Yahoo profit down from a year ago
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Chinese "elephant man" undergoes first operation
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Survey of 2,200 consumers asked how they interacted with the Web sites and detailed how each site performed in various areas.
Dionne: Why The Democrats Caved
I enjoy E.J. Dionne’s columns in the Washington Post, even though he and I rarely agree, because he gives great insight into the opposite side of the political divide. In today’s column , he does so both deliberately and subconsciously by reviewing the surrender of the Democrats on FISA legislation. Not only does he correctly analyze ... (Read on Source)
Sony Pictures: Blu-ray discs to outsell DVDs by 2011
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Ancient Computer Helped Greeks Track Olympics
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33 Website Success Metrics Instead of Rankings, Google PageRank & Traffic
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And the grooms wore white - Star Trek's Takei marries partner
Former Star Trek actor George Takei marries his long-term partner in a Buddhist ceremony in Los Angeles.
China seeks public trust amid milk scandal
(AP) -- China's leaders scrambled Saturday to contain public dismay over widespread contamination of milk supplies, castigating local officials for negligence while moving to tamp down criticism of the government's response. (Read on Source)
Melamine Scandal Widens
Four infants in China have died and at least 53,000 are reportedly ill, many seriously so, having been fed milk powder contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine. A three-year old girl in Hong Kong is also ill, but has now been released from hospital, she was the first reported case outside mainland China. Major formula [...] (Read on Source)
Bailout in Doubt as Exec Pay Limits Gain Support
Executives whose companies get a piece of the $700 billion government bailout will have their pay packages strictly limited under proposals that are broadly supported by both Republicans and Democrats in Congress.
Introducing Earth 3.0
The “earth” part of the title of this special issue from Scientific American is no doubt self-explanatory, but why “3.0”? Because this planet is no longer simply the home of our species: it is also our creation. And as with any product, sometimes it is prudent to upgrade its quality. If you will indulge the analogy further, (Read on Source)
Air Quality Regulations Miss Key Pollutants
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Will record labels control digital-music lockers?
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Don't Ignore the Significance of Strong Writing
One of the strongest aspects of a print catalog is often viewed as the images and the layout. These two things go together to allow a person to pick up the catalog and immediately get a feel for what they're about to read.
And this is mostly certainly going to be important. Make no mistake about the impact that a strong layout can have on a person's ability to navigate calmly and casually through your catalog without ever getting bored. It's also very important to give people good images of what they're going to be buying. Visuals have a long history of impacting what a person thinks of a certain product.
I'm sure you've seen something before and said to yourself, "Now that looks interesting," and from there you went into the process wanting to buy the product based on that first impression. This is the kind of impression you want to be able to form with your catalog printing by providing people with those strong images.
But what gets left in the dust a little too often is the writing. So much attention is focused on the design aspect of the catalogs that not enough time gets given to the writing.
The blurb about a product needs to do more than just tell people what that product is. Yet all the time this is all I see about a product in a catalog. They go to great lengths to give me a good picture while handing me only a brief description of what the product actually is.
A strong description needs to accomplish three primary different goals. The first is the product description. It tells people exactly what the product does. The second is all the different things, or a good list of the things that the product can be used for. Think about late night infomercials where they give you all these difference examples of what a product could do that you might not have considered.
Lastly you need to tell them how this applies to them. Tell them not only what it does but also how they can improve their life by using it. Go into all the details you need to about how their life will be made easier and better by buying this product.
The images and the overall design aspect of your catalog printing is the first step towards making a sale, but the writing needs to be what closes it. You're enticing them first, and once you have their attention, you're explaining exactly why they should want to buy your product.
Both are equally important, and both require the same amount of attention. What good is grabbing a person's attention if your writing isn't strong enough to encourage them to buy anything?
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Jason Agnozzio is a marketing and print consultant providing advice and tips on branding success.
Slacker: Great Service, Lousy Device
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Mirror's Edge DLC, PC Version Coming Early Next Year
In celebration of the pending Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 release of DICE's Mirror's Edge, EA has promised downloadable content for the first-person parkour action game and a January release for the PC port, which was delayed back in September.
"To keep the action coming after launch, DICE is currently developing downloadable content that will be available at the beginning of the year. More details to be announced shortly," reads a press release from the publisher.
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Why Do We Search
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Fluid Entertainment Chooses GNi to Host Emerald Island (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN JOSE, Calif.----GNi announced today that Fluid Entertainment has chosen GNi?s Dedicated Hosting Environment to host their expanding list of MMOG titles starting with Emerald Island, a children's MMOG .
World's First Computer Rebuilt, Rebooted After 2,000 Years
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Much Ado About Nothing In Accusations Over Text Message Pricing
I'm hardly a mobile operator apologist, but the NY Times' Randall Stross is trying to make a pretty tiny molehill into a mountain by picking up on that old, dead story suggesting that mobile operators are somehow ripping users off with SMS text messaging pricing. As was noted when Senator Herb Kohl first tried to make an issue out of this, per message pricing is fairly meaningless, since most users of text messaging subscribe to bulk plans or even unlimited plans. Besides, if pricing really were a problem, then people wouldn't be text messaging so much. The fact that they're using it so much, suggests there really isn't that much of a problem with the pricing. Stross tries to focus on the actual "cost" to the carriers for sending a text message, which is tiny, but that, again, is rather meaningless. A year ago, Tom Lee pointed out just how silly such an argument is for text messaging. As mobile phones grow more and more sophisticated, if SMS pricing really is a problem, alternatives (such as mobile instant messaging) will grow as well, and SMS providers will need to adjust their pricing. If, however, consumers don't have a problem with the current system (and all indications are that they don't), then why is the NY Times even bothering?
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Back in the Rose Bowl, USC Plays What-If - New York Times
 Los Angeles Times | Back in the Rose Bowl, USC Plays What-If New York Times - Fili Moala (75) and his defensive teammates, including Christian Tupou, left, and Everson Griffen, would have loved to face a team like Florida, Oklahoma or Texas. Ivan Maisel: Penn State Nittany Lions seniors change team's fortunes Penn State, USC: Different results with common opponents |
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