Archive for February, 2010
auDA trying to raise profile?
It looks like the nation’s domain name regulator .au Domain Administration (auDA) is trying to raise its profile in the community. “If you own an .australian Web site you need to know who we are,” screamed an orange and grey advertisement the …
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60,000 attend festive Winter Olympics closing ceremony
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – An Olympics that began with the death of a luger ended Sunday with an exuberant celebration of Canada ‘” reflecting a determined comeback by the host country’s organizers and athletes. A festive crowd of 60,000 jammed …
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Small law firms adapt faster
Employment law, bankruptcy, real-estate and family law – practice areas most affected by the recession – have long been the domain of small firms and solo practitioners, said Richard … net, which trades tips and advice on running a small law …
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Ultra-secure Firefox offered to UK bank users
UK users are being offered a ‘hardened’ version of Mozilla Firefox that can secure access to online bank accounts, maker Network Intercept has announced. Although the security built into the browser is identical in its workings to the US version …
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The Death of Film Criticism
“It sucks,” decrees an Internet movie critic, sharing the most common aesthetic reaction in contemporary film criticism. In the viral salon of bloggers and chat-roomers, the finely tuned turns of phrase crafted by an earlier generation of sharp-eyed …
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Sochi 2014 unveils new logo
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia unveiled the new logo for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, a design based on the organizing committee’s Internet domain name. The lower-case logo is set in a rounded blue typeface and contains no images other than the five …
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Microsoft’s Week Included Federal Cloud, Botnet Killing, Patents …
Microsoft’s week focused in large part on government and legal initiatives. These included the announcement of Business Productivity Online Suite Federal, likely an attempt to help head off the threat of Google’s planned federal cloud-computing …
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Iksanika Brings Experience to Financial and Banking Institutions
Iksanika, a US-based software outsourcing company with a production office in Eastern Europe is excited to announce the launch of a new development practice focused on financial and banking industry. Processes related to finance require a …
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ZAP this…ZAP that…but in the Zapworld, zapEV zaps the EV traffic.
PR Log (Press Release) ‘“ Feb 28, 2010 ‘“ Last November I visited the Zap display at the SEMA international auto show in Vegas. I had a feeling they were very focused and determined people really on a mission to achieve success and bring real cars …
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S and P 500 posts
In its annual letter to shareholders, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ( BRK.A ) reported net income of $8.1 billion and revenue of $112 billion for 2009. That’s an improvement over the net income of $5.0 billion and revenue of $108 billion in 2008. However …
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