Rockets edge Suns, clinch No. 4 seed in West
HOUSTON (AP) -- Tracy McGrady wasn't afraid to exaggerate the magnitude of the Houston Rockets' 120-117 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Monday night. McGrady scored 39 points as the Rockets won their fifth straight and clinched home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. (Read on Source)
Astronomy Picture of the Day for Saturday,
Explanation: Baringer Meteorite Crater, near Winslow, Arizona, is one of the best known impact craters on planet Earth. View this color stereo anaglyph with red/blue glasses to get a dramatic sense of the crater's dimensions -- one mile wide, and up to 570 feet deep. (A cross-eyed stereo pair is available here.) Historically, this crater is the ... (Read on Source)
FCC Nixes TV-Spectrum Broadband Box
Government rejects White Spaces Coalition's prototype broadband transmitter, says it doesn't adequately detect other transmissions on same frequencies.
MovableType 4.0 Launched - Interview with Anil Dash
As this post goes live MovableType 4.0 is being launched by it’s creators - SixApart. This new release has been a long time coming for those of us with MT blogs (I have a couple that I can’t wait to get upgraded) and so I thought it might be fun to ask Anil Dash from Six Apart a few questions on the launch and what the new MT version ... (Read on Source)
McManus upbeat despite defeat
Celtic captain Stephen McManus has vowed to bounce back from the comprehensive Champions League defeat against Shakhtar Donetsk.
Scores ill in Peru 'meteor crash'
Hundreds of people in Peru require treatment after visiting what some say is a meteorite impact site.
Web Hosting, VoIP Firm, Covad, Presents at Kaufman Investor Conference
San Jose, California - (The Hosting News) - September 26, 2007 - Web host and national provider of integrated voice and data communications firm, Covad Communications Group, Inc., recently presented at the Kaufman Bros. Tenth Annual Investor Conference in New York's W Hotel.
Charles Hoffman, Chief Executive Officer for Covad, spoke at the event. Mr. Hoffman provided an overview of the company's business strategy and recent financial performance, as well as offer insights on future directions. A webcast of the event is available in the Event Calendar section of Covad's website for a limited time.
Over 100 companies converged at the event, representing a variety of growth industries driven by innovation, including emerging technology, mobile entertainment, digital imaging, gaming, robotics, wireless technology, home entertainment, capital equipment, application software, biotechnology, life sciences, contract manufacturing, display technology, electronic components, fiber optics, handheld devices, communications infrastructure, business services, transaction processing, electronic automation design, PC hardware, storage networking and wireless communications firms.
Founded in 1995 in response to growing investment community demand for specialization, Kaufman Bros., L.P. is a research-based, full-service investment bank, securities trading firm and brokerage operation serving the communications, media and technology universe. Kaufman Bros. integrates financial, technical, operational, international and legal expertise to provide accurate and comprehensive analysis of industry trends to a range of communications, media and technology companies and professional investors.
Recently, Covad debuted its ADSL2+ service, designed for small businesses and home offices, with a next-generation broadband service providing data speeds of up to 15.0 Mbps. The standalone service, available in 11 major markets, was developed to provide small businesses and home offices with faster data speeds to power bandwidth-intensive applications such as file-sharing and video conferencing.
Covad's standalone ADSL2+ is available in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and Washington, DC. Three speed tiers are available: up to 8.0 Mbps, up to 10.0 Mbps and up to 15.0 Mbps. Covad offers standalone ADSL2+ customers 24x7 support and a service level agreement that includes a mean time to repair (MTTR), at prices on par with the few competing offers in the market. Customers within 9,000 feet of a central office (CO) have access to ADSL2+ services.
ADSL2+ has been available for several years in countries with advanced broadband infrastructures, such as South Korea and Singapore, but Covad is the first provider to deploy it widely in the US. Continuing its tradition of innovation, the company operates the nation's first and largest next-generation broadband network, placing it among a select group of forward-looking telecom providers and allowing it to offer new services that small businesses demand.
David Lemelin, Senior Analyst at In-Stat added, ''With the launch of standalone ADSL2+, Covad solidifies its position as a leading provider of broadband to small businesses and is able to better compete with cable providers and traditional phone companies.''
Covad is marketing standalone ADSL2+ to small businesses and home offices with high-bandwidth needs, such as: companies dependent on video-conferencing, like doctor's offices, video surveillance or security firms; and graphic design, photography and other digital media businesses who are dependent on the sharing of large files. Covad does not market standalone ADSL2+ to residential users, but expects that households with high-bandwidth needs will seek out this latest broadband offering.
ADSL2+ augments Covad's portfolio of business-class broadband offerings, which also includes a Bonded T1 service, launched nationwide earlier this month, that combines two T1 lines to serve businesses and distributed enterprises with fast, symmetrical data speeds of up to 3.0 Mbps and service level agreements. Covad also offers a residential ADSL2+ product with speeds of up to 8.0 Mbps as part of a bundled line-powered voice solution sold by strategic partner EarthLink in the same 11 markets as standalone ADSL2+. ADSL2+ is available through Covad and its distribution partners.
Covad is a nationwide provider of integrated voice and data communications, offering DSL, Voice Over IP, T1, broadband wireless, web hosting, managed security, IP and dial-up, and bundled voice and data services directly through its network and Internet Service Providers, value-added resellers, telecommunications carriers and affinity groups to small and medium-sized businesses and home users. Covad broadband services are currently available across the nation in 44 states and 235 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and can be purchased by more than 57 million homes and businesses, which represent over 50 percent of all US homes and businesses. Corporate headquarters is located at 110 Rio Robles San Jose, CA 95134. Telephone: 1-888-GO-COVAD.
For more information about Covad, please visit: www.covad.com.
Zensar Technologies bags $5 mn contract
Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com MUMBAI: Zensar Technologies has bagged $5 million contract in Middle East and South Africa in the first three months of 2008 and is now targeting over 10 per cent of its total revenues from these fast growing segment of the market. The emerging markets have been maturing as outsourcing destinations in addition to the mainstay [...]
How to survive the next-gen confab
At Web 2.0-era tech conferences, audiences join the dialogue via Twitter, blogs, and IM. Sometimes, that can shift the conversation--and make for lots of drama.
Peak Starpex Guitar Controller
Ok, I think game peripheral manufacturers are taking things a wee bit too far with the Peak Starpex guitar controller being the most realistic Guitar Hero controller just yet. This hardware won't see the use of cheap plastics, but will be built according to the same scale while using similar material as found in a real guitar, providing you with the most realistic Guitar Hero experience possible. After all's said and done, it still doesn't measure up to playing an actual guitar, as you won't be able to serenade any ladies with your knowledge of Guitar Hero. The Peak Starpex will retail for $179.95 when it is available sometime later next month, and is compatible with Rock Band as well.
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AT&T publishes pro-iPhone, anti-Storm sales guide
A alleged AT&T sales guide, leaked to the public, suggests concern by the carrier over Research in Motion's latest BlackBerry phone. The guide is said to be a memo circulating inside of AT&T, trumpeting the benefits of the iPhone 3G over the BlackBerry Storm, which AT&T claims will ship through Verizon sometime in October or November. The guide states that the Storm will lack Apple's proprietary...
Paper — Free Our Libraries! Why We Need A New Approach to Putting Library Collections Online
Free Our Libraries! Why We Need A New Approach to Putting Library Collections Online (PDF; 128 KB) Long ago, mankind figured out that special kinds of public institutions are needed to preserve cultural heritage?libraries and museums. They?ve been a grand success, enabling successive generations to learn from and build on the record of man? ... (Read on Source)
European, Asian Markets Plunge on Crisis Fear
Asian and European stock markets plunge as government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe failed to alleviate fears that the global financial crisis would depress world economic growth. Britain's benchmark stock index fell 4.42 percent and Germany's DAX index fell 4.22 percent to 5,552.27. Across Asia, all markets were also in the red; Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index fell to its lowest level in 4 1/2 years, sinking 4.25 percent to 10,473.09.
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2008 Atlantic Hurricane Tally: 7
Omar:Omar strengthened to a hurricane overnight, and continues moving northeast toward the northeastern Caribbean this morning. As of 5 a.m. EDT, Hurricane Omar was located 285 miles south-southwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and was moving northeast at near 7 mph. Maximum sustained winds were near 75 mph near the... (Read on Source)
Circuit City Fades Into Retail Oblivion
You may remember Circuit City's old motto 'Where service is state of the art'. Judging from the recent rumors that Circuit City will be closing up to 150 stores, their service wasn't enough to survive against rival competitors such as Best Buy, Wal-Mart a nd online stores such as Amazon. Only six months ago, Circuit City's stock sold for $5.75 per- (Read on Source)
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Hopkins 24, Minnetonka 21: Royals come back vs. Skippers
"Borman appeared to be handing off for a reverse in the fourth quarter, but wide receiver Ben Christopher heaved a 45-yard pass across the … read more field to Williams, who reached the Minnetonka 25-yard line." Actually...Williams took the snap, handed off to Sinkfield who handed off to Borman...and Borman threw the pass. Great win Hopkins (Read on Source)
Sci Fi Channel to play 'GameQuest'
The cabler has ordered eight episodes of the hourlong series, which has been slated to premiere in the first quarter of 2009. Series is produced by Granada America and World Cyber Games (WCG), with Samsung Electronics also serving as production partner. Show will be shot in L.A. (Read on Source)
Faith And Works
Faith And Works An awful story from the Washington Post: "Rob Foster was 16 when his family unraveled. He had told his parents that he wanted to leave Calvary Temple, the Pentecostal church in Sterling the family had attended for... (Read on Source)
Blinkx wants Miva again, but for less
Video search company Blinkx is poised to acquire the online advertising firm again. Only this time, the offer is half its original value.
Call of Duty (CoD) 5 Glitches: Bayonet Jumping in Upheaval
Call of Duty (CoD) 5: World at War first-person shooter video game glitches & tricks: Various bayonet jumps in Upheaval
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ASUS Eee Top ET1602 touchscreen all-in-one gets reviewed
... the active digitizer in newer tablet PCs, but it did the job, and ASUS's Windows XP "Easy Mode" launcher and bundled touch apps were intuitive and friendly, although certain apps ...
Preemption Judgment Denied; Seroquel Plaintiff's Claims Include Extra-Label Promotion
ORLANDO, Fla. - The Seroquel multidistrict litigation court on Nov. 6 denied, at least for now, defendant AstraZeneca's motion for preemption on 11 plaintiffs' failure-to-warn claims, saying they include not just drug labels but also promotional activities of sales representatives with doctors (In Re: Seroquel Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1769, No. 06-md-1769, M.D. Fla., Orlando Div.). Full story on lexis.com
Win XP Death Delayed Again
Microsoft grants the operating system another extension; may as well keep Windows XP forever.
The Importance Of Web Designing In Norfolk And Norwich
In this competitive world having a web presence has become extremely essential. Until a company has a well designed website it will not be able to reach out to a number of people. Companies have websi...
Dead to the World
New York Times best-selling author Charlaine Harris thrills listeners with the fourth book of her spectacular Sookie Stackhouse series. Driving home from work, barmaid and telepath Sookie Stackhouse discovers vampire and area sheriff Eric on the side of the road missing his shirt, his shoes and his memories. Featuring vampires, werewolves and ... (Read on Source)
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