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Why Apple Should Acquire AMD

Anonymous Reader writes "Let’s face it. AMD is having quite a bit of financial problems in its race against Intel to grab more market share. Although AMD has done well, and I respect them for what they have accomplished considering the sheer difference in size between the top two chip makers, they need to be put out of their misery by a company that can either take AMD out of the Intel vs. AMD race or have enough capital to give it a significant boost."



Mike Gravel at Take Back America

Senator Gravel's introducer, Raph Nader, was introduced to scattered boos, and spoke for 18 of Gravel's allotted 30 minutes. Then Gravel spoke for about six minutes. (Read on Source)


Performancing.com - what's the point? | Performancing Reboot Part 1

This is part 1 of the Performancing Blog Reboot . Let's dive right into this as there's a lot to cover today. For the first step, we're breaking it down to 3 phases: Collecting basic information Evaluating / measuring the good and bad Defining purpose, focus and audience Let's get started on the first one, collecting stats on our target blog, ... (Read on Source)


SEO Chat Forums - Why a site come supplimental results

Date: July 13th, 2007 01:58 PM - Janna122003 - Untitled Post: I do not understand why the one site is come in the supplimental result I have one blog on the blogspot and when I see this on the search engine then i find that there is a tag after the site url and page size that is "upplemental R...


The shirt of the week

The shirt of the week Funny shot of Dave McClure from Jeremiah Owyang’s Flickr stream. (Read on Source)


5 things you need to know about the Cisco CCNA certification program

The CCNA certification is a valuable certification that is frequently updated. I have come up with 5 things every CCNA candidate should have handy when preparing for the CCNA or trying to keep your CCNA current. Lets take a look...



Daniel's CISCO CCNA recommendations

By the way, if you are looking to really master Cisco Routing & Switching, I strongly recommend that you try the Cisco Training Videos at Train Signal.  I receive hundreds of emails a month asking for "training recommendations" and I discovered this company several months ago. I have used and reviewed A LOT of training products over the years and none of them come close to matching the quality or amount of detail found in Train Signal's courses. Read more (and watch a demo!) on their Cisco CCNA Training Videos

Daniel Petri


Nokia's Ovi service revives N-Gage gaming platform

Nokia's N-Gage gets a revival


PPA Trial Scheduled For July 2008

TAMPA, Fla. - According to a case management order issued June 4, trial in a recently remanded PPA case is scheduled for July 2008 and is expected to last 12 days (Frank Moment, Jr., et al. v. Bayer Corp., No. 8:04-CIV-2659-T-24MSS, M.D. Fla.). Full story on lexis.com


iPhone Accessories For You Posted By : Andrea Dilea

The apple iphone is here. Now you need some extras and accessories!


Draper Helps Red Wings Beat Flames 4-2

DETROIT (AP) -- Kris Draper's goal late in the second period broke a tie and lifted the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-2 win over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night.... (Read on Source)


Giuliani Law Partner Distances Candidate From Bernard Kerik

Rudy Giuliani's law partner has been tasked with making sure the troubles of the former New York City mayor's ex-police commissioner and friend, Bernard Kerik, don't come back to bite the Republican presidential frontrunner.


What Numbers are Right?

I picked up a copy of the winter edition of Electronic Retailer Magazine and started looking at the social networking data that they provided. Imagine my confusion when I saw different numbers for US Social Networking AD Spending on two different pages. Emarketer said that is expects that social network ad spending will rise to $2.7 [...] (Read on Source)


Jackson's Obama comments almost went unnoticed

Jackson's Obama comments almost went unnoticed NEW YORK -- The news that the Rev. Jesse Jackson took a crude swipe at Sen. Barack Obama this week put renewed scrutiny on the relationship between the veteran civil rights activist and Democratic presidential contender. (Read on Source)


What would you do if you were the CEO of Seesmic?

I am trying to gather the most amazing feedback a CEO of company has ever had about what he should do. All in the open and in public. The way I did it is simple, I used Seesmic, Twitter and Friendfeed (as well as this blog you can leave a comment) to gather tons of feedback about what people would do if they were... me. Founder and CEO of a brand ... (Read on Source)


Snickers and its ad agency court the homophobes - again

What is wrong with Mars, Inc./Masterfoods? Look at this Snickers commercial produced by Omnicon. The accompanying text is from AdAge critic Bob Garfield's open letter to Omnicon CEO John Wren criticizing this tripe (h/t Joe.My.God ): In January 2007, from TBWA, New York, there was the Snickers Super Bowl ad: two auto mechanics, chewing on ... (Read on Source)


Tourist influx could destroy Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu was one of the few Inca citdels that escaped the destruction of the Spanish Conquistadores, perched some 8000 feet above sea level on a shelf jutting out of the Andes Mountains. (Read on Source)


SMWF

Hi everyone im new to the boards but this stock has been on my radarfor quite a...


Numbers tumble

Numbers tumble The birds of the world are in serious trouble, and common species are in now decline all over the globe, a comprehensive new review suggests today. From the turtle doves of Europe to the vultures of India, from the bobwhite quails of the US to the yellow cardinals of Argentina, from the eagles of Africa to the albatrosses of the Southern Ocean, ... (Read on Source)


Ugh

Ugh I had a nourishing post, on logical fallacies and reasoning, but it takes a little more facility than I have right now to put it together. I'm in the middle of sneezing, coughing, congestion, and medium grade fever, and contemplating the next four nights of work, starting tonight. But here's something, and my actual knowledge of this is incomplete, (Read on Source)


Varsity Letters: Fort Hill-Dunbar controversy a missed opportunity

Last weekend, at a Fort Hill vs. Dunbar, D.C., football game in Cumberland, the Dunbar coach pulled his team in the third quarter, alleging racial taunts including the use of the "N" word. While leading 14-8, but in the middle of a Fort Hill drive that was being helped along by unsportsmanlike conduct penalties on Dunbar?s players and coach, ... (Read on Source)


Charger rallies against gay marriage

Charger rallies against gay marriage San Diego Charger Jacques Cesaire (left) was a featured highlight yesterday at an anti-gay-marriage rally sponsored by iprotectmarriage.com, we have learned from Good As You blog. They have an audio recording of the event in which Cesaire and NFL free agent Akbar Gbaja-Biamila (right), brother of Packer Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila (KGB), encourage ... (Read on Source)


Simply Mepis and My Office

LXer: "What do I use Linux for in my office? Virtually anything that's needed. I'm not trying to be cute, but it's still the truth. I'll attempt to detail some things I routinely use Linux for in my duties as pastor of a small church."


Zakaria's Piffle

Zakaria's Piffle He writes: "It's a time to figure out what works, not what ideological mantras to keep repeating. It's the age of Michael Bloomberg, not Margaret Thatcher." I have admired Zakaria's work, but the notion that Thatcher merely kept repeating ideological mantras, whereas Bloomberg has gotten things done, is otherworldly. (Read on Source)


Global Secure Systems: GSS warns that WiFi security is no longer secure

... now advise clients using WiFi in their offices to move on up to a VPN encryption system as well," said David Hobson, GSS' managing director. "Brute force decryption of ...


StarCraft Patch 1.16 Released

Ten years later, Blizzard is still releasing patches for StarCraft.

Today's update, now available at FileShack, comes in two flavors: one for those with plain old StarCraft and one for those with the Brood War expansion.

Patch 1.16 brings some CPU optimizations--the game "now only uses as much CPU as it needs to run smoothly." In-game chat but not whispers is now saved in the replays. There's also a few bug fixes and the removal of numerous exploits. Sorry Terrans, no more drop-anywhere nukes. Don't worry, the Zerg lost some exploits too.