Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Loop Jungle Releases Drums Electric: Drum and Synth Loop Library (Harmony Central)

With subgenre appellations multiplying like bacteria, it's hard to keep up. (I had to clue a pal who never goes to dance clubs that "techno" was indeed not "techno-pop," i.e. those '80 UK new-wave synthesizer bands.)

Quand l'extension de garantie se transforme en service à valeur ajoutée (ITRnews)

The newest edition to the Techno-Sommer Automatic product line is the GGL3060 "Food" gripper. Designed specifically for food-handling applications the GGL3060 is sealed according to IP69K standards, allowing it to withstand both high-pressure and high-temperature (wash down) cleanings.

New Specialized Gripper Expands Product Line Into "Food-Handling" Business (FoodOnline)

It’s an even split between British, American and Australian bands at next year’s Big Day Out, with UK techno-punks The Prodigy and Sheffield-based indie band The Arctic Monkeys joining legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young at the top of the bill.

Leave it to Erik Spoelstra to unveil the Miami Heat, v.2.0 (Sun-Sentinel)

The newest edition to the Techno-Sommer Automatic product line is the GGL3060 "Food" gripper. Designed specifically for food-handling applications the GGL3060 is sealed according to IP69K standards, allowing it to withstand both high-pressure and high-temperature (wash down) cleanings.

Monday, September 29, 2008

Young punks join music legend for Big Day Out (The West Australian)

It’s an even split between British, American and Australian bands at next year’s Big Day Out, with UK techno-punks The Prodigy and Sheffield-based indie band The Arctic Monkeys joining legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young at the top of the bill.

Techno File: Postcode lottery (The Scotsman: Business)

The new techno-thriller Eagle Eye hit theaters this weekend, and though "they" may be watching you...shoud you be watching this movie?

USGS posts video of Wasatch Fault flyby (The Salt Lake Tribune)

Combined Rating: 42% (S:36%; P:49%) - There was an opportunity for Eagle Eye to be a modern techno thriller with a brain. D.J Caruso has that kind of talent. Sadly, Caruso has coopted his talent to the mainstream movie audience and now only delivers hyper-adrenalized, highly stylized, violence that measures on the Michael Bay scale. The funk is there in Eagle Eye, in the performance of Shia ...

Techno's Popular LC Series Meets New Heights with Specific Nesting Model (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Athleticism took a back seat to choreography, sequins and techno-pop music at the 2008 Tour of Gymnastic Superstars on Saturday at the Tacoma Dome.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Toronto lets loose with color, culture (Chicago Sun-Times)

They took Split Enz, they took Phar Lap - and each year the Australians take thousands of New Zealand workers.

Television - National (Scoop.co.nz)

beginning in madrid and continuing in berlin, kill minimal is joined by russian and canadian diplomats in a mission to unite spontaneous, abstract techno with deep, methodical micro-minimalism.

From gold to glitter (Tacoma News Tribune)

Two community constables caught in the middle of an inter-school brawl are concerned techno-savvy teenagers are turning everyday misdemeanours into major, policing events.

Saturday, September 27, 2008

beginning in madrid and continuing in berlin... (de:bug home style)

Big Brother keeps awfully busy in "Eagle Eye," a shrill, far-fetched thriller about a slacker whose every move is suddenly choreographed by high-tech forces beyond his control.

Techno terror fuels 'Eagle Eye' (The Press-Enterprise)

The screen is a wonder. A techno numpty like me cannot begin to understand how it works but it is like no other display you've seen... There is no glare, no reflection to speak of. It looks great and is a pleasure to read... It is a dinky thing, small and light, like an A-format novella.

Reality Bytes (The Pulse-Journal)

Company Town blog: The big budget techno thriller could help Hollywood break out of its doldrums this weekend. Also opening: "Nights in Rodanthe, starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane as seaside lovebirds; and Spioke Lee's World War II drama, "Miracle of St. Anna."

Friday, September 26, 2008

Tonight: Live blogging on the debate - if there is one (Everett Herald)

NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y.----Techno, Inc. is proud to release their New LC Series Nesting Machine, specifically designed to meet all the needs of cabinet makers, custom millwork shops, exhibit, display, and point-of-purchase manufacturers.

Review: 'Eagle Eye' Spies Thrills in Surveillance Hell (Wired News)

NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y.----Techno, Inc. is proud to release their New LC Series Nesting Machine, specifically designed to meet all the needs of cabinet makers, custom millwork shops, exhibit, display, and point-of-purchase manufacturers.

"Eagle Eye" eyes $30-million opening weekend. (Los Angeles Times)

NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y.----Techno, Inc. is proud to release their New LC Series Nesting Machine, specifically designed to meet all the needs of cabinet makers, custom millwork shops, exhibit, display, and point-of-purchase manufacturers.

Eagle Eye (PG-13) ** | Techno-thriller runs short on originality (Miami Herald)

Company Town blog: The big budget techno thriller could help Hollywood break out of its doldrums this weekend. Also opening: "Nights in Rodanthe, starring Richard Gere and Diane Lane as seaside lovebirds; and Spioke Lee's World War II drama, "Miracle of St. Anna."

Thursday, September 25, 2008

"Eagle Eye" a slick but silly techno-thriller (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y.----Techno, Inc. is proud to release their New LC Series Nesting Machine, specifically designed to meet all the needs of cabinet makers, custom millwork shops, exhibit, display, and point-of-purchase manufacturers.

Cheerleader of the Week: Lindsay (UNLV) (Sports Illustrated)

It's all very well talking about what's about to hit the shelves and how brand spanking new and expensive all sorts of techno-gadgetry is but sometimes you want to buy something now. So, TD Tips is our new Wednesday morning regular where each of us five writers on TD puts our necks on the lines and says what we would buy when push comes to shove. The only rule is that it has to be available now ...

Online time growing in Canadians' daily lives (Toronto Star)

The Kerala State IT Infrastructure Limited is planning to set up an IT city and IT parks across the state, which would have a seating capacity of 200,000 people by the year 2015. KSITI will promote these projects through the public-private partnership model. N Radhakrishna Nair, director, KSITI and chief executive officer, Trivandrum Techno Park, said that Kerala, which was promoting tourism as ...

Kerala to invest Rs 200 billion to attract IT cos (rediff.com)

It's all very well talking about what's about to hit the shelves and how brand spanking new and expensive all sorts of techno-gadgetry is but sometimes you want to buy something now. So, TD Tips is our new Wednesday morning regular where each of us five writers on TD puts our necks on the lines and says what we would buy when push comes to shove. The only rule is that it has to be available now ...

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Hand-Held Controller works with all Techno CNC routers. (ThomasNet)

It's all very well talking about what's about to hit the shelves and how brand spanking new and expensive all sorts of techno-gadgetry is but sometimes you want to buy something now. So, TD Tips is our new Wednesday morning regular where each of us five writers on TD puts our necks on the lines and says what we would buy when push comes to shove. The only rule is that it has to be available now ...

Techno's Popular LC Series Meets New Heights with Specific Nesting Model! (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Used in conjunction with PC, A.R.T. (Advanced Remote Technology) Controller allows operator freedom to move around machine during setup and operation while providing control of machine functions through menus on color LCD touchscreen. Jog functions such as X, Y, Z, and A-axis jogging/zeroing, jog speed, continuous and incremental step, and tool calibration pad touch off are controlled with one ...

Eagle Eye (East Bay Express)

24 September 2008 In line with Tunisia's efforts to capture more regional traffic, eight consortia from six countries have been shortlisted for the construction of a new deep-water port, following last week's announcement of the timetable for the tender process and of the content of the project's techno-economic phase.

Intuit Gets Some Real Competition (TheStreet.com)

A new mobile phone which runs Google software is set to go head to head with Apple's iPhone.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Alberta Recruits Foreign Workers in U.S. on Temporary Visas (Kansas City InfoZine)

A company in New Zealand, of all places, has created excellent new accounting software.

Once considered a stuffy, don't-touch-anything room, more and more living is taking place in the living room (The Gleaner)

Posted: 6:47 PM- Want to fly over the Wasatch Front while listening to vaguely ominous techno music and see whether your house sits on an earthquake fault?

Clyde & Co advises one of the world's largest and fastest growing steel foundries on strategic partnership (Zawya)

By Astrid Munn - The promotional video, set to techno, was fast-paced and cut to shots of wild horses galloping across meadows and snowboarders blasting through powdery slopes.

Bar Rumba Re-Launch (RainbowNetwork.com)

By Astrid Munn - The promotional video, set to techno, was fast-paced and cut to shots of wild horses galloping across meadows and snowboarders blasting through powdery slopes.

Monday, September 22, 2008

Web video offers a bird's-eye view of Wasatch Fault (The Salt Lake Tribune)

By Astrid Munn - The promotional video, set to techno, was fast-paced and cut to shots of wild horses galloping across meadows and snowboarders blasting through powdery slopes.

C'N'C: Futuristic or retrograde? (International Herald Tribune)

By Astrid Munn - The promotional video, set to techno, was fast-paced and cut to shots of wild horses galloping across meadows and snowboarders blasting through powdery slopes.

Analyzing music the digital way (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Çѹ·Õè 22 ¡Ñ¹ÂÒ¹ 2551 16:15 ¹. Best Western International – The World’s Largest Hotel Chain(R) - has set its sites on an aggressive program of expansion into Laos with the appointment of an area development partnership headed by Mr. Oudet Souvannavong.

Computers have exquisite ears (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Han Seung-woo is casting a wary eye on the financial crisis erupting halfway around the world on Wall Street.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

A nervous Asia watches U.S. financial turmoil (MSNBC)

Han Seung-woo is casting a wary eye on the financial crisis erupting halfway around the world on Wall Street. From garment makers in southern China to real estate agents in India, businesses across Asia are worried that the turmoil will filter through to them.

Booze, techno and undies (Glen Innes Examiner)

Han Seung-woo is casting a wary eye on the financial crisis erupting halfway around the world on Wall Street. From garment makers in southern China to real estate agents in India, businesses across Asia are worried that the turmoil will filter through to them.

AN 'EYE' FOR AN EYE (New York Post)

By KELLY OLSEN, AP Business Writer. Han Seung-woo is casting a wary eye on the financial crisis erupting halfway around the world on Wall Street. From garment makers in southern China to real estate agents in India, businesses across Asia are worried that the turmoil will filter through to them.

Two Heads Together, Playing as One (New York Times)

Nobody can say we weren't warned. From the first appearance of clunky, papier-maché computers in film and TV, the message has remained the same: Eventually, the technology we've invented will try to kill us all. We learned that lesson in "WarGames...

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Paris celebrates its tenth annual Techno Parade (AFP via Yahoo! News)

CHEAP wine and beer was flowing on the 11th floor of NSW Parliament where the former treasurer, Michael Costa, was hosting the traditional post-budget drinks.

Booze, techno and undies (Gloucester Advocate)

The arrival in Mombasa last weekend of super yacht mv Tatoosh bearing Mr Paul Allen, the techno-genius behind Microsoft Corporation and once reputed to be the sixth richest man in the world, should have been a cause for celebration for the tourist-starved coastal town.

The Vanishing Republican Voter (New York Times)

An Annapolis woman has got the moves. Over a techno music mix, Laurie Sears Deppa breaks into splits, balances a perfectly vertical headstand and dismounts into a fierce fit of pumping her arms and marching in place.

Kenya: Let's Cash in All Tourism Opportunities (AllAfrica.com)

Over a techno music mix, Laurie Sears Deppa breaks into splits, balances a perfectly vertical headstand and dismounts into a fierce fit of pumping her arms and marching in place.

Friday, September 19, 2008

Simon Reynolds on the 'special sound' cooked up for programmes in the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop (Guardian Unlimited)

Wipeout HD may be a rehash of other games in the series, but a bargain price and fantastic 1080p visuals should please new and old fans alike.

Just who exactly are CFR Cluj? (CNN.com)

An Annapolis woman has got the moves. Over a techno music mix, Laurie Sears Deppa breaks into splits, balances a perfectly vertical headstand and dismounts into a fierce fit of pumping her arms and marching in place.

Fraulein (2006) (New York Times)

Editor’s note: Pastiche is a bi-weekly column exploring the diversity within the Austin music community. The views expressed in Pastiche are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the outlook or beliefs of anyone else in the IST network. Whether it’s a disco cowbell or the cold robotic beat artificially inseminated into your favorite techno jam, percussion moves and ...

Find Members (SiliconIndia)

An Annapolis woman has got the moves. Over a techno music mix, Laurie Sears Deppa breaks into splits, balances a perfectly vertical headstand and dismounts into a fierce fit of pumping her arms and marching in place.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Pastiche: DRUMS! (Austinist)

It's getting later in the month, which means it must be time for another Void techno extravaganza at The Shelter . Continuing the "Techno Pioneer" theme from Robert Hood's slamming set in June, this month the boys are flying in Traxx for a nonstop four-hour set of house & techno insanity. As a self-described "artist of sound," Traxx is single-handedly responsible for inventing the ...

Dancing for Regis and Kelly (The Capital)

We round up some of the past few months' best tracks, including releases by Brooks, Marcel Dettmann, Minilogue, and Eve White [above]. read more

Traxx @ The Shelter, Saturday 9/20 (Shanghaiist)

MEN AND THEIR MACHINES: Kraftwerk will perform in Auckland in November. German techno band Kraftwerk have announced they will play a show at Auckland's Town Hall in November.

Fanboys and fashion: Apple sales stem from good looks, not function (The Daily Toreador)

IF you're a Giles fan (and quite frankly, if the unveiling of last night's techno-sporty spring/summer 2009 collection is anything to go by surely there can't be any non-believers left) and the only thing putting you off is the price tag, be sure to check out his new collection of exclusive charity Ts for the Environmental Justice Foundation.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

GENBAND Joins with Major Brazilian University to Invest in Latin American R&D Center (Centre Daily Times)

Saso Sedlacek: Origami Space Race. LINZ.- Ecology of Techno Mind presents a selection of works by Slovenian artists who are deploying technology and science as a means of delving into social realty today.

Giles' Wiles (British Vogue)

GENBAND, a market-leading developer of next-generation IP infrastructure solutions, today announced it has moved its Brazilian Research and Development Center in Curitiba with the establishment of an R&D cooperation agreement with Pontific Catholic University (Pontificia Universidade Catolico or PUC). The new facility is located within Techno Park in Curitiba as part of a cutting-edge economic ...

John Adams: A Flowering Tree (Pitchfork)

THE prints at the Giles show are always one of the highlights of London Fashion Week (who could forget those decapitated Bambis?), and last night the fashion pack was made privy to the cult designer's emblem of choice for spring: Pac-Man.

A matter of taste (Cullman Times)

From SCI FI Wire: Director D.J. Caruso, who has said he's interested in helming a movie based on Marvel Comics' ' Thor ', inserted a sly reference to the mythology in his upcoming SF techno-thriller ' Eagle Eye '. ( Spoilers ahead !!) In Eagle Eye's opening sequence, military officials overseeing remote pilotless drone aircraft use the codenames "Thor," "Valhalla" and "Loki." ...

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Eagle Eye Teases Thor ? (Sci Fi Wire)

( Durham University ) Schools are set for a Star Trek make-over thanks to the development of the world's first interactive classroom by experts at Durham University. Researchers at the Technology-Enhanced Learning Research Group (TEL) are designing new learning environments using interactive multi-touch desks that look and act like a large version of an Apple iPhone.

'Eagle Eye' teases 'Thor'? (Comics2Film)

Director D.J. Caruso, who has said he's interested in helming a movie based on Marvel Comics' Thor , inserted a sly reference to the mythology in his upcoming SF techno-thriller Eagle Eye . (Spoilers ahead!!)

Techno-smile (SouthtownStar)

Director D.J. Caruso, who has said he's interested in helming a movie based on Marvel Comics' Thor , inserted a sly reference to the mythology in his upcoming SF techno-thriller Eagle Eye . (Spoilers ahead!!)

Ecology of Techno Mind at Lentos Art Museum in Austria (Art Daily)

Director D.J. Caruso, who has said he's interested in helming a movie based on Marvel Comics' Thor , inserted a sly reference to the mythology in his upcoming SF techno-thriller Eagle Eye . (Spoilers ahead!!)

Monday, September 15, 2008

How to Get Better Genius Recommendations in iTunes 8 (Wired News)

Child-safety experts caution that while parental monitoring and filtering software may help keep kids safer online, the biggest thing they provide may be a false sense of security.

Third Eye Blind Album Throws Remix Contest for Unreleased Album (Wired News)

She has sung pop duets with Barbra Streisand and Liza Minnelli, but Donna Summer will always be known as the Queen of Disco. A Nashville, Tenn.-area resident, Summer has written country songs for Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton. Her 1977 hit "I Feel Love" was a forerunner of techno and new wave.

Open Your Ears to the Primitivist Murk (New York Times)

She has sung pop duets with Barbra Streisand and Liza Minnelli, but Donna Summer will always be known as the Queen of Disco. A Nashville, Tenn.-area resident, Summer has written country songs for Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton. Her 1977 hit "I Feel Love" was a forerunner of techno and new wave.

Ecology of Techno Mind at Lentos Art Museum (Art Daily)

Free ringtones of Domino’s Pizza’s own techno music track are being offered as part of the new Techno Chicken promotion launched nationally this month.

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Watch the Chicken Dance (Scoop.co.nz)

She has sung pop duets with Barbra Streisand and Liza Minnelli, but Donna Summer will always be known as the Queen of Disco. A Nashville, Tenn.-area resident, Summer has written country songs for Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton. Her 1977 hit "I Feel Love" was a forerunner of techno and new wave.

CD Reviews (Calgary Sun)

She has sung pop duets with Barbra Streisand and Liza Minnelli, but Donna Summer will always be known as the Queen of Disco. A Nashville, Tenn.-area resident, Summer has written country songs for Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton. Her 1977 hit "I Feel Love" was a forerunner of techno and new wave.

Josephine Expo expands vendors, attendance (St. Joseph News-Press)

We don't know which is more impressive: 1) That reggae icon Perry is still going strong at 72; 2) That this is his 54th disc; 3) That it was produced by party-mad Andrew W.K.; 4) That Moby and Debbie Harry cameo; 5) That the dusty-piped Upsetter's profane jabbering still makes no sense; 6) That this freaky, entrancing hybrid of old-school dub and modern techno is up to Scratch.

Queen of Disco Donna Summer is back with new CD (Florida Today)

Thumping techno remixes of Destiny’s Child and Backstreet Boys, bluegrass music and the chatter of hundreds of people provided the soundtrack to the fourth annual Josephine Expo.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Barham wins in a Janslide (Byron Shire Echo)

SAN FRANCISCO, California—Work, not words, works for this Filipino-American mayor supporting the Republican John McCain.

Film goes back to the future with 3D (CNN.com)

BEIJING - A haunting song by a blind singer and a dazzling dance performed by 320 hearing impaired dancers wearing brilliant white dresses helped open the Paralympic Games on Saturday.

NIN Dazzles With Lasers, LEDs and Stealth Screens (Wired News)

In the future, viewing the world through rose-tinted glasses may not just be the prerogative of the naive.

Nerd Activists (New York Times)

A vast wall of swirling static dances appears on a giant screen as Trent Reznor and his band launch into their song, "Only." Initially obscured by this sea of visual white noise, the Nine Inch Nails front man intermittently appears to push through the particles of snow with his hands and body, popping in and out of view and opening up random tunnels in the chaos. "Sometimes, I think I can ...

Friday, September 12, 2008

W. Richland man inspires with warzone run (Tri-City Herald)

If you saw Neal Stephenson on the street, you might think he's just another geeky Seattle guy with a particularly impressive goatee.

Calvin Klein's icy origami; Zac Posen with shine (International Herald Tribune)

CHEAP wine and beer was flowing on the 11th floor of NSW Parliament where the former treasurer, Michael Costa, was hosting the traditional post-budget drinks.

Oz minister walks plank for dancing drunk in his smalls (The Register)

In a world full of techno and synthesized beats, it's good to know that there are still bands around that haven't turned into robots.

September 11-17, 2008 (Boulder Weekly)

Sported 'very brief' pants, reports suggest An Oz state government minister was yesterday obliged to resign after it was revealed he'd thrown a few shapes to techno music in "very brief" underwear during a drunken late night party in his in his Parliament House office, the Guardian reports.…

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Techno wizard also pens best-selling science fiction (PhysOrg)

I don’t like cell phones very much. I prefer to do my interviews on my old rotary corded phone,” Jesse Sykes explained when we caught up to her last weekend, an oddly confessional introduction to her abiding techno-skepticism.

Booze, techno and undies (Sydney Morning Herald)

If you saw Neal Stephenson on the street, you might think he's just another geeky Seattle guy with a particularly impressive goatee.

Australian politician quits over dirty dance (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

This weekend a pair of underground promoters will try to prove that the city can support its own mini version of Mutek, the annual electronic music and ?digital creativity? festival in Montreal.

Volunteers for Sidra Tree drive (Gulf Times)

This weekend a pair of underground promoters will try to prove that the city can support its own mini version of Mutek, the annual electronic music and ?digital creativity? festival in Montreal.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Techno Q takes part in ROTA programme (The Peninsula)

TECHNO Q has joined hands with Reach Out to Asia (Rota) to promote Doha-based NGO's Sidra Tree Campaign. The staff of Techno Q, a leading system integrator in Qatar, will serve as volunteers for Rota during the campaign.

Review: Lamborghini's heart-stopping LP560-4 (Fortune via Yahoo! Finance)

Bling seems blah when these designers put electric sparkle into their fashions.

Unleash Your Inner Electioneer: Create a Political Mash-Up (Wired News)

The 2008 BMW X6 xDrive 35i doesn't have any head-to-head competition. And why should it? No carmaker has entered the ugly vehicle segment since the Pontiac Aztek was discontinued.

A Blinking Fashion Statement (Forbes)

Major media companies such as Yahoo have been reluctant to promote media mashup tools such as Jumpcut to create political remixes. Now a nonprofit site called Remix America funded by Norman Lear is providing would-be online electioneers with the tools. Threat Level is encouraging its readers to jump into the fray, submit videos and to vote on their favorite submissions with Reddit. ...

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

"Problems with Command and conquer: the first decade" (EuroGamer)

Bling seems blah when these designers put electric sparkle into their fashions.

Dazzling dancing part of Paralympic opening ceremony (TSN)

CANTON A former East Canton Middle School teacher narrowly dodged a prison term Monday for sending a topless picture of herself to a 14-year-old boy.

SO LAME: Local shows offer alternative to sports (Ball State Daily News)

The RYA’s West Zone Team15 interclub series finished with a bang this weekend (Saturday 6 th Sept) when over 50 windsurfers congregated at Manley for the final event of the year.

A Fad Comes Full Circle (Hartford Courant)

CYNDI Lauper loves shaking her shimmy - and just did, right past Rihanna, Ne-Yo and Madonna. The '80s icon earned her perch atop the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart on the strength of her vibrant, techno-sprinkled single "Into the Nightlife,"...

Monday, September 8, 2008

PROENZA SCHOULER (New York Post)

Tech tidbits"Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” handheld game by Techno Source•Get it for: $19.99 at www.wal greens.com. Do you think you've got the smarts to compete on the hit TV series? Prove it with this electronic touch screen game featuring 13 subjects with more than 2,500 questions. Partner with classmates and use the "cheat” option to try to win $1 million. Pocket-size and fully ...

Another iPhone challenger comes to Sprint (The Kansas City Star)

Does the next president need to be wired to gain the vote of the American people? It's an issue that has been raised frequently in technology communities and exploited by campaigns to gain an advantage.

Britney Wins Big at the VMAs (People Magazine)

In the cool evening air, the last light lingers over distant trees at a home in Woodbridge. In a clearing, several people warm up for what will turn out to be an amazing spectacle.

Tech tidbits (The Oklahoman)

Simply put, your $400 cell phone, your $1,200 digital SLR camera and your $350 iPod (with $900 in downloaded music and videos) are all pretty much worthless - a set of techno-themed paperweights - if you're on the road without so much as 50 cents worth of...

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Fire breathers say their work is their joy (Boston Globe)

All they lack is John Cleese playing the part of Q, but for their next trick - the one they intend to pull off in 2012 - the brains trust behind Great Britain's Olympic success intend to bring the following futuristic advancements: radar-tracking technology for archery and the javelin; a judo robot; personalised spikes for sprinters; and a miniaturised, wireless body-sensor to help swimmers to ...

DKNY (New York Post)

Band name: Bassheadde, a.k.a. Casey Bishop, 27, synthesizer

CYNDI LAUPER (New York Post)

Band name: Bassheadde, a.k.a. Casey Bishop, 27, synthesizer

Fans celebrate historic battle between the Longhorns and Miners (El Paso Times)

Tricky, the English trip-hop pioneer, plunged listeners into his bleary, ominous songs at the Fillmore New York on Thursday night.

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Back to the good old ways (Boston Globe)

Acronis ® Inc. ((http://www.acronis.eu) , a provider of affordable, scalable storage management and disaster recovery software, today announced that its Acronis True Image disk imaging and backup software for businesses will add support for Microsoft Hyper-V techno...

BCBG Max Azria Delights in Draping (Fashion Wire Daily via Yahoo! News)

Tricky, the English trip-hop pioneer, plunged listeners into his bleary, ominous songs at the Fillmore New York on Thursday night.

Acronis To Add Support For Microsoft Hyper-V (BIOS)

"Did he see us?" I screamed to my automotive accomplice, whom I'll call Speed Queen, as I dug into the carbon ceramic brakes and wrestled the new Lamborghini LP560-4 to a standstill. About 100 feet off the car's chiseled bug-green nose, a California Highway Patrol cruiser was attempting to herd the black Lambo Murciélago to the shoulder.

Darkness, Onstage and in Song (New York Times)

Acronis ® Inc. ((http://www.acronis.eu) , a provider of affordable, scalable storage management and disaster recovery software, today announced that its Acronis True Image disk imaging and backup software for businesses will add support for Microsoft Hyper-V techno...

Friday, September 5, 2008

Portable chargers keep gadgets running (San Francisco Chronicle)

Acronis ® Inc. ((http://www.acronis.eu) , a provider of affordable, scalable storage management and disaster recovery software, today announced that its Acronis True Image disk imaging and backup software for businesses will add support for Microsoft Hyper-V techno...

Tennessee: Coaches swapping game video online (Chattanooga Times Free Press)

Acronis ® Inc. ((http://www.acronis.eu) , a provider of affordable, scalable storage management and disaster recovery software, today announced that its Acronis True Image disk imaging and backup software for businesses will add support for Microsoft Hyper-V techno...

Bland: Anything but Boring (Fashion Wire Daily via Yahoo! News)

Punks like fashion, too. They may hate "the man" and all things conventional, but that doesn't mean they're careless in their dress.

Sound Check: Spinning a techno revolution (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

This new single from tibormade sees veif return to form with a truly engaging atmospheric dub-techno sound. You must be logged in to post a comment.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Pumping: Randall Cousins - Therapeutic Theremin Thongs (ChartAttack.com)

A live case demonstrating ground-breaking effective techniques for surgical treatment of Atrial Fibrillation and Mitral Valve diseases will be performed by Dr. Ralf Krakor at Stadtische Kliniken Hospital in Dortmund, Germany and viewed by over 1,000 surgeons attending the Techno-College at EACTS in Lisbon, Portugal on September 13, 2008. Dr. Krakor will be using an advanced minimally invasive ...

Latest Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation and Mitral Valve Disease ... (Centre Daily Times)

Screw that techno bullshit—when it comes to a good dance party, there's only one kind of music that can get pretty much any club jumping, and that, my friends, is not the crappy Destiny's Child song I just alluded to. I'm talking about old-school hip-hop. I'm talking Public Enemy, I'm...

This year's 'Rockballet' requires athleticism (The State Journal-Register)

Local favourite, Montreal ex-pat and perennial Lalla Land laureate Scott Monteith, who makes out-of-this-world dub and techno as Deadbeat , returns to our city this week on his 2008 world tour.

Events on Sep 10, 2008 (Seattle Weekly)

Springfield Ballet Company dancers are moving to a chopped-up, quasi-techno remix of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall Part II.” But the title of another track from “The Wall” is more appropriate: “Run Like Hell.”

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Making the call (Miami Herald)

Comment is free: Lindsay Johns: George Steiner's ill-judged comments shouldn't blind us to his genius

Noir Leather show draws crowd, but no cops (Detroit Free Press)

Comment is free: Lindsay Johns: George Steiner's ill-judged comments shouldn't blind us to his genius

The Chemical Brothers (ChartAttack.com)

02 September 2008 About $222 million worth of technical and engineering services were exported to Iraq during March 2007-8. According to IRNA, these exports will double during the current Iranian year (started March 20).

Busy J.J. Abrams goes from 'Trek' to 'Fringe' (CNN.com)

Techno music pulses in the background Friday morning as Draytonville Elementary School students begin punching across their bodies and squeezing an invisible ball. The students spread out beside their desks for five minutes of exercise in the middle of a lesson taught by fifth grade teacher Laura Martin.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Volunteer smashes stereotype of techno-illiterate senior citizen (MLive.com)

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He's heard the words - "geek," "nerd," and "techie," but Bob Townsend doesn't mind the labels. The important thing to this retired educator and book salesman is that he makes a positive contribution to the community by sharing the information he has gleaned in over 50 years of studying technology.

Techno-Engineering Exports to Iraq at $222m (Zawya)

The movie features a lot of subtext regarding personal freedoms and vulnerabilities that go beyond the serial killer plot. I watched the trailers for Untraceable with great interest and figured I’d go see it at the theater. I’m a sucker for the techno thriller involving computers and hacking.Instead, life got in the way, then it was gone faster than I thought it would be. But the images of the ...

Peeking Inside Cloud Computing (Forbes)

After the final show of his two-month world tour, the singer hits a South Beach hot spot

Monday, September 1, 2008

Blu-ray Review: Untraceable (Blogcritics.org)

After a week of techno-gorging, the Democratic National Convention went classical for Barack Obama's pivotal moment at Invesco Field at Mile High.

Students getting more workouts this year (Gaffney Ledger)

DVDS - TV The Big Bang Theory, season 1 Geek chic goes mainstream with this CBS sitcom about two brilliant yet oddball physicists (Johnny Galecki as Leonard and Jim Parsons as Sheldon) whose techno-centric lifestyles are disrupted when blond bombshell Penny (Kaley Cuoco) moves next door. Rather than simply make fun of geeks nonstop, however, the series celebrates the wacky ...

CPC invests $27m in precast concrete plant (Zawya)

The promises and the perils of moving your company's resources into the computing cloud.

New releases (Boston Globe)

A UNIVERSITY that sent a department-wide e-mail accusing a lecturer of expenses fraud has paid him £10,000 in an out-of-court libel settlement. Salford University confirmed th