PGA Tour Caddies Finally Take a Load Off Their Shoulders
On the eve of the Players Championship, which has a $9 million purse, the caddies played golf for several thousand dollars and a year of bragging rights. (Read on Source)
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VMware Soars to New Heights on Analyst's Forecast
Shares of VMware continued their meteoric ascent on Wednesday after an analyst said she expects the software maker's revenue to grow about 49 percent over the next three years. VMware shares jumped $5.51, or 8.4 percent, to $71.52 in morning trading. After VMware's IPO priced at $29 on Aug. 13, the company's stock spiked more than 75 percent in its first day of trading.
Cro Cop Getting Ready for Cheick Kongo Training footage
This is an international video, can't understand the broadcast... But there's footage of Cro Cop training with familiar faces, Gilbert Yvel and Remi Bojanski (Read on Source)
Second foot and mouth outbreak
Cattle culled from a second farm in Egham, Surrey, tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease, it is confirmed.
About student posts appearing here
I expected that my students would get a little trial by fire in the furious life of the public intellectual, and the commenters here certainly provided that. Maybe a little too much of that. Dial the ferocity back a notch, OK? Constructive criticisms are greatly appreciated, but the nasty stuff is not. I suppose it's useful in the sense that it' ... (Read on Source)
So, What About Rubinius
Rubinius is important. A whole lot of folks agree. Ola Bini wrote up a whole post about how important he thinks it is. In it, he writes:
Creating Synergy With Online and Offline Marketing
It should come as no surprise that the marketing industry is evolving as a whole. Marketing experts and business professionals from around the globe are all trying to figure out the best way to target their audience. For years, marketers have said that the best way to sell a product is to reach as many consumers as possible.
Are You the Next Rachael Ray? Star in Your Own Online Cooking Show
BigOven.com adds user-to-user cooking videos to rapidly growing food social network. (PRWeb Oct 30, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/SW5zZS1QaWdnLVByb2YtTG92ZS1UaGlyLVplcm8=
Google's Android: Separating the Sizzle From the Steak
There's little doubt that Google and the other members of the Open Handset Alliance made one of the biggest technology marketing splashes in recent memory on Monday with their introduction of Android. What kind of lasting impact the platform will have on the cellular industry, however, is less certain.
Flash: Evils of Flash9, Frames for state and Movieclips with embedded sound or video
One of the things that really bugs me about Flash9 is the rather shoddy use of Frames for state management. What happens is even though clips may removed from stage after a frame has passed, they still exist in memory and in the case of them playing sounds embedded on the timeline...continue to haunt [...]
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Griffey's HR highlights Cincy's win at Houston - Sports Network
 Washington Post | Griffey's HR highlights Cincy's win at Houston Sports Network - Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Ken Griffey Jr. belted a three-run homer to help the Cincinnati Reds to a 9-5 victory and avoid a three-game sweep to the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. Slugger helps Cincinnati deny Astros of series sweep Reds snap 8-game skid against Astros with 9-5 win |
Dog the Spammer Hunter
Linux Today Blog: "...I am always sad and disappointed that it's SpamAssassin, rather than SpammerAssassin."
Fay may leave Lake Okeechobee with too much rain
Everglades marshes west of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties are so swollen that state wildlife managers temporarily closed nearly 700,000 acres to hunting to protect animals struggling for high ground. (Read on Source)
Intel Acquires Mobile OSS Firm OpenedHand--Advances Moblin
Intel is pushing forward with its Moblin mobile Internet and Linux project, focused on mobile and automotive Internet devices based on Atom processors. Its latest move is acquiring OpenedHand, which provides software development and consulting services, in addition to maintaining several ongoing projects focused on mobile and embedded Linux. OpenedHand's team maintains and contributes development efforts to the Matchbox window manager (on Nokia's devices), the Pimlico suite of PIM applications, Poky (an embedded Linux distro), and more. In essence, Intel gets a distributed set of open source applications and Moblin development resources in picking up OpenedHand.
Greek Hackers Target CERN's LHC
Doomsayers Delight writes "The Telegraph reports that Greek hackers were able to gain momentary access to a CERN computer system of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) while the first particles were zipping around the particle accelerator on September 10th. 'Scientists working at CERN, the organization that runs the vast smasher, were worried about ... (Read on Source)
Passion + Web 2.0 Expo
I spent the day at the Web 2.0 Expo expecting yet another conference. What I ended up with at the end of the day were a number of conversations that centered around passion. (Read on Source)
Photoboard for iPhone imitates Microsoft tech
Zest Prod has developed a new photo app designed to take advantage of the iPhone's multi-touch capabilities. Photoboard allows users to pick a variety of images to display in the app, and then solely through the use of gestures, manipulate their content. Photos can be resized by pinching, moved around by dragging, or organized by holding a finger on the screen, which bring up a circular menu. The...
Obama Targets Battleground States With Video Game Ads
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has taken political advertising into uncharted waters this month. In an advertising first, political ads for the Illinois senator have begun appearing on billboards in "Burnout: Paradise City," a car-racing video game on the Xbox 360 console.
Will Larry Johnson Quit Beating Up Women?
Larry Johnson, Pick on Someone Your Own Size: During the Chiefs’ bye week, Kansas City RB Larry Johnson got into another altercation up in the club with another woman. If Fidel Goddell gets involved, he’s probably looking at a suspension. Either way, Jay-Z can’t be running with losers like this. (KC Star) (Read on Source)
Intel Invests $170M in China, Dalian Fab on Track
Intel plans on investing its way through the financial crisis and announced that it is spending US$170 million on new projects...
Google Shares Drop Below $300 for First Time in Three Years
Google shares fell below $300 for the first time in over three years on Wednesday.
A Dose of Reform for British Bribery Laws
A radical -- and to many, long overdue -- overhaul of the United Kingdom's bribery and corruption laws looks set to take place following a new report by the Law Commission of England and Wales. The existing U.K. anti-corruption regime, which is largely drawn from three statutes passed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, has been heavily criticized for having little impact in policing bribery and corruption at British companies.
London Hospitals Nearly Back Online After Worm Infection (PC World)
PC World - Three London hospitals whose computer systems were infected with a relatively old worm are now almost back online.
PHOTOS: Venice Floods Reach Five Feet, But Life Goes On
 | Knee-deep gondoliers breakfasted at café tables, rubber-booted locals waded through a pastry shop?despite a five-foot flood Monday, pockets of Venice showed surprising normalcy. |
NewerTech Releases the MAXPower USB Wireless Adapter
NewerTech on Thursday released the MAXPower 802.11g/b Wireless USB 2.0 Stick Adapter, giving Mac desktop and notebook users...
Law Department Budget Cuts Could Lead to Change in Outside Firms
The bulk of law department budget cuts next year will be targeted toward outside law firms, according to respondents to a national survey by Altman Weil. Bringing more work in-house is the method of choice for 65 percent of GCs, and 50.5 percent will require more alternative fee arrangements, the survey showed. But the market turn could be a growth opportunity for those firms with slightly lower rates that could be an attractive alternative to general counsel.
GasPredictor.com Announces Quarterly Subscriptions
Limited Number of 13-Week subscriptions to the Gas Forecast Newsletter available for as little as $1.39. (PRWeb Dec 13, 2008)
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Rare Snow in the U.S. Deep South
Yes, Louisiana was a winter wonderland...it was very cool. Here's a modis image and recap from NASA: A snow storm arrived in the Deep South of the United States in mid-December 2008. Several inches of wet snow fell across parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama on Thursday, December 11, closing schools and businesses in a part of the ... (Read on Source)
Why Pfizer?
I get occasional comments and e-mails asking why I?m so hard on Pfizer. It?s not that I have anything personal against the company ? I?ve never worked there, and they?ve never turned me down for a job. And I have a lot of friends there as well - the company has a lot of good people working for it. No, it?s not Pfizer so much as the ... (Read on Source)
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