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Sunday, June 29, 2008
Christian Audigier Fashion Show
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 | Funkshion Fashion Week, Miami Beach 2006 Date: May 23, 2008 Number of Photos in Album: 67 |
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 | Funkshion Fashion Week, Miami Beach 2006 Date: Jun 28, 2008 Number of Photos in Album: 66 |
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Silu Swimwear
new pictures from old albums, Funkshion Fashion Week 2006
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
Three tips to remain positive in a bad economy
I’d like to share some suggestions on how to embrace simple pleasures and creative ideas for making this year one of the best years ever (in spite of the bad economy!)
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New York is tired of being a total sausage fest
Early in 2007, my BFF and I did a weekend in New York City. My plan involved a carriage ride through Central Park, preferrably while it snowed, and perhaps while the Pogues serenaded us with their "Fairytale." His plan involved stopping at every hot dog cart we saw as we wove our way...Blogged with the Flock Browser
Wii Fit is living up to its name: One dude lost 15 pounds in 41 days
I kind of love scientific experiments in closely monitored, carefully guarded environments, because I'm seriously an armchair psychologist, but I also find that real life trials are just as important. After all, we're not living in a hermetically sealed bubble (unless you are, and if so,...Blogged with the Flock Browser
Friday, June 27, 2008
Solar Power's New Style
Solar Power's New Style
BRYAN WALSH
Roscheisen claims Nanosolar can already produce thin-film solar cells at prices competitive with fossil fuels.
Thomas Broening for TIME
Mike Gering, CEO of the start-up Global Solar, picks his way along his factory floor, tracing the convoluted path that his thin-film solar panels follow from birth to shipping truck. The raw materials the workers carry are ultra-thin sheets of flexible plastic, which are then coated with a series of chemicals--indium, gallium, diselenide--that allows the module to turn sunlight into electricity.
The atmosphere here is less high tech than high school chemistry lab, and Global Solar's days in this cramped Tucson, Ariz., facility are history. The company is shifting production to a sparkling factory just a few miles down the road. The new facility is fast enough to churn out 40 megawatts' worth of thin-film solar panels a year, more than 10 times Global Solar's previous capacity.
It's a story being repeated throughout the solar world, from the Southwest to Silicon Valley to Germany. Everywhere you look, thin-film solar companies are opening new, more efficient factories. The thin in thin film refers to the skinny layers of photoactive chemicals needed for the technology, as compared with the thicker films used in crystalline-silicon solar modules. Though thin-film photovoltaics are cheaper than the crystalline ones on most rooftop solar panels, the technology has proved maddeningly difficult to mass-produce, which had kept it from going mainstream. But today thin film is the hottest part of the fastest-growing new energy source in the world. BCC Research, which charts technology markets, expects the global solar market to grow from $13 billion to $32 billion by 2012, with thin film expanding 45% a year. Masdar, the clean-energy arm of the government of Abu Dhabi, just announced that it will invest $2 billion in thin film. "Crystalline silicon has had its day," says Peter Harrop, chairman of the London-based research firm IDTechEx. "These new technologies will be taking over."
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Yogurt Craze hits South Beach
Blissberry (obvious Pinkberry knockoff) hits the beach. Flavors include original and green tea. As far as I could tell, the original flavor tasted the same as Pinkberry. My friend said the green tea was pretty subpar.Toppings include lots of fruit, nuts, cereal, etc. They said the mochi balls would be coming.Corn
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Sunday, June 22, 2008
Christian Audigier Fashion Show - Glass Lounge @ the FORGE
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Friday, June 20, 2008
An Important Campaign Announcement from Barack Obama
Barack Obama talks about the decision to opt-out of the broken public financing system.
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
Tear Down Guantanamo & Illegal Detentions - Amnesty International
I cam accross this on facebook and thought that some of you might be interested in this...personally I am neutral, as usual; I don't think they should release people they deem dangerous, but they should as be very carefull before labeling individuals...
Tear Down Guantanamo & Illegal Detentions - Amnesty International
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The US detention centre at Guantánamo Bay has become a symbol of US disregard for human rights and the rule of law. It is only the visible part of a larger programme of illegal detention by the US government.
Neither you nor I are big enough to put an end to this disgrace, but working together with countless other concerned individuals worldwide, we can bring an end to this illegality.
Tear It Down
Tearitdown.org is Amnesty International’s global initiative to end illegal US detentions and a major online action under Amnesty International’s campaign to Counter Terror With Justice
Our campaign to end US illegal detentions is based on a framework that outlines practical and positive steps US authorities should take to close Guantánamo, and end secret detention and rendition.
We are asking other governments to recognize their important role in providing lasting protection for these detainees and to oppose any recourse by the US authorities to secret detention and transfers.
One pixel at a time
Each pixel represents our individual power to end the lawlessness and the human rights violations inherent in this system.
We are asking individuals, one person at a time, to own their pixel, and show their commitment to ending this human rights scandal.
Sign the pledge. Get a pixel.
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And do your bit to tear Guantánamo down, a first step to ending illegal detention.
Let’s tear it down!
The Pledge:
"I sign up to Amnesty International’s framework for ending US illegal detention, the first step of which is closing Guantánamo in a way that respects the rights of detainees.
The US must also end the practice of enforced disappearance, secret transfer of detainees to locations where they may face torture and other ill-treatment and indefinite detention without charge."
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
iPhone gets it's final inspection before clearing for US
June 13, 2008 4:18 PM PDT
From CNET.COM original article @ http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9968576-1.html
iPhone 3G clears FCC
The same day Apple announced the iPhone 3G, the FCC certified the handset for sale in the United States. As part of that process the iPhone had to report a SAR rating of less than 1.6 watts per kilogram. As it turns out, the device's highest at ear SAR is 1.38 watts per kilogram. But the iPhone 3G wasn't the only cell phone to win approval this week. The FCC also certified the LG Decoy, Nokia 5220 Xpress Music, and Motorola ZN200. We've combed through the filing on the agency's online database to bring you the full results of new and upcoming cell phones. Click through to read the full report.
Apple iPhone 3G
Ezze SL395Q
Huawei C2206
Huawei U1000
LG VX8360
LG Decoy VX8610
Motorola ZN200
Nokia 5220 Xpress Music
Nokia RM-243
Nokia N82
Samsung SCH-R550
Samsung SGH-L870
Samsung SGH-Z810
Samsung SPH-W5310
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Apple unveils iPhone 2, both the phone and the business
Apple unveils iPhone 2, both the phone and the business
The second chapter of Apple's iPhone era is almost ready to begin, and it's already clear that things will be a little different this time around.
Few people who pay even scant attention to the technology industry could claim to be shocked by the introduction of a faster iPhone earlier on Monday by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Apple has sold 6 million iPhones since June 2007, Jobs said, and will likely sell a few more once the new model arrives on July 11 with a faster networking chip, GPS capabilities, and a software upgrade that's an IT manager's dream for a mobile device.
From a features point of view, the new model delivers on what iPhone customers want and need. Yes, you still can't do mobile messaging, and I still don't think you can do cut-and-paste, which is just bizarre. But Apple has added just about everything else people have asked for or complained about in iPhone 1.0: faster networks, secure access to corporate e-mail, precise location-based services, and third-party applications.
What's perhaps more interesting is what Apple has learned about the mobile phone business. It's not all that surprising that Apple, which has a proud legacy of product design and software development, would have created an excellent product that has the rest of the industry scrambling to overtake.
But several developments later on Monday indicate that Apple has had to learn just as many lessons about playing in the mobile phone market over the past year as it has taught the mobile phone industry about product development.
About 90 minutes after Jobs concluded his keynote, AT&T held its own press conference to announce some major changes in the way iPhones are sold. You now must immediately agree to a two-year contract with AT&T whether you buy the iPhone in one of Apple's stores or one of AT&T's stores, and there will be no online ordering. AT&T and Apple have ended their revenue-sharing agreement, and Apple also said that the "vast majority" of its new carrier agreements overseas do not involve revenue sharing. To top it off, iPhone data plans are now $10 more expensive.
This just might be the aftereffect of the unlocked iPhones. Apple executives downplayed the actual number of unlocked iPhones several times this year, claiming they couldn't estimate how many iPhones had actually been unlocked and that in any event, it just demonstrates demand for the product.
But Apple's carrier partners sure cared about that number. Apple negotiated extremely favorable deals for iPhone 1.0, getting a piece of AT&T and other carriers' revenue for data services while retaining complete control over what applications would appear on the device.
Apple held up its end of the bargain in one sense--delivering a solid product that enticed people to switch networks and drove data usage--but failed to secure its product against those who wished to unlock it from its designated networks, forcing some carriers to watch their rivals reap the benefits of iPhone data usage. Wireless carriers may be opening up their networks in new and interesting ways, but their influence on the mobile market isn't waning just yet.
It's not clear whether Apple will introduce technology changes into the new iPhone that makes it harder to jailbreak, then unlock, but it will at least require U.S. iPhone buyers to sign a two-year contract and activate the iPhone on AT&T's network before they can take it home. This won't eliminate unlocking, but could discourage it to some degree.
Of course, compromise is part of any good partnership. In exchange for giving up revenue sharing and its novel at-home activation service, Apple is getting a subsidized iPhone. That will lower the price of entry into the iPhone world and should accelerate sales without dinging Apple's product margins to the degree that would be result if Apple absorbed the cost decrease itself. The increased sales should also offset the loss of the shared revenue.
So the big question: will the iPhone 3G--and new business model--enable Apple to meet its sales target for 2008 of 10 million units? If Apple has sold 6 million units to date, as Jobs said in his keynote, that means the company has a long way to go, having sold just 2.3 million iPhones so far in 2008.
The fact that the new iPhone won't be available until July 11 was one of the most surprising things to emerge from this morning's keynote. Apple, of course, never put a finer grain on when it expected to ship iPhone 3G beyond "next year," which Jobs quoted a few times in response to questions about the issue in 2007. But few expected the company to miss the one-year anniversary of the iPhone's debut with the new model, and at the very least, Apple itself had promised the iPhone 2.0 software by the end of June.
That means Apple will have shipped almost no iPhones from roughly the middle of May to July 11: about two whole months, although AT&T stores took longer to run out of their supply. We'll get a more precise number for iPhone shipments during Apple's third fiscal quarter, which ends in June, during the company's earnings call in July. But no matter how you slice it, that's a large gap that points to a bit of a supply chain snafu at some stage along the way.
Apple's Greg Joswiak, vice president of worldwide iPod and iPhone marketing, reiterated Apple's 10 million shipment goal in an interview after Jobs' keynote, so it's not like Apple is backing down. There are two main reasons why the company can still be confident: the combination of 3G and the cheaper price will spur potential customers who have been sitting on the sidelines in countries where the iPhone already exists, and a total of 70 countries will get official access to the iPhone, including major new destinations like Canada and Australia. In addition, Jobs hinted to CNBC later in the day that the big prize--China--could be coming sooner rather than later.
It's always interesting to watch a company try to make its way into an entirely new business; those who fail far outnumber those who succeed. The most common reason why many fail is because they forget to learn from their initial experiences, or assume they know better based on their past successes.
Apple may not proclaim it from on high in the Stevenote, but today the company showed that it's willing to learn from its mistakes, and to adjust its business model when prudent. So far in its iPhone era, Apple has wisely tackled the hard problem first--making a great product, and continuing to improve it--and is now making the kinds of changes to its business model to make sure the iPhone really does turn into the third leg of the company's business some day.
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Look at this, now we are talking google+yahoo
June 18, 2008 7:10 PM PDT
Yang talks up Google partnership in Washington
Yahoo's CEO Jerry Yang made the rounds on Capital Hill on Wednesday, in an effort to dispel antitrust concerns surrounding its search advertising deal with Google.
During his one-day visit, Yang met with Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wisc., who chairs the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee.
Kohl has previously expressed concerns that the deal between two technology search rivals could affect competition and have ramifications for advertisers and consumers. He noted the antitrust subcommittee plans to investigate the competitive and privacy implications of the deal.
Sen. Joe Barton of the U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee also weighed in on the issue Wednesday, issuing a statement (PDF) that expressed concern about the deal's effect on competition in search advertising.
While Barton was not available to meet with Yang on this trip, the senator indicated he would be available next week. And also on the meet-and-greet trip was Rep. Edward Markey, chair of the Telecommunications and the Internet subcommittee for the House Committee on Energy & Commerce.
Google's slice of the U.S. search market reached 68.29 percent in May, according to Hitwise. Yahoo's share of the market declined to 19.95 percent from 20.28 percent in the at same time.
Yahoo, however, has previously said its arrangement is non-exclusive and does not require Yahoo to use any certain number of Google ads on Yahoo's search results page, nor does it require to give Google's ads preferential treatment on where they appear on the right-side column of Yahoo's search results page, where the sponsored links appear.
Yahoo is hoping to benefit from serving up advertisements on its search results pages where there are few advertising links that appear on the right-side column with relevant ads. For example, conduct a search for Fresno and spa and eight advertisements show up on Yahoo, but only two are actually for spas in Fresno. Yahoo gets its advertising dollars only if a user clicks on an actual ad, so the more relevant ads it can post on its search results page, the better its revenues.
Yahoo is hoping to use Google's ads to populate those search results where it tends to have fewer ads. Should Yahoo have a competing ad or ads on the same search page, may the most relevant ad that can entice a user to click on it win.
Whereas Yahoo is looking to bolster its advertising inventory by allowing Google to post its ads on its search page, Google is going in the opposite direction by scaling back on the number of irrelevant ads it has on its search results page--adopting the view that less is more. The search giant on Wednesday also said it is rewarding advertisers with fast-loading advertisements.
Yahoo is giving the U.S. Department of Justice three-and-half months to review its Google partnership, before it implements the search advertising partnership. Regulators, however, may find it more useful to evaluate the partnership after it's been implemented when they can assess the before and after effect.
Yahoo, meanwhile, also addressed privacy concerns raised by the legislators.
"Yahoo is deeply committed to building on our established trust with users by continuing to provide clear, comprehensive privacy policies. We structured the agreement with Google so that Yahoo will not transfer any personally identifiable information to Google without user consent," Yahoo said in a statement. "We have also designed this agreement so that both companies have stayed within each of their existing privacy and data policies, such as Yahoo's policy regarding logs anonymization after 13 months."
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Mozilla blows big Firefox 3 debut? Relax
Glitch or no glitch, the big story remains intact. The new Firefox is getting rave reviews.
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MySpace legions march into movies
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June 15, 2008
Social networking has moved from the computer screen to the big screen. The first cinema production made with the help of contributions from an online community is to receive its world premiere later this month.
For Faintheart, a comedy centring on a battle reenactment club, the director and much of the music were chosen by users of the networking site MySpace.
The same online group was asked to compete in auditions for some of the smaller parts and users were even asked how elements of the plot should develop.
“It’s the world’s first publicly generated movie,” said Jamie Kantrowitz, vice-president of marketing for MySpace. “It’s about involving a potential audience for a movie in the making of the film itself.”
The idea may catch on as producers look for new ways to gain the attention of audiences, with MySpace already working on a screen adaptation of Paulo Coelho’s latest novel. The bestselling Brazilian author, whose novel The Alchemist has sold more than 30m copies in nearly 70 languages, is teaming up with MySpace users around the world to create a television version of The Witch of Portobello. They are asked to send in video adaptations of the 15 storylines in the book and to submit music.
“When I decided to create my first movie together with my readers, MySpace came quickly to mind,” said Coelho, who was an early convert to allowing his books to be read online. “It also has that ability to connect artists, musicians and film-makers around the world.”
The Faintheart movie, which cost £1.3m to make, will be shown in public for the first time on the closing night of the Edinburgh International Film Festival on June 28. It stars Ewen Bremner, who played Spud in the 1996 film Trainspotting, and Jessica Hynes (formerly Stevenson), who appeared in The Royle Family and Shaun of the Dead.
The story revolves around Richard, played by Eddie Marsan, whose films have included Miami Vice and The Illusionist. He is a lowly sales assistant who spends his weekends dressing up as a Norse warrior with his friends. Meanwhile, his wife and son are becoming increasingly fed up with a father who seems to prefer living in the Viking age.
Faintheart may be conventional in subject and style, but the way it was put together – with elements from social networking and reality TV – marks a departure in film-making.
The idea came from Vertigo, a British production and distribution company whose films have included The Football Factory and It’s All Gone Pete Tong.
Vertigo had previously marketed some of its films on MySpace, which is owned by News Corporation, parent company of The Sunday Times. It then decided to take the idea a stage further by involving the users of the social network in making the film. The two companies approached FilmFour because of its record of making innovative films.
MySpace set up a website and asked would-be directors to send in a short film showcasing their skills. Almost 1,000 shorts arrived, which were whittled down to 12. A panel from the film industry, including the actress Sienna Miller, cut that down to three. The final shortlist was put back on MySpace and the website’s users chose the winning film-maker. A total of 500,000 votes were cast online at various stages of the process.
They chose Vito Rocco, who, despite his Italian name, is English. He is an award-winning maker of short films and promotions. “Vito already had an idea for a movie and a script that he was developing,” said Rupert Preston, head of distribution at Vertigo. “This was what has turned out to be Faintheart.”
After the MySpace community had chosen the director, users were invited to audition online by posting videos of themselves on the website for 10 of the smaller roles. About 20,000 auditioned. They were asked to send in jokes for the film as they followed its development online.
Next came the music, with MySpace users choosing the 10 songs and some of the bands in the film. Finally, as it was being shot – in the West Midlands – scenes were posted online, so users could even influence the plot with their comments.
“The nearest analogy is with a band or group who have some new songs which they play at gigs,” said Peter Carlton, senior commissioning executive at FilmFour. “They try them out and refine them according to how they go down with their audience before they record them.”
Arctic Monkeys were one of the first bands to come to prominence via the internet. Lily Allen has also made extensive use of online promotion.
“The British film industry has recently suffered from a lack of connection between movie-makers and their audience,” Carlton said. “With the internet, we should connect again.”
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Photos: Toshiba takes on MacBook Air, gamer laptops - CNET N
Toshiba's new notebooks include a super-skinny model with a bigger hard drive than the MacBook Air, a flaming red gaming laptop, and one that runs on Cell-chip technology.
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Monday, June 16, 2008
MySpace legions march into movies
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June 15, 2008
Social networking has moved from the computer screen to the big screen. The first cinema production made with the help of contributions from an online community is to receive its world premiere later this month.
For Faintheart, a comedy centring on a battle reenactment club, the director and much of the music were chosen by users of the networking site MySpace.
The same online group was asked to compete in auditions for some of the smaller parts and users were even asked how elements of the plot should develop.“It’s the world’s first publicly generated movie,” said Jamie Kantrowitz, vice-president of marketing for MySpace. “It’s about involving a potential audience for a movie in the making of the film itself.”
Related Links“When I decided to create my first movie together with my readers, MySpace came quickly to mind,” said Coelho, who was an early convert to allowing his books to be read online. “It also has that ability to connect artists, musicians and film-makers around the world.”
The Faintheart movie, which cost £1.3m to make, will be shown in public for the first time on the closing night of the Edinburgh International Film Festival on June 28. It stars Ewen Bremner, who played Spud in the 1996 film Trainspotting, and Jessica Hynes (formerly Stevenson), who appeared in The Royle Family and Shaun of the Dead.The story revolves around Richard, played by Eddie Marsan, whose films have included Miami Vice and The Illusionist. He is a lowly sales assistant who spends his weekends dressing up as a Norse warrior with his friends. Meanwhile, his wife and son are becoming increasingly fed up with a father who seems to prefer living in the Viking age.
Faintheart may be conventional in subject and style, but the way it was put together – with elements from social networking and reality TV – marks a departure in film-making.
The idea came from Vertigo, a British production and distribution company whose films have included The Football Factory and It’s All Gone Pete Tong.Vertigo had previously marketed some of its films on MySpace, which is owned by News Corporation, parent company of The Sunday Times. It then decided to take the idea a stage further by involving the users of the social network in making the film. The two companies approached FilmFour because of its record of making innovative films.
MySpace set up a website and asked would-be directors to send in a short film showcasing their skills. Almost 1,000 shorts arrived, which were whittled down to 12. A panel from the film industry, including the actress Sienna Miller, cut that down to three. The final shortlist was put back on MySpace and the website’s users chose the winning film-maker. A total of 500,000 votes were cast online at various stages of the process.They chose Vito Rocco, who, despite his Italian name, is English. He is an award-winning maker of short films and promotions. “Vito already had an idea for a movie and a script that he was developing,” said Rupert Preston, head of distribution at Vertigo. “This was what has turned out to be Faintheart.”
After the MySpace community had chosen the director, users were invited to audition online by posting videos of themselves on the website for 10 of the smaller roles. About 20,000 auditioned. They were asked to send in jokes for the film as they followed its development online.Next came the music, with MySpace users choosing the 10 songs and some of the bands in the film. Finally, as it was being shot – in the West Midlands – scenes were posted online, so users could even influence the plot with their comments.
“The nearest analogy is with a band or group who have some new songs which they play at gigs,” said Peter Carlton, senior commissioning executive at FilmFour. “They try them out and refine them according to how they go down with their audience before they record them.”Arctic Monkeys were one of the first bands to come to prominence via the internet. Lily Allen has also made extensive use of online promotion.
“The British film industry has recently suffered from a lack of connection between movie-makers and their audience,” Carlton said. “With the internet, we should connect again.”View Original Article
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Sunday, June 15, 2008
MediaDefender Goes Forward with P2P Marketing
MediaDefender Goes Forward with P2P Marketing
Written by Ernesto on June 14, 2008
from Digg.com<a href="http://hitogram.com" target="_blank">Hitogram Media 2008</a>
Most people recognize MediaDefender for their clumsy anti-piracy efforts, but there is much more to them than that. In fact, they are warming up advertisers and record labels to use LimeWire and other file-sharing software to distribute millions of legitimate, but branded, MP3s.
P2P marketing is a win-win situation according to MediaDefender, both advertisers and filesharers will benefit. It gives the advertiser “access to passionate fans of any choosing” and filesharers “…get what they want… free content with unique and compelling offerings that fit their personal tastes.”
But wait a second, what a strange world we are living in. A few months ago, Jammie Thomas lost her court case, and was ordered to pay the RIAA hundreds and thousands of dollars because she shared a few songs, and now the same record labels use filesharing networks to distribute their branded MP3s.
Similarly, the IFPI is trying to educate kids and parents about the great dangers of filesharing, while the record companies they represent hire MediaDefender to distribute authorized content on LimeWire and other P2P networks.
So, on the one hand record labels are going after people who distribute their files online, and at the same time they spam these networks with authorized copies. Strangely enough, there is no way for the filesharer to make sure whether a file is authorized or not.
I’m not a lawyer of course, but this double standard must have some legal implications. MediaDefender is even hosting a branded copy of Kayne West’s ’stronger’ on their own servers, and I assume they wouldn’t be infringing copyright.
Of course we asked MediaDefender to shed their light on some of these questions, but unfortunately, they did not respond to our inquiries. Probably too busy spoofing or DDoS-ing random BitTorrent trackers.
Previously: Pirate Tax Funds Pirate Album
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Friday, June 13, 2008
FOOD NETWORK SOUTH BEACH WINE & FOOD
FOOD NETWORK SOUTH BEACH WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY FOOD & WINE MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES NEW HEALTHY INITIATIVE AND 2008 PROGRAM OF EVENTS
Miami Beach, Fla. (June 12, 2007)-Lee Brian Schrager, Founder and Director of the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival, announced the launch of a new healthy initiative entitled ‘Fun and Fit as a Family sponsored by The South Beach Diet’ at the 2008 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival scheduled to take place February 21-24, 2008.
‘Fun and Fit as a Family’ will take fun activities including cooking demonstrations, seminars, exercise programs, exhibitors and healthy food tastings to help promote active and healthy lifestyles to families. ‘Fun and Fit as a Family’ will kick off with a ‘Childhood Obesity Initiative’ sponsored by the Agatston Research Foundation and narrated by cardiologist and author of The South Beach Diet, Dr. Arthur Agatston with confirmed panelists Alice Waters, Jamie Oliver and Rachael Ray.
“We couldn’t be more excited about having the support of such high profile culinary celebrities like Alice, Jamie and Rachael to help launch this new healthy initiative here in South Florida,” stated Schrager about the symposium to kick off ‘Fun and Fit as a Family’. “We are even more ecstatic about the potential of what this program can bring to our local community once we collaborate with the local school system to bring healthier eating and exercise programs into the schools.”
Other new events at the 2008 Festival include a late night Fettuccine and Fiorentina party hosted by Mario Batali (Iron Chef America) and Jamie Oliver at DeVito’s South Beach. Wine Spectator’s Samantha Shanken and master sommelier Laura DePasquale will host D’Vine Divas, a dinner celebrating remarkable women in the industry featuring notable female chefs Suzanne Goin (Luques, Los Angeles), Susan Spicer (Bayona Restaurant, New Orleans), Elizabeth Faulkner (Citizen Cake, San Francisco) and Traci des Jardin (Jardiniere, San Francisco) alongside several of the world’s best female winemakers. Paula Deen (Paula’s Party) will host a fun-filled night of poker at Paula’s Poker Party while Emeril Lagasse (Emeril Live) will lead a pack of pastry chefs from Emeril’s restaurants nationwide at Emeril’s Sugar Shack.
Signature events of the Festival will return with wine and culinary celebrities hosting dinners, tastings, wine seminars, interactive cooking lunches and much more. Wine Spectator’s Best of the Best will showcase the talents of the world’s greatest chefs and winemakers while the Wine Spectator Wine Seminars, hosted by Executive Editor Thomas Matthews, will feature fine wines from Krug, Château Lascombes, Opus One, Smith-Haute-Lafite, Joseph Phelps and Cos D’Estournel among others. Festival favorites Andrea Immer Robinson, Joshua Wesson and Anthony Giglio will all return to lead interactive wine and food pairing seminars in the expanded wine seminar program at the 2008 Festival.
The Festival continues its tradition of paying tribute to remarkable leaders in the industry. At next year’s Tribute Dinner, Jean Georges Vongerichten will be honored by the executive chefs of the Jean Georges Management Group while Jamie Oliver will be recognized at the Tribute Brunch for his work in the UK school system along with Jose Ferrer Sala, Honorary Chairman of the Freixenet group.
Title sponsor Food Network returns with its star power headlining several events including Giada de Laurentiis (Giada’s Weekend Getaways) hosting the Moët & Chandon BubbleQ and Rachael Ray hosting the Amstel Light Burger Bash. Emeril, Paula and Mario will all host first time events as well as lead culinary demonstrations at the Grand Tasting Village along with Tyler Florence (Tyler’s Ultimate), Bobby Flay (Throwdown with Bobby Flay), newcomers Ellie Krieger (Healthy Appetite) and Robert Irvine (Dinner: Impossible) and other Food Network favorites. In between culinary demonstrations guest will have two days to sample food and beverage products in the American Express Grand Tasting Tents.
Tickets for the 2008 Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival go on sale Monday, October 15, 2007. For more information, visit www.sobewineandfoodfest.com or call 305-627-1275.
All proceeds of the Festival benefit the students of FIU’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management who also assist festival organizers with sponsorship fulfillment, restaurant and exhibitor recruitment, logistics, inventory as well as working alongside some of the world’s greatest celebrity chefs and winemakers. In addition to receiving a first-rate education in one of the country’s most diversified hospitality and tourism markets, these students are provided the opportunity to work hands-on with some of the industry’s most experienced leaders.
The Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival presented by Food &Wine magazine is produced by Florida International University and Southern Wine & Spirits of Florida with the support of the Miami Beach Visitors & Convention Authority and the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs. For more information about the festival, visit www.sobewineandfoodfest.com or call 305-627-1275. For more information about Florida International University visit www.fiu.edu, for the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management visit www.hospitality.fiu.edu and for more information about Southern Wine & Spirits visit www.southernwine.com.
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Solar Power's New Style - TIME
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Roscheisen claims Nanosolar can already produce thin-film solar cells at prices competitive with fossil fuels.
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Mike Gering, CEO of the start-up Global Solar, picks his way along his factory floor, tracing the convoluted path that his thin-film solar panels follow from birth to shipping truck. The raw materials the workers carry are ultra-thin sheets of flexible plastic, which are then coated with a series of chemicals--indium, gallium, diselenide--that allows the module to turn sunlight into electricity.
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The atmosphere here is less high tech than high school chemistry lab, and Global Solar's days in this cramped Tucson, Ariz., facility are history. The company is shifting production to a sparkling factory just a few miles down the road. The new facility is fast enough to churn out 40 megawatts' worth of thin-film solar panels a year, more than 10 times Global Solar's previous capacity.
It's a story being repeated throughout the solar world, from the Southwest to Silicon Valley to Germany. Everywhere you look, thin-film solar companies are opening new, more efficient factories. The thin in thin film refers to the skinny layers of photoactive chemicals needed for the technology, as compared with the thicker films used in crystalline-silicon solar modules. Though thin-film photovoltaics are cheaper than the crystalline ones on most rooftop solar panels, the technology has proved maddeningly difficult to mass-produce, which had kept it from going mainstream. But today thin film is the hottest part of the fastest-growing new energy source in the world. BCC Research, which charts technology markets, expects the global solar market to grow from $13 billion to $32 billion by 2012, with thin film expanding 45% a year. Masdar, the clean-energy arm of the government of Abu Dhabi, just announced that it will invest $2 billion in thin film. "Crystalline silicon has had its day," says Peter Harrop, chairman of the London-based research firm IDTechEx. "These new technologies will be taking over."
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Mike Gering, CEO of the start-up Global Solar, picks his way along his factory floor, tracing the convoluted path that his thin-film solar panels follow from birth to shipping truck. The raw materials the workers carry are ultra-thin sheets of flexible plastic, which are then coated with a series of chemicals...
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
Sprint to Launch Advanced Push-To-Talk Phones
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Sprint today announced four new push-to-talk phones, powered by Qualcomm's QChat technology, in over 40 markets. The LG LX400, Samsung Z400 and Sanyo Pro-200 and Pro-700 will be available June 15.
The LG LX400 is a slender clamshell with Nextel Direct Connect push-to-talk services. The phone includes a 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, GPS capabilities and noise reduction capabilities. It will be available for $79.99 with a two-year service agreement and $50 mail-in rebate.
The Samsung Z400 ultra-rugged push-to-talk phone is certified to Military specification 810F for dust, shock and vibration. It adds a 1.3-megapixel camera, Sprint Navigation and Bluetooth support and will be available $99.99 with a two-year service agreement and $50 mail-in rebate.
The Sanyo Pro-200 sports a slim clamshell form, delivering Nextel Direct Connect push-to-talk services and Bluetooth, messaging capabilities and mobile email. It will be available for $49.99 with a two-year service agreement and $50 mail-in rebate.
The Sanyo Pro-700 rugged phone is certified to military standards for dust, shock and vibration. It will be available for $79.99 with a two-year service agreement and $50 mail-in rebate.
"Instant connections help customers get things done more efficiently, and these new phones allow us to continue to deliver on the gold standard of instant push-to-talk connectivity on the Now Network," said Kevin Packingham, Sprint Senior Vice President.
The new handhelds offer push-to-talk capabilities on Sprint's Mobile Broadband network. Features available on these devices include:
- Direct Connect: One-to-one push-to-talk communication with call set-up times of less than one second.
- Call Alerts: Repeating alert that users can send to let another Nextel Direct Connect subscribers know they are trying to reach them.
- Group Connect: One-to-many capability to communicate with up to 20 other Nextel Direct Connect users. They can create and manage Group Connect groups on the phone or online.
Users can use Sprint Mobile Broadband's high-speed data network. It offers fast file downloads, Web browsing, email access and more. Other features exclusive to the new phones include:
- Single number option: Choose having one phone number for voice and push-to-talk calls. If preferred, customers can opt to have a separate Direct Connect number.
- TeamDC: A more formal one-to-many feature that allows up to 35 Nextel Direct Connect subscribers to communicate via PTT at the same time. Customers create and manage groups online, then all members of the group receive a notification and can access the group.
- DC Permissions: Customers can block/allow incoming one-to-one push-to-talk calls and Call Alerts.
- DC Missed Call Notification: - When on a Nextel Direct Connect call, customers receive a notification if they miss a push-to-talk call, Call Alert or Group call.
- Call Alerts with Text: Attach one of several preset text messages, such as "Please stop by," to Call Alerts.
- Sprint Mobile Sync: Online tool that manages contact information including setting up groups. It automatically synchronizes with the phone, allowing for easier entry, access and full secure backup of contacts. Contacts automatically transfer if users move to another Sprint Mobile Sync-capable phone.
The new phones will be available June 15 in Atlanta-Athens GA, Austin TX, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Colorado, Columbus OH, Northern Connecticut, Southern Connecticut, Dallas-Fort Worth TX, Delaware, Southwest Florida, Hawaii, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville FL, Kansas, Las Vegas, Long Island NY, Los Angeles, North Los Angeles, Memphis TN, Miami-West Palm Beach FL, Milwaukee, Central New Jersey, Northern New Jersey, Southern New Jersey, New York City, Orange County CA, Oregon, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, PA, Providence RI, Richmond VA, Riverside-San Bernardino CA, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, South Bay CA, Tampa FL, Washington DC, Southwest Washington, Western Washington and Winston-Salem NC.
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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Cell Phones
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Just when we feel comfortable enough to say “wow, cell phones have really changed the way we operate,” things get even weirder. Here are 10 facts about cells from around the world that show the scale and style of our contemporary global use; sometimes for bad, but sometimes for real, cool, innovative good.
1. There Are LOTS of Them
There are half as many active cell phones on the planet as there are people. When you think of the general wealth distribution across the planet, it’s pretty remarkable to have over 3.3 billion active mobiles. Then again, Luxembourg’s mobile phone penetration rate is 158%. Yep - that’s 158 active cell phones for every 100 people.
2. And They Make a Mess
125+ million phones are discarded every year. Given the rate at which people go through cell phones (Koreans replace on average every 11 months), it’s easy to see how the environmental side can get out of control. At least there’s gold in the garbage! Yarr.
3. M-Voting in Estonia
While the 2008 US election is abuzz with web penetration, E-stonia’s been leading the global technopolitical charge. As Lithuania books a seat on the e-voting (online voting) train, Estonia’s letting mobile phones both act as a convenient vote delivery platform, but also a personal identity confirmation, ushering in a new era of what is being called “m-voting”.
4. Koreans Love to Text Message. Seriously.
Korean teenagers between 15 and 19 years of age send well over 20,000 text messages a year, on average (60.1 texts per day). I don’t care how fast StarCraft has made your fingers - that’s a lot of time that could have been spent… I dunno… talking to people. According to the Korea Times in February 2006, “over 30% of South Korean students send 100 text messages a day”.
5. The First Cell Phone Came Out in 1983
Well, at least, the first to get FCC acceptance. It was called the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X. Before you lolz at the cheesebag name, wait until you hear what it stands for: Dynamic Adaptive Total Area Coverage. Kinda endearing, I guess. They sound… proud.
6. Cell Phone… Or Flashlight?
Lost power? Sneaking back into bed? According to a Sprint survey, just under two-thirds of cell phone users use the backlight as a flashlight. A testament to human ingenuity! I guess it’s obvious, in a way. And here I thought I was being clever.
7. You Can Get Stuffed Into a Locker Through Your Phone
Ok, not really, but apparently text message bullying is on the rise in England. As an online anti-cyber-bullying guide explains, text message bullying allows for abuse around the clock. You want to pick on some kid, he’s available 24/7. It’s like those massive Blackberry ads at airports that boast that you now never have to leave the office. Bullying has never been more efficient!
8. Cell Phones Can Help Stop Nuclear Terrorism
Using solid-state radiation sensors, researchers at Purdue University are working to allow network of properly set up cell phones to track the presence of radioactive material. Since likely targets for terrorist attacks are major urban centers, and since most people have cell phones, this system could help collectively find out where the problem lies.
9. Used for National Disaster Response
Mobiles are more useful during an emergency than just for calling loved ones. Other countries have adopted systems whereby phone companies automatically warn citizens of emergencies/disasters - free of charge. Finland, in 2005, adopted such a system, as did Japan.
10. Half of Japan’s Top Fiction Was Written on Mobile Phones
Absolutely nuts. Turning the publishing industry on its head, this trend’s subscriber models are thriving and making significant money for aspiring writers, in turn fueling the phenomenon. Authors tend to be young women sharing fictionalized aspects of their lives. Five of the top ten works of fiction in 2007 were written on mobile phones. Japan, you never cease to amaze me.
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