Four at Four: All Is Forgiven

MarketBeat is more interested in the opinion of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s camels and horses. (Source: CNBC) ... says Mitch Stapley, chief fixed income officer at Fifth Third Asset Management. The banking stocks ... tracking 15 major financial institutions, saw its average cost for insurance against default decline [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 12:41:00

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Handango to Offer Android Applications On Its Distribution Platform

Announced last week, Handango will start to offer both paid and free apps for the first Android smartphone device anticipated to launch on October ... , forward, and delete your email) by Voice on the Go, Inc. ShopSavvy (scan a product’s barcode ... . EzQuote (essential financial portfolio tracking software) by iambic GoogHelper (utility to quickly [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 05:41:45

No Excuses: Tracking Your Fitness On OS X

It should be obvious that the blogging elves at The Apple Blog care about the fitness of our readers, especially at this dessert-laden time of year ... Hardware Support: Garmin GPS, Nike+iPod/Sportband, iPhone/iPod NOTE: Real world workout data ... have some built-in advantages, I chose four programs that work with GPS devices, heart rate monitors or [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 16:00:20

LoJack For Your Laptop

It was only a matter of time before a location tracking app found its way into laptop security software. Laptop Cop, which lets you remotely control your computer and delete files if it is stolen ... on, more or less. Laptop Cop costs $50. It does come with those other features as well. But if you want [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 17:43:53

New Year, New Laws: A Look at a Few Taking Effect

Yesterday, as revelers recovered from New Year’s Eve festivities, a bevy of new state laws took effect ... can now require satellite tracking of stalkers who repeatedly violate orders of protection, though most ... the use of text-messaging devices — including cellphones, BlackBerrys and laptop computers — while [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 17:26:53

New Year, New Laws: A Look at a Few Taking Effect

Yesterday, as revelers recovered from New Year’s Eve festivities, a bevy of new state laws took effect ... can now require satellite tracking of stalkers who repeatedly violate orders of protection, though most ... the use of text-messaging devices — including cellphones, BlackBerrys and laptop computers — while [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 20:24:00

WWDC 2008 Live Meta Blog

Looks like we’re having load issues from all the traffic. We’re working it, bear with us! A reminder - no need to refresh this page, the widget updates automatically. As promised, we’ll be starting up our MetaLiveBlog in just over an hour. We’ll be tracking all them other live blogs and posting updates and our thoughts and commentary real time [more...]

Date: 2008-06-09 15:26:06

Bites from other Blogs

My Thanksgiving bread basket is going to feature some buttermilk biscuits this year ... , homey dessert. Pie is a well known delivery vehicle for sweet potatoes as dessert. Tender Crumb ... of a time tracking down the pear-like fruits to make the recipe. A jar of toffee-covered peanuts [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 14:10:56

Mos Def Is Better Off Staying 'Quiet' With This New Track

I hold the artists I call my favorites to a higher standard. Pardon me, but once an artist has done something deemed to be worthy of ad nauseum-repeating on my iPod, I expect much more from them. See... ] [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:04:32

Life's Best Bargains

We women take our shopping seriously—especially in these tough economic times. We scour the Sunday paper for coupons and sales. We haunt thrift stores. We track down bargains better than a hound dog on a scent. We’re experts in our trade. We know which time of year to shop for what items. We know which supermarket [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:49:17

LEAP @ Redmond, Day 1

Session 1:  Software + Services a.k.a Windows Azure The first session of the day was all about Windows Azure ... more interfaces to utilize (for example for monitoring, tracking and event handling) Session 2: Role ... of time asking and discussing what he called the ‘Ultimate Question’: How do you add business value [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:33:41

$75 user participation survey for those in debt

As I think I have mentioned before, I am working with a company called DebtGoal in development of their product. It is basically an online system for tracking your progress to paying off your debt. I would call it simliar to Mint or some of the other free budget software out there, except that the focus [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 15:48:20

The End of Privacy?

I've written an article for the September issue of Scientific American magazine called The End of Privacy? ... : Tools of the Spy Trade Katherine Albrecht, How RFID Tags Could Be Used to Track Unsuspecting People ... in an Age of Terabytes and Terror Esther Dyson, How Loss of Privacy May Mean Loss of Security Anna [more...]

Date: 2008-08-20 03:15:52

Bruce Springsteen does Guitar Hero tracks

"Born to Run" and new album track. "Boorn in the USAAAA" singer Bruce Springsteen is set to make his Guitar Hero debut later this month with both old and new content from his forthcoming album [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 23:32:26

Toodledo: My quest for a web-based and iPhone friendly GTD organizer is over

As the new year approaches fast, it’s time to start (if you haven’t already) considering those new year’s resolutions ... , it is easy to feel overwhelmed. I can’t get any more time in my day, so I need to use the time ... of processing and tracking all the project to do’s I have. I’ve written about this quest for better [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 05:31:53

Cage - My Mind is Kind of Morbid (Demo)

Looking through the archives of 2DBz I’m sad to admit I’ve only mentioned Cage in a handful of posts. Hopefully that will change with the release of his upcoming album on it’s way (according to El-P). Anyways… I noticed Grand Good put up a demo track, that was recorded over a decade ago, that I don [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:53:38

U.S. Cities Join Carbon Disclosure Project

What gets measured gets managed, and for too long the processes that emit carbon into the atmosphere have gone unmanaged ... climate change-relevant data through the project’s transparent tracking system. The cities, including ... investors with a combined asset base of more than $57 trillion, is trying to change that. The CDP said [more...]

Date: 2008-08-11 20:12:36

Create a Themed Repeating Pattern in Illustrator

Follow this Adobe Illustrator tutorial to create a range of simple vector objects based around the theme of a designer’s lifestyle, ... or website designer: Macbook Pro Laptop Apple Mac Mouse Pencil Pen Ruler Set Square Notepad iPhone ... a small circle to symbolise the tracking ball and add a 1pt and 0.5pt stroke respectively. Use the Align [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 03:24:30

Mint SMS: Monitor Your Finances On the Go

Personal finance service Mint has added a new feature for those who simply have to know what their entire net worth is in every imaginable situation ... recently added to Mint include a 401(k) management center, portfolio asset allocation info ... (696468) and they’ll receive info for savings, credit, and loans they’re tracking on Mint. The folks [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 14:00:32

Forget sat nav: my primary school promised me I’d have a hover car by the year 2000. The liars.

I fear for future generations, I really do. They’ll already be hampered with giant thumbs thanks to the genetic legacy handed down to them by ... navigation systems. A recent report revealed that UK drivers trust their sat-nav systems more than ... have driven into the River Avon and to the edge of a 100-foot drop because their tracking gizmos told [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:31:23

Vinyl albums alive and well, thank you

p2pnet news view | Mobiles:- As Vivendi Universal, EMI, ... other year since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991,” it stated, going on: “More than two ... , my last one in 2005 was done on a laptop in a home studio set up. You can’t stand in the way of technology [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 19:06:11

As Nevada Goes, So Goes The Nation

Missouri has long been considered the bellwether state for its penchant of siding with winners in Presidential elections ... like that have such an uncanny track record? “We’re No. 1 because we’re not overwhelmingly partisan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 21:21:28

The mob is my broker: Cake launching crowdsourced stock fund

The stock tracking and community site Cake Financial is getting some interesting new features, including its first branded financial instrument, ... management services, "a lot is wasted." He's built a service that identifies the stock picks ... stocks that are performing better than yours, in users' accounts with similar asset allocation [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 22:19:00

Track Gmail Activity And Remotely Sign Out

The Gmail Team over at Google has just added some new security and protection features that will leave some of their users feeling a bit more at ... had access to it. In typical Google fashion, they are rolling these new security features out slowly ... -in to your Gmail account from your home computer to check your email before heading out the door [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 16:39:29

Closing Thoughts December 2 2008

Prices of Treasury coupon securities have posted another day of gains with the strongest advance in the belly of the yield curve ... closing levels. The Bond was the lone exception as it suffered as it was a hedging vehicle for a 40 ... are tracking well below last month’s anemic levels. The yield on the 2 year note is unchanged [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 20:54:04

Snowl 0.2

We’re pleased to announce Snowl 0.2.  This version of the messaging-in-the-browser experiment builds on the first release with an updated river view, a new stream view for keeping track of messages in a sidebar while you do other things, the ability to send tweets, and support for multiple Twitter accounts. Highlights The updated river view [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 20:47:54

Technology, Privacy, and Sousveillance

I posted earlier about a panel I went to yesterday at the ACLU membership conference ... of potential new threats, including thermal imaging in the dead of night, see-though airport scanners, border-patrol drones, and RFID tracking devices. But the panelists spent the greatest amount of time [more...]

Date: 2008-06-10 19:45:21

Small update

Sorry I haven’t posted since we’ve come home.  I got caught back up in work and a full house. David is doing well ... .  We went back to UAB Monday to see the cardiologist, and he was pleased with the progress.  We go back next month, and we could be on-track for another heart cath sometime around ... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 04:02:28

How Will Deflation Worries Affect Gold?

Gold has historically been an asset that people turned to when they are worried about inflation. Today, though, we are in a very unique situation ... of worry right now of deflation. Because inflation is tracking down and deflation is on the horizon ... gold, beginning with the 'ol "inflation hedge" saw. As the quintessential hard asset [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 18:48:33

What Do You Think About American Idol Texting Previous Voters Without An Opt In?

Twitter. Facebook. MySpace. I'm guilty of it all. Social media is the thing to do these days and larger companies are beginning to target their audience using this method. So, here's the deal. Have you ever texted in your vote for American Idol? Well, the big wigs have been keeping track of the numbers and a "significant portion [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:26:00

GoodGuide Takes Top Prize At Web 2.0 Summit Launchpad

One of the featured events at this week’s Web 2.0 Summit was the Launchpad, ... is an emissions management software platform that allows companies to effectively keep track ... if their carbon credits will be financial asset or liabilities, and helps them deal with them accordingly [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 01:59:44

28. What are the advantages and disadvantages of (1)

Companies are changing their recruiting paradigms to ‘‘sell’’ to an incredibly tightened job market ( ... of systems integration between your company’s HRIS system and your recruitment software may increase the difficulty in coordinating recruitment activities and tracking results. Breaches of privacy may occur [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 11:30:04

I, Nanny: Robot Babysitters Pose Dilemma

Babysitting robots, once the province of speculative fiction, are on the market. They make conversation, recognize faces and keep track of kids. They're not a replacement for TV or games, but for personal care — and some researchers worry that kids will be harmed [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 22:09:16

2.4km run

Well, not exactly the full 2.4km run, but I did 6 rounds of interval training around the stadium in Singapore Polytechnic. It’s a busy place in the evening, because everybody would be there exercising. The soccer team was there to practice their soccer (like, isn’t that obvious), and the track and field team was doing ... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:39:06

Twista “Wetter”

Twista is back on the map with this song, get used to hearing this one. This is going to be in regular rotation at all the Strip Clubs. Twista - Wetter Related posts:VIDEO:Twista “Pimp Like Me” (Dirty Version) I am feeling the song he ripped the track...Body Tap Is Now Re-Opened For all those who didn’t know due to lack...Pin [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:23:27

Juelz Santana - Let’s Cruise

Let me tongue kiss ya breast. Download/Stream Here. I’m sorry, but this song is wild homo. I can’t imagine any dude listening to this shit like “Word yo, Harlem is back! Dipset!!!” Unless this track is for the ladies? I don’t really know care. Oh and don’t get me wrong, Juelz is dope [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:21:31

Conversion Rates

Now I have some numbers to share with the class. I have to say for the record that I can’t share income with you guys ... to my software in order to keep it on the first page.  Since 90 to 95% of the time, my application ... that your conversion rate is as high as possible. I’ve been tracking my conversion rate week over [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:03:25

Paul Barsch: Rendering Real-Time Roaming in Rome

Ever wondered what the “rhythm” of your city looks like? ... are allowing access of anonymized and aggregated location data to social scientists, physicists ... an electronic fingerprint somewhere.” While the concept of tracking human movement raises [more...]

Date: 2008-06-19 13:06:36

let the remixes continue

So here's an update on the Remix COLBERT/lessig project. As I first reported, after the event, I was sent some very cool remixes. They're available in my first blog entry about the show. Then ccMixter -- Creative Commons fantastic remix site, that allows you to track who remixed what -- launched a remix thread. You can see [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 15:25:46

Urban Bag Lust: Freitag

I discovered Freitag's bags in a local San Francisco travel store; they're made by bicycle geeks for bicycle geeks, ... and again, more used bicycle inner tubes. They have a huge warehouse and spend time tracking down trucking ... laptop sleeves (even for the Air), you can even design your own bag, and it looks like they really [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:20:18

Equus Scanner and Code Reader - Equus 3100

While the march of progress has given us so much - increased horsepower, better fuel economy, reliable motors that start almost every time you turn the key (no matter what the temperature ... keeps the vehicle running like a top, but also plays a key role in tracking problems should any [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:00:03

Jeremy Jay: Love Everlasting (MP3)

Lankiest, Prettiest-haired fella on label K Records, Jeremy Jay, has just hit us with single "Love Everlasting" out on 12" Jan. 20. It's a slightly darker track than what we've heard so far from Jay, which is surprising considering that it's got the loftiest name yet. "Love Everlasting" features an airy disco synth in addition [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:35:36

Sentilla Raises $7.5M for Energy Management

Energy management technology got a leg up with startup Sentilla announcing that it raised $7.5 million in a second round of funding ... by tracking and reporting power use at the equipment level, turning the equipment into a smart device. The company uses a Java-based software platform running on a low-power, wireless chip about the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:00:35

Cory Doctorow's Little Brother is a Manual for our Kids to Save the Future

The fates seemed to decree that I wouldn't review Little Brother ... , the Department of Homeland Security clamps down tight, tracking the citizenry with RFID tags, gait recognition scanners and advanced data modeling software. They set up a secret prison on Treasure Island [more...]

Date: 2008-09-26 14:00:03

RUMOR: DSi Hits North America on April 4

IGN is reporting that several sources “close to Nintendo” are telling them that the Nintendo DSi will be hitting North American shores sooner than ... , according to overseas data tracking services. DS Lite, meanwhile, sells in Japan for 16,800 yen ($188 ... systems in America would be much wider, as DS Lite currently retails for $129.99 stateside [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 05:25:28

Catching up with Keepon and its fancy new Wiimote controls

We met up with Marek Michalowski of BeatBots to find out what's next for Keepon, his world famous dancing robot ... is in the works. Keepon was joined by a clone of itself plugged into another laptop. The second unit was showing off its face-tracking abilities, watching visitors to the booth and streaming video [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 23:34:48

Is AppLoop Fading Already?

When AppLoop launched its self-service platform for tracking and advertising on mobile applications last July, we were quite impressed. Leveraging the iPhone 3G’s native GPS capabilities, AppLoop’s geo-aware mobile ad network was able to tell when a consumer was close to a specified business address and serve up ads [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 15:22:38

Sweatin’ To Technology

Copyright © 2008. All rights reserved. Visit the original article at cyberbuzz.com. Okay, you were good on your resolutions for the first week of January, but what about the second? Not so much? Time to bring some technology in to your life to get, and keep, you on track [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:43:05

I feel faint

I feel faint Posted by Bill Jempty Published: January 14, 2009 - 6:45 PM It isn't very often that I find myself in agreement with Maureen Dowd? How does a guy(Tim Geithner) on the fast track to be Treasury secretary fail to pay $34,000 worth of federal taxes ($43,200, including interest), or forget to check on the immigration status [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:45:07

Instapaper

Instapaper : I just have to say that I am loving Instapaper lately. If you haven’t used it, give it a try. It’s a super simple way to keep track of all those things you want to remember to read when it’s more convenient. And it’s not just for articles! I also use it for videos I want to watch, blogs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:41:00

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