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Bulls take 2-0 lead on Heat in NBA
AP - The Chicago Bulls and the Phoenix Suns took 2-0 leads in their opening round NBA playoff series and the Toronto Raptors evened their series with the New Jersey Nets 1-1. (Read on Source)
Dell Linux is go
... Ubuntu named as distro for desktops and laptops Dell has finally chosen a Linux distribution ...
Oil prices top $70 but fall back
U.S. crude oil touched $70.50 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange Thursday before closing up 60 cents at $69.57.
Diminished Capacity: FDA Downsized and Privatized; America is at Risk
"We would have been spared the ignominy and disgrace of great scientific men bending their efforts to defeat the purpose of one of the greatest laws ever enacted for the protection of the public welfare. Eminent officials of our Government would have escaped the indignation of outraged public opinion because they permitted and encouraged these ... (Read on Source)
ABN's U.S. sale can proceed, boosts Barclays bid
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Dutch bank ABN AMRO can proceed with its sale of U.S. unit LaSalle, the Dutch Supreme Court said, boosting the prospect Barclays will succeed in its near $90 billion takeover bid for ABN.
NABE: Bad credit top U.S. economic threat
The subprime mortgage financial crisis has replaced terrorism as the biggest short-term threat to the U.S. economy, a national research group said Monday.
Outspoken Prison Minister Marty Angelo to Appear on Daystar's 'Celebration' Television Show
Christian minister and author agrees to candid interview on Daystar Television Network's "Celebration". (PRWeb Sep 24, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/WmV0YS1Ib3JyLVpldGEtTWFnbi1UaGlyLVplcm8=
Adobe buys Web word processor Buzzword
Adobe Systems steps up plans to offer online collaboration with Web word processor and file-sharing service.
Reality Strikes Nicholas Negroponte
ZDNet Education: "He wasn't too keen on Intel introducing the Classmate as a competitor to the XO either--but that's what he gets for trying to keep first-tier vendors out of the project early on..."
Juliette Weiland & Co. Wins MarCom 2007 Creative Award for News Release Featuring Smart Kids With Le
Juliette Weiland & Co. won a Gold Award in the 2007 MarCom Creative Awards competition in the "Writing/News Release" category for promoting the 2007 Youth Achievement Award winners in a nationwide contest, sponsored by Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities, Inc. The winning entry highlighted the achievements of the two winners, Cassidy Kahn of New York, and Jesse R. Kline of Maryland, who struggle daily with dyslexia and other learning disabilities. (PRWeb Dec 7, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/U3VtbS1QaWdnLVNxdWEtU3VtbS1UaGlyLVplcm8=
Ubuntu's Hardy Heron is here
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Ubuntu's Hardy Heron is here -- With its scheduled April 24 release of Ubuntu 8.04, which also goes by the alliterative moniker "Hardy Heron," Canonical will ship its second "long-term support" (LTS) version.
Baidu's William Chang: 'No reason for China to use Wikipedia' -- William Chang, chief scientist for China's leading search engine, said it's natural for Chinese to use Baidupedia rather than the foreign Wikipedia.
The world's 50 most innovative companies -- BusinessWeek has published its annual "World's 50 Most Innovative Companies" list, a survey put together in collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Of course Apple is No. 1. Yet there are some surprises.
About Microsoft -- What does an article in ComputerWorld say about Microsoft?
Windows XP Help
Copyright (c) 2008 Steven Magill Windows XP is a complex operating system. If you need any Windows XP help, you're probably better of not checking out the Help facility within XP as it's not ...
SearchDay: Link Building via Word-of-Mouth
Today's search engine marketing news and opinion: Link Building via Word-of-Mouth; Has Facebook Found the Key to Making Money via Search?; Yahoo Launches BOSS: Build your Own Search Service; and more.
FavTape: Playlists Don't Get Any Faster Than This
Got a second? That's more than you'll need to create a sharable mix of your favorite songs at Favtape. Their lightening-fast online mixtape creation tool uses your Last.fm or Pandora account to retrieve 10 songs that you have bookmarked or favorited.
Ballmer's memo on Johnson's departure (CNET)
CNET - CEO Steve Ballmer's message to Microsoft employees on the departure of senior executive Kevin Johnson and a divisional reorganization. The e-mail was first published by All Things D.
Brown should quit, says Labour MP
Labour MP Gordon Prentice urges Gordon Brown to resign, arguing that the government has "gone a bit rusty". (Read on Source)
Getting People To Pay For Investigative Reporting Directly
When old school journalists complain about the supposed "threats" from companies like Craigslist and Google or things like blogging, one of the common refrains is: "but who will pay for investigative reporting." The idea is that these other services can replace the basic news facts, but it's tough to see how true investigative reporting will get funded. Yet, as with all markets in a state of flux, we've seen that if there's a real demand, new business models will come along to handle it -- and that seems to be exactly what is happening in the investigative reporting realm. The NY Times points out a few different experiments in other forms of funding investigative reporting, with the bulk of the story talking about getting interested parties to pay up front for an investigation. In other words, if there is a concerned group of folks worried about, say, dangerous chemicals leaking into the drinking water, it could put that story up, and if enough people contribute to the investigation, a reporter can get paid and do the investigation.
While there are some concerns that this would lead to biased journalism, there's nothing saying that the journalist's results have to support the initial worry. In fact, I would imagine that in cases where folks are worried about things like chemicals in the drinking water, they'd be much more relieved to find out that it's really nothing. Either way, this model fits exactly with the business models we've discussed in the past: getting people to pay for the creation of content. The creation of new content is a scarce good, and there may be some group of people for whom its worth paying for. In this case, the example fits the business model we describe for content after it's created as well, since the organization doing these investigative reports will then offer them to newspapers for free (so long as they don't want an exclusive right -- which would not be free). That's exactly how it should be: it costs money for the initial creation, but then the content is freed, where it adds much more value (and attracts more people to fund later stories). Who knows if this particular effort will work (execution is everything, after all), but the model is sound, and shows that despite gloomy whining from old school reporters, the new business models will show up.
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Review: Google Chrome lacks polish under hood
... Chrome also has some cosmetic differences from Internet Explorer and Firefox, like putting the tabs at ... CPU time on a three-year-old laptop running Windows XP. Chrome came in at 60 percent ...
As Android debut nears, Google's Miner stays mum (CNET)
CNET - Google's Rich Miner had nothing new to share Thursday with Mobilize attendees regarding the company's Android software for mobile phones, except that it will be really, really cool.
Strength of SEC and Big 12 May Work Against Them
The reality of college football?s muddled system to determine a national champion is that the teams that win the titles in the SEC and Big 12 will likely not meet for the national title. (Read on Source)
MITM Attacks - Do They Really Happen?
Join The Revolution!: "Apparently MITM attacks are in the wild and they use illegitimate, self-signed certificates for their attacks...The connection of this unlucky reporter was hitchhiked as he was using a wireless internet access point."
Blacklight Power bolsters its impossible claims of a new renewab
Ask nearly any physicist if it’s possible for a hydrogen atom to enter a lower energy state than the ground, or resting state they hold in nature, and you’re likely to get an unequivocal “no”. But a tiny company in New Jersey called Blacklight Power has been disputing that assumption for over a decade, and of late, making ... (Read on Source)
McCarthy refusing to resign as Cork boss
Cork hurling manager Gerald McCarthy has signalled that he has no intention of resigning despite not having the backing of the players.
First Inhabitants Of Caribbean Brought Drug Heirlooms With Them
Scientists have found physical evidence that the people who colonized the Caribbean from South America brought with them heirloom drug paraphernalia that had been passed down from generation to generation as the colonists traveled through the islands.
Navy rejects Raytheon protest on Aegis upgrades
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Raytheon Co did not demonstrate that it could meet the U.S. Navy's requirements for modernization of the Aegis combat system built by Lockheed Martin Corp and relied instead on a "speculative promise" to team up with Lockheed, the Navy said in a 71-page response to a protest filed by Raytheon in September.
Can You Smile Your Way to Success?
Could it be that the only thing that stands between you and success on an important project is the absence of one of those ubiquitous happy faces? Don't laugh. Researchers at two universities say they've found evidence that something as simple as a smiling face, or a picture of puppies, can elevate your mood enough to see the Big Picture. (Read on Source)
iBGP: Synchronizing the Internet
LinuxPlanet: "Last week in our classic Networking 101 series we learned about Border Gateway Protocol, the networking protocol that powers the Internet. This week Charlie Schluting leads the dive into iBGP-- Internal Border Gateway Protocol-- to learn how to connect all those BGP routers together, and how to route between thousands of computers without going nuts."
Fast Facts: 2008 Year in Review from Infoplease.com
Direct to 2008 Year-in-Review Web Site Sections Include: + News of the Nation + News of the World + News: Month by Month + Iraq Conflict Timeline 2008 + Supreme Court Decisions + Campaign 2008 + 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing + 2008 World Statistics + 2008 U.S. Statistics + People in the News 2008 + Science 2008 + 2008 Arts and Entertainment ... (Read on Source)
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