European soccer clubs drawn by huge fan base in China
Unlike America, where soccer is now the most popular participation sport among children, relatively few Chinese actually play the game. But in contrast to the United States, where soccer rarely breaks into network television, the sport is a media phenomenon in China.
Obsidian now official SA Zimbra reseller
Obsidian has been appointed as an official South African value-add reseller for Zimbra, the award-winning open source messaging and collaboration platform. "Zimbra is a highly original product," says Muggie van Staden, managing director for Obsidian. "It is not based on any existing collaboration server and does not try to emulate what is already available in the market. Instead, Zimbra offers a new and refreshing approach to messaging and collaboration." Dedicated Server Redundant
Jason Calacanis' Mahalo: Screw the long tail
In a world filled with Google alternatives, this search tool is different even from them: it's powered by humans. Instead of a server farm that crawls through the entire known Web so it can automatically match Web pages to the queries you type, Mahalo's search results are created by humans, in anticipation of the queries its users will type in. (Read on Source)
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Right there in the forests of South America is a herb known for its many healing qualities, particularly its curative effects on cancer patients and other diseases.
Meteorite Crash in Peru Causes Mysterious Illness
It sounds like something straight out of a science-fiction movie, but it's not. After a what is believed to be a meteorite crashed into a southern Peruvian village over the weekend, locals have been struck with a mysterious illness. (Read on Source)
Sen. Craig not resigning despite judge's ruling
Sen. Larry Craig on Thursday said he was not resigning from the Senate despite a Minnesota judge denying his request to withdraw his guilty plea stemming from his arrest in a sex sting at an airport men's room. (Read on Source)
Symantec: Attackers exploiting new RealPlayer flaw
... had tested the attack and confirmed that it worked on the English version of Windows XP Service Pack 1 running Internet Explorer 6. Tests for the more-recent XP service pack 2 and IE 7 browser were ...
Detroit Concepts Show Considerable Promise
Among the concept vehicles debuting in Detroit this year, a spate of fuel-saving crossover utility vehicles may be most significant, especially because some seem to be nearly ready for production. via Forbes Autos
Design gets hot in outsourcing game
Source: www.hindustantimes.com If you think that outsourcing in India was just synonymous with accounting, call centres and financial services, here is some news. The latest to join the outsourcing wave in the country is design support services, in which architecture and building design is supplied to remote customers as a service. Growing at 30 per cent per [...]
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Scary - is Sarah Palin going to end up being US President? Somewhere else Hillary Is Smiling
This is pretty scary - and funny - at the same time, as covered by the New York Times in an article today titled Sarah Heath Palin, an Outsider Who Charms. (Read on Source)
Commercial Banking in the U.S. versus Canada
For many companies, one of the most important business relationships is with the commercial bank that provides them with credit and non-credit services. Just as business environments vary from country to country, so does the nature of the banking relationship?sometimes in very significant ways. (Read on Source)
The Quest for a One-Stop On-Demand Web App Shop
In some respects, the market for Web-based applications resembles a crowded, noisy and confused bazaar. It's difficult to get a good wide-angle view of all available options. Those there to sell wares often have a hard time finding and securing the best place to set up shop.
The Time Eater
Stephen Hawking will return from the CERN collider today to unveil the new clock at Corpus Christi College in Cambridge, England. The unusual clock was designed by inventor John Taylor. (Read on Source)
The Development of Sound Cards
Sound cards have enormously improved today compared to those used in the earlier days. These advances offer a lot of features such as the ability to produce high quality sound with a variety of choice...
Taming waters
South Asia grapples with its inadequate flood defences
123people search engine expands to US (AFP)
AFP - 123people.com, a free search engine which scours the Internet and gathers and displays information about people, has expanded to the United States.
Want To Keep More Money in Your Pocket?
If you're a college student who wants to stretch the value of your dollar then a few trouble-free steps will help you achieve your goal. You can quickly learn your spending trends, reduce impulse purc...
Terra Soft to Merge With Japanese Cell Developer Fixstars
Terra Soft Solutions, the developer of Yellow Dog Linux, has been acquired by the Japanese software firm Fixstars Corporation, a developer of Cell Broadband Engine solutions. The new company, now known as "Fixstars Solutions," is operating as a wholly owned subsidiary of Fixstars and will maintain its entire product line from a regional office in Loveland, Colo., where Terra Soft is based.
Sign of the Times: GM Cancels L.A. Auto Show Reveals
GM announced it has canceled its plans to host a press conference at next week?s L.A. auto show. Originally, the company had planned to unveil its all-new Buick LaCrosse sedan and Cadillac SRX crossover at the show. Instead, the company says it has decided to postpone those reveals until a later date ? we assume the Detroit auto show in January ? because any new models would be overshadowed by financial news. You know ? the kind about government bailouts and the possible collapse of the auto industry.
That doesn?t mean there won?t be new GM products to see in L.A., though. A restyled Pontiac G6 lineup will be on hand, and it will also be the first time most people will get to see the production Chevy Volt, Chevy Cruze and Chevy Camaro at a major consumer show. GM will also display the Saab 9-X Air concept that debuted in Paris earlier this year. Stay tuned for our coverage of the L.A. auto show next week. We also expect more news to come over the next few days.
GM scraps plans for news conference at upcoming L.A. Auto Show (The Detroit News)
Bloomberg: Poverty, Pension Fears Drive Japan Elderlys Citizens to Crime
We wrote a few weeks ago Oct 28: Pooring of Japan Too how we were seeing some...
Host Adapter for SAS/SATA, Released by ATTO Technology
Amherst, New York - (The Hosting News) - November 20, 2008 - Storage connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments, ATTO, has released its new 6-Gigabit SAS/SATA host adapters, to select OEMs and partners.
Kevin Burbank, Director of product marketing for PMC-Sierra's Enterprise Storage Division remarked, ''PMC-Sierra continues to deliver industry-leading enterprise storage controllers and complete end-to-end SAS/SATA chipset solutions. The PM8001 Tachyon SPC 6Gb/s SAS controller enables our customers to deliver superior performance and differentiate their solutions with advanced SAS-2 features. We are pleased that PMC-Sierra's 6Gb/s SAS solutions have helped ATTO get to market quickly with its high-performance family of 6Gb/s SAS/SATA host adapters.''
Leveraging PCI Express 2.0 and 6-Gb SAS speeds, the H608 and H680 deliver the fastest available connection to SAS/SATA storage (up to 8-GB/sec. full-duplex), powering data-intensive IT and digital media applications such as email compliance, tape backup, data warehousing, high-definition video post-production and digital film production.
ATTO's next-generation ExpressSAS H608 and H680 offer native x8 PCIe 2.0 to 6-Gb SAS/SAS2.0/SATA/SATA II connectivity ensuring compatibility with the latest in SAS and SATA technology. The ExpressSAS H608 offers 8 internal lanes of connectivity and the H680 offers 8 external lanes of connectivity, each providing up to 1200 MB/sec. maximum full-duplex throughput per lane. Available in a true low-profile form factor to fit all physical server environments, ExpressSAS 6-Gb host adapters feature full driver support for Windows, Linux and Macenvironments, and are backwards compatible with 3-Gb SAS and SATA devices. Combining proprietary technologies, management software and superior technical support, ATTO provides the best performance and reliability in the industry.
ExpressSAS 6-Gb host adapters feature ATTO's exclusive Advanced Data Streaming (ADSTM) Technology, enabling user to achieve the ultimate in I/O performance by controlling the acceleration of large and small blocks of data. This distinctive intelligence helps ensure that 6-Gb SAS/SATA systems are faster, provide better bandwidth utilization, are easier to manage, and improve system robustness.
ATTO's 6-Gb ExpressSAS products leverage the experience ATTO has gained over 20 years of working closely with OEMs, and utilizes PMC-Sierra's new PM8001 Tachyon SPC 8x6G 8-port SAS/SATA controller to meet the most demanding performance requirements of data-intensive IT applications including transactional databases, e-mail servers and large server farms.
Tim Klein, President of ATTO Technology added, ''ATTO has reached a major milestone in delivering next-generation products to the market by shipping 6-Gb ExpressSAS products to select OEMs and partners. By utilizing the latest 6-Gb SAS/SATA technology on our next-generation ExpressSAS products, ATTO remains in a position to provide our customers with the highest-performing host adapters. Additionally, by working closely with our OEMs and partners, ATTO is able to ensure a solid foundation of interoperability and optimum application performance upon general availability of the 6-Gb ExpressSAS host adapters.''
ATTO Technology, Inc. is a storage connectivity and infrastructure solution for data-intensive computing environments. ATTO provides a wide range of end-to-end solutions to help customers'better store, manage and deliver their data. With a focus toward markets that require higher performance, ATTO manufactures host adapters, RAID adapters, bridges, RAID storage controllers, virtual tape appliances, and management software. ATTO solutions are based on providing a high level of connectivity to all storage interfaces including SCSI, SATA, Internet SCSI (iSCSI), Gigabit Ethernet, SAS and Fibre Channel. ATTO distributes its products worldwide directly to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), systems integrators, VARs and authorized distributors. Contact ATTO Technology, Inc. world headquarters, at: 155 CrossPoint Parkway, Amherst, New York 14068; Phone: (716) 691-1999 Fax: (716) 691-9353.
To learn more, please visit: www.attotech.com.
76 percent of American middle-class households not financially secure
As the economy continues to reel, a new report finds that 4 million American households lost economic security between 2000 and 2006, and that a majority of America's middle class households are either borderline or at high risk of falling out of the middle class altogether. read more (Read on Source)
Rumour Mill : A Third Of Google Employees Using Secretive Google OS?
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FDA Requests Recall Of 'All Natural' Erectile Dysfunction Formulations
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a Nov. 2 press release that it has requested that America True Man Health Inc. recall its "all natural" erectile dysfunction products because they contain potentially dangerous ingredients. Full story on lexis.com
No Evidentiary Support Filed In PPA Case
BATON ROUGE, La. - Because a plaintiff has failed to provide case-specific expert testimony of causation in his PPA case, summary judgment is appropriate, a federal judge ruled Oct. 2 (Greg Stagg v. Bayer Corp., et al., No. 05-1348-C-M2, M.D. La.). Full story on lexis.com
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