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'Blink' Author: How to Make Better Business Decisions

Blink and The Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell tells security professionals that too much information can impair judgment. He spoke as the RSA 2008 conference in San Francisco. As an example, he said emergency room doctors are much better at diagnosing chest pain accurately when they have only four data...

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Videos 2008-04-11

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Gun slick cleaning rods

Gun Slick's one-piece carbon fiber shaft is strong but amazingly light, solidly set in brass at the handle and the handle spins freely due to double ball bearings. The tip is fitted with a female brass insert into which brass male jags are attached. The jags sent to me are...

Articles 2008-08-01

Need A Source Climate Change and Wind Power

Attention: Environment Editors Today at the opening of the World Wind Energy Conference in Kingston, Ontario, New World Generation Inc. released field data on a new wind turbine technology that will make wind power more economically viable and commercially attractive. And today is 20 years to the day after climatologist...

Articles 2008-06-24

Williams: Nakajima 'would shine' at McLaren.

Kazuki Nakajima has been given a resounding vote of confidence by his team boss Frank Williams, following an encouraging and impressively composed debut to his Formula 1 career in 2008. Though the Japanese GP2 Series graduate is not strictly a rookie this year - having made his maiden...

Articles 2008-06-23

Can I cut running costs without sacrificing the joy of a sporty

Mark is not alone is he? We are all feeling the pinch, and the cheapest and simplest way to cut your motoring costs is to buy a smaller, more economical car. This is especially the case if you use the car a lot. If your mileage is low, just a...

Articles 2008-06-22

What's atop the Schaefer Tower in Baltimore?

It rises up from the corner of Baltimore and St. Paul streets, a mass of copper and gray, glass and steel that shoots more than 27 stories into the sky. The curiosity of the William Donald Schaefer Tower comes with the "more than," because the state office...

Articles 2008-06-20

Survey of Mobile Customers Reveals 'Tipping Points' for Mobile TV and Video Adoption

Lack of Awareness of Service Availability and Perceived Costs Cited as Barriers to Entry * Nearly half of respondents (44%) do not know if their mobile operator even offers a mobile TV and video service and a third (33%) of those questioned cited cost as the main barrier...

Articles 2008-06-18

NBA Celtics suffer travel nightmare

BOSTON, Massachusetts AFP — The Boston Celtics spent much of the day before the crucial sixth game of the National Basketball Association Finals stuck in an airplane at Los Angeles trying to get back to Boston. The Celtics, who led the Los Angeles Lakers in the best-of-seven series...

Articles 2008-06-17

Technology Council events to offer tips

David A. Baglee, co-chief executive officer of IM Flash Technologies, will be the keynote speaker June 26 at this year's first Utah Technology Council Utah County Breakfast at Thanksgiving Point. The event will be from 7:30 to 9 a.m., and Baglee will discuss "Adapting in the Global...

Articles 2008-06-17

Bridge

Things Your Bridge Teacher Won't Tell You Master Point Press is a first-rate book, full of practical tips, which I highly recommend. The author is Dan Romm, probably an unfamiliar name to you, but having had success in tournament play in his younger days, Romm then devoted himself to rubber...

Articles 2008-06-16

The Tipping Point

David Sedaris is back with a new collection of essays, “When You Are Engulfed in Flames.” He spoke with NEWSWEEK’S SUSANNA Schrobsdorff. You ’ ve been living in France a long time. Can you be funny in French now? Oh, yes. But...

Articles 2008-06-16

DAVIE'S EURO 2008 PREDICTIONS

SWITZERLAND v PORTUGAL GROUP A, TONIGHT, 7.45 I TIPPED Portugal last week to go all the way and win the trophy, so I don't think there will be a slip-up tonight in Basel. The Swiss are a poor side with little flair...

Articles 2008-06-15

EU fears crisis as 'no' vote tipped in Irish poll

DUBLIN AFP — Early indications Friday pointed to a rejection of the Lisbon EU reform treaty by voters in Ireland, an outcome that would pitch the European Union into a new period of crisis. "From what I hear, it is not looking good," Irish Europe Minister Dick Roche,...

Articles 2008-06-13

Record High Gas Prices Make Toyota Prius the Most Searched New Car on Cars.com

CHICAGO -- With gas prices continuing to break records, the number of people searching for fuel-efficient vehicles has soared on Cars.com, vaulting the fuel-sipping Toyota Prius into position as the most searched new vehicle on the automotive website. This is the first time the Prius has surpassed popular...

Articles 2008-06-11

Car Dealers Disclose Auto Industry Buying Tip to All the Smart Women Who Buy Cars

STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- Every day in America women are buying cars yet automobile marketers aren't giving priority to improving a woman's car-buying experience. Forrester Research points to female car buyers who are "lost in translation," meaning: Auto manufacturers' web sites use technical car talk like "trim level" and "power...

Articles 2008-06-11

21 arrested in S. Utah prostitution ring

ST. GEORGE -- A prostitution ring was dismantled over the weekend as Washington County and federal law enforcement officers arrested 21 people. Francisco Aceves-Bedolla, 24, and Silverio Flores-Mendez, 33, were booked into the Washington County Jail on Friday for investigation of exploiting prostitutes. The...

Articles 2008-06-10

Gilbane Group Releases New Report on Enterprise Use of Social Media

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Gilbane Group Inc. today announced the general release of Collaboration and Social Media 2008- Taking Stock of Today's Experiences and Tomorrow's Opportunities, a comprehensive investigation of the growing market for social computing technologies and solutions. Collaboration and Social Media 2008 shows how social media, based...

Articles 2008-06-09

The Tipping Point

David Sedaris is back with a new collection of essays, “When You Are Engulfed in Flames.” He spoke with NEWSWEEK’s Susanna Schrobsdorff. You’ve been living in France a long time. Can you be funny in French now? Oh, yes. But I don’t distinguish between being laughed...

Articles 2008-06-09

Saved by the horses

Mongol 15, Nationwide Mongol traces the early years of the legendary warrior Genghis Khan and does not feature, at any point, the world's greatest adventurer/archaeologist or four fortysomething women living and loving in New York. Yes, it is probably safe to come out now. They're all gone! However,...

Articles 2008-06-07

More than 2 dozen are hurt when bus tips over

CROWN POINT, Ind. AP -- A Greyhound bus carrying 42 people tipped over on a northwestern Indiana interstate Tuesday, injuring more than 2 dozen aboard. Police said the driver probably fell asleep. At least 25 people were taken to hospitals, and state police said all were expected...

Articles 2008-06-04