PHPRunner 4.0: Build Web Databases With Ease of Drag-n-Drop
XlineSoft has released PHPRunner 4.0 - an easy to use solution that web-enables most popular databases. The new version introduces charting and reporting capabilities improving data visualization as well as a WYSIWYG visual development environment. (PRWeb Jun 7, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/Q3Jhcy1TcXVhLVN1bW0tU2luZy1UaGlyLVplcm8=
SAP Earnings Signal Turnaround
SAP's profit rose 8.2 percent thanks to a surprising increase in license sales. In response, the company's stock surged to record highs not seen in the last 18 months. For the quarter, SAP posted net income of about 51 cents a share, or $620 million, from 47 cents a share, or $573 million, a year ago.
Hot_Author Speaks
Kathryn Lopez interviews Mrs. Frum about her new book, The President#39;s Secret Instant MessagesHere#39;s Danielle explaining her method: Sometimes... . . . (Read on Source)
Herbalife Says Expert Relied On Inaccurate Data
NEW YORK - Herbalife argues in a May 14 brief before the ephedra multidistrict litigation court that a plaintiff's case-specific expert's testimony should be excluded because the expert relied on inaccurate facts, did not properly consider the plaintiff's risk factors and included general causation opinion in his testimony (Harbir Singh v. Herbalife International of America, Inc., No. 06 CV 00014; In Re: Ephedra Products Liability Litigation, 04 MD 1598, S.D. N.Y.). Full story on lexis.com
Assessors vote: GnA will be paid
Tippecanoe County township trustee-assessors voted Tuesday night to pay GnA of Greensburg $12,101.79.
Small cosmological constant in seesaw mechanism with breaking down SUSY
Abstract: The observed small value of cosmological constant can be naturally related with the scale of breaking down supersymmetry in agreement with other evaluations in particle physics. (Read on Source)
Bears pull off a stunner
No celebrating, but critical win gives Bears renewed hope A 19-16 victory in a must-win game should have created at least a bit of a stir in the Bears' locker room. But linebacker Lance Briggs saw little reason to celebrate, at least about the defensive effort. (Read on Source)
Halo 3 Glitches & Tricks: Canadian Coin Easter Egg - Snow Bound
Halo 3 first-person shooter XBox video game tricks & glitches: Where to see a Canadian coin on Snow Bound
Flash Player 10 Beta 2 released
The new Adobe Flash Player 10 Beta 2 has been released yesterday on Adobe Labs, with some improved and new features, like some enhancement of the Audio API, new Loader.unloadAndStop for easier garbage collecting, Linux WMODE, and some changes in the FullScreen keyboard access. for more info and download check Adobe Labs Flash Player [...]
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Twitter's Growing Pains
Plagued by service outages, the microblogging site rebuilds its infrastructure.
Report: Broncos to release S Lynch - National Post
 National Post | Report: Broncos to release S Lynch National Post - Denver Broncos safety John Lynch may have taken part in his final practice with the team, according to a published report on Wednesday. Right team, right time for McCree Pro Bowler Lynch, Broncos going separate ways |
Leave Barack ALONE!
Presenter: Christopher Beam, National Spokesperson of "Hot Twinks for Obama." Script by Michelle Obama, Ph. D., J.D., Mom (Read on Source)
The future of IT: No big bangs, information everywhere
Don't wait for blockbuster technologies like the Internet to stir up corporate IT in the coming years. Instead, existing trends will continue to evolve and expand, says Forrester Research.
Michael Phelps is not the greatest athlete in Olympic history
When I saw the title I was ready for another article just bashing Phelps for the sake of it. But the guy has a point. And honestly I have a new hero! Eight golds as a mother of two-that's impressive! (Read on Source)
Discs Meet the Internet in Next-Gen Blu-ray Players
Six years after its official launch, the consumer electronics industry's high-definition successor to DVD still hasn't taken off.
That's got manufacturers concerned enough to take action. Fortunately for consumers, the action will include lowering prices, adding features and integrating players into "connected ecosystems" that let users take advantage of increasingly popular online media as well as content that comes on shiny plastic discs.
Three main factors contribute to the perception that the now-dominant high-definition Blu-ray disc standard is stagnating: high overall prices, a general satisfaction with the current DVD format and buyer confusion in the midst of competing and multiplying technologies.
"The [Blu-ray format] is being adopted in a similar pattern as previous technologies, but it is not being adopted at the same [rate]," says Paul Erickson, Director of DVD and HD Market Research for DisplaySearch. While DVD also took years to become popular, he says, the adoption curve for Blu-ray is even longer and is fraught with bumpy obstacles, such as a few DRM security code and playback problems.
The two-and-a-half-year standards war with a competing high-def format, HD DVD, certainly didn't help. The battle ended in early 2008 when HD DVD's last major supporter, Toshiba, threw in the towel, but consumer confusion lingers. A tough economy has also slowed consumers' acceptance of the format.
At next week's CEDIA 2008 conference, an annual gathering of television and home theater manufacturers, retailers and installers, expect to see an orgy of competing Blu-ray players. Some will focus on low prices (like Philips and Netlogic), and others will highlight features that integrate their physical content with wireless systems to download content from the internet (such as BD Live).
Still, not everyone is convinced that these measures will help Blu-ray. Josh Martin of the Yankee Group says there are still too many "unclear messages" surrounding the format (such as unconventional BD spec profiles, which offer different versions of a player's capabilities) that throw that ecosystem out of whack.
There's also a value disconnect: Most people can't justify purchasing a Blu-ray player that costs five times as much as a DVD player -- especially if it's not five times better. "The opportunity lies in creating a simple, mass-market device," says Martin. So far, that device hasn't arrived, despite tries by everyone from Sony to Magnavox.
Until that device arrives, Martin says, a small price change (like Sony's recent 25 percent drop announcement), or even a cool spec upgrade won't make a difference. "Blu-ray will continue to struggle towards the end of [2008] because the format adoption is driven by price," Martin concludes.
Andy Parsons, a senior vice president at Pioneer and chair of the Blu-ray Association, sees a different side. He points to the 8 million Blu-ray players already sold this year (on pace to triple last year's sales) as an example that people are excited about Blu-ray and HD technologies in general, and will respond to more aggressive features:
"People say [low Blu-ray sales last year] were because of a lack of demand but it was really a lack of supplies. The demand was high," Parsons says.
The shortage wasn't caused by the difficulty and expense of creating Blu-ray discs and players, which many critics of the format often cite, but because manufacturers simply didn't expect to sell that many players in the first place, Parsons says.
Given the state of change, companies at CEDIA 2008 are focusing on developing the technology, regardless of the price. Pioneer will release a new Elite player next week that the company says will surpass every other high-end player in quality, but it comes with a heart-stopping $2,000 price tag. Yamaha is coming out with its own high-end player, as is up-and-coming Sherwood. And, it seems, every big-time audio maker at CEDIA is preparing huge systems to blow up the high-end sound produced by these players.
But that relative excess is the heart of the problem, says Gartner analyst Steve Kleyhans. For him, the entertainment ecosystem is simply too expensive to keep up with. In order to fully realize the value of a Blu-ray player's high-definition features, families also need to buy new HDTVs, new speakers and who knows, maybe an extra fluffy couch. Watching an HD movie on the 14-inch analog TV just won't cut it.
That's why Kleyhans predicts that more HDTVs will be sold as more Blu-ray players and other high-def media proliferates.
What about the threat from downloadable or streaming internet video? Interestingly, most manufacturers and analysts we talked with do not believe that online media is an immediate threat to optical discs.
First, the national bandwidth infrastructure is incomplete and can't come close to delivering HD movies on a wide enough scale to compete with physical discs within the next five years. Second, the market for set-top boxes that display internet video on your TV offers too many options, and most services are still incomplete (for example, Roku's set-top box only provides access to 10 percent of the Netflix catalog). And third, as Martin concludes, the experience is "still not as simple as popping in a disc."
It looks like for the majority of people, popping a disc in a slot for entertainment is proving too hard of a compulsion to let go. It's just going to take awhile before that disc is a Blu-ray one.
XRank and the Yahoo Buzz Index
Recently, SEW Expert Erik Qualman examined Google Insights for search trends related to newly announced Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Like Barack Obama , being unknown sends people a-searching on the internet. Google Trends and Insights gets a lot of attention when it comes to measuring searches, and so does measurement firm ... (Read on Source)
Samsung Goes Public With SanDisk Bid
Samsung said it is offering $26 per share for SanDisk.
GM sends Hummer sales book to potential buyers
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp has sent a sales prospectus for Hummer to potential bidders as it scrambles to shore up its cash amid a sharp downturn in global auto sales.
NBA eyes joint league, opportunities in China
AFP - The NBA said Saturday it hoped to help run a professional basketball league in China, as it pursued an aggressive plan to tap into a growing market in the world's most populous nation. (Read on Source)
FullArmor GPAnywhere for VPN secures Transient Endpoints with Group Policy
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Ferrari sabotage story resurfaces
Oct.24 (GMM) A Modena court has confirmed that sabotage against Ferrari did take place prior to last year's Monaco grand prix. The court report, referred to by the Spanish newspaper Diario Sport, said the powder put in the cars could have caused an engine failure. (Read on Source)
New Plug-in Turns WordPress Into Instant Membership Site
Synergy Software Group, LLC announces the release of new plug-in providing multiple payment gateways and flexible subscription options for creating paid membership sites built upon the popular WordPress platform. (PRWeb Nov 12, 2008)
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Who sells products in the best way online?
Back in 2007, the TutorialBlog took a look at the 20 best ecommerce websites. But what makes them good? Selling products online can be challenging. You have to create a...
Unit wants to savor time with Giants - MLB.com
 Washington Post | Unit wants to savor time with Giants MLB.com - By Chris Haft / MLB.com Randy Johnson will bring his 4789 career strikeouts to San Francisco in 2009. (Ross D. Franklin/AP) SAN FRANCISCO -- If 2009 is Randy Johnson's final Major League campaign, he intends to cherish it. Johnson Ready to Be a Giant Johnson, Sabean say Giants can contend |
Tools for Migrating from Windows to Linux
Datamation: "Taking baby steps to become more familiar with a new operating system can be as simple as revamping the OS already in use on your computer. It begins with unlearning Windows-born behavior to free up your mind for a new way of doing things."
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