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Blogging at the Conversation Hub
I've just begun blogging at Supernova's Conversation Hub, along with Kevin Werbach, Suw Charman and Renee Hopkins Callahan, with others to follow. Some bright folks, so I guess they brought me in to normalize the IQ scores. (Read on Source)
CWS area host team safe for now
For now, Lafayette Colt Tournaments, Inc., has eased out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam regarding a second area team's Colt World Series participation.
The Best Game in Town
Linux Journal: "In October 2006, Terra Soft announced its plan to build the world's first supercomputing cluster using the Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3), which utilizes the IBM Cell Broadband Engine and the Linux operating system..."
JointLogic Web Designer 1.4.0 released
JointLogic has released JointLogic Web Designer 1.4.0, a commercial HTML designer and CSS designer package, for Eclipse 3.3.0. This release officially supports Eclipse 3.3/Europa with WTP 2.0 and fixes several stability issues. All customers and evaluating users are encouraged to upgrade.
Newtek Business Services Promotes Brian Gagnon to Director of National Sales
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Manhunt 2 pericoloso per gli adulti
Manhunt 2 pericoloso per gli adulti La guardia stretta della censura britannica non si abbassa: il videogioco più controverso di questi mesi, Manhunt 2, non può ancora trovare la via agli scaffali del Regno Unito. La Commissione Censura inglese ritiene infatti che il titolo, sebbene ritoccato per...
Moose use roads as a defence against bears
A drive through Yellowstone National Park these days is like going on a photo safari: elk, bison, deer, big horn and moose hang out so close to the roads that it?s easy to spot them. Research now shows this isn?t because the area is jam-packed with animals ? some mammals seem to be attracted to the roads as a shield against predators. (Read on Source)
Today in Science
Events 1983 - The metre is defined at the seventeenth General Conference on Weights and Measures in terms of the speed of light as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. 2003 - Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in its discovery by the team of Michael E. Brown , Chad Trujillo , and David ... (Read on Source)
More to Mac sales than a halo
For years, it's been fashionable to link an increase Mac shipments with an increase in iPod shipments. That's because it's easier to draw one line than six lines.
BBC programmes go on iTunes
Life on Mars, Spooks and other BBC shows are made available to download from digital store iTunes.
Dojo Stabilizes Open Source Ajax Toolkit
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Here are some of the most recent Web Design Firm listings submitted by fellow designers. Submit Your Web Design Company FrozenSkys Software UK "FrozenSkys Software Specializes in web design and development, including bespoke programming,...
Crawling The Internet To Track Infectious Disease Outbreaks
Could Internet discussion forums, listservs and online news outlets be an informative source of information on disease outbreaks? A team of researchers from Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School thinks so, and it has launched a real-time, automated data-gathering system called HealthMap to gather, organize and disseminate this online intelligence.
Hosting Partnership Between SAVVIS and iJET, for Infrastructure Services, Debuts
St. Louis, Missouri - (The Hosting News) - July 11, 2008 - IT infrastructure services for business applications, SAVVIS, has been selected by intelligent risk systems firm, iJET Worldcue Solutions, to assist multinational corporations and government organizations monitor and assess global threats.
Mark Griffith, Director of Operations Technology at iJET noted, ''SAVIS provides us with the flexible solutions required to support our growing community of multinational clients. SAVVIS' managed hosting services offer a variety of software licensing options which greatly simplifies the transition and management of our IT services.''
The iJET global intelligence and business resiliency services, provide predictive intelligence and world-class technology that helps multinational organizations monitor, protect against and respond to operating threats around the world. SAVVIS is assisting iJET in consolidating and simplifying the IT infrastructure underpinning iJET's Worldcue Global Control Center. Worldcue integrates world-class open source intelligence with patented technology to help its more than 450 clients protect their people, facilities and supply chain assets, mitigating risks, reducing corporate liability and proactively managing business disruptions.
SAVVIS will provide iJET with an IT infrastructure solution consisting of managed hosting, network and security services that will underpin the Worldcue business resiliency solutions. SAVVIS will deploy and manage the infrastructure from two of its geographically diverse data centers allowing iJET to increase its focus on its core business objectives.
Market demand for hosting services continues to expand. Gartner forecasts that the North American Web hosting market will grow from $8.8 billion in 2005 to $21.4 billion in 2011. This according to Dataquest Insight: Web Hosting, North America, 2005 - 2011, published November 12, 2007, and authored by Gartner analyst Lydia Leong.
James Whitemore, SAVVIS Chief Marketing Officer remarked, ''As iJET expands their operations, we will be ready to provide the required IT services necessary to enable that growth. Our unique ability to adjust our services to the needs of our customers while offering the geographic diversity they require sets us apart in the growing market for IT services.''iJET Intelligent Risk Systems is a leader in operational risk management, helping multinational corporations and government organizations monitor, protect against and respond to global threats. Integrating world-class open source intelligence with patented technology, iJET's award-winning Worldcue solutions help clients monitor and assess global threats relative to their key people, facilities and supply chain assets; automatically track and communicate with travelers and expatriates; and deploy emergency response services throughout the world at a moment's notice. Providing a unified view of threats to assets, iJET enables clients to mitigate risks, reduce corporate liability and prepare for and respond to business disruptions.
Headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., SAVVIS, Inc. is an IT infrastructure services for business applications. With an IT services platform spanning North America, Europe, and Asia, SAVVIS is an industry leader in delivering secure, reliable, and scalable hosting, network, and application services. These solutions enable customers to focus on their core business while SAVVIS ensures the quality of their IT systems and operations. SAVVIS' strategic approach combines virtualization technology, a global network and multiple data centers, and automated management and provisioning systems.
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Sales is from Mars, Marketing is from Venus - Podcast Vol III - The Sales Perspective
This blog is where we share Marketo's latest thinking about B2B marketing, from best practices in search engine marketing to lead nurturing to marketing accountability. (Read on Source)
Account Terminated
2008-07-17 - It appears that my Sphinn Profile has been terminated as of 2008-07-16 sometime shortly before midnight. Bummer, the one thing every Professional Internet Marketer hates to have happen, having your account terminated due to disrespecting rule abiding Sphinn Members, can you believe that? As if I wasn't sucked into that "defensive& (Read on Source)
SpineUniverse.com Named Finalist for 'Best Healthcare Online Media Brand' by MM&M
Medical, Marketing & Media (MM&M) recently selected SpineUniverse.com, along with WebMD and HealthDay, as one of five finalists for the 2008 "Best Healthcare Online Media Brand" award. (PRWeb Jul 28, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1143074.htm
I Went to Cheers & They Knew My Name
The hotel we stayed at was just two-minutes from the famous Cheers bar. Yea, the one from the popular TV show that was on the air for 11 seasons. So, the first day we arrived, we decided to check the original Cheers Beacon Hill out. Here is me at the stairs down to Cheers: When we walked in, it looked nothing like the real cheers. But it was a ... (Read on Source)
Geoengineering is not the solution to global warming, argues Greenpeace's Doug Parr
Tinkering with our entire planetary system is not a silver bullet. It's an expression of political despair, writes Greenpeace's Doug Parr (Read on Source)
Gallery: 10 Things You Should've Bought at PAX 2008
: Photo: Stephen Brashear/Wired.com
SEATTLE, Washington -- Besides being a global gamer mecca, the annual Penny Arcade Expo is also an excellent place to pick up some super-cool, super-dorky swag.
Unlike Comic-Con where massive dealers' rooms hold hundreds of vendors that sell everything up to and including the kitchen sink (if the sink was autographed by Mark Hamill), Penny Arcade Expo takes a more conservative approach. Vendors can come to the show only if Penny Arcade likes the cut of their jib.
If you went to PAX over the weekend and didn't return with something at least this awesome, we feel sorry for you. Check out Wired.com's full Penny Arcade Expo coverage, including photo galleries from day one and day two of the expo.
Left: PAX attendees with $400 to burn had the opportunity to purchase one of the rarest videogame systems ever: Colorvision. Produced and sold only in France by various manufacturers, it features five games, each of which has an acetate screen embedded into them. The system lights up the screen and the acetate serves as a colorful, if non-interactive, backdrop. On sale at Y-Bot Classic Video Games.
: Photo: Stephen Brashear/Wired.com After years of waiting, the anticipated Xbox Live Arcade game Castle Crashers finally debuted last week. In celebration, its long-suffering fans could buy all kinds of Castle Crashers merch at PAX, including these adorably violent figurines for $10. But not the Castle playset, which was just for show.
: Photo: Stephen Brashear/Wired.com For those poor Japanese kids who couldn't afford real videogames, there was Time Lock the Invader. It's an unlicensed combination of Space Invaders and Perfection -- put all of the invaders onto the stand, matching the red tops with the black bottoms, before time runs out and the game explodes. $75 at Y-Bot.
: Photo: Stephen Brashear/Wired.com Kent, Washington, anime store, Sweet Kitty, is famous among Penny Arcade devotees. The retailer shared a space with the Penny Arcade creators at a comic convention many years ago, and were subsequently immortalized in a comic strip. Store employees and sisters Flo, left, and Kate Reyes pose for photos while holding plush versions of Hayao Miyazaki creations Catbus ($70) and Totoro ($60) in the exhibition hall.
: Photo: Stephen Brashear/Wired.com Pink Godzilla, a Seattle store specializing in imports and gaming collectibles, includes an erotic game for the Atari 2600 in its inventory. Produced by a company called Playaround, it features two different games, depending on which side of the cartridge you insert into your Atari. How they thought anyone would be aroused by pixels the size of your fist, we'll never know. $50.
: Photo: Stephen Brashear/Wired.com Brian Coyle of Seattle holds up a shirt that reads "Jesus says: Don't be a dick," one of the many funny shirts that PAX themselves sold at the expo for $20 each. You could also buy the Penny Arcade comic books, Penny Arcade hoodies, Penny Arcade the Videogame, and more.
: Photo: Stephen Brashear/Wired.com The Color TV Game 15 is one of the first pieces of game hardware that Nintendo ever made, before it hired Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto. It plays 15 different variations on Pong. It's a rare find in any condition, but Pink Godzilla had a brand new model, still in the plastic, for $150.
: Photo: Stephen Brashear/Wired.com Namco Bandai, makers of Pac-Man, have brought the yellow dot-eater back in a big way as retro gaming chic takes hold of the world. A Pac-Man hat ($27) is always a popular item at PAX; other Pac-tchotchkes included shot glasses and T-shirts.
: Photo: Stephen Brashear/Wired.com Pink Godzilla's store mascot is, of course, a pink Godzilla. They sold quite a few of them at $10 each, and some devotees of the store's customer-friendly approach to game sales wanted co-owner Nathan Paine to sign their Gojira's pink ass.
: Photo: Chris Kohler/Wired.com And this is what Wired.com's roving PAX reporter Chris Kohler wasted his hard-earned $13 on: A copy of China Warrior, probably one of the worst games for the TurboGrafx-16. Readers voted on which bad game he should buy from Pink Godzilla's ample racks.
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Microsoft's Web Platform finally comes together
There are dozens of little tools and services you need to download from Microsoft in order to actually start developing Web applications on your own. Finally, the company has decided to make them all available through a single form.
For over two years now, one of the most frequent requests heard at Web development conferences -- especially Microsoft's annual MIX in Las Vegas -- is for the company to create an easier, one-stop shop for the distribution of the basic components one needs to start developing Web pages using Microsoft-supported technologies. Late in September, the company took its first steps in that direction by deploying a simple installer that pre-selects the myriad of tools and services necessary for someone to start building ASP.NET, classic Active Server Pages (IIS), or even PHP applications in and for Windows
Forecast has Office, Vista going in opposite directions
Microsoft's quarterly call with Wall Street on Thursday told the tale of two software franchises and their diverging financial fortunes.
Microsoft's Client revenue, which virtually all comes from sales of Windows Vista, grew just 2% year-over-year to $4.22 billion in its fiscal first quarter of 2009.
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"That fell pretty far short of Microsoft's expectations," said Matt Rosoff, an analyst with the independent research firm Directions on Microsoft. "That's always a worry, since it's the core of the company's business."
This was the second recent quarter out of three that saw Vista sales grow sluggishly or shrink. In Microsoft's third quarter of 2008, Client revenue fell 24% year-over-year, although sales grew 13% year-over-year in the intervening fourth quarter.
Vista's weak growth was in spite of 10% to 12% growth in PC shipments. Microsoft blamed the sluggishness on flat PC sales in developed countries and zooming sales of low-cost PCs, in particular, NetBooks. Customers in developing countries are more likely to buy PCs with cheaper, basic versions of Windows Vista installed. Or, if they buy NetBooks, they are likely to get Windows XP Home or Linux, which results in little or no revenue to the software maker.
As a result, sales to PC manufacturers, which supply 80% of Vista's sales, actually fell 1% (The rest of Vista revenue comes from volume licenses to big companies and retail purchases by consumers and small businesses).
Microsoft hopes Vista can rebound in the second quarter with 7% to 10% growth during the traditionally strong holiday season.
"We think, particularly with Christmas coming up, that overall sales will be relatively good," said Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell during the earnings call. "We have reasonably good visibility into this quarter in terms of the inventory positions. We feel pretty good about some of the initiatives that we have in the unlicensed area. We've got channel inventory down to where we would like to see it."
But Rosoff said he is "surprised they are that optimistic for the holiday quarter."
Other bellwether PC vendors also lack Microsoft's confidence. Chip maker Intel Corp. expressed an uncertain outlook during its earnings call earlier this month. While Phoenix Technologies Inc., which supplies BIOS software to half of PCs, on Thursday cut its forecast for laptop sales growth in half to 15% from 30%.
Microsoft admits the picture for Vista sales is bleaker for the rest of the year. It expects sales to increase just 2%, meaning that revenue in the last two quarters of the year might actually fall slightly from the prior year.
That is despite Microsoft's own forecast that PC shipments would grow from 8% to 12% for the year. The reason, again, is the expectation that Vista sales will be flat in developed countries and that non-Vista-using NetBooks will drive PC unit growth.
Office 2007 enjoys strong growth
Office 2007, meanwhile, appeared to continue its unbroken string of stellar growth. Revenue in the Microsoft Business Division grew 20% year-over-year to $4.95 billion.
The company doesn't break out the percentage of MBD revenue that comes from Office. Microsoft has added several highly profitable products to MBD in recent years, most significantly, Exchange Server, which Rosoff estimates is almost a $2 billion annual business.
Still, Office undoubtedly comprises the majority of MBD's revenues, Rosoff said. Those revenues are expected to grow 7% to 8% in the next quarter, and 12% to 13% for the entire year, far higher than Client (Vista's) revenues.
Microsoft Office has beaten back many threats during its long era of domination. But with the advent of credible SaaS competitors such as Google Docs, cheaper desktop competitors such as IBM Symphony or the much-improved, free OpenOffice 3.0, and the weak economy, could Office's grip on 550 million users finally be weakening? Rosoff isn't buying it.
"I've heard this argument many times over the years. But Office continues to have a real stranglehold in the corporation," Rosoff said. "In the absence of evidence to the contrary, I think it's going to stay that way."
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