Limited Brands sees April same-store sales up
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retailer Limited Brands Inc. said on Thursday it expects same-store sales in April to rise at a low-single-digit percentage rate, due to the shift in the Easter holiday this year.
How Does Your Website Make Your Customers Feel?
Things To Consider When Developing A Website (Part 2) In the previous installment, we talked about the importance of taking time to consider your customer's point of view as you develo...
Stakes High in FCC Wireless Auction Vote
With the FCC due to vote Tuesday on how to auction off the wildly anticipated 700 MHz band of wireless spectrum, speculation is running rampant about the likely outcome. The stakes are about as high as they come -- an estimated $15 billion, according to reports -- and so is the tension.
Book Review: The Official Ubuntu Book
... The Official Ubuntu Book is out in a new edition to match the 7.04 release of the ...
IP camera design runs MIPS Linux
... Micronas's Cypher ESN7108A SoC (system-on-chip), and runs Linux on the SoC's MIPS core. The Mini-IP ... the Mini-IP camera includes a Linux 2.6 kernel, "thus enabling differentiation through customizable software," the ...
OLPC Edges Further From $100 Price Target
The vaunted "$100 laptop" that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers dreamed up for international schoolchildren is becoming a slightly more distant concept. Leaders of the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child that was spun out of MIT acknowledged Friday that the devices would cost $188 if mass production, expected to begin this fall, were to start now.
Top 5 Ways To Piss a Bill Collector Off…
I’m sure everyone reading has had a bad experience with a bill collector at one time or another. If you’re tired of it and/or you’ve got some bill collectors harrassing you, here are the top 5 ways to piss them off… (Read on Source)
Fear and Marketing
Yesterday I had the great pleasure of addressing 100 marketers from the Pittsburgh chapter of the American Marketing Association. As I began to speak, I found that the PowerPoint file was corrupted on the conference's laptop. And so was the copy on their flash drive. I was faced with doing my presentation with no slides. That experience was ... (Read on Source)
Politics 'stifling $100 laptop'
A plan to distribute laptops to the developing world is being held back by cautious politicians, a spokesman says.
Knicks 105, Wizards 93 (F)
Jamal Crawford scored 29 points and New York beat the Washington Wizards 105-93 on Tuesday night to give the Knicks consecutive victories for only the third time this season.
Why Vista Is Not 'The Best Argument For Linux'
InformationWeek: "I've seen a number of people argue that Windows Vista, in all of its bloat and cost and lateness to market, is the best argument for switching to Linux..."
By George (Carlin), The Internet Has Tourette's
WARNING: This is the Internet, not TV, where seven words people aren't allowed to say on TV are permitted. In honor of that, and of recently, well, dead1 "counter-culture" comedian George Carlin, the seven words you can't say on TV will be said because mincing words would be anathema to Carlin's life. Plus it gives us an excuse. If dirty words in general offend you, better click out now, because these seven are top shelf, man.
Molecule That Kills Kidney Cancer Cells Discovered
Kidney cancer patients generally have one option for beating their disease: surgery to remove the organ. But that could change, thanks to a new molecule found by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers that kills kidney cancer cells.
Clean VPN Approach to Secure Remote Access
In this webcast, our panel of experts will review where we are with next generation telecoms in the UK, working through the concept of 'Telecoms ...
Barnes & Noble's online CEO resigns
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Barnes & Noble Inc , the largest U.S. specialty bookseller, said on Tuesday the chief executive of its online business resigned.
Songbird Beta: Like iTunes, But it Goes to 11
It looks like iTunes, but with less ads and tie-ins to the iTunes store. It plays like iTunes, but it enjoys support from Last.fm and other plug-ins. It manages your iPod like iTunes, but it supports more music file formats. It even has its own version of CoverFlow. It even runs on Linux. Sure, it's like iTunes, but this one goes to 11.
Mac MagSaver Protects Your MagSafe Connector
Supplementing Apple's MagSafe adapters for safety and reliability.
Microsoft Gropes for Market Share With Xbox Price Cuts
As the video game industry begins to ramp up for the holiday season, Microsoft announced Wednesday that it has cut the price of its line of Xbox 360 gaming consoles. The new pricing, which goes into effect Friday, starts at $199 for the low-end console, the Xbox 360 Arcade model.
Lee earns 22nd
Cliff Lee won his 11th straight decision and moved a remarkable 20 games over .500 with his 22nd victory, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 12-5 win over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night. (Read on Source)
Economic Conditions: Not Even Close to The Great Depression, Were A Nation of Exaggerators
In the past two months, this newspaper alone Washington Post has written no fewer...
Web 2.0 Expo Creating local content on the web.
Creating local content on the Web - other people’s local news is not interesting unless you live in that local area. Market for local advertising is BIG with 8 billion to 12 billion by 2012 and people by stuff where they live. (Read on Source)
Watching the Panic & Mining the Meltdown
I have a nagging feeling that the economic meltdown is surfacing vital truths about our economic and political system and the way we communicate with each other that will be insightful, revealing and ultimately useful to marketers. Though I'm not sure exactly how, when or in what context it will be so helpful. Maybe I'm a Pollyanna. Or maybe I ... (Read on Source)
Yahoo! to do list: unveil new calendar (AFP)
AFP - Internet giant Yahoo! on Wednesday rolled out an updated version of its Web-based calendar, in its latest bid to stay ahead of rival Google.
Twitter co-founder: We're fine
Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, sort of answers questions about the company's future and business model.
Chat Rooms Harbor 'Fraud as a Service' Peddlers
Newly organized methods of online criminal activity are threatening to democratize fraud and undermine banks and online traders, according to security experts at this year's RSA Conference Europe. Security vendor RSA's Head of New Technologies Uri Rivner shared new data and trends spotted by the firm's Anti Fraud Command Center, which has now shut down over 100,000 phishing attacks.
Burnout Ultimate Box, Offline Mode Coming
Keeping up the Burnout craze, EA announced that it will release Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in February 2009. The title will feature the full version of the crash-tastic game along with all of its downloadable content and a new offline multiplayer mode, among other things. The offline multiplayer [...]
AMD Linux 2008 Year in Review
Phoronix: "Last year when publishing our AMD Year in Review article there were numerous new features to account for, including but not limited to the new OpenGL driver, support for Compiz, and the AMD Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition. This year has been another interesting year for AMD's Linux efforts on both the open and closed fronts."
Review: SymphonyOne 2008
Raiden's Realm: "SymphonyOne is a distribution designed in a way that's uniquely different from other distributions. Its key focus is ease of use and simplicity. This is perfect for kiosks, new users, or technological neophytes who don't use a computer much, or simply don't like complicated interfaces."
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