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comScore Releases First Comparative Report on Mobile Usage in Japan, United States and Europe

By Guest PostOctober 7, 2010Technologyblogs, Comscore, Europe, european, Facebook, geographic markets, gree, Japan, mark donovan, mixi, mobage town, mobile, mobile media, mobile users, pc-based Internet usage, Social networking, Twitter, united states

*Japan Mobile Audience “Most Connected” with 3 of 4 Users Accessing Mobile Media in June

Social Networking Shows Highest Reach among U.S. Mobile Users, While Europeans Text the Most *

RESTON, VA, October 7, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study on mobile usage and behaviors in Japan, the United States and Europe from its MobiLens service. The report examined multiple dimensions of mobile usage including content consumption, demographic comparisons and top social networking brands across markets to provide a comparative look at how consumers interact with mobile media across various geographic markets. (more…)

Microsoft Announces Forthcoming Availability of Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011

By Guest PostOctober 5, 2010Technologycarolyn jasiulewicz, crispin read, gold certified partner, microsoft corp., microsoft dynamics, microsoft dynamics sl, microsoft sql server 2008 r2, project-driven organizations, roletailored user experience, scott kopald, the caribbean, united states

REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 5, 2010 — Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq “MSFT”) today announced that Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011, its enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution designed for midsize project-driven organizations, will be generally available in the second quarter of 2011 in English in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Puerto Rico. Availability of a Spanish version for Latin America will be announced later. (more…)

Who Owns The Media? The 6 Monolithic Corporations That Control Almost Everything We Watch, Hear And Read

By Guest PostOctober 4, 2010Media, Politicsamerican people, big six, mainstream news, media corporations, media giants, news media, united states

Back in 1983, approximately 50 corporations controlled the vast majority of all news media in the United States. Today, ownership of the news media has been concentrated in the hands of just six incredibly powerful media corporations. (more…)

Berkeley Lab Creates New Energy Model for Chinese Cities

By Guest PostOctober 4, 2010Environmentair-conditioning, China, china energy group, chinese cities, city, david fridley, energy consumption, eric masanet, julie chao, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, low-carbon city, suzhou, united states, urban-ram, urbanization

To tally the energy consumption of a city, the usual method is to add up all the energy used by residents—when they drive their car or turn on the air-conditioning—plus all the energy consumed by commercial buildings and industries in their day-to-day operations. But how should one account for the energy that went into building the office park where people work or paving the roads that people drive? And what about the energy required to make the clothes they are wearing? (more…)

Hugo Chavez: Nuclear Blackmailer in American Backyard

By PravdaOctober 2, 2010PoliticsHugo Chavez, north korean, nuclear program, united states, Venezuela, vladimir khrustalev

It seems that the United States has yet another problem: Venezuelan nuclear program may be added to the Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs in the near future. The announcement was made the other day by “fierce” Hugo Chavez. Expert Vladimir Khrustalev spoke of the reasons of such intentions and the prospects of a nuclear project in Venezuela with Pravda.ru. (more…)

Former Spy Anna Chapman Starts Brilliant Career in Fashion and Showbiz

By PravdaOctober 1, 2010Culture, Politicsalex chapman, alexander potapov, anna chapman, anna kushchenko, ilya bezugly, magazine, maxim, moscow, netjets europe, pro-kremlin, russia, russian secret services, sexy spy, soho rooms club, spy, spy scandal, state duma, united states, volgograd

Anna Chapman, who was deported from the United States to Russia several months ago as a result of the spy scandal between the two countries, has started a brilliant career in the world of fashion and show business. The sexually appealing woman, who proved to be not a very good spy in one of the most humiliating operations for Russian secret services, has found a gap which she could fill perfectly. In her new activities, Russia’s probably most popular redhead is now known as “agent 90-60-90,” Italy’s La Repubblica wrote. (more…)

BP to Pay $4,300 for Every Barrel of Spilled Oil

By Guest PostSeptember 18, 2010Economyalaska, american ecology, bp, bp platform, british company, clean water act, coast, deepwater horizon, exxon valdez, Forbes, gulf of mexico, Halliburton, most hated man, oil pollution act, platform, static kill technology, tony Hayward, u s government, united states

The scandal around the oil spilt into the Gulf of Mexico does not subside. On Thursday, the information was released that U.S. authorities are preparing a lawsuit against the owner of the exploded BP platform, demanding compensation for damage caused by the leakage. Fines can reach $4,300 for each barrel of oil spilt in the waters of the Gulf, i.e., a total of approximately $17.6 billion.

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As Americans Celebrate Labor Day 2010, U.S. Factories Are Closing In Droves

By Guest PostSeptember 6, 20102 commentsEconomy2010, american manufacturing machine, black hole, breckenridge, chrysler, continental structural plastics, dairy plant, dean foods, duro bag manufacturing, economic, ford motor company, labor day, perfect fit industries, south carolina, u s factory, united states, wal-mart, whirlpool factory

Labor Day 2010 comes in the midst of a stunning wave of U.S. factory closings that stretches from coast to coast.

Once upon a time America was the greatest manufacturing machine that the world has ever seen, but now it seems as though the only jobs available for working class Americans involve phrases such as “Welcome to Wal-Mart” and “Would you like fries with that?”.

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