The commercial salvation of Linux
... his interview he argues the inevitability of Linux popularity on the desktop, a courageous position ... working to contribute code to the Linux kernel. Other companies include Red Hat, SuSE, Conectiva, ...
Sex Sells Beer Goggles
We all know that sex sells. We’ve all heard of beer goggles. Well, how about using sex to sell beer goggles? This is a poster ad for a Montreal micro-brew called Vieux Montreal. You’ll notice that the bottles look like sperm swimming toward an ova. Only in a laissez-faire place like Quebec where joie de vivre [...] (Read on Source)
Anti Aging Test Results
You do anti aging test results not have anti aging test results to wash your hair, just make anti aging test results sure it is wet, and add a little gel or mousse to it if anti aging test results you would like. " The following is what I suggest: 1)...
Astronaut, Soviet's son argue space race
AP - To the son of former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, the launch of the first man-made satellite 50 years ago was the first point in the score of a game in which his father's country triumphed. (Read on Source)
Seeing the carbon for the trees
A scheme to offer nations an economic incentive to protect tropical forests is vital in the battle against climate change.
Microsoft Goes Cheek to Cheek With Facebook
Microsoft will pay $240 million for a small ownership stake in Facebook and the right to deliver ads to its members around the world, a move that values the four-year-old social networking firm at $15 billion. The agreement calls for Microsoft to become the exclusive ad provider for Facebook not only in the U.S. but also internationally.
Obama's Web Ads May Have Driven Big North Carolina Win
Obama won big in this month's North Carolina primary and his online ad strategy in April may have played a role in driving his supporters to the polls. As the primaries chug along, Senator Barack Obama has steamrolled past fellow Democratic Presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton and likely Republican nominee John McCain in the Web ad ... (Read on Source)
Spark Challenges America: Promote Your Great Auto Designers, Fast
Top auto firms and ambitious upstarts have until August 1 to submit cutting-edge work. (PRWeb Jul 9, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1087324.htm
Poll: What do you do when you can't design?
This week I had guests over the weekend, then I got sick, and in the middle of all that, our back-end servers went down. So, even if I had had...
New Book Sheds Light on Gay Life in the Muslim World
Salaam Press publishes Illegal Citizens: Queer Lives in the Muslim World by Afdhere Jama. The book follows 33 people in 22 countries. (PRWeb Jul 25, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1144504.htm
AOL Ending
Report: AOL Units Being Readied For Sale by Greg Sterling, Search engine land (Aug 4) AOL has separated (or is separating) its ISP business of 8.7 million subscribers from its advertising and consumer portal businesses. Both might be sold. Rumours... (Read on Source)
How One Man Beat an ESPN Army on the Favre Trade
To the best of our knowledge, ESPN had the following people tracking the Brett Favre story as if it were a Presidential campaign: Wendi Nix, Rachel Nichols, Chris Mortensen, Ed Werder, Sal Paolantonio, Kevin Seifert (NFC North “blogger”), and maybe even John Clayton. And Jay Glazer still got the story for Fox Sports. What we’re ... (Read on Source)
Controlling Access to Message Attachments Through OWA, Part 2
In this article, Brien Posey continues his series on controlling message attachments through OWA by discussing the various direct file access settings. He shows how to work with the Private Computer File Access profile to control Direct File Access.
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PPA Seller Cannot Supplement District Court Record
MONROE, La. - The former seller of a PPA-containing cold remedy that was denied insurance indemnity coverage may not supplement the record in a personal injury case to state that it only provided design specifications for the product and that the manufacturer provided the formula, a federal judge ruled Nov. 30 (Robert Weaver v. CCA Industries, Inc., No. 01-2096, W.D. La.; CCA Industries, Inc. v. New York Marine and General Insurance Co. No. 07-30597, 5th Cir.; 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 88113, See August 2007, Page 15.). Full story on lexis.com
AOL Ships AIM Express To Web
AOL took the lid off of AIM Express 7.0 this morning, a Flash-based web version of AIM allowing users to chat without having to install software. So say goodbye to all previously annoying presumptions on the part of AIM software.
The new version, says AOL SVP David Liu, makes it so users can log in anywhere. "AIM Express 7.0 makes it even easier for AIM users, especially those on-the-go, to connect with friends whether at home, at a coffee shop, the library, or wherever they have web access."
Use Flickr For Your Wordpress Blog Images - Flickr Photo Album Plugin
Reasons to use flickr instead of the built-in wordpress imaging tools: 1. Flickr’s website gets a lot of internal traffic and you could increase your page views and website traffic just by putting all your images on flickr. I personally have images with over 20,000 views that generated at least 1,000 click throughs (you can ... (Read on Source)
Fernando Guerrero: A young fighter worth watching
I don't generally get all that excited about young prospects in boxing. I know the guys to watch, because other people tell me to watch them. I have young fighters I like -- Andre Berto was an ESPN.com Prospect of the Year, as was Amir Khan, and despite Khan's chinny nature, I still like both guys. Berto is panning out wonderfully thus far. I ... (Read on Source)
United States: Drug Warning Claims 'Impliedly Preempted' But Asks High Court To Hold Off
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. solicitor general on Dec. 21 told the U.S. Supreme Court that failure-to-warn claims involving a drug are barred by implied preemption, but he urged the court not to take up the case until it issues preemption rulings in separate drug and device cases that are pending (Wyeth v. Diana Levine, No. 06-1249, U.S. Sup.). Full story on lexis.com
Hawaiian Airlines to Increase Interisland Flights
Hawaiian Airlines to Increase Interisland Flights.
Kirkland Launches Asia Private Equity Funds Team
Kirkland & Ellis is setting up an Asian private equity funds practice with the relocation of two partners, including London partner Justin Dolling, who will move in January to Hong Kong, where he will be joined by New York partner Albert Cho. Although Kirkland's Hong Kong office has helped clients with fund formation matters, the pair will be the office's first partners dedicated to the practice.
Fruit Fly Gene Enables Oxygen-Deprived Cell Survival
An gene has been identified in fruit flies that can help oxygen-deprived cells live longer, according to an article released on October 17, 2008 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics. Oxygen-deprivation in cells, called hypoxia, occurs in many critical situations, including heart attack, stroke, and other neurological and respiratory ... (Read on Source)
Google Docs Petition Calls for White House Garden
Have you ever been involved with a petition using Google Docs? If so Google wants to know about it. Right now, they're highlighting one in particular that is calling for the next President (which we now know will be Barack Obama) to plant an organic farm on the grounds of the White House.
The petition comes from Daniel Bowman Simon and Casey Gustowarow who ride around the country in a double-decker bus made out of two school buses that have been fused together. On top of the bus is a garden.
CREDITZ to Pay Consumers to Log-in, Refer Friends and Enter Merchant Websites
CEO America Inc. (PINK SHEETS: CEOA) announced today that it intends to additionally pay consumers to log into creditz.com and also to enter authorized Creditz merchant websites. This new feature will be available December 1, 2008. (PRWeb Nov 10, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/creditz/pay_consumers/prweb1594284.htm
U.S. troops kill 14 Afghans in disputed gunfight
American soldiers shot and killed 14 security guards after an encounter in eastern Afghanistan, and the Afghan president said ...
Brazilian rancher claims he owns land American nun was killed defending in the Amazon
The rancher suspected or orchestrating the killing of an American nun in the Brazilian Amazon now claims he owns the land she died trying to defend, reports the Associated Press (AP). (Read on Source)
I Want an iPhoneStormDroid
Tech Broiler: "Wouldn't it be great if you didn't have to actually choose between an iPhone, a BlackBerry, or a Google Android? What if all those device operating systems could run simultaneously on your handheld? Embedded systems software vendor Wind River is trying to make that happen."
Twits and Such for 2008-11-25
Today’s commute was packed even by Japanese standards # github keeps getting better. # the chapter on PayPal from Founders At Work was pretty good. Should be some good reading ahead! # the heating and bad air makes me sleepy. # whoa, forgot I changed Gmail themes. # PS I love those borderline politically incorrect Ninja & Teahouse ... (Read on Source)
EPA Announces Lifecycle Building Challenge 3.0
If you?re somehow attached to or involved with the green building movement it?s certainly worthwhile to note that the EPA is urging professional and student architects, builders and product developers to submit designs for green buildings and building materials for its third annual Lifecycle Building Challenge competition. Essentially, they? (Read on Source)
1 in 4 IT Jobs Done Overseas by 2010
CIO Update: "If walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck then it’s probably a duck. So, in this instance, if you think your company is outsourcing more and it makes sense for your company to outsource more to save money and your job is being outsourced to India, well, then your company is outsourcing more."
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