This open-source office suite proves that forking isnt always the kiss of death. – In the open-source movement, the
forking of a project is often a contentious matter, and can lead to the demise or
mothballing of the applications that spawn from the original software. In many
ways, its a “nuclear option” as developers choose their allegiances and take
their skills with them. O…
Rumer’s ready for her close-up. On Wednesday, high-end fashion brand Badgley Mischka unveiled the first look at its spring 2011 campaign, featuring actress Rumer Willis. The daughter of Hollywood heavyweights Bruce Willis and Demi Moore appears in a campaign shot by Tony Duran on a beach in Malibu. “It was so amazing to play on [...]
Kim Kardashian’s a regular Renaissance Woman: She’s a clothing designer, a reality starlet, a model. And now, the buxom socialite is pop music’s newest studio singer. The ubiquitous partygirl spent New Year’s Eve in Sin City, where she gave star-studded clubgoers at the swanky TAO Lounge a listen to her first single, an uptempo club [...]
1957: The Hamilton Electric 500 is announced at a press conference. It is the first battery-operated electric wristwatch and the first to never need winding.
The 500 was made by the Hamilton Watch Company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, which began developing the timepiece in 1946. Eleven years later, that development was not yet complete but the company, [...]
The company’s Enterprise SharePoint 2010 Shared Hosting Plans start as low as $50 per month. – The cloud computing division of i-Technosoft announced its service availability for SharePoint 2010 Cloud Hosting, which offers a broader selection of features including FAST search, access Web services, Excel services, Visio service, performance point, business intelligence services as well as a ri…
On Wednesday, FOX released the first promotional poster as talent show fans inch towards the 10th season premiere of American Idol. Judges Simon Cowell, Ellen DeGeneres, and Kara DioGuardi had bid farewell to the singing competition, and new judges Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez are featured alongside returning pundit Randy Jackson and host Ryan Seacrest, [...]
Alarm clocks for docking and charging the iPhone are nothing new, but the TimeCommand from Stem Innovation has a couple new tricks. The clock is round, charges the iPhone and iPad plus it can act as a control for your bedside lamp to wake you to light as well as music. Jawbone has a new [...]
The ONVIF compliant GXV3615 delivers standard definition, multi-rate video streaming. – Grandstream Networks, a manufacturer of IP voice/video telephony and video surveillance solutions, extended its portfolio of IP network security camera solutions with the introduction of the GXV3615 Cube IP Camera. Designed as an affordable security protection solution for indoor small to medium-siz…
The desktop management and provisioning platform leverages virtualization to deliver desktops in the cloud. – Virtual Bridges announced Verde 5, a quot;VDI Gen2 quot; platform that
connects to offline, branch and server-hosted users, all from the same
management interface. With Verde 5, VDI moves beyond the data center and LAN-bound
scenarios to deliver a virtual desktop user experience with secure cove…
Mitel UC Advanced Web and Mobile Portal provides remote access to corporate communications capabilities. – Unified communications software solutions specialist Mitel
unveiled its Freedom architecture, a single, cloud-ready software stream that
delivers an array of communications options for businesses looking to integrate
a voice solution into networks and applications.
Mitel also announced new supp…
Avaya IP Office 6.1 also expands upon its video conferencing capabilities, enabling video integration with SIP phones. – Business communications specialist Avaya introduced the latest version of IP
Office the company’s flagship communications solution for small and midsize
businesses. IP Office Release 6.1 delivers a host of business collaboration and
customer service enhancements designed to improve ease of use an…
Green technology features could lower power consumption by as much as 70 percent, the company said. – Networking solutions specialist Netgear announced four new models in its
ProSafe Plus Switch family, which provide built-in cable test support, quality
of service (QoS) prioritization for voice and video traffic, and virtual LAN
(VLAN) configuration for network segmentation. In addition, the eigh…
HyperOffice beefs up its online project management application, aimed at cost-conscious businesses. – HyperOffice has added new project management features to its cloud-based
collaboration software suite offering collaboration tools, and online document
management and Web-based e-mail features.
HyperOffice integrates a range of online tools for teams to collaborate and
work together business e-…
SIGHTS, THOUGHTS AND SOUNDS FROM THE ROAD
In a happy JamBase exclusive, Darren Shearer of live-electro masters The New Deal will be reporting from the band’s fall tour (currently in progress – find dates here). The Shearer Report will bring weekly updates of what’s happening with tND as they carve out their unique, highly engaging musical language in front of audiences nationwide. Welcome to the first video missive!
Darren will be heading to Colorado with tND this coming weekend, where he will also be attending his first ever Phish show! Look forward to hearing about his introduction to live Phish-dom as well as the latest happenings with tND next week.
The New Deal performs next at the Fox Theatre in Boulder, CO on Thursday, October 7, alongside future-forward kindred spirits Brothers Past.
The New Deal Tour Dates :: The New Deal News :: The New Deal Concert Reviews
Seagate releases two BlackArmor NAS servers, one a 4-bay and the other a 2-bay. – Storage specialist Seagate introduced the BlackArmor NAS 220 and NAS
440 network storage server, 2-bay and 4-bay, respectively, desktop
network attached storage solutions aimed at small to medium-size
business (SMBs). Initially, both solutions will come pre-populated with
3TB drives in each bay …
ROCK OPERA BASED ON THE LIFE AND DEATH OF DUTCH ROCKER HERMAN BROOD
 Black Francis |
The Catastrophic Theatre in Houston, TX is
pleased
to announce the world premiere of the new Black Francis rock opera Bluefinger: The Fall and Rise of Herman
Brood, co-produced with the University of Houston School of Theatre & Dance, featuring songs and
concepts by Black Francis and Herman Brood and adapted for the stage by Jason Nodler from an
idea by Pixies biographer Josh Frank.
Bluefinger was inspired by the critically acclaimed 2007 Black Francis album of the same name. The album
was Francis’ first concept album and was also significant for marking a return to the stage name he’d used with his
legendary band Pixies after a long solo career under the name of Frank Black. The album focuses entirely on the life
and death of Herman Brood, a Dutch artist, rocker and junkie who leapt to his death from the roof of the Amsterdam
Hilton in 2001 at the age of 54.
The play will be performed in the intimate, 100-seat theater at DiverseWorks Artspace, 1117 East Freeway, Houston,
TX 77002.
Bluefinger runs Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. from November 12 – December 18.
As with all Catastrophic productions, tickets will be available at a Pay-What-You-Can variable price: “$20… more if
you have itÂ… less if you don’t.”
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AT&T’s Satellite Augmented Mobile Service provides wireless voice and data communications for businesses. – Telecommunications giant AT amp;T announced the availability of its
Satellite Augmented Mobile Service with the TerreStar Genus dual-mode
cellular/satellite smartphone, aimed at enterprise, government and SMB
customers. Intended to be used primarily as an everyday mobile device, the
TerreStar Ge…
The OKL4 Microvisor and the Cortex-A15 processor target high-end mobile and wireless devices. – Open Kernel Labs (OK Labs), a provider of embedded virtualization software
for mobile phones and broadband Internet devices, announced off-the-shelf
support for the newly introduced ARM
Cortex-A15 MPCore processor from ARM.
The OKL4 Microvisor is immediately available for the Cortex-A15 process…
Microsoft has completed the next generation OS Windows Phone 7. Expectations are high and they need to be with the company steadily losing marketshare to Apple’s iPhone.
