We are moving!
As we teased this weekend, the move is going to be official this week. Joe and I have been invited to join the MVN.com site where we will combine our efforts with another writer to form Redlegs Rundown. It will be basically the same format with chances to comment on each post. We will periodically still post items to Reds Rally, but the majority ... (Read on Source)
Atlanta Cutlery Corp. & Museum Replicas Ltd. to Produce Marvel Character-Based Prop Collectible Prod
Atlanta Cutlery Corp & Museum Replicas Ltd. named prop collectibles licensee for the Marvel Universe throughout North America. (PRWeb May 4, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/Q291cC1UaGlyLUZhbHUtUHJvZi1NYWduLVplcm8=
FTC OKs aQuantive buyout by Microsoft (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp.'s $6 billion acquisition of online advertising group aQuantive Inc. has cleared an antitrust regulatory hurdle, the companies said Friday.
NIST endorses Microsoft's Open XML in upcoming vote
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is backing Microsoft's effort to certify Office Open XML as an international standard.
IBM Rolls Out Storage Option For The Little Guy
Big Blue thinks its latest array will get it back in the race with HP and EMC for the white-hot SMB market.
Nokia to buy Navteq for $8.1 billion
"Nokia is paying $8 billion for Navteq, the map maker that supplies maps to websites (such as Google Maps) and GPS devices..."
Scribd’s iPaper Plan
Scribd, the San Francisco-based startup that was dubbed the “YouTube of Documents,” has finally become worthy of that sobriquet. While I don’t care much about community around documents, I love the concept of the dead simple sharing of documents. And that’s precisely what this 10-person startup that raised close to $5 ... (Read on Source)
Sub Marine Catcher
You know those carnival games that you see at shopping malls? This claw game is definitely one of the creepiest, since you won't be able to pick up any soft toy or electronic device, but instead win a real life lobster instead. I wonder what the success rate is like, considering you'll need to snag a moving target that is slimy and slippery all at once. Should you actually achieve the impossible and grab one of these, the arcade manager will provide you with a plastic bag so that you don't have to wet your entire backpack toting it around. This claw game is located in Osaka, Japan, if you're curious to know where you can give it a shot.
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Study Finds Searchers' Patience Lessening
Every SEO-type person knows that it's best to be above the fold on the first page of search results. A new study in which Yahoo, iProspect, and JupiterResearch were all involved drives this point home, however, and then offers a few less-common tips on how to gain a good position.
NY Tech Meetup 070108
I went to the July 1st NY Tech Meetup last week and got a chance to see some interesting new companies present. They are each linked below with a brief description: (Read on Source)
Distribution Of Creatures Great And Small Can Be Predicted Mathematically
In studying how animals change size as they evolve, biologists have unearthed several interesting patterns. For instance, most species are small, but the largest members of a taxonomic group -- such as the great white shark, the Komodo dragon, or the African elephant -- are often thousands or millions of times bigger than the typical species. Now for the first time researchers explain these patterns within an elegant statistical framework.
Boro's Johnson interests Rangers
Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate has revealed he may be willing to let Adam Johnson join Rangers on loan.
Yahoo director Kotick to resign after meeting (Reuters)
Reuters - Yahoo Inc director Robert Kotick's resignation will take effect after the company's annual meeting this week, where he will stand for reelection, to comply with a settlement with investor Carl Icahn.
Tucows Announces Return of OpenSRS Where Friendly, Reliable Service Comes First
... through Wednesday. About OpenSRS OpenSRS is a global provider of wholesale Internet services to web hosting companies and ISPs. Wholly owned by Tucows, Inc., OpenSRS provides wholesale services for hosted ...
Headed for Chicago
I am getting on a flight to Chicago this morning (the 29th), I should be there at least a couple of days. Feel free to email me if you are in Chicago and want to meet. The evening of the 30th I am doing something and the business day of the 31st I am doing something, [...] (Read on Source)
CCNA, CCNP, And Cisco Security Practice Exam Questions: POSTs, ROM, RAM, And More!
Let's test your knowledge of Power-On Self Tests, SDFs, route redistribution, and other important Cisco certification exam topics! Answers are at the bottom of the page. No peeking! CCNA Certificat...
Is it time for Netflix to invest in system upgrade? (CNET)
CNET - Netflix has traced the causes of a lengthy system outage this month that prevented the online movie rental service from shipping for several days to a hardware glitch.
Synthetic Blood From Stem Cells? Yes, a Company Says
Will bloodmobiles soon be a thing of the past, like vacuum-tube televisions and glass milk bottles delivered daily?
More important: Will the use of embryonic stem cells, which became a heated issue during the 2004 presidential election, finally produce a breakout product? One that will squelch the controversy for all but a few die-hards who still prefer their milk in glass bottles?
Researchers at Advanced Cell Technology in Worcester, Massachusetts, announced the breakthrough a few days ago. Working with scientists from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and the University of Chicago, A.C.T.'s team says it has developed a method for making potentially unlimited and scalable supplies of synthetic blood from embryonic stem cells.
The findings are published in Blood, a scientific journal. A.C.T.'s chief scientific officer Robert Lanza led the team.
If the claim holds up to scrutiny, it would be a huge boon for humankind, which until now has had to collectively open its veins to provide tons of this basic stuff of life for people who need extra blood because of injuries, surgeries or disease.
The discovery also would remove the danger of blood being tainted by pathogens that cause hepatitis, H.I.V. and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, among other viruses and bacteria.
But will this promise become reality?
Advanced Cell Technology has made incredible claims before. Under recently departed C.E.O. Michael West?whom some critics compared with the circus promoter P.T. Barnum?the company routinely asserted that stem-cell therapies were likely to reverse the aging process and grow replacement body parts, while most scientists were talking a more cautious line.
The company was the first to clone an endangered species, an Asian bovine called a gaur, which died soon after?possibly from causes unrelated to the cloning. A.C.T. also claimed it had cloned the first human embryo, attracting worldwide attention, though the embryos grew to only a few cells in size.
Some blame the company's over-enthusiasm for playing into the hands of stem-cell opponents in the Bush administration and elsewhere who were bent on squelching this new therapy. President Bush severely restricted federal funding for stem-cell research in 2001?restrictions that remain today, and are likely to until the next administration takes office.
Under Lanza, the company may not have fulfilled all of the promises made by West, but it has produced a string of solid discoveries and observations?though none have proved to be commercially viable. Most recently, Lanza's team has also induced stem cells to grow into retinal cells in eyes.
Creating synthetic blood has proved difficult; decades of efforts have so far been in vain. Several potential products are being tested in human clinical trials, most of them focusing on the critical function that blood plays in transporting oxygen. Other products, however, have been abandoned when they either didn't work, or proved to have dangerous or deadly side effects.
Blood created by stem cells is very similar to the real thing, and may avoid the pitfalls with other, more artificial techniques. If further tests confirm A.C.T.'s discovery?and, critically, show that the process is scalable and affordable?stem-cell blood may make the company more attractive to investors as it desperately seeks cash to carry on.
In July, a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission revealed that A.C.T. had $17 million in current liabilities, but only $1 million in cash and other current assets, the Boston Globe reported. A.C.T.'s stock has been trading at 6 cents per share, down from $8 per share three years ago.
It's hard to know what the new techniques will cost once scaled up, or what revenues the discovery will bring in; Lanza says that he expects the company to know within two years if the processes will work.
Independent scientists are hopeful that the discovery will pan out. "The problem with relying on donated blood is that there are always shortages," Professor Alex Medvinsky, a blood stem-cell expert at the University of Edinburgh, told the Times of London. "The ability to generate red blood cells in very large numbers would be a very big thing."
Microsoft, Novell Making Virtualization Moves At VMworld
Microsoft and Novell are set to further their bi-directional virtualization efforts at VMworld. Here?s the scoop, from The VAR Guy.
SEO Chat Forums - Will google accept www- domains instead of www.
Date: September 11th, 2008 02:06 AM - ssandecki - Untitled Post: I'm heard of webmasters doing this, however I've yet to see a site rank number one using this format. I would just aim for a different domain name, try to use hypens. Remember, you don't "have" to have your keywords in your...
Kotla's new look for IPL
NEW DELHI, April 18: Those who have been complaining for years about poor facilities for spectators at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground may be in for a pleasant surprise. Come Saturday evening, when Team Delhi take on Rajasthan, Kotla is set to roll out a whole new experience. (Read on Source)
Kazakh bloggers say can't access popular website (Reuters)
Reuters - Internet users in Kazakhstan complained of censorship Friday after being unable to access the popular blogging service Livejournal, but the state-owned telecoms company denied it was blocking it.
Web Hosting Firm, DiscountASP.NET, Offers FTP Management Tools
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Visualization and Web Analytics
It’s cold and chilly in NYC tonight; much of the day it rained and drizzled and I felt I was on the top of a 39 floor mountain looking down into the rainy fog, below, from my midtown office space. (Read on Source)
Christian Science Monitor to publish online only
The cost-cutting measure makes The Monitor the first national newspaper to essentially give up on print.
October country’s refugees
With the help from the season simulator by SG from the Replacement Level Yankee Weblog, let's find out who was the best team to completely miss the World Series. Order the Hardball Times Annual 2009 today ! (Read on Source)
Star Wars Fans Rejoice - Han Solo Carbonite USB Drive
We’ve got a select few readers who’ve purchased all the Mimobot Star Wars drives, and now they can expand their collection with the Han Solo Carbonite USB drive. As SlashGear points out, Han Solo was suppose to be frozen for eternity but without encryption technology your data wont have that same possibility, so maybe it’ll escape [...]
FOSS: Price Is Zero, Value Is Priceless
The battle of the operating systems is intensifying in Nepal, and it looks like free open source software like Linux is emerging as a viable alternative to commercial software. People usually are only too happy to grab anything labeled "free," but free and open source software was finding it difficult to make much headway against the commercial giants.
Ghostbusters Screenshots: Don't Cross The Streams
Along with that new trailer, publisher Atari has issued several new screenshots from Terminal Reality and Red Fly's Ghostbusters, including our first look at the Wii version.
Left, Ghostbusters on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Right, Wii.
Set two years after the second Ghostbusters flick, the game hits PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and DS in June 2009. Terminal Reality handled the PC, PS3 and 360 incarnations, while Red Fly developed the PS2, Wii and Nintendo DS iterations.
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