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Motorola Makes The Smartphone Rugged With The MC35
Motorola this week launched its first ruggedized smartphone, the MC35. Wait, don't run! This ruggedsized smartphone is actually not ugly. In fact, as far as ruggedized devices go, it's stylin'.
Motorola this week launched its first ruggedized smartphone, the MC35. Wait, don't run! This ruggedsized smartphone is actually not ugly. In fact, as far as ruggedized devices go, it's stylin'.Motorola calls the MC35 an EDA (or Enterprise Digital Assistant) and is targeting it at businesses with employees that hover between mobile office tasks and field mobile workers (i.e. technicians and sales people).
The MC35 runs on AT&T's network and the two companies are working together to sale the smartphone. The MC35 has wide area EDGE voice and data access as well as built-in GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. The MC35 is designed to give users access to mobile e-mail, messaging, Web access, location-based services (LBS), and push to talk (PTT).
The MC35 is, I think, a sign that the consumer effect -- the impact of consumer behavior on enterprise IT -- is impacting even the ruggedized vertical mobile market. The MC35 has a lot of consumer functionality and frankly, it's designed to look better than a lot of legacy rugged handhelds. It's no Pearl, but I wonder how long until we see a rugged fashion phone.
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Milwaukee-based Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc. is redeveloping its Pick ‘n Save stores at 6950 W. State St., Wauwatosa, and 605 E. Lyon St., in downtown Milwaukee. The work is expected to be completed later this year. The Wauwatosa Pick ‘n Save is being expanded by about 10,000 square feet and significantly remodeled. Part of the remodeling will be applying Roundy’s standards for new and redeveloped stores, many of which can be seen at the Metro Market, which Roundy’s opened in 2004 in downtown Milwaukee.
However, the remodeled store will not be another Metro Market, said Vivian King, director of public affairs for Roundy’s.
“As we remodel and build new stores, we will use our fresh new look prototype,” King said. “The Metro Market is a one of a kind. We can’t compare (these stores) to it.”
The State Street store is being expanded from about 53,000 square feet to 63,000 square feet. A Walgreen’s store, formerly located in the building, recently moved to a new store at 6600 W. State St. The Pick ‘n Save expansion will include the former Walgreen’s space, where its produce, deli and bakery will move, King said.
Those departments will be greatly expanded in the remodeled store, which King compared to the recently opened Pick ‘n Save store in the Pabst Farms development in Oconomowoc. That store features a large produce department, deli, meat and bakery areas with a look very similar to those at the Metro Market. It also has a small salad bar, and its deli boasts extensive hot and cold prepared foods, similar to the Metro Market. Those features are all part of Roundy’s new standard for new and redeveloped stores, King said.
The Pabst Farms store has a large section with bulk bins filled with rice, dried beans, pasta, candy, spices and coffees. The State Street store will not have bulk bins. However, the Metro Market recently installed a small area with bulk bins.
“(State Street) will be Metro Market-like, but it won’t be Metro Market,” King said. “The Metro Market’s pace and look is more conducive to urban areas. It can’t be exactly the same. But everything will be brand new. It’s going to be a high-end store, very similar to the one at Pabst Farms, which is the closest thing to the Metro Market now.”
Metro Market’s emphasis on freshness is being applied to Roundy’s new stores. That emphasis will be reflected in the large display areas for meats, seafood, bakery and deli, as well as in newly added areas to some stores like the bulk bins and salad bars.
“In the deli, produce, bakery and meats departments, you will see a difference,” King said. “They will be expanded, and they’ll be able to offer a lot of the things that are offered at Metro Market.”
The exterior of the State Street store will also be renovated, along with its parking lot, King said. Although the renovations are extensive, the store is staying open while the work is being done.
Roundy’s Inc. declined to disclose the cost of the renovations to the State or Lyon street stores.
Work at the Lyon Street store, just a few blocks from the Metro Market, is largely cosmetic, King said. By the end of August, the store’s bakery, produce, meats and frozen food departments will be updated.
The store’s freezers will also be changed, King said. The store’s customer service area, currently located near its checkout lanes, will be relocated to the southwest corner of the store.
“The departments are staying the same, but they will have a new face and décor,” King said. “They will have a fresh new look.”

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If a hacker successfully hacked Tesla's S and Y models, he or she could unlock and start the electric motor, then drive away with the car, suggested Sultan Qasim Khan, the principal security consultant at NCC Group.
Although Tesla Inc. customers might love the carmaker's keyless entry system, one cybersecurity expert has shown how the same technology could enable thieves to steal some models of electric cars.
According to Sultan Qasim Khan, principal security consultant at the Manchester-based security firm NCC Group, a hack that targets S and Y Tesla models allows a thief to unlock the vehicle, start the motor and speed off.
Outsiders can fool an entry system into thinking an owner is physically near the car if they redirect communications between their mobile phone and the vehicle.
Despite demonstrating the hack to Bloomberg News on one of Tesla's car models, Khan said the technique isn't specific to Tesla.
Tesla's keyless entry system runs on what's called Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), which he tinkered with to make this happen. There's no evidence that thieves have accessed Teslas through the hack.
A comment from the carmaker was not forthcoming. An official at NCC told Reuters that NCC sent a note to its clients on Sunday with details of its findings.
Tesla officials didn't deem the risk significant after Khan told them about the potential attack. Khan said the carmaker must change the keyless entry system and alter the hardware to fix it.
David Colombo, another security researcher, recently demonstrated how to hijack some functions on Tesla vehicles, including opening and closing doors, and controlling music volume.
The Bluetooth Low Energy protocol was designed to enable wireless communication between devices, but hackers are using it to break into smart technologies, including house locks, cars, phones, and laptops, Khan explained. The NCC Group also targeted a few other automakers and technology companies' devices.
Khan said that keyless locks from Kwikset Corp. that work with iPhones or Android phones are also affected by the bug. According to Kwikset, customers who use iPhones to access safety can enable two-factor authentication in the app. Additionally, a spokesperson said the iPhone-operated waves have a 30-second timeout to prevent tampering.
The company said it will update its Android app in the "summer."A spokesperson for Kwikset said that the security of its products is of the utmost importance. The company partners with well-known security companies to evaluate its products and remain committed to working with them so that its consumers receive the highest level of security.
Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the collective of companies that manage Bluetooth, has said that the specifications include features that give product developers tools to secure communication between Bluetooth devices.
"The SIG also provides educational resources to the developer community to help them implement Bluetooth-based products with the appropriate security level, as well as a vulnerability response program that works with the security research community in response to vulnerabilities found in Bluetooth specifications."
Bluetooth sniffers identify devices by tracking their signals. They are often used by government agencies who manage roads to monitor drivers passing through urban areas anonymously. The author of Sniffle, the first open-source Bluetooth 5 sniffer, Khan, has discovered numerous vulnerabilities in NCC Group client products.
According to a study by the UK consumer group, more than 200 car models are susceptible to keyless theft using similar but slightly different methods such as spoofing wireless or radio signals.
During a demonstration to Bloomberg News, Khan demonstrated an electronic switch attack using two small hardware devices. Khan used two relay devices to unlock the car -- one placed approximately 15 yards from the Tesla owner's smartphone and the other near his laptop. Khan developed the technology using code he designed for Bluetooth development kits, which are sold online for less than $50.
In addition to Khan's custom software, the hardware needed costs approximately $100 and is readily available online. The hack takes less than ten seconds once the relays are set up, Khan said.
"If a Bluetooth passive entry car parked outside the owner's home were nearby, an attacker could walk up to the car at night using the owner's phone, and use this technique to unlock and start the vehicle," he explained.
"Once the device has been placed nearby the fob or phone, the attacker can send commands anywhere in the world," Khan said.
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Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) has a rock-solid balance sheet. The company dominates the semiconductor market, has considerable emerging market exposure, and the China Investment Corporation may be in the market for Intel shares.
However, there is currently a bit of exuberance in the stock. As investors fled the negative real yields of "safe" sovereigns into established, dividend-paying equities like Intel, the company became short-term overvalued.
INTC is toward the top of its medium-term range, and after a global correction would be an attractive buy at the $20 support level, and failing a reversion to that and a balmier outlook, at $23. Long-term, INTC is well situated in the semiconductor and cloud computing space, and may foray deeper into the mobile space in the near future.
The fundamental story is slow moving, but the fundamentals always win out long-term:
Percentage of market share = 16.9%, more than its top two competitors combined.
And lets not forget, Intel pays a 3.2% dividend. Compare that to the 1.55% of 10-year Treasury, which is undeniably in a Federal Reserve-induced bubble. The central bank bought 61% of Treasury debt in 2011. This trend cannot last, according to Lawrence Goodman, a former Treasury Official and current president of the Center for Financial Stability.
Intel is capitalizing on Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) computer sales without (as much of) the dumb-money buzz driving up the P/E. In the next few years, if Qualcomm's (NASDAQ:QCOM) shaky supply chains can't hack it supplying processors for the iPad, it's probable that Intel and Apple will do business.
Though Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) technology has been characterized by poor original development and rampant intellectual property theft since its inception, some people still prefer Windows because it is hegemonic and all they know. The more expensive Surface Pro tablet may garner demand when it is finally released, and it has Intel inside.
However, these tablet considerations are petty next to the emerging market demand for electronics more broadly. Consumer electronics have shown surprisingly little elasticity in downturns and are expected to steadily rise long-term.
Intel is in the ephemeral and bubble-prone tech sector, but they own hard assets that hedge against currency devaluation and credit crises. CPUs will be in demand, especially as EM middle classes insist on burying their faces in tablets and smart phones like the West has.
The current headline-grabbing litigation in the EU: It's a humongous fine, historically, but Intel is a giant and can weather the attack. Intel's legal team will likely reduce the fine, or even have it annulled entirely. The case is tenuous, but even if Intel is fined for the maximum $1.33B, it's only 10% of cash on hand.
Fine: $1.33B. Cash on hand and short-term investments: $13.75B.
This lawsuit is a rather nice catalyst to get the froth out, and will pave the way for a buying opportunity, but not quite yet. Given the global growth slowdown, including China, further declines are to be anticipated.
In the future, cloud computing will replace physical hard drives. The great divergence between East and West is closing, and this portends an expansion of electronic demand.
Li Daokui, of the People's Bank of China monetary policy committee, let this slip at the World Economic Forum last November:
The incremental parts of our of our foreign reserve holdings should be invested in physical assets...
We would like to buy stakes in Boeing, Intel, and Apple, and maybe we should invest in these types of companies in a proactive way.
Once the US Treasury market stabilizes we can liquidate more of our holdings of Treasuries.
To reiterate: Intel could be in for a bumpy ride along with the global economy, but has a strong balance sheet and exposure to the emerging market. Buying at the current level is risky given the macro picture, but this is one equity the dips of which should be bought.
Disclosure: I am long INTC. I have a small position currently, but will buy more at target levels of $20 (bearish outlook) and/or $23 (bullish outlook).


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Vodafone reaches 100 million subscribers in IndiaApril 8th, 2010 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Mobile telephony provider Vodafone Essar has crossed the landmark of 100 million subscribers in India, the telecom operator said Thursday.
After Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications (RCom), Vodafone is the third company in India to reach the milestone of 100 million customers. In terms of revenue, it is India’s second largest operator.
“In the past three years, we have invested over Rs.20,000 crore to expand our operations to service customers in India. We will utilise our global and Indian experience to deliver the best products and services to our customers,” said the company’s managing director Marten Pieters.
He said the company will work on investing in platforms enabling the delivery of internet and data services to a large part of the country. It will also expand investments in new business areas like enterprise and carriers business.
Vodafone Essar is the Indian unit of Vodafone Group Plc of the UK.
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- Vodafone India revamps top management, appoints Sunil Sood COO - Mar 02, 2012
- Mobile number portability not much of a hit - Dec 04, 2011
- Vodafone to buy out Essar's stake in Indian subsidiary for $5 bn - Mar 31, 2011
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With Cadillac set to launch its top-level XTS luxury sedan in the next few years, the big saloon won't be the company's flagship for long. According to a report by Car & Driver, GM's luxury brand is already planning a new model to slot in above the XTS, offering seriously big luxury and a rear-drive setup. (The XTS will only be available as front or all-wheel-drive).
Unfortunately there isn't much concrete info beyond that and we have to doubt C&D's ponderings that it will be based on a stretched version of the CTS platform. The outlet does, however, say the go-ahead for the project came from none-other than GM CEO Ed Whitacre.
The Cadillac brand looks to continue its reinvention over the next few years with a spate of new models. Recently we reported on the upcoming ATS (BMW 3 Series fighter) which is set to come standard with a turbocharged 4-cylinder. The CTS is also do for a remake in a few years and along with turbocharged 4s it will get GM's upcoming twin-turbo V6 that reportedly displaces 3.0-liters and is set to rival Ford's EcoBoost V6 motor. There are even rumors of a new 8-speed transmission for both models.
A suggested timeline for Cadillac's product lineup will have the ATS Sedan launch in 2012, followed by an ATS Coupe and new CTS in 2013, with an ATS Convertible later that year. GM will most likely move ahead with plans for V versions of both the ATS and CTS but don't look for them until at least 2014. There's no word on when the new rear-drive flagship could arrive.
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After months of anticipation, Fitbit is finally ready to reveal its new smartwatch. It’s called the Ionic, and it combines the company’s prowess in activity monitoring with a dedicated app store, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, and NFC for tap-and-pay transactions.
The Ionic packs a wealth of capabilities its predecessor, the Blaze, lacked. However, Fitbit is still positioning it more as a smartwatch for customers who are primarily interested in health and fitness. It boasts improved heart rate monitoring, which the company says is more accurate than in previous products. There’s also a blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) sensor to provide additional health insights, like the ability to track conditions such as sleep apnea.
When it’s time for action, there’s Fitbit Coach — the company’s new software for delivering personalized, guided workouts on the fly. Runners can track their journeys with the GPS-assisted Run Detect feature that automatically kicks in when you get moving. For swimmers, there’s a dedicated swim exercise mode with lap counting.
Speaking of swimming, the Ionic is rated water-resistant at 50 meters, and Fitbit says it’s extremely lightweight and comfortable to wear. The watch face has been constructed with nano-molding technology to blend metal and plastic into a unibody form. It looks a little chunky from the exterior, with large bezels around the bright, 1,000-nit, Gorilla Glass 3-clad display — but if you look closely, there’s a subtle curve to the form. It’s available in silver gray, smoke gray, and burnt orange.
Fitness aside, Fitbit has put a tremendous amount of work into making this a feature-complete daily smartwatch for the average user — and to do it, they’ve developed a new operating system and app platform. It’s called Fitbit OS, and the company says it will serve as the software basis for many of its future products. Watch faces and third-party apps will be housed in a hub called the App Gallery. Fitbit has already partnered with the likes of Pandora, Starbucks, AccuWeather, and Strava as some of the first examples on the store.
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While the option can be seen as an effort to differentiate and drive preference with key audience segments, it has a flip side, as one can easily argue that it goes against the trend of being customer-centric and actually discriminates against families. Yet others argue that it means a dedicated area for families and enables airlines to provide them with more focused service.
Sarah Reiter, COO at FutureBrand APAC, believes such "noise-free strategies" add up to less, not more.
“Airlines need to be less about segmenting ‘out’ and disenfranchising customer groups and rather offer added-value into their offer and product,” she said. “It is shortsighted and definitely not a good brand move, as it begins to judge and discriminate based on age assumptions equating to noise. The current approach is bad for airlines; they should rather turn it into a positive than negative.”
AirAsia X and Malaysia Airlines are also among the airlines that announced similar initiatives. Early this year, AirAsia X banned children under 12 from the first seven rows of economy class on flights to China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Australia and Nepal—branding the section as its ‘Quiet Zone’.
Malaysia Airlines, meanwhile, has offered a child-free upper-level economy deck on its first Airbus A380, which flies Kuala Lumpur-London, since the flight began in July last year. Earlier in 2011, it banned kids in first class on its 747s.
With brands offering similar service, fighting for the same pie and with passengers willing to pay a small premium for the service, a winning strategy in this game comes down to the tone of the communication.
While Scoot wants to portray itself as a cheeky, alternative player in the category, Graham Hitchmough, ASEAN director at The Brand Union Singapore, said the language used is unnecessarily demeaning to family travellers and has the potential to alienate them.
He noted that AirAsia X’s communication of its comparable zones focuses more on the positive benefits of a calmer, ambient environment, rather than vilifying family groups, who in most cases are just doing their best to get to their destination in as peaceful and drama-free fashion as possible.
On its website, Scoot’s messaging for the feature emphasises the need for "peace and quiet" and goes on to describe the "exclusivity and privacy that you'll enjoy in the ScootinSilence cabin as under 12's will be someplace else.…"
“Had Scoot communicated the announcement of ScootinSilence in a more positive and conciliatory manner and maybe balanced it with some associated benefits to young families, who are now more likely to be grouped together in transit, they could have had the win-win of demonstrating their service commitment to all of their customers rather than just a few who value flying in silence above all else,” Hitchmough said.
Simon Bell, executive director of strategy for the Southeast Asia & Pacific regions at Landor Associates, noted that Scoot's move will help to differentiate it in the market and is likely to attract more people than it deters.
He went on to say that this initiative is not necessarily targeting travellers who want silence, but rather speaking directly to the traveller who is looking for more than just an economy seat.
“Understanding their audience is key, and Scoot clearly feels that its consumers desire a step up from economy class without the formalities of business-class travel,” he said.
Such a divide might not necessarily be harmful to the airline's brand, Bell said; it would also depend on how Scoot positions the newly segmented areas on board.


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There’s a rumor going around — unconfirmed at the time of this writing — that Horizon Forbidden West may be delayed. It wouldn’t be unusual, as there have been a lot of games delayed in the 2020/21 pandemic. It’s presumed that Sony will confirm the delay on the upcoming State of Play next week. If they do, it’ll really suck for PlayStation gamers, and not just for the fact that they won’t be getting a game that they’ve been interested in for a very long time.
When the PlayStation 5 launched last year, it had a slight edge over the Xbox Series X/S because it had a few exclusive titles, whereas the Xbox console had none. Xbox has been on the back foot for at least the last console generation as it struggles to keep up with PlayStation’s explosive sales and critically acclaimed exclusive titles. And a gap in major releases will not hurt Sony very much in the long run, given that the PlayStation 5 is selling so well already. I’m not presuming to make a comment on future sales of the consoles.
But the problem is that the PlayStation 5 is getting fewer and fewer exclusive titles for the upcoming holiday season, and that would really suck for people who either already have PS5s or want to get one. Several of the upcoming PS5 games are not console exclusive. We’ve got the Ghost of Tsushima Iki Island expansion, and Deathloop. Meanwhile, Xbox is pumping more and more titles into Game Pass, keeping their consoles fresh and valuable for gamers.
There’s not going to be a slump in sales, but there will be a slump in great PS5 games to play for the next little while. The games that have come out for the console so far have been so good — Demon’s Souls, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, even Astro’s Playroom — that it would be a shame to see that momentum stall during the critical holiday season.


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FAIRBANKS, Ind., (WTWO/WAWV)–Providence Farms prides themselves on providing the community with “nutrient dense” food such as grass fed beef and organic eggs.
Scott Foster, manager at Providence Farms, said they’ve been delivering groceries to their customers since their founding in 2011.
However, due to fears of food scarcity, Foster said they’ve seen an uptick in clientele.
“Typically it’s been two, three or four each weekend at our drop points around Indiana. But, in the last two weeks it’s been about 33 customers,” he said.
He said they’ve received a extremely positive response from the community, especially the elderly, after they made a Facebook post alerting the community of their home delivery services.
“The response has been overwhelming. And we’re especially eager to cater to them since they are the most susceptible of course,” Foster said.
Debbie Mcninch is one of Foster’s longtime customers. She said the business’ home delivery service during such an uncertain time eases her stress.
“This is great anytime of the year, but especially right now, to know that I don’t have to panic about the store being out of food,” she said. “I can call my local producer, my local farmer, who has also become my friend and he can bring it to me. And I can supply my family with a meal.”
Foster said he believes trying times will make us a stronger community.
“When this is all over, we hope that our expanded clientele will allow us to inform people about the goodness and wholesomeness and sustainability of the way we and other local farmers around the Wabash valley are starting to produce food with their best interests in mind.”


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BANGALORE: Globally, it's down and struggling to steady itself. But in India, Hewlett-Packard (HP) has regained No. 1 slot in the PC market share rankings. HP recently bagged the Uttar Pradesh government's massive order to supply 1.5 million laptops, which should keep the company at the top spot in PCs for a while.
Government orders appear to be partially determining the PC pecking order in recent times. Lenovo rose to be No. 1 early last year, soon after it won the Tamil Nadu government's order for 9 lakh laptops to give to graduating school children.
The UP government has also floated a request for proposal for supplying tablets in the state. "The government is increasing IT spending in critical areas like education, healthcare and agriculture, bringing a whole strata of people into the technology fold," said Rajiv Srivastava, president of the printing & personal systems group at HP India.
State government orders have been a blessing for IT vendors, given that consumer demand for PCs has slowed. Srivastava acknowledges that bulk government contracts have been one of the growth drivers. "We had lost share and were hovering between the No. 3 and No. 4 slots a few quarters back. But we regained our position as the top PC brand garnering 16.5% market share in the October-December quarter of last year, a 3.5 percentage points increase over the same period in the year before," he said. HP was the No. 1 brand for five successive years till 2010.
IDC research director Venu Reddy said HP's positive momentum was driven by the fact that portable computers continued to gain in dominance among the PC market segments despite an overall weak PC marketplace. Though government contracts add volume and revenue to IT vendors, they compromise margins. "In a volume game, margins tend to be lower. However, companies don't incur huge costs on sales and marketing in government contracts," said Sanjay Dhawan, leader-technology in PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) India.
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Three words: Open Source Beer Missouri Town Changes Name to 'Linux' LINUX, MO -- The small Missouri town of Linn, county seat of Osage County, announced yesterday that it will be henceforth called 'Linux'."The Linn, er, Linux community center probably won't be big enough, we'll probably have to hold it in nearby Jefferson City," she said. Noah Morals, says he will start an ad campaign calling Bob Farrow "the Incumbent Liar of LIE-nucks".The protest broke up a few minutes later once it was realized that the state legislature wasn't in session."We may have wasted our time today," one advocate said, "But we'll be back later." State and Microsoft officials were unavailable for comment at press time. 'Kitchen Sink' OS Announced Coding has begun on a new operating system code named 'Kitchen Sink'. One programmer explained, "Since many hackers spend a vast amount of their time in Emacs, why not just make it the operating system?New fashion style: Scantily clad females, even in twenty below weather 8. She hopes to be able to hold a Linux Convention this fall. " One of the mayor's contenders in the next election, Mr. Microsoft stock certificates traded as rare collectors' items, along with Confederate money and Roman coins 4. I thought to myself, 'Self, changing the town's name to 'Linux' could be an opportunity to attract attention -- and money -- to our town."First open source beer, and soon open source soft drinks!
Open source is a fad," a spokesman for Buddwizzer Beer, Inc. In addition, other beverage distributors are nervous.
The Windows box shows "AM -- January 1, 1900" while the Linux box shows "AM -- January 1, 2000".
The tagline at the bottom says "Linux -- a century ahead of the competition." Open Source Beer Revolution Yesterday, Red Hat introduced an 'open source' beer called Red Brew.
After all, the only thing hackers like more than free software is free beer!
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Experiencing those post Snooker World Championship blues? Despair no more, becauseVooFoo Studios have just announced Pure Pool’s brand new snooker DLC, which is set to grace PlayStation®4 and Xbox One consoles, as well as PC via Steam soon.
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Data snack: The rise of BNPL and what consumers want from installment pay options
- The BNPL industry continues to gain momentum, but what will it look like as a mainstream form of payment?
- A recent survey from SplitIt sheds some light on the topic, from BNPL’s relation to credit cards, to demand for flexible installment plans.
BNPL is kind of like a baby: you can see that it’s growing, but you can’t quite yet figure out what it will look like when it’s all grown up.
Installment payments continue to grow in popularity among consumers. But the shape this payment method will take in consumers’ lives is still questionable, according to a recent survey by BNPL company SplitIt.
One data point is that 60% of consumers say they would use their credit cards more if they could pay in smaller interest-free installments.
But that’s not to say consumers are poo-pooing credit cards. 83% are happy with their credit cards and 71% see them as a healthy part of their financial lives.
Credit card perks, for example, are still important to consumers. 83% describe things like cashback, points, and miles as very important to them, while 48% even go as far as to say it’s the reason they use their credit cards in the first place.
“Many of our peers are putting the nail in the coffin for credit cards, but the data shows this is not entirely the case,” said Adam Mawdesley, chief revenue officer at SplitIt.
Another point the survey emphasizes is the level of consumer interest in BNPL. Lots of shoppers don’t just see this payment method as a perk, but rather a viable reason for paying more. 60% of consumers are willing to either upgrade or increase their payments to be able to pay over time.
Then there’s the case of how consumers want their installment plans to look like.
The higher the cost of a purchase, the more installments consumers want, it seems:
- For purchases under $300, 60% don’t mind a max of four payments
- For purchases over $500, 66% prefer +4 payments
- For purchases over $1000, 75% prefer +4 payments
According to Mawdesley, the findings ultimately point to a demand for personalization within the BNPL space.
“The key takeaway for us is validating that all Buy Now, Pay Laters are not created equal. Merchants and shoppers have a wide range of needs that just aren’t addressed with a ‘one size fits all’ approach,” he said. “Not all consumers want a new line of credit and they want more flexibility in how and when they pay.”


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Manufacturers strike upbeat note
Exporters gain as companies upgrade products, technology
Chinese manufacturers and exporters have turned bullish on the economic outlook and external demand, expressing willingness to expand output and investment as official data on Wednesday showed an improvement in the country’s foreign trade.
Xinshen Group Co Ltd, a manufacturer of fine linen products based in Wujiang, Jiangsu province, is expected to increase its total output value by 5 to 10 percent this year from 500 million yuan ($77.3 million) last year, according to Li Jianfeng, its general manager.
The company also plans to invest about 5 million yuan in research and innovation of products and methods to satisfy customers’ needs.
“The export situation is trending upward due to the better atmosphere for traditional manufacturing-based companies to add innovation to the products,” Li said.
Zhang Bin, general manager of a Shanghai-based manufacturer and exporter of steel products, said that overseas demand for his company’s products is set to increase in the coming months.
“Most of the export manufacturers like us have been busy dealing with regular and new clients since mid-March. More orders are expected to come in,” Zhang said.
Zhang’s optimism was echoed by Yang Shan, general manager of Shenzhen Skymen Cleaning Equipment Co.
Yang said overseas demand for the company’s smart cleaning equipment has steadily increased since late last year.
China’s exports in yuan-denominated terms surged 18.7 percent year-on-year in March, while imports dipped 1.7 percent, accordingto customsdata.
While the rebound in exports has partly to do with the low base in the same period last year, economists said the better-than-expected data suggest that China’s economic growth momentum improved in March after weak performance in January and February.
“We continue to expect core activity data including industrial production, fixed-asset investment and retail sales growth, whicharealldueonFriday, to pick up in March,” said Yang Zhao, chief China economist atNomura Securities.
Official data also showed that China’s exports to emerging markets and countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative rose in the first quarter of the year while trade with major trading partners such as the European Union, the United States and ASEAN countries has declined.
For example, exports to Pakistan increased by 26.4 percent year-on-year and exports to IndiaandRussia roseby6.1 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively, according to customs data, which was consistent with what companies have experienced in the changes of their orders.
Instead of only receiving a large amount of orders from European countries and the US, Li, the general manager of the linen company in Jiangsu province, said he has started taking orders from emerging markets such as Southeast Asian countries.
Qiu Quanlin in Guangzhou contributed to the story
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ARB Show at APF 2022 Thursday 22nd to Saturday 24th September 2022 The Arboricultural Association is pleased to announce that after two years away, ARB Show will be returning in 2022 in an exciting new venue and format. This year, for the first time ever, we are proud to present ARB Show at APF 2022 taking place 22-24 September 2022 at the Ragley Estate in Warwickshire. The two largest arboricultural shows in the UK are teaming up to deliver an incredible event, with more than 20,000 people expected to attend over three days. Many favourite features of ARB Show will be included in the Arb Worker Zone and Tree Climbing Competition areas, and the ARB Show at APF area will populated with some of the most popular arboricultural industry exhibitors. Bringing the ARB Show to APF 2022 delivers an expanded offering for arborists at the show and helps the event reach beyond its traditional forestry base. The Arb Worker Zone will be a key interactive attraction, giving arborists the chance to receive impartial advice about climbing kit and techniques and have a go with practical demonstrations alongside a timetable of events each day. The Arborists’ Workshop is one of the top ARB Show attractions with a carefully curated timetable of industry experts sharing knowledge on a range of subjects throughout each day. The UK Open Tree Climbing Competition will take place over in the demonstration zone in specially selected trees on site. The competition features three different skill levels making it more accessible to all climbers, from novices to experts. Association CEO John Parker said: “This is fantastic news for arborists. ARB Show has been a highlight of the event calendar for more than twenty years, and after two years of virtual events we are delighted to be able to announce this collaboration with APF 2022, bringing the show to a greater audience than ever before. Attendees and exhibitors will benefit from this change and we feel certain that the whole arboricultural profession will be out in force to celebrate the return of ARB Show in 2022.” APF Exhibition Secretary Ian Millward echoed those sentiments. “We’re thrilled to announce this new partnership; we’re excited to have the AA on board and are committed to making this a fantastic industry event. The Arboricultural Association is one of the leading organisations in the Arb world, so we are pleased to have this opportunity to build a stronger partnership and see it as part of the natural evolution of the APF Exhibition.” For anyone working in arboriculture ARB Show at APF 2022 is going to be an unmissable event. You can book your place as an exhibitor or visitor right now at www.apfexhibition.co.uk
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NEW JERSEY - New Jersey launched a new incentive program to encourage people to get vaccinated.
Governor Phil Murphy announced the "Shot and a Beer" program Monday. Any New Jerseyan 21 and older who gets their first vaccine dose during the month of May can bring their vaccination card to a participating brewery to get a free beer.
The following breweries are participating in the program:
- Battle River Brewing in Toms River
- Bradley Beer Project in Bradley Beach
- Bolero Snort Brewing Company in Carlstadt
- Brix City Brewing Company in Little Ferry
- Carton Brewing Company in Atlantic Highlands
- Flounder Brewing Company in Hillsborough
- Flying Fish Brewing Company in Somerdale
- Gaslight Brewery and Restaurant in South Orange
- Hackensack Brewing Company in Hackensack
- Kane Brewing Company in Ocean Township
- Little Dog Brewing Company in Neptune
- Magnify Brewing Company in Fairfield
- River Horse Brewing Company in Ewing
On Monday, Gov. Murphy announced New Jersey will lift all COVID-19 outdoor gathering limits and remove a 50% capacity limit on indoor restaurants and bars beginning on May 19 as long as social distancing can be maintained, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday.
Murphy also announced that relaxed restrictions slated to take effect on May 10 will now apply on Friday, three days earlier. Those changes include increasing the outdoor gathering limits to 500 people, raising indoor capacities to 50% up to 250 individuals for political gatherings, weddings, funerals, memorial services and performances. Privately catered events will also be permitted to have dancing.
The state's positive coronavirus trends have enabled the state to make the change.
So far, 45 percent of New Jersey adults, which is about 3 million, are now fully vaccinated.
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Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, the media, our special guests and all our friends and colleagues; a warm welcome to you all as we are thrilled and excited to unveil the brand-new Beauty & Perfumed Bar Soap-SIRI, by Aspira.
It is a known fact that Aspira Nigeria Ltd is always taking the lead in delivering quality home products to its teaming consumers. In line with our commitment to serving and formulating the very best products for our customers, we are delighted to unveil SIRI beauty & perfumed soap, which comes in four variants – Delightful Orchid, Sensual Rose, Gorgeous Iris and African Marigold. I am sure all of you are excited to see the new SIRI!
At Aspira, one of our core values is youth empowerment. It has always been our mission to recognize, reward and identify with the exploits and achievements of youthful players who have carved a niche for themselves across all sectors of the Nigerian economy. The entertainment industry is one thriving space where youths are taking charge as icons and inspiring the younger generation. Having closely followed the youths in Nigeria, one personality we just couldn’t ignore is Nollywood actress, Adesua Etomi Wellington, a woman making tremendous impact in one of the world’s largest movie-making industries – Nollywood.
There is no gain saying it, she has emerged one of the most visible faces in Nollywood. Beyond that, her achievements as an icon align with the core values of Aspira; hence we are unveiling her today as the brand ambassador of SIRI.
Also, as a Nigerian brand, another platform we could not ignore is the Miss Nigeria beauty pageant current queen, Queen Shattu Sani Garko. Consequently we have appointed her alongside Adesua Etomi-Wellington as brand ambassador for our latest beauty product, Siri. The new queen is an icon of courage setting the pace for Nigerian youngsters.
Aspira Nigeria Limited is one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of laundry care and personal health care products in Nigeria. Located in the Northern commercial city of Kano, Aspira Nigeria Ltd. began operations in Nigeria in 2009, with the production of various detergents and soaps. VIVA, being the most known and familiar brand today, taking over the detergent and soap industry.
We had also launched Oracare+, a brand-new toothpaste into the Nigerian market recently. And there are many more new products which are in pipeline to be launched soon in Nigeria.


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Creativity key for the future of HMV and Sunrise: music industry experts
TORONTO — If Sunrise Records and Entertainment Limited wants the 100 HMV stores it just purchased across the UK to succeed, industry experts say it will need to get creative and quick.
The music retail landscape has been plagued in recent years by the rise of streaming platforms and the dramatic decline of CDs and DVDs, making ventures like the one Sunrise is embarking on tough, said music analysts.
They predict Ontario-based Sunrise, which operates 84 stores mostly in Canadian suburban malls, will have to diversify its offerings to keep the HMV locations, 1,847 employees and four Fopp stores it just bought afloat.
Mark Mulligan, a music analyst from Midia Research in the UK, said Sunrise and HMV must focus on “monetizing fandom,” by selling merchandise from games, tv, music and film, and perhaps even consider turning stores into live music venues.
“They shouldn’t fight an epic, losing battle trying to compete against the streaming giants…Assuming they want to have a long-term vision, rather than three to five years of getting a bit smaller every year, they need to find new areas of growth,” Mulligan said, noting that even games and DVD box sets, which used to be popular items at HMV and Sunrise, have faced challenges from streaming services and direct-to-console businesses.
“They have a long tradition of having bands come in and having performances, well, take that one step further and make it a place that people spend time with coffee and beer.”
Sunrise Records was not able to provide a representative for an interview by time of publication.
It said in a press release that 27 HMV stores were not included in the last-minute deal it struck and will be closed immediately, causing 455 “redundancies.”
However, the release said Sunrise president Doug Putnam was “delighted” with the deal and the prospect of being able to “replicate our success in Canada.”
Putnam, who also runs toy and game distribution brand Everest Toys, has spent the last few years turning around Sunrise, which he acquired from Malcolm Perlman in 2014, when Sunrise was down to five stores.
Putnam took advantage of the closure of HMV locations in Canada and grew Sunrise significantly, stocking it with CDs and DVDs, but also board games, themed toys and a wide selection of music, film and TV apparel — a strategy HMV had also dabbled in.
Vinyl became a key offering too, as Putnam tried to take advantage of its resurgence.
Mulligan called vinyl “a good news story,” but said Sunrise and HMV shouldn’t lean too heavily on it because he considers it a “niche segment” of the music retail market.
He also said if Sunrise bought HMV to profit from its real estate, timing isn’t on Sunrise’s side. The U.K., he said, has seen a “strong decline” high street real estate over the last decade, making the store locations less lucrative.
Canadian music industry expert Eric Alper doubts real estate was on Putnam’s mind with this deal because Putnam has a history of crusading to keep the Canadian music retail industry viable and hasn’t flipped Sunrise properties that were bought from Perlman.
“I see them doing a lot more in terms of outreach in the community than anyone had the right to expect from them,” said Alper, noting Sunrise has built a presence at fan fairs, music conferences and record days throughout Canada.
Alper believes Sunrise should look towards partnerships with artists and exclusive merchandise to bring in customers.
The strategy has already been used by Canadian rapper Drake, who has begun flogging merchandise at a string of OVO stores, while Toronto-born singer Shawn Mendes has partnered with Roots to sell a limited edition clothing line, including sweatpants, leather jackets and toques.
“There is no reason why Sunrise Records can’t start going into every single artist possible and designing and making exclusive merchandise or albums only available at HMV in the U.K.,” he said.
Mulligan said he believes Sunrise has a 50-50 shot at success with its HMV deal because the brand previously failed at dealing with piracy, iTunes, Spotify and Amazon, but Alper said he is more of an optimist.
“The music industry itself is not dropping. It is just us finding a different way for us to consume music,” Alper said.
“People still like to walk around and shop. Indigo has been able to do quite well with their stores having home merchandise and there is no reason Sunrise can’t do the same thing for customers, who don’t want to buy physical music anymore, but still want to show off their love of an artist.”


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For Road Trip 2015, CNET talks with the University of Michigan's Peter Sweatman about the rapid merging of computers and cars, and the fake city in Ann Arbor where it's being put to the test.
The business reviews site has suffered a string of blows this week, including the departure of its high-profile board chairman. Can it regain its footing?
Here's what Phil Spencer had to say about one of the Xbox One's most exciting upcoming features.
The deal shows how important mapping and location data are to the future of the car industry, particularly in the coming era of self-driving cars.
The social-networking giant's co-founder shared Friday that he and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are expecting their first child -- a daughter. Their dog, Beast, "has no idea what's coming."
NASA's plucky old rover Opportunity reached a new milestone by topping a marathon distance on Mars.
For Road Trip 2015, CNET went to San Jose, California, to talk with Vietnamese Americans who traveled a long way to get to where they are today.
The Nokia Lumia 930 Gold and 830 Gold are finished with anodized gold coloring for extra shine -- a swan song for the Nokia phone brand as we know it.
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CRIME OF THE WEEK: Thief Takes Crossbow from Polaris Sporting Goods Store
Updated: Thursday, December 5 2013, 09:45 AM EST
Polaris (Camille Doty) -- A thief targeted Cabela’s on the 1600 block of Gemini Place. He left the store with a crossbow and clothing.
Police said the suspect walked into the sporting goods store alone on October 27. He took a quick look inside the store, walked in the doorway and gave an outsider the thumbs up.
“That’s a signal that the store is open or the greeter station is far enough away, I think we can actually execute the plan,” said Detective Gerald Milner with the Columbus Police Department.
The suspect picked up a crossbow worth $1,100 and covered the top with two hooded sweatshirts.
Milner said that the thief has possibly hit two dozen similar stores in the past with minimum security.
“When you’re talking about stores for hunters and fishermen, sometimes, their security isn’t the same like when you go into a high-end department store,” he said.
He’s believed to have traveled as far as Cincinnati. Investigators are not sure whether he pulled of the heist alone. However, he left the store with someone else. The two went into the same black SUV.
Milner said the easy money could be enticing to criminals with marginal efforts.
“When you’re doing it (stealing) over and over, that’s 100 percent profit for 10 minutes of work,” he said.
The detective said the suspect as a white male in mid-to-late 20s, who is 6 feet tall, and weighs about 175 pounds.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call Columbus police at 614-461-TIPS.


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Midwestern farmers now have another commercial energy market for corn besides ethanol. It’s called biobutanol, a type of butanol that is produced from grain and/or other biomass feedstock sources, and a product that has many more industrial uses than ethanol.
“Bio-based isobutanol production at our Luverne, Minn., plant this summer was a first for the world,” says Chris Ryan, president and chief operating officer of Gevo, Inc. “It’s the first time bio-based isobutanol has been commercialized. It’s also the first time that an ethanol plant has been repurposed to produce a very different, higher-value product. It represents an entirely new market for farm products and an entire new use of an ethanol plant.”
Gevo began to retrofit its Luverne ethanol plant to produce bio-based isobutanol using its proprietary yeast and fuel separation technology in May 2011. It began commercial isobutanol production in July 2012.
“Isobutanol is a high-grade, high-value form of butanol,” Ryan says. “Isobutanol itself has a large market in the paints and coatings industry, but the bio-based isobutanol that we make at Luverne can be easily converted into butene, and butene is used to make plastics, synthetic rubber and jet fuel, among other products. Some of our customers are Sasol, a chemical company, the U.S. Air Force for jet fuel, and The Coca-Cola Company… for water and soda bottles.”
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Biobutanol is also an efficient and convenient fuel to transport to market, says Chad Hart, Iowa State University agricultural economist.
“A big issue with ethanol is that it’s corrosive, and you can’t run it through the same pipelines as gasoline, but with biobutanol, you can,” Hart says. “As a result, biobutanol can grow the market more easily for corn, with more industries than ethanol.”
Fuel manufacturers have many good reasons to buy bio-based isobutanol, Ryan notes. “One advantage is that they can blend it with different parts of a barrel of oil, especially the low-cost components of the barrel, which they couldn’t readily use with ethanol,” he points out. “Another advantage is that we can produce our bio-based isobutanol at a lower cost than oil-based butanol.”
Gevo plans to continue to refine its isobutanol production plant in Minnesota and then begin to repurpose other ethanol plants elsewhere in the Midwest to produce isobutanol, Ryan says. “The isobutanol production from our Luverne plant has already been sold out,” he says. “We are expecting to reach full capacity by the end of next year. We also recently signed a joint venture agreement with Redfield Energy, LLC, to begin retrofitting a second ethanol plant to produce isobutanol in Redfield, S.D.”
Gevo’s strategy is to eventually serve multiple markets in various parts of the world with different biofuel feedstocks to better manage risk than it could with grain feedstocks only. “We want to maintain flexibility in using low-cost feedstocks in any region that produces biofuel,” Ryan says. “We are already partnering with companies that have expertise in converting biomass to sugars, including companies that have expertise in cellulosic ethanol production…with anything from corn stover and prairie grasses to trees and palm oil, depending on the location of the production plant.”


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Tesco customers in Milton Keynes can now have their groceries delivered by robot. The service from robotics company Starship Technologies, is now available via a Tesco Extra in the Kingston Centre.
How does the service work?
Tesco customers can use Starship’s smartphone app to order groceries, which can then be delivered in as little as 15 minutes within a two-mile radius of the store. More than 1,000 Tesco products are listed, and customers pay the standard shelf prices plus £1 for delivery. This follows Tesco’s previous trial in London with Starship, in which it tested robot delivery, as part of a wider ‘Tesco Now’ one-hour delivery trial.
The order is picked in-store by an employee from Starship who puts the items into the robot, which then sets off on its unaccompanied journey to the customer. The customer can see where the robot is using the app. Upon reaching its destination, the customer uses the app to confirm arrival and unlock the lid to the compartment containing the shopping.
A new ordering feature called ‘Snap’ has been added to the app by Starship, enabling customers to add their favourites to a basket in one tap.
A spokesman from Starship Technologies said: "Adding Tesco products to our autonomous delivery service is a fantastic addition for residents in the local communities we serve. This is the first time customers can order from Tesco and receive robot delivery within minutes for just £1 anywhere in the UK, and they can access it at the touch of a button on the Starship Deliveries app. The bots complete thousands of autonomous deliveries a week and have received a great welcome from Milton Keynes".
Starship Technologies currently also delivers for a Co-op branch in Milton Keynes, which was met with a positive reaction from local customers. At IGD’s Digital Commerce 2018 event, Co-op demonstrated the Starship robot technology it is using to make home deliveries.
Starship, which has its headquarters in San Francisco, plans to introduce robot deliveries in additional towns across Europe and the US. The company previously launched a delivery service for orders from any online retailer, in which customers can have their order sent to a Starship address, and then delivered to their home, place of work or any other location nearby by a Starship robot at a convenient time for them.
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Samsung Group plans to raise spending by more than 30% to ₩450-trillion (about R5.7-trillion) over the next half a decade to 2026 to shore up businesses from chips to drugs as South Korea’s conglomerates grapple with growing economic and supply shocks.
The conglomerate — whose units from Samsung Electronics to Samsung Biologics dominate Korea’s economy — promised in a statement to create 80 000 jobs through to 2026, mostly in semiconductors and biopharmaceuticals.
Samsung, run by the scion of one of Korea’s oldest and wealthiest families, is one of a handful of so-called chaebol that are outlining investment plans as the country’s new president takes office. President Yoon Suk Yeol, who began his five-year term on 10 May, has been a vocal supporter of the conglomerates and has made them a key pillar in his economic growth plans.
The group is focusing particular attention to Samsung Electronics, the crown jewel of a multibillion-dollar sprawling empire that spans shipbuilding, technology, healthcare and finance. The world’s largest maker of smartphones, displays, memory chips and consumer appliances unveiled plans last year to invest US$151-billion through to 2030 to delve deeper into advanced chipmaking. Much of that will go towards its semiconductor division, which is expanding rapidly in an effort to compete with Intel and Taiwan’s TSMC in making chips for global names such as Nvidia and Qualcomm.
Samsung Group’s latest investment blueprint, which overlaps with public pledges made in 2021, comes about a year after family scion Jay Y Lee walked out of jail. The conglomerate’s leader, who was serving a sentence on graft charges, was paroled just months ahead of presidential election earlier this year.
Along with the heads of other prominent chaebol including the Hyundai and SK groups, Samsung is expected to shoulder part of the responsibility for driving growth in a country dealing with rising inflation and supply-chain disruptions due to the pandemic and war in Ukraine. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix had pledged more than ₩510-trillion of investment in semiconductor research and production in the years to 2030 under a national blueprint devised by the previous president’s administration.
In a statement, the group said about ₩360-trillion will be spent domestically while the rest will be invested overseas. Samsung Electronics is building an advanced, $17-billion US chip plant in Texas, a win for the Joe Biden administration as it prioritises supply-chain security and greater semiconductor capacity on American soil. Last week, President Biden stopped by Samsung’s most advanced chipmaking facility on his first trip to Asia as US president, hailing joint efforts on safeguarding supply-chain security. — Shinhye Kang, (c) 2022 Bloomberg LP


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The Trump Derangement Syndrome is real. Many Conservatives, Libertarians, Republicans, and Independents lost friends, family members, and loved ones to degenerative cases of TDS. It’s a severe disease brought about from Trump hysteria, fake news injections from Liberal media, and the consumption of too much Twitter drama. Sometimes we see TDS bleeding over into things completely unrelated to the topic at hand, sort of like Donald Trump appearing in a Dead or Alive 6 review.
In an review posted on March 1st, 2019, Wesley Yin-Poole from Eurogamer took a crack at Dead or Alive 6. As has been noted by just about everyone critical of the review, around a third of it focuses on the game’s sex appeal, or rather the lack of Team Ninja curtailing it in a way that they thought producer and director Yohei Shimbori had promised for the last eight months leading up to its release.
Poole doesn’t hide his contempt for what could best be described as Shimbori’s betrayal of “woke” activists in gaming media, writing…
“At reveal we were told the heavily sexualised female characters of old had been ditched in favour of a more realistic look in-line with heavy-hitting fighting. Series star Kasumi was shown wearing an outfit that covered her up and looked a bit like something a modern day ninja would wear to battle. You know, it was an outfit that made sense.
“The game itself, though, betrays this marketing spiel, exposing it for the lip service it always was. By default, the female characters’ breasts bounce around like balloons tied to string (you can turn this off in the settings). The skimpiest outfits – some of which are nothing more than a pair of knickers and a bra – must be unlocked via playing the game. And Team Ninja has stuck with the icky camera free roam for victory poses. Make no mistake, Dead or Alive 6 is Dead or Alive, warts and all.”
It’s partially true.
After a while Shimbori relayed that Koei Tecmo wanted him to sell the game to fans (you know, the people who will actually buy the game for $60 on launch day). So Shimbori basically told game journalists to get bent, and began focusing more on the sexy-time, which is what led to that infamous “Core Values” moment at EVO Japan, and resulted in the stream getting cut off by EVO organizer Joey “Mr. Wizard” Cuellar.
Trying to get people to actually buy the game was seen as some sort of backstabbing tactic by the games media, even though no one in their right mind would buy a Dead or Alive game without the sex appeal. Heck, even with the barely-serviceable sex appeal that is there, numbers for the game are looking pretty pathetic if the Steam Charts are anything to go by.
The overpriced season pass, the grind-tacular system for unlocking costume parts, and the general lack of replayable content, along with a missing online lobby, vanilla customization, and missing features like tag mode and OMG physics make Dead or Alive 6 feel like more of a step backward than a step forward. Yet for Poole, he was more intent on being able to throw in a jab at President Donald Trump, writing…
“Marie Rose, officially an 18-year-old Swedish maid, but, yeah… come on… is kitted out to be some sort of teen sex slave. Wrestler Tina Armstrong’s skimpy outfit at least makes some sort of sense, in a WWE diva kind of way, but her interactions with wrestling partner and father Bass give off more than a whiff of that most uncomfortable of relationships: Donald and Ivanka Trump. I can’t help but feel embarrassed to have Honoka and Tina’s physics-defying boobs float about on my telly. Dead or Alive 6 is a video game that includes characters I steer clear of because of how grim they are. What a world.”
It’s a pretty bizarre comparison, Tina and Bass, especially given that Tina makes mention of running for office and putting in welfare programs for the less fortunate, which seems kind of opposite of the point that Poole seemed to be making as far as political relatives are concerned… perhaps Bill and Chelsea Clinton is who he was looking for?
The review eventually gets through the shock of seeing titillation and beautiful women, and finally dives into the actual content, depicting nothing of note about the game itself you couldn’t already get from a Steam user review.
One other thing worth highlighting is that Poole falls back on a criticism that was oftentimes echoed by his peers in the blue checkmark palisades when they criticized fans criticizing NetherRealm Studios for uglifying the women in Mortal Kombat 11: if you want sexy women, go look at porn.
The closing paragraph in the review says it all, where he writes…
“I can’t help but struggle to understand those who get horny from this game when the internet in all its glory is a mobile phone tap away. I mean, there’s sexier stuff made out of Source Filmmaker – probably involving the Dead or Alive girls – than is in this game. Dead or Alive 6 stumbles into 2019 like a drunken uncle staggers onto the dancefloor at a wedding: past it and likely to embarrass.”
This completely sidesteps why gamers actually enjoy seeing beautiful women in video games: to indulge in feminine sex appeal featuring sexy women.
Take note, there’s a difference between “sex” and “sexy”. And what Poole is suggesting is that people need to reduce women to nothing more than sexual objects for their sex, completely ignoring that women also have aesthetic value for being sexy, beyond the act of copulation.
Oftentimes porn is not sexy, so people who want to see sexy media, or rather sexy women, oftentimes have to look elsewhere. It also assumes that female gamers who like playing as sexy female characters should only go watch porn, too, which seems kind of odd.
This is also despite the fact that Poole has no qualms about embracing hypocrisy by promoting men in sexy attire, as made apparent with his glowing approval of Mr. X from Resident Evil 2 Remake sporting a cheek-engulfing thong.
Poole, like many of his journalistic cohorts who scoffed at gamers for wanting more sex appeal from Mortal Kombat 11, continues the narrative that a woman’s sexiness is only measured by her ability to be reduced to an actual sex object.
Once again, it proves that the least sexist people in the gaming industry are gamers.
(Thanks for the news tip Cinj)


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First, T-Mobile advertised “4G speeds“. Then they unveiled the myTouch 4G. Now T-Mobile is ready to start promoting their new 21 Mbps, HSPA+ network as 4G, according to a report from our friends at TmoNews.
A tipster reported that retail stores began receiving promotional materials including brochures and signage which advertise T-Mobile as having “America’s largest 4G network”. The new network message is expected to begin in early November.
T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network offers max download speeds of 21 Mbps, which are double Sprint’s 4G WiMAX (10 Mbps). Those download speeds will double to 42 Mbps next year as the carrier continues to upgrade their network.
Right now T-Mobile sells the HTC G2 which offers speeds up to 14.4 Mbps and plan to launch the myTouch 4G on November 3rd.
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text: Evoplay Signs Content Integration Deal with Meridianbet. This new collaboration will help Evoplay expand its reach even further. (Image Source: Evoplay.com) Evoplay, a provider of mobile-first iGame has recently partnered with Meridianbet, a global firm that provides complete sports betting solutions. The new partnership is coming few weeks after the release of Evoplay\u2019s latest video slot. In the new agreement, Evoplay will supply its award-winning collection of contents including instant gaming titles, tables, and over a hundred slots across its group\u2019s B2B and B2C operations. The Serbian casino gaming and bookmaker boast an existing portfolio of about 600 third-party games in addition to sports betting. Evoplay\u2019s retro classics are included in the alliance. They include Unlimited Wishes (the latest Eastern-inspired release), Fruit Super Nova, Ice Mania, and Fruit Nova. Incredible Progress For The Firm Milan Djurmez, Meridianbet\u2019s Online Casino Head declared the integration as an incredible step for the firm. He further explained that the integration will help his company\u2019s customer offering to a whole new level especially since they are integrating with an outstanding supplier like Evoplay. Milan stated that over the years, his company has developed a reputation and that alliances like the one with Evoplay help the company to further strengthen its image. Meridianbet was founded in 2001 and has now grown to become a global operator. The firm carries a license from the UKGC (United Kingdom Gambling Commission), and MGA (the Malta Gaming Authority). They are currently present and operating in 35 countries on 4 continents including mobile channels, web, and retail. Growing Business and Past Deals This latest integration is only one of the series of alliances in April by Evoplay. Other similar deals include Slotjava.it (an Italian B2C platform), Slotjava.es and Nuovicasino.it (a B2C platform focused on Italy), Cacaniqueisonline.com (a Brazilian platform), B2c platform Polsky Sloty, and CasinoOnlineChile.com (a B2C platform based in Chile). These deals are evidence of Evoplay\u2019s platform growth since it unveiled its new brand in March. Evoplay\u2019s Chief Commercial Officer Vladimir Malakchi while speaking on the integration on behalf of the company - through the official press release expressed their delight with the alliance with Meridianbet who he described as an impressive platform operator and provider group. Vladimir added that Meridianbet has a strong track record and reputation in regulated markets all over the globe. He further stated that Evoplay\u2019s recent rebranding has transformed its identity and brand vision and made it more committed to providing next-generation solutions and games to the iGaming community. Evoplay Deal with EveryMatrix Evoplay signed a distribution agreement in February with EveryMatrix, a British developer of software for its significant product offering. This agreement is an addition to the launch of Epic Legends, a futuristic Tokyo-inspired slot that is also fully mobile. In the new deal, the full game site of the Cypriot provider was launched across the European client network of the top B2B software supplier via integration with EveryMatrix\u2019s casino platform and integration solution -Casino Engine. Through the agreement with CasinoEngine, operators can access hits from more than 11,500 games from over 175 content providers, the games include Book of Keno (ancient Egyptian-themed), Treasure Mania, and Temple of Dead. Each of these games uses Spinential (an innovative game engine by Evoplay).


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As General Motors Co. undergoes a restructuring that will indefinitely idle four U.S. plants this year, the Detroit automaker plans to build more cars in America, CEO Mary Barra said.
"We have more products coming that we will build in the United States," Barra told reporters after an appearance Wednesday at Automotive News World Congress in Detroit.
Barra declined to comment further on GM's future product or manufacturing plans.
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Qdoba Mexican Grill’s systemwide same-store sales grew 14 percent during the first quarter, ending Jan. 18, parent Jack in the Box Inc. said Tuesday.
Company officials credited the fast-casual chain’s recent shift to a simplified menu pricing structure, which lets customers add guacamole or queso sauce without an upcharge.
“Qdoba same-store sales in the first quarter increased 12.9 percent for company restaurants and 14 percent systemwide, as the implementation of our new simplified menu pricing structure was well received by our guests,” said Lenny Comma, Jack in the Box Inc. chairman and CEO, in a statement. “In addition, company same-store sales reflected positive traffic, less discounting and double-digit growth in catering sales.”
The company’s core Jack in the Box brand reported a systemwide same-store sales increase of 4.4 percent during the quarter, saying transactions at company restaurants were positive and sales increased across all dayparts, with breakfast and late-night remaining the strongest.
Excluding impairment and other charges from the closure last year of 62 underperforming Qdoba locations, net income from continuing operations increased 12 percent, to $37.1 million, or 94 cents per share, compared with $33 million, or 75 per share, a year ago.
For the second quarter, the company projected same-store sales to rise between 5 percent to 7 percent at Jack in the Box company restaurants and between 7 percent to 9 percent at Qdoba company units.
For the year, the company projected a 3.5-percent to 4.5-percent increase in same-store sales for Jack in the Box and a 7.5-percent to 9.5-percent increase for Qdoba.
The San Diego-based company expects to open 10 to 15 Jack in the Box units and 50 to 60 new Qdoba restaurants in fiscal 2015.
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While the Indian government ‘mulls over cryptocurrency regulations’, other countries are already taking steps towards the same. In order to promote Bahrain, and by extension, Middle East, as a hub for business enterprises, the country has invited Indian fintech firms to set up business in areas such as open banking, blockchain, crypto assets, robo advisory and remittances.
Talking about extending the invitation to India, Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) Senior Manager (business development – financial services) Dalal Buhejji said, “Central Bank of Bahrain has put in the right ecosystem to support growth and innovation. We have seen different new regulations coming out recently to support open banking, crypto asset trade regulation and draft regulation on robo advisory.”
She added that Bahrain acts as the test bed for innovations, in the financial services, as the country provides many advantages, including, low cost of doing business, right accelerator and incubators, among others. Buhejji said that India is a key emerging market and added that EDB had a roadshow in Mumbai to attract fintech companies in December, as per news portal FirstPost.
The news portal further reported that a public private partnership platform in the name of Bahrain Fintech Bay was created sometime last year. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Khalid Saad said there are almost 36 companies from 15 countries. Saad said, “India is absolutely key market. We do have couple of companies founded by Indian entrepreneurs in Bahrain and the other Malaysian-Indian company in the cryto asset space.”
India has been one of the new emerging markets for blockchain enterprises. Recently, EMURGO Academy, a global educational institute and the official commercial arm of Cardano, the third generation blockchain announced its formal entry into the Indian market.
The institute’s initial plan is to train 2,500 blockchain developers a year and looks to set up its offices around Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi and Pune by 2020.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is a rare thing in the car business: a celebrity and a leader.
His celebrity has definitely helped fuel Tesla's rise.
But of late it has begun to reveal some disadvantages.
Maybe you haven't been paying attention to all things Tesla for the past two weeks. Here's an update:
Tesla reported first-quarter earnings and lost over $700 million in three months.
CEO Elon Musk, who is supposed to be sleeping on the floor of his factory in California, flipped out on an earnings call, silencing two analysts and taking 20 minutes of questions from a YouTuber who owns less than 100 shares of Tesla stock and pitched his insights to Musk via Twitter.
The stock tanked.
Musk got on Twitter to attack the offending analysts as instruments of short-sellers; neither has a drastically bearish view of the stock, and both have hold ratings.
The stock bounced back.
Musk warned short sellers that they were in for a world of hurt.
He then spent about $10 million of his own money— more likely obtained via loans pledged to his stake in Tesla as collateral — to buy up more Tesla shares.
Production of Tesla's Model 3 sedan continued to languish well below Tesla's previous production targets, and the company continued to throw people at the problem with 24/7 manufacturing.
Musk again declared that Tesla, spending a billion per quarter to run the business, but with just $2.7 billion in cash on hand, won't need to raise new funds in 2018.
Musk jetted off from California to New York for the Metropolitan Museum's Met Gala, where he dressed like a preacher in a remake of "Casablanca" and squired his reported new girlfriend, musician and artist Grimes, who herself weathered flawed accusations from the internet that she was wearing a Tesla-logo choker.
Musk took to Twitter to quash the Tesla choker rumors.
Whew! That was a lot of action for a fortnight!
Meanwhile, Tesla presumably spent many more millions to expand its production of vehicles in the low five figures. For contrast, General Motors built something on the order of 30,000 Chevy Silverado pickup trucks alone. CEO Mary Barra did not yell at analysts, attack short sellers, lose any money, announce any plans to buy GM stock, tweeted about GM's educational efforts, and didn't dress up as anything.
Maybe it isn't such a great idea to have a global celebrity as a CEO. Here's why:
Musk takes everything personally. Very personally.
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I left out the part of the earnings call where Musk attacked journalists, whom he sees as compromising the safety of motorists by writing negative items about Tesla's Autopilot technology.
Musk does, in fact, believe that this semi-self-driving system saves lives, and over the long haul, he could be right. But that's assuming Autopilot evolves over time. At the moment, it's effectively just advanced cruise control.
"[I]t's really incredibly irresponsible of any journalists with integrity to write an article that would lead people to believe that autonomy is less safe," he said on the call. "Because people might actually turn it off, and then die. So anyway, I'm really upset by this."
Tesla has argued that Autopilot improves safety, but the US government has disputed Tesla's use of some statistics to support the claim.
Musk is entitled to his opinion, and he's entitled to be upset at journalists. But he shouldn't be telling them what to write about if they think Autopilot might be so oversold to the public that some drivers think it can provide a higher level of self-driving than it does.
There are times to take stuff personally, and times to accept that journalism doesn't care how you feel.
You never know when he's going to support something extremely iffy, like having his brother on the board of directors.
Tesla's board is very light on auto experience. Only Robyn Denholm has ever spent any time in the car business, and that was with Toyota in Australia, according to her bio.
CtW, an investment advisor for union pension funds (some of which hold Tesla stock), thinks this means that Musk's brother, Kimbal, has no business being on the board, arguing that he "has no professional experience in the auto industry" in a letter urging shareholders to vote him off next month.
Kimbal indeed has no auto-industry experience beyond serving on Tesla's board since 2004. Musk does have an all-in-the-family attitude toward business — his cousin, Lyndon Rive, was CEO of SolarCity prior to Tesla merger with the solar operation in 2016.
But with all the misfires Tesla has endured since just 2015, when it launched a production-plagued Model X SUV, Musk as Chairman of his board and CEO could use some more seasoned advice about running a carmaker. The Model 3 debacle should have brought this home for shareholders. It's possibly the most thoroughly botched rollout of a hyped vehicle in the history of the industry.
[Correction: A earlier version of this story mistakenly referred to Robyn Denholm as male.]
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14th consecutive quarter of falling sales for Marks & Spencer fashion and home wares division
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Marks & Spencer today reported more dire trading for its clothing division after it was beset by online delivery problems and unseasonal weather conditions.
The general merchandise division, which includes fashion, posted another quarter of declining sales over the Christmas period, with like-for-like sales down by a bigger-than-expected 5.8% in the 13 weeks to December 27.
Chief executive Marc Bolland highlighted an “unsatisfactory performance” in M&S’s e-commerce distribution centre but said its food halls were busy over the festive period, with like-for-like sales rising 0.1% in the period.
Today’s figures for the general merchandise division are the worst since the start of the 2012-13 financial year and extend the run of declines in the division to a 14th consecutive quarter.
M&S said its new website performed well operationally but this was offset by disruption at its new distribution centre in Castle Donington, Leicestershire.
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Customers complained that they were not able to make in-store click-and-collect orders for the next day, while deliveries to home addresses, which normally take three to five days, were taking up to 10 days. M&S said it had made progress in addressing the issues and that its delivery service was now back to normal.
Trading in October and November was also affected by unseasonal weather conditions which M&S said impacted sales across the clothing sector and resulted in a highly promotional market.
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The company added: “We deliberately held back the level of discounting especially in December. While this had an adverse impact on sales we delivered a good performance on gross margin.”
M&S shares opened 3% lower today after the worse-than-expected performance dashed hopes in November of an improved trend in clothing sales.
Neil Saunders, managing director of retail analyst Conlumino, said: “We believe that M&S’s strategy of becoming more fashion-focused is generally sound.
“New collections, including those in place over the Christmas period, had some strong pieces and, generally, looked good - especially in larger stores.
“However, it is fair to say that the rejuvenation of M&S’s clothing offer is at a relatively early stage and it has not yet completely won back the confidence of consumers. This means that performance can easily be blown off course by negative headwinds, and the gusts certainly blew this Christmas.”