Contador – I will never admire Armstrong
Jul/090
Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has launched a stinging attack on Astana teammate Lance Armstrong after returning as a hero to his native town of Pinto near Madrid. Visit web site
Apple devices may give Flip some competition
Jul/090
The Flip line of video cameras – with more than 2 million sold in the past two years – has been the dominant entry in the nascent low-cost camcorder market. But the fast rise of Apple’s iPhone 3GS, with its video recording capabilities, could cause Visit web site
Is Free The Future Of Enterprise Software? Yes And No.
Jul/090
Aaron Levie is the CEO and co-founder of Box.net , founded in 2005 with the goal of helping people and businesses easily access and share information from anywhere. Box.net is now used by millions of individuals, small businesses, and Fortune 500 enterprises worldwide . There’s now a lot of buzz debating the business model of “Free” with the release of Chris Anderson’s new book. Most of the conversation has focused on free media and free consumer services, but ultimately the effects and Visit web site
Let’s Change The Subject
Jul/090
Economy got you down? Let’s talk about Afghanistan, circa 2001! President Obama has ordered national security officials to look into allegations that the Bush administration resisted efforts to investigate a CIA-backed Afghan warlord over the killings of hundreds of Taliban prisoners in 2001. “The indications that this had not been properly investigated just recently was brought [...] Visit web site
Pennsylvania Swim Club Accused Of Racism To Ask Minority Kids Back
Jul/090
PHILADELPHIA — A private suburban swim club accused of racism after it canceled the memberships of dozens of minority children says it will seek a meeting with the kids’ camps to work out an agreement for them to return. Amy Goldman, a member of The Valley Club, said those able to attend a hastily called meeting Sunday afternoon voted unanimously in support of reinstating the memberships of the Creative Steps day camp and two other camps as long as safety issues, times and terms can be agreed Visit web site
Location-Based Services: Are You Using Them?
Jul/090
In an increasingly mobile world, location-based services (or LBS for short) have undergone rapid growth. Whether it’s new players like Zhiing making their entrance or big players like Google creating LBS social networks like Google Latitude , everyone seems to realize that the location market is a high potential industry. Numbers earlier this week from research firm Gartner agree with this assessment: the number of users of location-based services is set to double to 95.7 million this ye Visit web site
Report: NKorea’s Kim has pancreatic cancer
Jul/090
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has life-threatening pancreatic cancer, a news report said Monday, days after new images of him looking gaunt spurred speculation that his health might be worsening following a reported stroke last year. The 67-year-old Visit web site
Lourdes Ciccone Ritchie Has Scoliosis
Jul/090
Madonna ’s daughter Lourdes Ciccone Ritchie either has Scoliosis , or she’s going through some rather major extremes in order to stand taller as a model. Lourdes was spotted wearing what appears to be a back brace, one that is often used in the treatment of Scoliosis. Scoliosis is a medical condition in which a person’s spine is curved from side to side, shaped like an “s”, and may also be rotated. To adults it can be very painful. It is an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine. Visit web site
So Much for Obama’s Sunshine Promise
Jul/090
A.I. and I have argued in the past about President Obama’s honesty. I think he is no worse, but certainly no better, than your average democratic politician. Telling us what we want to hear is what we pay these guys for, and Barack Obama is earning his keep. Consider this, from the New York Times. Visit web site
Audi Launches New Engines For Q5 And A4 Allroad
Jul/090
AUDI HAS CONFIRMED that two new engines have been added to the European Q5 range, both detuned variants of the existing 2.0 TFSI and 2.0 TDI units. The 2.0 TFSI puts out 132kW and 320Nm of torque from its supercharged four-cylinder motor, while the 2.0 TDI develops 105kW and 320Nm. The 2.0 TDI now becomes the entry-level diesel motor for the Q5 range, and is also the base engine on the recently-released A4 Allroad. While torque output for the two engines is the same, their performa Visit web site