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Amazon Extends Free Super Saver Shipping Cutoff

By Guest PostDecember 10, 2010TechnologyAmazon, amazon prime, apparel, christmas, customers, electronics, free super saver shipping, home, membership program, movies, music, one day shipping, sporting goods, toys

*Amazon Customers Now Have Until December 17 for Free Shipping on Millions of Items*

SEATTLE, Dec 10, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon.com, Inc. today announced it has extended the ordering deadline for free shipping with guaranteed delivery in time for Christmas. Customers can place orders now through Dec. 17 with guaranteed delivery by Dec. 24, using FREE Super Saver Shipping*, available on millions of items across Electronics, Toys, Sporting Goods, Music, Movies, Apparel, Home and other stores at Amazon.

Amazon Prime** members can place orders up until 7 p.m. PST on Dec. 22 with guaranteed delivery by Dec. 24 using FREE Two-Day Shipping (cut-off time varies by item). (more…)

‘Art and the Unbreakable Spirit of Haiti’ opens Jan. 9 at Fowler Museum at UCLA

By Guest PostDecember 10, 2010Cultureart, artistic, christmas lanterns, deborah sontag, divine revolution, filmmaker, fowler in focus, fowler museum, haiti, haitian arts, haitian experience, historic moments, jonathan demme, madison smartt bell, new york times, paintings, patrick a polk, port au prince, ritual practice, saluting vodou spirits, unbreakable spirit, united states, vodou temples

*Related event Jan. 29 features filmmaker Jonathan Demme, journalists, scholars*

Showcasing a selection of works collected by the Fowler Museum at UCLA over the past five decades, “Fowler in Focus: Art and the Unbreakable Spirit of Haiti” juxtaposes pieces produced for the international art market with those used in Port-au-Prince Vodou temples and nationwide seasonal festivities.

The pieces illustrate how crucial aspects of the Haitian experience — including significant dates and galvanizing events — are made tangible through artistic and ritual practice. (more…)

NSF’s Nathaniel B. Palmer Sails with Sweden’s Oden to Study Antarctic Peninsula Ecosystem

By Guest PostDecember 10, 20101 commentEnvironmentamundsen sea polynya, antarctic circumpolar current, antarctic peninsula ecosystem, antarctic waters, sea ice

Amundsen Sea Polynya International Research Expedition (ASPIRE) Combines Research and Education

In a unique and complex example of “science diplomacy,” teams of U.S. and Swedish scientists are sailing this month aboard two research vessels to study the ecology of the Amundsen Sea, one of the least-explored and most productive bodies in Antarctic waters, and to gauge the potential effects of a changing climate on the Southern Ocean. (more…)

Colombia Internet Audience Increases 31 Percent in Past Year to Rank as Fastest-Growing Market in Latin America

By Guest PostDecember 9, 2010Technologyaudience growth, colombia internet audience, digital world, internet cafes, internet usage

comScore Offers Complimentary Webinar: State of the Internet Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia, December 9, 2010 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released results from its latest study on Internet usage in Colombia. The report found that Colombia is the fastest-growing Internet market in Latin America, growing 31 percent in the past year to reach 11.8 million unique visitors in September 2010. comScore will present the complete results of the study during a live, complimentary webinar: The State of the Internet Colombia, on Thursday, December 16. (more…)

Amazon.com Announces Best Music of 2010

By Guest PostDecember 9, 2010Culture, TechnologyAmazon, arcade fire, best music of 2010, best of 2010 music, broken bells, contra, craig pape, editors picks, eminem, jeff reguilon, kanye west, music store, my beautiful dark twisted fantasy, recovery, rock to pop, sigh no more, top 100 albums

*Amazon music editors reveal the best music of the year; Mumford & Sons, Arcade Fire are top editors’ picks; Taylor Swift and Lady Antebellum lead Customer Favorites*

SEATTLE, Dec 09, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon.com, Inc. today announced its picks for best music of 2010. The list includes the editors’ picks for the Top 100 Albums of the Year, Top 100 Customer Favorites and a breakdown of Best of the Year lists in a variety of musical genres. To see all of the Best of 2010 music lists go to www.amazon.com/bestmusic2010.

“From the stunning debut of editors’ pick Broken Bells, to the triumphant return of customer favorite Eminem, we heard a lot of great music this year,” said Craig Pape, director of Music at Amazon.com. “Our Best Music of 2010 lists are designed to help customers navigate through the rich selection of releases and discover new artists they might not normally pick on their own.” (more…)

Theoretical Breakthrough: Generating Matter and Antimatter from the Vacuum

By Guest PostDecember 9, 2010Scienceannihilation, anti electron, antimatter components, electron, engineers, fundamental matter, gamma photon, gerard mourou, high energy electron beam, high energy particle of light, igor sokolov, laser pulse, neutron stars, particle accelerator, particles, paul dirac, physicist, positrons, pulsars, qed strong pulsed laser fields, ultra high intensity laser beam, university of michigan, vacuum

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— Under just the right conditions — which involve an ultra-high-intensity laser beam and a two-mile-long particle accelerator — it could be possible to create something out of nothing, according to University of Michigan researchers.

The scientists and engineers have developed new equations that show how a high-energy electron beam combined with an intense laser pulse could rip apart a vacuum into its fundamental matter and antimatter components, and set off a cascade of events that generates additional pairs of particles and antiparticles. (more…)

Kindle or iPad: A Shopper’s Conundrum

By Guest PostDecember 9, 2010TechnologyAmazon, apple ipad, barnes & noble, bookworms, christmas, digital publishing alliance, digital publishing expert, donald w reynolds foundation, e-readers, kindle, kobo, media professionals, media tablets, models, news, online e-reader buyer guide, price tag, reynolds journalism institute, roger fiddler, sony, technology companies

*MU expert releases online buyer’s guide to e-readers and media tablets*

COLUMBIA, Mo. — As the holiday shopping season accelerates, many consumers are considering e-readers or media tablets as gifts. To help confused shoppers, University of Missouri digital publishing expert Roger Fidler has released his annual online e-reader buyer’s guide. Fidler compares seven e-reader models and the Apple iPad media tablet by size, weight, navigation, features, connectivity and cost, and provides information on where to find each model.

Fidler says consumers have more choice in models and less financial commitment this year. The top vendors for e-readers include Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Sony and Kobo, and this year, consumers can purchase them both in stores and online. (more…)

USDA Moves 120,000 Users to Microsoft’s Cloud

By Guest PostDecember 8, 20101 commentTechnologyapplication, ato, authorization to operate, calendaring, california, chris smith, cloud infrastructure, curt kolcun, e mail, federal agency, federal information security management act of 2002, fisma, icrosoft, international traffic in arms regulations, itar, messaging, microsoft exchange online, microsoft office, microsoft online services, minnesota, new york city, office live meeting, productivity, united states department of agriculture, usda, zip car

*The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is moving its e-mail, document sharing, and other collaboration tools to Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure to save money and improve efficiency.*

REDMOND, Wash. — Dec. 8, 2010 — The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that it is moving its on-premises e-mail and productivity applications to Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure, becoming the first cabinet-level federal agency to embrace the cloud.

In one of the largest cloud federal government deployments ever, the USDA is moving its 120,000 users to Microsoft Online Services, consolidating 21 different messaging and collaboration systems into one, said Chris Smith, the USDA’s chief information officer. The USDA plans to start the shift within the next four weeks. (more…)

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