Update:Virgin Mifi MEPI Version
September 3, 2010
Update:Virgin Mifi MEPI Version: Very great news to all Virgin Mobile users that This week, Virgin Mobile launched MEPI, mobile product that receives a signal from the Internet on 3G mobile phone and converts it into a signal Wi-Fi, that up to 5 people can share.
MEPI in Virgin Mobile ($ 150) is almost exactly the same as 1, the proposed Verizon, and, until recently, Sprint – but there is a twist that makes it revolutionary again and again.
Virgin MEPI, as well as its rivals, is still an amazing gizmo to have on long journeys the car for the family in the forest business meetings outside the office, at the disaster sites, at the stands or anywhere else you can not get Wi-Fi.
But three things about the Virgin MEPI very, very different.
First, the plan of the Virgin is unlimited. You do not need to and then a month later, I hope you do not exceed the standard limit of 5 gigabytes of data, how do you do with cellular modem products Verizon, Sprint, AT & T and T-Mobile. (If you have more than 5 gigabytes, you pay a steep megabyte overage charges, or in the case of T-Mobile, you get your internet speed slowed down to the end of the month.)
If you have not noticed, unlimited data plans are fast disappearing – but that’s the Virgin, which offers unlimited Internet access as if it had not received the note.
Secondly, the Virgin does not require a contract. You can subscribe to this service only when you need it. This is a huge, huge thing in an era when every flavor in the Internet, portable or not, requires two years commitment.
Third, the prices of their services for this non-obligation, unlimited, portable hot spots – you got? – $ 40 per month.
It’s not a typo. It’s $ 40 per month. Compare this with cheap cellular modems from AT & T, Verizon, Sprint, and: $ 60 per month.
T-Mobile and costs $ 40 per month for cellular modems. But all four of those large companies require a 2-year contract, and come with those terrible 5-month limit on gigabytes of data.
I banged my head against the fine print, grilled product managers and researched the heck out of this, and I just can not find the catch.
This is the rate? No, you get exactly the same speed 3G you want to get from a rival cellular modems and MiFis. That is about as fast as modem DSL. Cell modem does not give you a cable modem speed, but you’ll have no problem watching online videos and if you have a decent signal Sprint, even do video chat.
This coating? Not quite; Virgin uses the Sprint 3G network Internet, which is excellent. You have exactly the same battery life and ease MEPI Verizon, – two-thirds of the price in a month.
This does not mean that there is no fine print whatsoever.
First, the plan does not include the Virgin roaming network Sprint, Sprint MEPhI old plans did. For Virgin, it’s not a big deal – regular Sprint network covers 262 million people, while roaming will cover 12 million more – but it means that you may be out of luck in small towns.
Secondly, the Virgin MEPI is not possible to connect directly to USB-port on your computer as a wired modem, cellular and other carriers as MEPI units. You can connect to it only on the wireless network, if you care.
Finally, remember that Virgo is MEPI MEPI, so it’s a little taciturn. She has only one, illuminated button, which serves as a switch and indicator light that flashes mysteriously in different colors. You must click on this button and wait about 20 seconds before you can get online.
But come on: $ 40 per month? If any obligation or contract?
I did a small survey of prices of broadband Internet among my followers to Twitter. It turns out that $ 40 a month is not only a big price for mobile (portable) Internet – is one of the lowest prices of broadband in America, period. In some areas you can pay $ 35 a month for the services of DSL. But most people pay $ 50 to $ 60 for high-speed Internet, which makes the deal of the Virgin appear even more incredible.
And unlike those plans, Virgin allows you to activate the service only when you want. You can buy a service – like a prepaid phone – or by calling 800 or visiting the Web site. A convenient enough, you can visit the Web site of the Virgin to activate your MEPI, even if you want previously ceased to pay for services.
portability MEPI has always been extremely flexible and useful little gadget – and prepaid model of the Virgin, unlimited data plan, and for a pittance simply multiply the price is flexible. And if Virgin can make money with a plan like this, boggles the mind just how overpriced similar proposals from the competition really should be.
Mariner Energy
September 3, 2010
Mariner Energy:Matthew Petty said Masaschi MarketWatch Mariner Energy / quotes/comstock/13 *! I / quotes / nls / ME (22,81 ME, -0.54, -2.31%) reported seeing the brightness, which is about 100 feet wide and a mile long. The company had said there was no oil from the platform disaster, headquartered about 100 miles off the Louisiana coast south-central area of Vermilion Bay.
There was no immediate explanation of the source of the spill. A spokesman for Mariner Energy was not immediately available for comment.
Masaschi said that Mariner Energy said it had put the fire under control.
One injury was reported among 13 workers who were on board the platform when the fire struck, shortly before 9:30 am Central.
Masaschi said the 13 were rescued by a supply ship, the “Crystal Clear”, then take to a nearby platform. The workers were then transported to Terrebonne General Medical Center in Houma, Louisiana, for consideration.
Masaschi said the extent of the injury has been reported yet known.
But Navy spokesman Patrick Cassidy was initially told cable network CNBC all-new production wells connected to the platform were closed and there was no evidence of oil spilled into the Gulf.
The fire broke out on the platform far above the wellhead, he said, adding that the crew had been painting and sandblasting at the time.
Mariner Energy from the last down 2% to $ 22.87.
The Coast Guard has revised the number of helicopters to the scene, and he now says that in all nine helicopters were called to the rescue, but were recalled when the workers picked up Crystal Clear. Five were stationed in New Orleans and four in Houston.
It was initially reported that two helicopters flew over the area of Macondo, the site of BP PLC / quotes/comstock/13 *! Pb / quotes / nls / BP (BP 36.45, 0.29, 0.80%) explosion Deepwater Going platform in April and after the oil spill. It is unclear whether these had been stationed in New Orleans.
Four stars of the Coast Guard were sent, and a plan of investigation.
New Apple TV ups ante in battle for share
September 2, 2010
New Apple TV ups ante in battle for share :Flush from the success of its effort to dominate the Flush from the success of its effort to dominate the world of digital music, Apple took on the Internet television on Wednesday with a new set-top boxes and entertainment, which includes a list of pay-per-view movies and television shows.
News – which came at an event in San Francisco, which also saw the long-awaited announcement of a new IPod list of updates from Apple IS (mobile systems companies in operation), and the new ITunes 10 – request to 2,5 per cent hike in Apple shares on duty Chief Executive Steve Jobs came on stage to announce new releases.
Most of them, including the new Ipods, which are available for pre-order now arrive at the same time in Canada and the United States, however, conspicuously absent from the release of Apple TV was to add 99 cents TV show rentals and Netflix streaming through the new $ 119 Apple TV set-top box. Price in U.S. is $ 99, fell from a $ 229 price of the first generation of Apple TV it replaces.
Apple has promised to Canadian users of Apple TV “the largest online selection of HD movies for rent, including first-run movies, the rental price of $ 5.99 Canadian dollars. Our American neighbors will treat HD TV shows from ABC, ABC Family, Fox, Disney Channel and BBC America for 99 cents U.S. pop music.
99-percent payment through ITunes in the U.S. only gives viewers up to 30 days to start watching the show 48 hours from the time they start watching before the expiry of the lease. Netflix on Apple TV is only available to subscribers in the U.S. at the moment. Netflix has announced that will offer its online services in Canada, starting this fall, but no date has been released.
Apple TV, box is so small that they can be held in the palm of your hand, is equipped with a built-in Wi-Fi and HDMI output.
Jobs said that pre-orders for the new IPod list began with the announcement on Wednesday, with delivery next week. The list includes a new, long-awaited IPod Touch with front-facing camera and a function of the new iPhone FaceTime 4, as well as rear-facing camera and the iPhone 4 new maps of the retina.
Jobs called it “the biggest change in the lineup IPod ever.” The company has sold more than 275 million Ipods, since they were first introduced, and soon dominated the market of digital music players.
“This will be a strong lineup of Ipods we have ever had going into the holiday season,” said Jobs in a living stream of events. In Canada, IPod Touch prices start at $ 249 for the 8-gigabyte model, $ 319 for 32 GB and $ 429 for 64 GB model.
The new IPod Shuffle is almost half as small and half as light as miniature models have to replace it, it updates include play lists, volume buttons, built-in video and voice-overs with a price of $ 49 for 2 GB version.
The new Nano will be $ 159 for 8 GB and $ 189 for 16 GB, it comes with an FM radio and 24 hours of music time on battery.
In addition, it was announced in 1910 ITunes, with a new logo that goes without CD old logo; Jobs pointed out that ITunes sales are expected to exceed CD sales in the U.S. next spring.
Ping, the new social network for the music itself, was described by Jobs as Twitter and Facebook to meet Itunes, giving users the same connection and sharing opportunities for social networking.
“I think it will be the real winner,” said Jobs.
IS Updates include one iPad, released in November, and add features such as wireless printing. Update for iPhone and IPod Touch includes a game center that allows multiplayer online games with users the opportunity to play against your friends or compared with other players.
Jobs said that there are 230,000 new activations in the day, and this figure does not include upgrades. Approximately 200 applications are downloaded from the second App Store Apple.
entry into the Apple market, Internet TV comes as supplies online home entertainment devices are projected to increase to more than 430 million in 2014, compared to 99.3 million in 2009 – compound annual growth rate of 34, 1 percent, according to ISuppli Corp., consumer electronics industry analysis firm.
Jordan Selburn, principal analyst of consumer platforms ISuppli, said Jobs’ demonstration to Apple TV, is impressive, but it faces a number of competing players.
“There are a lot of boxes, it’s true – everyone connected to the ultimate consumer device displays – but only rarely boxes connected to each other”, Selburn said in a press release. “Of course, the ‘connected home” is connected to the outside world, but the idea of direct access is still far from ideal paradigm of universal access to content. “, Apple took on the Internet television on Wednesday with a new set-top boxes and entertainment, which includes a list of pay-per-view movies and television shows.
News – which came at an event in San Francisco, which also saw the long-awaited announcement of a new IPod list of updates from Apple IS (mobile systems companies in operation), and the new ITunes 10 – request to 2,5 per cent hike in Apple shares on duty Chief Executive Steve Jobs came on stage to announce new releases.
Most of them, including the new Ipods, which are available for pre-order now arrive at the same time in Canada and the United States, however, conspicuously absent from the release of Apple TV was to add 99 cents TV show rentals and Netflix streaming through the new $ 119 Apple TV set-top box. Price in U.S. is $ 99, fell from a $ 229 price of the first generation of Apple TV it replaces.
Apple has promised to Canadian users of Apple TV “the largest online selection of HD movies for rent, including first-run movies, the rental price of $ 5.99 Canadian dollars. Our American neighbors will treat HD TV shows from ABC, ABC Family, Fox, Disney Channel and BBC America for 99 cents U.S. pop music.
99-percent payment through ITunes in the U.S. only gives viewers up to 30 days to start watching the show 48 hours from the time they start watching before the expiry of the lease. Netflix on Apple TV is only available to subscribers in the U.S. at the moment. Netflix has announced that will offer its online services in Canada, starting this fall, but no date has been released.
Apple TV, box is so small that they can be held in the palm of your hand, is equipped with a built-in Wi-Fi and HDMI output.
Jobs said that pre-orders for the new IPod list began with the announcement on Wednesday, with delivery next week. The list includes a new, long-awaited IPod Touch with front-facing camera and a function of the new iPhone FaceTime 4, as well as rear-facing camera and the iPhone 4 new maps of the retina.
Jobs called it “the biggest change in the lineup IPod ever.” The company has sold more than 275 million Ipods, since they were first introduced, and soon dominated the market of digital music players.
“This will be a strong lineup of Ipods we have ever had going into the holiday season,” said Jobs in a living stream of events. In Canada, IPod Touch prices start at $ 249 for the 8-gigabyte model, $ 319 for 32 GB and $ 429 for 64 GB model.
The new IPod Shuffle is almost half as small and half as light as miniature models have to replace it, it updates include play lists, volume buttons, built-in video and voice-overs with a price of $ 49 for 2 GB version.
The new Nano will be $ 159 for 8 GB and $ 189 for 16 GB, it comes with an FM radio and 24 hours of music time on battery.
In addition, it was announced in 1910 ITunes, with a new logo that goes without CD old logo; Jobs pointed out that ITunes sales are expected to exceed CD sales in the U.S. next spring.
Ping, the new social network for the music itself, was described by Jobs as Twitter and Facebook to meet Itunes, giving users the same connection and sharing opportunities for social networking.
“I think it will be the real winner,” said Jobs.
IS Updates include one iPad, released in November, and add features such as wireless printing. Update for iPhone and IPod Touch includes a game center that allows multiplayer online games with users the opportunity to play against your friends or compared with other players.
Jobs said that there are 230,000 new activations in the day, and this figure does not include upgrades. Approximately 200 applications are downloaded from the second App Store Apple.
entry into the Apple market, Internet TV comes as supplies online home entertainment devices are projected to increase to more than 430 million in 2014, compared to 99.3 million in 2009 – compound annual growth rate of 34, 1 percent, according to ISuppli Corp., consumer electronics industry analysis firm.
Jordan Selburn, principal analyst of consumer platforms ISuppli, said Jobs’ demonstration to Apple TV, is impressive, but it faces a number of competing players.
“There are a lot of boxes, it’s true – everyone connected to the ultimate consumer device displays – but only rarely boxes connected to each other”, Selburn said in a press release. “Of course, the ‘connected home” is connected to the outside world, but the idea of direct access is still far from ideal paradigm of universal access to content. “
Urge US Textile Groups Send Pakistan Aid Not Jobs
September 2, 2010
Urge US Textile Groups Send Pakistan Aid Not Jobs:WASHINGTON: Group U.S. textile and cotton farmers on Wednesday strongly opposed the proposed new trade benefits for Pakistan, arguing that the United States should send aid to flood ravaged country, rather than jobs in the U.S..
Groups expressed concern in a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Trade Representative Ron Kirk, who called last week, the Chamber of Commerce, the leading U.S. business groups to press Congress for a generous package of U.S. textile tariff reduction for help Pakistan recover.
“If this proposal is accepted, it will cause irreparable damage to the U.S. textile industry, which has led to significant job losses”, the National Association of Textile Organizations, the National Cotton Council and three other industry groups, the letter said.
“We understand and recognize the magnitude of recent heavy floods in Pakistan, and the immense human tragedy, this disaster has caused. However, we believe that the proper response to this situation is for the United States and other countries to continue their outpouring of humanitarian aid,” he said groups .
Group, which also included the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition, expressed support for carefully “Reconstruction of possible zones of” trafficking “in Pakistan, that the House of Representatives has already approved and a similar bill, which has stopped in the Senate.
“These bills provide Pakistan a special tariff preferences for products accounted for 74 per cent of their ship in the U.S. market, while maintaining the normal treatment fee at the critical categories of workers and producers throughout the hemisphere,” he said groups.
But “any expansion of the product or geographic scope beyond the language included in the accounts listed above would lead to significant loss of U.S. textile and apparel jobs and make the domestic industry strongly oppose such legislation,” he said groups.
apple event september 2010
September 2, 2010
apple event september 2010:Apple has thrown down the gauntlet to Facebook and Twitter with the launch of a new social networking service designed specifically for music lovers.
Ping, a social music discovery service, is integrated into Apple’s iTunes software, a program used by over 160 million people to download songs and organize their music library.
Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, used a special press conference at Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco described the new approach of Apple for music and entertainment.
“One of the most important things we focus on with iTunes is discovered. There are more than 12 million songs to choose from, so how do you find new stuff? “Requested employment.
“We therefore Ping – a social network that is all about music. It’s like Facebook and Twitter meets iTunes. You can follow your favorite artists and friends and discover what music they like and are downloading. ”
Jobs also unveiled a new compact Apple TV set-top, little more than mountains of drinks, which can “stream” content, like music, movies and television shows, from the Internet directly TV.
Jobs, who had previously dismissed Apple TV as “a” hobby, admitted that if people loved the device, it had sold a modest number,
He said the company had listened to feedback from users on what they wanted from a set-top box, and redesigned the device to meet those needs.
“They want on-demand access to Hollywood films and television programs, they do not want to stuff an amateur,” he said. “They want their movies and TV shows in high definition, and you want to pay less for that content.
“And they do not want a computer on your TV – if this is a difficult for people in the computer industry to understand. And they do not want to manage the storage of downloaded movies and programs.”
The new Apple TV allows users to “rent” movies and TV shows for one low price with high definition movies available on the day it came out on DVD for $ 4.99 and television programs for 99c . The device itself will cost $ 99 – about $ 200 less than its predecessor – although Apple has not released details of pricing in the United Kingdom.
Jobs also used Apple’s annual conference in September to show the press the new-look iPod, including a smaller iPod shuffle with square buttons, and a tiny iPod nano controlled via a touchscreen. Apple also unveiled a new iPod touch with display clarity retina as well as four iPhone, and two cameras to shoot footage in high definition, and to make video calls using the Apple application FaceTime.
“The iPod has become the most popular iPod for us,” Jobs said. “It is also the number one game in the handheld world, surpassing the Nintendo DS and PSP combined.
Apple’s ads have been greeted with enthusiasm by industry observers.
“Apple TV is a great story,” said Michael Gartenberg, an analyst at Principal Group Pressure. “It helps Apple maintain its lead in music, and fosters innovation in the new lounge.
“The new Apple TV is to television what phones are iPhones three years ago. The scene is ready for adoption by the mass market. ”
But some consumers are skeptical about whether or not Apple TV would prove a success. “It’s not bad, but it is still expensive at $ 5 to rent a movie, writes Mike Liddle on Twitter.” Especially when the translation on the market more expensive in the United Kingdom?
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September 1, 2010
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Business Mountain Rs 21000 CR In 85 Days
September 1, 2010
Business Mountain Rs 21000 CR In 85 Days:Srinagar: 80-day period stops and a curfew in the valley dented the economy of Jammu and Kashmir by a whopping Rs 21000-Rs as a separatist campaign sponsored affected all sectors, including tourism, trades and emerging industries.
Some are created and upstarting production companies, hotels and restaurants to fire an employee because of the prolonged campaign, which shows no sign of ending. “We have no accurate data, but the lay offs have occurred mostly in hotel and restaurant sector and the travel trade,” President of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Nazir Ahmad Dar told the media.
Dar said, although the reduction in employment in the hotel business is a common practice during the winter because of bad tourists this year lay offs began at the height of tourist season in July.
Asked about the alleged losses from the business community in Kashmir, KCCI president said the average loss of Rs 100 crore. “Even with the limited days of normal we had from June 11, the violation occurred in some part or other of the valley … it will be safe to put the losses accrued to date for 8000 rupees rupees,” he added.
Dar said business in the country will prosper only after the establishment of permanent peace, which was possible only when “the Government of India has taken concrete steps to break the impasse.”
Mushtaq Ahmad Tea, the leading hotel in Kashmir, said that he would suffer periodic loss of Rs 30 rupees a month due to continuing unrest. “My salary bill per month for about 15 rupees rupees, and another Rs 15 rupees incurred on overhead costs, such as the preservation of hotel real estate, electricity bills and so on,” he said.
Bank Of America Online Banking
August 28, 2010
Bank Of America Online Banking:Bank of America Corp. announced that the online banking service has not been reachable for around four hours according to AP but also announced that the service has been restored by now.
Tara Burke, representative and spokesman for Bank of America (bofa) declined to specify the reason for the outage that occurred this Friday, August 27, and the only thing she said was that it was a “temporary system” issue.
Tara Burke could not confirm or offer any information whether the Bank of America online banking has experienced a similar problem before.
Bank of America, based in Charlotte, N.C., said online banking was restored for all clients at around 5:15 p.m. EDT. The outage is reported to start at around 1:25 p.m. EDT. However some of the customers may still experience problems when signing on due to the high volume of people trying to access the Bank of America online banking now.
The bank announced and want to inform the customers that they can also get their account information using the Bank of America centers or the ATMs. Burke added “none of Bank of America’s 18,000 ATMs were affected by the outage”.
Bank Of America Online Down
August 28, 2010
Bank Of America Online Down:Bank of America Corp. says its online banking service was down for about four hours but service has been restored.
A representative for the nation’s largest bank, Tara Burke, declined to specify a reason for Friday’s outage except to say that it was a “temporary system” issue.
She could not say whether the site has experienced a similar across-the-board outage before.
The bank, based in Charlotte, N.C., said service was restored at around 5:15 p.m. EDT. The outage began at around 1:25 p.m. EDT. Some customers may still have trouble signing on because of the volume of people trying to access the site.
Customers can also get account information from ATMs or banking centers. Burke said none of Bank of America’s 18,000 ATMs were affected by the outage.
Toyota Corolla Recall 2010
August 27, 2010
Toyota Corolla Recall 2010: Toyota Motor Corp. claims that are likely to recall 1100000 Corolla and Matrix models from 2005 to 2008 model year to fix certain modules of the engine, or ECMS, which may be defective. This marks the latest in a wave of recalls of Toyota and Lexus luxury division was carried out this year.
Company General Motors Corp said the withdrawal of 199,163 includes a model of Pontiac Vibe from the same year model. Vibe and Matrix’s sister car, manufactured between April 2004 and January 2008, the former New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. or Nummi, a joint venture between GM and Toyota.
Toyota said in a two-wheel-drive versions of cars with 1.8-liter 4-cylinder engine known as the 1ZZ-FE, there is a chance, the crack may develop in certain locations or soldering on the PCB in the ECM. In most cases, check engine lights, if a crack occurs. Programs can vary dramatically and the engine may not start. In some cases, may stop the engine when the vehicle is in motion.
Toyota says there are three “unconfirmed accidents allegedly connected with this condition, one of which allegedly involved minor injuries. M. says that he knows no accidents involving Vibes.
Toyota claims that will replace ECMS affected vehicles at no cost to the owner. Since mid-September the company shall notify the owners of the recall and advise them on getting their cars repaired. Notification letters will include information on the reimbursement of owners who previously paid for the replacement of ECM, associated problems. So as the GM turned brand Pontiac, owners will have to take their cars in other GM dealer service.
