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AutoCAD 2011 for Mac a Good First Effort

The Mac OS X version of CAD software lacks workflow features but delivers on basics. –
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Intel Names BBC Executive to Lead Digital Home Effort

Santa Clara, Calif., Jan. 18, 2011– Intel Corporation today announced that Erik Huggers will serve as corporate vice president and general manager of the company’s Digital Home Group and become a member of Intel’s Management Committee. Huggers is director of the BBC’s Future Media & Technology division and serves as a member of the BBC’s Executive Board. He replaces interim general manager Brad Daniels.

“Erik Huggers’ proven track record of managing a variety of digital media businesses will be an extraordinary asset to Intel’s digital home initiative,” said Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini. “Erik’s background and vision for delivering new platforms, interactive content and services to consumers are an outstanding fit for Intel, and I am thrilled to welcome such a talented person to drive this key strategic business for Intel.  We look forward to him joining our team.”

Huggers joined the BBC in 2007 and is responsible for delivering BBC content over the Internet, interactive TV and mobile, helping audiences enjoy programming using a wide variety of devices from any location. He is also responsible for managing the BBC’s Broadcast and Enterprise Technology Group and BBC Archives, as well as leading the BBC’s Research and Development activities.

Huggers has long been at the forefront of digital media innovation. Prior to joining the BBC, he was with Microsoft where he led the global business development for Windows Media Technologies. Before joining Microsoft, Huggers worked with Endemol Entertainment as director of business development for its interactive division.

“I look forward to joining one of the leading technology companies in the world,” said Huggers. “This is a tremendous opportunity to build a new business for silicon, software and services to unlock the potential of high-quality connected media experiences in the living room.”
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“Belgrade-Priština dialogue in early 2011”

The EU is making an effort in order for the dialogue between Belgrade and Priština to start in the beginning of 2011.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton will submit her report to EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday .

“Serbia will make effort for candidacy”

Deputy Prime Minister Božidar Đelić said that the official Belgrade would make an effort until the last moment to get a “green light” for its candidacy. Two weeks prior to the EU Council of Ministers’ session, where the fate of Serbian candidacy for the membership will be decided, the enlargement remains supported by 26 out of 27 EU countries.

IBM Launches Effort to Woo Students to the Mainframe

IBM is about to hold its sixth annual “Master the Mainframe” competition, where high school and college students learn mainframe skills and IT expertise as they compete for prizes. The competition is an effort by IBM to help groom a new generation of mainframe and enterprise IT workers. – IBM has announced its sixth annual quot;Master the Mainframe quot; competition, a competition aimed at helping to familiarize students with large systems and other concepts for the enterprise computing industry.
As the name indicates, the competition is largely focused on large enterprise systems,…


HP Cloud Effort Will Be on Display at VMworld

Hewlett-Packard will offer what it calls a cloud computing boot camp for customers at VMworld and will have a team of advisers on hand to talk to businesses about making the move to the cloud. – Hewlett-Packard is looking to make it easier for businesses to deploy
private cloud computing environments.
HP officials on Aug. 25 announced the creation of an assessment
program designed to help enterprises determine how prepared they are to make
the jump to private clouds. The vendor is also …


Rambus Sues IBM in Effort to Reverse Patent Ruling

Rambus, which has sued Samsung, Nvidia and others in the past in disputes over patents, is going after IBM again, contesting a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruling. – Litigation-happy Rambus, which specializes in high-performance
memory interfaces, has taken on technology giant IBM again, despite a
court ruling that said IBM had not infringed on the companys patents.
Rambus, which derives the majority of its annual revenue by licensing
patents, claimed the U….


CompTIA Launches Effort to Define the Cloud

IT industry trade association CompTIA is beginning an effort to support delivery and adoption of cloud computing. The group is working on educational resources, standard definitions, business models and skill requirements. – CompTIA, or the Computing
Technology Industry Association, a key trade association for the IT industry,
has launched an effort to improve quot;delivery and adoption of cloud
computing. quot;

CompTIA
announced July 26 that participants in a quot;recent CompTIA
Cloud/SaaS Community summit …..


Microsoft Canceling Bing Cashback Effort to Buy Users from Google

Microsoft June 4 said it is canceling its 2-year-old Bing Cashback program, an effort to lure users away from Google with the promise of cash for purchases made by searching goods on Bing. July 30 is the last day Bing searchers will be able to use Cashback. Microsoft is taking what it has learned from the Cashback failure and injecting it into some new programs "designed to provide amazing shopping experiences for consumers and great opportunities for advertisers." Still, Google retains its 65 percent market share. – Microsoft said it is shutting down its 2-year-old Bing Cashback program, an
effort to lure users away from Google with the promise of cash for purchases
made by searching goods on Bing.
July 30 is the last day Bing searchers will be able to use Cashback, said
Yusuf Mehdi, senior vice presiden…


Cannabis seized at border

An effort to smuggle 13 kilograms of cannabis was thwarted at the Končulj border crossing according to the Customs Administration. The drugs were divided into 26 packages and hidden in the fender of a car with Austrian license plates.

Latest effort to contain gulf oil spill under way

Engineers from oil giant BP are making their latest effort to contain the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Workers were trying Saturday to plug a leaking underwater pipe with a tube that could pump oil to a ship above. BP has failed at previous efforts to contain the well gushing hundreds of thousands of liters of oil per day.

Merkel in Turkey in effort to settle differences

Germany resistance to full Turkish membership of the EU is one thorny issue to be addressed as Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Ankara. Discussions are planned on a series of issues, including integration of immigrants.

Tech Companies Partner in Web Identity Access Effort

Google, PayPal, Equifax and others announced today at the RSA Conference in San Francisco that they are working together to build trust in online identity management through an alliance known as the Online Identity Exchange (OIX).
– Several major corporations, including tech industry heavyweights Google, VeriSign and

CAannounced today at the
RSAConference 2010 they will join forces to form the Open Identity Exchange.
PayPal, Equifax, Verizon and Booz Allen Hamilton are also part of the group, which will be at the ce…


A half-hearted effort

Vague European promises of “solidarity” with Greece may not be enough

“PRETTY catastrophic”. That was the verdict of a depressed-looking diplomat, at the end of a Brussels summit on Thursday February 11th that saw European Union leaders issue a ringing, but alarmingly vague, pledge of “determined and co-ordinated action” to preserve the euro zone from the risk of a Greek sovereign default.

The vagueness of the bail-out promise was no mystery. After years of footing the bills for successive Euro-crises, Germany is in a truculent mood. Of the 16 countries that share the single currency, most came to Brussels ready to spell out, in some detail, how they might come to the aid of Greece, without breaching “no bail-out” rules that prevent the EU from assuming the debts of countries in the euro zone. …

Haiti aid effort hit by fake coupon scam

The struggling aid effort in Haiti was hit by another setback Monday as the UN halted deliveries to some 10,000 quake survivors after discovering that fake coupons were in operation. An agitated crowd of around 100 people continued to wait well into the afternoon at the drop-off site close

Amy Fisher Stripping For Haitian Earthquake Relief

Some philanthropists are donating cash to the victims of the devastating disaster in Haiti, but Long Island Lolita Amy Fisher is giving the gift of ass. In a fundraising effort set to begin Thursday, the homicidal teen mistress-turned-sex staris expected to perform in a four night series of nude shows at Long Island’s Scene Restaurant [...]

Tiger Woods to donate $3 mn to Haiti

Golfer Tiger Woods is set to rescue his good name by donating $3 million to Wyclef Jean’s Yele Foundation in an effort to create a mobile hospital in earthquake-hit Haiti.
According to rap mogul Russell Simmons, Woods is considering donation so that it would help send doctors and supplies to Haiti to deal with the aftermath [...]

Afghan war effort key Obama foreign policy issue

In a major speech outlining his Afghan strategy in early December, President Barack Obama said he would send an additional 30,000 troops to that country. He also said he will begin the withdrawal of U.S. troops in July 2011, beginning the handover of security responsibility to Afghan forces.

US to launch new bid to hunt down Bin Laden

The United States will launch a new effort to track down Osama bin Laden who is believed to be hiding in the mountains along the Afghan-Pakistan border, a senior US official said on Sunday. Intelligence reports suggest the Al-Qaeda chief “is somewhere inside north Waziristan, sometimes on

Unions and Consumer Groups Support Bill to Audit the Fed: Call Congress To Support The Effort

A number of unions and consumer groups have signed a letter endorsing Ron Paul and Alan Grayson’s call to audit the Federal Reserve.Here’s their letter:House Financial Services Committee2129 Rayburn House Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20515November 1…