V7 Releases Line of PC Speakers to U.S. Market
Monday, November 23rd, 20090 Comments | Wireless News, Nov 23, 2009
V7, a house brand for Ingram Micro and provider of computer accessories, announced it has introduced its inaugural line of PC speakers to the U.S. market.
According to V7, the PC speakers come in five different options, from sound for the home or office desk to multimedia speakers for a conference room or home entertainment center.
“Our first line of PC speakers is designed to meet the same demanding criteria of every V7 product line – bringing PC accessories to the market that are on par with top-tier brands at significantly lower prices,” said Robert Forster, director of product marketing for Ingram Micro’s Private Label division. “End- users, value-added resellers, small-to-medium businesses and systems integrators alike will appreciate the tremendous value these speakers offer along with Ingram Micro’s distribution network and reputation for service.”
Product features and pricing for the V7 PC speakers are:
– 2.0 Standard Speaker USB System – A320S – The V7 2.0 Standard Speaker USB System features connectivity solutions. Powered through the USB connection of a PC, Macintosh or netbook, no batteries or AC cord are required. The system features an attractive, compact black wood casing with glossy front and silver accents and audio controls conveniently located on top of a tower
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Upcoming 10K is sign of fitness commitment
Saturday, November 21st, 20090 Comments | Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Nov 19, 2009
There’s no doubt I’ve had a rough go at it lately when it comes to my weight.
My “skinny” clothes — ones I wore months ago — no longer fit. Now some of my chubbier clothes are tight. I’m making excuses not to go places — not because I don’t want to see people, but because I don’t want to be seen.
But even with my struggles and though we’re now entering the danger zone for diets — season’s eatings, everyone! — I’m feeling something I haven’t while I’ve been re-finding my lost pounds.
Hope. Excitement. Motivation.
There is a spark inside of me still, and I’m about to pour some gasoline on it. I’m ready to explode back into feeling fit, trim and good about myself.
But getting to that point is going to require me feeling some pain.
The kind of pain you get when you push your body outside of its comfort zone, when you work yourself into a drenching sweat and make your lungs scream for oxygen and your legs cry for a break.
And I’m not just talking about going Christmas shopping. That’s painful, for sure. But the pain I’m talking about is a good pain.
I’m signing up today for a 10K.
Not sure whether I should laugh, cry or put a doctor on my speed dial.
Training for the race on Jan. 30 kind of began last week when I reintroduced my feet to my running shoes and tortured myself and a treadmill for a 45-minute slow burn. But my 2 1/2-month program begins in earnest this week. As in, NOW!
I’d considered a half-marathon in St. George this winter, but I’ve been so inactive for the past four months after doing several 5Ks in triathlons this summer that I think a 10K race will be smarter and more realistic.
Plus, I love the name of the race I’m going to participate in — the “Hale Freezes Over 10K.”
Most of my life, I would’ve figured an event that sounded like that would be what it’d take for me to attempt running a distance farther than the space between my couch and my refrigerator.
The race organizer, the Hale Center Theater in Orem, even jokes on its Web site that there are two types of people — “those who truly enjoy running and those who will only go running when you- know-where freezes over.”
I certainly don’t belong in the “enjoys running” category. I kinda hate it, honestly. My runner’s high usually happens when I’m done running.
But I do love what happens to my body when I run. Last year when I started doing it for the first time in decades while training for triathlons, it really boosted my weight-loss efforts. I got my exercise in and I knew how hard it was to burn off 200 calories, so I was much better at watching what I ate. Trust me, calories go into the body a whole lot faster than they go out.
Thing is, if I don’t try something like this and I continue on the course I’ve been going down, I’ll likely weigh 20 or so pounds more than I do now by the time race day rolls around. Knowing my tendency to gobble down holiday grub and goodies, it could even be more than that.
But if I can — make that WHEN I DO — stick to my plan of running three to four times a week and eating healthfully for the next 10 weeks, imagine how great I’ll feel — at least after the run through snow and slush is done.
Running will be a struggle, though, especially the next few weeks, but I am excited to regain control of my body and my life.
I know it’s popular to resolve to make change on Jan. 1
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The Blue Cross RiverRink at Penn's Landing Re-Opens for 16th Season With Fire and Ice
Friday, November 20th, 2009Market Wire, November, 2009
The Delaware River Waterfront Corporation
is proud to continue to present a wintertime tradition in Philadelphia, the
16th anniversary season of the Blue Cross RiverRink at Penn’s Landing.
It’s time to Think Rink, as the Blue Cross RiverRink, located on Columbus
Boulevard and Market Street, is the perfect way to enjoy the great outdoors
and the cool way to stay fit!
The Blue Cross RiverRink will explore the magic of Fire and Ice, as it
re-opens officially at 12 Noon on Friday, November 27, 2009 with the first
skating session of the season. For the sixteenth season on Philadelphia’s
waterfront, the Blue Cross RiverRink continues to be located on Columbus
Boulevard at Market Street Featuring an outdoor Olympic size rink
overlooking the Delaware River, and an indoor heated facility with a snack
bar, game room and more, the Blue Cross RiverRink, will open with a magical
celebration fit for all ages with free activities for the entire family.
Give and Take Jugglers will kick off the official opening with a Fire on
Ice Show welcoming everyone to another season. This magical show taking
place at 12 Noon will include a number of illusions and the juggling of
fire on center ice of the Blue Cross RiverRink. The troupe members will
conduct juggling workshops for kids and create ambient entertainment
throughout the rink facility.
Then at 1:30 p.m. and 4:15 p.m., members of Enchantment Theater will be on
hand to conduct interactive magic shows. For almost 30 years, Enchantment
Theatre Company has produced original theater for school groups and
families. The Philadelphia-based company presents inspiring classic tales,
using its signature blend of magic, mask, pantomime, puppetry, and original
music.
The members of Enchantment Theater Company will bring a sample of their
magic to the Blue Cross RiverRink to celebrate our opening day and promote
their upcoming show called “Harold at the Purple Crayon” at the Prince
Music Theater December 2, 2009 through January 3, 2010. For tickets and
more information, visit www.enchantmentheater.org
This magical celebration continues with free face-painting and fun photos
where guests to the RiverRink can dress up like a magician and get a free
photo keepsake. Kids will also be able to participate in magic workshops or
create a magic wand at a Make and Take craft station.
Then, at 2:30 p.m. there will be another Fire on Ice Show featuring
magician and illusionist Joe Holiday. Joe Holiday is an award winning
magician who has been working in the entertainment industry for over twenty
five years, making hundreds of performances yearly for thousands of
audiences all over the world. Headlining on major cruise ships and
international illusion shows along with appearing for corporate and
industrial companies, Joe has been hailed as the redefinition of “hip” in
magic.
Once night falls, the magic continues with illusionist Tighe Swanson from
sideshowthrills.com, performing a third Fire on Ice show at center ice.
SideshowThrills.com puts on a wide array of live shows and productions,
showcasing a plethora of outstanding, top-notch variety and specialty
artists. Featuring the dangers of sideshow thrill acts, the mysteries of
magic, the amazing skills and wonderment of the circus, the comedy and
charm of old vaudeville, and the sensual beauty of
burlesque-SideshowThrills.com has it all and will bring a sample of their
act to the Blue Cross RiverRink for a Opening night.
Regular skating session hours at the Blue Cross RiverRink are Monday to
Thursday evenings from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. and Friday hours: 6:00 p.m. -
8:00 p.m., 8:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m., and 11:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. Saturday
hours are: 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. – 8:00
p.m., 8:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m., and 11:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m. and Sunday hours
are: 12:30 – 2:30 p.m., 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Special Holiday Hours and other extended sessions are outlined at
www.riverrink.com . Skating admission is extremely affordable at $8 and
skate rental is available for $3. Convenient parking is also available on
site for only $10.
The rink season also features a live DJ every Friday and Saturday night
from 9:00 p.m. – Midnight. Skating Lessons are available on Sunday mornings
from 10:30 a.m
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Deutsche Bank Appointed as Depositary Bank for the American Depositary Receipt Program of Gemalto N.V.
Friday, November 20th, 2009Business Wire, Nov 19, 2009
NEW YORK — Deutsche Bank today announced its appointment as Depositary Bank for the
Level I American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program of Gemalto N.V.
(Gemalto).
Gemalto, incorporated in the Netherlands, is a world leader in digital
security with 2008 annual revenues of 1.68 billion and 10,000 employees
operating out of 75 offices, research and service centers in 40
countries. Gemalto delivers on the growing demands of billions of people
worldwide for mobile connectivity, identity and data protection, credit
card safety, health and transportation services, e-government and
national security. Gemalto does this by supplying to governments,
wireless operators, banks and enterprises a wide range of secure
personal devices, such as Subscriber Identification Modules (SIM),
Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) in mobile phones, smart banking
cards, smart card access badges, electronic passports, and USB tokens
for online identity protection. Gemalto also provides software, systems
and services to help customers achieve their goals.
Akbar Poonawala, Head of Global Equity Services (GES) at Deutsche Bank,
said, We are delighted to be acting as Depositary Bank on this ADR
program and we very much look forward to working with Gemalto and
ensuring that the company and its ADR investors receive the highest
level of service.
“We are delighted to have appointed Deutsche Bank to manage our ADR
program and look forward to working with the global team to develop our
ADR program, said Jacques Tierny, Chief Financial Officer at Gemalto.
About Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) is a leading global investment bank with a
strong and profitable private clients franchise. A leader in Germany and
Europe, the bank is continuously growing in North America, Asia and key
emerging markets. With 78,530 employees in 72 countries, Deutsche Bank
competes to be the leading global provider of financial solutions for
demanding clients creating exceptional value for its shareholders and
people.
www.db.com
Deutsche Banks Trust & Securities Services business, part of Global
Transaction Banking, is one of the leading providers of trustee, agent,
depositary, registrar, SPV management and related services for a wide
range of financial structures and transactions. It is a leading
depositary for American and Global Depositary Receipts, providing
value-added services to companies raising capital in international
markets or listing on the New York, Nasdaq, London, Luxembourg,
Singapore or Nasdaq-Dubai stock exchanges by means of depositary
receipts. It also offers fund and hedge fund administration and, through
a fully integrated network of specialist offices worldwide, provides
domestic custody services in more than 30 securities markets
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Dropping AT&T.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the editor)
Friday, November 20th, 2009Macworld, December, 2009 by Harper, Matt
Since the launch of the iPhone 3GS, my AT&T; service has steadily degraded. The majority of my calls are dropped, and when they aren’t dropping, they’re full of static. Often my phone won’t even ring when people call. After two years of using my iPhone as my only phone, I called Comcast and got a Voice-over-IP line
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Insurance a Requirement for Any Boat or Yacht Using British Waterways
Friday, November 20th, 2009Market Wire, November, 2009
As part of national boat checks, the British Waterways are set to crack down on all unlicensed boat owners, whether yachts, motor boats, sailboats or narrow boats. If caught, boats will be seized and consequently destroyed or sold.
The organisation raises around Pounds Sterling 20 million per year from boat owners for the maintenance of footpaths, locks, bridges as well as dredging waterways. The rest of the money required for this essential maintenance is generated from taxpayers.
Employees from the British Waterways will be patrolling river banks monitoring boats; just like the police they will be using hand held computers to scan boats to determine whether or not they are licensed. With license fees starting from just Pounds Sterling 83 and with many discounts available, the organisation see that there is no reasonable excuse not to conform to their licensing rules.
In order to purchase a license, it is essential that the boat owner is in possession of an insurance policy from a company authorised by the FSA, with third party coverage of at least Pounds Sterling 1 million
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Sales of Award-Winning USB Device EcoStrip Helps International NGO Wherever the Need Battle Sanitation Crisis
Friday, November 20th, 2009Business Wire, Nov 20, 2009
EcoStrip Announces Partnership with Wherever The Need to Not Only
Help Save the Earth, but to Also Help Save Lives
MARINA DEL RAY, Calif. — Green electronics firm EcoStrip today announced a partnership with
international sanitation non-profit Wherever the Need to donate $2 for
every EcoStrip 2.0 USB controlled power strip sold online at www.ecostrip.com.
Beginning Nov. 19th and continuing through Thanksgiving 2009
the donations will go toward building eco-sanitation toilets in
impoverished communities throughout the world where they are needed most.
The USB 2.0 EcoStrip is a power strip that eliminates the flow of energy
to computer peripherals when the computer is turned off, eliminating
active and passive electricity flows to printers, scanners, modems,
speakers, and stand-by lights. The device saves consumers money on their
monthly electric bills, conserves energy and reduces its users carbon
footprints. The product won Carlyle Associates 2007 Green Product Gold
Standard Award.
As a company, EcoStrip has always been dedicated to social causes,
said Kameron Nesen, Publicist for EcoStrip. Were thrilled that this
partnership gives us a chance to support Wherever the Needs crucial
mission. Consumers who buy our USB power strip not only help save money
and reduce their use of electricity, but also enable us to give back
some of our profit to a great cause.
Now, more than ever, the sanitation crisis needs urgent international
support, said Beverly Visty-Doman, Executive Director of Wherever the
Need USA. With 2.6 billion people worldwide lacking access to proper
sanitation, and thousands dying each day, most of them children,
EcoStrips support is a huge asset to us. Were very excited to work
with them.
The announcement coincides with World Toilet Day, an international
effort dedicating November 19th to raising money and
awareness to the sanitation crisis. Wherever the Need expects the
EcoStrip partnership to play a large role in the charitys November
fundraising efforts.
Donations can be made at www.wherevertheneed.org
or with purchase of an EcoStrip at www.ecostrip.com
About EcoStrip
EcoStrip is on a mission to educate the 270 million computer users in
the US
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State of the art: Blu-ray on the Mac.(Create)
Thursday, November 19th, 2009Macworld, December, 2009 by Galbraith, James
Blu-ray Disc may have beaten out HD-DVD in the pitched battle to be the high-definition optical-drive standard, but in the nearly two years since the format wars ended, Blu-ray has yet to gain any real traction in the desktop computer realm. In fact, Apple has done its best to downplay the relevance of any kind of optical drive in this new world of streaming media–the MacBook Air ships without an internal optical drive, Apple has almost totally ignored its DVD Studio Pro application in the last two Final Cut Studio releases, and the company provides no way of playing Blu-ray-formatted movies on Macs running OS X.
But while Apple hasn’t exactly embraced Blu-ray, a couple of the company’s applications–Final Cut Pro and Compressor–now allow you to create…
Radar Logic Expresses Cautious Optimism for the Housing Market
Thursday, November 19th, 2009Market Wire, November, 2009
Non-distressed homes are selling at rates and
prices that are stronger than history would predict for this time of year,
according to the September 2009 RPX Monthly Housing Market Report released
today by Radar Logic Incorporated. But the 25-MSA RPX Composite dipped
sharply in September due to an increase in sales of distressed homes and a
decline in prices received for distressed homes. Nevertheless, the
Composite’s decline in September came after four months of above-average
growth, and its performance year-to-date remains strong relative to the
last three years.
“The three- and six-month trends in the RPX Composite through mid-September
were the strongest we’ve seen since 2005,” said Quinn Eddins, Radar Logic’s
Director of Research. “Prices for non-foreclosed homes held up well in
September relative to the last few years but that strength was not
reflected in the RPX Composite due to a 27% increase in foreclosure sales.
Sales of foreclosed homes increased from 21% of total sales to 26% and
consequently the RPX Composite decreased 3.1% month-over-month, which is
more than typical for this time of year.”
“Clearly the reduction in home prices that has occurred over the last few
years has brought buyers back to the housing market,” said Michael Feder,
President and CEO of Radar Logic. “The real question now is what the impact
of prospective foreclosures will be and what lenders and Washington will do
to try to ease that trend. All else being equal, housing appears to be
returning to normal, but foreclosures will be critical to the near term
results.”
Key Observations of the September 2009 RPX Monthly Housing Market Report:
-- Trends in home prices and home sales in September were stronger than
one would expect given the historical trends for this time of year. The 25-
MSA RPX Composite price dipped sharply in the month ending September 17,
but this decline came after four months of above-average growth. As a
result, the three- and six-month growth trends for the Composite were
stronger this September than they have been in any September since 2005.-- The 25-MSA RPX transaction count increased 1.5% between mid-August and
mid-September, contrary to the expected seasonal pattern. It was the first
time that the 25-MSA transaction count increased during this time of year
since the beginning of Radar Logic's data set in 2000
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3PAR Ranked in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Market Wire, November, 2009
3PAR (NYSE: PAR), the leading global
provider of utility
storage , has been named one of the top 150 fastest-growing companies on
the Technology Fast 500(TM), Deloitte LLP’s ranking of 500 of the
fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, and
clean technology companies in North America. Rankings are based on
percentage of fiscal year revenue growth during the five year period from
2004 to 2008. 3PAR grew 1,236 percent during this period.
“Securing a spot in the top 150 fastest growing companies on Deloitte’s
Technology Fast 500 is evidence that 3PAR’s hyper-efficient, autonomic
approach to storage is the ideal fit for virtual datacenters and public
cloud deployments, both of which have been on the rise as organizations
have continued to seek shelter from cost pressures while also seeking to
develop new lines of business,” said David Scott, President and CEO of
3PAR. “Continued investment in research and development has strategically
positioned 3PAR for the long term and helped establish our utility storage
arrays as the de facto standard for the virtual datacenter and public cloud
computing deployments. 3PAR continues to bring to market pioneering new
technologies that drive this success.”
Technology Fast 500(TM) Selection and Qualifying Criteria
Technology Fast 500(TM) provides a ranking of the fastest growing
technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, and clean technology
companies in North America. This ranking is compiled from nominations
submitted directly to the Technology Fast 500(TM) website, and public
company database research conducted by Deloitte LLP. Technology Fast
500(TM) award winners for 2009 are selected based on percentage fiscal year
revenue growth during the five year period from 2004 to 2008.
In order to be eligible for Technology Fast 500(TM) recognition, companies
must own proprietary intellectual property or proprietary technology that
contributes to a significant portion of the company’s grow taller exercises operating revenues.
Using other companies’ technology or intellectual property in a unique way
does not satisfy this requirement. Consulting companies, professional
service firms, etc