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VirtualMeeting - “Just Like Being There”

2010-03-13T12:22:00.001Z

In the highly competitive world of virtualization hardly anything needs to be done “really.” The information technology specialists do everything to save our time, increase their income, and enrich industry by launching different programs, services...

One of the services that might interest Blogvasion readers is the launch of Virtual Meeting. There is no need to explain what the service is for. But the reasons for creation of resembling services are quite interesting. Nobody doubts that in conditions of more and more geographical disperse of companies; there is raised need for virtual meetings. Even though we have audio and web conferencing solutions for communications between dispersed teams they lack the energy of face-to face meetings. As mentioned at Virtualmeeting.com, meetings need to be face to face so that people can read the body language, especially when 55% of communications is no verbal and you need to see the speaker to fully comprehend the speakers point of view. In addition to this the service also includes all the data sharing and collaboration tools currently available from web conferencing services.

In order to make virtual meeting “Just Like Being There” it has features like:

• Outstanding video images and excellent audio quality
• Provide all the data sharing and presentation features you have in a physical meeting
• Be available from where ever participants are located
• Be easy to use so that everyone is comfortable attending a virtual meeting

Features provided by the service from the Virtual Meeting Service are as follows:

• Person to Person video calls
• Multi-way virtual meeting rooms
• Data sharing and video streaming
• Application collaboration
• Calls to video conference room systems
• Instant messaging among users
• Online presence so you can see whose online
• Reservable private meeting rooms

The service has 4 packages:

• Personal Package - $39/month
• Team Package - $59/month
• Premium Package - $85/month
• Premium Package Plus – 99/month

Source:
http://www.virtualmeeting.com/index1.html

eFreeResume.com-Step-by-step Resume Wizard. Store, Edit and Print Your Resume

2010-03-03T05:45:00.002Z

While looking through some reliable internet sources to find interesting news for BLOGBASION reader this morning, I found out eFreeResume.com. Think it will interest those who plan to update their CV-s.

The service promises that if the user who creates, stores, and prints the online resume builder will stand out from the crowd. After completing work experience and one can get a resume created in minutes.

In order to make step-by-step resume wizard, store your resume online and edit it any time, and print the resume you should sign up.

The eFreeResume offers:

» Easy resume formatting
» 1200+ award-winning professional sample resumes
» Cover letter examples
» Top 500 interview practice questions
» Salary negotiation advice and tools
» Fast job search tools
» Distribute resumes to LinkedIn®, Facebook®, and Twitter™

In the highly competitive world with difficulties in economy more and more job seekers compete over few job openings. In such economic environment employers need to review hundreds of resumes to employ the best candidate. But in addition to the spread situation another problem is how well the resume is prepared, quite often badly done resumes make the applicants lose the rare opportunity.

There are some more features of the software that is available in case of premium subscriptions:

• Easy to use resume formatting allows you to change style, font, and colors quickly.
• Access 1,200+ complete career specific sample resumes written by certified professional writers.
• Get access to many cover letter examples you can use in any situation - before and after the interview!
• Receive 500 job interview practice questions. Become "interview-ready" in no time at all.
• Salary negotiation tools enable you to research competitive salaries in a broad range of industries so you are prepared.
• Search for jobs on the top job search engines instantly! ResumeMaker™ provides you with the most relevant job results. Use our Job Feeder gadget to get jobs delivered to your desktop.
• Expand your job search to social networks like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

Premium Feature resume subscription for one year service is as follows:
$29.95 — Student / Entry-Level (only $2.49 a month!)
$39.95 — Professional / Executive (only $3.33 a month!)

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New iPhone App Nosey Parker. Ideal for…

2010-02-23T07:23:00.006Z

New iPhone App Nosey Parker that is developed for business travellers, tourists, shoppers, parents or anyone who doesn’t want to pay the earth for a parking space offers UK specific car park locations and prices, with a database containing information about 13,400 UK car parks that between them offer over 1.8 million spaces.

Nosey Parker with over 13,400 car parks serves not only comfort but saves petrol, time and money!

In order to benefit from these advantages one should buy the app, press the locate button to find where you are…, view the car parks on a map, or in list view… and select a car park to see available details…

The very first time you use Nosey Parker it could pay for itself! The second time you’re in profit! The more you use it, the more money you save!

So what Nosey Parker is Ideal for?!

• Ideal for Reps – find the closest car park to your destination.
• Ideal for commuters – find alternative and possibly cheaper car parks to your usual.
• Ideal for shoppers – don’t waste money on expensive car parks, spend it on yourself, go on, you deserve it ;
• Ideal for tourists – find a car park that’s closer to the seaside, or nearer to wherever you are right now.
• Ideal for people who never have any cash on them! – find car parks that accept credit cards.
• Ideal for parents – find car parks with parent and toddler spaces.
• Ideal for disabled drivers – find car parks with designated disabled spaces.
• Ideal for lone drivers – find car parks with approved safety certificates.
• Ideal for cheapskates! – Our database has over 5000 FREE car parks to choose from across the UK.

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Visualization to Dominate Time Savings by Lifetime and Virtualization to Dominate Enterprise IT savings by 2014

2010-02-10T07:14:00.010Z

Some 4-5 months ago I was strongly recommended by my friend to watch the film Secret that reveals the most powerful law in the universe – The Law of Attraction, and the great part of that is Visualization. As it is mentioned on the official site of The Secret without exception, every human being has the ability to transform any weakness or suffering into strength, power, perfect peace, health, and abundance. Google already shows 16,600,000 results for the word visualization and 11,100,000 for Virtualization, and the combination of these two is about 8,320,000 results.

The reason I combined these two terms is that I visualize through virtualization. And if a painter visualizes through painting, musician by creating music, I just created the virtual visualization Folder :-)

So it helps… But now it is possible not only to make savings by virtual visualization but by Virtualization itself. According to the Citrix.com, Citrix Virtualization Index reveals 27 per cent of IT budget to be saved through virtualization by 2014. Server and desktop virtualization rollouts dominate CIO plans.

The rise of Virtualization investment plans and resulting savings is expected between 2010 and 2014. The study is based on the results of more than 700 CIOs worldwide.

Seems CIOs estimate virtualization is helping to achieve cost-savings of 16 per cent for the organization. The 16 per cent is going to reach 27 per cent in 2014.

As a result of the study, it is vivid that CIO focus on creating and delivering an efficient and flexible IT infrastructure over the next four years.

The majority comes on server virtualization, as over the next twelve months 41 per cent of UK companies intend to extend their current use of server virtualization and almost a third of UK CIOs (27 per cent) - desktop virtualization.

According to the Citrix.com 36 per cent of organizations are “evaluating” or “trialling” desktop virtualization. For server virtualization this figure sits at 28 per cent. Only 12 per cent of companies do not yet have some level of virtualization deployment underway. 62.5 per cent of these companies intend to begin server virtualization projects in the next 18 months, 33.4 per cent intend to explore desktop virtualization in the same time scale.

In order to identify real value of the most important benefits of desktop virtualization we should differentiate these two:

Server virtualization: Partitioning a physical server computer into multiple servers such that each has the appearance and capabilities of running on its own ‘virtual’ dedicated machine.

Desktop virtualization: Virtualization technologies that affect the end-user computing environment, across any device, including VDI, streaming desktop, application virtualization (through hosting or streaming), local virtualisation of desktops and user-profile management.

And finally, the six most important benefits of desktop virtualization are:

• Fast desktop deployment (65 per cent)
• Use in any location on any device (64 per cent)
• Data security and access control (62 per cent)
• Reduced total cost of ownership (55 per cent)
• Ease of migration (48 per cent)
• Power savings and/or green computing (35 per cent)

Different responsible people in this direction evaluate issue of Virtualization differently but the most important is that by all means is considered to be the major force for change, and is estimated as cost effective and efficient.

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Kindle vs Nook - make a better choice

2010-02-09T10:17:00.003Z

E-book reading becomes more and more spread over the whole world and need for the relevant devices increases every day. Consequently new choices for such devices appear on the markets for book lovers and for those who's got reading as one of his essential activities. But many of us still hesitate about making the right choice being more profitable. For this purpose we offer you a comparison of Kindle and Nook as well as their features for every reader to find his advantages in these devices.

From the point of dimensions Nook seems to be more compact but at the same time it's a bit heavier than Kindle.
Nook has got color touchscreen, left/right paging buttons. But on the other hand Kindle has got Text-to Speech feature which will read books aloud for you with male and female voices according to your option.
As for the content format Kindle supports TXT, PDF, Audible (Audible Enhanced (AA, AAX)), MP3, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML, DOC, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion. And Nook is compatible for EPUB, PDB, PDF, JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, MP3 files.
Nook's got AT&T 3G; 802.11b/g WI-Fi connectivities but it does not have it's browser as the Kindle does have + a wireless modem.
With Nook you can also read your e-books on: iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry, PC, Mac OS. With Kindle you can do it on iPhone and iPod touch.
The features that are the same for both devices are: price ($ 2590), USB Port, rechargeable and replaceable battery, memory (2 GB – 1500 e-books), free book samples although Kindle offers you to download the first chapter for free before you decide to make a purchase and better choice for more newspapers and magazines, built-in dictionary (The New Oxford American Dictionary for Kindle and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary for Nook)
These are the main features that these two devices contain. Now it's up to you about making the choice. Feel free to add your comments, opinions and advices about these two gadgets helping others in their decision.

Twitter Auto-Feed Options for Bloggers and Social Media Publishers

2010-02-03T05:34:00.015Z

Twitterlive.net that is a web 2.0 service, and gives you opportunity to create a channel, automatically feeds your blog to twitter, track the clicks and collects real-time traffic data, as announced at the official website of Twitterlive.net.

Among the benefits of the service is that not only the publisher but the users get useful service.

So what is the advantage for publishers? They have their own information channel and as for users, they are able quickly find relevant information and keep informed with the latest headline news.

In order to get started you should:

• Sign up to twitterlive by creating a new account or login with your OpenID
• Add a new feed channel using the rss url from your site
• Watch the stats and track how many clicks your stories get

It is no news that social-media networks have become a very important part of any blogger or publisher and according to the features of Twitter it is also no news that twitter has become the main player in this area. It serves you by being informed about and contacted with readers. This step leads to the increase the traffic to site.

The official site of Twitterlive promises to do all the rest if we have the rss feed from our blog.
So what are features offered to accomplish the goal?! According to TwitterLive:

You can set the frequence you want tiwtterlive to visit your site to import new stories
• You can set the interval you want the stories to be published; you stories will not be published at the same time
• We offer our own url shortener service that collects real-time traffic data
• You have your own feed channel on twitterlive
• Your readers can visit your channel and easily search for previous posts
• Other services offer url shortener and others offer to feed your blog to twitter, but we offer both plus visibility on the twitterlive timeline

Though, the reliability rate is of great importance. But it is as reliable as:

• tiwtterlive.net: This is the visible part or user interface that allows you create the feed channels, view your stats, manage your account and browse the publishers’ channels.
• twlv.net: This web application lives under its own domain name and its only function is to resolve the short urls generated by twitterlive.net and collect real-time traffic data.
• twitterlive updater: this is a multithreading desktop application that is installed on a separate machine. The updater imports the feeds, short the urls and publishes the stories from your feed at the intervals set by you.

The registration is needed because in case of registration on twitterlive then one is aable to authorize as many twitter accounts as one wants and every feed channel he/she creates is linked to own twitter profile.

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Drip Marketing White Paper From Tango Marketing

2010-01-19T09:44:00.005Z

Tango Marketing that specializes in providing targeted, tailored, turnkey marketing programs to software and technology companies announced launch of Drip or Nurture Marketing. This announcement will attract attention of those companies who are interested in gaining maximum from their efforts.

According to Tango Marketing, LLC official web site: “Nurture marketing has proven its effectiveness, but it must be executed well to deliver on its promises,” said Bryan Johnson, president of Tango Marketing. “In this white paper we’ve assembled tips, strategies, and resources businesses can use to build their permission-based lists, and then launch, monitor, and capitalize on effective drip marketing campaigns.”

The president of Tango Marketing, Bryan Johnson, while talking about drip marketing, names constitutes of the Drip. But the choice and focus falls on your business style according to which one prioritizes what tools he or she needs to use.

Ways of reaching your target audience according to the business style, target audience determination, and purposes may be achieved from one or more tools. These are Email, Newsletter, Postcard, Brochure, Catalog, Follow Up.

Using these tools effectively leads to keeping name of an organization, and increasing the awareness of solutions, chances that they will remember you upon when a need arises to solve a problem.

Nurture Your Leads: Executing An Effective Drip Marketing Campaign, is available for free download from the company’s website, www.tango-marketing.com.

While reading about this new paper on Business-To-Business Nurture Marketing, I came across a very interesting list of “Ten Things you Must Know” by the president of Tango Marketing, Bryan Johnson.

In order to be sure your marketing efforts have the desired result, Bryan Johnson have assembled his list of Ten Things You Must Know About B2B Marketing.

Know Your Prospects as businesses only spend money to solve problems.
Be Persistent as it is key to effective marketing
It’s All About Timing.
Be Problem Solvers as Businesses don’t buy software for the features; they buy software to solve business problems.
Brand With Consistency as Your marketing collateral should have a consistent look and feel and should always include your Sage partner logo.
Strong “Call To Action” as you should come up with something compelling that addresses the business pain you can solve.
Make it Easy as You don’t want your prospects to have to work hard to contact you.
Follow Through - Once you get a lead, pursue it promptly, don’t let it languish.
Circle Back - If you don’t get an immediate response from your marketing efforts, don’t drop those names from your prospect list.
Don’t Give Up as Marketing is about being persistent.

It is really the Must Know list through which you increase your chances of success in B2B marketing.

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The Lettingweb iPhone App Puts UK in the Palm of Your Hand

2010-01-15T08:23:00.004Z

UK’s favourite letting only property portal, Lettingweb.com makes searching for properties to rent in the UK even easier with a touch of a button in the palm of your hand.

In order to be the first to enquire about the property of your dreams, Lettingweb recommends using the iPhone’s GPS.

According to the Lettingweb, if you want to find your current location in the UK you can search for available flats or houses to rent nearest you with a quick tap of a button.

The great advantage of the application is that besides providing information where properties are, there are a slick photo slideshow of the property and contact information of the agent.

Using Lettingweb iPhone App seems very comfortable, especially after reviewing the key features.

Among the key features are:

- Browse thousands of properties
- Find your exact location and available properties near you
- Search based on area, postcode, street, price, property type and number of bedrooms
- View photos and contact the letting agent by phone or email
- Keep a shortlist

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Use the Online Tool to Calculate the Financial Impact of Slow Web Site Performance

2010-01-12T06:19:00.007Z

In the highly competitive world of modern information technology, the most important thing is to monitor and follow this competitive market environment. Among factors influencing your business today are technology, demographics, government, culture and economics. Each of these factors has their effects on the service or product we produce. Each of them are equally important, but when you already have your business, producing product or offering service, anyway you have a web site, the visibility of which on some level determines your success. Among high quality content that brings the right visitors, converts them to a customers, and provides positive experience in order the customers to become buyers of the product or service, the speed of page load appears to be very important.

It is not news that web site performance directly impacts customers' satisfaction. Seems that the load speed influences on the visitor as according to the COMPUWARE, in research conducted by the Aberdeen Group for Gomez and by Forrester Research for Akamai Technologies, Inc., one can see that:

Even a 1 second delay causes customer loss—reduces conversion rate by 7 percent
1 second delay also decreases customer satisfaction by 16 percent
47 percent of consumers expect page load times of 2 seconds or less
79 percent unlikely to return and buy again if dissatisfied by site
44 percent will tell their friends about dissatisfaction with web site

To avoid this obstacle the Compuware created F.A.S.T. Calculator. As mentioned at COMPUWARE, it offers an overview of how technical issues affect revenue stream, customer satisfaction and business success.

If you decided to try and calculate your web site’s loading speed then it is less time and money consuming than dealing with the low speed load results.

There are 8 easy steps to fill in and the F.A.S.T. Calculator shows the results. In case you don't know web site response times, you can use our Instant Test function.

The questions are as follows:

What industry are you in?
How many people visit your site monthly?
What is the average number of ads that you serve to each visitor?
What percentage of your ad inventory do you sell directly?
And at what rate?
The remainder of your inventory is sold through a third-party or ad network:
And at what rate?
How many seconds does your home page take to load?

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More Than 1,400 Newspapers from 93 Countries in 44 Languages from Amazon Kindle

2010-01-06T11:19:00.004Z

Good news for the Kindle users. If until now Kindle users were limited to 80 newspaper titles in six languages, NewspaperDirect gives the users opportunity to choose the newspapers they are eager to subscribe. Through installing software-PressReader to the computer is allows download the publications and transfer them to Kindle by the USB cable.

The main advantage is that Kindle users can access more than 1,400 newspapers from 93 countries in 44 languages.

According to the PRWEB: “Some of the top titles available from around the world include The Washington Post, New York Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Globe and Mail, National Post, The Guardian, Daily Mail, International Herald Tribune, Irish Independent, Le Figaro, The Australian, New Zealand Herald, Gazeta Wyborcza, Marca, Bangkok Post, and Kommersant, to name just a few.“

Kindle stands among, including PCs, Macs, smartphones, iPhones, iPod Touch and BlackBerry devices, Sony and IREX digital readers, and, soon, Interead’s COOL-ER, that are supported by PressReader.

So I can congratulate, my friend, George with this novelty. As a Kindle owner, he can now enjoy a more authentic, graphically rich and sustainable reading experience than currently exists with other newspaper editions for Kindle. According to PRWEB main advantages are:

All original content (including photos and images) is presented in a familiar newspaper layout.

Intuitive navigation controls are built in, along with thumbnails, and cross-linking within multi-page articles.

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Restore Your Mails

2009-12-22T05:53:00.004Z

Have you lost your email? Have you accidently deleted necessary message? Has your HDD suddenly crashed and all emails are lost now? Has your MS Windows failed and email base is empty after reinstalling? Has your system been cracked or damaged by virus or worm attack and email client displays error? These are the questions that SoftAmbulance asks. It is worth mentioning that not once these questions interrupted our work, consumed time, and made us feel inconvenient.

But to get back all the comfort, information or memories from the emails, private or business there s a tool that helps. In order to get correspondence, attached file, address book, contacts and MS Outlook organizer entries back one should find and repair this information that is still on the hard drive.

According to the SoftAmbulance Email Recovery is easy way. Through complicated and laborious process of data recovery the click of few buttons results software’s automatic scan in search of message, attachments, contacts and other necessary information. Later Email Recovery scans disk in search of email file and lost is brought together. There is no limit Email Recovery recovers and repairs lost and damaged DBX, PST, OST, EML, MSG, TBB, Firefox, Vista mail, WAB, VCARD, VCF file. Product can save recovered file to EML, MSG, DBX, Vista Mail, Microsoft Outlook, and VCF to make reserve copy, exchange messages, or change your email client.

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Health Journal from HealthTracks

2009-12-08T07:21:00.006Z

As the world of WWW stepped into our lives, the work we do became less time consuming, more comfortable, and as much computer literate we are as much money we are paid. Actually it depends on the field one is devoted to but in any case computer literacy is one of the most important key factors for future success. Though it is worth mentioning that 2 hours sit at the computer is not enough but more than 2 hours sit is quite enough for causing such problems: eyestrain, blurred or double vision, headaches, red or irritated eyes, and color perception changes, neck or shoulder tension, general fatigue, or pain in the back, arms, wrists or shoulders. That is not a complete list of the health problems that might cause computer usage.

So not in vain is HealtheTracks™ released. It is a user friendly, quick, efficient system that allows you to keep your family's up-to-date health records online. Among this information might be involved your and your family’s observations, questions, notes.

For just $24.95 a year, HealtheTracks™ helps you organize all your family's records:

Children's Healthy Check-Ups
Children's Growth Charts
Immunizations and Allergies
Illnesses and Injuries
Chronic Conditions
Special Needs
Annual PhysicalsMedical Test Results
Medications/Prescriptions Log
Dental Records
Eye and Ear Health
Sports and Travel Related Health Concerns
Physician and Insurer Directories
A Family Medical History

And what are the advantages of HealtheTracks™? First of all, records are accessible 24-7, from anywhere in the world! Secondly, with your "read only" password, you can share your health history and the health history of your loved ones with anyone in the world, anytime, at your discretion, without jeopardizing the integrity of the records.

According to the HealtheTracks™: “by keeping records and having ready knowledge at your fingertips, you are able to eliminate even one doctor visit per year... You save a $20 co pay, time away from work and/or school, and potentially the cost of a prescription. Money savings and time savings, too! It's your health!”

The main requirements you need for the service is a computer and an internet connection.

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Kindle – great creation for bookworms

2009-12-02T11:20:00.004Z

Kindle is undoubtedly a big advance and great achievement in the new technology creation recently proposed by Amazon.com. Previously people could just guess and pretend what an electronic book would look like. Many criticized possible creation of such devices referring to the devaluation of dead tree edited books. Nowadays opinions are sharply changing in favor of a new electronic gadget.

Well, the biggest advantage of Kindle is that it proposes a great variety of books at any time. Furthermore its quality is equal to printable readability and even more, font size of the text may be changed to the wishful extent. It is convenient from the point that about 1500 books are stored in one device and thus more options for choice. While waiting for someone or something or during travel it’s a good opportunity to waste your time with such diversity in your portable book store.

While reading you can add notes to the selected texts, use a dictionary in line when moving to a word and it’s much easier to turn pages by means of small buttons even being in uncomfortable situations.

There’s no need to register manually and enter some additional data like e-mail, password or credit card. Once Kindle is switched on it starts operating automatically.

But don’t forget that Kindle works on batteries. So the charger should just in case be with you. Although the latest edition is now able to operate about two weeks with the extension of reading one or two hours per day.

It’s definitely a good solution for elder people but not yet ready for students. It’s inconvenient for reading non-linear content collections such as newspapers, magazines, travel guides, encyclopedias and other non-fiction books. Nevertheless this lack leaves a chance to the creators to improve it by embedding additional functions.

And finally, it’s now possible to access the Kindle book store and some Websites wirelessly without the need of a Wi-Fi hotspot due to Amazon’s Whispersync technology e.i. you can connect over cell phone networks for free anytime it’s suitable for you.

If you already are a happy owner of a Kindle you will be able to read our iPhone blog on it either.

http://www.amazon.com/Apple-iPhone-Blog/dp/B002GHBYBE/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&qid=1247494447&sr=1-13

Automated, Free Website Creator From installAll.net

2009-11-19T05:47:00.011Z

In the highly competitive world of information technology and not only, people are expected to combine their knowledge with neighboring fields or supplemental ones in order to be competitive. But sometimes it is very difficult to combine two fields where there are no more links except content and Information Technology management. To be more precise, not everybody can build a website, though everybody should have one.

Hardly one can present his/her company without a website, hardly one can find a person who does not address company website to get initial information or just to know what are written in About us, history, mission, goals… Today’s surfing through the internet resulted in finding one of the websites that offer automated, free website creation. It is installAll.net.

According to the installAll.net, it incorporated extensive user feedback into the release of its revamped Beta 2.0. So what does the free service combine? These are script installations with one-click addons and designs. The result is that the user creates any type of website in minutes.

As admitted on installAll.net:"During the course of our initial test launch, we wanted to hear from our users. We wanted them to tell us every little detail that would make their lives easier while creating websites and installing scripts." "Now that we've updated the site to be faster and more powerful, I am looking forward to even more feedback on the service." (Dan Nelson, president and CEO).

Among the offers of installAll.net's Beta 2.0 are: faster installations for the hundreds of scripts, reducing the average installation time. But in addition Beta 2.0 provides free installation support to users who have difficulties creating a website.

"No other website is doing what we're doing, and we're working as hard as we can to provide the best service possible for free scripts, modifications and templates," says Nelson. "By responding to user feedback and expanding our database of website components, we'll be ready to offer the most sophisticated and easy-to-use free website creator on the internet by early 2010."

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Technology - Remote Controller of Social Life or Social Isolator?

2009-11-09T07:23:00.001Z

According to Macmillan Dictionary Social Life is defined as the time that you spend enjoying yourself with friends; the opportunities to do enjoyable things that exist in a particular place. That is what each person should have to feel valuable.

From the time information technology found its way in our lives, the questions and discussions about its effectiveness, advantages and disadvantages were covered by different research centers and surveys.

The results vary from survey to survey according its chronology. I came across one of the latest reports on this issue. Seems 2006 study argued that since 1985 Americans have become more socially isolated as it appeared that Americans have fewer close ties to those from their neighborhoods and from voluntary associations. According to the Social Isolation and New Technology, sociologists Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith-Lovin and Matthew Brashears suggest that new technologies, such as the internet and mobile phones, may play a role in advancing this trend.

As admitted on Pew Internet Personal Networks and Community survey results show that Americans are not as isolated as has been previously reported. People's use of the mobile phone and the internet is associated with larger and more diverse discussion networks. That is concluded on the basis of people's full personal network -- their strong and weak ties -- internet use in general, and use of social networking services such as Facebook in particular, are associated with more diverse social networks.

The Personal Networks and Community Survey results are based on telephone interviews of 2,512 adults living in households in the continental United States.

The survey covered the following questions:

• Is Internet or Mobile Phone Use Related to Smaller or Less Diverse Core Networks?
• Is Internet Use Leading to Less Face-to-Face Contact with our Closest Social Ties or with Local Social Ties?
• Are Core Network Members Also our "Friends" on Social Networking Services such as Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn?
• Is Internet Use Related to Less Interaction with Neighbors or Lower Levels of Participation in Local Voluntary Associations?
• Is Internet Use Associated With "Cocooning," or a Withdrawal from Public and Semipublic Spaces?
• Are Internet and Mobile Phone Use Associated with More or Less Diverse Personal Networks?

So we can feel free to be involved in information technology sphere, expand real opportunities through virtual one, and take maximum of the industry that provides all the comfort to people would it be saving time, technical support or future expectation of unlimited capabilities that information technology has.

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Sleep Well, Feel Well

2009-11-04T08:04:00.004Z

Do you have to go to work this morning? I guess you have to. It is Wednesday. Hate your alarm clock? Are you lack of sleep? Do you know how to BANK your sleep, and did you know that 29th of October is the National Sleep In day? I did not know.

It is not news that good sleep is one of the main elements of successful, healthy life, and why?

According to About.com:

1. Keeps Your Heart Healthy
2. May Prevent Cancer
3. Reduces Stress
4. Reduces Inflammation
5. Makes You More Alert
6. Bolsters Your Memory
7. May Help You Lose Weight
8. Naps Make You Smarter
9. May Reduce Your Risk for Depression
10. Helps the Body Make Repairs

Well, it is a quite impressive list in order to motivate yourself sleep better.

According to the Sleep Council there are some strategies for successful sleep. Seems that switching the alarm off before you go to sleep, is one of the first strategies. In addition to it Unplug phones, radios or televisions also help, close the curtains, and make sure you are sleeping on a good and BIG bed in order not to be disturbed by your partner, and in case of having young children make sure you do not disturb their sleep.

While looking through some other details on this issue, I came across to a very good research results by Walter Reed Army Institute of Research that was covered on The New York Times. It appears that people recover much more quickly from a week of poor sleep if they proceed by a “banking” week. During “banking” week sleep hours should be 10 hours. So we should sleep beforehand, not afterward. And why? Unfortunately, “recovery” sleep does not fully reverse declines in performance.

The research results always lead us to logical outcome but does the sleep schedule always depend on us? Actually, No

As listed on Your Personal Development Guide, the reasons we have bad sleep are: Worry, living with your work, jealousy, envy, guilty conscience, laziness, hatred, planning ahead, creating, fear of death, and I would add recession. Before reading the research results “NOW IT’S THE SEX CRUNCH!” I meant economy declines. Seems that stress, unhappiness and money worries has dramatically hit sexual lives, too.

According to a survey by The Sleep Council for National Bed Month (March), over a quarter (28%) of those questioned said they now have less sex than this time last year: among 25 to 45-year-olds the figure rises to a third (34% for 35 - 44-year-olds). Despite more than four in 10 (41%) saying they went out less often than this time last year, it’s the telly not tempestuous sex lives that’s winning out.

The 47% respondents admitted that the reasons of this result are stress and ‘not being happy in themselves’. A further 6% blamed arguments over money worries for the bedroom blight.

The same research says that 85% spend a typical night in watching telly, 59% spend time with their partner, 41% read, 31% have a cuddle and just 21% have sex. That’s only marginally more than the 18% who end up doing housework.

It is worth mentioning that Women (25%) find reasons in ‘not being happy in myself’ more than men (19%).

But the general picture is as follows, men and women both agreed that times of adversity bring people closer together.

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iPhone, Android & Windows Mobile - Protected by Smartphone Protection Managed Security Service

2009-11-02T05:54:00.004Z

IT Security Experts, a Value Added Reseller for both Hardware and Software in the IT Security Field launched long awaited Smartphone Protection (SPMS) and GuardianEdge Encryption Managed Services (GEMS).

According to the It-Security-Experts, complete managed service protects and encrypts all company data stored and used on Windows Mobiles, I-phones, Palm Treo’s with (Symbian and Android also on their way) whilst also boasting a “remote kill function” for complete control over your companies most valuable asset “Data”.

As mentioned on the official site they experience both in On-Premis and Hosted Services made ITSE a logical choice... to take the “Blackberry” concept and create an affordable non generic, modern alternative.

It is always unpleasant to discover that your device is stolen or lost but nowadays it is less painful as ITSE's Smartphone Managed Service (SPMS) provides with full Smartphone Protection. Equipment disappearance does not mean you lose data.

SPMS (SmartPhone Managed Service) is provided on a per month, per user basis.

SPMS Benefits:

• Single "provisioning" Email/SMS to access the System
• We manage the inbuilt Encryption on the new iPhone 3GS
• Fully managed 24x7x365 operations and support
• A central portal for key data recovery, audit logs, reporting and software deployment will be available around the clock through a Web Based Management Console
• Policy administration — adding or deleting users, updating policies or assigning new privileges
• Adjusting policies to comply with security requirements as defined by the organisation, or by local or national legislation
• Software upgrades — deploying software update profiles as new versions become available
• Key recovery administration — maintaining the online automated help system
• Automated Backup and Archiving of Stored Keys

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Control Over 18 Devices from 2800 Brands by Xsight

2009-10-29T05:56:00.010Z

How many devices do you have at home that needs remote controllers? Well, I have at least 5, and I do have 5 remote controllers separately for each of entertainment system. Though, seems that there is no need to have several of them as the Xsight, One For All is able to control up almost 18 devices of 2800 brands. The Xsight can be programmed for TV, cable/satellite box, DVD and other A/V devices in three simple steps.

The new software features include:
• Device support: 18 devices
• Display: Colour touchscreen: 2.2 inch
• Infra-Red
• Set-Up: On remote setup, EZ-RC Setup via Internet
• Screen Keys
• Keypad Backlighting
• LCD Clock
• User Interface
• Slide Bar
• Li-Ion battery
• Charging cradle

The Xsight controls multiple devices without swapping between modes, displays your favorite channel logos on the screen of the remote, and the remote will automatically tune to that channel by sending a macro when you select the logo, group favorite channels by user (Mom, Dad, Kids), or Genre (Movies, Sport etc), allows the remote to be updated via USB, searches Brand that allows the user to search through all Brands in the remote memory.

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ABBYY FotoReader. Capture Text from a Photo and Transfer It to a Computer

2009-10-26T05:13:00.004Z

According to the SoftwareParadise, the smart application, ABBYY FotoReader “reads” the text on digital photos and transforms it into text files to edit and store on PC. With this application it is easier to take notes, make print copies or retype the text yourself.

So, what can we do with ABBYY FotoReader? We can convert photos into Microsoft Word, PDF and other computer files, click few times and re-use texts from photos; Create PDF files from photos; click on an icon “Convert to Microsoft Word” or “Convert to PDF” and receive the resulting document; use FotoReader without leaving Microsoft Word. As for the Outlook button, it can convert a photo and send the results directly as an e-mail attachment.

As noted at SoftwareParadise, among the benefits of the service are:

• Prepare research projects – Photograph book pages instead of making copies.
• Remember information from important meetings – Photograph slides and documents instead of taking notes.
• Note information while travelling – Capture text on travel schedules, signs or billboards.
• Store business cards – Create a searchable PDF file instead of stacks of cards.
• Collect any printed data on the go – Simply photograph any interesting text like museum signs or shop’s opening hours.

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Women-Only Network ShesConnected

2009-10-25T16:04:00.003Z

Women are invited to women-only networking site ShesConnected. Though focused on women the site is as much multi as women are: mothers, wives, business owners, employees, grandmothers, daughters, friends and members of the online community. Site is designed for busy women, facilitating the many sides of their lives.

As mentioned at ShesConnected, the site is the place where women will be able to manage both the personal and professional sides of their lives. Social network members can create a personal profile for family and friends or a professional profile for clients and colleagues; keep information separate or combine the two but only if they want to. The content is as different as careers, health, relationships, beauty, fitness, parenting, pregnancy, food and entertainment.

Donna Marie Antoniadis, who is a co-founder & COO of ShesConnected admits in Founders message: “I have been blogging and using social media sites for women for a few years now and my friends had to listen to me complain from time to time about how difficult it was to manage both the personal and professional sides of my life. So, I thought, wouldn’t it be great if there was a place where I could create two profiles but only I knew the two were connected? What I meant by this is a location where you could view my professional profile, but you wouldn’t be able to link to my personal profile—unless I wanted you to.”

Services include developing a social media strategy to increase, sales, create buzz about your brand, develop or manage an online community or grow your database, providing the following services:
Social media strategy
Social media marketing
Promotions, sampling, and sponsorship
Blog creation and outreach
Public relations
Community management
Development/activation
Engagement
Influence/WOMM
Data analytics/modeling
Social search/SEO
Market research
Online consumer panels
Events
Technical development - Social Network integration
Widget/tool development
Mobile
Social Bookmarking/RSS

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Keep Memories with The MRK e-Locket™, an iPhone application by Monica Rich Kosann

2009-10-20T07:33:00.004+01:00

If you want to express your feelings to your loved one or loved ones there are thousands of ways to do so. But for those who are the fun and exceptionally exclusiveness lovers can use the MRK e-Locket™, an iPhone application by Designer/Photographer Monica Rich Kosann. Choose a person, put your favorite pictures into a digital version of one of our beautiful lockets, and share customized locket with your this person, family or friends via email right from your iPhone.

The MRK e-Locket is also available as a Facebook application. We are abile to customize locket with a photo from your Facebook photo gallery, as well as with an “engraved” message on the back of the locket, and share.

According to the MRK Fine Arts, LLC, “Monica Rich Kosann lockets, whether MRK e-Lockets™, Sterling Silver or 18K Gold lockets, are designed to hold what is most precious to us all; the images of our family, friends, pets and those we love. The distinctive style of our jewelry evokes the tradition of timeless elegance and heirloom quality workmanship from another era.“

Features

• Add photos to your MRK e-Locket™ from your iPhone camera roll or Facebook photo gallery
• Move and scale photos for a perfect fit
• Type an “engraved” message on the back of each locket you send
• No limit on the number of lockets to create!
• E-mail and share a locket with anyone you’d like
• Save your favorite locket created in Facebook to your profile page

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iRacing.com Annual Subscription Cost Cut 37%

2009-10-17T21:22:00.003+01:00

Nowadays through highly developed technology it is possible to race even online. According to the iRacing.com, seems that more than 15,000 people have joined iRacing.com. Gardner considers: “Because our membership has grown rapidly, we are able to both lower prices and increase features. We anticipate that by adding value, we’ll increase the enjoyment of our current members and bring even more new members into our community.”

The new pricing structure gave opportunity to the members decrease cost of an annual membership by 37%. Among the new features are private-hosted sessions and a program that awards credits for regular race participation, commence with the November 3rd start of iRacing’s 2009 – Season 4.

The service’s growth since membership was opened to the general public in August, 2008 resulted in a creation of a brand new version of iRacing’s public Web site (www.iracing.com).

iRacing.com offers a variety of subscriptions. These are month-by-month, two-year plan. It is worth mentioning that every new subscription type price is lower than its predecessor.

Finally, according to the iRacing.com, the new Race Participation Program, an earned credit of up to $40.00 per year ($10.00 per 12-week season) will be available to all iRacing members regardless of subscription type.

iRacing offers also hosted private sessions. It is as follows: For a single $3.00 hosting fee any iRacing member may organize a private race, using a variety of cars and tracks in the iRacing inventory, which is open to any other iRacing members, without additional charge and regardless of their license level.

As admitted at iRacing.com: “A lot of sim racers have organized their own leagues – groups of friends who like to race together,” Gardner said. “Our existing structure organizes races basically according to skill level, which is what our current members want. From the start we planned to eventually add private racing to the mix. We believe that the private league racers will join the service to take advantage of this new functionality, but will also try out our structured racing, like it, and add that to their schedules.”

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Rate Your Employer

2009-10-04T12:20:00.004+01:00

Now with a new site - Employerinformation.co.uk you can rate companies. Employerinformation.co.uk aims to be a powerful tool for businesses that are willing to improve staff retention. The rate system is useful not only for the employers but the job seekers who would like to know where they are going to work.

According to the Employer Information it provides employers with invaluable employee reaction to a number of questions about the way their company is run, allowing companies to celebrate their successes and, use the information positively where there are areas that could be improved.

Rate system is a five star point system, visibility of the results are not limited. They can be viewed by current and potential employees, suppliers and work providers.

So, why the Employer Information is useful?

First of all, as an Employer – you are able to get an honest appraisal of employment practices enabling you to celebrate your successes and make improvements where necessary

As an Employee – you have a forum to honestly express your views anonymously to your employer to encourage improvements

As a potential Employee - you can assess any potential employers employment ethic and company culture

As a supplier or work provider – you can ensure that a potential work partner shares similar values and work practices

It is a fact that the site idea is mutually beneficial both for employers, employees, also for the potential Employees and suppliers or work providers. Hope each company will use the information to advantage of their businesses and that will result the satisfaction, improvement of employee-employer relations.

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New Line of iPhone Gloves Released

2009-09-28T07:23:00.006+01:00

iPhone users are safe even in the hardest temperatures of winter. DOTS GLOVES LLC presents three models of iPhone gloves. There is $5 difference in price between them. So what are the features the gloves are different:

D105-$15
Three In Touch fingertips. Perfectly balanced warmth: tight-knit acrylic yarn. Superior style: chic fingertips, discretely folded ribbed cuff, no-frills design.

D110-$20
Three In Touch fingertips. Cold-cutting protection: supersoft extra thick acrylic yarn, chic fingertips, speckled knitting, discretely folded ribbed cuff, no-frills design.

D200-$25
Three In Touch dots. Sub-zero protection: nylon shell, fleece lining. Drop-proof handling: microfiber grip palm. Superior style: seamless construction, no-frills design.

According to the DotsGloves D105 and D110 are sold out but soon available. As for the D200 it might be pre ordered.

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21st Century Email. Just Talk to Your Browser

2009-09-25T07:34:00.017+01:00

While surfing through the internet one can come up to very interesting questions and news surprising us only for several seconds and then they become the part of our lives. Especially the information technology is the field that never exhausts. And if I hardly ever use a pen while working on even editing part of my job, now it is quite possible that we will no longer need to type Emails.

Do you still Type when you want to send an Email? It was the question that attracted me. In response to the question “21st Century Email” Email Evolution admits that if our answer is “Yes” then we should look into a new era of Email evolution, where there is no need to type emails but now you should just say the email and send it.

It is not necessary to change the email address as 21st Century Email works with any provider.

So how it works? First of all one should login to the account, record email message and store to Mailbox. The secure link that one gets is sent to the email contact. By clicking the link the receiver listens to it. The sender can also get information when the receiver listened to the email.

The advantage of 21st Century Email is that speaking is easier and faster. The evolutionary email costs $14.97 a month but 30 days trial is free.

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Where are you now?

2009-09-22T07:11:00.013+01:00

One of my coworkers, before the day she left her job sent me a file “A Camel’s Story". I made some interpretations before I opened the file and finally it appeared to be a very simple dialogue between mother and son camels, son asking for the answer to the most important question one can ever be interested in: Where are you now?

We are going to expand this question from the scope of career.

According to the SOURCEWIRE, there are some interesting research results conducted by Psychological Consultancy Ltd (PCL) that provided an energetic and revitalising influence in the business psychology sector. As the results show, 85% of UK’s leaders demonstrate ‘Dark Side Characteristics’. These characteristics are self-destructive aspects of a personality and may cause disaster influencing individuals and organisations.

The results are trustworthy as they are based on ten years data (1999-2009) and 18,000 completions of the Hogan Development Survey (HDS). It addresses 11 dark side characteristics among which are: Confident - Arrogant, Charming - Manipulative and Shrewd – Mistrustful.
Seems that 15% of the sample show no ‘dark side’ characteristics at all, 26% that is about 4,800, have three or more dark side characteristics on display.

According to the study risk factors for the managers are as follows: managers are dutiful, compliant and appeasing; aloof, detached and socially awkward to be effective in dealing with ‘people’ issues; charming and persuasive so that they are easily seen as manipulative, calculating and disingenuous.

The results emphasised that there is difference between public and private sector employees. And that is how they contrast:

According to the SOURCEWIRE, the ‘A Decade of the Dark Side’ report from PCL analyses data:
The public sector ‘dark side’ include lower resilience, less predictability of mood and a greater tendency to take things personally.
The private sector employees are more egotistic and self-important. Either stress or personal success may turn this to arrogance and an unwilling to listen to restraint or advice.

The research results show that the individual way to answer “Where are you now?” differs according to the individual characteristics of managers you have. And if you know where you are now, then it is easier to determine what direction you should go to. Wish you luck!!!

A copy of the report is available upon the request. Sian Killick at sian@psychological-consultancy.com.

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Patrick Swayze's Dream - the Word ‘Cure’ Will No Longer Be Followed by the Words ‘is Impossible.

2009-09-16T18:47:00.013+01:00

57 years old Patrick Wayne Swayze famous as an American actor, dancer, and singer-songwriter has died on September 14, 2009. According to the Spokesman-Review his publicist, Annett Wolf released that “Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months.”

In films Dirty Dancing and Ghost he was best-known as the male lead actor. In 1991 he was listed by People magazine as its "Sexiest Man Alive".

Unfortunately, Patrick Swayze was diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer in January 2008. The actor, who refused to use painkillers while making "The Beast" because they would have taken the edge off his performance, fought against the illness and finally succumbed to the pancreatic cancer on September 14, 2009.

The last words of the star of hit film such as “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost” were as following: “I keep dreaming of a future, a future with a long and healthy life, a life not lived in the shadow of cancer, but in the light. … I dream that the word ‘cure’ will no longer be followed by the words ‘is impossible.”

Born in Houston, Texas on August 18th, 1952, his professional career began off-screen in the Broadway production of Grease. The latest movie Powder Blue is remarkable as he played together with his brother, Don for the first time.

There are about 8,270,000 results for his name in the Google. Worlds leading media channels cover news about his death and played roles.

guardian.co.uk patrick-swayze-vote-definitive-role is making the research on “What was Patrick Swayze's definitive role?” Everybody can vote and fix his/her point of view.

Patrick Swayze was a three time Golden Globe nominated actor who is best known for his leading man roles in Ghost and Dirty Dancing, and earned a Golden Globe nomination for his charming 1996 performance as Vida Boheme alongside Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo in the universal Pictures hit To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar.

According to the Official Patrick Swayze Fan Club the filmography is as follows:

MOVIES:

Skatetown U.S.A. - "Ace" 1979
The Outsiders - "Darrel Curtis" 1983
Uncommon Valor - "Kevin Scott" 1983
Grandview U.S.A. - "Ernie (Slam) Webster" 1984
(Patrick and Lisa choreographers)
Red Dawn - "Jed Eckert" 1984
Youngblood - "Derek Sutton" 1986
Steel Dawn - "Nomad" 1987
Dirty Dancing - "Johnny Castle" 1987
Tiger Warsaw - "Chuck (Tiger) Warsaw" 1988
Road House - "Dalton" 1989
Next of Kin - "Truman Gates" 1989
Ghost - "Sam Wheat" 1990
Point Break - "Bodhi" 1991
City of Joy - "Dr. Max Lowe" 1992
Father Hood - "Jack Charles" 1993
Tall Tale - The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill - "Pecos Bill" 1994
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar - "Vida Boheme" 1995
Three Wishes - "Jack McCloud" 1995
Letters from a Killer - "Race Darnell" 1998
Black Dog - "Jack Crews" 1998
Forever Lulu (aka Along for the Ride) - "Ben Clifton" 2000
Donnie Darko - "Jim Cunningham" 2001
The Green Dragon - "Sgt. Jim Lance" 2002
Waking Up In Reno - "Roy Kirkendall" 2002
One Last Dance - "Travis MacPhearson" 2003
(Patrick also Producer)
11:14 - "Frank" 2003
George and the Dragon - "Garth" 2004
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights - "Dance Class Instructor (cameo)" 2004
Keeping Mum - "Lance" 2005
Jump! - "Richard Pressburger "
The Fox and the Hound 2 - Voice of "Cash" 2006
Christmas in Wonderland - 2007 - "Wayne Saunders"
Powder Blue - 2008

TELEVISION AND OTHER APPEARANCES:

Return of the Rebels - "K.C. Barnes" 1981
The Comeback Kid 1982
M*A*S*H - "Gary Sturges" 1982
Renegades - "Bandit" 1982
Offsides - "Doug Zimmer" 1984
Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories - Life on Death Row - "Eric Peterson" 1985
North and South - Book I - "Orry Main" 1985
North and South - Book II - "Orry Main" 1986
Swayze Dancing 1988
Saturday Night Live! - "Guest Host" 1991
World Music Awards - "Host, Special Dance Performance" 1994
A&E Biography - "All the Right Moves - Patrick Swayze" 2000
E! entertainment channel - "E! True Hollywood Story: Dirty Dancing" 2001
King Solomon's Mines - "Allan Quatermain" 2003
Icon - "Jason Monk" 2005
The Beast - "Charles Barker " 2009

STAGE:

Disney on Parade - "Prince Charming"
Goodtime Charlie
Grease - "Danny Zuko"
Without a Word
Love Letters
Chicago - "Billy Flynn"
(Broadway December 2003 and Touring Production December 2003/January 2004)
Guys and Dolls - "Nathan Detroit "
(27th July 2006 to 2 December 2006)

And now, the fans of Patrick Swayze are able to watch 6 Greatest YouTube Tributes To Patrick Swayze at BuzzFeed

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Twitter... What are you doing?

2009-09-14T08:45:00.013+01:00

To utter a succession of small, tremulous sounds, as a bird, an act of twittering, or a real-time short messaging service that works over multiple networks and devices?

This time we are talking about Twitter as a real-time short messaging service that works over multiple networks and devices. People follow the sources, access information via Twitter as it happens—from breaking world news to updates from friends.

Among the marketing channels that are so various in nature, usage and price, the cheapest one seems to be email marketing. But what happens with it when comparing to Twitter? It is an economical substitute, and by the way FREE.

The idea belongs to Jack Dorsey. Curiosity of what his friends were doing resulted is creation of this quite effective tool. Simplicity is one of the most important aspects of Twitter's success.

Twitter "What are you doing?" Usually is answered by under 140 characters in length and can be sent via mobile texting, instant message, or the web.

Among the main advantages of Twitter are:

Keeps everybody informed
Shortens physical distance
Enhances traffic
Represents one of the advertising tools
Makes you known to the visitors
Informs in a timely manner
One for all and all for one!

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Create Dynamic Web Experiences with EPiServer Marketing Arena

2009-09-10T07:33:00.003+01:00

In a highly developing world of information technologies one can feel how fast you should follow new trends, products, and all the other tools of touching your audience through the World Wide Web that sometimes one minute rest may cause meeting with 1 million loss.

That is what marketing should deal with and avoid threats caused by less dynamic and measurable web experiences. On the contrary they should be driven to attract the right audiences in order to get the most from what they do.

Lots of people work on improving their web traffic. And the most important in it is the CONTENT in combination with design, techniques, and comfort for the target audience.

Aiming to support marketers’ need for capitalizing on their web traffic, according to the EPiServer, unveils EPiServer Marketing Arena. It is the fastest growing provider of platforms for Web Content Management (WCM) and online social communities. The main advantages of the new release of integrated marketing modules and services are the following: quickly create, manage, monitor, optimize web campaigns, generate relevant traffic and sales leads.

Marketing Arena is integrated with EPiServer CMS, and the the result of it is that users never need to export data to and from ‘silo’ applications, as the most up-to-date data is made seamlessly available at all times.

As admitted on EPiServer: “To attract and retain the right visitors, today’s websites must offer far more than passive brochure-ware. They must instead embrace the Engaged Web by promoting important two-way communications,” said Peter Larsson, CEO EPiServer. “EPiServer Marketing Arena uniquely provides marketers with the tools they need to take their online presence to the next level, enabling them to embrace all of the critical facets of the Engaged Web.”

The Content Management System (CMS) is one of the most comfortable to work in for creating, tracking and monitoring web content, campaigns. Users never need to glue tools together, import data files, re-enter rule sets, retro-fit web content or go to the IT department for every little change.

It is also worth mentioning that The EPiServer Campaign Monitoring and Optimization (CMO) module within the EPiServer Marketing Arena provides A/B testing, in order to ensure the best possible conversion rates, full web analytics and a simple way to create and analyze campaigns and landing pages rather than whole sites. What does it mean? That marketers will be able to track campaign performance in real-time, generate reports, watch live visitor traffic with the exclusive EPiTrace view and track campaigns from an iPhone with the EPiTrack App.

As for the SEO service included in EPiServer Marketing Arena, it works during the two critical points: when developers create and code pages and when web editors add new content.

And the most important is a B2B environment. What does it include? Of course, knowing who is on your site, what pages they are visiting. Being informed what company, industry and geography each visitor comes from simply leads you to find new prospects.

So what does the relevant content and information to visitors gives to marketers? Improve the level of visitor engagement, increase conversion rates and extend customer loyalty.

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Where The Hell Has My Time Gone?

2009-08-12T16:47:00.004+01:00

I ask this question myself often enough to be interested in LogMyTask.com. I agree that “No matter how well we schedule our tasks, we end up doing something that is not in our schedule” or not out task at all.

And why? I think it is mostly the problem of management and coworkers’ insufficient respect to individuals’ work and time, and sometimes you simply can not say NO. And at the end of the day we ask - Where the hell has my time gone? That is what LogMyTask answers.

LogMyTask Tracks your time, gives opportunity to know what coworker is doing in real time. This process makes managers’ work easier, say good bye to time sheets, tag & get bigger picture of your activities.

It is worth trying to track time this way both for employees and employers.

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Top ten tips for mumpreneurs From Karen Sherr

2009-07-27T07:08:00.002+01:00

News for mumpreneurs from a mum who has been in business for 20 years.
This Lady is Karen Sherr who offers the following no-nonsense advice at SOURCEWIRE:

1. Research the market and competition.
2. Start small, let the business grow as and when you can cope with expansion.
3. Have a clear idea what you want out of the business
4. Try to separate work from home. If your business is based at home (as all the Musical Minis administration is) have a second phone line fitted.
5. Have backup. If your child is ill what will happen to your business?
6. Know your limitations. For example if you have problems with accounts, get someone to help you.
7. If there are not enough hours in the day to do everything, do the bits you like (with both work and home life) and get help with the bits you don't.
8. Work out the balance between work and home that you want.
9. Keep time to be a mum
10. Set time aside to deal with administration, household tasks etc. If you keep putting it off the task will become huge (hours of paperwork for example – or loads of ironing) - regular manageable chunks of mundane but important tasks will help things flow smoothly.

Karen who is a mum of three, admits: “I think one of the major things I have learned is to set out a strategy and to follow it.

“Working with a strategy gives a sense of being in control and even if things do not develop as one may wish, it makes the identification of where things are not going right far easier.
That is the core aspect for success in any business.

If there is strategy you know where to go, when and how fast.

“The other major lesson is to continually revisit every aspect of the business. It is too easy to be complacent and resistant to change. Having somebody else challenge your beliefs and rationale is really useful and can quickly help you refocus when you have lost your way.

“In terms of formulating a business model for both the running of the classes and for attracting franchisees, my experience as a mum has been invaluable. In terms of the classes, I have recognised that mixed aged classes are both more convenient and more beneficial. For mums running a business, offering the flexibility of working hours and no formal targets, makes the Musical Minis proposal an attractive one.”

Karen adds: “I set about putting together a programme that had cognitive developmental aims at the heart of it. I am not musical and therefore had no wish to create something that would uncover the next Beethoven or John Lennon.

“I have found the balance that is right for me. Expansion with Musical Minis has purposely been kept small, on a level I can manage, as I still want to be a mum. Now as the children are growing up, I feel expansion can be more rapid.”

As Frank Herbert says: There’s no secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves.”

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Prepare For The Upturn

2009-07-16T06:34:00.003+01:00

There is no rise without fall and vice versa. In the current economic situation it is logical to think about the economic upturn. Realising this factor ADR International gives advice to different businesses to examine their costs, risks, supply chains and skillsets.

According to the CEO of ADR North America, Bill Michels says many companies have rationalised, closed plants and “taken drastic steps to adjust staffing to meet reduced demand.” He adds “stimulus funds are now being released, financial markets are beginning to unfreeze and banks are starting to pay back government loans.”

The most important things businesses should do in this period are: rethink and restructure approaches to procurement and supply management, organise teams with a core focus on cost and value improvement, automating administrative tasks and outsourcing management of low-value expenditures.

“As we see the recovery of the economy, there will be limited time to capture the short-term opportunities available from the economic recession,” Michels says.

In addition, Rebecca Howard who is Director of ADR Learning highlights the thinking of US training guru Donald Kirkpatrick in her piece for the eBulletin. There are four levels of evaluation, ensures that your training is effective and “produces learning that people can go straight back to their workplaces and put into action.”

As Rebecca Howard concludes: “The nub of what Kirkpatrick says is: it's the results that count. If you're spending money on training and development you want to know that it will make a real difference.”

Source:

http://www.adr-international.com/JulyeBulletingPR.shtml
Photo Source:

http://www.adr-international.com/JulyeBulletingPR.shtml

Top 10 Vacation Guides For Summer Travelers From Top-Tens iPhone App

2009-07-07T07:01:00.005+01:00

Summer already came. And we are looking for some very interesting places to visit, enjoy and relax. Many people search information through internet, friends’ experience and so on. But nowadays an iPhone/iPod touch app, Top-Tens gives the user the ability to keep tabs on the top 10s of their favorite hobbies, interests or pastimes. It allows users to see a series of top 10s for the most popular theme parks and water parks in the USA and UK and other attractions worldwide.

According to the SOURCEWIRE, if you choose Top-Tens, it will be with you every step of the way by listing the top 10 rides and attractions at each of the theme and water parks, allowing you to plan your visit with the minimum of fuss.
The list includes top 10 books, movies, albums, singles and more.

Rod Cambridge, developer of Top-Tens said: “I’m off to Florida this summer and so I thought it would be cool to track the top 10 rides and attractions at the major Theme Parks so that when we get there, we know exactly where to head”.

“I thought it would be cool to add these to the library in Top-Tens so that anyone else who's traveling this summer and using my app can also benefit.”

Top-Tens can be downloaded from the iPhone App store for £1.19 ($1.99) here:
http://www.itunes.com/apps/top-tens

Sources:
http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=48868
http://www.iviewr.com/toptens/

Photo Source:'

http://www.iviewr.com/toptens/

What If Our Sensitive Email Communication Is Under Threat?

2009-07-02T07:57:00.002+01:00

What if our sensitive email communication is under threat? This is one of the main problems of communications, and people fight differently to save them confidential.

In order to resolve the problem updates to Webroot® security services provide quota support to manage Internet use policies and a new policy-based encryption service to secure sensitive email communications.

According to the SOURCEWIRE, Webroot that is a leading Internet security provider for the consumer, enterprise and SME market,s announced new releases of Webroot® Web Security SaaS and Webroot ® Email Security SaaS with essential enhancements including web browsing quotas to enforce Internet use policies and a new Webroot Email Encryption Service to secure sensitive email communications.

“With the continued growth in volume and maliciousness of web threats, businesses today require more robust functionality to manage web security as well as employee Internet use,” said Don Beck, Webroot General Manager of SaaS. “For email security, email encryption is becoming required by law. Organisations are increasingly faced with legal, regulatory and compliance requirements. Our new Web and Email Security services address these concerns, block threats in the cloud and keep malware off the network.”

Webroot Web Security SaaS includes quota support. It gives opportunities to organisations to set, monitor and enforce granular Internet use policies for bandwidth, time spent surfing and number of Web sites visited. Independent control of quotas enables to block or warn the user, email the administrator, or simply log the event.

As admitted on SOURCEWIRE, among many new features are Quota Support for Policies, Extended Log Duration, Improved Security, Search Engine Safe Search, Updated Desktop Web Proxy.

As for the new features of Webroot Email Security SaaS include, these are Webroot Email Encryption Service, Customizable Email Digest Reports, Usability Enhancements.

Source:
http://www.webroot.com/
http://www.webroot.com/business
http://cut.io/mJQ8

Todos Connectable 417's Surprise for The Paperless Society

2009-06-26T11:32:00.004+01:00

Today hardly one can imagine completing some documents on papers. Everything we do we do it electronically. Well… may be sometimes we print it out. But I guess, soon there will not be need for printers. New Todos device enables secure digital signatures and document exchange. The Todos Connectable 417 (C417), Todos has taken a big step towards a secure paperless society.Day by day our demands increase and require more comfort, want to go beyond online shopping, want the same level of convenience for things like filing tax returns and signing contracts, businesses, banks and governments are already moving in this direction.

But…There is no statement without BUT. But we miss: TRUST.

So what are the risks: Viruses and spyware. As it is mentioned at SOURCEWIRE, it puts on-screen digital signatures at risk. They could be stolen or repudiated. In addition, there are conflicting standards for secure digital documents and signatures which reduces interoperability.

But…Again BUT…

But we have a solution. The Todos C417 and new technology called XML-Sign-What-You-See (XML-SWYS) solves these problems. It replicates the experience of signing a paper document and the users can see key details on the Todos C417’s large LCD screen before they sign.

As the device is separate from the PC and the signature requires a smart card and a pin number for extra security, the system protects the user against online fraud. The PIN number is never exposed to the computer.As for the XML, it simplifies document exchange with the ability to sign any document securely. The result is a flexible format that is also highly trustworthy.“The world is moving towards digital signatures and secure paperless transactions,” says Peter Gullberg, VP Product Strategy at Todos, “and Todos is leading the way. Other security vendors are talking about this kind of technology but we’re the only one that has actually deployed it to over one million eBanking customers.”

Sources:

www.todos.se
http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=48671

DataGuard For the Secure Handling of Data

2009-06-17T06:00:00.000+01:00

In the highly developed era of technology, It is not surprising that individuals and big or small organizations are worried about their security. Nobody wants to share their personal or business data to anyone. But that really happens. Nothing is impossible. So in response to this problem Security IP of Banbury, Oxfordshire, has introduced DataGuard, a data protection solution developed in Germany by Applied Security GmbH - Apsec. DataGuard ensures maximum privacy for individuals or small firms that need to share sensitive information.

According to the Sourcewire, the technology provides professional levels of encryption to protect folders and files on desktops, laptops, USB sticks and any other removable storage media.

Commenting on the launch, SIP director, Andi Robinson said: "With data security such a key issue after the recent high-profile incidents, encryption is a great way to ensure that even if a computer or storage device is lost or stolen, the data contained on it cannot be accessed without authorisation.”

"For our channel partners, this topic will be a great door opener and we see good potential for sales to professional sectors such as recruitment agencies, financial services and accountants. DataGuard is already proving popular and a number of companies are currently trialling the software, including those in the legal profession, where data security is understandably of great importance."What happens when there are multiple users on the same computer? The can create their own private folders to ensure security, whilst there is also the capability to securely share data between authorised computers that have DataGuard installed or by using a secure USB stick created by DataGuard.

Source:
http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=48461
www.securityip.com

iPhone’s 'to-don't list'

2009-06-12T06:37:00.002+01:00

Are you a busy person? Then "Put Things Off" released by Spiffing Apps that is the laid-back to-do list for iPhone procrastinators will help you get things done.iPhone and iPod Touch users are now able to focus on what's important and put off what's not. Put Things Off application helps to do so.

According to the brainchild of British developer Nick Cernis, Put Things Off helps busy people manage vital tasks while putting the rest off until later. For less than £2/$3, the app lets iPhone and iPod Touch users defer tasks into a virtual tray marked "Put Off".

"It's a bit like having a nagging girl- or boyfriend," says Cernis. "Only with Put Things Off, you can turn the sound off." With arguments over chores among couples as frequent as ever, there's no doubt that a laid-back to-do list could be a saviour for many."

I designed the app because my other half often nagged me," Cernis remarked. "Now I just point to my iPhone and say, 'Look -- it's on my to-don't list!' And, sure enough, the furniture's normally built three days later. Unless I've put it off again," he jokes.

What does it aim? Put Things Off aims to reduce stress levels by letting users focus on important tasks without worrying about forgetting scheduled ones. "When faced with a mountain of tasks, people tend to feel overwhelmed," Cernis states. "The app lets them organise their tasks and relax so they can get the important things done."

According to the results, the app flew into the top 20 productivity apps for iPhone on its launch day. "I wish I hadn't sat on the idea for so long now," Cernis reported. "The feedback's been great so far. One user told me I should have made it ages ago."

Put Things Off is available as an instant download from Apple's iTunes App Store for only £1.79/$2.99.

Sources:

http://spiffingapps.com/

http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=48337

Attempt to Create a New Brand of Chocolate

2009-06-08T06:25:00.001+01:00

Who can miss such news about chocolate? I can not.

Who can say No on being hired to help teams create a new brand of chocolate? I guess nobody. I’d love to participate.

But as the chances to do so are just unreal, let’s see what Paul A Young, a leading British chocolatier will create together with the teams and later taste the new brand chocolate. Paul A Young hired by Sir Alan is ranked in the world’s Top 10.

So what will be the final product? That will be broadcasted on BBC1 on Sunday night at 9pm, 9pm on Sunday 7th June.

According to the Sourcewire, Paul advised on the flavour combinations, ingredients and type of chocolate to use, so the candidates and their assisting teams could work together to produce a fantastic range of chocolates with delicious and creative flavours to meet the brief set by Sir Alan.

As a result Paul A Young will be appearing in both ‘BBC1’s The Apprentice’ which will be broadcast at 9pm on Sunday 7th June and as a panellist on ‘The Apprentice: You’re Fired!/Hired!’ which is broadcast directly after the final at 10pm on BBC1. Both shows are expected to top this week’s viewer ratings.

Sources:
http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=48225

USB Memory Stick-PDA Data Transfers With Elan Digital's SD Mobidapter

2009-06-03T07:16:00.002+01:00

In 1936 when the the first freely programmable computer was invented - Konrad Zuse - Z1 Computer hardly one could imagine that there will be a need or necessity to leave the laptop behind as the executives on the move who need to file share quickly and simply but who are fed up with carrying a laptop around. According to the SOURCEWIRE, Elan Digital's latest gadget, The Mobidapter, transfers files in seconds direct from a PDA to a USB stick (and vice versa). The new product is simple to use, the small Mobidapter plugs directly to the SD memory slot on the PDA reading and transferring data to and from the USB stick. And as it is mentioned no driver software is needed, just you should plug it in and go.

Transferring of any type of file from a standard USB memory pen to a mobile device can now be done without a PC.

As it is admitted on the SOURCEWIRE, an added bonus is that physical connection to host device avoids problems with wireless connection stability and data security.

The size of it is 35x 75 x 10mm and a weight of just 20g and consecuently the Mobidapter is ideal for travelling light, and effectively eliminates the need for carrying a PC around.

The SDMB1000 also demonstrates Elan’s leading position in creating customised SD/SDIO technology.

Sources:
http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=48107
http://www.elandigitalsystems.com/sd/mobidapter.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFjILceH8do

Individual Or Mass Marketing? Research by Alterian

2009-05-28T06:37:00.001+01:00

A well done research always shows very precise results on the object of research. It improves communication process, helps organizations know what’s going on at this moment and consequently taken measures define potential success.

This time we cover a survey highlighted on SOURCEWIRE.com. It is admitted that almost half of marketing agencies achieve effective communication with individuals as the key issue facing marketers over the next 36 months with 45% viewing it as a must-have for any campaign.

The survey by Alterian included almost 100 senior executives from 45 leading UK marketing agencies.

According to the SOURCEWIRE, David Eldridge, CEO, Alterian commented, “Traditional marketing campaigns took market research or group data and built programmes around many generalised traits and assumptions, but didn’t treat customers as individuals. Companies can spend huge amounts of money driving people to their website through search and Google Ads but, if the website does not then engage those people, the efforts and money spent are wasted. Today’s marketing relies on a two way conversation and our business partners – consisting of the worlds leading providers of services to marketers – are geared up to supporting their clients with engaging data-led campaigns both on and offline.”

The survey’s aimed to discuss the industry’s move towards Customer Engagement. As the results of the survey showed 74% of respondents claimed that their customers were beginning to understand the value of engagement, although opinion was divided as to how this was expected to happen.

“The need to engage better with customers is driving all types of marketing campaigns today” said Iain Lovatt, executive chairman of Blue Sheep and Alterian partner. “In order to do this, marketing campaigns need to be integrated across online and offline channels and must speak to customers as individuals and not demographics. Integrated marketing is clearly going to be a focus for many businesses over the coming 12 months.”

It is fact that social media dominance is high but results places social media as second in the list of key drivers by clients to change their marketing activity. 65% of respondents ranked the increasing use of the web to research, engage and transact with their customers as the most important driver for change.

“Customer engagement is the new marketing. Smart marketing service providers and agencies realize that and are using their close relationship with their client’s data to drive a move towards individualization of communication and through this are much closer to achieving customer engagement.” said David Eldridge, CEO of Alterian.

He continued, “The research amongst our event’s audience backs up this strategy and that of David Frankland at Forrester in his recent report into the MSP market*, underlining the need for technology that can support integrated campaigns and move beyond targeted marketing to addressing and engaging with customers as individuals. It is an exciting time for Alterian as we work with our partners and end user marketers to implement our range of new technology that underpins customer engagement.” (SOURCEWIRE.COM, May, 2009).

Sources:
http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=47977

The Museum of Computing Reopens

2009-05-25T07:07:00.002+01:00

While surfing through the Internet I came across lots of museum types. As different from each other as Art Museums, History Museums, Children's Museums, Botanical Gardens, Historic Houses, Historical Societies, Living History Sites, Military Museums, Science Museums, Natural History Museums, Special Interest Museums, University Museums, and not only.

One of the new types of museums that we have nowadays is the Museum of Computing. According to the museum’s official website, it is committed to the preservation and display of examples of early computers. This is a best way to exhibit past and present of the computers.

The Museum will reopen in July 2009 in Swindon town centre. According to the Museum of Computing, the volunteers are now hard at working transforming what was previously retail units into one of the most exciting and original venues in Swindon.

As the officialsite informs, the museum will be located at 6-7 Theatre Square, an section of the town that has been designated a cultural area in Swindons regeneration plan.

According to the SOURCEWIRE, museum founder Jeremy Holt, who campaigned for thirteen years to get the Museum of Computing off the ground in 2002, mentions that this new location is ideal because ‘Our last venue in the University of Bath was very difficult to get to without a car. The Council’s new offer puts the Museum in the heart of the town in a prominent place near bus routes. It will be good for the town because the collection of 2,500 items demonstrating Britain’s role in the advances of technology has attracted worldwide interest. We attract 2000 visitors a year from over forty different countries. Our new home means we can attract many more local visitors.’ He adds ‘We’re also delighted the three year lease means the Museum can apply for professional accreditation by the Museums and Libraries Association.’

Museum Curator Simon Webb (pictured on left) has a passion for gaming and says ‘Our Gaming exhibitions have been our most popular and we’ll be able to give the public what they want – entertainment and a trip down memory lane! 80% of the collection is in working order and the history of gaming can be traced back thirty years. We’ll be setting up championship league tables and are investigating the possibility of online competitions with other towns which should help put the town on the map’ (SourceWire.com).

Blue Click PR’s (Sponsor of the Museum of Computing) Managing Director, Rhona Jack says ‘When the Museum’s closure was announced last year, the website received over 56,000 hits in 48 hours as well as letters to the Times newspaper, so we know there are many ‘techies’ out there who care about the history they helped create. Many items have featured on BBC’s World Service, CNN, SKY TV, ITV, regional TV and radio stations and national newspaper features list the Museum of Computing in the top 25 places to visit in the country, so its good reputation is building. We were also delighted The Right Honourable, The Mayor of Swindon, Cllr Steve Wakefield handed over the keys to us on his last day of official engagements, as he has much to support the development of Swindon’s cultural heritage in his year in office.’

Sources:
http://www.museum-of-computing.org.uk/
http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=47892

Photo Source:

http://www.museum-of-computing.org.uk/

The Caucasus Journal of Social Sciences

2009-05-21T10:35:00.012+01:00

The Caucasus Journal of Social Sciences is published by The University of Georgia (Tbilisi). The Journal reports on original research and offers reviews and articles of importance to the peoples of the Caucasus region and to those with an interest in, or who work in, the region.

The CJSS aims to stimulate ideas, communicate research, foster critical thinking, and develop modern trends in social sciences.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS FOR THE CAUCASUS JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

The Caucasus Journal of Social Sciences will consider papers for publication that deal with academic disciplines that study human aspects of the world. These include, among others, anthropology, archaeology, economics, education, geography, history, information science, international relations, law, linguistics, politics, psychology, public health, and sociology. Papers in the humanities and other disciplines will be considered if they are related in some way to one or more of these disciplines.

New submissions must be sent by e-mail to the Editor at cjss_editor@yahoo.com no later than the 1st of July, 2009, for the second issue of the Journal.For the Third issue of The Caucasus Journal of Social Sciences, new submissions must be sent by e-mail to the Editor, at cjss_editor@yahoo.com no later than the 1st of December, 2009.

Authors should follow these instructions:

1. Papers must be in English. They should be written in a concise manner. Papers with poor English will be sent back to the author for correction.

2. Papers must be original work.

3. Authors should submit articles that have not been previously published, except that articles previously published only in Georgian or Russian may be submitted in English.

4. The title page should be a separate file containing the title of the paper and each author’s name, affiliation, address, telephone, fax numbers, and e-mail address.

5. An abstract of 100-150 words is required in two languages: English and Georgian. Abstracts should be specific and provide readers with information about the importance of the findings.

6. Provide a biographical sketch of no more than 1 page for each author in a separate file.7. The main paper should not contain the names of authors.

8. Papers are required to be in APA Style. (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Papers in other styles will not be considered. For assistance, see

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/)

http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/index.aspx?doc_id=796#abstract).

9. Avoid unusual symbols, if possible.

10. Figures should be high resolution, each containing descriptive headings. Figures of poor quality will not be published.

11. The print version of the journal will be black and white.

12. The paper will be reviewed by experts.

13. Each author will be informed about the status of submitted article.

14. Please indicate name, surname, and title of the paper in the Subject line of e-mail.

Juliet Andghuladze

Editor of Caucasus Journal of Social Sciences

77 Kostava Street, V BuildingTbilisi 0175, Georgia (Republic)

Mob: 893 622 612

cjss_editor@yahoo.com

julietandguladze@yahoo.com

Walk More Normally Again State-of-the-Art Gait Training Device

2009-05-18T06:43:00.001+01:00

Thousands of illnesses all over the world cause different problems to the patients and the professionals who try to find out the solution from the obstacles makes lots of researches, experiments, and now it is the turn of those who have some problems with walking. These are millions of people only in the US. So what do they use for walk better, these are canes and walkers that besides helping the patient disappoints at the same time.

According to the MediGait.com a high-tech yet easy-to-use gait-training device is brought to these people for more normal walking—and living.

GaitAid works two ways to achieve often-remarkable results, and these are:

1. GaitAid users commonly find themselves walking normally from their first step. But the immediate results are just the start of GaitAid’s effects.

2. Over time, the device “rewires” the wearer’s brain to follow a healthier walking pattern—an effect that frequently continues even when it isn’t being worn. This process (called neuroplasticity) essentially creates new, healthy nerve circuits that bypass the disease-damaged areas associated with walking.

Who could potentially be helped by the device?

500,000 with Parkinson’s Disease,
Up to 350,000 with Multiple Sclerosis,
An estimated 800,000 with Cerebral Palsy,
6,500,000 Stroke survivors, and
The elderly, of whom 30% fall at least once per year—50% of those over 80.

Source:
http://www.medigait.com/media.html
Photo Source:
MediGiat.com
http://www.medigait.com/cerebralpalsy.html

Why Email Can Get You And Your Organisation Into Trouble?!

2009-05-15T07:20:00.000+01:00

AIIM that is the international community providing education, research, and best practices to help organisations find, control, and optimise their information found that a 3rd of organisations have no policy to deal with legal discovery and 40% might need to search back-up tapes to find emails that could be relevant to litigation. According to the SOURCEWIRE the AIIM survey, entitled “Email Management, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly”, found that 84% would have no way to justify why emails of a certain age or type had been deleted.

The survey says that over half of respondents lack confidence that emails documenting commitments and obligations made by staff are recorded, complete and recoverable. 45% of respondents are still filing important emails in personal Outlook folders. 18% print important emails and file them as paper. 19% have the facility to move important emails into a document or records management system, or a dedicated email management system.

As admitted on Sourcewire, Doug Miles, UK Managing Director of AIIM Europe, comments, “This is not just a legal discovery issue. Finding and recovering past emails is cited as the number two problem with email as a business tool - after ‘sheer overload’ at number one. Given that most people spend more than one-and-a-half hours per day processing emails, this is a major efficiency issue. The good news is that a third of organisations plan fresh investment in email management initiatives over the next two years.”

If the interested persond wishes to downloaded “Email Management, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly” it is free at http://www.aiim.org.uk/research.

Sources:

http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=47660
AIIM Certificate Training Programme

Reach Online and Offline Audiences. Email and SMS Communication System

2009-05-12T07:03:00.002+01:00

Aiming to provide a fully integrated, email and SMS communication system for engaging both online and offline audiences, Ultralase, the UK’s foremost and longest-established specialist in laser vision correction, chose Communicator Corp. The new solution automates the company’s customer communications, delivering a single customer view of multi-channel communication routes and tracking contact data throughout the customer lifecycle with Ultralase’s existing CRM system. One of the features of the service is that it will also allow for offline customers to be brought online. This will be accomplished through the use of “text2mail”.

According to the SOURCEWIRE, those respondents who seek further information, they enter an automated campaign which reacts to the nature of their enquiry by ensuring that the correct message is sent in reply by the most appropriate channel. The system cantailor and personalise ongoing communication and marketing campaigns according to segmentation, dynamic content, customer service or behavioural targeting criteria.

As noted at the SOURCEWIRE, one of the most important feature is location personalisation where prospects and customers are referred to local clinics and advised of practical information such as weekday or weekend opening hours at their nearest clinic.

Harriet Johnson-Laird, Communications Manager at Ultralase believes that the integrated system will bring significant benefits for both the company and its customers alike, noting, “On one hand managing our multi-channel communication strategy even more effectively will lead to an increase in consultations. However, the real winners here are our customers. With the new system in place we can be more personal, timelier and even more responsive to their individual needs. So it really is a win-win situation.”

James Bunting, Director of Strategy & Research at Communicator Corp echoed Johnson-Laird’s comments adding, “ With a significant investment in above and below the line marketing spend, the pressure is on Ultralase to deliver and maintain the very highest standards of customer care; standards upon which they have built their enviable reputation and branding. Through being able to track the customer lifecycle across multiple channels, with an integrated single-view, their customers will feel even more supported and valued. We are delighted to have helped Ultralase to make such a visionary and market leading investment in customer care.”

Sources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3HZdWghylk
http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=47553

BioResolve ‘s DNA Testing In Response to Swine Influenza Epidemic

2009-05-08T06:44:00.001+01:00

BioResolve, Inc. that is a privately owned company operating in Ottawa, Canada, and that aims to help individuals acquire the information they need to make more informed health decisions introduced a DNA testing service. The DNA service reveals an individual's innate resistance or vulnerabilities to infectious diseases, such as swine flu.

According to BioResolve is offering a detailed DNA test report with a free online calculator.

The aim of BioResolve’s initiative is to reduce the spread of an epidemic by identifying the groups at risk so that they can take special precautions. As notes on BioResolve press release the measures can be as follows: staying at home, maintaining perfect hand hygiene, being alert to early symptoms and getting quick medical attention.

As a DNA test may be required since it can accurately pin-point the specific risks factors that an individual may have, individual’s comparative survival ratio can be determined.

So how the ratio is found?

There is a 2 steps process.

The first step involves a questionnaire, freely available online to anyone.

The second step involves a DNA testing service that looks at key DNA site to evaluate an individual's general immune system quality, potential genetic complication determined by DNA, genetic predispositions to aggravating factors, it's innate resistance or vulnerabilities to a wide range of infectious diseases including; influenza, malaria, HIV resistance, susceptibility to SARS, hepatitis, norovirus resistance, etc.

Alexandre Harvey-Tremblay, President of BioResolve said; "One of the best thing that can be done is to identify groups of individuals that may be at an increased risk of developing severe complications from an infectious disease so that they can take better precautions. If someone has a clear understanding of his risks, he may decide to take extra precautions he may not have chosen to do had he not known about them."

SOURCES:
http://www.bioresolve.com/press_BioResolve%20Offers%20DNA%20Testing%20In%20Response%20to%20Swine%20Influenza%20Epidemic.php
http://www.bioresolve.com/report_pandemic.php

Dont Let Your Business Go Down With The Flu Bug.

2009-05-03T12:03:00.002+01:00

Let’s see what tip offers the chairman of Wick Hill Group, IT security specialists, Ian Kilpatrick to keep our businesses going in a pandemic.

According to information spread about a flu epidemic then we really should take some measures and these measures are given in ten key actions companies can take and explains how business can continue if staff are able to work from home.

1. Check your insurance. You're probably not going to be covered for business losses if a pandemic strikes, so you need to plan to minimise the impact.

2. Get the plan in place NOW. And why? If you need to implement any new equipment, you don't want to be doing that during the first or second wave of flu. And staff may not be available at your suppliers or onsite to carry out any installations.

3. Identify key staff. Pinpoint IT, management and administrative staff who will need remote communications access, so they can carry on working from home. The most important that should be determined are what level of access is required, confirm home and mobile phone numbers are current, and confirm home addresses. If you want staff to access the computer network remotely, confirm whether they have home PC access, that the line speeds are OK and that they are running current anti- virus!

4. Confirm by testing that thesestaff are able to access and use the relevant systems remotely. Unless you’re already using IPSec, you will need SSL, a system which allows staff to easily access company networks remotely and securely. If you already have SSL, you should check whether it allows full network access, as some SSL systems don’t do this. And, of course if you haven't got SSL in place, now is the time to install a system. Comparatively low-cost SSL systems are available from companies such as Barracuda Networks, Check Point and WatchGuard.

5. Check whether your phone system is capable of delivering remote switchboard capabilities for calls and conferencing, and test that capability. If it isn’t, there are a range of solutions from companies such as Samsung that can integrate with your existing phone system to quickly and inexpensively upgrade its capability, so that remote users can continue to operate in a work environment.
In addition, there are hosted services that can provide central telephony facilities for remote users. Set-up for this can be rapid, but needs to be implemented before staff become home- based.

6. Ensure that setting up remote access doesn't compromise your business security. Simple password access is insecure and two factor authentication is much, much safer.
This typically involves a PIN number and a changing password generated by a hardware token or from the system onto your mobile phone. Companies such as VASCO and CRYPTOCard have a range of solutions in this area. They also provide hosted authentication solutions, which make administration and deployment even easier.

7. If business critical information is being accessed remotely, ensure that it is adequately protected. Encryption solutions are available that protect data in motion and stop it being downloaded on to USBs, if that is your policy. If downloading to USBs is allowed, make sure the data is encrypted. Solutions such as Check Point End Point Security can easily provide these facilities

8. Ensure that home PCs are secured. Consider an end point package, such as those from Kaspersky Lab, which protect against viruses and spyware on home machines accessing the network

9. Ensure that key suppliers have contingency plans in place, that you are happy with them and
that you have access to key emergency numbers.

10. Ensure that you communicate your plans to all relevant staff well in advance.

That is what Ian Kilpatrick recommended at SOURCEWIRE. The above mentioned measures are really valuable but hope we will not have to apply to these tips and the way out of this problem will be found much earlier. :-)

Source:
http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=47419

Cost-Cutting Guide To Office Re-Design By Morgan Lovell

2009-04-29T06:41:00.001+01:00

Starting or continuing enhancement of your business there is much that tells the office design. How successful you are, what taste do you have … but anyway the less equipment of an office costs better is for the owner. There are several choices: hire office designer, just buy equipments… but thing that happens is… Office design and refurbishment specialists Morgan Lovell has produced a free online guide offering inspiration to transform workplaces on a tight budget.

According to the SOURCEWIRE, ‘Ten Affordable Ways To Re-Design Your Office’ is packed with compelling ideas to create motivational offices – which aid productivity and save money.

The main outlines cover how to reduce the amount of filing and storage, pointers on how to make energy savings and the merits of a design and build approach, how to save money on furniture, making the most of break out spaces and how clever space planning can make your budget go further.

Elaine said: “We’ve included direct web links to case studies to illustrate each relevant point within the guide, to give readers a greater understanding of the ideas in action.”

‘Ten Affordable Ways To Re-Design Your Office'is available as a free download at Morgan Lovell’s website http://www.morganlovell.co.uk/useful-info/articles/ten-affor...

Source:
http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=47333

Not my IP - a Free Solution to Mask IP Released by Privacy-GatewayNot my IP - a Free Solution to Mask IP Released by Privacy-Gateway

2009-04-24T08:05:00.002+01:00

If Internet users were looking for the simplest solution to mask IP, now they have found it. The reason they didn't find it until now because it has the solution has just been launched. Not my IP, as its developers called it, is an extremely easy to use online privacy protection software that hides IP address while surfing the Internet. Plus, it is completely free!

According to the PRWEB, the time is accelerating and software has to keep up with the new rhythm, too. In order to efficiently use the software solutions, users are required more and more experience. Experience is gained by studying and using the software solutions. And these actions eventually require time.
There is nothing wrong in acquiring more knowledge and experience, but the simplest and most efficient solutions can really help us focus on our primordial goals. This is the main philosophy that lies behind Not my IP. Privacy-Gateway released this solution aiming to be the simplest and most efficient way to hide IP.

Considering all dangers Internet users face online and analyzing the increasing numbers of identity thefts, Internet surfers must have near by an online privacy protection tool. All of us need solutions to hide IP in order to browse the web anonymously, without worrying that we might be victims of online identity thefts.

The simpler it is - the better it is! Internet users do not have to spend time learning complex strategies to achieve their purpose. They only want to hide IP. Is this too much they're asking? "Not at all!" thought Privacy-Gateway when started developing Not my IP. Only press one button and the real IP is hidden. A new (fake) IP will guarantee users anonymous web surfing while hiding IP. What can be easier that this? And to make it even better, Not my IP uses an exclusive list of premium proxies in order to provide a new IP.

Convince yourself: download and install Not my IP. It's FREE!

Source:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/free/hide-ip-software/prweb2284534.htm

All My Books. Organize All Your Books

2009-04-21T07:58:00.001+01:00

“How many languages you know, that many times you are a human being” is said but about books. How many books you’ve read that many…

From my very early childhood my dream was to have a huge library with lots of shelves of books you could hardly reach without stairs. But that is left in my imaginations only and now I am collecting shelves of books in folders in my notebook. Access is easy and comfortable.

Hardly there is a web page of book collections I have not visited. And now I came across ALLMYBOOKS at BOLIDESOFT.COM.

As far as it is a must-have program for every book collector and book lover, who likes them to be organized then I feel it is for me too.

So, the press release reveals main issues and it is interesting to cover, I think.

First question is why do you need a book catalog?

• Do you love books? You just need a personal book catalog!
• Have you forgotten to whom you gave your favorite Harry Potter book?
• Do you want to know how many books written by Stephen King you have?
• Do you want to quickly print a list of your books or upload it to a website?
• Amaze your friends and show them your collection of books! Collecting books is trendy!
• We are living in a digital age. Keep pace with the times and create your book catalog with our book organizer software!
• Your computer will help you more by keeping your personal book database. Quite a good reason, don't you think?
• It is easier to locate a book in the digital personal book catalog than to rummage through your book shelves.

Electronic book collection - is it long and tedious?

The All My Books™ makes it easy for us as you won't have to enter information about the book yourself; All My Books™ will load all information from online sources in a matter of seconds.
All we have to type to get complete information about a book is to fill one of the fields - book title, author name or ISBN.

The main advantages of the electronic book organizer become available - quick search, grouping and sorting by various fields, automatic calculation of statistical data and others.

Main features of All My Books™

• Ability to store details about authors, editors and translators, including their photo
• Visual appearance of a library using various skins (editable HTML templates are used)
• Large number of standard fields in the book card (author, title, ISBN, genre, publishing house, binding, number of pages, number of copies, location, rating and others)
• Support for user defined fields - an unlimited number of additional text and boolean fields
• Extended functionality and new online book data import sources using third-party plugins
• Fast search for book using specified criteria. The search is conducted in all standard and user defined fields
• Protection of the book database by password
• Easy to use book sharing manager - you'll never forget whom and when you gave that book
• Storage for an unlimited amount of additional graphic information for each of the books in the database
• Support for e-books - you can store link to the file in the book card and open it directly from All My Books™. The program is able to automatically fill the book card for the following e-book formats: FB2, FB2.ZIP, LRF (Sony Reader), LIT, MOBI, EPUB. More about Ebook collection support.
• All My Books ™ available in several languages: English, Bulgarian, Czech, German, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Italian, Korean. All of them are included into the installation file. Help us to translate All My Books™ to your native language and get licensed for free!

During 30 day trial version use one can decide whether to choose it or not though with limited features.

Active special offers

• 25% discount offer for migrants from competitors' book-collector software solutions only
• Translate All My Books to your native language and get a free license! Contact us for the translation tips.
• For bloggers! Post an All My Books review to your blog and get a license for free or at a reduced price
• Do you love All My Books? Spread a word! Place All My Books userbar to your forum signatures and get a 25% discount!
• You have a chance to get a free All My Books™ license. Just find any bugs, grammatical, spelling or stylistic mistakes on this site or in the software's help and user interface. Send a full bug report to us using our feedback form.

There are no System Requirements additional requirements to run All My Books™.

To download follow the link below:
http://www.bolidesoft.com/allmybooks.html
To purchase follow the link below:
https://usd.swreg.org/cgi-bin/s.cgi?s=31726&p=31726-amb&v=0&d=0&q=1&t=quick

SOURCE:
http://www.bolidesoft.com/allmybooks.html