New High

I've told you before I'm a geek. Well this week I have achieved a new high in my geekery rating. I have a birthday coming up, as well as an anniversary. My husband asked me what I wanted, I told him, "It's kind of expensive, but I'd really like to have a Kindle" He said "Okay, order one up for yourself" Wow, if only it was always that easy! Seriously though, now he's completely off the hook

Last weekend a friend was moaning about endless problems with Windows XP on his desktop PC. We installed Ubuntu 7.04 on it. The problems went away. That started me thinking about my own "daily driver" computer, a Dell Latitude that also runs Ubuntu 7.04, and it made me realize that I... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Equities gave away most of overnight gains on Thursday to end lower as investors resorted to profit booking after oil touched new peaks. Realty metals and banks were the worst performers.Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex closed at 13,056.74, down 607.88 points or 4.45 per cent. The index touched a high of 13,530.68, and low of 12,934.92.National Stock Exchange’s Nifty ended at 3,920.45, down 172.

What messages are UK parents sending out to their children about alcohol? In many homes, drinking is simply not discussed. In others, kids are occasionally permitted to try a sip of a parent's drink.And some parents follow the European model, allowing their children to have a glass of diluted wine or beer with meals. The theory is that, when presented with a relaxed approach to alcohol, children a

Oil edged lower on Monday after its biggest surge ever, as OPEC’s resistance to pumping more crude kept prices near their record high from Friday, when the falling dollar and Middle East jitters fuelled an … Original post by The Boston Globe

May 22, ReutersTOKYO - Crude oil soared to a fresh record high above $135 per barrel on Thursday as a surprise drawdown in U.S. crude oil inventories and a weaker dollar prompted heavy fund inflows into the market.Investment funds flocked into the market based on its strong performance, with key U.S. crude oil having surged more than 20 percent since the start of the month and geopolitical and sup

For Kate Moss is an important day today as her summer clothes collection has launched today. There are expected over 2 million visitors on topshop.com today. The clothes do look quite nice and Kate took care to promote herself the collection. The prices varies between $20 and $400 for a dress. Kate Moss wears the [...]

Oil futures crept higher Monday while retail gas and diesel prices reached new records, adding to the pressure on drivers planning road trips for the coming holiday weekend. Americans are now paying an average of $3.79 for a gallon of regular gas, according to a survey by AAA and the Oil Price... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Australian Dollar had a big up day today breaking out to a new all time high. In the above chart you'll notice the ascending triangle that has developed over the past 2 1/2 months. This pattern suggests that the Aussie Dollar can go much higher from these levels.

The transportation index made a new high close today. As you know I've been bullish on the transportation index based on Dow Theory and the head and shoulders formation that developed back in March. I raised my protective stop just below this week's low to lock in profits. My price objective is almost reached and on the next push up I will exit my long position. Just so I don't confuse

(Credit: Sony) Pity the desktop music lover. While loudspeakers for full stereo systems get more outrageous by the day, the PC is often humored with novelty items of dubious aural or aesthetic value. Sony seems to be trying to address those issues at least on the European market with its ...

Singdollar hits new high against greenback    THE Singapore dollar rose to a record high, as Asian currencies advanced, spurring speculation that the Republic’s central bank can allow gains to slow inflation without losing export competitiveness. Singapore’s currency, managed against an undisclosed basket of currencies of its major trading partners, was the second-best performer among the 10 most [...]

Toshiba have launched 4 new high end HDTV’s. These are the ZH and ZV series. The ZV allows you to add a HDD via a USB input and the HH has a built in 300GB Hard Drive, as well as a USB input, if you run out of storage space. Both the ZH and ZV TV’s [...]

LALATE was the first to get you early details of the Madonna 4 Minutes to Save the World Video. Now today, reps for Madonna / Warners Brothers have released to LALATE NEWS high definition versions of the incredible music video everyone is watching. You may have seen it before, but now enjoy news streams optimized for higher [...]

Three weeks ago I posted a rendering of the Stadium that was included in an email sent to me. Today at the Stadium it was calendar day, and the high-res version was included in the calendar. Click image to see full size.(image courtesy of baseball-fever member SparkyL)Along with that, here's a brand new overhead shot of the two stadiums side by side that was sent to me by one of this blog's readers. Thanks to Mark Sherman for the great contribution.

Kolkata: LAND rates for big ticket IT ventures have scaled a new peak in Kolkata's Tech town, Salt Lake. In one of the biggest city property deals in recent times, a consortium of South City Projects and Merlin Group has shelled out a whopping Rs 143 crore to KMDA to acquire a prized 4.3-acre plot in the Salt Lake Electronic Complex (Saltec) to develop an IT logistics center. This pegs the deal size at an unprecedented Rs 33.33 crore per acre. Government sources confirmed that it's the highest payout for project land in north 24 Parganas,which is a reflection of booming reality prices for IT projects.The South City-Merlin deal supersedes the Rs 27-crore per acre shelled out by DLF Hilton for its city hotels. And it is merely a shade below the Rs 33.81-crore per acre that Dubai-base

BenQ today announces the launch of BenQ SP870 digital projector – an ultra-high brightness projector that redefines the way presentations are delivered in virtually any environment ranging from classroom and meeting room to auditorium and public display area. The BenQ SP870 distinguishes itself from other conventional projectors by offering an unprecedented high brightness level at 5000 ANSI lumens; users will no longer have to turn off lights when delivering presentations thus maintaining a fully lit environment for taking notes or reading through documents. In addition to featuring an auditorium-class brightness level, the SP870 also packs a full suite of features required by a business projector.Weighing at 4.9kg, the SP870 is able to project an ultra-crisp 1024 x 768 XGA resolution a

BenQ today announces the launch of BenQ SP870 digital projector – an ultra-high brightness projector that redefines the way presentations are delivered in virtually any environment ranging from classroom and meeting room to auditorium and public display area. The BenQ SP870 distinguishes itself from other conventional projectors by offering an unprecedented high brightness level at 5000 ANSI lumens; users will no longer have to turn off lights when delivering presentations thus maintaining a fully lit environment for taking notes or reading through documents. In addition to featuring an auditorium-class brightness level, the SP870 also packs a full suite of features required by a business projector.Weighing at 4.9kg, the SP870 is able to project an ultra-crisp 1024 x 768 XGA resolution a

Those are the two new additions to American Style Darts.com. If you visit the Score Sheets page, you’ll notice two new Excel files added towards the bottom. Those are “automated” scoresheets where scorekeepers only have to enter the value of the last dart shooter’s inning score. All of the addition will be [...]

Playstation, Xbox, and static gaming have been popular for quite some time. Just the demand for the new Xbox is proof of that. Online gaming has been growing by leaps and bounds over the past few year, and now just recently mobile online gaming is reaching new highs. Now you can play games online from your cell phone or other mobile devices.In fact mobile game plays are the most popular form of gaming around. So popular that mobile providers are offering subscribers enticing free games as a bonus for purchasing online game services. Many phones are also coming preprogrammed with a mix of games.Almost all new cell phones and mobile devices come internet ready complete with a mini browser. So accessing the internet is no longer a problem. It’s generally just a press of a button and you’re on. That’s why mobile online gaming is growing by leaps and bounds. This is really great for the service providers who have seen substantial growth in the revenues. And of course the game develope

just a heads up that two new players joined the High Score Honor Roll for our web-based American Darts game. Bob Marinelli managed to hit a 66, and 13 year-old Chris Becker broke the 70 mark. Congrats guys!

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 (Bernama) -- Share prices on Bursa Malaysia ended higher today as buying of plantation and oil & gas key heavyweights led the benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) to close at an all-time high of 1,427.77, up 11.96 points or 0.84 percent today, a dealer said.The KLCI touched an intra-day high of 1,431.69, up 15.88 points or 1.12 percent at 4.27pm after opening 0.05 of a point lower at 1,415.76.MIMB Investment Bank head of research Pong Teng Siew said the market rally was led by blue chips like Sime Darby and IOI Corp."Obviously the re-listing of Sime Darby had provided a fresh impetus for the market and gave an upside to the KLCI," he noted.He pointed out that as Malaysia is more commodity-driven, the local bourse had even outperformed some of its regional peers."Malaysia is also fortunate that at a time when some parts of the world are facing slower growth, government spending here has increased," said Pong.Increase in government spending would translat

Sony is back with two new high-end 1080p HDV cameras, the $10,500 HVR-S270U and the $6,850 HVR-Z7U. Both models sports interchangeable Carl Zeiss lenses, Sony’s 1/3-inch ClearVid CMOS sensor that offers 1.5 lux sensitivity, 24p and 30p modes, and support for recording directly to CompactFlash or an optional hard-disk recording attachment. The miniDV-only HVR-Z7U features HDMI output, and the HVR-270U bumps up to HD- or SD-SDI output and it also can also take full-size DVCAM tapes. Sony also launched the $5,540 HVR-M35U HDV deck that supports both miniDV and full-size tapes, and features a 2.7-inch preview LCD. This two models are expected in February. We would apreciate if you leave us a feeback so please express your oppinion by commenting the article. If you enjoyed this post then don’t forget to subscribe to our full RSS Feed .

A client of mine just recenly launched their new high tech pr site and blog.  The blog uses blogcfc as the engine and I think it turned out pretty well.  As always I am interested in feedback.

Playstation, Xbox, and static gaming have been popular for quite some time. Just the demand for the new Xbox is proof of that. Online gaming has been growing by leaps and bounds over the past few year, and now just recently mobile online gaming is reaching new highs. Now you can play games online from your cell phone or other mobile devices.In fact mobile game plays are the most popular form of gaming around. So popular that mobile providers are offering subscribers enticing free games as a bonus for purchasing online game services. Many phones are also coming preprogrammed with a mix of games.Almost all new cell phones and mobile devices come internet ready complete with a mini browser. So accessing the internet is no longer a problem. It’s generally just a press of a button and you’re on. That’s why mobile online gaming is growing by leaps and bounds. This is really great for the service providers who have seen substantial growth in the revenues. And of course the game develope

Fires continue to flare in SoCal. Yesterday during a cabinet session, VP Dick Cheney caught some Zs, and today George Bush flew out to view the damage caused by the fires. I guess that kiss means he’s “compassionate”, right? Condoleezza Rice, today Meanwhile, Secretary of Condoleezza State Rice made an angry face during her testimony on the war in Iraq before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. In other foreign policy news, Secretary of State Rice and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced new sanctions against Iran today. China’s economy announced 11.5% growth in the third quarter, while investor Jimmy Rogers told the Daily Telegraph that the U.S. economy is in a recession. According to a UN report released today, Humanity is to blame for putting the Earth (and its inhabitants) at risk. Oil reached a new high above $90 per barrel. Yikes! The Red Sox crushed the Rockies 13 to 1 in the first game of the World Series. The House failed to pa

The good people over at MyTechOpinion.com, have scooped a new high speed modem that is launching today. Are you a mobile real estate agent? If so, you know that mobile broadband technology has seen some major improvements over the last few years. Well, tomorrow (October 5th) you will see another step forward in mobile computing technology as Verizon introduces their new compact external broadband modem. Read the rest: Technology for Real Estate On Other Blogs, Tidbits

"We felt like doing a new high school. It's been over 40 years since we've had a school (built)." - Harlan Superintendent Tim Saylor Cost of Harlan school doubles Materials blamed for $27 million jump FRANKFORT, Ky. -- State Board of Education members yesterday expressed shock and concern that the price tag of a high school under construction in Harlan County has more than doubled since the original cost estimate.The 220,000-square-foot high school, which is expected to open at the beginning of the next school year, is now expected to cost $50 million, up from the original $23 million estimate."Where I work you can't run a business this way and stay in business, much less employed," said board member Joe Brothers at a board subcommittee meeting yesterday. "The surprise and shock factor of this is really frustrating."The Harlan County school board estimates it needs about $8 million to $9 million to complete the project, but state school board officials warned not to come looking for

LOUISVILLE - The state's public universities and colleges reached a record recently, handing out more than 43,900 degrees and credentials during the last academic year, officials said.The 43,902 degrees and credentials issued during the 2006-07 school year marked a 3.3 percent increase from the previous year, state officials said Friday. It also continues a trend that started in 1997, when Kentucky lawmakers passed legislation aimed at boosting higher education for citizens."This is excellent news," said Charles McGrew, director of information and research for the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. "It just continues to go up every year."The Kentucky Community and Technical College System accounted for more than half of the awards last year that were either diplomas, certificates and associate's degrees. Meanwhile, state schools awarded more than 14,700 bachelor's degrees.David Adkisson, president and chief executive of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, said the numbers we

During these present times the unmistakable Chinese influence in the world economy is seemly inevitable hereat they’ve taken apart the highly industrialized nations in the world such as the United States, UK, Germany and Japan in terms of the advancement in science and technology. As a matter of fact, when you’re talking about sports, entertainment, world politics, and technology and peculiarly in the business world it hardly occur that you can’t chance upon a Chink overseeing that particular enterprise with adroitness.In this regard too, Optical Memory National Engineering Research Center or OMNERC of Tsinghua University have taken issue with the two de facto high-definition DVD formats namely Sony’s Blu-ray and HD-DVD (supported by Toshiba and Microsoft). Consequently, the above-stated Chinese agency pushed otherwise its own high-definition DVD format named CH-DVD that will surely churn out the high-definition DVD market with a relatively low-priced alternative in contrast wi

Couple days ago, the exactly time is on Sept. 7, The Optical Memory National Engineering Research Center (OMNERC), a laboratory dedicated to optical disc research in Tsinghua University had announced CH-DVD (China High Definition DVD), a new generation high definition DVD format that developed in collaboration with research institutes and manufacturing enterprises at home and abroad. CH-DVD is a

FRANKFURT, Germany — NFL Europa averaged a record 20,024 spectators a game this season. The six-team developmental league — known as NFL Europe until this season — attracted 600,714 fans to its 30 regular season games to eclipse the previous record of 18,965 from 2005. About 35,000 tickets have been sold for Saturday’s World Bowl. Frankfurt Galaxy, with a record four titles, plays the Hamburg Sea Devils, which made the title game for the first time in its three-year history. AP more…

Traditionally, there has only been one way to earn interest on your savings (as opposed to investing in the stock market or some other type of variable financial contract): find the highest fixed interest rate you can find, put your money into that account, and hope for the best. It could be a savings account, a bank CD, or a fixed annuity or life insurance. But, this also meant that if you were to buy into any of these you had to accept that fixed rate and no more. If the stock market started doing well, you would have to draw some (or all) of your money out of one of these accounts and place it into a higher risk account. Today, no such need exists. Innovation by life insurance companies has brought about a concept called “equity indexing”. This relatively unknown and underutilized concept makes it very easy to reap the upside of the stock market without any of the downside risks - all without investing in the stock market. If the stock market gains 10%, so can you. If th

The KSE-100 index experienced another choppy ride in a fairly similar range as yesterday. A high of 13,313 and a low of 13,149 closing up at 13,274 yet another record close. The future of the KSE-100 index will ride on the Budget for 2007-8 which will be announced 2moro and is expected to be more on the positive side. Currently the previous high of 13,332 is the current resistance for upward movement in the market followed by 13,375 to 13,500. On the downside there is support at 13,145 and 13,000. SCRA inflow for June = $114.4 million and the total for the fiscal year is $864.5 million. News : National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) has signed a declaration with the largest Chinese bank, Industrial Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) for co-operation in banking and financial sectors of both the countries…ICBC’s assets are estimated at $ 1 trillion having a large network of 18000 branches in China and around the world… Aaj News SPOT : AHSL and PSO will open ex-dividend 

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In a further push in the highly competitive mega pixel war, Sony has unveiled their latest member of the Cyber Shot family of digital cameras in the form of the DSC-W200. Boasting a resolution of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The most unlikely proponents for a train from Southern California to Las Vegas have stepped up to the plate. The majority of California’s politicians not want a train route that could drain their residents off to Las Vegas with lower taxes and cheaper housing. But the City of Victorville sees it differently.  They see opportunity [...]