Archive for August, 2008Let’s hope Yahoo has finally learned that the maxim “If you build it, they’ll come” simply does not apply to a social network. The Silicon Valley mainstay and onetime Microsoft shopping-spree target is quietly shutting down Yahoo Mash, its latest foray into creating a general-interest social network like … MBIA rallies on reinsurance deal Bond, mortgage insurers gain early; investors mull Fannie shakeup By John Spence, MarketWatch Last Update: 8/28/2008 1:11:00 PM BOSTON (MarketWatch) — Shares of mortgage and bond insurers rallied Thursday on news that MBIA Inc. is in a deal to reinsure billions of dollars in municipal bonds, showing the embattled bond insurer is able to attract new […] For more visit Source:www.investment-blog.net
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‘Facebook: The Movie’: Now, who should play Mark Zuckerberg?Posted by: admin in Social Media and Tech (Credit: Facebook)If a recently created group on Facebook is to be believed, entertainment stalwart Aaron Sorkin–creator of The West Wing and A Few Good Men–is working on penning a movie for Sony and producer Scott Rudin about the origins of Facebook. Someone claiming to be Sorkin’s researcher …
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Structures made from trees, without the slicing down partPosted by: admin in Investing World
The novelty of it is that the trees will be grown in the shape desired – like the ultimate topiary, only useful. Researchers from Tel Aviv University and the company Plantware are partnering up to grow structures from trees on a commercial scale – structures including bus shelters, playgrounds, and even houses. There are already aeroponics pilot projects happening in the U.S., Australia and Israel, through which trees are grown in the air so that they’ve shapeable “soft roots.” The project hopes to take the technology to bigger-than-a-bread-box levels, creating sustainable, eco-friendly structures. It’ll take a while to see the new technology in action, since trees take a while to grow, but we’ll indeed begin seeing a few structures like park benches, gates, streetlamps and so forth grown out of trees. Via physorg; pic via Plantware
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With ‘followers,’ Blogger gets–surprise!–more socialPosted by: admin in Social Media and Tech
Follow that blog! (Credit: Google) With blog platforms Movable Type and WordPress adding social-networking features to their software, it was only a matter of time before Google’s Blogger did the same. A post on the official Blogger blog earlier this week announced that users would soon be able to …
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Technorati acquires ‘online magazine’ BlogcriticsPosted by: admin in Social Media and Tech Technorati Media, parent company of blog search site Technorati, has acquired Blogcritics.org. The newly bought site is a user-fueled “online magazine” for bloggers that was already a member of the newish Technorati Media ad network. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Technorati has stated that it … 
My Yahoo Mash profile, soon to get euthanized. (Credit: Yahoo) File this one under the “ouch” category. Yahoo is shutting down its social-networking experiment, Yahoo Mash, after only a year in business. An e-mail to Mash members from Yahoo community manager Matt Warburton read, “Thank you for trying out our … Let’s hope Yahoo has finally learned that the maxim “If you build it, they’ll come” simply does not apply to a social network. The Silicon Valley mainstay and onetime Microsoft shopping-spree target is quietly shutting down Yahoo Mash, its latest foray into creating a general-interest social network like …
My Yahoo Mash profile, soon to get euthanized. (Credit: Yahoo) File this one under the “ouch” category. Yahoo is shutting down its social-networking experiment, Yahoo Mash, after only a year in business. An e-mail to Mash members from Yahoo community manager Matt Warburton read, “Thank you for trying out our …
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A Year Later, Quants Aren’t As Susceptible To MeltdownPosted by: admin in Investment NewsNEW YORK (Dow Jones)–”OK Computer”: It’s the name of a notable 1997 Radiohead album, and would also be an apt title for quantitative hedge funds’ performance since their near-collapse last August. While quants are outperforming the overall stock market year to date, their returns are in the red. Still, compared to early last August, when margin calls forced many big-name […] For more visit Source:www.investment-blog.net |
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Using trees to make stuff isn’t a new idea … in fact it is one of the oldest. Also not new is the idea of shaping trees into objects. But there’s a project underway that puts a whole new twist, literally, on the idea of making structures from trees.
