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April 23, 2008 News and Trends

Natta

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:09:53 PDT
Back to the future! Quite unlike the other faces favoured by current scouting trends, Natta Kor’s strong features have us conjuring memories of 80’s top models Yasmin Le Bon and Renee Simonsen. We suspect that this former gymnast could be quite the editorial force. View Natta’s profile.

Tech trends for digital cameras

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:14:45 PDT
Itching to upgrade your old camera but not sure what to look for? Well, here's a summary of what we think will make or break a compact shooter this year.

Elsewhere] Twist - See trends in Twitter

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:21:18 PDT
Twist lets you see trends in Twitter. Very neat! (via)

What nutz? These nutz.

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:21:45 PDT
I grew up in big truck country, (and then spent a year in Texas), so I'm tragically familiar with the "Truck Nutz" that idiots like to hang off their tow hitches. As if the enormous truck with the cheap 4" lift with the chrome Skin girlies on the back window driven by the fat redneck with the sunglasses tan didn't speak volumes about the driver's private insecurities already, these classy fellows like to hang wrinkly rubber ballsacks off of their tow hitches. It's incredibly stupid and hideously

Commodity Prices and the Fed

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:21:52 PDT
Jim Hamilton answers questions about his believe that the Federal Reserve is partly responsible for recent increases in commodity prices: Commodities and the Fed: answering the skeptics, by Jim Hamilton: Judging from some of the reactions across the blogosphere (not to mention any number of our own dear readers), maybe I should take another stab at clarifying why I see the hand of the Federal Reserve in the most recent movements in oil and commodity prices. ... Stagnating oil production in

Searching blog trends

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:23:03 PDT
There's finally an alternative to Nielsen's Blogpulse. Not that there's anything wrong with Blogpulse - it's a handy, free tool for searching trends in the blogosphere. And there have always been other ways to get at the information (without paying for it) - Google blog search or Technorati in particular. But Blogpulse delivers a simple results graphic with rudimentary tools for controlling date range and drilling down into results. Now from Belgian brand monitoring firm Attentio comes Tren

Fraser still calling for interest rates halt

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:26:00 PDT
Fraser still calling for interest rates halt Posted April 23, 2008 18:26:00 Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser says today's inflation figures have not changed his calls for the Reserve Bank to stop raising interest rates. Tags: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, federal-government, states-and-territories, brisbane-4000

Solar Powered Neighborhoods Grow in California

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:00:43 PDT
Business Journal reports San Jose,... Visit SolarEnergyInvesting.com to read the full article. ]]

State of the nation in social media

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:07:57 PDT
Check out this deck on Slideshare for an awesome update on where we are in social media. Here are some of the headline stats: 57% of internet users are now part of a social network There are now 184M bloggers worldwide 72% of “active Internet users” (or 346M worldwide) regularly read blogs (up 20% in two years), with 22% reading a blog every day 80% of active Internet users regularly view video clips online (394M worldwide), up from 30% in Sept 06, with ~ 22% viewing online video daily? And

Enterprise Collaboration and Virtual Teams Report (April 23, 2008)

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:13:40 PDT
The People Part of Enterprise Collaboration and Virtual Teams SearchCIO released a series of papers on planning an enterprise collaboration strategy, including "Getting Everyone on Board", "Improving Productivity" and "Tools and Technologies". Paul offers a series of posts on 'Why SharePoint projects fail'. The key idea: "SharePoint" in an organization shares characteristics with "wicked problems". "So what is it about SharePoint that makes it such a magnet for a wicked project? Put quite s

History of Indian Sari

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:21:14 PDT
A brief history of sari. Types of sari, sari wearing styles, current trends in sari styles and much more about Indian sari.

From Tribune news services - Chicago Tribune

Washington Post

From Tribune news services
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THE following business news is expected tomorrow: - Scotsman

THE following business news is expected tomorrow:
Scotsman, United Kingdom - 51 minutes ago
... surveys are due to be published, alongside latest retail sales data. The full article contains 97 words and appears in Edinburgh Evening News newspaper.

'News hostage taker admits guilt - Independent Online

'News hostage taker admits guilt
Independent Online, South Africa - 3 hours ago
This was the plea of the man who held Pretoria News personnel hostage for several hours. He did, however, deny one charge of attempted murder. ...

More from Sky News on Channel 501 - Sky News

More from Sky News on Channel 501
Sky News, UK - 30 minutes ago
The firm told Sky News: "We are a quality company." Burger King's New Product Development Director Mark Dowding, is currently working on the recipe at the ...

PRESS DIGEST - New York Times business news - April 23 - Reuters

Earthtimes

PRESS DIGEST - New York Times business news - April 23
Reuters - 2 hours ago
Rupert Murdoch is moving to tighten his already-imposing grip on American news media, striking a tentative deal to buy his third New York-based paper, ...
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News Corp. closing in on Newsday - Hollywood Reporter