Infor Launches Infor24 Cloud Initiative; Selects Azure as Platform
This week, Infor , announced the release of Infor24, an initiative to deliver cloud-based versions of its most popular business products. Infor chose Microsoft’s Windows Azure as its preferred cloud platform for the Info24 solution. Infor24 includes solutions for expense management, asset management and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
Kids take photos of Earth’s curvature using Balloon and Help from iPad
Oh kids these days get all the fun! I wish my science class (back in the day) offered our class a challenge to fly a cellphone with GPS & camera up into the stratosphere to take photos of the Earth’s curvature. Alas, the closest I came was an egg drop contest, which was designed to teach about gravity, mass, and seat belt safety (don’t ask). A firetruck ladder would drop our eggs in our homemade egg protection cases and see whose eggs survived the fall
One day medicine will no longer need the services of donors. So say scientists working on a system that allows you to “print” (or create or grow) organs and tissues using special printers. A prototype of one of such devices, 3-D Bioplotter, was recently presented at Rapid 2010, in Anaheim, California
Glaucoma eye drops drug Latisse used OTC to make long eyelashes but some now face side effects
From the NYTimes : Latisse is the same formula as Lumigan, Allergan’s eyedrops for glaucoma, which reduces eye pressure but also happens to grow lashes. Both are also known as bimatoprost ophthalmic solution. In early 2009, Allergan introduced the drug as a lash enhancer
Multi-party HD videoconferencing is often thought of as an expensive proposition that is restricted to special boardrooms with expensive video equipment and large monitor displays. One of the major driving forces behind videoconferencing is its ability to enable collaborative meetings across distances with multiple participants, so having multiple high-tech videoconferencing boardrooms can be cost prohibitive. Further, many employees work from home all or part of the week or travel, which would make attendance at a fixed videoconferencing boardroom impossible.
Good and Bad Health Habits in U.S.: drinkers outnumber exercisers
The CDC study shows that six in 10 American adults were regular drinkers in 2005-2007, but only about three in 10 regularly exercised. Since 1997, rates of cigarette smoking have declined by several percentage points, rates of obesity have climbed, and rates of alcohol use, exercise, and sleep have remained relatively unchanged.
Auckland Company Becomes First Carbon-neutral Corporate Printer
Auckland-based Soar Printing claims to have become the first carbon-neutral certified corporate printer in New Zealand after getting the seal of approval from Landcare Research. Soar had to demonstrate its plans to reduce emissions, set reduction targets, offset emissions it couldn’t eliminate and get independent auditing.
This week Ray passes along the latest photographic news relating to Nikon and Nikonians: -Nasa pictures released by Nikon for viewing -Nikon Photo Contest International -Nikon to form ties with online and mobile device companies -Nikon moves into first place in DSLR sales in Japan -Unified Color Technologies releases HDR Expose -Win a D300S Kit in Lexar photo contest -Latest edition of the Nikonian released -Next week Photo backup interview with David Friend of Carbonite Download Nikonians News Flash #157 (NPC-NF-2010-07-12.mp3; 4:40; 4.28MB; MP3 format)
Inspired by Silveroxide, I’ve decided to start a build record of the paper model’s I’m building to support my (as of yet) burgeoning Imperial Guard army. I currently intend to focus my $ efforts on Infantry and use solely paper models for the Armoured elements, with the intent to match at least in part the level of detail possible with the plastic kits.
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iPhones, no matter which generation, can take fairly decent photos (obviously the iPhone 4 is going to do it better than earlier models, but if you’re not expecting Ansel Adams-level results, any model will work fine). If you’re looking for some tips to take better photos with your iPhone, or really with any camera phone, look How to Create Prints of Your iPhone Photos , by Ben Long of Macworld.com who provides some helpful reminders and hints, such as, use as much light as possible and stabilize the camera in low-light situations. Long also note that iPhone editing apps such as CameraBag or Hipstamatic (I love their message–”Digital photography never looked so analog”) give a “retro” or “grungy” look to iPhone photos, so you make even a bad photo look good.
Sunscreen with high SPF needed at high altitudes: 8-10% increase in sun exposure for every thousand feet of elevation
Golfers playing in Vail, Colorado, at 2500 meters (roughly 8200 feet) above sea level, got significantly more burn protection from sunscreen with a sun protection factor (SPF) of 70+ compared to one with an SPF of 15. There is 8-10 percent increase in sun exposure for every thousand feet of elevation . In the summertime, you can get anywhere from 40 percent to 50 percent greater sun intensity than at sea level.
Need For Speed MostWanted Pc Save Games Editor Using this small program you can change the amount of money and bounty for the first car in your garage during the career play. Besides, you can rename your alias what means that the prog will rename the corresponding directory and file, then it will replace alias occurrences in the savefile with the text entered. This feature can be useful because it is not implemented in the game itself, so the only way to do that is to create a new profile/alias and replay the game from the beginning.
Business Bits: Teleconferencing Tips, Cloud Frameworks, Helpful Android Apps, and More
Welcome to Business Bits, a collection of hot business technology links from around the Web that will help your company be more productive. Top 10 Teleconferencing Tips Teleconferencing is a cost-effective alternative to pricey business travel, but it brings its own set of challenges
"Microscopic cancers are forming in human body all the time"
From TEDtalksDirector — May 17, 2010 – William Li presents a new way to think about cancer treatment: angiogenesis, targeting the blood vessels that feed a tumor. The crucial first (and best) step: Eating cancer-fighting foods that beat cancer at its own game.
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Today on News Flash Extra, Ray speaks with Sandra Nykerk. Sandra tells us about her upcoming series of Tamron Seminars this July and August Download Nikonians News Flash Extra #9 (NPC-NF-2010-07-11.mp3; 8:40; 7.94MB; MP3 format)
Smartphone Owners Rejoice: HP and Google Introduce Cloud Printing
DoubleSided: HP’s ePrint Technology Bypasses Drivers With Email; Google Also Has a Plan John Gage is credited with coining the phrase “the network is the computer” when he worked for Sun Microsystems well before the Internet became commonplace. If the statement wasn’t true then, it certainly is now as we all benefit from so-called cloud-based services ranging from online banking to word processing. As we move to the cloud and go mobile with smartphones, what happens to the printer
Adobe Illustrator CS5: When Is a Vector Like a Raster?
Along with its Raster Editor and Page Layout CS5 suite-mates, Photoshop and InDesign, Illustrator (version 15) has a mature appetite for system resources. The application is much speedier than previous iterations, especially on 64-bit systems, but that…( read more )
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