| Blu-ray and HD DVD support demystified
There is no doubt that the high-definition format war is one of most popular topics in the tech industry today. But while Blu-ray and HD DVD are gaining traction in the mainstream, it is still the enthusiast user and early adopter that remains the driver of the general opinion on both formats on the Internet. We are following this format war closely and, as a result, are often much more tangled up in this HD opinion battle than we’d prefer to. Just as is the case with Apple-Windows PC, Nvidia-ATI/AMD or Intel/AMD, one day you are being accused of being bought by Intel and the next day by AMD.The HD DVD/Blu-ray rivalry has the sort of dynamic we have been used to the Intel/AMD battles once a new technology is emerging that could change the playing field. And especially since we have some changes on the content side, our reader reactions are more intense – with some pretending to be representatives of major content studios and requesting retractions and others threatening to post articles discussing allegedly false content that was published by TG Daily.
May 2006
And this little house that needs work just about everywhere I turn is giving me a chance to revel in its potential. Windows leak like sieves? Get new airtight double-panes! Think the fireplace mantle is just too wimpy? Chuck it! And what about that cheap, varnished-pine clamshell molding surrounding every door and window? I'm now buying Benjamin Moore Decorator's White by the contractor-size bucket to cover it all up. After years of having to consider architectural significance, I now have the chance to create my own, instead. It seems that, in this land of 300-year-old salt boxes, I have found new possibilities, and a home that belongs, not to history, but to me, alone. .
IconNicholson's SocialRetailing(SM) Solution Selected by Time Magazine ...
NEW YORK, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- IconNicholson, a leading full-service digital agency, has been recognized by Time Magazine for its ground-breaking SocialRetailing(SM) concept, which was named one of the top inventions of the year. The solution -- developed for renowned fashion designer Nanette Lepore and piloted at Bloomingdale's this past spring -- demonstrates the agency's commitment to its clients to innovate the customer experience at a time when the Internet and other emerging technologies are profoundly changing the game of marketing and world-class customer service. SocialRetailing(SM) itself has come to represent what many are calling the first integration of Web 2.0 activities with real-world channels. Facebook, MySpace and other social sites are proving the power of social networks to influence purchasing decisions and buying behaviors; SocialRetailing(SM) connects that power with the in-store shopping experience and is the first of a wave of applications that IconNicholson envisions for the future of retail.
Retail Employers Reveal Recruitment and Retention Strategies for 2008 ...
CHICAGO, Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- While retailers may have pulled out all the stops the last few months to get customers to the shelves, a new CareerBuilder.com study reveals retailers themselves have some shopping to do -- for talent. Nearly half (47 percent) of the retail employers surveyed say they have open positions for which they cannot find qualified candidates and 21 percent plan to increase their number of full-time, permanent employees in 2008. "In retail, employees truly are the brand and recruiting and retention efforts should be considered part of the marketing strategy," said Jason Ferrara, vice president of Corporate Marketing for CareerBuilder.com. "To be more competitive and effective in attracting talent, many retailers are enhancing benefits, compensation and career growth opportunities in 2008." While 60 percent of retail workers say they are satisfied with their job overall, nearly a quarter (23 percent) plan to leave their jobs in less than a year.
Indulge yourself
You're probably already in the Holi-Daze. That would be the zombie- like state that results from having to make more plans and purchases than you have time and money. Symptoms may include frantic spending, family and friends fatigue, and trying to get a buzz off virgin eggnog samples at the grocery store. One remedy — taking moments for yourself when you're supposed to be giving to others. To encourage you, our staff came up with more than 24 hours worth of breathers from the seasonal grind. .
Whiteside could be big downtown draw
That would be more than 250 million from China, and a like number from India, both of which have population exceeding 1 billion. At least 25 percent of those populations are very poor and very oppressed.And a like percentage from Bangladesh, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Russia? And Brazil with a huge population? And another 20 or 30 million from Mexico?We could run our population up to 1 billion, or close to 2 billion, as fast as the ships and planes could haul them here.So surely you jest, Mr. deLespinasse.Floyd McFarlandCorvallisU.S. should rethink support for IsrealI was elated when I learned that Egypt had allowed the Palestinians living in Gaza into their country for supplies.President Mubarak honorably helped the Palestinians who are facing what media calls, a "humanitarian crisis" resulting from Israel's latest lockdown of Gaza.The Palestinians residing in Gaza live in subhuman conditions and are denied basic human rights.
Dollar down on home sales data
More bad news about the US housing market weighed on the dollar on Monday. Figures showed US new home sales in December dropped by more than expected to their lowest in nearly 13 years. This heightened speculation that the Federal Reserve would lower its Fed funds rates by up to 50 basis points to 3 per cent after Wednesday's policy meeting . By midday in New York, the dollar had lost 0.8 per cent to $1.4785 against the euro, 0.2 per cent to $1.9860 against the pound and 0.4 per cent to SFr1.0895 against the Swiss franc. The greenback was flat against the yen at Y106.70, however, in spite of weakness on global equity markets. The yen had gained earlier as a sharp drop in Asian stock markets drove investors away from risky assets. This led to reduced demand for carry trades, where buying riskier, higher-yielding assets is funded by selling low-yielding currencies such as the yen.
Discovering Key West's quaint charms and tropical trends
Key West never sought to be different. But by birthright, it simply was: a remote village with a defiant attitude and free spirit that attracted privateers, pirates, entrepreneurs, smugglers, craftsmen, pioneers, poets and writers.
It remains a place tolerant of idiosyncrasy. A place in which a soul can drop out, blend in or stand above. One that appreciates the old ways, revels in its difference and largely lets people be what they want to be.
Through the years, the dowdy little settlement that lured the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams and Elizabeth Bishop has become a dame that swaggers in 4-inch heels. She's a little Divine, a little Marie Osmond; at once bawdy and gracious, overbearing and sweet, party girl and society maven. She's equal parts Kmart and Neiman Marcus, Johnny Walker Red and Diet Coke, Park Avenue and Division Street.
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