2008: Marie Smith Jones, a chief of the Eyak Indian tribe in Alaska, dies. With her dies the Eyak language.
Chief Marie, 89, was the last person to speak this tribal tongue, which she learned from her parents as a little girl. She was also the last full-blooded Eyak. Following her elder sister’s death in the [...]
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Jan. 21, 2008: Chief Marie Dies; So Does Her Language
January 21st, 2011 |
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How to Unlock Sidekick 2008 through Unlock Software Posted By : Elliott Bellaire
December 16th, 2010 |
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Unlocking Sidekick phones is now becoming a popular topic in many Sidekick forums.
Head of Bank of England Said In March 2008 That We Have a SOLVENCY – Not a Liquidity – Crisis
December 15th, 2010 |
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On Monday, the Guardian reproduced a Wikileaks cable dated March 17, 2008, stating:SUBJECT: BANKING CRISIS NOW ONE OF SOLVENCY NOT LIQUIDITY SAYS BANK OF ENGLAND GOVERNOR***Since last summer, the nature of the crisis in financial markets has changed. T…
Singapore 3Q office rents in biggest jump since 2008, says CBRE
November 18th, 2010 |
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Singapore office rents rose 7.2% during the third quarter, the most since 2008, helped by strong demand by both local firms and multinationals based in the city-state, CB Richard Ellis said on Thursday. Prime Singapore office rents reached $7.40 per square foot per month in the July-September period, up from $6.90 per square foot in April-June.
The rise in Singapore office rents exceeded the 3.2% average for Asia but lagged the 10.8% increase in Hong Kong over the same period.
Singapore Sept bank lending growth fastest since 2008: Update
October 29th, 2010 |
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Total bank lending in Singapore rose 2.08% to a record $309.41 billion in September from $303.12 billion in August, central bank data showed on Friday.
It was the fastest monthly percentage increase in bank lending since May 2008.
Housing loans to consumers rose 1.7% to $106.87 billion from $105.08 billion in August.
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Microsoft’s Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Now a Release Candidate
October 26th, 2010 |
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Microsoft has unveiled a Release Candidate (RC) for Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. – Microsoft has unveiled a Release Candidate (RC) for Service Pack 1 for
Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. The final version of SP1 is due early in
2011, according to the company.
In addition to a handful of operating system updates, the Release Candidate
includes new features for Windows Serv…
Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008 SP2 with Enhancements
September 29th, 2010 |
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Microsoft announced the availability of SQL Server 2008 SP2. – Microsoft released an update to SQL Server 2008 with new improvements around
reporting and management.
SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2) includes updates for Reporting Services
integration with SharePoint products. SQL Server 2008 SP2 report servers can
integrate with SharePoint 2010 products…
Olympic TV Coverage Online How to Watch the 2008 Summer Olympic Games Online Posted By : Paddy Chang
September 24th, 2010 |
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Live Internet TV | Online TV technology allows you to watch over 4,500 HD channels right on your PC.
Microsoft Releases Windows HPC Server 2008 R2
September 22nd, 2010 |
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Microsoft released its Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 earlier this week, a high-performance computing server designed for powerful analysis and massive data-crunching. – Microsoft released its Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 earlier
this week. The HPC (high-performance computing) server is designed to help
businesses, government and academia leverage capabilities for powerful
analysis.
Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 is interoperable with other
Microsoft technologies suc…
RemoteFX adds dimension to Hyper-V VDI in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 beta
August 24th, 2010 |
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The RemoteFX feature set now in beta testing through Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 beta beefs up Hyper-V graphics display and USB redirection. Once implemented, the enhanced graphics capabilities will have dramatic impact on physical server configuration requirements. IT managers will benefit from looking at the freely available beta. – …
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta Delivers
August 24th, 2010 |
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The Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 beta adds Dynamic Memory host memory management and RemoteFX to enhance VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) implementations. eWEEK Labs’ review of the beta shows that the new functionality enhances Hyper-V virtualization and VMware still sets the pace in enterprise VM infrastructure. – The
beta release of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 introduces new
ways to manage virtual machine memory, graphics and peripheral devices that add
new dimensions to the usefulness of Hyper-V. While these advances step up
Microsofts challenge in the virtual server and desktop aren…
Singapore stocks advance to highest since June 2008
August 2nd, 2010 |
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Singapore stocks rose, sending the benchmark Straits Times Index to its highest level since June 2008, as shares of developers advanced on speculation demand for homes will increase as borrowing costs dropped.
SP1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 Requires Lots of New Hardware
June 14th, 2010 |
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Reporter’s Notebook: Expected in July, the first beta of Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 delivers needed enhancements for VDI customers, although implementation requires a significant hardware refresh in the data center and possibly also at the edge. – At TechEd, held June 7 to 10 in New Orleans,
Microsoft unveiled the technical details and timing of the first service packs
expected for the Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 operating systems, which
could be of particular importance to companies investigating the use of VDI, or
virtual deskt…
SQL Server 2008 R2 Offers Enhancements, New Management Capabilities
June 14th, 2010 |
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One of the most compelling new features in both Excel 2010 and in SQL Server 2008 R2 is PowerPivot, a new tool that enables spreadsheet-savvy workers to take on larger amounts of data from within a spreadsheet-style interface. – With the
late April release of its SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft has extended its
popular database server product with core platform enhancements, new management
capabilities and a raft of features focused on enabling self-service business
intelligence scenarios.
On the self-service BI fr…
Dell Touts Support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2
May 12th, 2010 |
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Dell says combining its server and storage solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 will help customers run large scale data centers and data warehouses more effectively.
– Dell is pitching a combination of its server and storage offerings and the newly released Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 as an answer to data center and data warehouse management challenges.
Dell is touting support for SQL Server 2008 R2 on its complete
line of 64-bit PowerEdge servers as well as …
Microsoft Launches SQL Server 2008 R2
April 21st, 2010 |
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Microsoft released the latest version of its SQL Server database management system to manufacturing today. The database will be available to customers in early May.
– Microsoft released the final version of SQL Server 2008 Release 2 (R2) to manufacturing today.
According to Microsoft, customers can expect availability
in the next few weeks through Microsoft distribution channels. The
update features a number of enhancements centered on scalability,
analytic…
Singapore stocks rally on growth; Index at highest since 2008
April 14th, 2010 |
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Singapore stocks advanced, sending the benchmark Straits Times Index to above the 3,000 level for the first time since 2008, after the government raised its economic-growth forecast for the second time this year.
DBS Group Holdings, Southeast Asia’s biggest lender, climbed 4.6%. City Developments, the second-biggest homebuilder in the city-state, gained 2.5%. Singapore Press Holdings, the biggest newspaper publisher, rose 1% after saying second-quarter profit increased.
Microsoft Ships Final SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse CTP
April 5th, 2010 |
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Microsoft shipped the final community technology preview for the SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse appliance, formerly code-named Project Madison. The product was slated to be released in the first half of this year, but Microsoft appears to have pushed the schedule back to get more user feedback.
– Microsoft has released the final community technology preview for
the SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse appliance, though it
appears to have pushed back the final release of the product.
The appliance, formerly
known as Project Madison, was slated to be ready in the first half of 2010…
Microsoft Readies SQL Server 2008 R2 for May Release
January 19th, 2010 |
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Microsoft plans to release SQL Server 2008 R2, currently in the CTP phase, by May.
– Microsoft announced Jan. 19 that SQL Server 2008 Release 2 will be ready by
May.
SQL Server 2008 R2 is currently in the community
technology preview phase. The most recent CTP
was released in November. Since the first CTP in August, there have been
more than 150,000 downloads of the database, …
EU: 17 pct of population at risk of poverty in 2008
January 18th, 2010 |
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In 2008, 17 percent of the population in the EU was at risk of poverty, Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office has announced. According to the statistical data, the lowest at-risk-of-poverty rates in 2008 were found in Czech Republic – nine percent and the Netherlands and Slovakia – both 11 percent.