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April 15, 2008 News and Trends

2008 Trends to Watch - Managed - Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung)


2008 Trends to Watch - Managed
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung), Germany - 14 hours ago
This brief offers a comprehensive take on the most significant trends in the managed application hosting market. The brief details five key trends, ...


E-Ten 3G Java Glofish 750 810 Smartphones Available in 3 Wks

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:57:14 PDT
Wireless and Mobile News reports that the E-Ten smartphones with QWERTY keyboards, GPS, Java, music, Bluetooth and 3G connectivity will be available in three weeks. That's what I call THE WORKS!

Discover the Messaging Virtualization Market Trends for Years 2008-2011 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:30:00 PDT
DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of Messaging Virtualization Market Trends, 2008-2011 to their offering.

A Viewer Speaks

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:05:29 PDT
WE GET A good group of commenters here in Sticksville. Lately, we've been hearing quite a bit from a young woman from the Prairies, who has an openminded attitude toward Canadian shows, and an engaged and passionate way of defending them. On the subject of all the changes going on at the CBC, I think she's expressed the necessary corrective point of view better than Richard Stursberg, Kirstine Leyfield, or anybody else at the public broadcaster has managed to do. So I'm bumping her comment here

CBC’s expert “news” source, Huffington Post: participants wish Dick Cheney dead

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:17:24 PDT
CBC’s expert “news” source, Huffington Post: participants wish Dick Cheney dead From what seems to be the source of sources for the far-left’s state-owned CBC Newsworld and their crack squad of news producers and anchors (see below), we get a taste of the left’s brain trust. This is how liberals at Huffington Post think when Vice President Dick Cheney visits Iraq, as he is now doing. (Blog entry about it from Little Green Footballs today) Huffington Post Forgets to Turn Off Cheney Comme

Copa del Rey: Valencia - Getafe Preview

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:52:47 PDT
A match preview, with form guide and team news

Public Betting: Phillies at Mets Spread, Odds, Trends & Matchups - The Spread


Public Betting: Phillies at Mets Spread, Odds, Trends & Matchups
The Spread, MI - 1 hour ago
Young pitchers such as Kyle Kendrick helped the Philadelphia Phillies win the NL East last season. Mike Pelfrey, meanwhile, was part of a group of fill-ins ...


One year ago on SentDev: Bisphenol A 'inherently toxic'

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:51:58 PDT
A year ago I wrote about the perils of Bisphenol A. News hit the wire today that Health Canada is on the verge of classifying it as a dangerous substance. ___ If you eat canned food or drink from a can or hard plastic bottles, chances are good that you've ingested Bisphenol A. A controversy is now raging over the safety of the chemical, which acts like a synthetic female sex hormone. Bisphenol A may be responsible for a number of health risks. Here's an excerpt from the Globe and Mail article,

Social data at its finest

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:20:33 PDT
Today, Facebook launched a few new features including chat and something called Feedcrawler. But the most interesting release today is called Lexicon. Think of it as Google Trends but for social data. One of the Facebook engineers working on the projects sent me the above query, but the possibilities are endless. This tool will be useful in the next coming months when the presidential election is going on.

PSN Cards and In-Game XMB are Coming

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:24:07 PDT
He lauded the new store, mentioned some upcoming downloadable games, and even touched on a PS3-centric video service (they'll announce something soon), but the most concrete news in Dille's post was that an in-game cross media bar is coming this year and that PlayStation Network cards are "rolling out" to retailers as you read this.

Meet the New Creative

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:59:37 PDT
Meet the New Creative April 16, 2008 This is old news but a guy at Poke created a really cool iPhone application. where it will synch the music to the rhythm of your steps. As I’m schlepping around the country looking for work, I realized that some agencies created a new “digital strategist” position to work in the digital space (as opposed to just the strategist/planner). Not that I mind. If anyone were to change their job descriptions it would be the planner since we have to continually p

China demands CNN apology for ''goons'' comment

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:22:34 PDT
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Tuesday demanded that television news channel CNN apologize after one of its commentators said the Chinese were ''goons'' and that their products were ''junk''. Jack Cafferty made the comments earlier this month on CNN's...

Tuesday March 18 at 10pm ET/PT on CBC Newsworld - CBC News


CBC News

Tuesday March 18 at 10pm ET/PT on CBC Newsworld
CBC News, Canada - Mar 17, 2008
... Susan Stranks & Sheila Petzold, and directed by Sheila Petzold. It was produced by Holmwood Productions (Ottawa) in association with CBC Newsworld.


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April 15, 2008 Hot Trends

LookOnline Shoutout: Over "It"

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:44:43 PDT
Being bored to death with fashion is almost as trendy as being obsessed with fashion. Or at least that is the impression we get from LookOnline's Marilyn Kirschner's report on Fashion Group Internationale's Fall/Winter 2008 Audio Visual Trend Overview..

Haze Exclusive Demo Coming To PS Network

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:55:31 PDT
Join http://NextGenScene.Net for the latest Next Generation News!

Daily News Brief: Who’s Courting Circuit City?

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:08:11 PDT
Spring is in the air, and companies are not being shy when it comes to courting one another. While Microsoft's busy pining over Yahoo, Blockbuster yesterday announced an infatuation with Circuit City, offering $6.00 per share in cash.

New Mac RSS App "Times," Interview with Developer

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:30:17 PDT
Read your news feeds like the New York Times.

Will Obama Kill Pleated Khakis? - Washingtonian.com

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:32:11 PDT
Is Barack Obama the next DC fashion icon? He favors slim-cut suits and tapered ties in keeping with the new trends in men’s fashion. It’s a more youthful look that contrasts with the navy-blue uniforms of President Bush and company.

Weight Loss Trends: The COOKIE DIET™

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:40:13 PDT
Um, yeah it sounds too good to be true.According to the COOKIE DIET Web site, the "cookies" are made of a secret blend of amino acid food proteins that curb your appetite without drugs."The "cookies" are available in chocolate, raisin or coconut. And taste bad like shampoo.And Calling Dr. Siegal: Real cookies don't look like blobs of barf!!

TELUS Mobility launches TELUS mobile TV on its national 1X network

Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:35:45 PDT
TELUS mobile TV is powered by MobiTV, the world's first network and platform providing live television on wireless phones. clients watch live, real-time programming on seven channels: CBC Newsworld, Fox News, G4 Tech TV, Le Reseau de l'information (RDI), MeteoMedia, The Shopping Channel and The Weather Network.

Girlfriends' getaways a booming trend in travel

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:59:18 PDT
irlfriends' getaways - where women travel with other women and leave the menfolk home - are booming. And the phenomenon is not just about bachelerotte parties or 20-somethings on spring break.Women are taking knitting trips, adventure trips and spa trips. The Fine Living Network is launching a series on April 24 called "All-Girl Getaways"...

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8:10 AM

April 15, 2008 Breaking News

War at 33 1/3, haven’t you heard?

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:36:16 PDT
War at 33 1/3, haven’t you heard? There’s a lot of money out there in the economy that people used to spend on CDs. The question is, where, exactly, did it go? Even if you know nothing about the music industry, you probably know this: People don’t buy albums anymore. Everyone is aware of this, mostly because this phenomenon is reported on constantly. The soundtrack to High School Musical was considered a commercial success by selling 2.9 million units in all of 2007; seven years before, Br

Bush Defeats Truman

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:46:25 PDT
At 39 months in the doghouse, George W. Bush has surpassed Harry Truman's record as the postwar president to linger longest without majority public approval.Bush hasn't received majority approval for his work in office in ABC News/Washington Post polls since Jan. 16, 2005 — three years and three months ago.

Real-Time Local News a Central PA Winner

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:01 PDT
Harrisburg, PA (PRWEB) September 27, 2007 -- There's a lot going on and nobody wants to miss it. Now Central Pennsylvania has a source for...

Mugabe has 'unleashed a war' (Kitchener/Waterloo Record)

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:47:38 PDT
HARARE, ZIMBABWE (Apr 4, 2008) -- Intruders ransacked offices of the main opposition party and police detained foreign journalists yesterday in an ominous sign that President Robert Mugabe might turn to intimidation and violence in trying to stave off an electoral threat to his 28-year rule.

Immaterial: Brian Reyes Cardigan Dress

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:02:02 PDT
This Spring and Fall 08, the drop waist trend is popping up in many forms. From designer Brian Reyes, it appears as a knit (viscose) cardigan dress that's so slinky and light, that suddenly an eight degree evening seems possible.

Marijuana use on the rise among Ontario adults, CAMH reports

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:18:56 PDT
Despite positive substance use trends, tobacco and alcohol still have high costs to society While this CAMH Monitor eReport reveals some promising substance use trends among Ontario adults, its revelation of a substantial increase in cannabis use raises a significant public health flag.

All Headline News Creates News Gathering Division.

Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:00:01 PDT
Wellington, FL (PRWEB) April 13, 2005 -- Premiere news aggregator and content syndication service All Headline News Corp has announced that it launched it's own news gathering and editorial...

SOPRANOS CARS SOLD AT AUCTION BLOCK

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:42:51 PDT
These famed autos from the Sopranos got auctioned off and never heard from again. Fogettabowtit!!!!! More articles and news can be found at http://www.daddysblogs.com

Celebrity & Entertainment News

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:49:40 PDT
Entertainment News, Celebrity News, Movie News, Music News, TV News - AOL News,World News

Death of a norwegian girl linked to Scientology.

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:28:05 PDT
Don't think this will be picked up by international news. The daughter of a Norwegian politician took a scientology personality-test. The results of the test were that she was: Irresponsible, overly critical, severely depressed and without harmony. A couple of hours later she took her own life, leaving a death note apologizing for her "failures".

CBC cuts Calgary Newsworld but adds Alberta jobs - Canoe.ca


CBC cuts Calgary Newsworld but adds Alberta jobs
Canoe.ca, Canada - Apr 4, 2008
By CP CBC News is closing the Calgary unit of its Newsworld channel as of next month. The public broadcaster announced yesterday the two hours of Newsworld ...


Metal Gear Online Beta Code Giveaway Has Begun

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:20:34 PDT
The US Playstation blog has started its “Metal Gear Mondays” in which they will be bringing weekly articles about Metal Gear Solid 4 and Metal Gear Online packed with news and content including surprise announcements, guest authors, and much more!

HP Launches ... , Disappoints With Processor Selections

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:16:26 PDT
HP swings for the fences with its 2133 Mini-Note PC. Not one to be left out in the cold by a growing trend in the PC market, HP no doubt eyed the original ASUS Eee PC and decided to make a machine to outpace it — that machine is the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC.

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