| McCain looks confident; Democratic race tightens
I think that this will continue to drag on. There are some in the Democratic Race that would rather sacrifice the life and momentum of the party for their own selfish dream. The test of character and motives will take place tomorrow night once all of the votes are in regarding who is a real Democrat. John Mcain will gain all of the delgates needed and Oh how happy they will be that the Democrats are still inhouse fighting. I will be glad when this is all over. I am simply sick of it! .
About 100 bodies found in Iraq mass grave - military
Mass graves are found fairly regularly in Iraq but the latest one near Khalis is among the largest in recent months. U.S. and Iraqi forces often blame Sunni Islamist al Qaeda for the mass killings and graves. Last month a grave with about 50 bodies was found near Samarra, 100 km north of Baghdad, during a hunt for al Qaeda fighters. Mass graves dating back to Saddam's rule have also been found, although these have tended to be in desert areas of southern Iraq. Continued... .
MacBook Pro Penryn update imminent (updated)
Update: I really wish that Apple would have built Penryn into the MacBook Air, but George Ou speculates that Penryn was probably still an unknown quantity when the MBA was being designed many moons ago. Update 2: According to AI Penryn increases battery performance by as much as 16 percent and encoding operations by as much 40 percent. posted by Jason D. O'Grady February 20, 2008 @ 11:57 am Previous Post: Revealed: The mysteries of Apple's logo and other high-tech brands Next Post: MacBook Air Diary-Day 22: Argh! Recessed headphone jack Last 10 posts: Who should be thanked for the return of Mr. Jobs to Apple? (03-07) Reporter's Notebook: Apple's iPhone SDK rollout (03-06) MacBook Air: An ideal hybrid bag (03-06) Parallels opens up Server Beta program (03-05) Great news for Microsoft: Zunes stolen! (03-05) iPhone software wishlist (03-04) iPhone hardware wishlist (03-04) iPhone SDK release rumor roundup (03-03) More on the naked drive lifestyle (03-03) Time Capsule ships; quickly unboxed and dissected (updated) (03-03) more Posts (Archives) WordPress Mobile Edition available at alexking.org.
Google's business Apps sparks debate
With the launch of Google Apps for Your Domain, the online search giant hopes to cash in on the market for-on demand applications. Analysts have welcomed the move but some question the company's motives and wonder whether our personal data is safe in Google's hands. Launched on Monday, Google Apps for Your Domain is a series of on-demand applications that individuals and companies can use to handle basic functions. It includes Gmail (Google Mail in the UK) for email, Google Calendar, Google Talk for instant messaging and Page Creator for page design. A word processor and a spreadsheet are still in beta testing. James Governor, of analysts Red Monk, said that the current Google approach was to produce applications that were "Good enough. It's not about releasing polished applications".
S.F. park to host massive music festival
The inaugural Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival will launch with all the subtlety of a rocket ship. With a lineup that includes headliners Radiohead, Tom Petty and Jack Johnson, this three-day festival has the potential to be one of the biggest concerts in Bay Area history. The event is set for Aug. 22-24 at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Radiohead will headline the first night, with Petty and Johnson batting cleanup on, respectively, Aug. 23 and 24. Those are the only three names that have yet been announced. The festival is being put together, in part, by the same folks that present the mammoth Bonnaroo Festival each summer in Tennessee. The event, perhaps the most ambitious in the park's rich history of hosting concerts, will feature five performance stages and the programming will represent a wide range of styles, from rock and blues to hip-hop and reggae to soul and jazz.
Wedge Networks Signs Calgary-Based Bernoulli Networks as a Reseller ...
Wedge Networks has signed Bernoulli Networks to their list of international resellers. Identifying the need for a network based, performance driven anti-virus and spam filtering solution in the networks they designed and maintained, Bernoulli chose the BeSecure line for its accuracy, gigabit speeds and low latency. Bernoulli Networks subsequently deployed the BeSecure Message Gateway appliance in DaVinci Broadband, as the primary method of spam filtering and virus defense for both Davinci's corporate email and the email hosting for their customers.
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Camilla delights Winchester on royal tour
WINCHESTER welcomed a royal visitor today as Camilla Parker Bowles embarked on a tour of the city. The Duchess of Cornwall, dressed all in green, made three stops, the first of which was at the city's new Discovery Centre in Jewry Street. She was greeted by dignitaries, including the Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, Mary Fagan, and spent more than an hour touring the revamped library, which cost £7m. Camilla met youngsters from St Bede Primary School in the children's library and was all smiles as she joined in as Anne Marley, Hampshire County Council's children and schools services manager, told them stories. The Duchess then visited the City Space exhibition room and saw the huge textile piece put together for the centre by Winchester artist, Alice Kettle.
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Winds shifting in the debate over education
Listening to Jones testify on HB 881, I am suddenly aware that, indeed, the center of gravity on the education debate has shifted. No longer are we stuck on inputs and debate about how one government can best grow another, which the input set chooses to define as "local control." "It is a unique opportunity," Jones says of her bill establishing a state commission to grant charters, along with a fairer funding model. "This enhances local control by letting the consumer decide. To narrowly define local control [as] government monoply control does a disservice to Georgia." And to children who either drop out or struggle through bad schools that show no promise of improving. Permalink | Comments (188) | Post your comment | Categories: Column .
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