Good Morning & Happy Groundhog Day! Had enough of the harsh winter of Nor’easters and flash flood rain showers? You’re in luck: The Groundhog eyes early spring! Punxsutawney Phil, February’s Favorite Forecasting Rodent, didn’t see his shadow during the annual Groundhog Day Ceremony in Gobbler’s Knob, Pennsylvania Wednesday morning, a supposed sign that warmer weather [...]
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Groundhog Day 2011 Update: Punxsutawney Phil Predicts Early Spring!
February 2nd, 2011 |
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NBS governor predicts stability
December 31st, 2010 |
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National Bank of Serbia (NBS) Governor Dejan Šoškić says that a period of stability is coming and that inflation speculators will not do well next year.
He told daily Politika that it was important to fully implement the Budget System Law and reach agreement regarding the rise of government controlled prices.
IBM Predicts Holographic Mobile Phones by 2015: Report
December 24th, 2010 |
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An IBM research report predicts vastly more powerful batteries and holographic cell phones are in our future. – Technology giant International Business Machines (IBM) issued a list of predictions of future technologies culled from a survey of 3,000 IBM scientists, Bloomberg reported, pronouncing cities heated by servers, holographic cell phones and advanced city traffic monitoring as among the prevalent techn…
Gartner Predicts $10.7 Billion Market for Enterprise SAAS Applications
December 14th, 2010 |
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Gartner forecasts double-digit strong growth in revenue for the enterprise SAAS applications market in 2010 and 2011. – Software-as-a-service worldwide revenues for enterprise
applications will reach $10.7 billion in 2011, said Gartner on Dec. 14.
The market generated worldwide revenues of $7.9 billion
in 2009, and is forecast to reach $9.2 billion for 2010, according to the
analyst firm. While growth was stron…
The Software that predicts the Future Posted By : andyl
December 14th, 2010 |
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Hey there,
You know when it comes to marketing, almost every single guru,
product or even in the forums.. they will surely ask you to test.
And remember those dreadful feelings that you get whenever you
hear this because you know how costly testing is and that you
have no ‘easy’ way to do this?
Yeah… I know… I feel you too.
Running a business online is a numbers game. Do you know the numbers
in your business?
I sure hope so because if you don’t you could be quickly losing
your
Microsoft Predicts 5 Million Kinect Unit Sales: Report
November 3rd, 2010 |
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Microsoft predicts quarterly sales of 5 million Kinect units for Xbox 360, says a new Bloomberg report, as it seeks to compete against Sony’s PS3 and Nintendo’s Wii. – Microsoft predicts sales of its Kinect hands-free controller
will top 5 million units during the quarter, according to Bloomberg. The device,
which allows Xbox players to control their onscreen avatars through body
movement, will battle for marketplace dominance against both the Nintento Wii
and…
Microsoft’s Ray Ozzie Blog Predicts Windows Death?
October 26th, 2010 |
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Microsoft faces a "post-PC" world, departing Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie claims in a blog posting. Does this put Windows at risk of death? – Microsoft could find itself in a dire position unless it corrects course,
seems to be one of the messages in departing Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie’s
much-publicized Oct. 28 blog
posting. The solution, he wrote, will involve quot;embracing that which is
technologically inevitable quot; a …
Samsung Predicts New Smartphones Will Fire Up Profits
September 3rd, 2010 |
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With the Galaxy Tab and Wave phone coming, Samsung executives predict a healthy profit from the company’s third-quarter mobile sales. – At
the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin,
J.K. Shin, head of Samsung’s mobile communications division, told journalists
he expects the company’s mobile business to reach a quot;double-digit quot;
profit margin during the third quarter of 2010.
Samsung
company executives also expect to…
SMB IT Spend Growth at 5.2 Percent in 2010, Report Predicts
August 20th, 2010 |
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Cost-conscious businesses in emerging markets are more likely to increase IT spending in 2010 than their mature market counterparts, a Techaisle study finds. – Small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) are expected to spend $444 billion
globally on IT products and services in 2010, exhibiting a growth rate of 5.2
percent from 2009, according to a report from market research company
Techaisle. The company’s research concluded SMBs are widely considered to b…
Singapore exports cool as government predicts slowing demand
August 17th, 2010 |
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Singapore’s export growth rose at a less-than-expected pace in July as shipments of pharmaceuticals and electronics cooled amid a weakening global economy.
Non-oil domestic exports climbed 18.2% from a year earlier, after a revised 28.5% gain in June, the trade promotion agency said in a statement in Singapore today. The median forecast of nine economists surveyed by Bloomberg News was for an increase of 20.1%.
Based on Apple iPad, IDC Predicts Gangbuster Tablet Sales
May 20th, 2010 |
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With the iPad, Apple kicked open a door that numerous competitors are expected to follow it through, sending tablet sales rising, IDC predicted in a new report. Up from 7.6 million units in 2010, IDC expects more than 46 million tablets to ship in 2014. – Following the
successful launch of the Apple iPad, IDC
is expecting worldwide media tablet shipments to see a compound annual growth
rate of 57.4 percent, the research firm announced May 20. The figure would
boost the 7.6 million tablets expected to ship by the end of 2010 to more than 46
milli…
IDC Predicts Steady Growth in Cloud Server Market Through 2014
May 10th, 2010 |
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Based on IDC’s first cloud computing survey focused exclusively on servers, the research company predicts that server revenue in the private cloud category will grow from $7.3 billion in 2009 to $11.8 billion in 2014, or about 62 percent.
– IT researcher IDC reported May 10 that the combination of an aging server installed base, IT managers’ increasing need to rein in virtual machines, and a general upturn in the buying environment is boosting sales of commodity-type servers used in public and private cloud-computing systems.
Based …
Amy Winehouse, Blake Fielder-Civil will remarry, predicts psychic
January 25th, 2010 |
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If a psychic is to be believed, Amy Winehouse and Blake Fielder-Civil will remarry and have kids.
Fielder-Civil’s mother Georgette had visited Denise Harrison to know her son’s future.
“I wanted to know whether their future was going to be positive,†the Daily Star quoted Georgette as saying.
She added: “Denise told me that they are going [...]
Ferguson predicts low total for title win
January 24th, 2010 |
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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes that a points total as low as 82 could be enough to win the Premier League this season. United have already lost eight games in all competitions this season, and, unusually had slipped to five Premier League defeats before the turn of the
Iron Mountain Predicts 7 Records-Management Trends for 2010
December 30th, 2009 |
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Iron Mountain’s track record of document and data security is hard to beat. The company has been building its storage safety reputation since 1951, and has been known for two generations for carting away physical and digital records on tapes and storing them in underground vaults. In recent years it has established the Iron Mountain Digital division, which supplies storage management software such as the Connected Backup for PC and LiveVault Server Backup packages, as well as online storage. In 2007, Iron Mountain acquired RMS Services-USA, a $27 million records management company and a major provider of file-room outsourcing services for hospitals.
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IBM Predicts 5 Ways Cities Will Become Smarter in 5 Years
December 23rd, 2009 |
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In this time of year-end speculation, IBM’s Next 5 in 5 offers a series of five predictions about how cities will grow smarter and what technologies will aid in that transformation over the next five years.
– In time for the spate of end-of-year speculation, IBM
on Dec. 17 offered a series of five predictions about how cities will grow
smarter and what technologies will aid in that transformation over the next
five years.
Indeed, with an estimated 60 million people around the world moving into
citi…
Mayweather predicts Money problems for Pacquiao
December 10th, 2009 |
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Floyd Mayweather Jr has promised to knock Manny Pacquiao out when boxing’s biggest stars clash next year. Unbeaten American Mayweather and Philippines hero Pacquiao are set to meet in 2010, subject to the fighters finalising contracts for a March 13 welterweight clash at a venue to be decided.
Gartner Predicts Q4 PC Growth, Windows 7 Bump in 2010
November 23rd, 2009 |
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Overall PC shipments are expected to be up in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to a new report from Gartner. Falling ASPs, however, have market value on the downhill, and the affects of Microsofts Windows 7 operating system likely wont be felt until 2010.
– The overall PC market is expected to show growth in the fourth quarter of 2009, though falling average selling prices (ASPs) will again lead to a decline in the market value of PC shipments, according to a Nov. 23 report from Gartner.
Driven by mobile PC shipments, the overall PC market is expect…