-old Baltimore... San Francisco - Dot-com bubble - United States - Business - San Francisco Bay Area


Saturday, March 06, 2010

Vantage Ingredients Launches New Website - PRLog (free press release)

When it comes to web and creative services, WebWorks does not subscribe to a "one-size fits all" approach. Unlike many other so-called "design" companies, WebWorks enjoys helping grow your business and wants to see it prosper. We were happy to ...


Saturday, March 06, 2010

Daniel Blackman: Don't Blame the Assembly Line for the Quality of the Car (The Huffington Post)

Since the advent of contextual web-based advertisements like Google's AdSense, online content has undergone a massive shift. Creating content solely for the purpose of hanging...


Saturday, March 06, 2010

Recalls this week: Soups, dips and window shades - Boston Globe

NEW YORK? More than 50 food products including soups, dips and salad dressings were caught up in a large recall of a flavor-enhancing ingredient possibly contaminated with salmonella this week. In addition, several window blind and shade products ...


Saturday, March 06, 2010

Thinkshops present an added opportunity for one-on-one interaction at ... - PRLog (free press release)

PR Log (Press Release) -- Mar 05, 2010 -- Engaging micro-sessions called Thinkshops add a powerful personal component to the format of AIGA's Y-15 Conference. Attendees select their Thinkshop in advance from 10 possible topics, each facilitated ...


Saturday, March 06, 2010

Miracle Cancer Drug Extends Life With $48,720 Cost (Update1) (Bloomberg)

March 5 (Bloomberg) -- George Demetri had witnessed countless near-death experiences in his career as a cancer doctor. This time, the life of a drug was on the line.


Saturday, March 06, 2010

Quad Graphics Files Form S-4 Related to Its Pending Acquisition of ... - PennLive.com

The web address listed above has instructions and a direct link ... and with 11 plants in the United States and several overseas, the company provides services ranging from front-end design and photography through digital imaging, printing, finishing ...


Saturday, March 06, 2010

Parature Founder and Chief Strategy Officer to Present at Montgomery ... - TMCnet

aspx) enables any organization to fundamentally change the way they support their customers through its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery and integrated, intuitive design that empowers organizations ... Magazine's Top 100 Fastest Growing Private ...


Saturday, March 06, 2010

Prosecutors rest in Bonusgate case (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

HARRISBURG -- After five weeks and 29 witnesses, prosecutors at 4:15 p.m. rested their case against former state Rep. Mike Veon and three former aides in the government corruption trial known as Bonusgate.


Saturday, March 06, 2010

Free Book Samplers! - Designing Great iPhone Apps, Being Geek, Power Your House, Your Money, and more. (O'Reilly Media)

Check out our free PDF book samplers from these new and upcoming books: Tap Happy: Designing Great iPhone Apps Being Geek Power Your House Personal Investing: The Missing Manual Your Money: The Missing Manual


Saturday, March 06, 2010

Another power source from Ol' Man River? (Keokuk Daily Gate City)

American Hydro Jet Corporation began in the 1990s, designing and building waterjets, but switched to composite waterjets because of the high weight and expense of stainless steel units.


Saturday, March 06, 2010

A Handbook For Hypergrowth (Forbes)

''The Art of Scalability'' for Web businesses.


Friday, March 05, 2010

Pelco: Sinovia Joins the Pelco Partner First Program - TMCnet

by Schneider Electric is a world leader in the design and development of video and security systems ideal for any industry. Pelco produces the security industry's most respected offering of discreet camera domes and enclosures, video matrix systems ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

Pictage to Unveil Bold New Corporate... - The Imaging Resource!

Leading Online Photo Services Provider to Have Ubiquitous Presence at Association's Annual Gathering as Prominent Exhibitor, Convention Sponsor, and Featured Conference Presenter; Company's Week-Long Convention Festivities Highlighted by "Lens ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

Murdoch and Shields to Give Joint Keynote at MIPTV 2010 - TMCnet

... automobiles, broadcasting, building & construction, electronics, energy, oil & gas, engineering, manufacturing, environment, food service & hospitality, gifts, healthcare, interior design, IT & telecoms, jewellery, life science & pharmaceuticals ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

Computer company expands and relocates [The Frederick News-Post, Md.] - TMCnet

(Frederick News-Post (MD) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Mar. 4--Christopher Phelps began his computer business in his basement 41u2 years ago. Since then, business growth led to two moves to larger quarters. Phelps' latest move in November to a 1,750 ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

IBM and Eclipse efforts focus on OSGi modularity - Infoworld

OSGi, which is intended to provide modularity for Java, is the focus of efforts afoot at IBM and the Eclipse Foundation, with IBM leveraging OSGi in its application server and Eclipse using it in a new framework for accessing enterprise technology ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

Google Claims Disaster Recovery Edge - Datamation

Google is revealing more information about how the company secures information for users of its Google Apps suite, specifically its ability to handle outages -- with claims of uptime and failover performance that could make any enterprise IT manager ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

Motorola Devour Hands On Review - Jkontherun.com

The web browser is the Android version that ships on all Android phones ... The optical trackpad on the front of the phone is a nice interface design. I am finding it more useful as time progresses with the phone. It is easy to move the cursor around ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

Is working from home the new calling in sick? - Mercury

Ashleigh Harris, marketing director for Gyrobike, works from her dining room table at her home in San Francisco. AP Photo Jeremy Lesniak owns a small Web design firm in Randolph, Vt. He has 10 employees and hundreds of clients. Sick isn't an option ...


Friday, March 05, 2010

Designing Your Own Cake: Cure Starts Now Wish (The Kentucky Post)

Most kids get their favorite character on their birthday cake. But what if you could let your child's imagination run wild? Design the cake of his her dreams, then watch it become an even sweeter reality.


Friday, March 05, 2010

Designing Your Own Cake: Cure Starts Now Wish (WCPO Cincinnati)

Charity gala gives you the chance to bid on great Once-in-a-lifetime wishes.


Friday, March 05, 2010

Our customers (BT Group)

Where next? Find out about what the future might hold We want to grow our business in a way that benefits our customers and society. And web sites like BT Sign and BT Basic illustrate our pioneering approach to inclusive communications.


Friday, March 05, 2010

TiVo Premiere: Like IMDB.com on TV (MSNBC)

TiVo may have invented time-shifting, but the past few years haven't been kind to this company unsure how to cut a profit. Then, someone inside TiVo HQ must have realized, oh right, INNOVATION! That's the ticket!


Friday, March 05, 2010

EmailBlastFlyer.com Offers Timely and Helpful Tips for Direct Email Marketing (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

EmailBlastFlyer.com has been designing multi-part custom flyers and managing detailed email address recipient results since 2005.


Friday, March 05, 2010

Deadline today to register to hear Temple Grandin talk about animals (Abilene Reporter-News)

Those who want to see Temple Grandin, known to many through a recent HBO movie detailing her life and work with animals, speaking about one of her particular passions ? animal handling ? still have a chance.Grandin, known equally for her autism advocacy, bestselling books, and work designing livestock handling facilities, will speak Tuesday at the Abilene Civic Center. She will talk about proper ...


Thursday, March 04, 2010

Washington DC Premier Web Design Firm for Small Business - PRLog (free press release)

PR Log (Press Release) -- Mar 03, 2010 -- Ethereal Web Design and Studio is a premier web design house located in Washington DC Metro area providing affordable rates for web site, graphic design, printing, branding, online marketing and much more ...


Thursday, March 04, 2010

Does the Female Ennuch still have balls? (Independent)

A few years ago, someone had the bright idea of designing a T-shirt with the slogan "This is What a Feminist Looks Like" running proudly across the chest. The Feminist Majority Foundation, selling them online, reported a run of orders from college campuses across America. In the UK, equality champions the Fawcett Society plugged the T-shirt on their website, asked prominent faces -- from Tracey ...


Thursday, March 04, 2010

How the United States tripled its Winter Games medal count in 12 years - Stamford Advocate

Times New Roman The longer Billy Demong stares at the gold medal he won last month at the Olympics, the more he thinks about how he felt at his first Winter Games, in 1998 in Nagano, Japan. "We still felt like kind of one of the outsiders," said ...


Thursday, March 04, 2010

Sigma Designs, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2010 Results - TMCnet

... and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding potential opportunities emerging for Sigma's strategic initiatives, projected growth in the IPTV market, the pursuit of major design wins in the hybrid IP ...


Thursday, March 04, 2010

LightPointe Announces Addition of New Millimeter-Wave Radio Solution - TMCnet

LightPointe has announced the addition of a new next generation high-performance millimeter-wave radio solution to its product portfolio. Called AireBeam G60, the new solution provides low-latency, full-duplex, wireless point-to- point Gigabit ...


Thursday, March 04, 2010

Dave Redlich's tips on sourcing for e-retail expansion - InternetRetailer.com

Retailers intent on staying competitive in a challenging marketplace need to buy merchandise efficiently and then offer the best products at the best prices. Dave Redlich , president, ReStockIt.com, will talk about how e-retailers can identify ...


Thursday, March 04, 2010

Micrel to Preview Industry's Most Energy-Efficient, Low Power IC ... - Market Wire

The MIC22950 is a pioneering product in Micrel's high power density family of buck regulators. The synchronous step-down regulator features a 10A integrated SuperThermal? MOSFET and is optimized for highest efficiency. With only a 1µH inductor and ...


Thursday, March 04, 2010

From sneakers to smartphones: The man behind Microsoft's Windows Phone ... - Network World Fusion

One of the key figures in redefining the Windows experience on smartphones is Albert Shum, who's been with Microsoft for barely two-and-a-half two years. His previous employer for 12 years: sneaker manufacturer Nike, where he worked in design. Shum ...


Thursday, March 04, 2010

Maingear mX-L 15 multimedia laptop available now - engadget

It looks like Maingear's mXl-15, the long-awaited little brother to the eXl-15 gaming laptop has finally entered the building. This 15.6-inch laptop packs an Intel Core i5 or i7 CPU, ATI Radeon Mobility 4570 512MB graphics, an LED backlit display ...


Thursday, March 04, 2010

The Chetek Alert (The Chetek Alert)

We find ourselves at a crossroads. As The Chetek Alert puts the finishing touches on a fresh new Web site, we're faced with a quandary familiar to newspapers-how to give readers the convenience and immediacy of online coverage without inadvertently penalizing our print subscribers.


Thursday, March 04, 2010

EE Times Group to Serve as the Strategic Event Partner for ARM Technology Conference (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

EE Times Group, a UBM company and the daily source of essential business and technical information for the electronics industry's decision makers, and producers of EE Times, Embedded.com, and the global Embedded Systems Conferences, along with UBM conferences such as Web 2.0 and the Game Developer Conference today announced that it has been chosen to serve as the strategic event partner to ...


Thursday, March 04, 2010

Iran Attacks Atomic Agency as EU, U.S. Seek Sanctions (Update1) (Bloomberg)

March 3 (Bloomberg) -- Iran attacked the United Nations atomic agency for spreading inaccuracies about the country's nuclear program as European nations and the U.S. emphasized the need for sanctions to stop it developing atomic weapons.


Thursday, March 04, 2010

Automated Response Needed for Cyber Attack, Napolitano Will Say (Bloomberg)

March 3 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. government and businesses should focus on developing new devices for authenticating computer users and automate responses to cyber attacks to bolster Internet security, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will say in a speech today.


Thursday, March 04, 2010

Working from home - the new calling in sick - Daily Item

Jeremy Lesniak owns a small Web design firm in Randolph, Vt. He has 10 employees and hundreds of clients. Sick isn't an option. "I have two cell phones and a pager" he said. "I have taken partial sick days or just worked from home, but I haven't had ...


Wednesday, March 03, 2010

HILLSBOROUGH: Senior Center sets census talk (Hillsborough Beacon)

In about a month, the country is requesting that every individual stand up and be counted.


Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Woman owns business at 20 (Asbury Park Press)

KEYPORT ? Not many would-be entrepreneurs get to plan their own dream store and open it by age 20.


Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Tech Data, Sage Help IT Resellers Build An Electronic Health Records Business (Business Solutions)

Tech Data Corporation, a leading IT products distributor, recently introduced its TechMed Vendor Affiliate Program, which will team industry leading producers of healthcare technology solutions with resellers supporting the IT needs of medical practitioners nationwide.


Wednesday, March 03, 2010

SEO Company will provide web design, web development and SEO services ... - PRLog (free press release)

... for your business category, and even information about our link building services, website design and website development and so on. If you wish to read more about SEO Company and their website designing, web development and SEO Services please ...


Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Eureka Old Town merchants launch Web site, plan new initiatives - Eureka Times-Standard

A group of Eureka Old Town business owners have joined to create new initiatives for promoting Old Town, building an Old Town Web site, with the aim of helping tourists get around and reminding locals about upcoming events and special plans ...


Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Cafe Owner's Mystery Phone Charge Part Of National Problem - TMCnet

Inc21 could not be reached by phone or e-mail for comment. The FTC charged that Inc21 sold Internet directory listings, website design, hosting services other services for $12.95 to $39.95 a month. The company, which hired third-party telemarketers ...


Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Hospital Neonatal Services in the United States: Variation in ... - Medscape News

Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe variation among states in designations of hospital neonatal services levels. Study Design: We systematically searched all 50 states and District of Columbia governmental web sites and extracted ...


Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Selectmen: Tax hike needed to balance budget - Newburyport Daily News

WEST NEWBURY ? Voters will need to consider raising taxes in order to bridge a $160,000 budget deficit, selectmen have concluded. The board, which met on Monday, holds its second meeting of the week tonight at 7:30. They will review warrant ...


Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Flexible Way To Add Text Watermark And Narration To Video - PRLog (free press release)

With the highlighted function to add text at any time, web video authors, webmasters, and flash video fans can publish video with ... Moyea's innovation, value and design have been widely recognized by its consumers all over the world.


Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Desire to own business lures many to network marketing (Everett Herald)

You or someone you know has lived through the dinner-party sales pitch where instead of a friendly meal, you are asked to join Amway or another once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.


Wednesday, March 03, 2010

StockSource.us Reports GELV Looks to Wrap Up Second Acquisition - Emailwire

Other sectors we cover are: alternative energy stocks companies (solar stocks, wind ... Distribution and Media Exposure, CEO Interviews, Analyst Reports, Investment Opinion Services, Web Design and Development, Audio & Video Profiles and Shareholder ...


Wednesday, March 03, 2010

LJ Buyout: What's in It for You, and Us - Library Journal

We'll continue doing what we do: casting a wide net in the library world?through our magazine and print supplements, web site, enewsletters, webinars, Design Institutes, and other events?both on libraries and librarians and the vendors and ...


Wednesday, March 03, 2010

VC Experts Releases New Web-Based Application (PRWeb)

Application Models Financing Rounds and Exit Events; Calculates Topic 820 (FAS 157) Fair Value. (PRWeb Mar 2, 2010) Read the full story at http: www.prweb.com releases 2010 03 prweb3666904.htm


Wednesday, March 03, 2010

VC Experts Releases New Web-Based Application (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Application Models Financing Rounds and Exit Events; Calculates Topic 820 (FAS 157) Fair Value.


Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Heartless Web scam leaves brides at the altar (CNET)

A bridal show scheduled this week in Boston turns out to be a mean-spirited Web scam. The fraudsters may have made off with more than $100,000.


Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Vail Valley Bizwatch: Abrams Advertising representative Serri Stenman (Vail Daily)

Business Name: Abrams Advertising. Local representative: Sherri Janson Stenman. I work with clients from Vail to Aspen, as well as national clients. Contact Info: E-mail: sherri@abramsadvertising.com. Web: www.abramsadvertising.com. Phone: 970-497-3216. Tell us about your company: Abrams Advertising was launched in 2008 in Montrose. We've ...


Tuesday, March 02, 2010

'2012' on DVD, 'The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom' for Xbox (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

New and noteworthy experiences among DVDs, video games, gadgets and the Web.


Tuesday, March 02, 2010

QDOBA MEXICAN GRILL® TAPS MUZAK TO BRING BRAND EXPERIENCE ONLINE WITH NEW INTERACTIVE MUSIC PLAYER (dBusinessNews.com)

Adding music to Web site will enhance the customer experience by matching sounds in-store and online.


Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Hamilton College Professor Wins National Award (Utica Daily News)

CLINTON, March 1, 2010 -- Barbara Tewksbury, the Upson Chair for Public Discourse and professor of geosciences at Hamilton College, is part of a team that has won a national award for a Web site they have developed over the past eight years to improve undergraduate geoscience education.


Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Pimp My Laundry Room(SM), Please! (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Is your laundry room plain and boring or a downright dungeon... more like a place you want to escape from ?  For anyone desperate for a laundry do-over, help is on the way.  Beginning March 1, Wisk® Laundry Detergent is teaming up with TV's Designing Spaces to "pimp-out" one laundry room in dire need of a face-lift as part of Wisk's® Pimp My Laundry Room video contest.


Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Schedule Change Amplifies Stress Among Students - Harvard Crimson

Baldwin '11, an earth and planetary sciences concentrator, found herself struggling ... Students were asked to submit final project proposals?which range from coding Google Android or iPhone applications, to designing Web sites?before ...


Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Epocrates Builds on Point of Care Innovations to Enter EHR Market - Businesswire.com

The company is designing a mobile and web-based offering that meets the unique needs of solo and small group physician practices. This news comes as executives and vendors convene at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS ...


Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Plugging into fashion: 15-week program sews girls' interest in latest ... - Memphis Commercial Appeal

Marva Ballard (left) instructs Brittanei Wells, 13, on using design software during an after-school Future's Fashion Entrepreneurial Women's class that aims to teach young girls about the business of fashion. Alaana Patterson, a 13-year-old who is ...


Tuesday, March 02, 2010

International Secure Systems Development Conference - Help Net Security

The International Secure Systems Development Conference , taking place in London during May 2010, addresses the key issues around designing-in security for standard and web-based software and systems, both in terms of developing new applications ...


Tuesday, March 02, 2010

'Ministry NOW,' conference to show ministers and church staff how to ... - Daily Press

Among the workshops are "Using Video for Worship Services," "Designing Church Web Sites," "Software and Computer Systems for Churches," "Finding the Right Sound System," and "Using the Internet for Church Ministry." The conference starts on Friday ...


Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Saratoga News Community Calendar - San Jose Mercury News

Can Do Foundation Benefit: Enjoy cocktails and music at this benefit for the Multiple Sclerosis Can Do Foundation. Feb. 25, 8:30 p.m. $10 at the door. Wine Cellar, 50 University Ave., Los Gatos. www.mscando.org . Spirit of the Flame Challenge: West ...


Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Cyber-Duck: Property Trading Goes Social as BBC Star Launches Web 2.0 ... - Businesswire.com

"It has been extremely exciting to be a part of such a groundbreaking venture, transforming the complex functionality required by Hablib into a service that is simple to use for buyers, sellers, service providers and Hablib administrators alike ...


Monday, March 01, 2010

Wading through the World Wide Web (The Advocate)

EVERY man and his dog are online. But how can you wade through the muddy waters of the Internet and reach your customers? Shelley Aherne, from Business and Employment Devonport, said being online was essential for business.


Monday, March 01, 2010

Redrawing the Route to Online Privacy - Herald Tribune

It is an artifact of the 1990s, intended as a light-touch policy to nurture innovation in an emerging industry. And its central concept is "notice and choice," in which Web sites post notices of their privacy policies and users can then make ...


Monday, March 01, 2010

Edmonton Green Home Builders Assist New Homeowners Qualify For Up To ... - PRLog (free press release)

PR Log (Press Release) -- Feb 28, 2010 -- Edmonton green home builders are working closely with new home owners and assisting them in qualifying for a government cash rebate by building their new home green. So, if you looking to build a new home ...


Monday, March 01, 2010

King a real tonic - Bangkok Post

After days of particularly depressing news about the odious machinations of the asset concealment case, the implications of the judgement and the utter greed that web of intrigue has spawned, what a pleasure it was to see His Majesty the King leave ...


Monday, March 01, 2010

Visitor Agreement - KIRO-TV

This website is provided to you by KIRO Partnership, d b a KIRO-TV ("we" or "us"). This visitor agreement is a binding legal contract between you and us. Please read this visitor agreement; by using this service, you accept its terms. The Internet is ...


Monday, March 01, 2010

Business Writing: Grammar and Usage Workshop - Mass High Tech

An Adobe Authorized Training Center, nSight has been offering workshops on writing, editing, design, and production for nearly three decades. We specialize in delivering high-impact, consultative one-to-one tutorials, small group training, and team ...


Monday, March 01, 2010

Art Views | Shawl unwraps award niche - Courier-Journal

Vallorie Henderson of Louisville and her felted shawl, "Lava Wrap," were among the 161 finalists of 1,000 entries in the competitive, annual "NICHE" magazine Niche Awards for 2010. Open to professionals and students, the event attracted 2,000 ...


Monday, March 01, 2010

A curious blend of doom and optimism - Spiked

Unlike many greens, however, Brand appears always to have been something of a technophile, and he mixed with many of the people who helped to create the World Wide Web. The journal he founded in 1974, CoEvolution Quarterly , included many ...


Monday, March 01, 2010

January 2010 News - Bucknell University

Piano soloist Jon Nakamatsu will join Philharmonia of the Nations on Friday, Feb. 5, at 8 p.m. in the Weis Center at Bucknell University. Sturm Dialogue to address America's racial future Bucknell University will host the Douglas Sturm Dialogue ...


Monday, March 01, 2010

LG's Chocolate BL40 (Business Standard India)

LG's Chocolate BL40, an addition to its premium Black Label range, is by far the next best option after Apple iPhone. You have to give it to LG for designing a screen that makes images look so crisp ? a monster resolution of 345 x 800 pixels helps.


Monday, March 01, 2010

Stephanie Stevens of Readington Township knows all about Hunterdon County history (Hunterdon Review)

READINGTON TWP. --Stephanie Stevens has spent more than 30 years researching the history of Hunterdon County. The Whitehouse Station resident believes in the power of history to bind a community together and she has worked tirelessly for almost half of her life to apply her avocation to strengthen the bonds within and between communities in Hunterdon County.


Monday, March 01, 2010

Group of Wichitans helps create downtown's future (The Wichita Eagle)

About 130 people ? community activists, civic leaders, elected officials, business representatives, downtown residents and others ? showed up Saturday to help craft the future of downtown Wichita.


Monday, March 01, 2010

SPHERE TRENDING: Firm's niche is to link trends, product sales (Detroit Free Press)

At the small but growing firm Sphere Trending, founder and boss Maxine Lauer is the CEO -- but she swiftly explains that stands for "creative examiner of opportunities."


Sunday, February 28, 2010

Wichitans help shape downtown's future (The Wichita Eagle)

About 130 people ? community activists, civic leaders, elected officials, business representatives, downtown residents and others ? showed up today to help craft the future of downtown Wichita.


Sunday, February 28, 2010

British fashion designer McQueen found dead at 40 (Asbury Park Press)

LONDON ? His runway shows were often like performance pieces: One featured models with headwear made of trash. Another showed off 10-inch heels shaped like lobster claws.


Sunday, February 28, 2010

Designing women's swimwear featured in 10 issues of 'Sports Illustrated' (Sentinel & Enterprise)

Sisters Lisa Letarte Cabrinha and Michele Letarte Ross didn't have time to get nervous when they started their company, Letarte Swimwear, 10 years ago.


Sunday, February 28, 2010

Plugging into fashion: 15-week program sews girls' interest in latest trends, styles, tech (Memphis Commercial Appeal)

Alaana Patterson, a 13-year-old who is studying fashion design, discovered gauze on the Web recently. "It's sheer?" she asked about the unfamiliar fabric. "Oh, that means I'll need to line it."Already she knows more than some big names in the business.Patterson of East Memphis is one of seven young girls who met after school recently to learn digital-age fashion design. They are learning not ...


Sunday, February 28, 2010

Ernst Beyeler, Top Dealer of Modern Art, Dies at 88 - New York Times

The death was announced Friday by the Fondation Beyeler on its Web site, Beyeler.com , which stated that he died of natural causes. Mr. Beyeler (pronounced BY-ler) took over a small antiquarian book and print shop in Basel at 24 and, relying on his ...


Saturday, February 27, 2010

Funeral for Internet Explorer 6 next Thursday -- send flowers (seattlepi.com)

Internet Explorer 6 died on March 1, 2010, in Mountain View, Calif., after a family rival removed it from life support. The simultaneously beloved and detested Web browser was nearly 8.5 years old.


Saturday, February 27, 2010

More IT Projects Green-Lighted Amid Signs of Recovery, Survey Shows - CIO

Another 16% plan to roll out virtualization projects that were previously shelved, and the same percentage of IT leaders polled said Web site design initiatives would get the go ahead following an economic recovery. Other projects planned for the ...


Saturday, February 27, 2010

Microsoft and the Windows Phone 7 noise machine - The Register

For technical details, check back in next month at its Mix web and design conference, Microsoft said. Reg Software editor Gavin Clarke and All-About-Microsoft blogger Mary-Jo Foley pre-empt Mix by trying to fill in some of the gaps on Windows Phone 7 ...


Saturday, February 27, 2010

Flournoy Holmes channels music into vision (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Flournoy Holmes channels music into vision


Saturday, February 27, 2010

My Turn: The iPad, Kindle, and Free Content (Newsweek)

Fifteen years and two careers ago, I, like a lot of young, aspiring digirati, migrated to New York to be part of what was to become the dotcom revolution. I worked in the new-media division of a well-regarded communications agency, designing and building Web sites for big corporate clients. Many of these sites were intended to give away huge amounts of content, and I toured the world, making ...


Saturday, February 27, 2010

Eco Global Introduces Green ECO House for Mexico - MSN Money

This kit may be available in the near future for such badly needed locations as Haiti. More information can be found on the Eco Global web sites www.ecoglobalcorp.com or www.incablock.com . Our contact number is 619-550-2396 for investor relations.


Saturday, February 27, 2010

Flashback: Why 2D Games Should Be Revisited On Next Gen Hardware - Gamasutra

I originally wrote this on March 29 07 on a gaming message board, and though my understanding of the economics of digitial distribution networks has grown by leaps and bounds, I still feel that a great majority of this is largely relevant and ...


Saturday, February 27, 2010

Milford native's mascots golden with Olympic fans (Detroit News)

Milford -- Michael Murphy won't score any medals in the 2010 Winter Olympics, but his mascots scored high points based on popularity with fans and athletes at the games. From billboards to Web sites to memorabilia, the mascots -- Miga, Quatchi and Sumi -- are everywhere in Vancouver.


Friday, February 26, 2010

First Solar's Ahearn, Wal-Mart Protege, Slashes Stake (Update5) (Bloomberg)

Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) -- First Solar Inc. Chairman Michael J. Ahearn , who steered the solar-panel maker into the S&P 500 index after it was funded by the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. family fortune, sold more than 40 percent of his holding for $142 million.


Friday, February 26, 2010

Enphase Energy Recognized for Outstanding Achievement in Technology ... - Market Wire

PETALUMA, CA--(Marketwire - February 25, 2010) - Enphase Energy, the leader in solar microinverter systems, was recognized by Renewable Energy World magazine with an award for innovation in renewable energy. These awards honor the most outstanding ...


Friday, February 26, 2010

First Solar's Ahearn, Wal-Mart Protege, Slashes Stake (Update3) - BusinessWeek

Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) -- First Solar Inc. Chairman Michael J. Ahearn, who steered the solar-panel maker into the S&P 500 index after it was funded by the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. family fortune, sold more than 40 percent of his holding for $142 million ...


Friday, February 26, 2010

Moovin' On Up's SEO More Popular Than Ever - Market Wire

These provide a variety of insight into SEO and web design practices which are accessible to beginners and experts alike. They also provide an array of breaking news stories and reviews giving all of their visitors an unparalleled insight into the ...


Friday, February 26, 2010

Using Google App Engine Backup and Restore (CIOL)

BANGALORE, INDIA: When I started developing the web site for the web conference on Google App Engine towards the end of last year, it dawned on me pretty quickly that one of my main development challenges would be to find a way to export all of the data we would be collecting in case something went wrong with the deployment datastore.


Thursday, February 25, 2010

National Geographic Daily News - National Geographic

The Bloom Box?an as yet unbuilt in-home "power plant" designed to be about the size of a mini-fridge?could provide cheap, environmentally friendly electricity to U.S. households within ten years, according to Bloom Energy . Or not. After days of ...


Thursday, February 25, 2010

Channeling the King comes naturally for Elvis look-alike - Billings Gazette

Ryan Pelton, who was born only four years before Elvis Presley died, brings the King to life in "Elvis: Live in Concert." Pelton has performed as Elvis in an American Idol duet with Celine Dion, and portrays the King of Rock and Roll in the ...


Thursday, February 25, 2010

Turkey slowly becomes conscious of the rule of law - Today's Zaman

The latest roundup of some 49 officers, including former service commanders as well as senior active duty officers, has deepened the bitter power struggle between the military-led, so-called secular elite and the political authority. It is ...


Thursday, February 25, 2010

San Diego officials seek missing family of 4 - San Francisco Chronicle

A middle-class family of four vanishes, leaving their dogs unattended and rotting food in their San Diego County home. Their abandoned car is later found near the Mexico border. It might sound like a TV mystery, but the reality has relatives of the ...


Thursday, February 25, 2010

hi5 Expands Management Team With Online Gaming Veterans - Yahoo Finance

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - 02 24 10) - hi5, the largest social entertainment site focused on gaming, today announced the expansion of its online gaming expertise with the acquisition of social gaming company Big Six and several key new members ...


Thursday, February 25, 2010

San Diego officials seek missing family of 4 (AP via Yahoo! News)

A middle-class family of four vanishes, leaving their dogs unattended and rotting food in their San Diego County home.


Thursday, February 25, 2010

Goozmo Opens New Offices in Colorado's Green Energy Corridor With ... - TMCnet

FORT COLLINS, CO, Feb 24, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Goozmo, creator of the Internet's most user-friendly business and ecommerce Web sites, will bring together local business leaders, community officials, lawmakers and new and seasoned ...


Thursday, February 25, 2010

Parature Founder and Chief Strategy Officer to Present at Pacific ... - YAHOO!

Parature enables any organization to fundamentally change the way they support their customers through its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery and integrated, intuitive design that empowers organizations to better and more efficiently serve ...


Thursday, February 25, 2010

Five essential design sites (Network World)

When it comes to working on creative projects, even professional designers need a little help now and then. There's no shortage of Web sites they can turn to for visual inspiration and advice. And, for the most part, civilians like me can take advantage of those very same resources. Whether I need specific technical instruction or just some good ideas, these five sites are where I turn to first.


Thursday, February 25, 2010

Expert Fires Warning Flare: Journalists Have 3-Year Deadline Till Mobile Phones Overtake PCs as Most Common Web Access ... (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

COLUMBIA, MO--(Marketwire - 02 24 10) - As a 2009-2010 Fellow at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) whose focus is mobile phone journalism, Clyde Bentley's mission has taken on a sudden sense of urgency. Bentley's initiative: to help newspapers figure out how to add mobile phones to their publishing platforms. In January when Gartner Research predicted that by 2013 mobile phones ...


Thursday, February 25, 2010

Hobo, the Rapid Web App Builder for Ruby on Rails, Moves from Beta to Version 1.0 (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Hobo, the rapid web app builder for Rails, moves from beta to Version 1.0 after 3 years of community development. Celebrations start with two new Hobo books, a new logo and screencast and a whole universe of 1.0 improvements.


Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Mich. networking Web site waste of time, money - State News

... of MSU students with a knowledge of the state and its situation from a perspective most suitable to building the Web site. These students also are most likely willing to be paid next to nothing to design the site, saving the state the ridiculous ...


Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Catalog Data Solutions Inc. Selected by Rockford Linear Motion - PR Inside

San Jose, CA, February 23, 2009. Catalog Data Solutions (CDS), a leading provider of online solutions for industrial suppliers, today announced that Rockford Linear Motion, LLC. has selected its online CAD download, catalog and eCommerce solution to ...


Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Too soon to cut public spending, IMF warns - The Guardian

According to the IMF, cutting the budget deficit as growth accelerates would enable central banks to leave interest rates lower for longer, and it said the design and communication of ... Unwinding the vast web of domestic and international crisis ...


Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Bishop Little League looks for new logo (The Inyo Register)

Bishop Little League is inviting the public to participate in designing a logo for the Little League, non-profit organization. Bishop Little League will hold a contest for the best suited logo for their organization. The logo will be used on banners, apparel and collateral materials.


Wednesday, February 24, 2010

iTunes Store Still has Plenty of Porn - PC Magazine

Leave the apps out of the equation, and you'll find that the iTunes store is actually full of porn. Chock full of porny, porny porn. I just spent a dirty half-hour plumbing the depths. (Sorry, Ziff-Davis IT department.) Of course, I personally don't ...


Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Olmpics Art Gallery Walk: Geoffrey Farmer constructs the days ... - Vancouver Sun

This special series will look at what's on at the various galleries in three Vancouver neighbourhoods during the Olympics: Three distinct art hubs, each with its own unique style. VANCOUVER -- In an almost superhuman example of stick-to-it-iveness ...


Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Microsoft takes stand on 520 Bridge: 'Let's move!' - Seattle Post Intelligencer

In an unusually high-profile political move, Microsoft took a stand Tuesday on the plan to replace the Seattle region's aging state Route 520 floating bridge: "Let's move!" FULL COVERAGE ? Ed Murray: Microsoft's SR 520 move 'a punch in the face ...


Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Waterfront sidewalks next on list (The Daily World)

Hoquiam City Council members unanimously approved a $66,700 contract Monday to start designing new sidewalks along the Hoquiam River waterfront as part of a larger downtown transformation.


Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Video: Designing Olympic Gold (NPR)

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, every medal given out has a unique design. Co-designer Corrine Hunt shows off the artwork that was used in the medals' creation. She also demonstrates her art: engraving gold and silver to make jewelry and accessories.


Wednesday, February 24, 2010

EPiServer Awards Blend Interactive U.S. Partner of the Year (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Leader in Web Content Managment and Online Communities Announces Winner of Its Annual Partner of the Year Awards


Wednesday, February 24, 2010

My bright idea: Jaron Lanier (Guardian Unlimited)

The digital guru tells us why he wants to reinvent the web Even if he didn't sport dreadlocks, you could easily recognise Jaron Lanier as a digital utopian. The 49-year-old native New Yorker has been involved in the web for 30 years, a key figure, along with visionaries such as Grateful Dead lyricist John Perry Barlow and authors Stewart Brand and Kevin Kelly, in nurturing its early culture from ...


Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Designing future cyber defense (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)

In December, a team of Kirkwood Community College students won second place at the Community College Cyber Defense Competition at Iowa State University in Ames.


Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Missing family's relatives launch Web site (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Relatives of a missing Fallbrook family have launched a Web site to help generate tips.


Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Designing for Health: A Harmonious Companionship-- Rejuvenating State-of-the-Art (Contract Magazine)

"Designing for Health" is a monthly, Web-exclusive series from healthcare interior design leaders at Perkins+Will that focuses on the issues, trends, challenges, and research involved in crafting today's healing environments.


Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Elementary economics: Where do we learn our most lasting insights ... - San Francisco Chronicle

At least that's been my experience. When I try to recall when and where I learned about money growing up, I draw a blank. And to be honest, I'm still learning (if not always implementing) basic lessons about money, even as I wade into middle age ...


Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Apple Shields Our Eyes From Bikinis - MSN Money

For ages, identifying obscenity meant holding the work up to a nebulous definition. Like beauty, what was regarded as obscene depended on the eye of the beholder -- leading to much confusion and even more contention. Supreme Court Justice Potter ...


Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Microsoft phone system hits reset on music - MSNBC

DENVER - It's been more than six years since then-Microsoft CEO Bill Gates admitted that Apple caught the company "flat-footed" in the digital music market and directed his team to make up for lost ground, according to recently surfaced internal e ...


Tuesday, February 23, 2010

ASP World Tour to begin on Gold Coast, Kelly Slater looking for win (ESPN)

COOLANGATTA, Queensland Australia (Monday, February 22, 2010) - The Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover, Stop No. 1 of 10 on the 2010 ASP World Tour, will commence its waiting period this weekend, ushering in the greatest assemblage of surfing talent in history with 15 ASP World Titles being represented amongst the 48-man draw. Kelly Slater (USA), 38, former nine-time ASP World ...


Tuesday, February 23, 2010

ASP World Tour to begin on Gold Coast - ESPN.com

COOLANGATTA, Queensland Australia (Monday, February 22, 2010) - The Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover, Stop No. 1 of 10 on the 2010 ASP World Tour, will commence its waiting period this weekend, ushering in the greatest assemblage of ...


Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Geneva2010 - autoblog

Over the weekend, we got our first look at official images of the new Audi RS5 when a brochure leaked out onto the interwebs, but it didn't contain any technical details of the latest product from Quattro GmbH. Thankfully, our friends in Ingolstadt ...


Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Labels urged for foods that can choke kids - CNN

Now the largest pediatrician group in the United States is calling for warning labels on foods that pose the highest risk for choking ... If I took the best engineers in the world and asked them to design the perfect plug for a child's airway, they ...


Tuesday, February 23, 2010

One to One Interactive Acquires fhios - PR Newswire

The merger expands One to One Interactive's comprehensive suite of digital marketing products and services by incorporating fhios' user experience, research, and design practice with OTOinsights and its patent-pending Neuromarketing research platform ...


Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Truth & Reconciliation: Last Best Chance (ABC News)

Today the White House reveals its plan, for the first real time in this long debate. White House - Health care - Health - United States - Health Policy


Tuesday, February 23, 2010

The Planet Reports Fourth Quarter Results (TopHosts.com)

Web hosting provider reports increased revenue and EBITDA beyond 30%


Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Maine's L.L. Bean lauded for its customer service - Boston Globe

Bloomberg cited L.L. Bean for adapting to the way its customers now shop through the design and features of its Web site and its return policies. It also commended the company for keeping its back-office operations in Maine rather than moving them ...


Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Award Winning Entrepreneur to Present at EntreFest! 2010 (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Jake Kerber of KerberTech, last year's EntreFest! market research grant winner, will explain in detail the market research process and the benefits delivered to KerberTech regarding new web application, Maintenance Book.


Monday, February 22, 2010

City watch (The Star)

PIPE upgrading works along Jalan Serdang will cause water supply disruption from 10pm on Feb 23 to 5am on Feb 24. The affected areas are all of Serdang Jaya, Taman Sri Andalas, Taman Kembang Sari, Balai Polis Seri Kembangan, Balai Bomba Serdang, Jalan Kolej, Seri Kembangan, Jalan Perusahaan in Serdang and Serdang Seksyen 6 and 7 industrial areas.


Monday, February 22, 2010

Profile of some IT developers at the event - NEXT

I am a 29-year-old computer science graduate from Queens College, New York. During the era of personal websites, I came across a few that were very well done by young Nigerians and I felt that I had to know how to do that as well. I worked with Live ...


Monday, February 22, 2010

Busy Bodies: Train for life with functional fitness - HometownAnnapolis.com

Rene Velado, a highly respected trainer at Annapolis Athletic Club, specializes in functional fitness training. When designing functional fitness programs for his clients, Rene first discovers what the client wants, what they need, and what they do ...


Monday, February 22, 2010

App for That: Magazines Forge New Vision of Digital Future - Advertising Age

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Everybody knows digital media's arrival hasn't exactly been easy on magazines. Ad rates on the web couldn't match their levels in print, many magazines struggled to build compelling websites, new competition strove to steal ...


Monday, February 22, 2010

Portsmouth Pup Captures The Crown At Westminster (Portsmouth Daily Times)

The same paws that walked the streets of Portsmouth recently graced the famed purple podium at the Gardens. James Dalton and his partner Dr. John Turjoman of Portsmouth, raise French bulldogs and w...


Monday, February 22, 2010

The Dash Between: Maggie Terry cooked her way to Oberlin students' hearts (The Chronicle-Telegram)

Maggie Terry, who ran the Lord-Saunders Dining Hall at Oberlin College's Afrikan Heritage House, endeared herself to students by cooking their favorite comfort foods, designing costumes for dance programs and offering motherly counsel. She reached out to them beyond the walls of the AHH cultural center and after their years as students. "Maggie was instrumental with many, [...]


Sunday, February 21, 2010

The climb to the top - AZCentral.com

1 Improve and leverage your tech literacy. Peoria resident Beth Cochran went on a technical-education binge last year. The founder of marketing firm Wired PR surrounded herself with Web designers and programmers. She attended the new-media conference ...


Sunday, February 21, 2010

Job of the Week - Wausau Daily Herald

Marketing communications consultant seeks senior Web developer. TMA+Peritus, a marketing communications consultant company based in Wausau and Madison, is looking for a senior Web developer to build and maintain Web sites. The job: The developer ...


Sunday, February 21, 2010

Why Apple's Porn Purge is a Smart Move (PC World)

Apple is looking at the big picture: What other hardware runs App Store apps, and who uses them?


Sunday, February 21, 2010

Cheerleaders, players honored at home finale (The Lonoke Democrat)

Lonoke High School senior cheerleaders and basketball players were honored at their final home basketball game Friday.


Sunday, February 21, 2010

Why Apple's Porn Purge is a Smart Move (PC World via Yahoo! News)

It appears Apple is embarking on a new anti-smut crusade to rid its iPhone App Store of "overtly sexual content." According to news reports, the targets of Apple's ire include relatively tame adult fare, many of which manage to incorporate the word "boob" into their titles.


Saturday, February 20, 2010

Lessons in Simplicity from the Flip (BusinessWeek)

By examining the strategy behind the best-selling Flip camcorder, Carmine Gallo offers four design pointers you can employ in your business


Saturday, February 20, 2010

Dan McFadden receives PRSA 2010 Crystal Award - Today's THV

Dan McFadden, director of communications for Arkansas Children's Hospital has been named recipient of the prestigious Crystal award from the Public Relations Society of America's Arkansas Chapter. McFadden has over 27 years experience in public ...


Saturday, February 20, 2010

Former Today's THV Manager Honored at Prestigious Event - Today's THV

Dan McFadden, Director of Communications for Arkansas Children's Hospital has been named recipient of the prestigious Crystal award from the Public Relations Society of America's Arkansas Chapter. McFadden has over 27 years experience in public ...


Saturday, February 20, 2010

Brendan Ciecko of Holyoke designs Slash's MySpace page, takes honors ... - Union-News & Sunday Republican

Brendan Ciecko at his office on High Street, Holyoke, June 2009. Photo by Greg Saulmon The Republican. At this year's Los Angeles Web Awards, hosted by LAWeekly.com, former Guns 'n' Roses guitarist Slash took the top spot in the category of "LA's ...


Saturday, February 20, 2010

Search is the Web's fun and wicked problem - "Search Patterns" author Peter Morville looks at the next wave of search ... (O'Reilly Media)

We may think of search as static and mature, but it's a tool in flux. Developments in mobile, augmented reality, and social graphs signal big changes ahead. In this Q&A, "Search Patterns" author Peter Morville shows how experiments at the periphery and weird ideas will shape search's future. He also reveals the one semi-recent innovation that unlocked a watershed moment for search (it's not what ...


Saturday, February 20, 2010

How to Create a Mobile Web Site (AllBusiness via Yahoo! Finance)

Make the move to mobile in three simple steps.


Saturday, February 20, 2010

Learn and Teach English Online at TeachEnglishOnline.org - YAHOO!

TeachEnglishOnline.org is a website for those who want to teach English, study English, find a language partner, or start their own Online English school. There are more than a billion students of English worldwide and online schools offering English ...


Saturday, February 20, 2010

Web Design Company India offering PSD to HTML XHTML Conversion ... - PR Inside

2010-02-16 06:13:55 - India Designers, a leading Web Design Development and SEO Services Company from India offering PSD to HTML XHTML conversion services at very affordable prices. In the modern era, where hundreds of websites are designed in a ...


Friday, February 19, 2010

Motorola Milestone Review - TrustedReviews

The Milestone has been hyped up as the best Android phone since the HTC Hero . Seeing as the Hero has been around since July last year - a lifetime for a smartphone - it's about time that someone came up with a serious challenger. The good news is ...


Friday, February 19, 2010

Webstock: Branding a President - the art of 'gut feeling' design - New Zealand Herald

Scott Thomas was the Design Director of the historic Obama Presidential campaign. In his presentation at Webstock he explained the website design factors that helped Barack Obama win the office of President of the USA. According to Thomas, the ...


Friday, February 19, 2010

Why Did Style Weekly Fire Chris Dovi? 1) He's Bad at Sending E-Mails ... - Washington City Paper

Oops. In that e-mail, Dovi said, "This guy is trying to kill me. He may be the most tenacious flack of all time. He's been calling me about this blind fucker for four weeks." Later in the e-mail, he says, "He's making me want to claw my own eyes ...


Friday, February 19, 2010

Let's Try Current-Feedback Op Amps - EDN.com

Analog Devices has a 6-page tutorial, "Current Feedback (CFB) Op Amps," MT-034, available on its Web site at: www.analog.com static imported-files tutorials MT-034.pdf . The company also has a two-part article available from issues of the Analog ...


Friday, February 19, 2010

Stuart landscape architects land work in Egypt , hope to branch into Saudi Arabia (Indian River Press Journal)

STUART ? Business might be slow on the Treasure Coast thanks to the struggling economy, but Stuart landscape architectural firm Houston Cuozzo Group is landing major contracts in the Middle East.The firm, formed in 1993, has won landscape design contracts in the past few months for two major projects in Egypt . They could land a third project designing the landscape for a 6,000-acre resort on ...


Friday, February 19, 2010

Encounter Technologies, Inc. Has Changed Stock Ticker Symbol From ENCR ... - TMCnet

provides end-to-end technology and online marketing services, including design, build, hosting, and online marketing support. We specialize in social media, video technology, and online entertainment web solutions. Encounter Technologies, Inc.


Friday, February 19, 2010

Aeroflex delivers TM500 Test Mobile to China Academy of ... - TMCnet

(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Cambridge, UKÃ?â€" -- Aeroflex announced today it has have delivered a TM500 Time Division Duplex-Long Term Evolution (TD-LTE) Test Mobile test system to the China Academy of Telecommunications ...


Friday, February 19, 2010

State Auto Financial Corporation Q4 2009 Earnings Call Transcript - Seekingalpha.com

Welcome to State Auto Financial's fourth quarter earnings conference call. Initially you will be in a listen-only mode. Today's call is being recorded. (Operator instructions) At this point, I would like to turn the call over to Mr Steve English ...


Friday, February 19, 2010

Woodrow Wilson Fellow lecturer to discuss sustainable living - Centre College News & Events

Anthony Cortese, this year's visiting Humana Scholar, believes the world's societies must be redesigned so all people can live just and healthy lives without destroying the environment. That's a tall order, but Cortese is counting on colleges ...


Friday, February 19, 2010

Binary Boys: Do-it-yourself: Creating a personal Web site (Colorado State Collegian)

Many of the common folk on the streets of CSU do not have their own Web site. Most of them probably don't know how to make one. Well, we have news for you CSU : Even a caveman can do it.


Friday, February 19, 2010

Making the Connections - The Journal

Angela Kadian couldn't believe her ears. Did the fifth-grade student sitting in the front row really not know that the same sun that was shining right outside of his classroom window generated solar energy? And did the rest of the class actually ...


Friday, February 19, 2010

Wired app for iPad avoids Apple's Flash blockade, ePub format - San Francisco Chronicle

Rather than a static version of the print magazine or a fully-recoded HTML Web page, the app combines the best of both worlds: the meticulousness of a carefully-designed page along with Web-like interactive elements such as Flash videos and audio ...


Friday, February 19, 2010

Social marketing should be fun, but also have specific goals, expert says (InternetRetailer.com)

Retailers' social marketing efforts should be fun, but they should also have clear, definable goals, such as further developing their brand and their brand's personality, said Bridget Fahrland, director of creative strategy at web site design and development firm Fry Inc. at the Internet Retailer Web Design & Usability 2010 Conference , in a session entitled "Designing your web site to create ...


Friday, February 19, 2010

ActionPacked! Networks to Feature QoS Solutions and Best Practices at VoiceCon 2010 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

HONOLULU----ActionPacked! Networks, announced today that it will demonstrate how to implement Cisco QoS best practices for VoIP, video, and unified communications at VoiceCon 2010. The Honolulu-based developer of all-in-one software for designing, deploying, and troubleshooting networks will conduct the demonstrations using its LiveAction software featuring QoS monitoring, historical playback ...


Thursday, February 18, 2010

Microsoft shows a new generation of Windows phones - TMCnet

Feb 17, 2010 (The Seattle Times - McClatchy-Tribune News Service via COMTEX) -- Microsoft has reinvented its mobile phone operating system, showing a new version Monday at Mobile World Congress designed to make the software company a more viable ...


Thursday, February 18, 2010

Three Tesla Employees Die in Plane Crash, Reports Say - MSN Money

Three employees of electric car maker Tesla died Wednesday when the small plane they were in crashed shortly after takeoff from an airport in Palo Alto, Calif. Tesla chairman and CEO Elon Musk was not on the plane, according a report at www.foxnews ...


Thursday, February 18, 2010

NVIDIA Reports Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year ... - TMCnet

(Market Wire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SANTA CLARA, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02 17 10 -- NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) Revenue rose 9 percent quarter-on-quarter to $982.5 million GAAP net income of $131.1 million, or $0.23 per diluted share GAAP gross ...


Thursday, February 18, 2010

TranS1 Inc. Schedules Fourth Quarter 2009 Earnings Release and - MSN Money

WILMINGTON, N.C., Feb. 17, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TranS1 Inc. (Nasdaq:TSON) announced today that it plans to release fourth quarter 2009 financial results after market close on Tuesday, February 23, 2010. Rick Randall, Chief Executive Officer of ...


Thursday, February 18, 2010

Tablets take off as ABC gets on board (The Age)

ABC plans to deliver content to Apple iPad and slate devices.


Thursday, February 18, 2010

T Q&A (Tucson Weekly)

Jodi Netzer by Mari Herreras When performance and graphic artist Jodi Netzer moved to Tucson almost two years ago, it wasn't difficult for her to understand the importance of water in the desert. Netzer decided to use her experience in organizing and designing community events to create a water festival that brings together artists, performers, scientists, planners and activists to celebrate ...


Thursday, February 18, 2010

Tablets take off - as ABC prepares to get on board (Brisbane Times)

The ABC is making plans to deliver content via rich apps to Apple iPad and a range of similar slate devices that will be launched this year, Adobe's top designer says.


Thursday, February 18, 2010

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Overwhelming attention for race (Paris Express)

LITTLE ROCK ? The caller from Saudi Arabia wanted to know how big an aircraft is too big for Memorial Field in Hot Springs. We handled Vice President Cheney's 757 and loaded up a couple of 727s with about 370 people for a Promise Keepers march in Washington, airport manager George Downey responded.


Wednesday, February 17, 2010

"The Vicious Kind": A Dysfunctional Dramedy - Village Voice

Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island , a florid art shocker that Paramount welcomed into the world with the strained enthusiasm of a mutant baby's parents, begins with U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leo DiCaprio) seasick, head in the toilet. The film is his ...


Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Find the Right Color Palette for Your Next Presentation or Design [Web Design] (Lifehacker)

Many of us spend hours floundering around looking for just the right colors while designing a web site, presentation, or flier. Design blog Before & After put together a great booklet detailing a...


Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Scan of LinkedIn shows online diploma mill credentials still in ... - Walletpop.com

We're going to use these questionable alma maters to do a little cross-referencing with LinkedIn , a well-known professional social networking site where people post all the types of information they include on resumes. Hardly scientific, but hey, we ...


Wednesday, February 17, 2010

NKK Switches Announces Ultra-Miniature Surface Mount Toggle and ... - TMCnet

(Market Wire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SCOTTSDALE, AZ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02 16 10 -- NKK Switches, the world's leading designer and manufacturer of innovative electromechanical switches, today announced the availability of the G3T Series and G3B ...


Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Optical Image Technology Releases Updates to DocFinity® Software - PRLog (free press release)

Optical Image Technology's latest DocFinity software release continues OIT's rollout of powerful products for business. DocFinity eForms, part of the company's integrated suite of document and business process management products, is a major ...


Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Social Innovation Grants Start at $1 Million - The NonProfit Times

Now, all grantees will be required to host a competitive nonprofit selection process within the six months of the award ... Web Exclusive Editorial - View articles available only on our website. Visit us every two weeks to check out our latest web ...


Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Microsoft unveils new smartphone software - Seattle Times

After three years of dodging questions over why it was so far behind Apple's iPhone, Microsoft is staging a comeback in the mobile business with a strikingly redesigned mobile operating system. The company said Monday it has returned from the drawing ...


Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Classes give students tips on green building - TMCnet

Feb 16, 2010 (The Santa Fe New Mexican - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- People interested in green building, solar energy and water harvesting can take one or all six in a series of weekly green building classes offered at ...


Wednesday, February 17, 2010

BUYINS.NET: OFIX, NCIT, ENSG Expected To Be Higher After Earnings ... - TMCnet

Feb 16, 2010 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- BUYINS.NET www.squeezetrigger.com is monitoring the performance of all stocks with earnings being released Wednesday, February 17th and determining how the stocks have performed after their last 12 ...


Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Medical Alarm Concepts Establishes National Dealer Network - MSN Money

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Feb. 16, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medical Alarm Concepts Holding, Inc. (OTCBB:MDHI), the manufacturer of the MediPendant(TM), the only fully-monitored medical alarm system that allows you to speak and listen directly through ...


Wednesday, February 17, 2010

In Apps World, Divide and Conquer Carries Risks (New York Times)

Experts say the state of play for apps is a cacophony of incompatible, competing software that threatens to slow the growth of the mobile Internet.


Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Designing for an Open Control Platform Using the Intel Atom Processor (Dr. Dobb's Journal)

IA-32 features and flexibility for next-generation industrial control Intel Atom - IA-32 - Business - Electronics and Electrical - Hardware


Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Now you see it, now you don't - a town's invisible art on show (BBC News)

"Invisible" figures that blend into their surroundings like a chameleon are to be installed in a Clackmannanshire town.


Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Bright Green fades to black (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Bright Green environment blog ends. Thanks to those who helped make it possible.


Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Design an Online Quiz Using Google Docs (SEO Chat)

In this article you will learn how to build an online quiz using Google Docs. Popular applications of this can be found at websites for online universities and schools. If you are planning a website that offers online training and assessment Google Docs saves you a lot of time in designing an online quiz. This is particularly true if you are not an expert web developer.... GoGrid Cloud Center ...


Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Rinspeed Combines Cars, Trains and the Web in a New Mobility Concept - VIDEO ENHANCED (The Auto Channel)

ZUMIKON, SWITZERLAN -- February 15, 2010: Filled with emotions and new ideas ? that is the signature feature of the concept cars from Swiss car visionary Frank M. Rinderknecht that have added colorful bright spots to the Geneva Motor Show for many years.


Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Omega 'Advanced Jig Fishing' DVD (ESPN)

Bassmaster.com's Product Showcase


Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Risky Loan Recipe A Success For NY Restauranteur (WCBS-TV New York)

As the recession lingers, many small business owners complain that banks are remaining stingy and credit remains tight. However, one entrepreneur in Westchester found a creative "recipe for success" when it came to expanding his restaurant. CBS 2 told you about his plan one year ago, and now we're checking back in to see if he pulled it off.


Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Ford Fiesta, Key Talent of New Post-Reality Entertainment Property ... - MSN Money

Fiesta has it all -- and more Going on sale this summer, the all-new Ford Fiesta features an expressive, vibrant design, sharp reflexes, and a global track record that will redefine U.S. small car customers' expectations. With 15 class-exclusive ...


Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Microsoft reworks Zune for phone comeback - MSNBC

BARCELONA, Spain - Apple Inc. rocked the wireless business by combining the functions of a phone and an iPod. Now, more than two years later, Microsoft Corp. has its comeback: phone software that works a lot like its own Zune media player. The new ...


Tuesday, February 16, 2010

InDesign tip: Resize image and frame simultaneously - Computerworld

Macworld - For users of recent versions of InDesign, the confusion over how to resize an image instead of cropping it evolves from two issues. First, selecting the image with the Selection tool (black arrow) actually selects the frame, not the image ...


Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Tested: Opera Mini browser on iPhone - Wired.co.uk

As a long-suffering Symbian user, Opera Mini has been the saviour of my smartphone experience for some time. Its lightweight memory footprint and near-magical compression technology has managed to wrangle the web into something practical and usable ...


Tuesday, February 16, 2010

How Xbox Live Works On Windows Phones 7 Series - Kotaku.com

As expected , Microsoft's Steve Balmer announced Xbox Live support for the upcoming Windows Phone 7 series at the Mobile World Congress, but what exactly will Xbox Live users be able to do on their phones? According to the official press release, not ...


Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Microsoft Unveils Windows Phone 7 Series - PR Newswire

"Today, I'm proud to introduce Windows Phone 7 Series, the next generation of Windows Phones," said Steve Ballmer , chief executive officer at Microsoft. "In a crowded market filled with phones that look the same and do the same things, I challenged ...


Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Microsoft rolls out new phone operating system (Market Watch)

Microsoft Corp. revamps its Windows Mobile operating system.


Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Moovin' On Up Undergoing Rapid Expansion - Market Wire

EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Feb. 15, 2010) - As a leading web design and SEO company, Moovin' On Up are consistently at the forefront of new technologies and methods in the online world. They provide attractive custom designed websites ...


Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Acer 532G netbook to sport 512MB dedicated NVIDIA ION graphics - Crunchgear.com

Acer's announced its Aspire One 523G netbook and positions it as "the world's first netbook with dedicated next-generation NVIDIA ION graphics acceleration," powering a 720p resolution 10.1-inch screen and the ability to push 1080p output via ...


Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Rinspeed combines Cars, Trains and the Web in a New Mobility Concept (The Auto Channel)

ZUMIKON, SWITZERLAN -- February 15, 2010: Filled with emotions and new ideas ? that is the signature feature of the concept cars from Swiss car visionary Frank M. Rinderknecht that have added colorful bright spots to the Geneva Motor Show for many years.


Tuesday, February 16, 2010

PopCap Launches Plants vs. Zombies? for the iPhone? - Gamasutra

[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress .] Dublin, Ireland -- February 15, 2010 ? PopCap Games, maker of some of the world's most popular video games ...


Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Microsoft hits redial in phone effort (Q&A) (CNET)

Microsoft's Andy Lees talks with CNET's Ina Fried about the decision to start over in the phone game and why the company still thinks it can catch Google, RIM, and Apple.


Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Business News, 02 15 (The San Angelo Standard-Times)

SAN ANGELO, Texas ?Web design topic of upcoming workshopThe Angelo State University Small Business Development Center is holding a workshop, Web site Design Do's and Don'ts, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Conference room 100 of the ASU Rassman Building, 2222 Dena Drive. The workshop will teach the do's and don'ts of Web site design. It is intended for any business owner, even if they ...


Monday, February 15, 2010

Indian River County Adult Education offering QuickBooks class - TCPalm

A beginner's QuickBooks class will be offered March 2-16, and students will attend class 5-9 p.m. on Tuesdays and 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Saturdays. Interested persons may register now at the Adult School office. Call 564-4970 for additional ...


Monday, February 15, 2010

Shepard Fairey: A familiar face, if not a name - Cincinnati.com

You may not know the name Shepard Fairey, but you've no doubt seen the artist's most famous work. It is an image of President Barack Obama, his head tilted upward to his left, his face shaded in red and blue, and the word "Hope" in blue capital ...


Monday, February 15, 2010

The Libya option in Iran - Today's Zaman

As council president, France, which shares America's views about the need to strengthen sanctions on Iran's government, can raise the matter, something that China eschewed during its tenure in January as council leader. But, even were a revived ...


Monday, February 15, 2010

Verizon adds LG Accolade - CNet

You won't see it at Mobile World Congress , but Verizon Wireless added the LG Accolade to its lineup this week. The very middle of the road, the Accolade has a standard flip-phone design and a modest feature set. Inside you'll find a 1.3-megapixel ...


Monday, February 15, 2010

Vision Quest - Wired News

I'M SITTING ACROSS FROM A BLIND MAN ? CALL HIM PATIENT Alpha ? at a long table in a windowless conference room in New York. On one end of the table there's an old television and a VCR. On the other end are a couple of laptops. They're connected ...


Monday, February 15, 2010

Reagan, Nixon Libraries Host Presidents Day Events - CBS 2 KCAL 9

Two Southland libraries Monday planned to host special activities to mark Presidents Day. The Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum in Yorba Linda planned to waive admission costs Monday and will offer the first 100 guests a free slice of ...


Monday, February 15, 2010

Reagan, Nixon Libraries Host Presidents Day Events (CBS 2 Los Angeles)

Two Southland libraries Monday planned to host special activities to mark Presidents Day. The Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum in Yorba Linda planned to waive admission costs Monday and will offer the first 100 guests a free slice of cherry pie. The library will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.


Monday, February 15, 2010

Around the Ivies Plus - Harvard Crimson

Also at Yale, it's recently been announced that Google will custom design an interface for campus e-mail, which makes us wonder how much longer our own crappy one will continue to exist. At Princeton , it snowed . Really hard. Like, you don't ...


Monday, February 15, 2010

Georgian President Critical of Olympic Officials in Luger Death (BusinessWeek)

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was critical of Olympic officials who blamed yesterday's death of luger Nodar Kumaritashvili on human error.


Monday, February 15, 2010

Web-watcher's search model saves a bundle (Marlborough Express)

Web-watching company Mediamine is sifting a bottomless mass of internet media, helping businesses glean useful information from cyberspace.


Monday, February 15, 2010

TN firms see growth in advertising (The Tennessean)

To borrow from an old Timex ad campaign, the advertising industry takes a licking and keeps on ticking.


Sunday, February 14, 2010

Georgian President Critical of Olympic Officials in Luger Death (Bloomberg)

Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was critical of Olympic officials who blamed yesterday's death of luger Nodar Kumaritashvili on human error.


Sunday, February 14, 2010

Luge star's death leads to Olympic course change - CNET News

The death of 21-year-old Nodar Kumaritashvili -- who crashed on his luge practice run just hours before the 2010 Winter Olympics began Friday in Vancouver--wasn't the first signal that something was wrong with the track. Several Olympic lugers from ...


Sunday, February 14, 2010

B.C. welcomes the corporate world - Vancouver Sun

Vancouver-based web design company Switch Interactive used sensor-based technology to create a series of video walls that come to life as you walk along a dark 34-metre passageway in the BC Showcase at Robson Square. The company says its Olympic work ...


Sunday, February 14, 2010

Read all 'Games and entertainment' posts in Health Tech - CNET News

The death of 21-year-old Nodar Kumaritashvili -- who crashed on his luge practice run just hours before the 2010 Winter Olympics began Friday in Vancouver--wasn't the first signal that something was wrong with the track. Several Olympic lugers from ...


Sunday, February 14, 2010

Okay, Goggles, how fast am I going now? - Technology.timesonline

According to the GPS, I am half a mile from my starting point in Whistler, Canada, moving at 22kph on a chilly -3C day. The device is not on the dashboard of a car but inside a pair of ski goggles. An LCD readout is feeding me information on speed ...


Sunday, February 14, 2010

Men's Olympic Luge Course Changed After Athlete Death (Update1) (Bloomberg)

The start of the men's event was moved forward 176 meters (577 feet) to the women's start line, a change that will slow speeds about 10 kilometers (6 miles) an hour, Josef Fendt , president of the International Luge Federation, told reporters today in Whistler.


Sunday, February 14, 2010

Men's Olympic Luge Course Changed After Athlete Death (Update1) - BusinessWeek

Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Olympics luge officials changed the men's course to reduce speeds and offer "emotional" support to competitors after a training crash yesterday that killed Georgian athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili. The start of the men's ...


Sunday, February 14, 2010

Olympic Luge Track Reopens After Death of Georgian Athlete (Bloomberg)

Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The luge track at the Vancouver Olympics will reopen this morning after investigators concluded the crash that killed Georgian athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili was an "extremely exceptional accident."


Sunday, February 14, 2010

Chinese here for cyber censorship - Sri Lanka Sunday Times

Experts from China ? which is embroiled in a battle with global search giant Google over allegations of web censorship ? will help Sri Lanka to block "offensive" websites. IT experts of China's Military Intelligence Division will be here ...


Sunday, February 14, 2010

Plustek OpticFilm 7600i - The Imaging Resource!

T he scanner species devoted to 35mm film is nearly extinct. The Minolta 5400 died off long ago and Nikon's Coolscans can only be seen in captivity. In part this is because flatbeds like the Epson V700 V750 and Microtek F1 M1 have risen to the ...


Sunday, February 14, 2010

Remarks by NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver at the 13th Annual ... - SpaceRef

Days after release of the President's 2011 budget, I am excited to continue to share information about our Nation's bold new direction for human space flight. We plan to transform our relationship with the private sector as part of our Nation's new ...


Saturday, February 13, 2010

Bridgeport serves as inspiration for City Lights art exhibit - Stamford Advocate

There's no denying that the Park City, with its spirit of perseverance, is a source of inspiration for many painters, photographers and mixed-media artists, explains Suzanne Kachmar , program director of City Lights Gallery in downtown Bridgeport ...


Saturday, February 13, 2010

Peru Bolivia: Floods leave thousands homeless in Peru - Reliefweb.int

12 February 2010: Plan teams in Peru are providing aid and support to communities devastated by flooding and landslides after weeks of heavy rain. According to the Peruvian Civil Defence, 7 people have died and more than 9,000 people have lost their ...


Saturday, February 13, 2010

Olympic luger from Georgia dies after crash - ksl.com

This is going to be a major scandal. I've seen the video. That section of the track, coming out of the final corner, is lined with metal poles holding up the roof that covers the track. At best your head is inches away from the poles, and the track ...


Saturday, February 13, 2010

11 products earn 'Best of Show' distinction at Macworld 2010 - Apple Insider

Macworld 2010 is being held in San Francisco this week, and 11 different products featured at the event have been declared the best by the editors of Macworld . The winners were revealed this week as the show kicked off at the Moscone Center. The ...


Saturday, February 13, 2010

School Schedule And Cancellations (WMDT Salisbury)

Please Note: Any additional schedule changes over the weekend will be posted to the web site at www.wcboe.org. RESCHEDULED, NORTHWESTERN... Visit WMDT.com for the full story


Saturday, February 13, 2010

Google and Social: Like Nerds at the Dance - CNN Money

It's a little sad, and yet at the same time kind of hilarious watching Google (GOOG) try to get jiggy with the whole "social media" thing. Even before the fuss over Google Buzz revealing people's email contacts, which has caused significant ...


Saturday, February 13, 2010

Magic Logix wins DesignFirms Web Award - PR Inside

2010-02-12 21:35:47 - Magic Logix, digital marketing solutions company in Dallas, proudly announces winning the Design Firms Web Award. "We are extremely proud to announce that we have been honored by DesignFirms.org with a DesignFirms Web Award. As ...


Saturday, February 13, 2010

WEB BONUS: Extra letters to the editor - The Oakland Press

The recent letter from the progressive from West Bloomfield was right out of the old playbook. Call everyone who doesn't see the genius of President Obama's vision of America stupid. What happened in Massachusetts was not a result of clueless ...


Saturday, February 13, 2010

Web Design and Promotion: 5 Must-Read Guidebooks (CIO)

Learn the latest techniques for designing modern Web sites -- and making sure visitors can find them.


Saturday, February 13, 2010

Partners' age gap doesn't hold back Phu Concepts (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)

Unlikely business partners head downtown Web development firm, Phu Concepts.


Friday, February 12, 2010

Afternoon headlines: Ministers call for oversight, Lighthouse vandals ... - Oregonian

Today's news report from The Oregonian includes stories from across Oregon and throughout the Portland area. (Click on the headline to read and comment on each of these stories). Here are the biggest stories: Portland ministers, community members ...


Friday, February 12, 2010

Epicor(R) Reports 2009 Fourth Quarter Results - TMCnet

(Market Wire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) IRVINE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02 11 10 -- Epicor Software Corporation (NASDAQ: EPIC), a leading provider of enterprise business software solutions for the midmarket and divisions of Global 1000 companies ...


Friday, February 12, 2010

British fashion designer McQueen found dead at 40 - Boston Globe

LONDON? His runway shows were often like performance pieces: One featured models with headwear made of trash. Another showed off 10-inch heels shaped like lobster claws. At the pinnacle of his success, British fashion designer Alexander McQueen was ...


Friday, February 12, 2010

British fashion designer McQueen found dead at 40 (AP via Yahoo! News)

His runway shows were often like performance pieces: One featured models with headwear made of trash. Another showed off 10-inch heels shaped like lobster claws.


Friday, February 12, 2010

Minor changes to Meijer.com increases conversion rates - InternetRetailer.com

... from forgoing the hiring of relatively expensive consultants for usability studies and relying instead, as Meijer has done, on cheaper feedback from web businesses that serve as de-facto focus groups. href="javascript:loadCompany('489');">Meijer ...


Friday, February 12, 2010

Jobs Of The Day: Maybe They'll Let You Eat It, Too - Mediabistro.com

Rome Reports TV wants a bilingual (English Spanish or English Italian) reporter . Siegel+Gale needs a writer content strategist . The Cross Agency wants a web developer . Garden Gate magazine is seeking a staff writer . Logitech seeks a senior ...


Friday, February 12, 2010

Lord & Taylor case study emphasizes the correct style in online ... - InternetRetailer.com

Callas and Wu will be speaking at the Internet Retailer Web Design & Usability Conference , Feb. 15-17 in Orlando, FL, in a session entitled Step by step: Little changes add up . Their presentation will outline the importance of a streamlined ...


Friday, February 12, 2010

Web Design Company, Maverick Mav, Announces the Launch of a Free Web ... - Earthtimes

Australian Web Designers, Maverick Mav, has announced a free website design package for small businesses that includes many features business owners need to get started on their own cms website. The package includes a professional web site design and ...


Friday, February 12, 2010

Fashion's Alexander McQueen in Apparent Suicide (CBS News)

British Designer Found Dead on the Starting Day of New York Fashion Week


Friday, February 12, 2010

Temptd to help iPhone users stay on the straight and narrow - Network World Fusion

I will be candid with you--for me, Macworld Expo is not a time for healthy living. Even without Apple here to ratchet up the stress, I eat unhealthy things, I say up too late, I exercise not a whit. On my desk right now, I've got a can of soda and a ...


Friday, February 12, 2010

Lovable Lloyd (BusinessWeek)

What can we do to make normal Americans more properly appreciative of Goldman? A few ideas...


Friday, February 12, 2010

Panasonic Offers Beefy -- and Costly -- iPad Competition - YAHOO!

Apple's new iPad tablet computer may be fine for surfing the web and watching surfing movies, but Panasonic Computer Solutions thinks many field workers need a tougher companion. On Wednesday, the maker of Toughbook mobile computers released its ...


Friday, February 12, 2010

Brilliant designer Alexander McQueen found dead (AP via Yahoo! News)

Brilliant and controversial British fashion designer Alexander McQueen was found dead in his London home Thursday after anguished Internet postings that revealed his deep sorrow at the death of his mother. He was 40 years old.


Friday, February 12, 2010

New ARRL Web Site Coming Soon (ARRL Amateur Radio News)

After more than two years of planning, designing and writing, we here at the ARRL are eagerly anticipating the launch of the new ARRL Web site. We've been able to make the online experience easier for our members -- from the online store, to registering for a class, to finding a club -- plus we've created a new, enhanced member profile with many more options available. We've made improvements ...


Friday, February 12, 2010

Mighty Beanz Sales Explode as Hot Collectable Burns Through North America (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Mighty Beanz, the new whacky, plastic 'bean' shaped collectables, have officially become the latest 'craze' to hit the toy industry with online re-sales being recorded daily throughout the web at hundreds of dollars more than retail value.


Thursday, February 11, 2010

Well-Renowned Film Critic Richard Roeper Launches New Web site - TMCnet

CHICAGO --(Business Wire)-- Americaneagle.com, a leading Web site design, development, and hosting firm, today announced the launch of the new Web site for well-renowned film critic Richard Roeper. Richard Roeper, best known for his stint on At the ...


Thursday, February 11, 2010

Rival automakers expect to gain from Toyota's pain - Reading Eagle

DETROIT - In a few short weeks, Toyota has done what General Motors, Ford and other automakers have failed to accomplish for decades: Erase the perception that the Japanese automaker's cars are of much higher quality than those of its rivals. A ...


Thursday, February 11, 2010

MegaMeeting.com Video Conferencing Helps the Aerospace Industry Reduce ... - WebWire

LOS ANGELES, CA, February 10, 2010 -- It is hard to imagine conducting business without the constraints of travel and time, especially in the Aerospace industry, where a majority of the work is put into researching, designing, manufacturing ...


Thursday, February 11, 2010

Razzolink Standardizes on PureWave Mobile WiMAX Base Stations - TMCnet

A patent pending, fully integrated, single box design that can be deployed completely outdoors, with no need for ... You can learn more about Razzolink by visiting their web site at https: wwws.razzolink.com


Thursday, February 11, 2010

A Comparison of Spring MVC and JAX-RS - InfoQ.com

Over the past few years REST has become an important concept influencing the design of web frameworks, web protocols and applications. If you haven't been exposed to it, see this brief introduction among many others you can find. The ever growing ...


Thursday, February 11, 2010

Isn't It Time You Listened to Shonika Proctor Share How Teen ... - PRLog (free press release)

Shonika Proctor is guest expert of The Wealthy Speaker show, February 11, 1:00pm (EST). During this interview Shonika is going deliver The Art of Entrepreneurship to listeners to inspire them to get to the next level of their understanding. All ...


Thursday, February 11, 2010

New Partners Join Growing Web Solutions Firm - TMCnet

(Market Wire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) BOSTON, MA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02 10 10 -- ten24 Web Solutions is pleased to announce the addition of Brad Gustavesen and Sumit Verma as Vice Presidents with the company. Brad and Sumit join founder David ...


Thursday, February 11, 2010

Research and Markets: Web Sites Do-It-Yourself For Dummies, 2nd Edition Gives Step-By-Step Instruction That Will Build ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Web Sites Do-It-Yourself For Dummies, 2nd Edition" to their offering.


Thursday, February 11, 2010

Accessory makers, app developers eye Apple's iPad (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

The iPad may still be weeks away from launch, but the companies that feed off the popularity of Apple Inc's products are already hard at work prepping for the new tablet.


Thursday, February 11, 2010

Laptops helping Traver students find their niche (Lake Geneva Regional News)

February 10, 2010 | 09:31 AM Linn ? Creating podcasts. Filming commercials. Designing eco-friendly homes. These are the kinds of skills adults use in a technologically-centered world to make a living.


Thursday, February 11, 2010

Local golf: Designer Tom Fazio makes visit to Club at Mediterra (Naples Daily News)

NAPLES ?Noted golf course designer Tom Fazio visited with the new owners of The Club at Mediterra last week, providing advice for maintaining and updating the two championship golf courses he designed a decade ago."I have great memories about the entire process of designing Mediterra's golf courses and golf learning center," Fazio said in a press release. "We designed two distinct and very ...


Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Basic Blinds Window Treatments Expanding In 2010. - PRLog (free press release)

It will also provide consumers with insight into what is happening in the local market and with local design trends and design ideas that ... Business Listings, website conversion, online videos, blogging, web 2.0 and more. Visit their website at ...


Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Toyota's breakdown: What happened? - Vancouver Sun

TOYOTA CITY, Japan DETROIT ? Toyota Motor Corp, the world's most dominant and profitable automaker, was not accustomed to outsiders telling it what to do, let alone some obscure bureaucrat from the United States, whose own car industry was on ...


Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Moms Weigh In On Abstinence Education - WBUR

A new study shows when teaching teenagers about sex education abstinence works better than showing them safe methods of contraception. According the study, published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 67 percent of the teens who ...


Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Building's popularity drives up energy use - CharlotteObserver.com

Charlotte's first energy-efficient "green" public building, the children's theater and library ImaginOn, turns out to use twice as much energy as its designers had estimated. Engineers say the bigger bills are due to the building's ...


Wednesday, February 10, 2010

How Ayurveda Helps Your Life - PRLog (free press release)

We also have an online practitioner directory or search Google for "Ayurveda + YourState" The information contained in this web site is for educational purposes only; it is not intended to treat, diagnose, prescribe, or heal. Developed one of the ...


Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Sundance Channel sets scripted fare - Variety

Sundance Channel is ramping up its original programming slate and will go forward with its first scripted miniseries. "Carlos," starring Edgar Ramirez, will offer the travails of international terrorist Carlos the Jackal, who went on a killing spree ...


Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Back to the Future: The Interaction10 Conference Goes Old-School (Fast Company Magazine)

Matt Cottam's "Heirloom Electronics" This past weekend's sold-out Interaction10 conference was attended by an international community of experts in Web, software, mobile device and service design. But rather than an emphasis on technology and interface design techniques, the zeitgeist was decidedly low-tech, with diverse speakers discussing topics including storytelling, drawing by hand and ...


Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Inside Toyota's epic breakdown - Reuters

TOYOTA CITY, Japan DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp, the world's most dominant and profitable automaker, was not accustomed to outsiders telling it what to do, let alone some obscure bureaucrat from the United States, whose own car industry was ...


Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Noribachi launches ABQ solar firm - MSN Money

The Noribachi Group is launching a new company in Albuquerque to build solar panels. The new firm, Solar Distinction Inc., says it will employ about 300 workers within two or three years, eventually growing to about 500 employees. The plant is set to ...


Wednesday, February 10, 2010

National Financial Partners Announces Fourth Quarter 2009 Results - MSN Money

Cash Flow from Operations Increased 27% in the Fourth Quarter 2009 Compared with a Year Ago Revenue Grew 21% in the Fourth Quarter 2009 Compared with the Third Quarter 2009 NEW YORK, Feb. 9 PRNewswire-FirstCall -- National Financial Partners Corp ...


Wednesday, February 10, 2010

30 Link Builders Discuss Backlink Analysis For Campaign Design -- Part 1 (Search Engine Land)

We asked 30 link building experts 9 questions about backlink analysis... and got 20,000 words of response. This article is part 1 of a 3 part group interview series on backlink analysis.


Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Yodle Continues Innovation with Launch of Yodle Organic (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

NEW YORK----Yodle, a leader in local online advertising, is proud to announce Yodle Organic , a new offering specifically designed to help local businesses build their web presence and generate more website traffic for less than $500 per month.


Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Hoteliers...What is Your eMarketing Proficiency? | By Neil Salerno (Hospitality Net)

Electronic channels have changed hotel sales and marketing forever. Internet web site marketing, the Global Distribution System, social media, and third-party aggregators have all presented new marketing opportunities for hotels around the world. In effect, the Internet has created the first affordable global marketplace for large and small hotels everywhere.


Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Hawker Beechcraft Launches Hi-Tech, Customer-Focused Web Site (PRWeb)

Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) today unveiled a new, interactive and multi-dimensional Web site that reflects the same innovation and creativity it has applied to its industry-leading family of aircraft. (PRWeb Feb 9, 2010) Read the full story at http: www.prweb.com releases 2010 02 prweb3580894.htm


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Haynes International absorbs 1Q loss as sales fall - Fresno Bee

ON Semiconductor Corp. reported a fourth-quarter profit as results weren't hampered by a hefty goodwill impairment charge from a year ago. The chipmaker's said it earned $68 million, or 15 cents per share, compared with a loss of $524.7 million, or ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Dealer Web Design Alternative - PRLog (free press release)

PR Log (Press Release) -- Feb 08, 2010 -- After working in the automotive industry for the past 8 years, and attended countless meetings with design firms on the topic of web design and advertising. It is shocking to me when dealer principles are ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

JooJoo Tablet Faces an Uphill Battle Against the iPad - Wired News

JooJoo started it life as CrunchPad, an ambitious project dreamed up by Web 2.0 chronicler Michael Arrington ... JooJoo's hardware design, though, straight out of Apple's playbook. Weighing 2.4 lbs, the device has a 12.1-inch capacitive ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Custom Software Developer Amadeus Consulting Joins Boulder Chamber of ... - PR Inside

2010-02-08 23:56:38 - Custom software developer Amadeus Consulting Joins Boulder Chamber of Commerce to leverage the best of what successful local businesses have to offer. Amadeus Consulting is pleased to announce its membership into the Boulder ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

5 Insightful TED Talks on Social Media - Mashable.com

The 2010 Technology Entertainment Design conference will be kicking off tomorrow in Long Beach, California, bringing the leading minds of many fields together to talk shop about innovation, change, and what the future holds. As social media has ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Immersion Concludes Independent Financial Investigation and Reports ... - Stockhouse

Immersion Corporation (NASDAQ: IMMR), the leading developer and licensor of haptic technology, today announced that its Audit Committee has completed its independent financial investigation into certain previous revenue transactions with respect to ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Family-Friendly Luxury Hotels (Forbes)

In these upscale accommodations, kids get the V.I.P. treatment, too.


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Decorator,you are not alone - Chicago Tribune

... designers unthreatened by the technological tar pits are Courtney Davis and Lauren Paradise, co-founders of the interior design firm Kelly+Olive (named for their favorite shades of green). The pair's 1-year-old firm has been bustling since the ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

How to Succeed in the Age of Going Solo - Wall Street Journal

See the complete Small Business report . Today, with unemployment rates hovering at 10%, and all our worries about the job market rooted in the moment, we are in danger of failing to see an important longer-term trend: More Americans are working as ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Foreign Corporations Find Trouble In N. American Markets - Product Design & Development

A recent LinkedIn post asked for experiences from foreign national corporations who have had trouble introducing their products and services to the North American market. From our experience in this area, foreign national corporations typically ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

VZillion Hires Yves Bergquist to Serve as Company's Chief Strategy Officer (redOrbit)

MIAMI, Feb. 8 PRNewswire-FirstCall -- VZillion, Inc. (Pink Sheets: VZIL), innovator of the virtual Internet, has announced that Yves Bergquist will Join VZillion as the company's Chief Strategy Officer.


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Hawker Beechcraft Launches Hi-Tech, Customer-Focused Web Site (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Hawker Beechcraft Corporation (HBC) today unveiled a new, interactive and multi-dimensional Web site that reflects the same innovation and creativity it has applied to its industry-leading family of aircraft.


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Physicists investigate structural properties of spider webs (PhysOrg)

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Although the orb web of a spider is a lightweight structure, it seems to be a highly optimized structure, presumably as a result of evolution from the Jurassic period or earlier," explain physicists Yuko Aoyananagi and Ko Okumura, who are investigating the structural properties of spider webs. "It seems to resist different loads such as wind and insect impact efficiently and ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Node-3 and Cupola: European technology to complete the ISS (PhysOrg)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched at 10:14:08 CET today and is heading for the International Space Station carrying two sophisticated European modules: Node-3 (Tranquility) and Cupola. Their installation will mark the completion of the non-Russian part of the ISS, with more than a third of the pressurised Station elements designed and built in Europe.


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Martin County School Zone, updated Feb. 8 (Indian River Press Journal)

BESSEY CREEK ELEMENTARYOur fifth grade students had a wonderful DARE graduation! It was obvious that Deputy Martha Williams taught our students about the dangers of drugs and making good choices. Thank you to Lt. Morgan Sprott for attending our ceremony and for his supporting message to our students. Arbor Day was hosted by BCE second grade. We had a beautiful ceremony in the courtyard. Students ...


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Bundling Hardware and Software to Do Big Jobs (New York Times)

Companies are starting to see the advantages of being able to do large amounts of computing with technology built expressly for that purpose.


Monday, February 08, 2010

Professional Benefits of Geeky Hobbies (BellaOnline)

Do you need to have geeky hobbies to make it in a computer career? Does it help?


Monday, February 08, 2010

Rigging an Eco-Boat to Cross the Pacific (New York Times)

If designing a boat for a voyage from San Francisco to Sydney isn't daunting enough, this one also has to be environmentally irreproachable.


Monday, February 08, 2010

ReadWriteStart Weekly Wrapup (ReadWriteWeb)

As the first week of February closes out and football fans gather in living rooms and sports bars across the nation for the Super Bowl, for us here at ReadWriteStart its the time of the week when we take a look back at the more popular posts from the past week. In this week's Weekly Wrapup we discuss the debate between freemium and subscription models, the best practices for an effective "sign ...


Monday, February 08, 2010

Tiger's golf course still on track (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Tiger Woods has been on leave from professional golf, but his widely reported personal problems are not the reason for delays in launching a luxury development outside Ensenada where he is designing a golf course, say promoters and government officials with knowledge of the project.


Sunday, February 07, 2010

Top 10 best Apple products of all time (V3.co.uk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Next week in San Francisco will be the annual Macworld Expo in San Francisco, so we figured it was time to look at all things Apple.


Sunday, February 07, 2010

RI artist making designs for classic America's Cup yachts, rankling original builder's family (Los Angeles Times)

NEWPORT, R.I. ( AP ) ? A Rhode Island artist and licensed captain is making original drawings of some of the classic America's Cup yachts.


Sunday, February 07, 2010

Athena Software Builds Momentum in Australia (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Athena Software (http: www.athenasoftware.net) one of the world's leading providers of integrated, web based, client management solutions for health and human services was selected by Relationships Australia family counseling centers to provide web based, integrated case management software in New South Wales (NSW) and South Australia (SA). The addition of ...


Sunday, February 07, 2010

Boulder-area library catalogs go mobile (Boulder Daily Camera)

Book lovers on the go now have an easier way to find out if titles are available at Boulder- and Broomfield-area libraries, which have launched a redesigned Web site especially for mobile phones.


Saturday, February 06, 2010

Facebook Smackdown: Gmail and Internet news targeted (TG Daily)

Marshall Kirkpatrick of Read Write Web has hypothesized that Facebook could eventually depose Google by becoming the world's "leading" news reader. read more


Saturday, February 06, 2010

Convert Visitors to Users With A Unique Sign Up Button (ReadWriteWeb)

In any relationship, business or personal, first impressions are critical to getting off on the right foot. For startups, if a user gets a bad first impression of your website, that same sentiment will carry through to their opinion of your service. A few weeks ago we told you about some pointers to make sure your site's registration process isn't scaring away users . A recent post on web ...


Saturday, February 06, 2010

Business's work is art (Asbury Park Press)

Joey Hachtman of Three Designing Women Studios likes to work big.


Friday, February 05, 2010

Hanon McKendry Mindscape at Hanon McKendry Announce 2nd Annual Online ... - Yahoo Finance

As votes are cast, results will be immediately tabulated and posted so visitors to www.superadbowl.com will be able to see how their picks compare to those of Super Bowl ad fans around the world. "Super Bowl advertising is big entertainment, and ...


Friday, February 05, 2010

Green Grid to release new data center efficiency tools - Computerworld Australia

The Green Grid Consortium will release two free tools in the coming months to help companies measure and improve the energy efficiency of their data centers. The new tools are both Web-based and will be available through the Green Grid's Web site by ...


Friday, February 05, 2010

DrupalCon 2010 Coming to San Francisco in April - Earthtimes

DrupalCon is the premier conference for Drupal, the award-winning open source content management framework that is galvanizing social publishing and web development today ... for business, Drupal administration, Drupal design, theming and usability ...


Friday, February 05, 2010

Help wanted at Times - Arkansas Times

The Arkansas Times is accepting resumes for a full-time graphic designer. Must be proficient with all Adobe software, deadline-oriented and highly organized, with at least 4 years experience in publication layout, ad design and web design maintenance ...


Friday, February 05, 2010

D&B Reports 2009 Results; Provides 2010 Financial Guidance; Announces ... - Yahoo Finance

SHORT HILLS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--D&B (NYSE: DNB - News ), the leading provider of global business information, tools and commercial insight, today reported results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009. The Company also announced ...


Friday, February 05, 2010

Review: Cirque du Soleil's 'Ovo' in San Jose - San Jose Mercury News

Oh, what a kaleidoscopic web Cirque du Soleil weaves in "Ovo." Spiders, crickets, ants, fireflies and all manner of creepy-crawlies spring to life in the latest creation from the French Canadian circus juggernaut. The signature blue-and-yellow big ...


Friday, February 05, 2010

GCHS students earn honors in national Web design contest (The Garden City Telegram)

Most of the Garden City High School students who entered the 2009 University of Washington ThinkQuest national competition for Web site design and communication didn't have much experience with creating Web sites.


Friday, February 05, 2010

How Social Media Helps One Small Business Connect with Fans (Mashable)

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Customers of Seattle-based bag manufacturer Tom Bihn are as passionate about the product as the company's 22-person staff. The company's namesake has been designing and making bags for more than 20 years. He always has a ...


Thursday, February 04, 2010

Westell Enhances Gateway Product Lines with 802.11n Wireless ... - TMCnet

Both product lines come equipped with a multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) system design for optimal performance ... is a leading global provider of audio, web, video and IP conferencing services. Additional information can be obtained by ...


Thursday, February 04, 2010

Cadence Reports Q4 and Fiscal Year 2009 Financial Results - TMCnet

(Market Wire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SAN JOSE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02 03 10 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2009. Cadence reported fourth quarter 2009 revenue of ...


Thursday, February 04, 2010

Learning how to rely on your co-founder at a startup - TechFlash

... and server products including Visual Studio, Expression Studio, Silverlight, Windows Web Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 Web. Seattle-based Adhost is a WebsiteSpark hosting partner providing dedicated servers with free Windows Web Server 2008 ...


Thursday, February 04, 2010

TI Senior Vice President Art George to speak at Thomas Weisel Partners ... - MSN Money

A global semiconductor company, TI innovates through design, sales and manufacturing operations in more than 30 countries. For more information, go to www.ti.com .


Thursday, February 04, 2010

Will Business Users Buy Into the iPad Without Multitasking? - YAHOO!

As with many new Apple products, once the initial hubbub dies down there remains a single question: Is it ready for the business market? It didn't take long for analysts to start trying to answer that question as it relates to the yet-to-be-released ...


Thursday, February 04, 2010

Young Engineering Creates Video Illustrating Bladder Sewage Surge Tank ... - PRLog (free press release)

PR Log (Press Release) -- Feb 03, 2010 -- Young Engineering and Manufacturing, manufacturer of ASME, FM, and UL Approved surge and pulsation control products, released a customized computer generated animation showing how a Bladder Sewage Surge ...


Thursday, February 04, 2010

We Hunt The Rising Stocks!! Sign Up Today!! BNTNF,ZAGG,HSPO,SPBU,AYSI ... - TMCnet

(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Stock Hunter PRESENTS : (OTCBB: BNTNF) Bontan Corporation Inc., (NASDAQ: ZAGG) Zagg, Inc., (OTCBB: HSPO) HealthSport, Inc., (OTCBB: SPBU) Spare Backup, Inc., (OTCBB: AYSI) Alloy Steel International, Inc ...


Thursday, February 04, 2010

3-D Printing Coming in Reach of Consumers - HispanicBusiness.com

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- It may sound like a prop from a sci-fi movie, or some garage inventor's holy grail: a device that converts a computer file into a three-dimensional physical object. But the technology known as 3-D printing is already widely used ...


Thursday, February 04, 2010

Are You Ready To Aim High!! Check Us Out!! GORO,PMDP,JBII,CCTR,BKPG ... - TMCnet

(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Stock Hunter PRESENTS : (OTCBB: GORO) Gold Resource Corp., (PINKSHEETS: PMDP) Plateau Mineral Development, Inc., (OTCBB: JBII) JBI, Inc., (OTCBB: CCTR) China Crescent Enterprises, Inc., (OTCBB: BKPG) Bark ...


Thursday, February 04, 2010

Army National Guard Centralized Credentialing Program Wins Excalibur ... - PR Inside

The Army National Guard's centralized credentialing program was awarded the prestigious Surgeon General's Excalibur Award at the Military Health System Conference held last week in Washington, DC. Tenon Consulting began working with the ARNG in ...


Thursday, February 04, 2010

Salesforce.com unveils business process tools (Computerworld)

IDG News Service - Salesforce.com today moved to broaden the range of its Force.com cloud development platform by unveiling a new visual tool set for designing business processes.


Thursday, February 04, 2010

How to Hire Great Talent and Keep Them Happy! (Search Engine Journal)

In my ten years of designing and developing websites for clients, I can count on one hand how many I had a truly great experience working with. Being a web designer can be tough at times. Many people don't take the profession seriously. We strive to maintain our creative artistic side but long to be seen as... Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal . How to Hire Great Talent and ...


Thursday, February 04, 2010

Salesforce.com Unveils Business Process Tools (PC World via Yahoo! News)

Salesforce.com is broadening the range of its Force.com cloud development platform with a new visual tool set for designing business processes, the company announced Wednesday.


Thursday, February 04, 2010

News: Access WOW auction house on iPhone, web (Eurogamer)

Blizzard planning "premium" Armory service. Blizzard is planning to integrate World of Warcraft's auction house with its Armory platform, giving players out-of-game access to Azeroth's economy from web browsers and iPhones. "Today, we wanted to give you a heads-up about a new service now in development that will let players access the Auction House directly through the Armory website or Armory ...


Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Food Matters: Bona Dea bread, Austin Restaurant Week, the fridge of ... - Austin 360

Through the Web site, www.bonadeabread.com, you can order by the loaf ... itching to get out of town this weekend, the Way Out Wineries, a group of wineries northwest of Austin, is hosting a Mardi Gras Road Trip Friday through Sunday.


Wednesday, February 03, 2010

New guy in the House - MetroMix

Michael Rohd (right) in rehearsal for 'Wilson Wants It All' If you trace director Michael Rohd's extensive career, it takes you, among other places, from Washington, D.C., to L.A. to Portland, Ore., where his company, Sojourn Theatre, is based ...


Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Phase Forward to Speak at Key Industry Events in February - StreetInsider.com

At DIA's Workshop in Japan for Clinical Data Management, February 4-5 in Tokyo, three Phase Forward representatives will participate in key sessions including: Who: Andy Brock, International Services Development Director, Phase Forward What: "New ...


Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Web and iPhone Access to WoW Auction House Coming (1up.com)

Forget about raiding and PvP action; many World of Warcraft players are obsessed with simply making as much money as possible at the game's auction house where players can buy and sell many of the items encountered in the game. But scavenging the auction house for good deals (or monitoring your own auctions) has always been an activity that required you to be in the game -- in other words, no ...


Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Ford Drives Consumer Interest in All-New Taurus with Mobile Posse - FOX News

McLean, VA, Feb 02, 2010 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) ----Mobile Posse (www.mobileposse.com) is helping Ford Motor Company (www.ford.com) to drive consumer interest in its all-new 2010 Ford Taurus. During November and December 2009, Ford ran a national ...


Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Some Fine Information about Bus Hire | Bus Charter | Coach Tours in ... - PRLog (free press release)

PR Log (Press Release) -- Feb 02, 2010 -- A bus hire service company in Sydney, Australia is a professional and friendly Sydney minibus charter transport operator that offers a reliable, punctual and welcoming transportation service for touring ...


Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Keith Klawitter Hits the Ground Running with KK labs (Harmony Central)

Keith R. Klawitter, a professional audio veteran and well-known founder of KRK Systems Inc., a loudspeaker manufacturing company, has announced a new venture, KK labs.


Wednesday, February 03, 2010

"iPad Snivelers: Put Up or Shut Up" - OS News

The beauty of the internet is such that every opinion has become worthless; this goes doubly so for those with publish buttons on (relatively, we're humble) major websites. For every opinion, there's a matching counter-opinion, and that's great ...


Wednesday, February 03, 2010

NetGain SEO Introduces New Graphic Web Designer - PR Inside

Barrie, ON -- February 02, 2010 -- NetGain SEO is pleased to announce the introduction of a new Graphic Web Designer. Natashya Bay brings eight years of graphic and web design experience to the ever expanding company. She is much needed and ...


Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Oscar reactions: Who was burned or spurned? - Salon

Like a faithful dog walking behind the heels of its owner, following the recently announced Oscar nominations come critiques from fans and critics alike. Here's what's happening around the web: Vadim Rizov of The Independent Eye has a list of ...


Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Littelfuse to Present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Technology ... - Stockhouse

Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS) the global leader in circuit protection, today announced that Gordon Hunter, Chief Executive Officer, and Phil Franklin, Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Thomas Weisel Partners Technology & Telecom ...


Wednesday, February 03, 2010

WBFO 88.7 Tunes in to New Site with 360 PSG - PR.com

WBFO is the University at Buffalo's unique blend of NPR and local news gives listeners in the Buffalo Niagara region and the Southern Tier an unbiased public radio broadcast with balanced news coverage and thought-provoking entertainment. Graphic ...


Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Mozilla weighs privacy warnings for Web pages (ZDNet)

Unless you speak lawyerese as a second language, a Web site's privacy policy can seem as incomprehensible as the loudspeakers on New York City subways. But Mozilla may do something about it. by Declan McCullagh CNET News


Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Gartner Reveals Five Social Software Predictions for 2010 and Beyond (ebizQ.net)

Analysts Share Best Practices for Embracing Social Networking at Gartner Portals, Content and Collaboration Summit March 9-11 in Baltimore Gartner, Inc. has ...


Wednesday, February 03, 2010

The Value of Design for Startups (BusinessWeek)

Design and marketing are way more important than engineering for consumer Internet companies, argues angel investor Dave McClure


Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Sikorsky venture designing unmanned helicopters (Connecticut Post)

Mark Miller, Vice President of Research and Engineering at Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation speaks at an event launching a new technology creation business, Sikorsky Innovations in Hartford, Conn., Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. The Stratford-based helicopter maker and military contractor is launching a $1 billion venture featuring a pilot-less Black Hawk helicopter.


Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Automate Customer Support with LicenseSupport 1.0 for Mac or Windows - PRLog (free press release)

PR Log (Press Release) -- Feb 01, 2010 -- Excel Software, a leading supplier of Mac and Windows software protection tools, announces LicenseSupport 1.0 for customer support. Software vendors use LicenseSupport to manage customer licenses for ...


Tuesday, February 02, 2010

iPad: The knives are out - New Zealand Herald

There's no pleasing a nerd. Whether it's the launch of a highly-anticipated handheld computing device, or the casting of the latest Spider-Man movie, they will always find something to complain about. In the case of the Apple iPad, the blogosphere ...


Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Tax court sides with Long Branch, rules Lighthouse Mission property ... - Asbury Park Press

LONG BRANCH ? If there was still any fight left in the Rev. Kevin Brown's efforts to prove he was running a legitimate church or charitable mission at 162 Broadway, an address the city took by eminent domain, a state Tax Court may have exhausted it ...


Tuesday, February 02, 2010

News of the Strange - CBS 3 Philadelphia

The song "Pants on the Ground" may be an honest to goodness phenomenon, but Tyrone Henry and Fermin Esson are hoping they have the answer for those folks who don't want to pull up their britches and don't mind, in the words of the song, "lookin' like ...


Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Progress Software OpenEdge simplifies SaaS development and reduces ... - Itwire.com

... mission critical applications and data anytime, anywhere," said Coleen Smith, Managing Director, Software as a Service . "UI design and user personalization are critical to cloud-based application deployment, and with OpenEdge we have ...


Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Fusion Garage Files Motion to Dismiss TechCrunch Lawsuit - PR Inside

SINGAPORE -- (Marketwire) -- 02 01 10 -- Fusion Garage, the developer of the innovative and category-creating JooJoo Internet tablet, has filed a motion to dismiss the suit brought against the Company by Interserve, Inc. d.b.a TechCrunch and ...


Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Xebec Awarded Contract for Biogas Upgrading Plant in Korea - FOX News

... pollution control facilities, renewable energy generation facilities and civil works from feasibility studies to design, construction and operation. Please visit the Halla Energy & Environment web site ... worldwide, Xebec designs, engineers and ...


Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Kenya : Vital Lessons from Financial Crisis (AllAfrica.com)

allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience


Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Black Box Issues Notice of Proposed Settlement of Derivative Litigation (Finanzen.net)

Black Box Corporation (NASDAQ:BBOX) today announced that the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (the "District Court") has preliminarily approved the previously-disclosed proposed settlement of In re Black Box Corporation Derivative Litigation, Master File No. 2:06-CV-1531 JFC, a consolidated action of two substantially identical stockholder derivative lawsuits ...


Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Pacific Comox Begins Bulk Sample Metallurgical Leaching Tests at Mabel - Market Wire

These tests will provide additional data for the preliminary economic assessment of gold silver production at Mabel using a cyanide leach process and process design. Samples ... further information, view the Company web site at www.pacificcomox.


Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Broke Research Rules, U.K. Regulators Say (MedicineNet.com)

Title: Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Broke Research Rules, U.K. Regulators Say Category: Health News Created: 2 1 2010 11:06:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 2 1 2010 11:06:51 AM


Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Cloud security: Try these techniques now (CIO)

For Logiq the decision to go with a cloud-based provider of IT infrastructure as a service (IaaS) was a matter of cost and flexibility.


Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Unica Extends SaaS Product Line With Search Bid Management Acquisition ... - PR Inside

WALTHAM, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 02 01 10 -- Unica Corporation (NASDAQ: UNCA), the recognized leader in marketing software : solutions, today announced that it has extended its interactive marketing solutions with search marketing technology : by ...


Tuesday, February 02, 2010

iPad to chart same path as iPhone in enterprise - it World Canada

Enterprise IT shops will be experiencing a serious case of déjà vu after the launch of Apple Inc.'s new iPad tablet device . A couple years ago, IT departments were flooded with requests from staff ? which included top-level executives ? all ...


Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Engineers develop cancer-targeting nanoprobe sensors (PhysOrg)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at UC Berkeley have created smart nanoprobes that may one day be used in the battle against cancer to selectively seek out and destroy tumor cells, as well as report back on the mission's status. The research team created multi-functioning probes, which they have dubbed nanocorals.


Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Boots on the Ground: Timberland CEO's View of Haiti, Wyclef Jean, Disaster-Inspired Innovation (Fast Company Magazine)

About a year ago, we began to build a relationship with a powerful celebrity artist-- Wyclef Jean . We were introduced by a mutual friend who figured that Timberland's passion for environmental stewardship could use a little less earnestness--and a little more connection to relevant emotion. And the word was, while Wyclef is a celebrity and an artist, he is also a for real authentic warrior for ...


Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Right Here, Right Now: A SPIDER-MAN Casting Rumor (Mania)

There's a "say-it-isn't-so" type ' Spider-Man ' rumor crawling the web. Plus: Johnston talks ' Captain America '. A ' Losers ' movie poster is online. A new ' Planet Hulk ' clip is online and more! Grabbin' your honey and your beer and breakin' south, it's your Comics2Film 10.2...


Monday, February 01, 2010

Are you reading this at work? If so, well done - Times Online

Up and about, are you? Off to work? Congratulations! Tens of thousands are not, according to a sorrowful report from the employment law consultant Peter Mooney. The first Monday in February is apparently the peak day for employees calling in sick ...


Monday, February 01, 2010

San Jose Electric Voltz: New Business Success Strategy - Meeting ... - WebWire

San Jose, Ca, January 31, 2010 -- San Jose Electric Voltz announced today the launch of a new web site - www.newsanjoseelectric.com . In spite of the gloomy "2010 National Construction Hiring and Business Outlook Forecast" by Associated General ...


Monday, February 01, 2010

Blogging for More Business - PRLog (free press release)

Business marketing specialists getting you outstanding results on the web (SEO, design, email), in print, and over the air.


Monday, February 01, 2010

Tax crisis looms as spending rises despite drops in school enrollment - Pocono Record

The era of swelling student enrollment in Pocono schools has officially ended. But its twin phenomenon ? spiralling taxes ? is still very much alive. A Pocono Record analysis of five years of enrollment trends and school budgets reveals a ...


Monday, February 01, 2010

Steve Jobs Calls "Bulls--t" on Google: Report - NBC Bay Area

After launching the iPad, Apple CEO Steve Jobs turned to lobbing salty insults at his company's rivals, according to a report of an employee meeting. The day after unveiling the company's new tablet computer, Jobs held a town-hall meeting at Apple's ...


Monday, February 01, 2010

Digital & Electronic Content Editor Test Prep - Mediabistro.com

Job Requirements The Digital Editor Test Prep primary responsibilities will be to acquire and oversee development of new and revised titles from manuscript to bound book and contribute specifically to the expansion of print product into digital and ...


Monday, February 01, 2010

Apple Tablet Is No Magic Bullet (AdWeek)

The much-hyped iPad was supposed to be one of several new devices that would save print publications (or at least slow their decline), as well as take the online video experience to the next level by offering a platform capable of transforming how people consume Web content.


Monday, February 01, 2010

Why the Kindle and the iPad may change the way we search (Pandia)

This week saw the birth of the Apple iPad. In spite of initial skepticism Steve Jobs has decided that the tablet has a future, and he is right. It will also change the way we search. Pandia argues that publishers should support at tool that lets tablet users safe the web and subscription based content at the same time.


Monday, February 01, 2010

Medical company chief pursues kid-size niche (The Tennessean)

MINNEAPOLIS - The tiny company DesignWise Medical was born out of both necessity and passion. Now it's being fed by active retirees and professionals, as well as college students.


Monday, February 01, 2010

Women in Business: Amy Townson (Montgomery Advertiser)

Amy Townson's goal for 2010 is to help more couples say "I do." The Millbrook na­tive and event planner en­joys planning weddings and working with the bride from just after she accepts the proposal to the big day when vows are taken.


Monday, February 01, 2010

Westlake High School names 2010 Sterling Scholars (Provo Daily Herald)

Eleven outstanding seniors will represent Westlake High School as Sterling Scholar nominees in the regional scholarship competition in February. Since theirs is a new school this year, these students


Monday, February 01, 2010

Yard and Garden: Herbs and spices could help add some zest to your life (Journal Gazette & Times-Courier)

Earlier this month questions arose regarding herbs and spices. I decided this would be a topic of interest to many, especially since gardening and the weather have not been compatible.


Sunday, January 31, 2010

In the footsteps of Atatürk - Today's Zaman

In 1941 an international competition to design a more suitable final resting place for the father of the Turks was won by Emin Onat and Orhan Arda. Their masterpiece, the An?t Kabir in Ankara, is now one of Turkey's most visited sites, with ...


Sunday, January 31, 2010

ZooLoo offers customizable Web tools - MSN Money

ZooLoo.com is tweaking its direction again, this time opting for a more customizable suite of Web tools as well as looking at setting up sites for nonprofits and other businesses. The Scottsdale-based company has developed a social network, Web ...


Sunday, January 31, 2010

Switched On: Tabula rasa - engadget

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On , a column about consumer technology. When Apple introduced the iPod in 2001 -- some 250 million units ago, as Steve Jobs noted -- it began with a laser-like focus on digital music. Swap out a hard drive ...


Sunday, January 31, 2010

Jobs and co. let iSecrets out of the box - Variety

There were relatively few secrets left by the time Apple topper Steven Jobs unveiled his "magical and revolutionary" iPad tablet computer in San Francisco on Jan. 27. Many of the details of the device had already dribbled out, some in a CNBC ...


Sunday, January 31, 2010

Charity to donate pet food - Quad Cities Onlines

EAST PEORIA, Ill. (AP) ? Economic troubles don't just affect people and families. Pets are impacted, too. 'In the veterinary field we're seeing a lot of clients having a lot harder time affording basic medical care,' said Dr. Barbara Butchko, a ...


Sunday, January 31, 2010

Improved Version of Web Based Project Management Software is Released - PR Inside

Mediachase announces the release of the new Instant Business Netwrok 4.7 build 4.7.60 with an upgraded interface and a number of new features, including an option to organize todo chains. The new installation files are already available on the ...


Sunday, January 31, 2010

Samsung's Diva Collection Releases the Samsung S7070 on Orange - PR Inside

2010-01-30 20:21:18 - The first phone from the new Samsung Diva range has now been launched on Orange tariffs, the Samsung S7070 is a new touch screen phone with an attractive design twist on the reverse of the handset. After announcing some time ago ...


Sunday, January 31, 2010

Ryan Braun plans to open new restaurant - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Braun and a handful of other investors are in the process of converting the old Cactus Club in Lake Geneva into the new Ryan Braun's Tavern & Grill. The restaurant will be located at 430 N. Broad St. Tom Romano, part of the development group, said ...


Sunday, January 31, 2010

Kids make hot cocoa to help Haiti (The Darien Times)

The dire situation in Haiti has touched people's hearts across the world, and Darien is no exception. The support from Darienites has been outpouring over the past few weeks, and the compassion has trickled down to the youngest residents of the town.


Sunday, January 31, 2010

Making Complex Science Understandable And Entertaining (Medical News Today)

The University of Utah Genetic Science Learning Center Web sites that have brought millions of viewers fascinating animations of the size and scale of cells, drug-addicted mice, and other captivating lessons in genetics, have been honored by the journal Science with the first Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE) Award. The Web sites, one for students and others to learn about ...


Sunday, January 31, 2010

British behind iPad technology (BigPond News)

There are reports that British brains are behind the hi-tech chip powering Apple's new iPad.


Sunday, January 31, 2010

British behind iPad technology (Sky News Australia)

A relatively unheard-of Cambridge company has sparked speculation that British brains may be behind the hi-tech chip powering Apple's new iPad.


Sunday, January 31, 2010

Obama to seek major increase in nuclear weapons funding (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)

WASHINGTON ? The Obama administration plans to ask Congress to increase spending on the U.S. nuclear arsenal by more than $5 billion over the next five years as part of its strategy to halt the spread of nuclear weapons and eventually rid the world of them.


Saturday, January 30, 2010

WordPress and SEO Training Webinar - PRLog (free press release)

com wordpress-training- class Excelnet Media is a digital marketing company offering professional web design & development, search engine optimization and Internet marketing. Excelnet Media creates beautiful websites that get you noticed and make ...


Saturday, January 30, 2010

Best Buy® Announces Exclusive Launch of Diddybeats High-Performance ... - Yahoo Finance

His marketing genius combined with his sense of design and fashion is unparalleled in the ... benefits of these brands to life for customers through retail locations, multiple call centers and Web sites, in-home solutions, product delivery and ...


Saturday, January 30, 2010

Professional business computer support and repair service in Denver - Gather.com

Almost all businesses today use some form of technology. If you are a company in Denver you are probably using a computer and a computer network if you have multiple computers. With technology rapidly changing on a daily basis it is crucial that you ...


Saturday, January 30, 2010

Intel & Smartphones: Playing Offense With Defense - Unstrung.com

Sandwiched between the Google Nexus One debut at CES 2010 and the hyped-up unveiling of the Apple iPad tablet this week in San Francisco, Intel has been briefing industry analysts on its plans to support the next generation of mobile smartphones ...


Saturday, January 30, 2010

Young Engineering Releases Animations Illustrating Waterhammer, Column ... - PRLog (free press release)

PR Log (Press Release) -- Jan 29, 2010 -- Young Engineering and Manufacturing, manufacturer of ASME, FM, and UL Approved surge and pulsation control products, released computer generated animations illustrating what can happen if surge and ...


Saturday, January 30, 2010

UPEK Proposes Stock-for-Stock Merger with AuthenTec - Consumer Electronics Net

UPEK, Inc. announced today that it has submitted to the Board of Directors of AuthenTec, Inc. (NASDAQ:AUTH) a proposal to combine UPEK and AuthenTec in a stock-for-stock merger. AuthenTec stockholders would receive 50% of the common stock of the ...


Saturday, January 30, 2010

How Will the iPad Transform Telecom? (The Motley Fool)

Look ahead to the profits and pain to come.


Saturday, January 30, 2010

Digital One Launches Self-Provisioning for ClickStreamTV - StreamingMedia.com

Digital One today unveiled an online self-provisioning feature for its ClickStreamTV video management platform that provides small to medium sized businesses (SMB) a simplified way to manage and publish online video. "We designed the ClickStreamTV ...


Saturday, January 30, 2010

Dream Jobs 2010: Jacob Melvin, Technical Director at Dreamworks Animation (IEEE Spectrum)

It's March 2007, and there's Jacob Melvin, a senior computer science major at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He's got a two-point-something grade point average, and he's barely hanging on in a required class. He's not worried about trying to land his dream job. He's worried about graduating.


Saturday, January 30, 2010

The Southern Gardener:It's time to bid this garden a frond farewell (Memphis Commercial Appeal)

How you do say goodbye to a cherished old friend?After a quarter of a century of planning, designing, planting, accessorizing and lovingly tending and using our celebrated cottage garden, I am moving on. We have decided to sell our cottage home to make a fresh start nearby -- "new digs" takes on a whole new meaning when it involves a brand new garden.So the little space that has been featured in ...


Saturday, January 30, 2010

Where credit is due (Mountain View Voice)

Below are some recent excerpts from extra!credit, a blog on the Voice's Web site dedicated to giving students in our community the recognition they deserve.


Friday, January 29, 2010

Mozilla leader worries about Internet limits - KHOU

MUNICH, Germany (AP) ? The leader of the Mozilla Project, whose Firefox Web browser now has 350 million users, said Sunday that she is concerned that legal restrictions could limit Internet expansion. Mitchell Baker said she worried about "the ...


Friday, January 29, 2010

Apple iPad: 'Oversized iPhone' for some, 'iVolutionary' for others - CNN

New device called a waste "for people who already have iPhones and iPod Touches" But some praised iPad's e-reader potential, big screen, other features Others wanted camera, Flash capability; some made fun of name What's your take on the iPad? Share ...


Friday, January 29, 2010

Idiot Savant (Forbes)

Aamir Khan's strategy to market ''3 Idiots'' in smaller towns via regional media has been an unqualified success.


Friday, January 29, 2010

With Her Own Product Progressing Christine Mason Mccaull Is On The ... - Portfolio.com

The distraction of competitive noise: Knowing when to watch the competition and when to ignore it. How do you win the race when launching in a new space? Watch the competition, and pay close attention to customers. Image: istockphoto When you start a ...


Friday, January 29, 2010

Toyota recall highlights supplier issues - Marketplace.publicradio.org

Kai Ryssdal: Boy, you've got to feel at least a little bit sorry for Toyota. Last night, it expanded its enormous recall to include another million-plus vehicles in North America. Not to mention a whole slew in Europe and China. The culprit, as you ...


Friday, January 29, 2010

Cash for Appliance Clunkers Online Rebate Guide Unveiled by Thor ... - PRLog (free press release)

... online through the company's website ... efficiency web site. The guide, which will be updated weekly, can be accessed via a link from Thor's home page at www.ThorAppliances.com or directly at www.ThorAppliances.com efficiency rebates.php.


Friday, January 29, 2010

Preserve the little moments of the big day with these wedding crafts (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

It used to be that a bride's wedding keepsakes consisted solely of a framed formal portrait from the big day, a dried and faded bouquet, and her dress. Times have changed, and today a bride has many varied and vivid ways to preserve her memories, from digital movies to savvy Web sites.


Friday, January 29, 2010

Canadian Oil Sands Trust Announces 2009 Fourth Quarter Results - Earthtimes

... such downtime are included, the daily design productive capacity of Syncrude's facilities is approximately 350,000 barrels per day on average and is referred to as "barrels per calendar day". All references to Syncrude's productive capacity in ...


Friday, January 29, 2010

6 silliest iPad rumors - MSNBC

Apple cut through all the hype and speculation about its tablet computer device this week when CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the long-and-eagerly-awaited iPad. Here are six of the silliest rumors that swirled in the months and weeks leading up to Apple's ...


Friday, January 29, 2010

Utah joins the age of Aviation - Ogden Standard-Examiner

For more on this topic visit the Utah Aviation Hall of Fame Web site at http: www.hill.af.mil library factsheets factsheet.asp?id=5804 .


Friday, January 29, 2010

Zarlink Third Quarter Fiscal 2010 Revenue Exceeds Guidance - Market Wire

Q3 revenue of $54.4 million exceeds guidance, margins improve to 52% of revenue and cash increases by 11% to $61.9 million Company guides for Q4 revenue growth driven by increasing customer demand for network timing and line circuit products Zarlink ...


Friday, January 29, 2010

Whoop(R) and Direct Intelligence Announce Agreement to Help Non-Profits Add Mobile to Communications Efforts (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Whoop, the world's first web-based multi-modal mobile application platform, and Direct Intelligence, industry experts at integrating a non-profit organization's traditional, digital marketing and fundraising efforts, today announced a partnership to empower the non-profit community with mobile communication channels. Â With more than 4.5 billion mobile devices in the world, this new partnership ...


Friday, January 29, 2010

Genetics Web sites win Science's inaugural SPORE award for online education materials (EurekAlert!)

( University of Utah Health Sciences ) The University of Utah Genetic Science Learning Center Web sites that have brought millions of viewers fascinating animations of the size and scale of cells, drug-addicted mice, and other captivating lessons in genetics, have been honored by the journal Science with the first Science Prize for Online Resources in Education Award.


Friday, January 29, 2010

AMP Agency Acquires Massachusetts-Based Digital Marketing Agency Pixel Bridge (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)

BOSTON -- AMP Agency, a full-service experiential and digital marketing agency, today announced its acquisition of Pixel Bridge, a digital agency focused on strategy, creative services and web development. Effective immediately, Pixel Bridge joins AMP Agency's Boston-based office.


Friday, January 29, 2010

LIVESHOTS: Orban on Pa. Casino Jobs (Fox News)

The state of Pennsylvania is betting big on table gaming.


Friday, January 29, 2010

Trimble Acquires Pondera Engineers Assets to Expand Its Utilities Solutions (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Trimble announced today it has acquired the assets of privately-held Pondera Engineers LLC based in Post Falls, Idaho. Pondera is an engineering and development company offering services and software tools for siting, designing, optimizing, and maintaining high-voltage power transmission and distribution lines.


Thursday, January 28, 2010

Employment with USA WEEKEND Magazine - USA Weekend

USA WEEKEND Magazine is the nation's fastest-growing newspaper magazine. It is an award-winning publication with a readership of 49.2 million, and is carried in more than 700 newspapers. It is an operating unit of Gannett Company, Inc. ( www.gannett ...


Thursday, January 28, 2010

It's a long way from Woonsocket for 'Project Runway' contestant - Providence Journal

Designer Jonathan Peters discusses his work with mentor Tim Gunn in an episode of "Project Runway" on the Lifetime channel. Lifetime Television Barbara Nitke Jonathan Peters grew up in Woonsocket, a working-class city, where the work is blue ...


Thursday, January 28, 2010

Toromont Announces Name and Management Team for Compression Business - Investors Business Daily

The Compression Group is a Global leader specializing in the design, engineering, fabrication, and installation of compression systems for natural gas, coal-bed methane, fuel gas and carbon dioxide in addition to process systems and industrial and ...


Thursday, January 28, 2010

Researchers slam 3-D Secure as insecure - Securecomputing.net.au

University of Cambridge researchers have launched a withering attack on the 3-D Secure protocol used by Visa and MasterCard to authenticate online customers, branding it "a textbook example of how not to design an authentication protocol". In a new ...


Thursday, January 28, 2010

Apple unveils 'intimate' iPad tablet - New Orleans Times-Picayune

Apple Inc. will sell the newly unveiled tablet-style iPad starting at $499, a price tag far below the $1,000 that some analysts were expecting. Marcio Jose Sanchez The Associated Press Apple CEO Steve Jobs presents the iPad in San Francisco on ...


Thursday, January 28, 2010

Industrial I O devices help 2010 Winter Olympics, Paralympic Games - Control Engineering

Wago RJ-45 interface modules link each suite to a Wago Ethernet TCP IP 2-Port Programmable Fieldbus Controller, which can collect, track, measure, calculate and report data for up to 20 iEMS-equipped Olympic village suites. Industrial-grade I O ...


Thursday, January 28, 2010

Apple unveils iPad tablet starting at $499 - Poughkeepsie Journal

Apple Inc. will sell the newly unveiled tablet-style iPad starting at $499, a price tag far below the $1,000 that some analysts were expecting. The iPad, which is larger in size but similar in design to Apple's popular iPhone, was billed by CEO Steve ...


Thursday, January 28, 2010

The iPad: Like an iPhone, Only Bigger - MIT Technology Review

... principles for which Apple is famous, he argued that the new device had to be better than a laptop for Web browsing, sending e-mail, viewing photos, reading e-books, and other tasks. The interface for the device is similar to that of the iPhone ...


Thursday, January 28, 2010

Apple announces iPad tablet computer -- 'far better at some key tasks' - Los Angeles Times

Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs didn't ascend the stage sporting a robe and full beard to announce the most anticipated tablet since Moses'. But the crowd at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco received the introduction of the iPad with a roar ...


Thursday, January 28, 2010

Apple iPad: Official Release Info and Images (PDA Buyer's Guide)

Here is some info from the official release info from Apple on the iPad launch:Apple today introduced iPad, a revolutionary device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading ...


Thursday, January 28, 2010

Facebook may "lock in" its Internet dominance (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

College senior Alyssa Ravasio gave up MySpace on the day she got a Facebook account and never looked back. She has already lost interest in Twitter. But how does Facebook know it can keep her loyalty?


Thursday, January 28, 2010

Futurestep Adds U.S. RPO Director, Enhancing Service Delivery to Meet Growing Demand (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Futurestep, a Korn Ferry Company (NYSE: KFY) specializing in talent acquisition solutions, today announced that Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) expert Laura Eaton has joined as a U.S. Director of its RPO Service Delivery team. Laura brings more than 20 years experience in the recruiting industry and extensive depth of knowledge in designing, implementing, and managing RPOs and on-site ...


Thursday, January 28, 2010

Courses & Travel (GolfDigest.com)

The Wall Street Journal takes a look at the high-end golf developments in and around Asheville, N.C., today -- focusing mainly on the Cliffs Communities property where a certain Tiger Woods is designing a course called the Cliffs at High Carolina.


Thursday, January 28, 2010

Siteworx, Inc. And SDL Provide Web Content Management Solutions For The American Psychological Association (EnterpriseContentManagementConnection-ECM)

SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management solutions and Siteworx, Inc., an award-winning interactive agency with deep Web Content Management (WCM) roots, are pleased to announce the implementation of SDL Tridion® in the American Psychological Association's (APA).


Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Two workers killed in Metro accident - Washington Post

The original design of the Metrorail system wasn't the best for worker safety, but the transit authority clearly hasn't been doing right by its people in protecting them. Rockville, Md.: I saw the emergency and TV crews -- North of the Rockville ...


Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Six Easy Pieces: How to Do Cost of Ownership Analysis Better - Network World Fusion

First evaluate the current "platforms" within your environment, including all servers of all types in order to simplify the process. One of the most difficult things to "get right" in an analysis of this type is an exact match between a given ...


Wednesday, January 27, 2010

InstallFree Receives 2009 Product of the Year Award Presented by ... - TMCnet

(Market Wire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) STAMFORD, CT -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01 26 10 -- InstallFree, Inc., developer of platform application virtualization solutions for enterprise desktop environments, today announced that its InstallFree Bridge ...


Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Reviews Summary for Vibroplex Original "Presentation" Bug. - eHam.net

My folks gave me my first Vibroplex Original in 1964. I still have it and it works great. I have a few other bugs that have some story attached to them. One is a 1944 Blue Racer from the USS George Davis. I have a 1946 Original from a lady telegraher ...


Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Eco Global, a Specialized Home Builder, Waives Licensing Fees to ... - PR Inside

SPRING VALLEY, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01 26 10 -- Eco Global Corporation (OTCBB: ECOG), a company specializing in the design, manufacturing and building of both small and large-scale low cost housing units made of its "INCABLOCKS," announced today ...


Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Olsen twins design revolutionary website for new range (3news)

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have got in touch with their inner geeks.


Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Yahoo to overhaul search despite pending Microsoft deal - Globe and Mail

... president of search products and design The feature will enable users to look at Facebook's personal profiles, Twitter's message updates, Yelp's restaurant reviews and YouTube's video clips without having to leave Yahoo. By drilling deeper into ...


Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Pinnacle Promotions Personalizes Promo Products in New Tradeshow E ... - PR Inside

2010-01-26 22:01:13 - With the goal of encouraging and inspiring consumers, Pinnacle Promotions revamps descriptions of promo products featured on their Web site. ATLANTA -- Earlier this week, Pinnacle Promotions updated the descriptions of their ...


Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Designing Bicycle Cities (GOOD)

Planning clearly-marked urban biking systems can help us educate car drivers and decrease cycling accidents. design mind on GOOD is a series exploring the power of design by the editors of design mind magazine. Find new posts every Tuesday and Thursday. If you ride a bike and live in Texas like I do, you're screwed. Three of the largest cities in the country are in the Lone Star state, and they ...


Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Scout Analytics Accelerates Customer Insight - NewsFactor Network

Scout AnalyticsTM Accelerates Insights for Internet Securities Inc. -- Global Financial Company Leverages SaaS Analytical Application Rather Than Build Their Own SEATTLE, WA, January 25, 2010 -- Scout Analytics?, the leader in behavioral analytics ...


Wednesday, January 27, 2010

CertiPath Launches Trusted PACS Service (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

CertiPath introduces its Trusted PACS⢠Service, a much-needed solution for assessing, designing and deploying world-class identity and access control systems and processes.  Combining deep industry expertise and a successful track record in managing implementations, the Trusted PACS Service helps resource-strapped organizations gain a faster path to the protection and operational efficiency ...


Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Siteworx, Inc. and SDL Provide Web Content Management Solutions for the American Psychological Association (Marketwire)

New Website Boasts Enterprise Class Reliability and Stability With a Superior Search Experience for the Largest Association of Psychologists Worldwide


Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Siteworx, Inc. and SDL Provide Web Content Management Solutions for the American Psychological Association (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

RESTON, VA--(Marketwire - 01 26 10) - SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management solutions, and Siteworx, Inc. , an award-winning interactive agency with deep Web Content Management (WCM) roots, are pleased to announce the implementation of SDL Tridion in the American Psychological Association's (APA) website, www.apa.org . With the new [[[SHIFTOUT ...


Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Netgear Targets Small Businesses With New Security Tool (PC World)

Netgear's new security appliance takes on small-to-midsize business stalwarts such as Fortinet and Barracuda by including antispam and antimalware.


Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Interview: ThatGameCompany's Santiago, Hunicke, On Designing For The Love (Gamasutra)

[Gamasutra sits down for a wide-ranging interview with ThatGameCompany's Kellee Santiago alongside the studio's newest hire, Electronic Arts veteran Robin Hunicke (Boom Blox) on the indie space, the studio philosophy and more.] After several years at Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Robin Hunicke has moved on to flOw and Flower house ThatGameCompany, a small studio founded by USC alumni Kellee ...


Tuesday, January 26, 2010

PLX Technology, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter, Fiscal Year 2009 ... - TMCnet

For 2009, the Company reported revenue of $82.8 million and a net loss of $18.8 million or $0.53 per share (diluted). "Enterprise customers drove the growth in the quarter, much of which was driven by the build-out of data centers to support cloud ...


Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Ruby Creator Yukihiro "Matz" about Ruby, Functional Programming and ... - InfoQ.com

Summary In this interview, Yukihiro Matsumoto talks about programming languages design and decisions he had to take while designing Ruby. He also discusses other programming languages including Haskell, Scala, Python and Clojure. While talking about ...


Tuesday, January 26, 2010

7 Ways to Increase Sales Now - Consumer Electronics Net

1. Update Your Website: A business' website has become the major hub of business activity in the present market. Having a site that is properly built for search engine optimization and visitor navigation is key to your business success moving forward ...


Tuesday, January 26, 2010

C O R R E C T I O N -- Microsoft Corp. (MalaysiaNews.net)

Posted on: Monday, 25 January 2010, 14:05 CST In the news release, Microsoft and the Corporation for National and Community Service Launch New Initiative to Promote Student Leadership in the Classr...


Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Mozilla leader worries about Internet limits - PhysOrg

(AP) -- The leader of the Mozilla Project, whose Firefox Web browser now has 350 million users, said Sunday that she is concerned that legal restrictions could limit Internet expansion. Mitchell Baker said she worried about "the increase in laws that ...


Tuesday, January 26, 2010

A Book A Week: The Glass Room by Simon Mawer - Isthmus Daily Page

Simon Mawer's The Glass Room is a big book. A Big Book. A book about art and its role in our everyday lives. What better way to frame this discussion than to create some characters who are living inside a work of art -- a glass house designed by a ...


Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Kantor column: Don't make a speech, communicate - Naples Daily News

NAPLES ? Paralyzing fear or false bravado? How do you react when faced with the thought of having to make any kind of public presentation? The idea of giving a speech sends many folks into sheer panic. Reactions range from sweaty palms and rapidly ...


Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Share this on Twitter - How the GOP Spends Half-a-Billion Off the ... - DAILY KOS

Every dime of the $500-million-a-year that powers the GOP propaganda engine moves outside the campaign contribution limits. Some is tax deductible. Some is foreign. Corporate Politics, Inc. is the GOP's largest ad agency and its Propaganda Ministry ...


Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Focusrite Launches Octopre MkII Dynamic (Harmony Central)

New at NAMM is the stunning Focusrite OctoPre MkII Dynamic. It features eight channels of Focusrite's legendary mic preamplification, with new, single-dial, VCA-based compressors derived from the classic Focusrite Red 3 on every channel.


Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Coca-Cola Launches 'Open the Games. Open Happiness' Campaign for the ... - TMCnet

ATLANTA --(Business Wire)-- Coca-Cola is tapping into the joy and inspiration of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games with the launch of a multi-faceted Olympic Games-themed program in the U.S. designed to refresh, uplift and inspire fans. The ...


Tuesday, January 26, 2010

WellTek Makes Several Appointments to the Leadership of MedX - Transworld News

WellTek Inc. (OTC.BB: WTKN) has appointed Lawrence Evans as the President of its subsidiary MedX. The company has also appointed Clay Steffee as the VP of Product Development for MedX. From 1994-98, Evans served as the President, CEO and Chairman of ...


Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Keep the Global Brand?But Please Lose That Globe (BrandWeek)

Do you know the name Martin Behaim? If you work in corporate branding or marketing, you really should, even though you'd be a little late to have met him personally.


Tuesday, January 26, 2010

C O R R E C T I O N -- Microsoft Corp. (redOrbit)

Winston Churchill Middle School, Carmichael, Calif. Students participating in this GenerationYes! program assist teachers with support needs ranging from software installation to the creation and implementation of content-specific lessons. Currently, 90 percent of the students in the program go into classrooms and teach their classmates about a specific subject using technology.Tupelo Middle ...


Tuesday, January 26, 2010

New Pentax Optio Goes for Retro Look - PC Magazine

On Monday, Pentax introduced three new compact point-and-shoot cameras; the most interesting of the bunch is a camera that was designed to look like one of their original film cameras. The Pentax Optio I-10 incorporates a throwback look that includes ...


Tuesday, January 26, 2010

NBC's peacock logo goes Fail Whale: Meet the failcock (Zap2It)

Heard of the failcock? No? Well it seems web designers are now jumping on the NBC-bashing bandwagon.Media savvy web designer Mitch Canter posted a twitpic of a not too flattering NBC logo he had created.Seen below, it's a hybrid of the NBC peacock logo and the Twitter "fail whale" image that appears when Twitter is over capacity. The original fail whale image -- a flock of Twitter birds ...


Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Can Yahoo! (Pleasantly) Shock? (Forbes)

Carol Bartz's work in progress needs proof points for investors.


Tuesday, January 26, 2010

CRM Watchlist 2010 - The SMBs - IVA - Brent Leary Rocks (ZDNet)

A Final Guest CRM Watchlist - Hey Yo To Brent Leary (Brent Leary, who is both a Social CRM guru and a great friend has graciously done a post on the companies to watch for 2010 when it comes to the small and medium business space. He was clearly...


Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Designers use Web as well as runway (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)

The fall-winter 2010-2011 preview presentations, the first shows of the new decade, got underway this month with a new fashion passion: live online showcasing.


Monday, January 25, 2010

Haiti earthquake exposes deadly, largely unregulated construction - Cleveland Plain Dealer

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A new hospital in the Turgeau neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, dissolved into a pancaked stack of concrete floor slabs surrounded by broken toilets. The shell of a nearby high school rested atop its crumbled first floor ...


Monday, January 25, 2010

A 'Wicked' success - Greenville News

"Wicked" the musical arrives Wednesday at the Peace Center to cast its spell with gravity-defying witches, monkeys, levitating brooms and so much more that it takes 14 trucks to haul it all. The show, whose green heroine, Elphaba, inspires with ...


Monday, January 25, 2010

Scouts will find unique programs at Madison museum - Recorder Community Newspapers

MADISON - The Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, 9 Main St. at Green Village Road, can help both Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts fulfill many of their badge, petal, arrow and achievement requirements, through the museum's Boy Scout and Girl Scout ...


Monday, January 25, 2010

Indian River County Adult Education offers free GED classes - TCPalm

Do your dreams involve obtaining your high school diploma? If you answered yes, Adult Education can help. We offer free GED preparation classes. The classes are set up so that students can work at their own pace in a small, comfortable and quiet ...


Monday, January 25, 2010

North Brunswick weighs Route 1 transit village train station, traffic ... - MyCentralJersey.com

We can't create an ordinance where the requirements for traffic ... the traffic study is publicly available and that video of last week's meeting will be posted on the township's Web site. "As much as we can we will try to involve the public ...


Monday, January 25, 2010

Newspaper wins 11 awards in KPA competition - Daily Independent

Copy editor Jennifer Fields took second place in two design categories -- Best Sports Page and Best Front Page. Copy desk chief Adam VanKirk was second in Best Sports Column and third in graphics. Opinion page editor John Cannon took second in Best ...


Monday, January 25, 2010

Finding art beyond Lincoln's galleries - Lincoln Journal Star

Customers at the Meadowlark Coffee House in January get to see a mixed-media show by Paul Tisdale. Art is on view at many places in Lincoln besides galleries and museums. (WILLIAM LAUER Lincoln Journal Star) Follow the Ground Zero team on Twitter ...


Monday, January 25, 2010

Fewer teens are in rush to get driver's licenses - MSNBC

WASHINGTON - The quest to get a driver's license at 16 -- long an American rite of passage -- is on the wane among the digital generation, which no longer sees the family car as the end-all of social life. The holdouts include Kat Velkoff, who turned ...


Monday, January 25, 2010

Fight over 'rusty balls' artwork on Palm Beach Gardens bridge declared truce (The Palm Beach Post)

Fight over 'rusty balls' artwork on Palm Beach Gardens bridge declared truce


Monday, January 25, 2010

Firefox 3.6 adds speed, Personas-is it enough? (CIO)

The just-released final version of Firefox 3.6 is a moderate improvement over previous versions -- it's faster and introduces a nifty new feature or two. But at heart, it's the same browser that has steadily gained market share against Internet Explorer for years.


Monday, January 25, 2010

Firefox 3.6 adds speed, Personas-is it enough? (ARNnet)

The latest version of Firefox has some welcome, but not revolutionary, changes.


Monday, January 25, 2010

The Martin Agency: U.S. Agency of the Year 2009 (AdWeek)

Pizza is Andy Azula's favorite food.


Monday, January 25, 2010

The Martin Agency: U.S. Agency of the Year 2009 (Mediaweek)

Pizza is Andy Azula's favorite food. "I've been obsessed with pizza all my life," jokes Azula, on location in Los Angeles shooting the agency's first work for Pizza Hut. Azula, the longhaired creative director who has starred in about 50 of the agency's "Whiteboard" commercials for UPS, is producing the work that won the shop its 14th piece of new business in 2009.


Monday, January 25, 2010

Post a comment (The Decatur Daily)

MOULTON ? The Law rence County Commission is developing a Web site that will include information about the County Commission and locations in the county.


Monday, January 25, 2010

Free spirit revels in fun of his own Web site (The Buffalo News)

NIAGARA FALLS--You might remember Christopher "Stenz" Stoianoff as a teenager, with his then-trademark mullet haircut, riding his freestyle bicycle.


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Gardening Q & A: Ixoras probably survived cold spell - News-Press

Q: We have about 25 Nora Grant ixoras in our front yard. After this cold weather, the leaves have started falling off. Will we lose any of the plants? What do you suggest we do to bring these plants back? A: Many ixoras have dropped their leaves in ...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

ProSoftDesign - The Newest Templates Shop - PRLog (free press release)

PR Log (Press Release) -- Jan 23, 2010 -- If you are looking for the best templates, web design productions or flash animations you should visit www.prosoftdesign.ro website. We always have good ideas for your sophisticated tastes and we ensure you ...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Designer eyewear and T-shirts for charity wrap up Berlin fashion week - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Actor, comedian Andy Dick arrested in W.Va. Timeless elegance at French luxury leader Hermes Dior Homme does Amish chic O'Brien thanks fans, NBC on finale Nominations are being sought for Cinco de Mayo Fiesta grand marshal BERLIN - Designer eyewear ...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Battle of the Blue Bridge: How the petition was won - Vancouver Sun

... to select a bridge design, more than 5,000 people filled in surveys; 9,922 unique visitors hit the city's bridge website and some 2,200 were contacted in person at city bridge events and presentations. Once the decision was made to replace the ...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Design for a good cause at Berlin fashion week - WRAL

Berlin, got 35 artists to create t-shirts that will be auctioned via a company Web site to provide glasses to poor people in Brazil who, he said, "have nothing." Anderl and Maira Becke, a Brazilian model who lives in Germany, came up with the idea ...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Rediscovering The Joys Of Shared Meals - KSBW.com

Barilla (ARA) - Having a family meal isn't easily accomplished these days. Busy schedules, long work hours and even technology make it feel easier to simply grab a meal and go, rather than take the time to sit everyone down together around the table ...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

9-year-old, his uncle take in London's sights - Dallas Morning News

LONDON -- The curveball thrown by my 9-year-old nephew, Julian Swanson, came barely an hour after we'd landed in London. DAVID SWANSON Special Contributor Julian Swanson takes in Big Ben. It had been a long trip. The flight from Los Angeles had ...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Still looking for a job? You are not alone and outlook looks grim for ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer

People scraping to pay bills won't feel the nation's economic recovery until substantial numbers of people go back to work. And that won't be anytime soon, economists say. Some people may land jobs in 2010, but experts say it probably will be at ...


Sunday, January 24, 2010

Gates Foundation's new home halfway finished (Seattle Times)

In designing the futuristic headquarters of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the lead architect says, the wife of the Microsoft co-founder wanted it to be a bold reflection of the organization's mission to improve the lives of the poor around the world and inspire visitors to give back to their communities.


Sunday, January 24, 2010

THAT Agency Creates a University Website Design for The American Graduate School in Paris (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

THAT Agency, a cutting-edge South Florida web design and online marketing agency partnered with The American Graduate School in Paris to not only update their website's look and feel, but to increase their online reach by expanding into untouched search markets. Impressed with THAT Agency's ability to manage all aspects of their website, from discovery to design to development to marketing.


Saturday, January 23, 2010

Top 10 tech-savvy hotels around the world - MSNBC

NEW YORK - The days when high-tech rooms for hotels meant adding a kettle and alarm clock are long gone, with hotels realizing guests want far more wizardry in their rooms. Web site AskMen.com has come up with a list of the top 10 high-tech hotels. 1 ...


Saturday, January 23, 2010

Herald Gazette letters - VillageSoup Belfast

In budget making for Maine School Administrative District 28 and the Five Town Community School District, the "elephant in the room" is debt service. For SAD 28, the total debt service for fiscal year 2009-10 is $1,650,739. There are currently 790 ...


Saturday, January 23, 2010

Apple Sees New Money in Old Media - Yahoo Finance

Web sites like Twitter and Facebook also provide outlets for user-generated content. Mr. Jobs has a longstanding strategy of devising new ways to access and pay for quality content, instead of reinventing the content. Apple's iTunes Store, for ...


Saturday, January 23, 2010

Charge Filed In Former Business Partner's Slaying - Denver Channel

Fowler and his wife founded their software firm in 1984, according to the firm's Web site. The company is proud of providing "flawless computer software service" to a worldwide clientele, according to its Web site.


Saturday, January 23, 2010

Berlin fashion week hit catwalk with young, daring fashion, also tweet ... - Minneapolis Star Tribune

BERLIN - Two unique German designers with a hip take on youth culture in the nation's capital splashed the catwalk with wool caps, fire-engine red dresses and navy blues for men Friday evening at Berlin's fashion week. Strenesse Blue also ran a live ...


Saturday, January 23, 2010

RBC Bearings to Webcast Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Results - PR Inside

To access the webcast, go to the investor relations portion of the Company's web site, www.rbcbearings.com : , on the day of the conference call and click on the webcast link. If you do not have access to the Internet and wish to listen to the call ...


Saturday, January 23, 2010

Cyber criminals target online activities of Asians - Network World Fusion

Social networking sites and online banking are very popular across the world but their users are now looking for better identity protection, according to the 2010 global online consumer security survey by RSA, the security division of EMC. The global ...


Saturday, January 23, 2010

Rambus Wins Crucial Decision in Nvidia Chip Battle (Update2) - BusinessWeek

Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Rambus Inc., a designer of high- speed memory chips, won a crucial decision in its effort to collect patent royalties from Nvidia Corp. over computer- graphics chips. A U.S. International Trade Commission judge in Washington ...


Saturday, January 23, 2010

Plan your garden online (KIVI Boise)

Check out these web sites for the latest on designing your plot, plant selection, buying and selling heirloom seeds, unique tools, curing common plant diseases and more.


Saturday, January 23, 2010

From spas to banks, Mexico economy rides on drugs (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

At a modern factory in a city whose main claim to fame is an image of the Virgin Mary revered for granting miracles, Mexican pharmaceuticals firm Grupo Collins churns out antibiotics and other medicines.


Saturday, January 23, 2010

Face-Detection Cameras: Users' Racism Charges Explained (Time.com via Yahoo! News)

Why several consumer cameras and webcams are being called out by customers for failing to recognize non-Caucasian features and faces


Saturday, January 23, 2010

Stream Your Social Life on Your Smartphone (Network World)

Though your mobile phone keeps you more connected, it can also make things more complicated. Using a cell phone to track e-mail, text messages, instant messages, voicemail, Facebook, and Twitter can be a burden--after all, these social networking applications attempt to shoehorn Web 2.0 resources onto small devices that weren't designed with Web 2.0 in mind.


Friday, January 22, 2010

The secrets of J.Crew's success (MSN Money)

By designing clothes that women are eager to buy and show off, the retailer stands apart from its economically strapped rivals.


Friday, January 22, 2010

Nortel Obtains Further Extension of Stay Period Under CCAA and Obtains ... - PR Inside

... and contract manufacturers including Nortel's reliance on certain suppliers for key optical networking solutions components and on one supplier for most of its manufacturing and design functions; potential penalties, damages or cancelled ...


Friday, January 22, 2010

Deal would let light-rail trains use I-90 express lanes - Seattle Times

Sound Transit and the state Department of Transportation reached a deal today for light-rail trains to operate in what are now the center express lanes of Interstate 90. The rail corridor across Lake Washington has been in design for several years ...


Friday, January 22, 2010

YouTube streamlines its video-viewing page - Global Nation

SAN FRANCISCO -- YouTube on Thursday debuted a revamped video-viewing page that offers larger screens and less clutter. "We're excited to unveil the first major example of our efforts to simplify and streamline the video page to offer the best ...


Friday, January 22, 2010

Exploitation Nation? - Newsweek

You've noted in Shock Doctrine how disasters like this earthquake are perfect opportunities for so-called disaster capitalists to move in and profit. Are you seeing evidence of that so far in Haiti? The shock doctrine is the use of disasters to avoid ...


Friday, January 22, 2010

'Anne Frank' revival shines at Nashville Children's Theatre - Nashville Tennessean

"There are no walls, there are no bolts, no locks that anyone can put on your mind." Otto Frank's admonition to his daughter, Anne, served her well during the time she, her family and others hid from Nazi persecutors during World War II, before ...


Friday, January 22, 2010

TV Junkie: ABC Greenlights Pilots; HBO.com Relaunches - Laist.com

We know NBC is trying to fill it's 10pm void but ABC is also stepping up it's efforts to line-up new shows by greenlighting "Generation Y," from scribe Noah Hawley; "Cutthroat," written by Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters; and the Jerry Bruckheimer ...


Friday, January 22, 2010

The Apple Tablet Will Be A Giant Version Of The First iPhone - The Business Insider

The Apple tablet will resemble a larger, but thinner version of the original iPhone, according to sources speaking with Apple Insider . The site points to the tablet mock-up picutred here, which was made by Fotoboer.nl on Flickr, as decent ...


Friday, January 22, 2010

New Sundance Kid Cooper Takes Helm At Indie Fest - SHOOT Online

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) , January 21, 2010, David Germain, Movie Writer --- John Cooper is the new Sundance kid, calling the shots for his first year as director of Robert Redford's festival for independent film . A festival veteran who started with ...


Friday, January 22, 2010

Micromedex 2.0 Now Available for Web and Mobile Access - Yahoo Finance

ANN ARBOR, Mich. , Jan. 21 PRNewswire -- Thomson Reuters announced today that Micromedex 2.0, the new web-based version of its market-leading clinical information system, is now available to current and new customers. Micromedex 2.0 gives ...


Friday, January 22, 2010

MSU to unveil new Spartan logo in April - State News

After a possible design change to the MSU Spartan logo appeared on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Web site, MSU Athletics Director Mark Hollis released a statement saying the logo is one part of a larger project to be unveiled in April. "The ...


Friday, January 22, 2010

Visual WebGui Platform Further Enhances Its SDK With the Integration of jQuery in Its New 6.4 Version (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Gizmox, the developer of Visual WebGui web cloud applications platform announced today the release of its Visual WebGui 6.4 beta 1 version. The new version offers enhanced performance as well as enhanced customization, extension and user interface designing capabilities.


Friday, January 22, 2010

The Beckhams Design T-Shirts for Charity (TheCelebrityCafe.com)

The Beckham family collaborated to design shirts for charity. Karla Casillas David and Victoria Beckham, along with their children, are making fashion headlines for a good cause. According to hollyscoop.com the whole Beckham family has designed t-shirts for Sport Relief, an organization that helps disadvantaged people from around the world. According to their web site, this year they are ...


Friday, January 22, 2010

West Linn close to police station design contract (Portland Tribune)

The West Linn City Council is set to approve a $39,530 contract to architecture firm Group Mackenzie to begin designing a new police station and educational materials for a bond campaign to fund new facilities. The contract, the first awarded for the two-phase project, is up for approval at the ...


Thursday, January 21, 2010

The Coming Apple Tablet?The Secret's in the Software - Popular Mechanics

At this point, about the most surprising thing Apple could do at the company's special event in San Francisco next week is not unveil a tablet. I'm hardly the first tech commentator to guess at what Apple has up its sleeve, but it seems pretty ...


Thursday, January 21, 2010

Need help sticking your diet? Try these helpers, from goodies to ... - Pbpulse

So, it's a few weeks into the new year and you're already having trouble sticking to your resolution to shed some pounds. Sure, you need all the willpower you can get. But you also need the right culinary tools: Think foods, appliances, cookbooks ...


Thursday, January 21, 2010

Good customer service is key to surviving down economy - Asu News

The recession and the recent holiday shopping crunch have brought further into focus the true importance of receiving good customer service. Americans are being more careful than ever about how and where they spend their money. A new report from the ...


Thursday, January 21, 2010

Customers say Graham company's work, communication stopped - WRAL

Apex, N.C. ? Last September after Graham-based Kitchen Carolina blitzed the area with flyers, Patricia Nolte, of Apex, signed a contract with them. "They had a designer come out. They send you an e-mail with the full design. They had project ...


Thursday, January 21, 2010

Skyworks Posts Record Revenue of $245.1 Million and Non-GAAP Operating ... - Yahoo Finance

WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWKS - News ), an innovator of high reliability analog and mixed signal semiconductors enabling a broad range of end markets, today reported first fiscal quarter 2010 results. Revenue ...


Thursday, January 21, 2010

Community calendar - Houston Community Newspapers

The Liberty County office of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service and the Liberty County Master Gardener Association is hosting a Landscape Design ... After February 8, and at the door, ticket prices will go up to $50 for a single and $90 for couples ...


Thursday, January 21, 2010

IP5280 Acquires CEWest - TMCnet

IP5280 Communications has reportedly acquired the customer base of CEWest Consulting Inc., a six-year-old, Denver-based IP communications service provider specializing in the delivery of high-speed broadband and hosted IP solutions to the healthcare ...


Thursday, January 21, 2010

ON Semiconductor to Host Analyst Day and Announces Investor Conference ... - Stockhouse

ON Semiconductor operates a world-class, value-added supply chain and a network of manufacturing facilities, sales offices and design centers in key markets throughout North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific regions. For more information, visit ...


Thursday, January 21, 2010

Bell Microproducts to be Relisted on NASDAQ - Stockhouse

Bell Microproducts Inc. (OTCBB:BELM), one of the world's largest value-added distributors of storage and computing technology, announced that The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC has approved its application for the relisting of its common stock on The NASDAQ ...


Thursday, January 21, 2010

What the Recent Internet Explorer Security Risk Means to Industrial Ethernet Networks (Robotics Online)

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. - In the wake of high-profile cyber attacks against Google and other leading companies, Phoenix Contact is reminding industrial Ethernet users that choosing Ethernet products compatible with all major Web browsers-not just Internet Explorer-is an important step in designing a secure industrial network.


Thursday, January 21, 2010

Council web sites fail usability test (vnunet.com)

Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk , Wednesday 20 January 2010 at 11:47:00 Webcredible research ranks local authority sites as worst, while news and media are easiest to use Local authority web sites are the most difficult to use, according to a new report from user research and design consultancy Webcredible released today. The firm asked over 1,000 visitors to its site to choose the sector they believe ...


Thursday, January 21, 2010

Council web sites fail usability test (V3.co.uk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Local authority web sites are the most difficult to use, according to a new report from user research and design consultancy Webcredible released today.


Thursday, January 21, 2010

Dept. of Corrections chooses a new logo (The Easterner)

By: Dustin Toms, Senior Reporter Eastern students take part in a state-wide design project for senior capstone class When the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) was in need of a new logo and Web site design, Eastern students accepted the challenge....


Thursday, January 21, 2010

Mom's baby business to grow from Avon home (The Morning Journal)

Stay-at-home Avon mom Suzie Gorski has found success with Zeebabee, a company she started in 2007 to offer visually stimulating burp cloths for newborns and T-shirts for mothers at her Web site, www.zeebabee.com. Her products, made in Dearborn, Mich., are also for sale at The Littlest Details, 36840 Detroit Road, in The Shoppes at Olde Avon Village.


Thursday, January 21, 2010

PUC wants water plant designed (The Fairmont Sentinel)

FAIRMONT - Fairmont Public Utilities Commission is recommending the city proceed with designing a $31 million water treatment plan, at a cost of $2.3 million. The City Council will decide Jan. 25 whether to accept the recommendation, in order to have the project ready for bids by spring 2011, according to Public Works director Troy Nemmers.


Thursday, January 21, 2010

Conn. firm will design Norfolk's new $50M library (The Virginian-Pilot)

NORFOLK A Connecticut firm will design the city's $50 million Col. Samuel L. Slover Library, Mayor Paul Fraim announced Tuesday. Newman Architects of New Haven, which specializes in designing new buildings that blend into historic areas, was chosen from among more than 20 bidders.


Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Connecting With Your Inner Earpiece - Wall Street Journal

Apps are hot. These are the small programs that can be installed on a digital gadget to get it to do more than what it did when you bought it. Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch are the best app platforms right now thanks to the company's App Store, which ...


Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Facebook vulnerable to 'clickjacking' - ABC 4

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - Facebook users, beware: someone is out to steal away your personal information, and if you're not careful, your computer may be the very tool hackers use to get to your friends, too. It's called "click-jacking", and it's ...


Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Online, It's the Mouse That Runs the Museum - New York Times

One morning last fall Judson Box woke up early to tend the horses at his farm near Leesburg, Fla. Before he could sit down to breakfast, however, his wife waved him over to the color TV that doubles as their home computer, thanks to an old WebTV ...


Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Scripps Networks Interactive Unveils New Logo - Consumer Electronics Net

Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. (NYSE: SNI) has unveiled a newly designed logo that captures its pursuit of new opportunities and experiences across multi-media platforms and provides a visual link to the company's heritage of excellence. With its ...


Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Oak Creek may overturn ban on beer sales at gas stations - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The repeal is being recommended by city staff . According to a staff memo, the Kwik Trip convenience store chain is proposing to build a gas station convenience store south of the intersection of S. 13th St. and W. Ryan Road that would include a beer ...


Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Horizons Unlimited - FCW.com

Use GSA, NASA and NIH GWACs (Governmentwide Acquisition Contracts) to purchase every IT product and service imaginable. Mary Powers-King, GSA's director of GWAC programs didn't mince words when describing GSA's feelings about Alliant. "It's ...


Wednesday, January 20, 2010

The internet: A missing link - Financial Times

T he flowers left by free-speech advocates have gone; in their place has come disillusionment. "We came here because we believed that the internet could help open China up. But now we're effectively giving up," says an employee at Google China ...


Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Man sentenced to 9 1 2 years in death of infant son - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The new facility, Asian Massage, has raised concerns among the owner of the Omega Shopping Plaza and some of its tenants. One business has arranged to move. But a spokesman for the shopping center's owner, Paul Bouraxis, said Asian Massage has a ...


Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Why in the name of all that is wonderful would you want a slate with a ... - Crunchgear.com

Dell debuted some sort of slate product at CES. At first I was intrigued, and then someone told me the size. Five inch screen. Five inches , people. That's one and a half inches more than an iPhone. Take your thumbs and index fingers and make a ...


Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Integrating Versatility and Speed Into Applications (Linux)

With over a decade of PDF experience, Amyuni Technologies has produced reputable PDF tools designed with the developer in mind. One such tool is the Amyuni PDF Suite?composed of the Amyuni PDF Converter and the Amyuni PDF Creator. read more


Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Redesigned TSP Web site to launch in May - Federal Times

The new, upgraded Thrift Savings Plan Web site is scheduled to go online in May, the board governing the program said Jan. 19. The new site will feature a more modern, clean and interactive design that the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board ...


Wednesday, January 20, 2010

FIRST Robotics Competition Kicks Off Worldwide (IEEE Spectrum)

19 January 2010?Look out, sports fans. Here come the robots! On January 9, at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, in Brooklyn, 37 area high school teams joined hundreds of other teams via satellite feed to find out what this year's FIRST robotics challenge would be.


Wednesday, January 20, 2010

New ARRL Web Site Coming Soon! (ARRL Amateur Radio News)

It's almost here! After more than two years of planning, designing and writing, the ARRL is anxiously awaiting the launch of the new ARRL Web site. We've been able to make the online experience easier for our members -- from the online store, to registering for a class, to finding a club -- plus we've created a new, enhanced member profile with many more options available. We've made ...


Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Newly formatted homepage makes statement (The University Star)

The Texas State Web site's homepage has gotten a makeover. The new Web site is designed to tell Texas State's story through features like "Rising Stars," "Be a Bobcat" and "Bobcat Tube," said Diana Harrell, director of the Office of University Marketing. "Rising Stars" profiles noteworthy students, staff and faculty. "Be a Bobcat" gives insight into student life. Both sections use one to three ...


Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Share Some Sugar helps neighbors help each other (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

A Hyde Park woman last November launched a Web site that lets neighbors post and share the items they own, and borrow the items they don't.


Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Run IT as a business -- why that's a train wreck waiting to happen (InfoWorld via Yahoo! News)

"If you board the wrong train, it's no use running along the corridor in the other direction," said famed World War II German resistance fighter Dietrich Bonhoeffer.


Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Want More Site Visitors? 5 Tips For Designing Better Web Content (OfficialWire)

Amazon and Google are common examples of websites that spoil users with instant gratification. Tim O'Reilly, CEO of O'Reilly Media, notes that Web 2.0 is marked by participation. Older websites of the 1990s were characterized as websites that merely published information.


Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Team Lead Tech Lead at UGST, Noida, INDIA (SiliconIndia)

Designing web pages and promoting them are as different as chalk and cheese. Just because a web site has been built, ... more >>


Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Propeller Heads: Making it easier for disabled to use Internet (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

My friend has disabilities that make some Web sites difficult for her to navigate. Are there ways to make it easier for her to use the Internet? Answer: Making the Web more accessible for those with disabilities is a hot topic. But before we get to issues with specific Web sites and Web-site design considerations, let's look at the accessibility features available on your computer.


Monday, January 18, 2010

Join KAPOW! at Liverpool Public Library (Cnylink)

Comic book fans can now join KAPOW!, Liverpool Public Library's own graphic novel manga club students in grades four and up are invited to gather once a month to discuss, read


Monday, January 18, 2010

Fashion goes online, live, as Milan runways show menswear (Canoe Technology)

MILAN, Italy - The fall-winter 2010-2011 preview presentations, the first shows of the year, got underway over the weekend with a new fashion passion: live online showcasing.


Monday, January 18, 2010

Fashion goes live on line (MalaysiaNews.net)

N EW YORK -- The fashion industry put on its most glamorous face as it opened New York Fashion Week on Thursday, presenting a star-studded overture to reluctant recessionistas. Hints of glitz perked u...


Monday, January 18, 2010

Fashion goes live on line (1:10 a.m.) (Sun Star)

MILAN -- The fall-winter 2010-2011 preview presentations, the first shows of the new decade, got under way over the weekend with a new fashion passion: live online showcasing. read more


Monday, January 18, 2010

Fashion goes live on line (AP via Yahoo! News)

The fall-winter 2010-2011 preview presentations, the first shows of the new decade, got under way over the weekend with a new fashion passion: live online showcasing.


Sunday, January 17, 2010

BRIEFCASE: Boulder and Broomfield businesspeople in the news (Boulder Daily Camera)

Boulder Realtor Dan Siddall has earned his Green Designation from the National Association of Realtors.


Sunday, January 17, 2010

Forget Harry Potter: Saci Lloyd thrills teenagers with a heroine who ... - The Guardian

Her new book, a sequel called The Carbon Diaries 2017 , is out this month and takes Laura Brown into a frightening era where climate change is busily altering all the norms of modern existence. Laura, a teenager who plays in a band called the Dirty ...


Sunday, January 17, 2010

First Laptop.....Need Help.....? - Toms Hardware

4_Portable Living Room. Already have a desktop workstation. 5_Battery: Not crucial as will mostly be used in home near outlets. 6_No gaming really, aside from maybe internet flash games and the like. Maybe some old-school emulation from time to time ...


Sunday, January 17, 2010

AP Exclusive: Tobacco's plea - no big US payments - Jackson Clarion-Ledger

These statements must appear on company Web sites, cigarette packages and newspaper and television ads. If Kessler's findings stand, they ... Tobacco company defendants in the lawsuit are Philip Morris USA Inc. and its parent company, Altria Group ...


Sunday, January 17, 2010

Five Services Every Graphic Artist Should Provide - Associated Content

With the invention of the desktop computer, graphic design was changed forever. There are so many things that can be output from the PC, the realm of the graphic artist has expanded to cover many areas of design and technology. 1. Print Design Logos ...


Sunday, January 17, 2010

WEB TECH: Skype, Wireless Companies Fight to Shape Net-Neutrality Regs (All About Jazz)

The tech industry inundated federal regulators Thursday with pleas for and against new rules limiting what ISPs can do with internet traffic. The pleadings were a final attempt to shape upcoming net-neutrality regulations, whose broad outlines were announced by the FCC in October. Advocates say that without the rules ISPs will start monkeying with net traffic, stifling innovation. Wireless ...


Sunday, January 17, 2010

Dovarri Inc. (DVAR) (Stock World)

1. Dovarri Inc. (DVAR) 21 Postings ausgeblendet. 23. DVAR Awarded Multi-Year Agreement - Directory One


Sunday, January 17, 2010

Breaking new ground (L'Observateur)

L'Observateur RESERVE -- After months of planning, designing and awarding various contracts, residents of St. John Parish are finally starting to see signs of progress in the construction projects that are part of the school system's Educational and Facilities Plan.


Saturday, January 16, 2010

Web ad wizard's success attracts top companies - St. Petersburg Times

Seeking proof that advertising, like many industries, is relationship-driven? Look no further than Greg Murtagh. In 2004, Murtagh founded a Tampa online advertising firm called Digital Media. In the midst of a major advertising slump, his company has ...


Saturday, January 16, 2010

Global video news recap, World Tech Update - San Francisco Chronicle

(01-15) 07:49 PST -- Click here to watch this week's show. In this week's World Tech Update we're back at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show with more news that we didn't get a chance to show you last week. We start the show with new automotive ...


Saturday, January 16, 2010

Kids In Micro-g! Web Page Updated - SpaceRef

The Kids In Micro-g! Web Page has been recently updated with a series of six video modules to help student experimenter design teams with development of their experiments. Hosted by NASA Educator Nathan Lang and NASA Astronaut and former ...


Saturday, January 16, 2010

Ars 2010 design refresh goes live! - Ars Technica

If you're reading this post in a web browser, you've probably already noticed that something is a little... different. This afternoon we pushed the second half of our Ars Version 5.5 that went live back in December. As you poke around and use the ...


Saturday, January 16, 2010

AW Design Forum: Ralph Gilles Talks Technology -- With Style - MSN Money

Chrysler Group is known for its rough and tough trucks and menacing muscle cars, but its design boss said technology is going to be the game-changer for car designers going forward. Ralph Gilles, who is also CEO of the Dodge brand, said cars must be ...


Saturday, January 16, 2010

Cupcake business on a roll - Inside Bay Area

BERKELEY ? When you find something you love, be as tenacious as you can and good results have a better chance to follow. Thus is the advice that 27-year-old Kate McEachern would pass on to any new business owner. For her the love was baking. And ...


Saturday, January 16, 2010

NorthWestern Energy Submits Supplemental Filing to Montana Public ... - CNBC

... 2010 PRNewswire via COMTEX -- NorthWestern Energy (NYSE: NWE) announced today that it has submitted a supplemental filing regarding allocated cost of service and rate design to the ... is available on the Company's Web site at www.


Saturday, January 16, 2010

Skype, Wireless Companies Fight to Shape Net Neutrality Regs (Wired News)

As the FCC grows closer to issuing controversial new controls on ISPs (including your phone company), large tech companies attempt to tweak them with filings to the FCC. Oddly, Google and Verizon tell the feds they actually agree on a few things.


Saturday, January 16, 2010

Big U.S. Tech Faces China Dilemma (Forbes)

Weighing the Google hacking as HP, IBM and Cisco up the ante in China.


Saturday, January 16, 2010

Prefer Futures to Baked-In "Async APIs" (Dr. Dobb's Journal)

When designing concurrent APIs, separate "what" from "how" Business - Investing - Commodities and Futures - JPMorgan Chase - Advisory Services


Saturday, January 16, 2010

ActiveCampaign Offers Its Industry-Standard Web Survey Software As A Hosted Service (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

The full power of ActiveCampaign's acclaimed Survey Software package is now available with hosting and maintenance included.


Saturday, January 16, 2010

Become a Webmaster or a Web Marketer? (Poynter Institute)

(This question was posted in the ThoseinMedia group on LinkedIn , where I answered it. The group has 60,000 members and embraces all kinds of media. There are several media and journalism groups worth following there. The writer of this question raised an option that many are considering.)


Friday, January 15, 2010

Last of Python 2.x language line moves forward - Industry Standard

Python 2.7, expected to be the last major version of the 2.x series of the dynamic language, was released as a second alpha earlier month by the Python Software Foundation, with the final release set for June. Two beta version of Python 2.7 and two ...


Friday, January 15, 2010

White House Asks Tech Leaders How to Modernize Government (PC World)

The Obama administration asks tech executives for ideas on modernizing government.


Friday, January 15, 2010

White House Asks Tech Leaders How to Modernize Government (PC World via Yahoo! News)

The U.S. government needs to stop wasting money on doomed IT projects and update outdated technology to better serve residents, U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday.


Friday, January 15, 2010

HOW TO: Create Custom Backgrounds for Twitter, YouTube, & MySpace (Mashable)

This series is supported by Webdesigner Depot, a popular web design blog covering tutorials, design trends, blogging and inspirational posts. You can visit WDD at webdesignerdepot.com and follow WDD on Twitter @designerdepot . If you're using your social media profiles to promote your personal brand or business, chances are that pre-made themes and watermarked templates just won't cut it. You ...


Friday, January 15, 2010

Things to do, places to go (The News-Herald)

Organizations, clubs or groups may submit area events to be included in The News-Herald's Web site listing of "Things to do, Places to go" by sending an e-mail including pertinent information  to JBonchak@News-Herald.com.


Friday, January 15, 2010

Web Site Provides a Way to Flip Someone Off Through E-mail (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Angry with your cowardly ex for breaking up with you by text message? Upset about the way Congress is handling the health care bill? Frustrated that your favorite football team didn't make it to the playoffs?


Thursday, January 14, 2010

Israeli treatment of Turkish ambassador Çelikkol 'childish' - Today's Zaman

Çelikkol's treatment by Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon was an unprecedented example of diplomatic rudeness. Ayalon -- who summoned Çelikkol to the Knesset on Monday afternoon to express outrage over an episode of the popular Turkish ...


Thursday, January 14, 2010

Free Blog Templates Effortless Designing Of Blog Site (Turks.US)

Blogs sites are the perfect place where you can share your feelings, emotions and experiences. Nowadays advertising online is very easy. And in order to have effective advertisements, you have to use templates in order to catch the reader's attention.


Thursday, January 14, 2010

endpoint Introduces First Fully Configurable IRT System (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Today, endpoint launched PULSE, a fully configurable system that allows users to design and deploy clinical trial IRT systems in a fraction of the time and cost of other providers. Leveraging a background of more than 12 years designing Integrated Voice Response technology for the Clinical Trial industry, endpoint designed PULSE to balance speed of deployment with flawless quality.


Thursday, January 14, 2010

AccessVia Announces Update of Publishing Platform for Retail - New Version Brings Cohesion To All Retail Shelf-Edge ... (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

AccessVia announces the release of the AccessVia Publishing Platform including both updated and new products for retail signage solutions. The Publishing Platform gives retailers control over all aspects of designing, publishing, and managing shelf-edge product merchandising and then delivers analysis and reports of store and customer activity to provide measurement and tuning of the systems and ...


Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Aerojet and Solar Power, Inc. Participate in EPA Event in Los Angeles (Finanzen.net)

Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE:GY) company and Solar Power, Inc. (OTCBB:SOPW), announced jointly today that the companies participated ...


Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Puerto Rico ... - TMCnet

Jan 12, 2010 (Environmental Protection Agency Documents and Publications ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- SUMMARY: EPA is approving the Limited Maintenance Plan for the Municipality of Guaynabo nonattainment area in Puerto Rico and the request by the ...


Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Aerojet and Solar Power, Inc. Participate in EPA Event in Los Angeles - MSN Money

Designing and delivering a system of this scale, while restoring this ... Additional information about Aerojet and GenCorp can be obtained by visiting the companies' Web sites at http: www.Aerojet.com and http: www.GenCorp.com . About Solar Power ...


Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Rush selected as NASA aerospace scholar - Houston Community Newspapers

JacyLynn Rush, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Rush of Cleveland, has been selected as a Texas High School Aerospace Scholar. Texas High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) is sponsored by the NASA Johnson Space Center and is an interactive online ...


Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Grand opening - Dispatch

The Web site is www.certifiedmassage.org . The Lexington office number is 249-7800. Mary Kathryn's mobile number is 420-2120, and Melody's mobile number is 250-1073.


Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Dell or HP or Other?, Need a desktop - neowin.net

It needs to be able to run multiple VM's for work and I also do some freelance web design. I know the first thing you guys will say is to do a custom build. Unfortunately I live on a small island with some dumb tax laws where if I order all of the ...


Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Met chief Ali Dizaei threatened to 'f*** up my life' claims web designer who confronted him over unpaid bill (Daily Mail)

IT expert Waad al-Baghdadi said senior police officer Ali Dizaei turned from being a 'respectable man to a monster' when he challenged him over a £600 debt.


Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Riding on E (Fairfield County Weekly)

It took Fairfield resident James Boncek, tour manager, Web designer, music producer and Fairfield Theatre Company technical director, about five months to recycle his '93 Toyota Tercel into a home-made electric vehicle. When asked if he considered a hybrid vehicle instead of going through the...


Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Siteworx, Inc. Hires Former WhiteHouse.gov Web Manager (Marketwire)

Rob Klause Joins Award-Winning Interactive Agency as Senior Practice Manager


Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Siteworx, Inc. Hires Former WhiteHouse.gov Web Manager (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

RESTON, VA--(Marketwire - 01 12 10) - Siteworx, Inc. , a leading interactive agency with deep Web content management (WCM) roots, announced today the hiring of Rob Klause, esteemed Web Manager behind WhiteHouse.gov. Klause most recently served in the Executive Office of the President (EOP) where he led the transition of WhiteHouse.gov , launching President Barack Obama's new Web site while ...


Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Automatic Affiliate-Link Insertion Service Gets Google Backing (ReadWriteWeb)

Any web developer knows that it's a lack of universal standards that can make designing and maintaining a web site unbearable. Startup venture VigLink says it's here to handle at least one consistent issue - keeping affiliate link programs bringing in the bucks. The service says it is going to go even further and recover affiliate dollars you didn't know you were losing. Sponsor The company ...


Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Up next: Switchgrass into fuel (The Kansas City Star)

The year is shaping up as pivotal for the ethanol industry, and a Kansas company has a major role in how things will turn out. ICM Inc., based in Colwich, Kan., has been involved in designing and building more ethanol plants in North America than any other company. But those plants, including several in the region built over the last decade, have relied on turning corn into fuel.


Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Tewksbury unveils new town Web site (Lowell Sun)

TEWKSBURY -- The town is beginning 2010 with a fresh look. After a year of planning and designing, Tewksbury has unveiled a new municipal Web site just in time for the new year. "We're just thrilled about how it turned out.


Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Bring Me My Meds - Product Design & Development

So, a new linguistic idiosyncrasy has sent me into dead lurch toward the First Aid kit for the family anti-anxiety elixir. It's the abbreviated noun form of medicine ? now commonly known as meds ? and it's coming soon to a too-close-for ...


Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Support Problems Good Reason to Avoid Nexus One - PC World

Google's poor tech support for its Nexus One smartphone is making some buyers downright hostile toward the company we've all been programmed to love. Though not alone in the low-support world of online services, Google is learning that what works for ...


Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Jesus junk': Christian retailers out to spoof commercial brands - Carroll County Times

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ? Christian stores have just the Christmas gift for Facebook fans: A "Jesus Christ wants to be your friend" T-shirt that mimics the design of the popular social networking site. Do you like shirts from teen retailer Abercrombie ...


Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Cummins Among Charter Companies to Join Save Energy Now LEADER Program - Investors Business Daily

... units that design, manufacture, distribute and service engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission solutions and electrical power generation systems. Headquartered in Columbus, Indiana ...


Monday, January 11, 2010

From Korea with love: Viliv's rock-solid gadget lineup - Ars Technica

One of the first booths I happened to stop at on my way into CES belonged to a small Korean brand called Viliv. The booth was modest by CES standards, but the obvious quality of the products stood out immediately. Many of the more obscure Asian OEMs ...


Monday, January 11, 2010

Building Social Experiences (Usability News)

Nowadays everyone wants social in their sites and applications. So what's a designer to do when confronted with the requirements to "add social"?


Monday, January 11, 2010

Las Cruces couple develops iPhone apps for kids (El Paso Times)

LAS CRUCES, N.M.?Looking for a way to help your child do well in school? There's an app for that.


Monday, January 11, 2010

The Coming Tornado: Cloud in the Enterprise (TechCrunch)

This guest post was written by Aaron Levie , CEO and co-founder of Box.net . Box.net was founded in 2005 with the goal of helping people and businesses easily access and share information from anywhere. Box.net is now used by millions of individuals, small businesses, and Fortune 500 enterprises worldwide . Consumers have readily embraced the Cloud in the form of services like Facebook, YouTube ...


Monday, January 11, 2010

Archive for the 'Art' Category (Easy Reader)

by Bondo Wyszpolski The ears perk up at any mention of Rembrandt, but the current show at the Getty differs immensely from the museum's last exhibition of works by the Dutch master -- "Rembrandt's Late Religious Portraits" (mid-2005) -- in that it doesn't seduce and dazzle as soon as one steps into the gallery.


Monday, January 11, 2010

Letters to the Editor (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)

Texas Boys Ranch grateful for community's support


Monday, January 11, 2010

Google, Apple spar in high-tech heavyweight battle (The Post and Courier)

They are Silicon Valley's two most prized companies. In another reflection of their power and influence, neither joined the high-tech herd at the big consumer electronics show in Las Vegas last week. They don't have to.


Sunday, January 10, 2010

Breaking up in a digital fishbowl - San Jose Mercury News

There is a scene in the movie "He's Just Not That Into You" in which Mary, played by Drew Barrymore, laments the numerous technological ways she is being rebuffed by a potential beau. E-mail. Text messages. MySpace. "It's exhausting," she complains ...


Sunday, January 10, 2010

Google, Apple spar in battle of high-tech titans - Courier-Journal

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. ? The once-cuddly relationship between Google and Apple is morphing into a prickly power struggle as the ambitions and ideas of the technology trendsetters increasingly collide. The growing use of high-powered phones for Web ...


Sunday, January 10, 2010

Ferris State sends team to Japan to set new Rube Goldberg machine record (The Grand Rapids Press)

Watch video of the team's 2007 record setting effort.


Sunday, January 10, 2010

Ferris State sends team to Japan to set new Rube Goldberg machine ... - MLive.com

... of four to Japan to try to beat its own record by designing an even more complex Rube Goldberg machine. Professor Thomas Hollen is adviser to Ferris State's Rube Goldberg team. He and students Mike Dunakin of Grand Rapids, Kyle Hebner of ...


Sunday, January 10, 2010

Google, Apple spar in battle of high-tech titans (Louisville Courier-Journal)

The once-cuddly relationship between Google and Apple is morphing into a prickly power struggle as the ambitions and ideas of the technology trendsetters increasingly collide.


Sunday, January 10, 2010

Catalogs plant seeds of hope for spring (The Olympian)

The second week of January is the best time to fool Mother Nature. Sneak outside and harvest bare branches from forsythia, quince and cherry trees and then plunge the cut stems into a vase of warm water and watch spring unfold.


Sunday, January 10, 2010

Google selling Nexus One, a "super" phone (Asbury Park Press)

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. ? Google Inc. began selling its own mobile phone Tuesday, a much-anticipated move aimed at protecting its online advertising empire as people increasingly surf the Web on handsets instead of personal computers.


Sunday, January 10, 2010

PCR Primer Design, Principles of Developmental Genetics (GenomeWeb News)

In this technical guide, editor Anton Yuryev from Ariadne Genomics rounds up detailed protocols for designing the proper PCR primers for nearly every type of PCR-based experiment.


Saturday, January 09, 2010

Waste not - Central Penn Business Journal

PenDu also has started to advertise for sales of the turner in industry publications and through its Web site, Martin said. The price will vary, as the machine will be custom-built. Turn TEQ design differs from other composters on the market in two ...


Saturday, January 09, 2010

Church to host conference - Gwinnett Daily Post

Topics for the conference are: Shattering the Myths of Evolution, 7 p.m. today; Why the New Testament Can Be Trusted, 9:45 a.m. Sunday; and Understanding Intelligent Design, 2 p.m. Sunday. There is no admission and child care is provided for all ...


Saturday, January 09, 2010

Qualcomm CEO Jacobs reveals Chrome OS deal, color e-ink-like display - Beta News

In his company's first-ever keynote address to the Consumer Electronics Show Friday morning, Qualcomm CEO Dr. Paul Jacobs made a kind of prediction that appears, given his position, to inevitably become a self-fulfilling prophecy: As consumer ...


Saturday, January 09, 2010

Who's going to win the great mobile-phone war? - Financial Post

Apple Inc. Ethan Miller Getty Images) A Samsung Moment phone that features mobile digital television at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 7, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The phone ... Over the ...


Saturday, January 09, 2010

AT A GLANCE: Electronics Show Features Mobile, 3-D Innovation - CNN Money

Chip makers are unveiling products to run the many gadgets aimed at one of the technology industry's fastest-growing areas: the hand-held, Internet-connected devices used to watch movies, run applications, and connect to cellular or Wi-Fi networks ...


Saturday, January 09, 2010

Plastic Logic Que's Up Its E-Reader - Advertising Age

What the Que does have is a beautiful thin design, email, an on-screen keyboard, calendar synch and the ability to read Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF documents. Plastic Logic is positioning the Que as a business device, and understandably, its content ...


Saturday, January 09, 2010

Nyla Interactive Announces Launch of FifthTech.com During CES (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Nyla Interactive today announced the launch of FifthTech.com, a web publication that provides in-depth reviews, commentary and news content related to the technology world. The publication launched today on the web and is scheduled to launch on the newsstands in FY 2011.


Saturday, January 09, 2010

Sagemcom Provides Complete Management Software Solutions for Service ... - TMCnet

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, Jan 08, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Editors note: A photo and a video are included with this press release on Marketwire's website Sagemcom recently entered the US market and expanded its software portfolio via its acquisition ...


Saturday, January 09, 2010

Mathew Ingram Joins GigaOM - Gigaom.com

There are some stories that write themselves. This is one of them. About four years ago, I traveled to Toronto to attend the inaugural mesh web conference . There I learned two things: Paul Kedrosky is as funny in person as he on his blog. And Mathew ...


Saturday, January 09, 2010

Possible Breakthrough in Tylenol Poisoning Case - MyFox Atlanta

In a posting last year on its Web site, there is a tab labeled "Tylenol" with a written message and audio link in which a voice refers to himself as "Tylenol Man." "Somehow, after a quarter of a century, I surmise only a select few with critical ...


Saturday, January 09, 2010

NCRA and Fast 50 Early Entry Information - Who Won

Official 2009 NCRA Sprint Car Series Sponsors: O'Reilly Auto Parts, Hoosier Racing Tires, Sunoco Race Fuels, Hard Rock Hotel-Casino. 2009 NCRA Oklahoma modified contingency sponsors: Design 500, C&E Performance, Hoffman Race Cars, Billsbuilt Chassis ...


Saturday, January 09, 2010

GM Europe plans model revamp (San Francisco Chronicle)

General Motors Co.'s Opel and Vauxhall operations are set to revamp their model range, even as they work to reduce capacity, the company's top European executive said Friday. GM Europe president Nick Reilly wrote in an official company blog that he plans to... Opel - General Motors - General Motors Europe - Vauxhall Motors - Vauxhall


Saturday, January 09, 2010

GM Europe plans model revamp (AP via Yahoo! News)

General Motors Co.'s Opel and Vauxhall operations are set to revamp their model range, even as they work to reduce capacity, the company's top European executive said Friday.


Saturday, January 09, 2010

iSIGN Media Collaborates With China's Top Retail Chain, GOME, in the Design of a New Data Reporting System for Its ... (Marketwire)

MARKHAM, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 8, 2010) - iSIGN Media Solutions Inc. ("iSIGN" or "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ISD), today announced it has received confirmation that GOME Electrical Appliances Holdings Limited ("GOME") (HKSE:493), China's leading retailer, will work with the Singapore design team in designing an enhanced data reporting system that is currently being developed with financial ...


Saturday, January 09, 2010

iSIGN Media Collaborates With China's Top Retail Chain, GOME, in the Design of a New Data Reporting System for Its ... (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance)

MARKHAM, ONTARIO-- - iSIGN Media Solutions Inc. , today announced it has received confirmation that GOME Electrical Appliances Holdings Limited , China's leading retailer, will work with the Singapore design team in designing an enhanced data reporting system that is currently being developed with financial assistance from the Singapore Government.


Saturday, January 09, 2010

iSIGN Media Collaborates With China's Top Retail Chain, GOME, in the Design of a New Data Reporting System for Its ... (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

MARKHAM, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 01 08 10) - iSIGN Media Solutions Inc. ("iSIGN" or "Company") (TSX-V: ISD - News ), today announced it has received confirmation that GOME Electrical Appliances Holdings Limited ("GOME") (HongKong: 493 - News ), China's leading retailer, will work with the Singapore design team in designing an enhanced data reporting system that is currently being developed with ...


Friday, January 08, 2010

Honeywell Announces Next Generation 3-Axis Compass Chip That Delivers ... - Newsblaze.com

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7 PRNewswire-FirstCall -- CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW - Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today a three-axis digital compass circuit that enables directional pointing and location features in consumer electronics including handheld ...


Friday, January 08, 2010

Consumer Electronics Show Opens in Las Vegas - Smart Money

THE EVENT: The Consumer Electronics Show kicked off in Las Vegas, with companies optimistic that a host of innovative products will tempt consumers to spend on electronics, a trend that could reverse the industry's dismal performance last year. CES ...


Friday, January 08, 2010

Palm updates devices, opens App Catalog, boosts gaming - Ars Technica

Palm stole the show last year at CES when it revealed the Palm Pre and webOS, the company's new flagship smartphone and Linux-based mobile software platform. It was a bold Hail Mary from a company that many industry observers thought was already out ...


Friday, January 08, 2010

ICD Shows Android Eclair Tablets at CES - MobileTechReview

ICD, a Seattle-based engineering and design firm, built the Ultra tablet, has been busy at CES showing off its NVIDIA Tegra powered tablets running Android OS. They are working in conjunction with NVIDIA, Verizon and Motorola to bring LTE to mobile ...


Friday, January 08, 2010

More 370Z news - autoblog

We're not apologizing to Nissan, but we were pretty flippantly dismissive of both the 40th Anniversary Z and the Rogue S Krom Edition. Why? Because both struck as as badge jobs. When we think of special edition Nissans, we think of V-Spec, and that ...


Friday, January 08, 2010

Jitterbug Will Tell Grandma She's Not Alone - YAHOO!

LAS VEGAS?If you can't find time to call a doctor, what if the doctor calls you? Jitterbug phones will soon be able to make "wellness calls," interactive calls from a recorded psychologist that help Jitterbug's golden-age clientele feel better ...


Friday, January 08, 2010

AT A GLANCE: Consumer Electronics Show Highlights Gadgets, Content (Fox News)

AT A GLANCE: Consumer Electronics Show Highlights Gadgets, Content


Friday, January 08, 2010

Novi man to display remote control pole - Oakland Press

Photo contributed TOM WATTS Arlin Blum of Novi has a new fishing invention he plans to show off at the Ultimate Fishing Show that runs through Sunday at the Rock Financial Showplace. Inspiration comes from the outdoors. For Arlin Blum of Novi, his ...


Friday, January 08, 2010

Forever Yours: Elyse Allen Brings Tradition Back to Textiles (Fashion Wire Daily via Yahoo! News)

Elyse Allen makes things that you cannot, and should not, ever throw out. A textile designer based in New York, Allen creates gorgeous, whimsical knits - hats, scarves, headbands, fingerless gloves - using the most luxurious Scottish cashmere yarns and embellished with Swarovski crystals. Functional accessories intended for Mother Nature's cruelest, most frigid days and nights are rendered into ...


Friday, January 08, 2010

TranS1 Inc. Announces Preliminary Revenue Results for Fourth Quarter (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)

WILMINGTON, N.C. -- TranS1 Inc. , a medical device company focused on designing, developing and marketing products that implement its proprietary minimally invasive surgical approach to treat degenerative disc disease and instability affecting the lower lumbar region of the spine, announced today that revenues for the fourth quarter of 2009 are expected to be approximately $6.2 to $6.3 million ...


Friday, January 08, 2010

Ford's Radical Tech Redesign (CBS News)

Car Maker Makes Big Changes To Its Cabin Tech Interface


Friday, January 08, 2010

UPDATE: Ford In Talks To Add Google Features To Its Cars (Fox News)

UPDATE: Ford In Talks To Add Google Features To Its Cars


Thursday, January 07, 2010

iPhone Game Review: Arachnadoodle - MobileTechReview

When we hear 'doodle' in the name of an App Store game it conjures up images of stick men and games with one infinitely long level. But that's not always the case. Connect2Media's Arachnadoodle is a 32 level puzzle extravaganza for the casual gamer ...


Thursday, January 07, 2010

Chicago Realtor Joins Dream Town Realty - PR Inside

2010-01-06 23:58:10 - Chicago real estate brokerage Dream Town Realty welcomes Ziv Bensira. Mr. Bensira joined the company's team of over 130 residential consultants last month. He is one of three new agents added to Dream Town's roster in December ...


Thursday, January 07, 2010

Google unveils Nexus One smart phone - San Francisco Chronicle

After weeks of speculation, Google Inc. finally unveiled its Nexus One smart phone at a packed news conference on Tuesday, showing off features and applications it claims extend the boundaries of mobile devices. Among the highlights of the much ...


Thursday, January 07, 2010

Data Architect - 12 Month Contract (F4) - Itwire.com

Our client is a well known entity in the financial services sector. With a range of new projects designed to improve their systems and system accessibility, they are looking to hire an experienced Data Architect to work across a number of ...


Thursday, January 07, 2010

Patent Granted for Web Based Software That Estimates New Home Construction Cost Online (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Home-Cost.com announces its receipt of a U.S. patent for the technology used in Resi-Costâ¢, its online home cost estimating software for consumers and construction professionals.


Thursday, January 07, 2010

Google, Apple spar in high-tech heavyweight battle (Colorado Springs Business Journal)

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - The once-cuddly relationship between Google Inc. and Apple Inc. is morphing into a prickly power struggle as the ambitions and ideas of the technology trendsetters increasingly collide. The growing use of high-powered phones for Web surfing has become a flash point in the brewing battle because both Google and Apple view [...]


Thursday, January 07, 2010

Google, Apple spar in high-tech heavyweight battle (Mississippi Business Journal)

The growing use of high-powered phones for Web surfing has become a flash point in the brewing battle because both Google and Apple view the mobile market as a key to their continued success in the next decade.


Thursday, January 07, 2010

Google, Apple spar in high-tech heavyweight battle (MalaysiaNews.net)

Google Inc. began selling its own mobile phone Tuesday, a much-anticipated move aimed at protecting its online advertising empire as people increasingly surf the Web on handsets instead of personal co...


Thursday, January 07, 2010

Google, Apple spar in high-tech heavyweight battle (San Francisco Chronicle)

The once-cuddly relationship between Google Inc. and Apple Inc. is morphing into a prickly power struggle as the ambitions and ideas of the technology trendsetters increasingly collide. The growing use of high-powered phones for Web surfing has become a flash... Google - World Wide Web - Apple - Search Engine - Searching


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Google begins selling Nexus One, a 'super' mobile phone (Columbia Missourian)

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. ? Google Inc. began selling its own mobile phone Tuesday, a much-anticipated move aimed at protecting its online advertising empire as people increasingly surf the Web on handsets instead of personal computers. The Nexus One joins about 20 other mobile devices that already run on Android, the mobile operating system that Google introduced in 2007 to make it easier to ...


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Google began selling it's 'super' mobile phone on Tuesday (The Star)

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California: Google Inc. began selling its own mobile phone Tuesday, a much-anticipated move aimed at protecting its online advertising empire as people increasingly surf the Web on handsets instead of personal computers.


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Getting Our Hands on Google's New Phone - NBC Bay Area

The smartphone has gotten so ubiquitous lately, it's almost a surprise to look around and see people using anything but these days. Occasionally, I see someone flipping open a Razr to take a phone call, or typing away on some sort of AT&T text ...


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Google to sell Nexus One, a 'super' mobile phone that runs on Android - Syracuse Post-Standard

Jeff Chiu AP The Nexus One phone from Google Inc. is shown at a demo in Mountain View, Calif., on Tuesday. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. ? Google Inc. began selling its own mobile phone Tuesday, a much-anticipated move aimed at protecting its online ...


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Arrayent, Inc. Introduces the Industry's First Turnkey System to ... - TMCnet

Smartphone shipments exceeded laptop shipments in 2008 and they are becoming the go to remote control of choice. Increasingly consumers and product companies are gaining comfort in reliable cloud computing (e.g. web e-mail, web calendaring, photo ...


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Mentor Graphics President, Gregory K. Hinckley, to Present at the 12th ... - Consumer Electronics Net

Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products, consulting services and award-winning support for the world's most successful electronics and semiconductor ...


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Technitrol Completes Sale of North American Electrical Contacts ... - Consumer Electronics Net

Technitrol, Inc. (NYSE:TNL) announced today that the company has sold the North American operations of AMI Doduco, its electrical contact products business, to Metalor Technologies International SA. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The ...


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Apple Tablet to Hit Market in March, Report Says - eWeek

A report in The Wall Street Journal keeps the heat up on all the Apple tablet rumors, claiming the device will be announced in January and will hit the consumer market in March. The frenzied speculation around Apple's highly anticipated Apple ...


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Hot Rod Wishbone Suspension - Building Better 'Bones: Part I - Tech - Street Rodder Magazine

The look of the wishbones... read full caption The look of the wishbones on Alan Johnson's roadster combines vintage style with modern precision. These units are nickel-plated aluminum, but polished stainless steel units are in the works ...


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Google to sell Nexus One, a 'super' mobile phone (AP via Yahoo! News)

Google Inc. began selling its own mobile phone Tuesday, a much-anticipated move aimed at protecting its online advertising empire as people increasingly surf the Web on handsets instead of personal computers.


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Google officially unveils Nexus One smart phone - San Francisco Chronicle

After weeks of speculation, Google Inc. finally unveiled its Nexus One smart phone at a packed press conference on Tuesday, showing off features, applications and performance the company claims push the possibilities of mobile devices. Among the ...


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Kia UVO details released, like SYNC circa 2008 - autoblog

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas kicks off this week and the first major announcement from the automotive world comes from Kia in the form of its UVO (short for "your voice") infotainment system. Co-developed by Microsoft and based on ...


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Verigy to Present at the 12th Annual Needham Growth Stock Conference - Stockhouse

The webcast will remain available on the company's Web site for fourteen days. About Verigy Verigy provides advanced semiconductor test systems and solutions used by leading companies worldwide in design validation, characterization, and high-volume ...


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Customize your clothes online (KIVI Boise)

Have you ever dreamed of being a fashion designer? With web sites that customize clothing, you can express your fashion sense -- without any needle or thread.


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Virginia Tech licenses GenoCAD source code to ISCB (EurekAlert!)

( Virginia Tech ) The source code for a Web site that allows users to design synthetic genetic systems for biological research has been licensed to the International Society for Computational Biology with the aim of developing open source tools for the synthetic biology community.


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Ohio Technical College Web site honored (Aftermarket Business)

Ohio Technical College (OTC) has been named the recipient of the 2009 MarCom Gold Award in the Overall Web Site category for its Web site www.ohiotechnicalcollege.com.


Wednesday, January 06, 2010

OTC earns MarCom award for Web site (Aftermarket Business)

Ohio Technical College (OTC) has been named the recipient of the 2009 MarCom Gold Award in Overall Web Site category.


Tuesday, January 05, 2010

ABC hopes for another Fresno 'Makeover' - Fresno Bee

I'm into interior design and always wanted to restore an old house." So in early 2000, when she saw a for-sale sign in front of the house, she decided to check it out. By April, the home was hers. The production crew for the ABC series "Extreme ...


Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Vineland artist wins award for outstanding design in motion graphics - Atlantic City Press

The 30th annual Telly Awards Ceremony held last year in Chicago honored local artist Angela D'Arrigo with a Bronze Telly Award for outstanding design in motion graphics. D'Arrigo's online video, created to promote CAS Productions in Vineland, was one ...


Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Customize Twitter Background: Single Image Technique (PC World)

Twitter offers a number of basic backgrounds, but let's face it: they're mostly generic and boring. In order to get noticed for both your tweets and your style...


Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Live Blog: Marco expresses concerns with Jolley Bridge design - Naples Daily News

Naming facilities after Marco heroes to be considered Utility board possibly to be created Mackle Park improvements and emergency Hernando Bridge repair projects to be considered Marco Island ? Marco Island's City Council is reviewing design plans ...


Tuesday, January 05, 2010

The St. Joe Company Announces Promotions - Stockhouse

The St. Joe Company (NYSE:JOE), one of Florida's largest real estate development companies and Northwest Florida's largest private landowner, today announced that as part of its long-term succession plans, effective January 1, 2010, the following ...


Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Google Ditches Local Listings for SEOs and Designers - WebProNews

As 2009 came to a close, Google managed to get SEOs riled up for one last controversial topic. For some time, SEOs and web designers have been noticing that Google has not been showing local listings in search results for queries related to their ...


Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Jasmere.com is the Perfect Cure for the After-the-Holidays Retail Hangover (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Stay at home to shop and get fantastic deals on the Web's best brands


Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Paradise Valley's new Web site set to debut this week (The Arizona Republic)

Paradise Valley will launch a new town Web site by Jan. 8 that it hopes will be easier for the public to navigate.


Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Google to Launch Nexus One: First Foray into Smartphones (Fox News)

For months the technology world has been gossiping about Google's most closely guarded secret, the arrival of its first very own mobile phone.


Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Google Builds a Better Browser (Time Magazine)

What does the king of search bring to Web browsing? Simplicity -- and speed


Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Google Builds a Better Browser. (Time.com via Yahoo! News)

Google Builds a Better Browser


Monday, January 04, 2010

Investigation into Howell's death under way - Fresno Bee

Deborah Howell, a pioneering journalist who helped lead both the Minneapolis Star (now the Star Tribune) and St. Paul Pioneer Press in the 1970s and '80s and later served as ombudsman for the Washington Post, died Friday after being hit by a car in ...


Monday, January 04, 2010

Google readies smartphone launch (MalaysiaNews.net)

Despite the growing anticipation of a smartphone rumoured to be capable of challenging the iPhone's market dominance, no previews have been given and leaks about it have been few and far between.Tomor...


Monday, January 04, 2010

Google to launch Nexus One in first foray into smartphones (MalaysiaNews.net)

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Monday, January 04, 2010

Google to launch Nexus One in first foray into smartphones - Times Online

For months the technology world has been gossiping about Google's most closely guarded secret ? the arrival of its first very own mobile phone. Despite the growing anticipation of a smartphone rumoured to be capable of challenging the iPhone's ...


Monday, January 04, 2010

Google to launch Nexus One in first foray into smartphones (Times Online)

For months the technology world has been gossiping about Google's most closely guarded secret ? the arrival of its first very own mobile phone.


Monday, January 04, 2010

Google readies smartphone launch (Australian IT)

FOR MONTHS the technology world has been gossiping about Google's most closely guarded secret -- its first mobile phone.


Monday, January 04, 2010

America remains fascinated by first lady's fashion statements - Post-Crescent

America's future does not hang on the first lady's fashion. But a final grade for Princeton University senior Julie Flynn does. "I decided to write about Mrs. Obama's style because I love to shop and I am interested in fashion," Flynn, a history ...


Monday, January 04, 2010

Online matchmaking service aims to capture authentic persona - canada.com

Dud dates arranged at traditional online matchmaking services prompted Steve Odom to create a website for those seeking love in a hyper-connected world. Freshly launched Gelatodating.combreaks from simply matching personal profiles to weaving Twitter ...


Monday, January 04, 2010

10 people to watch in 2010 (The Star-Ledger)

The past 12 months were memorable for the uncertainty they unleashed. From executive suites to family dining rooms, the troubled economy resulted in tough decisions, budget-tightening and sleepless nights. Now that the calendar has flipped to 2010, executives, business owners...


Monday, January 04, 2010

Women in Business: Mary-Aileen Jernigan (Montgomery Advertiser)

Moms on the go who want to look casually chic have a friend in Mary-Aileen Jerni­gan. She operates The Bou­tique, a home-based busi­ness that sells clothes Jernigan finds after scour­ing the Internet, or visiting clothing shows.


Sunday, January 03, 2010

Crystal ball for 2010 sees changes in work, home - Houma Courier

She thinks Hollywood executives will take notice of the success of Julianna Margulies, Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Kyra Sedgwick and their peers, developing movies and TV shows that give ... Design Rules: The Insider's Guide to Becoming Your ...


Sunday, January 03, 2010

Online matchmaking service aims to capture authentic persona - The Province

Dud dates arranged at traditional online matchmaking services prompted Steve Odom to create a website for those seeking love in a hyper-connected world. Freshly launched Gelatodating.combreaks from simply matching personal profiles to weaving Twitter ...


Sunday, January 03, 2010

In brief (Sunday Observer)

The first term of the government schools and government-approved private schools will commence tomorrow. According to the Ministry of Education, 79 schools which were selected for the evaluation of GCE O Level answer scripts will be opened on January 11.


Sunday, January 03, 2010

Insanely bad! 10 Apple duds of the decade (Macworld UK)

Apple Computer and Apple Inc have had an amazing decade, revolutionizing industries as diverse as music, movies, telecoms and software with its iPod iTunes iPhone products and ruling the OS Wars with its much-copied Mac OS X.


Sunday, January 03, 2010

Insanely bad: Ten Apple duds of the decade (Macworld)

As great a decade Apple may have had, not every product to come out of Cupertino hit its mark. Simon Jary of PC Advisor in the UK looks at 10 Apple duds from the past 10 years.


Sunday, January 03, 2010

Ten trends for 2010 highlight the new home looks for the New Year (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

The color of the year -- turquoise -- joins a focus on stylish accessibility, adaptability and juxtaposition.


Sunday, January 03, 2010

Telling stories from the streets (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Charles Burgess, a used-car salesman on the north side, is providing much of the local pop in the nationwide explosion of a literary genre known for its gritty, often violent and even raunchy novels describing the hard life of America's central cities.


Saturday, January 02, 2010

THE BRITISH IPOD GENIUS WHO IS ABOUT THE CHANGE THE WORLD AGAIN - Daily Express

AN Essex lad who once eked out a living designing toilets is about to transform the world as you know it. Chances are that Jonathan Ive has already touched your life in ways you never knew. The Chingford-born geek is Apple's design guru and one of ...


Saturday, January 02, 2010

Homework strategies that work (The Record and Herald News)

According to Merriam-Webster, homework is defined as an assignment completed outside the regular class period. Homework can include skill practice and preparatory reading or research.


Saturday, January 02, 2010

SEEDS FOR THOUGHT: Master Gardener training begins soon (Midland Reporter-Telegram)

By Debbie B. Frost Are you looking for a volunteer program you can really sink your teeth into? Does education, hands-on training, challenging work and meaningful projects appeal to you? If you've answered yes to any of these, then look into the Permian Basin Master Gardener program.


Saturday, January 02, 2010

Space Systems Loral Selected to Provide Satellite to EchoStar Corporation (SpaceRef)

Space Systems Loral Selected to Provide Satellite to EchoStar Corporation


Friday, January 01, 2010

First-and-10: New Orleans Saints' Drew Brees nears another passing ... - New Orleans Times-Picayune

The Times-Picayune archive New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees continues to shatter team records. The extent of Drew Brees' playing time Sunday against Carolina remains unknown, but it'd be nice he played long enough to have a chance to set ...


Friday, January 01, 2010

2 eateries to open doors in downtown Toledo - Toledo Blade

With the new Lucas County arena beginning to draw people year-round to the area around Madison Avenue and Huron Street in downtown Toledo, Tina Hogan decided the time was right to try to refloat a sunken sub shop. The 39-year-old professional and ...


Friday, January 01, 2010

Life after tech - IDG NEWS

The constant drumbeat of bad economic news has everyone worried about their jobs. But as several InfoWorld articles have pointed out recently, many are finding the growing pressures of IT work intolerable. Would it be so bad to lose a job in an ...


Friday, January 01, 2010

'Tweet' So Long To 'Czars', 'Shovel Ready' - CBS 13 CW31 Sacramento

In its annual effort to protect the Queen's English, a Michigan university is insisting that "shovel ready" be buried, "tweet" be tossed and all "czars" be banished. Lake Superior State University shamed those and several other words and phrases ...


Friday, January 01, 2010

Earth, wind and fire (Estes Park Trail Gazette)

The final six months of 2009 were dominated by fire, wind, bears and ballots.


Friday, January 01, 2010

Playing to Lose (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

In a database in my primary computer sits a decade's worth of automotive stories that I've reported daily at 570 KLIF AM. Although the reporting lasts only 90 seconds each day, the text prints out at 898 pages and just over 409,000 words. It's a tiny window in time, and not just for the automotive or energy news; through it we can also look back on the successes and failures of manufacturing ...


Friday, January 01, 2010

Farmers market proposals revealed (Sonoma Index-Tribune)

The three proposals submitted Monday by applicants seeking to manage the Tuesday night farmers market range from business more-or-less as usual to what one applicant described as "an opportunity to take the farmers market to the next level."


Friday, January 01, 2010

Artists encouraged ?to get reflective - Dayton Daily News

KETTERING ? Glass artists, here's your chance to begin 2010 with a major commission and challenging work at a prominent site. Kettering's Art in Public Places Committee is searching for a glass artist in a six-state area with the best design ...


Friday, January 01, 2010

MSU students compete in 'Red Carpet Green Design' - Vail Daily News

Design students at Michigan State University will be part of a national "Red Carpet Green Dress" competition to develop a high-fashion Hollywood runway outfit that also promotes sustainability. The contest is sponsored by actress Suzy Amis Cameron ...


Friday, January 01, 2010

Alameda Lettesr to the Editor - Inside Bay Area

I love being the principal at Paden Elementary School, and I love to brag about the great things that the Paden students are doing. Our student council, under the direction of teachers Janet McNamee and Lily Vogel, organized a food drive for the ...


Friday, January 01, 2010

MSU students compete in 'Red Carpet Green Design' - Detroit Free Press

The contest is sponsored by actress Suzy Amis Cameron, wife of "Avatar" director James Cameron. The contest's Web site says she'll pick the winning dress design and wear it "at one of Hollywood's largest film award celebrations" in ...


Friday, January 01, 2010

Perfecting the 'gentleman's dayboat' (Soundings)

Maine boatbuilder Matthew Sledge worked for a dozen years with high-tech composites to build some of the finest racing sailboats around.


Friday, January 01, 2010

Butte public schools revamp Web site (The Montana Standard)

Butte schools will have a new Web site next month that administrators say will be far more user-friendly for students, parents and teachers.


Friday, January 01, 2010

Theres a good story for each member of the Metro Band (Charleston Daily Mail)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Charleston Metropolitan Band is nothing if not diverse."We have a varied membership, from young members designing Web pages all the way up to World War II vets," said its president, Elizabeth Ross Given.Jim Tawney, 86, is...


Friday, January 01, 2010

Articles of Faith (New York Times)

The existential crisis of magazines online.


Thursday, December 31, 2009

New Version of REALSKI Augmented Reality iPhone® App is Now Available - Yahoo Finance

AVON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Version 1.1 of REALSKI, a new augmented reality (AR) iPhone App created by Resort Technology Partners (RTP), is now available on the iTunes® App Store and offers more than 80 mountains in North America from which to ...


Thursday, December 31, 2009

Steering Then And Now - Tech - Street Rodder Magazine

Street rod steering has come a long way. The current traditional street rod movement has precipitated a move to more traditional steering gear. From early Ford, frame-mounted steering boxes to the ever popular through-the-cowl steering-what was old ...


Thursday, December 31, 2009

Critic's Notebook - New York Times

Alexander McQueen's innovative runway show that streamed live on the Web and has been seen by millions on YouTube. An image from "Play Time With My Scarf" on the site for Hermès. Interactive marketing is hardly new, but in creating a digital ...


Thursday, December 31, 2009

Working for Peace at Home, Too - New York Times

Browsing the Web from East Timor, he came across a striking ... international life: over the dining room table hangs a fanciful twisted jumble of bulbs and wires by the German lighting designer Ingo Maurer; the kitchen faucet is from KWC, a Swiss ...


Thursday, December 31, 2009

Grid1 To Unveil the World's First Lithium Battery-Powered Tube Guitar Amplifier At NAMM 2010 (Harmony Central)

The upcoming NAMM 2010 Expo will see the beginning of a new era in live performance amplifiers, when Grid1 debuts the market's first professional 60-watt tube guitar amplifier to be powered by rechargeable lithium batteries.


Thursday, December 31, 2009

Black Box Corporation to Announce Third Quarter of Fiscal 2010... (MalaysiaNews.net)

BBOX will release its third quarter of Fiscal 2010 financial results on Tuesday, January 26, 2010. The Company plans to issue a press release announcing its results after the close of the market. A...


Thursday, December 31, 2009

2009 in Review: The Year for Creatives (PC World)

While it may be a stretch to characterize 2009 as a banner year for anything, the Mac creative community welcomed a variety of advances: new twists on old...


Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Look down: Floors are a key part of a stylish room - NW Florida Daily News

Acid-stained concrete. Vintage hardwood, painted ultra-white or shimmering black. High-tech, eco-friendly laminates in a wild array of textures and colors. The options for fashionable flooring are endless these days, says designer Brian Patrick Flynn ...


Wednesday, December 30, 2009

SOA boosts billing creativity in the mobile world (ZDNet)

Billing innovation -- built on service oriented architecture approaches -- drives new offerings in fast-growing mobile phone markets


Wednesday, December 30, 2009

CMS Nixes Outpatient IV Insulin Coverage - MedPage Today

According to the institute's Web site, the IV insulin therapy acts as a "metabolic ... memo, the five long-term clinical studies that were published "have significant limitations in their design, study size, completion rate, type of patient enrolled ...


Wednesday, December 30, 2009

From Green Warriors to Greenwashers - Center for Media and Democracy

W hen Greenpeace emerged as an international organization in the 1970s, it embodied a spirit of courageous protest by activists who were willing to place their bodies on the line to call attention to environmental injustice. Its mission was to "bear ...


Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Great garden books for winter reading - The Christian Science Monitor

-- "American Horticultural Society New Encyclopedia of Gardening Techniques: The Indispensable Illustrated Practical Guide" edited by David J. Ellis, Fiona Gilsenan, Rita Pelczar and Graham Rice (Mitchell Beazley). This is a must-have for gardeners ...


Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Most Innovative Web Site Designs Of All Time: Inspiration And Ideas ... - Huffingtonpost.com

Innovative and creative Web site designs are refreshing on the eye, and frankly, can ... Complete with links, contact info, and social network information, it's a clever one-page design for this graphic design and web development expert.


Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Ashlander proposes new theory on structure of galaxies (Ashland Daily Tidings)

It's not often that a college dropout, self-taught in astrophysics, publishes an article in a prestigious scientific journal proposing a major new theory on the structure of spiral galaxies ? but that's what Erik Anderson of Ashland did.


Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Old Safeway store gets new life (The Daily World)

JACOB JONES | THE DAILY WORLD Tom Weber, owner of Levee Lumber, stands in the former Safeway building on 6th Street in Hoquiam. He plans to renovate the building into a feed and pet supply store.


Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Nine valid tips for website designing (CIOL)

USA: Website is the most important thing to have if you are planning to run an online business. With the help of a website you can easily reach your target audience. You can make them read about your products and convince them to purchase it.


Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Across the USA (USA Today)

News from every state


Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Old Man memorial, Essex duo's work on hold (Gloucester Daily Times)

ESSEX and mdash; Plans for a memorial to commemorate New Hampshire's lost state symbol, the Old Man of the Mountain, has fallen on hard times. And that's also put a hold on the work of sculptor Shelly Bradbury and designer Ron Magers of Essex, who are designing the project.


Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Small business owners turn to blogging - Everett Herald

If customers complain or ask questions in forums, the company should respond promptly. And the blog should be updated at least once a week. "Nearly every day, people tell me, 'I visited a company Web site and they have a blog, but it hasn't been ...


Tuesday, December 29, 2009

American star Vonn crashes at World Cup GS - Fox11AZ

It's hard to stay focused and keep your concentration during such a break," said ... Vonn's appearance in Vancouver is also important to Olympic sponsors, many of which have been building TV and Web ads around her in the run-up to the Games.


Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Lindsey Vonn falls, bruises bone in left arm - Miami Herald

Overall champion Lindsey Vonn injured her left arm in a crash Monday in the opening run of the World Cup giant slalom and Kathrin Hoelzl of Germany won the race. Hoelzl led after the first run and posted a combined time of 2 minutes, 16.61 seconds to ...


Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Lessons learned by IT in 2009 #1: 'Net neutrality' is a myth (BetaNews)

Betanews begins its transition to the new decade with an examination of the critical issues that taught us valuable lessons in the past year.


Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Study: Texting While Driving Much More Dangerous Than Talking While Driving (Ergonomics Today)

A timely study in the journal Human Factors suggests why texting while driving is riskier than talking on a cell phone or with another passenger.


Tuesday, December 29, 2009

For A Good Cause (Downtown Gazette)

Residents of Long Beach help people all year through a variety of activities. Listed below are the results of some projects, as well as more opportunities to reach out to others.


Tuesday, December 29, 2009

December 28, 2009 (Idaho State Journal)

Posted: Monday, December 28, 2009 12:15 am | Updated: 9:32 am, Mon Dec 28, 2009.


Tuesday, December 29, 2009

DAQ Software minimizes development time with Visual Studio. (ThomasNet)

Measurement Studio 2009 simplifies DAQ and data analysis visualization for engineers. Featuring I O support for various DAQ hardware, Windows 7 compatible program also supports 64-bit .NET application development. It includes GUI with configurable waveform and graphs, for which it can automatically generate different colors for each plot. Network Variable Class Library helps engineers perform ...


Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Moving on, this reporter reflects on transit (Houston Chronicle)

Move It! writer Carolyn Feibel is leaving the Chronicle, and her final column defines some favorite industry lingo and offers some tips for making transportation work better.


Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Two parents rebound from their despair to find home, family (Daily Herald)

David Johnson was stumbling down a Roselle street on a cold night in March 2008, aching for his next fix. What happened to the guy who fell in love with Angela eight years ago at College of DuPage? What happened to his dreams of finishing college?


Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Career reset button: New job, not like the old job (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

When John Zeiger was laid off, he took the opportunity to pursue a completely different career. These days, the former systems analyst is now a male model and designs web sites on the side.


Monday, December 28, 2009

$650 USD Gaming and Multitasking Computer - Toms Hardware

I've been researching my options for building a computer in the $650 range but need some advice as far as the specifics of the build go. Here's my filled in template: APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Within three weeks or so. BUDGET RANGE: ~$650 after ...


Monday, December 28, 2009

Steve Jobs Is Reportedly Pleased with Apple's Latest Tablet Design - Brighthand

According to a long series of leaks and rumors, Apple has been toying with making a tablet-shaped computer for years. However, no one at the company could come with with a design that CEO Steve Jobs liked, and therefore the project never got a green ...


Monday, December 28, 2009

Enterprise Applications: 15 Twitter Lists You Need to Follow - eWeek

Blogger extraordinaire Robert Scoble created this gem of nearly 500 high-tech news sources, from the New York Times to TechCrunch. IPhone Scoble scores again here with this iPhone List, which follows iPhone developers and companies that make things ...


Monday, December 28, 2009

Consumers to benefit from advances in chip design - TMCnet

Dec 27, 2009 (San Jose Mercury News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via ... could create a virtual model of their body, which then could try on clothes displayed on a store's Web site. "Twirl and turn and watch how the fabric drapes and how ...


Monday, December 28, 2009

"Tarantella, Spider Dance" from Italy to Premiere at Theater for the ... - Newsblaze.com

Dionysus (Antonio Fini) and Nymphs. Photo by Jonathan Slaff. Sensual dancers will enact the ancient ecstatic rites of Dionysus when Theater for the New City presents Alessandra Belloni and her company, I Giullari di Piazza, in "Tarantella: Spider ...


Monday, December 28, 2009

Pie shop used as venue to connect to Hale residents - Tuscaloosa News

Breanne Kostyk makes a pie at the Pie Lab in Greensboro, Ala. Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. the Pie Lab is a 'social design studio' disguised as a pie shop. The Pie Lab is an outreach of Project M, which was inspired by Rural Studio and asks young ...


Monday, December 28, 2009

Green movement good business for restaurants - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Jason Capps, owner chef of Bella Sera on the Square, Downtown, demonstrates his Natura water purifier. The system filters tap water and re-uses glass bottles. Chefs are predicting that green restaurants will be more popular than ever in 2010 ...


Monday, December 28, 2009

Indian River County Adult Education to release new schedule - TCPalm

Other one-day computer workshops include: Digital Camera on Jan. 22, EBay on Feb. 26, and Web Page Design on Jan. 30. Take a day or two and learn something new! Phlebotomy Program If you are interested in working as a phlebotomist or adding it to ...


Monday, December 28, 2009

ILLINOIS SPOTLIGHT: Bradley offers computer gaming - Fort Mill Times

We investigated what other universities were doing across the country and found that eight academic programs for computer game design were established in the past year," said Vladimir Uskov, noting that Bradley's gotten out in front of this new wave ...


Monday, December 28, 2009

Glider robot a sleek ocean explorer (PhysOrg)

The sea was heaving, the skies gray. The captain of the research ship was worried about the weather. About 120 miles off the coast of Spain, three Rutgers University scientists had a narrow window of opportunity to find and retrieve their prize -- an 8-foot, torpedo-shaped yellow robot that they had launched seven months earlier off the coast of New Jersey.


Monday, December 28, 2009

Troy schools review curriculum plan (The Herald News)

The five-year plan to develop, implement and monitor the effectiveness of all curricular content, was recently reviewed by the Troy School Board.


Monday, December 28, 2009

Pie shop used as venue to connect to Hale residents (The Tuscaloosa News)

By Tiffany Stanton Special to The Tuscaloosa News Almost a dozen varieties of pie were available at Pie Lab's grand opening celebration in November.


Monday, December 28, 2009

A decade in review (Louisville Courier-Journal)

Would everyone just shut up for a minute? Seriously, it used to be so quiet back in the 1990s. There were plenty of places to hide sans updates, tweets or texts, and reality was something that happened with almost no help from television. MORE LOOKS BACK Books: Kentucky writers, editors and publishers offer page-turning picks Music: Louisville musicians weigh in on best records Movies ...


Monday, December 28, 2009

Fake sites trick search engines (The Durango Herald)

SAN FRANCISCO - Even search engines can get suckered by Internet scams. With a little sleight of hand, con artists can dupe them into giving top billing to fraudulent Web sites that prey on consumers, making unwitting accomplices of companies such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft.


Monday, December 28, 2009

Website Music Player Shows Artists How to Sell Music Online by Tapping Into Social Networking Traffic (PRWeb)

Website Music Player now offers a widget for musicians, composers and bands who have been wondering how to sell music online from social networking sites. The WMP widget can be used on any free web 2.0 sites that allow e-commerce and html coding, as well as on self-hosted sites. (PRWeb Dec 26, 2009) Read the full story at http: www.prweb.com releases sell music prweb3375064 ...


Monday, December 28, 2009

Website Music Player Shows Artists How to Sell Music Online by Tapping Into Social Networking Traffic (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Website Music Player now offers a widget for musicians, composers and bands who have been wondering how to sell music online from social networking sites. The WMP widget can be used on any free web 2.0 sites that allow e-commerce and html coding, as well as on self-hosted sites.


Sunday, December 27, 2009

Five Rules for Job Security (MalaysiaNews.net)

when he got laid off from his job as vice president of marketing at QED Financial Systems in October 2008. But he had an ace in the hole: a part-time business writing resumes, creating marketing campa...


Sunday, December 27, 2009

Art for the animals (L'Observateur)

L'Observateur LAPLACE -- Art students from East St. John High School have unleashed a splash of color on the parish's new home for stray animals.


Sunday, December 27, 2009

Getting Started at the App Store (PC World)

Perhaps you were fortunate enough this morning to find a brand spanking new iPhone or iPod touch under the tree. And doubtlessly, you demonstrated the...


Sunday, December 27, 2009

Commercial Outdoor Lighting, A Critical New Focus for Outdoor Lighting Perspectives (PRWeb)

America's landscape lighting leader expands its product and service offering to businesses and commercial buildings through a multi-touch web and personal contact strategy, starting online at http: commercial-outdoor-lighting.outdoorlights.com (PRWeb Dec 26, 2009) Read the full story at http: www.prweb.com releases 2009 12 prweb3383734.htm


Sunday, December 27, 2009

Commercial Outdoor Lighting, A Critical New Focus for Outdoor Lighting Perspectives (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

America's landscape lighting leader expands its product and service offering to businesses and commercial buildings through a multi-touch web and personal contact strategy, starting online at http: commercial-outdoor-lighting.outdoorlights.com


Saturday, December 26, 2009

Boilerplate: History's Mechanical Marvel' is a delight - Today's Zaman

But if you do need a bigger purpose before diving in, just consider: The variety of i-gadgets today are lauded for their smooth, sleek design, right? "Boilerplate," however, taps into a yearning for things that are more old-fashioned -- for ...


Friday, December 25, 2009

Is MySpace the most musical? - Salt Lake Tribune

Submitted photo. Singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson, opening up for O.A.R. at The Depot on Jan. 19, uses MySpace to listen to musicians he is interested in. Now that everyone on the planet -- including your 84-year-old mother -- has a Facebook page ...


Friday, December 25, 2009

A (Clearly Impractical) Holiday Tech Wish List (Forbes)

How about an FDA-like agency for video?


Friday, December 25, 2009

Critics round on OLPC (TechWorld)

Non-profit organisation under fire for losing sight of educational goals. The non-profit organisation One Laptop Per Child is under fire for losing its educational focus. Critics accuse the organisation of designing unrealistic hardware at a price point that cannot be achieved.


Thursday, December 24, 2009

He's Not Your Father's Sherlock Holmes - Wall Street Journal

The truly distinctive physicality comes less from the familiar fight sequences than from Sarah Greenwood's set design and Philippe Rousselot ... the midst of serial contrivances?smoking a joint, using a Web cam to disastrous effect, talking ritual ...


Thursday, December 24, 2009

Five Rules for Job Security (CBS News)

MoneyWatch.com: In this Economy, Don't Wait to Be Laid Off to Start Job Searching, Networking, and Developing New Skills


Thursday, December 24, 2009

Skeptics Question OLPC's Focus With $75 Tablet - YAHOO!

Skeptics are criticizing the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child for losing its educational focus by designing unrealistic hardware at a price point that cannot be achieved. OLPC and The Fuse Project on Tuesday unveiled the latest design for XO-3, a ...


Thursday, December 24, 2009

Zeta Interactive Named a Leader Among Email Marketing Service ... - SmartBrief

NEW YORK, Dec. 23 PRNewswire -- Zeta Interactive, a leading full-service digital marketing agency , today announced that the company was named a Leader in "The Forrester Wave: Email Marketing Service Providers , Q4 2009" (Forrester Research, Inc ...


Thursday, December 24, 2009

2010: The Year of the Tablet - New York Times Blogs

teamed up with design company The Wonder Factory to create a fun concept video ... An affordable 10-inch screen capable of streaming video, with full interaction and a constant Web connection is going to require a power outlet every two hours.


Thursday, December 24, 2009

Toromont Receives No Action Letter From Competition Bureau in Respect ... - Yahoo Finance

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 12 23 09) - Toromont Industries Ltd. ("Toromont") (TSX: TIH - News ) announces satisfaction of a key condition of the offer to acquire all of the trust units of Enerflex Systems Income Fund ("Enerflex") and the ...


Thursday, December 24, 2009

Firefox 4.0 Beta in mid-2010, Final in Late 2010 - Softpedia

If all goes according to plan, Mozilla might release no less than three versions of its open source browser in 2010, culminating with Firefox 4.0. The next major version of Firefox is scheduled for general availability by the end of 2010. Of course ...


Thursday, December 24, 2009

The St. Joe Company Announces Increased Commitments on Its Revolving ... - PR Inside

The St. Joe Company (NYSE: JOE), one of Florida's largest real estate development companies and Northwest Florida's largest private landowner, today announced that it has increased the commitments on its revolving credit facility from $100 million to ...


Thursday, December 24, 2009

Sikich LLP and Icon Digital Design & Illustration Announce Merger - Yahoo Finance

AURORA, IL--(Marketwire - 12 23 09) - Jim Sikich, CEO of Sikich LLP, announces that Sikich has entered into a merger agreement with the marketing and design firm Icon Digital Design & Illustration in Naperville, IL. The merger is effective December 1 ...


Thursday, December 24, 2009

Skeptics Question OLPC's Focus With $75 Tablet (PC World via Yahoo! News)

Skeptics are criticizing the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child for losing its educational focus by designing unrealistic hardware at a price point that cannot be achieved.


Thursday, December 24, 2009

Grosse Pointe Dentist, Smile Enhancement Studio, Is Now Offering New Online Patient Education Resources (dBusinessNews.com)

Cosmetic dentist in Grosse Pointe, Smile Enhancement Studio, has recently launched a new online patient education service in conjunction with their web development experts, Officite.


Thursday, December 24, 2009

Towpath Tennis Center offers programs for all ages (West Side Leader & South Side News Leader)

MERRIMAN VALLEY ? Towpath Tennis Center bounced back from floods several years ago and is now designing facilities for the future.


Thursday, December 24, 2009

Eric Schrader (Boise Weekly)

I found three pairs of jeans that I paid $6 for and sold for $30,000. by Christian A. Winn When you drive down Broadway Avenue and see Junkyard Jeans, a squat little storefront painted up like a giant, surreal face--the doorway a gaping mouth--you probably wouldn't guess that inside, Eric Schrader and his crew are designing vintage-inspired vests for West Coast Choppers' Jesse James and chain ...


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

More Mozilla Firefox 4 Design Mockups Appear - Ghacks Technology News

Firefox 4 is still a long time away but some dedicated developers and designers are already at work to take the web browser to the next level. One of the improvements that the developers seem to concentrate on is the look and feel of the web browser ...


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Technitrol Agrees to Divest North American Electrical Contacts ... - Consumer Electronics Net

Technitrol, Inc. (NYSE: TNL) announced today that the company has entered into a definitive agreement with Metalor Technologies International SA to sell the North American operations of AMI Doduco, its electrical contact products business. Terms of ...


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Westwood College Selects Blackboard to Support Next Generation of ... - Investors Business Daily

... nationwide -- will provide a next generation online experience to students pursuing associate, bachelor's and master's degrees online in Westwood's Schools of Business, Justice, Design and Information Technology. The Blackboard Learn((TM ...


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Fowler Software Design Partners with CMIT Solutions of Denver - PR Inside

2009-12-22 22:55:07 - Two Denver-based companies, Fowler Software Design LLC and CMIT Solutions of Denver have been partnering for five years to create a successful referral partnership and strategic alliance. Denver, CO, December 22, 2009 -- Denver ...


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Asus UL50vs - The Inquirer

System Specifications: Intel Core2 Duo Processor SU7300 1.3 GHz, Windows 7 Ultimate, Intel GS45 Express Chipset +ICH9M, DDR3 1066 MHz SDRAM 4GB SDRAM, 15.6-inch HD LED backlight display, NVIDIA GeForce G 210M, SSD 160GB, DVD Super Multi Drive, SD,MMC ...


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Home's next decade: And the livin' is easy... - Daily Item

Among designers, retailers and homeowners, there's little consensus on where home decor and design are headed except that the watchword will be "ease." Whatever our personal style may look like ? whether we embrace the past, with traditional ...


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Review - Comcast's Fancast Xfinity TV Beta - Communications Technology

Comcast still has a few bugs to work out when it comes to getting up and running. I didn't mind having to download a 66-megabyte piece of software to authenticate the content and register my computer (Each subscriber can register up to three ...


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Acquisition to increase Crown Iron Works' exposure in Europe - Biodiesel Magazine

There are basically two ways to extract oil from soybeans. One is a mechanical means, crushing or pressing them with extruders or other machines. The other way is to "flatten" the beans, treat them with hexane, an oil absorbing chemical and then ...


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Serious web vuln found in 8 million Flash files (The Register)

XSS R Us A security researcher has identified more than 8 million Adobe Flash files that make the websites hosting them vulnerable to attacks that target visitors with malicious code.... What is your recession sales strategy?


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Granholm Has 1 Year To Shape Legacy - ClickOnDetroit.com

LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has dealt this year with a short-lived government shutdown, the bankruptcy of two of the state's iconic businesses and a recall attempt. But she said Tuesday in her year-end interview with reporters ...


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Designing an Uplifting End to NASA's Space Shuttle Program (SPACE.com via Yahoo! News)

From pencil sketches to crayon drawings, vague concepts to professional-looking layouts, the 85 designs NASA received for a patch to symbolize the end of its space shuttle program varied as widely as the past and present employees who created them.


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Designing an Uplifting End to NASA's Space Shuttle Program (SPACE.com)

New NASA logo designs symbolize the end of its space shuttle program.


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

For Google, The Meaning Of Open Is When It's Convenient For Them (TechCrunch)

Yesterday, Google published a long manifesto on the "meaning of open" in the form of an email to all employees republished as a blog post. In it, senior VP of product management Jonathan Rosenberg , makes an eloquent argument for why open systems always win and urges Google's employees to always strive to be open when designing products. An open Internet spurs innovation and brings more ...


Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Microsoft launches WebsiteSpark program (Business Standard India)

Microsoft India today launched a program -- WebsiteSpark -- for training professionals on web development and designing.


Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Meru Networks Customer Halifax Health Systems Achieves 2009 InfoWorld ... - Consumer Electronics Net

Meru Networks, Inc., a pioneer in 802.11n enterprise networking, announced today that its customer Halifax Health Systems, a facilitator of specialized healthcare services in East Central Florida, received an InfoWorld 100 Award for deploying one of ...


Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Book Excerpt and Interview: Dynamic SOA and BPM: Best Practices for ... - InfoQ.com

"Even though coping with information changes is business as usual in the IT world, we strive to limit the impact of an information change, particularly if that information is carried by service interfaces and handled in business processes across ...


Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Fatal shooting leads to 41-year prison term - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Circuit Judge Rebecca F. Dallet also ordered Geometry L. Milton to serve up to 10 years of extended supervision, according to court records. Milton and Jimmye Richardson, 18, were both charged with being party to the crime of first-degree reckless ...


Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Element 21 Golf Company (OTC:ETGF) Launches CarrotStix.com - Transworld News

Element 21 Golf Company (OTC:ETGF) has announced the launching of its new fishing website, www.carrotstix.com and e21fishing.com. The website was designed and built by Lee Bailey Jr 007 Design Series. Bailey is a 20 year veteran professional bass ...


Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Burntsand Signs a $576,000US Services Contract for EMC Documentum 6.5 - Stockhouse

Burntsand Inc. (Burntsand) (TSX:BRT), a North American business consulting and technology services company, announced today the signing of a $576,000US contract to upgrade a client to EMC Documentum Enterprise Content Management 6.5 and Captiva ...


Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Deadlines And Quality - Investors Business Daily

Meeting deadlines while maintaining quality is crucial. If you compromise one for the other, customers and your bottom line take the hit. Produce top products on time by grasping these points. ? Prioritize wisely. Make certain the projects to which ...


Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Google Races to Speed up the Web - PC World

That became abundantly clear in 2009, when the company unveiled a steady stream of projects, products and enhancements focused on increasing Internet speed. The initiatives varied widely in scope and focus. They included optimization tools for ...


Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Midwest, Frontier code share to include Kansas City - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Dec. 21, 2009 1:58 p.m. | Cafe Luna LLC, operator of a chic downtown nightspot with award-winning design, sought protection ... Elkhart Lake's Road America -- arguably the best road course in the country -- will host the Nationwide Series on June 19 ...


Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Little Rock attic ladder plant expands - Dispatch

Ball said the firm has applied for a patent on its packaging design. Privately-held Century opened in Little Rock in 1983; a subsidiary in Lumberton, N.C., makes specialty windows. Ball, who has been CEO for 2 1 2 years, said it was not long ago that ...


Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (OTC:VTSS) Reports Q4 Earnings - Transworld News

Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (OTC:VTSS) has released the financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year of 2009. It's reported net revenues stand at $168.2 million for the fiscal year, down compared to the $228.5 million earned ...


Tuesday, December 22, 2009

A Eulogy for I.D. Magazine (Fast Company Magazine)

To the thoughtful introvert, magazines are the most coveted form of media. You're not exposed to the crowds of a movie theater or show, intruded on by the DJs and callers of radio, or deluged by the never-ending content choices of TV and the Web. Compared to other printed media, magazines fall comfortably between the commitment of books and the disposability of newspapers. Among my peers, I.D ...


Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Find out which parts of your site visitors don't see with Google Browser Size (Geek.com)

Your display is a battlefield where software makers -- web developers in particular -- wage battles for screen real estate. It's a never-ending fight between web creators struggling to cram up as much content on your screen as possible and end-users who view web pages on a wide variety of devices, screen resolutions, and aspect [...]


Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Comscore video looks at internet decade (Netimperative)

Comscore has launched a video looking back the past 10 years of the web, to mark the internet research firm's 10th anniversary.


Tuesday, December 22, 2009

New web campaign demands 'right to link' (Netimperative)

Online news aggregator Newsnow has started a new campaign, called Right2Link, to ensure that linking to websites remains free to all.


Monday, December 21, 2009

AMC school board to have own website - Indian Express

According to Dr L D Desai, administrative officer of the AMC municipal school board, negotiations are on with three contractors for web designing. Once a contract is inked, it would be sent for board's approval, he said. Till then, it will be ...


Monday, December 21, 2009

Let Saab keep following its own road (CNN)

My name is Steven Wade and I'm a Saaboholic.


Monday, December 21, 2009

Cinderella in Autumn (Guardian Unlimited)

A new short story by Hilary Mantel When Cinderella had been married for more than 20 years, and was designing in her mind the engraved invitations to her silver wedding, she resumed the habit of early rising which had served her as a young girl. On autumn mornings, when a mist lay like a veil over the lake, she would climb down the fire escape from the ballroom floor, her coat flung over her ...


Monday, December 21, 2009

A Southwest Michigan growth industry: medical-marijuana economy is thriving (The Kalamazoo Gazette)

The medical-marijuana economy, booming on the east side of the state, is sprouting in Southwest Michigan.


Sunday, December 20, 2009

Kickin' back with Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Kareem Huggins - St. Petersburg Times

You spent the first two-thirds of the season on the practice squad. How hard is that and how much did you miss playing in games? I missed it a lot. I came here to play football. I love playing. I missed being on the field with all the guys. I miss ...


Sunday, December 20, 2009

Nine for the road - TMCnet

NEW DELHI, Dec 19, 2009 (Hindustan Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- This has been one gadget-packed year: a zillion phones (and 500 million mobile users in India), the rise of the netbook, 3G data cards, power-packed ...


Sunday, December 20, 2009

NOTHING BUT NET: Child pleeez, this site needs help - North County Times

Love him or hate him, Chad Ochocinco has fun when he plays football, especially when he's in the end zone. Taking a page from the Terrell Owens' touchdown celebration playbook, the Bengals receiver does just about anything to draw attention to ...


Sunday, December 20, 2009

WWII game 'The Saboteur' looks pretty, but fails to ignite - Today's Zaman

So it's surprising when someone comes up with a fresh approach to such a familiar conflict -- a feat Pandemic Studios has pulled off with "The Saboteur" (Electronic Arts, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3). Forget about the grunt's-eye-view of ...


Sunday, December 20, 2009

Volunteer project will aid future teacher (This Week West Side)

When Wright State University senior Amanda Fox graduates next year, she'll be able to begin her teaching career with a piece of equipment most people in her situation don't have.


Sunday, December 20, 2009

Hotel Review: Hotel Denit in Barcelona - New York Times

Staying anywhere in Barcelona, let alone in its Gaudí-dappled heart, is usually costly. Happily, the modish Denit is a budget hotel, and even better, it underscores that affordability need not come at the expense of smart design and attentive ...


Sunday, December 20, 2009

Manic Monkey Mayhem set to peel onto other gaming platforms - Gamers Hell

Hull, UK Yorkshire based Independent development studio, The Code Monkeys are to fling their pick-up-and-play party game, Manic Monkey Mayhem on to other gaming platforms in 2010. Following a successful launch on Nintendo's WiiWare platform ...


Sunday, December 20, 2009

Former Stamford residents celebrate release of first feature-length film (Norwalk Advocate)

As Robert and James Dastoli recalled their last year of high school, it was clear there was no senior slump for these former Stamford residents. "We made a bunch of movies that year," James Dastoli said.


Sunday, December 20, 2009

Galt Wal-Mart plans available to public (Lodi News-Sentinel)

Plans for a 133,0000-square-foot Wal-Mart in Galt have been released to the public on the city's Web site.


Sunday, December 20, 2009

Rovi Works Web Angle (MultiChannel News)

In another attempt to marry TV and broadband delivery, Rovi is in the early planning stages of designing an interactive program guide for cable operators that would integrate video content from the Internet.


Sunday, December 20, 2009

Inside track on indoor gardens (Chicago Tribune)

Get your green on with visits to indoor vistas around town There's only so much flipping through Burpee and White Flower Farm catalogs ? and clicking through nursery Web sites ? that avid gardeners can handle before they need to inhale air perfumed by azaleas, moss and warm earth.


Sunday, December 20, 2009

Going green: Kids tap math and science skills to design, build greenhouse at Olathe Elementary School (Montrose Daily Press)

OLATHE â€" Some local fifth-graders are applying their math and science skills outside of the classroom, designing and building an 18-by-24-foot greenhouse.


Sunday, December 20, 2009

Back Mountain community group unveils Web site (The Citizens' Voice)

The Back Mountain Economic Development Council met with local officials and business owners at Misericordia University recently to announce the launch of www.backmountain.org, the new official Web site of the Back Mountain. The Web site, which is divided


Saturday, December 19, 2009

Turnpike Authority awards toll system contracts - WRAL

Raleigh, N.C. ? The North Carolina Turnpike Authority on Friday awarded $37.6 million in contracts to develop the electronic toll-collection system planned for the Triangle Expressway, the state's first toll road. The contracts came in $9 million ...


Saturday, December 19, 2009

No business like mom's business - Central Penn Business Journal

Jordan started her floral designing business, Lizzie Jordan Flowers, from her home in April. She just opened her bricks-and-mortar shop in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County, this month. Jordan rents the 850-square-foot shop from her husband and ...


Saturday, December 19, 2009

Join Sign in - Game Informer Online

In our January issue of Game Informer we examined the current co-op condition, asking vocal gamers what they want to see in future cooperative titles. And what they don't. We surveyed nearly 8,000 readers to find out if social or solo gaming is ...


Saturday, December 19, 2009

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Blu-ray) (DVD Talk)

Highly Recommended The world of fantasy always had its doors slightly ajar for anyone who was curious enough to peek inside, but the genre was seemingly loaded with properties that were inaccessible to non-geeks. Yet, Harry Potter had to do little more than wave his wand with a flick of the wrist, and just like that, fantasy and magic were no longer the private domain of 'nerds' and 'dorks ...


Saturday, December 19, 2009

Towers Perrin Watson Wyatt Announce Shareholder Approval Of Merger - MSN Money

STAMFORD, Conn. and ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 18 PRNewswire-FirstCall -- Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby, Inc. and Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: WW), both leading global consulting firms, announced that at their respective special ...


Saturday, December 19, 2009

There's A Fly In My Urinal - NPR News

This will have to be a guys-only experience, but should an urgent need send you to the men's room at Terminal Four at JFK Airport in New York, or to the men's rooms at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, or to any number of stadiums, or ? for any 10 ...


Saturday, December 19, 2009

Why Google Covets Yelp - CBS News

Online reviews powerhouse Yelp might just be what Google needs to help rid the world of 40-pound tomes with yellow pages. Throughout ... Google followed that up by launching Place Pages, which the company described as "a web page for every place in ...


Saturday, December 19, 2009

ASUS Eee PC 1201N review - engadget

Six months ago netbooks all had 10-inch displays, fairly cramped keyboards, and couldn't manage to play a 1080p video even if they trained with the best of marathoners. The world's a lot different now: the King of Pop has passed away, the ...


Saturday, December 19, 2009

Conceptus to Host Presentation at JP Morgan's Healthcare Conference - Transworld News

Conceptus, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPTS) will present at JP Morgan's 28th Annual Healthcare Conference. Conceptus is scheduled to present on January 14, 2010, at 12:00pm (PST). The company's President and CEO, Mark Sieczkarek, will host the presentation. The ...


Saturday, December 19, 2009

A star is born? Herschel space observatory captures the birth of stars (PhysOrg)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The European Space Agency has released a preview of the first science results from the Herschel Space Observatory, including the UK-led SPIRE instrument. The new data which include images of previously invisible stardust - the stuff that all life is made from - will give us valuable new information about how stars and galaxies are made and reveal the life cycle of the cosmos.


Saturday, December 19, 2009

Glasses On, Wallets Out: 3-D's Coming to Blu-ray (TechNewsWorld.com)

3-D is definitely not just for cheesy drive-in movies anymore. It's done great box office with animated films, and that big 3-D sci-fi action movie "Avatar" coming out this weekend has won over a lot of early reviewers, at least on a technical level. But one of these days you won't have to go out to a theater to see 3-D movies -- you'll just have to shell out thousands of dollars for a state-of ...


Saturday, December 19, 2009

BP to Pump First Gas at Serrette in Trinidad & Tobago in 2011 (Bloomberg)

Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc , Europe's second-largest oil company, said it plans to pump the first natural gas from the Serrette field in Trinidad & Tobago in 2011.


Saturday, December 19, 2009

Hymoo - Forum Revolution at Your Hands (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

With the emergence of forums on the Internet world, there are a lot of web marketers who have found forums to be an effective tool in selling their products services, strengthen their link building campaign and to generally make money online.


Friday, December 18, 2009

TV3 catch-up service catching on - Irish Times

Clerkin was head of creative services at AOL Time Warner before joining TV3 last year where he heads up a team of 10 people responsible for developing the channel's online presence. They have worked closely with DV4, an Irish web development ...


Friday, December 18, 2009

Microsoft, EU close chapter of antitrust battle - WIS-TV

BRUSSELS (AP) - European regulators have ended their last pending antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. as the U.S. software maker agreed to let Europeans choose from a menu of Web browsers that compete with its Internet Explorer. The deal announced ...


Friday, December 18, 2009

Foundation important in rock gardens - Carroll County Online

The first line in the 'Sakuteiki,' the oldest and most respected treatise on how to design a garden in Japan, is about the art of setting stone," said Marc Peter Keane, a landscape architect and educator from Ithaca, N.Y. "Everything follows ...


Friday, December 18, 2009

BRIEF: Design software co Autodesk makes first Israeli acquisition ... - TMCnet

Dec 17, 2009 (Globes - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Design software developer Autodesk (Nasdaq: ADSK) recently made its first acquisition of an Israeli start-up, buying PlanPlatform, better known under its previous name ...


Friday, December 18, 2009

It's all about Experience - The Guardian

Of course, it may well be argued that writers aren't the best at designing compelling interfaces. A truism if ever I've seen one ... Interactive storytelling on the Web. What about using each medium for what it's good for? Aha, says Ved and the ...


Friday, December 18, 2009

Community News - Gay and Lesbian Times

Connell, who heads up future-ink a small web design and Internet marketing firm based in Mission Hills, was selected to attend the summit through a lead she received from the Greater San Diego Business Association (GSDBA) of which she is a member.


Friday, December 18, 2009

Beaming in on Warm Dense Matter (w Video) (PhysOrg)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment II (NDCX-II) now under construction at Berkeley Lab will deliver a high-current pulse of lithium ions to a foil target almost simultaneously, momentarily heating it to a state known as warm dense matter. Designing the accelerator to meet these exacting specifications required extensive computer modeling, including the simulations ...


Friday, December 18, 2009

Lessons Learned: Essential Elements of Online Customer Engagement (Marketwire)

Siteworx' Web Event Featuring Forrester Research, Inc.'s Senior Analyst, Stephen Powers


Friday, December 18, 2009

Lessons Learned: Essential Elements of Online Customer Engagement (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

RESTON, VA--(Marketwire - 12 17 09) - Siteworx , Inc. today announced key lessons learned from its December 10 live Web event, Essential Elements of an Online Customer Engagement Tool Suite . A recording of the event, featuring Forrester Research Inc.'s lead Web content management (WCM) analyst, Stephen Powers, moderated by Siteworx President Tim McLaughlin, is also available for download ...


Friday, December 18, 2009

Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: First Solar Inc., Suntech Power Holdings Company Ltd, ReneSola Ltd, FactSet Research ... (Zacks.com via Yahoo! Finance)

Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: First Solar Inc., Suntech Power Holdings Company Ltd, ReneSola Ltd, FactSet Research Systems Inc. and RiskMetrics Group, Inc.


Friday, December 18, 2009

China holds US engineer on trade secrets charge (AP via Yahoo! News)

Chinese police have detained an American automotive engineer for more than a year on accusations he misused trade secrets ? the latest case of vague secrecy laws being used against an American in China.


Friday, December 18, 2009

That hobby looks like a lot of work (The Malaysian Insider)

NEW YORK, Dec 17 ? Quit your day job? To some craft enthusiasts that is just the name of a popular blog on Etsy, the fast-growing Web site that serves as a marketplace for crafts and vintage goods. But to Yokoo Gibran, it was an epiphany. Gibran, who is in her 30s, had been selling her hand-knit scarves and accessories on the site for less than a year when she decided last November to quit her ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Mark Pollack on Spring.NET 1.3 and 2.0 - InfoQ.com

So it definitely is a way to copy the same design patterns, the same sort of Spring style, can be very easily ported across. That said, there are some organizations where there is a huge wall between the Microsoft developers and the Java developers.


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Geodex Minerals Updates Status of its Mount Pleasant West Project, New ... - Stockhouse

Geodex Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: GXM)(PINK SHEETS: GXMLF)(FRANKFURT: G2W) ("Geodex") reports that Teck Resources Limited ("Teck") has not elected to exercise its option to acquire an interest in Geodex's Mount Pleasant West Project in New Brunswick ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Getting Fit Is the Goal, With 2 Bits of Help - New York Times

The simple design, the automatic wireless transfer, the one-week battery life, that cute growing Tamagochi-like flower, all seem to suggest that it's for the casual masses who'd like to get a bit more fit. Yet other aspects of the Fitbit suggest ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Microsoft, EU close chapter of antitrust battle - Riverside Press Enterprise

European regulators have ended their last pending antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. as the U.S. software maker agreed to let Europeans choose from a menu of Web browsers that compete with its Internet Explorer. The deal announced Wednesday lets ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Flowserve Signs Joint Venture with Valbart to Manufacture Valves for ... - Stockhouse

Flowserve Corporation (NYSE: FLS), a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, announced it has entered into a joint venture agreement with Valbart Srl, an Italian manufacturer of high performance ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Seattle's Microsoft, EU settle long antitrust case - Columbian

SEATTLE, WA ? After a decade of complaints leading to 1.7 billion euros in fines against Microsoft Corp., European regulators have ended their last pending antitrust case against the U.S. software maker as the company agreed to let European ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Harness Social Web Sites - Investors Business Daily

You've had a company Web site for years now. It's polished and functional. You figure you're technically up to date. Not exactly. You might want to get plugged in to social sites, which have tech nerds all atwitter. Social media, which include ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Marc Tasman talks about his decade-long self portraiture project - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

As many of you know from a recent Art City post , Marc Tasman completed a decade-long art project this year in which he created Polaroid self portraits every day. He compiled these stacks upon stacks of pictures into performances and art ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Review: Netbooks meet luxury in ultra-light Sony - Modesto Bee

NEW YORK -- Netbooks have been a hit among laptop buyers because they're cheap and they're easy to carry. Now there's the option to pay a lot more and get a lot less - a lot less weight, that is. Sony's Vaio X is the runway model of netbooks: stylish ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

ARIA OPENING: Grand Entrance - Las Vegas Review Journal

Locals planning to attend tonight's opening of Aria should expect to get there early and stay late. Traffic along Las Vegas Boulevard is expected to be heavy. MGM Mirage spokesman Gordon Absher said parking at CityCenter will be filled by 5,000 ...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

BGT Partners' Website Now Fully Functional on Over 4,000 Different Mobile Devices Worldwide (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Following an extensive search for a mobile business partner, leading global Internet marketing agency BGT Partners selected Velocitude, a nationally recognized provider of mobile websites, to establish BGT's mobile Web presence and strengthen the agency's client services.


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Great Park: $1.6 million no-bid contract (Irvine World News)

A consultant criticized for questionable oversight of millions spent on designing the Great Park has received a new $1.6 million, no-bid contract to oversee construction. "They completely failed in their responsibilities. The firm of Gafcon has...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Guest comment: How to design effective emails- the case for HTML or text email marketing (Netimperative)

A common misconception amongst marketers is that what looks better must sell better - a mantra that commonly proves to be false when it comes to email. So how do you balance style with performance when designing HTML emails? When should you choose text over HTML? Nick Evans is account manager at Epsilon International EMEA takes a closer look...


Thursday, December 17, 2009

New Web site promotes Maine education (Portsmouth Herald)

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ? The Maine Higher Education Council says it has created a new Web site to encourage more students from Maine to enroll in Maine colleges.


Thursday, December 17, 2009

Facebook moves to standardize and own customer IDs (ZDNet Asia)

Will Web anonymity end as Facebook monetizes its gigantic customer profile database to become an "identity medium"?


Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Boeing's 787 jetliner makes first test flight - YAHOO!

EVERETT, Wash. -- Boeing's new 787 jetliner finally got airborne Tuesday, the long-delayed inaugural flight of the world's first commercial plane constructed with half its components made from lightweight composite materials . The sleek jet lifted ...


Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Eastman Chemical Retains MACTEC to Conduct Comprehensive Pilot Program - TMCnet

KENNESAW, Ga., Dec. 15 PRNewswire -- MACTEC has been awarded a contract by Eastman Chemical Company's Technology organization to implement a facility asset management pilot program encompassing 72 areas that comprise seven building complexes ...


Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Adobe optimistic despite loss - Inside Bay Area

... the design and desktop-publishing package that brings in much of the company's revenue. Targeting professional designers and developers, Creative Suite includes many of Adobe's applications, including Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash and the Web ...


Wednesday, December 16, 2009

The Last Page - Advertising Age

I.D. Magazine had netted five National Magazine Awards since 1995, including three wins for general excellence, as it covered the art, business and culture of design, a subject with growing appeal. But I.D., a bimonthly with circulation around 78,000 ...


Wednesday, December 16, 2009

No W or Z? Mapmakers, Grab Your Pens - New York Times

By "these" Mr. Tauranac was referring to subway maps that he produces as a commercial venture but also as a labor of love. A year ago, he came up with two new maps, printed back to back on a pliable plastic sheet that is folded accordionlike for ...


Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Google sharpens mobile focus with 'Nexus One' - MSNBC

SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. is determined to gain more influence over how the Web is used on mobile phones, even if the next step in the quest tramples some of the relationships forged during its two-year expansion into the wireless industry. The ...


Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Adobe Systems posts 4Q loss, weighed by charges - Tacoma News Tribune

Adobe Systems Inc. said Tuesday that although it took a loss in the fiscal fourth quarter, consumer demand improved and allowed the maker of Photoshop and Flash software to post an optimistic outlook for the current period. Adobe reported a net loss ...


Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Texas State unveils redesign of university home page - San Marcos Daily Record

San Marcos ? Texas State's digital hometown has a whole new look today with the launch of the redesign of the university's homepage. The design, which was more than a year in research and development, incorporates video, makes links easier to ...


Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls Deliver High-Performance ... - Yahoo Finance

... infrastructure which not only failed to accurately identify network threats and had a history of routinely reporting false positives, but also required deep analysis of ... value added comprehensive solutions, including consultation, designing ...


Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Daily Search Forum Recap: December 15, 2009 (Search Engine Roundtable)

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web.


Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Google ponders risky Android solo act (CNET)

Is the search company about to throw a wrench into two years of Android community building with plans to sell its own phone directly to consumers?


Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Determine What to Charge as a Consultant (BusinessWeek)

First, research your competitors' rates. Then decide on a pay structure and avoid undervaluing your knowledge and services


Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Stile: Senator's marriage vote fires up liberals (The Record and Herald News)

Jeffrey Gardner introduced Democratic Sen. John Girgenti to the modern age of politics, designing and managing the Web site for Girgenti's 2007 campaign.


Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Google ponders risky Android solo act (CNN)

As a company that has built a business model atop trust, Google is in a sticky position as it prepares to formally introduce the Nexus One phone.


Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Shipshape: Nassco Wrapping Up Banner Year - San Diego Business Journal

San Diego-based Nassco has delivered more new ships than any other U.S. shipbuilder this year. Photo courtesy of General Dynamics Nassco It's been a milestone year for General Dynamics Nassco. The shipbuilder has delivered five new vessels this ...


Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Google Tests New Phone To Profit From Mobile Web - CBS News

(AP) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc. is determined to gain more influence over how the Web is used on mobile phones, even if the next step in the quest tramples some of the relationships forged during its two-year expansion into the wireless ...


Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Spreadtrum's TD-SCDMA Chip Adopted in the World's First 3G OPhone ... - Biloxi Sun Herald

... OPhone-based smart phone, Lenovo O1 adopted Spreadtrum TD-SCDMA chip technology to support GSM GPRS EDGE HSDPA and meets the demand for convergence of video, interactive e-mail and web browsing among others. The introduction of TD-SCDMA ...


Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Obama doctrine emerges in Nobel speech - Today's Zaman

A man who had just ordered 30,000 more troops into war was snagging a trophy as the world's leading champion of peace. Obama tackled the paradox head-on in his Oslo speech. "Evil does exist in the world," he said. "War is sometimes necessary ...


Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Designing for Health: Expanding the Definition of Sustainability to Include Chemical Awareness (Contract Magazine)

"Designing for Health" is a monthly, Web-exclusive series from healthcare interior design leaders at Perkins+Will that focuses on the issues, trends, challenges, and research involved in crafting today's healing environments.


Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Google's Test Phone Nexus One, a Snoozer (PC World via Yahoo! News)

Am I the only one that was underwhelmed when looking at the Google phone, codenamed Nexus One?


Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Main Library celebrates five-year mark (The Houma Courier)

LAURA McKNIGHT Staff Writer Walk into the Terrebonne Parish Main Library at any given moment and you're likely to find a cross-section of the Houma area curled up in cushy chairs, surfing the Web with friends, tucked into corners with their laptops, relaxing on the upstairs patio or gazing at the bubble wall near the entrance.


Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Air Quality Upgrades Coming to Lawrence Energy Center (ThomasNet)

Black & Veatch Upgrading Vintage Air Quality Equipment for Westar Energy Lawrence, Kan. (1 October 2009) - More than 40 years after designing the nation's first air quality control system that reduced acid rain-forming emissions, Black & Veatch is designing and overseeing construction for upgrades to the original equipment at the Lawrence Energy Center. The company is also integrating new air ...


Tuesday, December 15, 2009

MEGTEC Partners with Hewlett-Packard in the Digital Printing Market (ThomasNet)

MEGTEC develops customized drying solutions for new HP T300 Color Inkjet Web Press De Pere, Wis., U.S.A., October 22, 2009. At the Print 09 trade show in Chicago on September 11, Hewlett Packard announced the commercialization of their newly branded HP T300 Color Inkjet Web Press. HP also announced MEGTEC Systems as a new HP Graphics Solutions Partner, supplying customized drying solutions ...


Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Fraudulent Web sites trick search engines (Honolulu Advertiser)

Even search engines can get suckered by Internet scams. With a little sleight of hand, con artists can dupe them into giving top billing to fraudulent Web sites that prey on consumers, making unwitting accomplices of companies such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft.


Tuesday, December 15, 2009

How scammer Web sites trick search engines to hit the top (Baltimore Sun)

Google, Microsoft and Yahoo make efforts to purge search results of fraudulent sites, but removing them all "impossible" Even search engines can get suckered by Internet scams.


Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Usability and SEM 101, Part 2 (Search Engine Watch)

More tips on Web usability, SEO, behavioral design, and how Web accessibility factors in. ...


Monday, December 14, 2009

Save on holiday decorating - Asbury Park Press

org , a nonprofit arts and crafts Web site for children. "But that doesn't mean that the holidays shouldn't be special. You don't have to have a tree to decorate. If you just scatter things around your house, you can do as much or as little as you ...


Monday, December 14, 2009

Lerado Group applies for listing on local exchange (Taipei Times)

Hong Kong-based Lerado Group Holding Co ( ) became the latest to apply for a Taiwan depositary receipt (TDR) listing on the local bourse.


Monday, December 14, 2009

Hertz Unveils New Corporate Identity (dBusinessNews.com)

PARK RIDGE, NJ - The Hertz Corporation has launched its new corporate identity program, including a new logo.


Monday, December 14, 2009

Tiger to suffer a '$180M' slice (New York Post)

A year away from golf would cost Tiger Woods $180 million in lost endorsements, tournament winnings and appearance fees -- about $15 million per floozy, industry analysts estimate. In an announcement that stunned the golf world, Woods said on Frid...


Monday, December 14, 2009

Search sites unwitting accomplices in scams (The News Journal)

With a little sleight of hand, con artists can dupe search engines into giving top billing to fraudulent Web sites that prey on consumers, making unwitting accomplices of companies such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft.


Sunday, December 13, 2009

Missouri State University Graduate finds Success in Web Design - PRLog (free press release)

PR Log (Press Release) -- Dec 12, 2009 -- Raymond Dean, founder of Digital Stax Web Design in Springfield, Missouri, has put his Missouri State education to good use as a business owner and web entrepreneur. After graduation from MSU, he went on to ...


Sunday, December 13, 2009

Blogging gets boost in Qatar - Gulf Times

Digital Qatar, the first specialised and dedicated blog created by a government agency in the country, was launched by the Supreme Council of Information & Communication Technology (ictQATAR) yesterday. Promoted as "the hotspot of technology ...


Sunday, December 13, 2009

Fake Web sites easily outsmart search engines (Taipei Times)

Even search engines can get suckered by Internet scams. With a little sleight of hand, con artists can dupe them into giving top billing to fraudulent Web sites that prey on consumers, making unwitting accomplices of companies such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft.


Sunday, December 13, 2009

Teen has an app for that (The Medina County Gazette)

MEDINA ? Thanks to an iPhone application developed by a Medina County Career Center senior, iPhone users with a Twitter account can hear their tweets. Cody Krieger, 17, a student in the software engineering program at MCCC, developed the application, or app, called "Tweet and Speak." Twitter is an online social media Web site that allows users [...]


Saturday, December 12, 2009

Stephanie Levi at Spertus Shop - Time Out New York

By Web Behrens. Photographs by Marzena Abrahamik. Scientist Stephanie Levi, 33, makes a habit of bridging disparate worlds. Earlier this year, she earned her Ph.D. in molecular genetics and cell biology from the University of Chicago. That kind of ...


Saturday, December 12, 2009

I-69 Section 3 final environmental studies released - Greene County Daily World

After years of extensive environmental studies, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) have released the Tier 2 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Section 3 of the I-69 Evansville-to ...


Saturday, December 12, 2009

Vectren Files Electric Rate Case; Requests Rate Design and Customer ... - Market Wire

EVANSVILLE, IN--(Marketwire - December 11, 2009) - Vectren Energy Delivery of Indiana - South (Vectren) ( NYSE : VVC ) today filed a request with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) for a base rate increase for its southwestern Indiana ...


Saturday, December 12, 2009

Vail Valley: Bizwatch: Burnett & Green Travel (Vail Daily)

Business name: Burnett & Green Travel. Location: Edwards Vero Beach, Fla. Date opened: Oct. 1. Owner: Ally Green. Contact info: Phone: 772-538-2365. E-mail: ally@burnettandgreentravel.com. Web: www.burnettandgreentravel.com. What goods or services do you provide? Burnett & Green Travel is an exclusive independent travel consultancy designed ...


Saturday, December 12, 2009

Rovi Plans Broadband-Enabled IPG For Cable (MultiChannel News)

Rovi is in the early planning stages of designing an interactive program guide for cable operators that would integrate video content from the Internet, giving subscribers a way to potentially access YouTube clips, MySpace videos or any other Web content through the same guide they use to access linear cable TV and video-on-demand.


Saturday, December 12, 2009

Designing A Risk Evaluation And Mitigation Strategies (REMS) System (Medical News Today)

The Special Feature of the November December 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association JAPhA® is a "White paper on designing a risk evaluation and mitigation strategies (REMS) system to optimize the balance of patient access, medication safety, and impact on the health care system." The paper results from the input of an expert panel of stakeholders convened by the ...


Saturday, December 12, 2009

The power of now (BBC News)

Working out what the real-time web can do


Friday, December 11, 2009

Amazon Indians Pin Forest Survival on UN Plan Negotiated Today - Bloomberg

Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Sergio Tembe said his "blood boils" every time he sees a truck laden with logs stolen from his Indian tribe's land in the jungle of northern Brazil . "We need to do something, otherwise there will be nothing left ...


Friday, December 11, 2009

2009 Storage Visions Conference Announces Annual Visionary Awards ... - TMCnet

(Market Wire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SAN JOSE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12 10 09 -- The Ninth Annual Storage Visions Conference held at the Riviera Hotel Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada January 5 & 6, 2010 features great sessions on consumer ...


Friday, December 11, 2009

Google Search Appliance Now Finds Tweets (InformationWeek)

Social media is infiltrating the business world, like it or not.


Friday, December 11, 2009

Prescription Solutions' Generic Usage Rates Surpass All-Time Industry ... - Stockhouse

Prescription Solutions, a leading pharmacy benefits management (PBM) organization and a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, has achieved an industry-leading overall generic prescription drug penetration rate of 68.8 percent year-to-date for 2009 ...


Friday, December 11, 2009

GM Exec Shuffle, Lagonda Lives, V8 Vantage Leaks: Today At High Gear ... - TheCarConnection.com

The weirdest story on the automotive web this morning is the shakeup inside General Motors. Chevrolet chief Brent Dewar, who just presented a lot of the message at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show , is stepping down to be replaced by James Campbell ...


Friday, December 11, 2009

Google Real-Time Search Invades the Intranet (Mashable)

Google's freshly launched real-time search is the big news of the week. And as it turns out, real-time search is not just limited to public searches on Google.com, but is also available to Google Search Appliance users. Now, if your intranet or Web site search is powered by Google 's enterprise universal search appliance, you too can take in real-time tweets related to search queries. There are ...


Friday, December 11, 2009

Google Makes a Second Real-Time Search Announcement (WebProNews)

This may be the year of real-time search, but this week alone has captured much of the attention related to the subject. Yahoo is rolling out something close to real-time search today, and of course the big news is that Google has begun incorporating real-time search results right into its regular SERPs. Google has now made another real-time search-related announcement in that they are now ...


Friday, December 11, 2009

Helpful or creepy? Overpersonalized Web sites may spook shoppers (PhysOrg)

Michael Redding describes the get-to-know-you game between man and machine as a version of "Name That Tune."


Friday, December 11, 2009

China Expands Porn Sting by Shutting P2P Video Sites (PC World)

Chinese regulators have taken a wide-ranging war against online porn one step further by closing a series of popular BitTorrent and video-sharing Web sites.


Friday, December 11, 2009

China Expands Porn Sting by Shutting P2P Video Sites (PC World via Yahoo! News)

Chinese regulators have taken a wide-ranging war against online porn one step further by closing a series of popular BitTorrent and other video-sharing Web sites in recent days.


Thursday, December 10, 2009

Kayak's New iPhone App Takes Flight - TechCrunch

... style navigation system, an enhanced flight, hotel and car search design including a new scrolling calendar, faster search and additional search options and filters. It basically comes one step closer to bringing the web experience of searching ...


Thursday, December 10, 2009

Google Delivers GWT 2.0 - eWeek

Google has introduced GWT 2.0, the latest version of Google Web Toolkit, the search giant's open source development toolkit used by thousands of developers for building and optimizing complex browser-based applications. Google has introduced GWT 2.0 ...


Thursday, December 10, 2009

Bubba, read on you plank! - Stockhouse

Average quality rating by the Stockhouse community. Bruce Essington lives in a tarp-covered bread truck onthe side of Bluenose Mountain. He has been squatting on the same patchof land, not far from Vernon, for longer than any of his neighbours ...


Thursday, December 10, 2009

PicScout Makes Licensing Photos Dead Simple, Except Creative Commons - Wired News

PicScout has released a new browser extension designed to make it simple for designers, bloggers and illustrators to license photos they find online, so long as they aren't looking for pictures licensed under Creative Common's alternatives. That ...


Thursday, December 10, 2009

'Transparency like you've never seen before' - Fosters Daily Democrat

The Obama administration just sent a memo to "interested parties" on "unprecedented efforts to open up American government." Considering the topic, figured it was appropriate to post it here (sans the embedded links). Memo: For too long, the American ...


Thursday, December 10, 2009

101 Dalmatians in Hub Dec. 23-27 - Daily Item

BOSTON - Rescue dogs will take center stage at Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre Dec. 23 through Dec. 27. James Ludwig , who plays Pogo- papa to the pack of canines, in 101 Dalmatians Musical said the canines are an integral part of the show ...


Thursday, December 10, 2009

Scam Web sites can trick search engines to hit the top (WOAI San Antonio)

With a little sleight of hand, con artists can dupe them into giving top billing to fraudulent Web sites that prey on consumers.


Thursday, December 10, 2009

How fake sites trick search engines to hit the top (USA Today)

Even search engines can get suckered by Internet scams. With a little sleight of hand, con artists can dupe them into giving top billing to fraudulent websites that prey on consumers, making unwitting accomplices of companies such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft.


Thursday, December 10, 2009

Use Photoshop with Dreamweaver (Computer Arts)

Don't tell anyone we told you this, but designing and building stunning websites can be easy -- if you've got the right kit: the powerhouse combination of Photoshop and Dreamweaver . Several years ago who would have thought that Photoshop and Dreamweaver would grow to love each other?


Thursday, December 10, 2009

Search engines dupable :Can be tricked into giving fraud Web sites top billing. (South Bend Tribune)

SAN FRANCISCO -- Even search engines can get suckered by Internet scams.


Thursday, December 10, 2009

Google unveils Chrome for Mac and Linux (V3.co.uk via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Google has released the long-promised Mac and Linux versions of its Chrome web browser.


Thursday, December 10, 2009

Poster artist acknowledged for hard work (The State Hornet)

TODAY Tiffany Dreyer started out as an 11-year-old playing around with Print Shop Deluxe and Microsoft Word designing logos and banners for her family's business.


Wednesday, December 09, 2009

McSweeney's Bay Bridge Investigative Report Released - SFist

The web, after all, can't compare to that sensory reading experience, and we still like to read books without the aid of a machine. We just hope there's a way that great journalism and easy distribution of the news can meet in the middle one of these ...


Wednesday, December 09, 2009

At holiday time, even the NSA wants to show its festive spirit - McClatchy

WASHINGTON ? Federal agencies are famous for their rules, regulations and paperwork. During the holidays, however, many step out of the gray and flaunt a bit of seasonal spirit, offering themed ornaments for sale, some from surprising sources. The ...


Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Area residents get crafty at the holidays - Connecticut Post

Most garages are filled with cars or tools or lawn mowers. But the garage of Connie Cusick's Fairfield home is full of possibilities. There are dried cotton stems that she hopes to make into Christmas decorations; a couple bolts of embellished green ...


Wednesday, December 09, 2009

'Virality, Discovery, Persistence' The Foundation For Social Games - Gamasutra

This facet of social game design is made possible by the widespread adoption of online social networks like Facebook. Social networks provide a pre-existing web of low-barrier-of-entry connections," wrote Ventrice. He added, "Games that tap into the ...


Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Local Turns To IT Studies In Poor Economy - News4Jax.com

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- At 37 years old, Michael Dalton is a college freshman for the second time. "I was in the mortgage and real estate business for quite some time until I guess you can say the recession or the economy took a turn, and I decided it ...


Wednesday, December 09, 2009

How fake sites trick search engines to hit the top (Rome News-Tribune)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Even search engines can get suckered by Internet scams. With a little sleight of hand, con artists can dupe them into giving top billing to fraudulent Web sites that prey on...


Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide: Laptops - engadget

Welcome to the Engadget Holiday Gift Guide ! The team here is well aware of the heartbreaking difficulties of the seasonal shopping experience, and we want to help you sort through the trash and come up with the treasures this year. Below is today's ...


Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Real-Time Calculator Details Campus Housing Costs - PR Inside

SEATTLE, WA - 12 08 09 -- Say the words "Modular Student Housing" to some people outside of College and University Planning circles and what comes to mind is something flimsy and portable, a stopgap solution to overcrowded classrooms and bursting ...


Wednesday, December 09, 2009

How fake sites trick search engines to hit the top (KATU Portland)

With a little sleight of hand, con artists can dupe them into giving top billing to fraudulent Web sites that prey on consumers, making unwitting accomplices of companies such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft.


Wednesday, December 09, 2009

How fake sites trick search engines to hit the top (AP via Yahoo! News)

Even search engines can get suckered by Internet scams.


Wednesday, December 09, 2009

How fake sites trick search engines to hit the top (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Even search engines can get suckered by Internet scams. With a little sleight of hand, con artists can dupe them into giving top billing to fraudulent Web sites that prey on consumers, making unwitting accomplices of companies such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft.


Wednesday, December 09, 2009

How fake sites trick search engines to hit the top (WLBT 3 Jackson)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Even search engines can get suckered by Internet scams. With a little sleight of hand, con artistscan dupe them into giving top billing to fraudulent Web sites that prey on consumers, making unwitting accomplices of companies such as Google, Yahoo and Microsoft.


Wednesday, December 09, 2009

How fake sites trick search engines to hit the top (San Francisco Chronicle)

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Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Sunbelt Software CEO to Participate in Cloud Security Webinar (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

CLEARWATER, Fla. , Dec. 8 PRNewswire -- Sunbelt Software , a leading provider of Windows security software, today announced that Alex Eckelberry , CEO of Sunbelt Software, will co-present a Web seminar titled, "Securing the Cloud" hosted by Fierce Live webinars and presented by eflorida.com. Cloud computing is becoming an essential and fast-growing sector in IT infrastructure and promises to ...


Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Foods and Beverages - Baltimore Sun

The bad news is, there are so many tourists this time of year, you might have to wait in line just to cross the street. The good news is, within a few blocks of Rock Center, you'll find everything Manhattan has to offer: world-famous art and ...


Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Ocean Springs student's dream classroom design wins grand prize - WLOX

OCEAN SPRINGS, MS (WLOX) -- It's amazing what children can come up with if you give them some crayons and urge them to use their imagination. In October, art teacher Brad Allen encouraged every student at Taconi Elementary School in Ocean Springs to ...


Tuesday, December 08, 2009

TechCrunch blog battles Fusion Garage over CrunchPad tablet PC - USA Today Blogs

Though there wasn't much of a demonstration -- I peeked at the device via Fusion Garage's Web conference -- the screen displayed icons for Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and CNN, among others. Rathakrishnan says he's in discussion with publishers ...


Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Seven Design Requirements for Web 2.0 Threat Prevention - IT Business Edge

The aging web and messaging security solutions that most enterprises currently have in place are simply not providing the protection that's needed in today's dynamic environment. To both enable Web 2.0 use and address Web 2.0 threats effectively ...


Tuesday, December 08, 2009

1941 attack on Pearl Harbor far from forgotten - WBIR

There are other ways to communicate this story besides traditional exhibits, so we're looking at ways to do it on the Web, we're looking at ways to do it through interpretive programs, we're looking at ways to do it through education."


Tuesday, December 08, 2009

CARE Electric: Hydropower Without Dams - BusinessWeek

Secondly, their design allows them to be placed almost anywhere, so they can be located ... Schenker is the founder and editor of Informilo, a European technology Web site and conference producer, and a former BusinessWeek correspondent in Paris.


Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Jonathan Kantor's Crafting White Paper 2.0 (SYS-CON Media)

We have grown accustomed to short, quick messaging methodologies and unable to read detailed information for a substantial period of time before becoming distracted by events that require our immediate attention. What impact does this have on the readers of our white papers? How do we ensure that our white paper is not only read but also acted upon? Jonathan Kantor addresses this question and ...


Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Michigan's Online Teacher of the Year Selected - TMCnet

LANSING, Mich., Dec 07, 2009 PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX -- Online instructor Melanie Laber excels in the virtual classroom Melanie Laber teaches trigonometry, geometry and pre-algebra to students in Detroit, Paw Paw, Traverse City and ...


Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Students present unique art show (The Herald of Arkansas State University)

The ASU Art Department will be hosting "Designing the Brief," a student graphic design show, at 5 p.m. in the College of Fine Arts Gallery. The show is one night only. There will be 15 students from the Graphic Design Five class displaying portfolio-quality work.


Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Around Ahwatukee: Kyrene teacher avid science fan (The Arizona Republic)

Centennial Middle School's Jon Hutman can't remember a time when he wasn't interested in science.


Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Premier IT Systems Integrator, Technology Integration Group, Joins AltiGen Partner Network (dBusinessNews.com)

SAN JOSE - AltiGen Communications, Inc. , the leading provider of integrated Microsoft-based Unified Communications solutions, is pleased to announce the addition of Technology Integration Group ( www.TIG.com ) to its partner network.


Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Survey reveals there are more women than men, including on social networks (BetaNews)

This just in: Females outnumber males on social networking sites. The site Pingdom did a survey , and concluded that 16 out of 19 (84%) of the most popular social sites have more women populating them than men.


Tuesday, December 08, 2009

A few of Google's 'Favorite Places' (amNewYork)

New Yorkers are used to businesses with reviews displayed in their front windows, but Google is taking the concept to a new interactive level. The Web giant has sent 3,700 decals to city businesses ? from hotels to clothing stores to yoga studios ? that identify them as "Favorite Places on Google."


Tuesday, December 08, 2009

British architect to talk about climate change and building design on Wednesday (The Oregonian)

Peter Clegg, an award-winning British architect with more than 25 years of experience in designing energy efficient buildings, will speak in downtown Portland Wednesday night.


Tuesday, December 08, 2009

How Google Will Infiltrate the Real-World: Mobile Coupons, Barcodes, and Visual Search (ReadWriteWeb)

The rapid growth of the mobile web is a force that could be disruptive to Google, a company that built its search engine for a desktop-based world. On the handheld, all bets are off. Anyone with an innovative concept for improving mobile search could gain ground, possibly even overtaking Google as the top search provider for mobile devices. But don't worry - Google hasn't been ignoring this ...


Monday, December 07, 2009

?stanbul Fashion Week to foster cooperation among industry players - Today's Zaman

Minister of Trade and Industry Zafer Ça?layan has called on all Turkish textile, fashion and design firms to attend ?stanbul Fashion Week 2010, a fashion show and trade fair encompassing various apparel sectors to be held Feb 3-6, in order to ...


Monday, December 07, 2009

Transit cop charged with raping teen (amNewYork)

A 29-year-old transit cop charged with raping an 18-year-old woman is scheduled to face a judge on Wednesday. Shawqi Ahmed, an officer since January 2006, was arrested by the NYPD Friday.


Monday, December 07, 2009

Istanbul Buyuksehir - OleOle

As a Istanbul Buyuksehir fan we know you are interested about Istanbul Buyuksehir transfers and Istanbul Buyuksehir tickets. On OleOle you can enjoy the pre-season and transfer windows with the latest Istanbul Buyuksehir news from many sources in the ...


Monday, December 07, 2009

Dhani Harrison's creative edge - Atlantic City Press

Dhani Harrison, 31, has made groove-driven music with Thenewno2, which he calls 'a good hang.' Just don't call it a band. HOLLYWOOD - It's easy to understand musician Dhani Harrison's antipathy toward the general concept of being in a rock band ...


Monday, December 07, 2009

Soldiers mixed on more expensive pin-on CSIB - Army News, news from Iraq, - Army Times (Army Times)

The Army's new Combat Service Identification Badge is now available in stores and on Web sites for soldiers to buy and display on the new Army Service Uniform.


Monday, December 07, 2009

Dark Skies discussion dims for now (Calaveras Enterprise)

"Regulations of the sort that are being discussed seem necessary on one side and not the other," said Angels Camp resident Lawrence See. "One thing we ought to be looking at is safety and the obtrusiveness into our neighbors."


Monday, December 07, 2009

Gifts for our furry friends (The Sierra Vista Herald)

Fundraiser assists animal shelters By Derek Jordan Herald Review No descr SIERRA VISTA ? With all of the donation drives and fundraising efforts aimed at helping the needy during the holiday season, the Cochise County Humane Society is taking steps to ensure that the area's animal shelters are getting help as well. " We know that, obviously, there are a lot of causes in the world that need our ...


Monday, December 07, 2009

Theft allegations that led to death now lead to suit (The Virginian-Pilot)

PORTSMOUTH Rush-hour traffic snarled on Feb. 1, 2008, as a SWAT team converged on Highstar Industrial Technologies at the edge of downtown. Inside, two longtime business partners were together in a room where, police would later say, a shot had been fired. Soon another rang out, killing a man. Police investigators concluded that a Highstar co-owner, Shelton Lee Barnes, shot himself.


Sunday, December 06, 2009

Magic Bullet for Strong Family Relationships - PRLog (free press release)

PR Log (Press Release) -- Dec 05, 2009 -- Children learn what is important from their families through conversations. Meal time, especially dinner, has always been the perfect time for family conversations to share family values of high school ...


Sunday, December 06, 2009

Review: BlackBerry Storm2 9550 - MacNN

Better push-down screen. 16GB card included; more RAM. Improved scrolling, typing, web browsing. Built-in Wi-Fi; GSM HSPA world mode. Good call quality and battery life. design and the clickable screen On first holding the Storm2, you'd be forgiven ...


Sunday, December 06, 2009

A joyful noise as horn maker relocates to Flat Creek (Shelbyville Times-Gazette)

A musician, an engineer, a blacksmith and a machinist walk into a workshop ... No, it's not the opening line of a joke. It's the start of a working day for Roy Lawler, who is the musician. And, in a...


Sunday, December 06, 2009

Personal photos land in AT&T ad campaign (MalaysiaNews.net)

Breiehagen, who has covered assignments from the North Pole to Antarctica for National Geographic and the New York Times Magazine, was taking personal shots of his daughter, Ana, approaching a tame re...


Sunday, December 06, 2009

Personal photos land in AT&T ad campaign (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Minneapolis photographer Per Breiehagen inadvertently turned some personal shots in his native Norway into the AT&T holiday ad campaign.


Saturday, December 05, 2009

'Avatar' Overload, Nic Cage's Bible for Sale ... - TheWrap

Avatar" Overload And on that front ... Every day there are more "Avatar" clips on TV, new excerpts on the web, exclusive new photographs, etc ... At least it's only a DVD. But what of "Transylmania"? Surely one of the stupidest, least ...


Saturday, December 05, 2009

Arizona accuses payday loan company of deception - The Sun News

PHOENIX -- Arizona authorities are accusing a major payday loan company of engaging in deceptive practices by filing collections lawsuits in courts far from where debtors live or took out the loans. Quik Cash and its parent company, QC Holdings Inc ...


Saturday, December 05, 2009

Yoono the Latest to Link with LinkedIn - Mediabistro.com

Yoono already leverages oAuth for other supported social-networking services such as Twitter, MySpace and FriendFeed, so it was a big bonus with LinkedIn's embrace of oAuth, as well. We're already working on designing additional features supported by ...


Saturday, December 05, 2009

NASA Challenges 350 Rocketeers Nationwide to Aim A Mile High (SpaceRef)

NASA Challenges 350 Rocketeers Nationwide to Aim A Mile High


Saturday, December 05, 2009

Rocketeers Challenged To Aim A Mile High (redOrbit)

NASA has invited more than 350 student rocketeers from middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities -- 37 teams nationwide -- to take part in the 2009-2010 NASA Student Launch Projects.


Saturday, December 05, 2009

Closed worlds for private gamers (BBC News)

Privately-hosted versions of commercial games allow players unlimited freedom, but developers would like to see an end to them.


Saturday, December 05, 2009

Private play (BBC News)

The gaming worlds the industry wishes didn't exist


Saturday, December 05, 2009

Designing a fresh look (The Argus Leader)

Chelsie Ritter never gets rid of old jeans. They're too valuable. She cuts them apart and reuses them, combining two, three or even four pairs to create one pair of bell bottoms that may feature lace, ribbon, pockets and ruffles. Ritter, 27, enjoys redesigning jeans and other clothes into edgy, born-again fashions.


Friday, December 04, 2009

National symphony accepts state's invitation - Charleston Daily Mail

According to the symphony's Web site, "all proceeds from any ticket sales from related events remain within the state to support local arts organizations." West Virginia leaders also will have the opportunity to be involved in designing events ...


Friday, December 04, 2009

Jamie Oliver Riles Wahaca Chef by Dissing U.K. Mexican Cuisine - Bloomberg

Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Jamie Oliver has hurt some feelings with remarks over the quality of Mexican food in the U.K. Thomasina Miers, who created the Wahaca chain, objected after an appearance by the TV chef at the BBC Good Food Show, Birmingham ...


Friday, December 04, 2009

Hello Chrysler, Ciao Lancia? - MSN Money

We strive to be your daily destination for news, notes, tips and tricks from across the automotive world. So whether it's through original content from our world-class journalists or the latest buzz from the far corners of the Web, Exhaust Notes ...


Friday, December 04, 2009

Lindich: Four-thirds cameras better than SLR models - Inside Bay Area

Question: I was reading your Web site's recommended Micro Four-Thirds Cameras page and was wondering if you'd recommend those instead of a full blown SLR? Answer: Micro Four-Thirds (m4 3) is a new interchangeable lens digital camera format based on ...


Friday, December 04, 2009

Add a Creative Touch to Holiday Projects With Avery Label & Card ... - Investors Business Daily

BREA, Calif., Dec 03, 2009 PRNewswire via COMTEX -- The holidays are here, which means busy schedules become more hectic as people try to make time for holiday projects. Avery makes it easier with a wide range of products and free software that ...


Friday, December 04, 2009

Rick Warren Biography Uncovers Rocky Marriage, Depression - Christian Post

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