| Rackspace reconfigures name, logo
Tuesday, Rackspace Managed Hosting will change its name to simply Rackspace. San Antonio's fastest-growing technology company also has a new corporate logo featuring its "Fanatiguy" icon. It symbolizes the company's "fanatical" support, said Klee Kleber, the company's vice president for marketing and products. "Information technology is moving away from hardware-centric functions to software-centric hosting," Kleber said. Until recently, Rackspace has focused on providing servers to companies to host their Web pages. .
Stadium sparkles in desert
As a football fan, as a 50-year season-ticket holder, I thought, 'This is karma. ' " No matter how the game turns out, Eisenman will probably go home happy. His creation in the farmland west of Phoenix is expected to be among the biggest stars of Super Bowl week. The $455-million home of the Arizona Cardinals and the Fiesta Bowl opened two years ago to widespread praise. In February 2006, BusinessWeek named it one of the world's 10 most impressive sports structures. It was the only one in North America. Eisenman wanted football fans to rave as well. At heart, he's one of them. "I had a lot of love for that project," he said. "My soul was in it. I am a fan, and I wanted it to be a place that a fan would love to see a game." The stadium's sleek look has become the subject of debate and amusement among local residents.
The Hydrox Cookie Is Dead, and Fans Won't Get Over It
Robert Fliegel was craving a Hydrox. The 52-year-old computer consultant says he always liked the way the chocolate sandwich cookie, which he found crisper than Oreos, "stood up to the milk" when dunked. But Mr. Fliegel, who used to be able to devour an entire package of the crème-filled biscuits in a sitting, couldn't find them in any stores near his East Stroudsburg, Pa., home. Only when he went online a few months ago to try to order some did he learn the truth: Hydrox is dead. .
Spend a few bones on trendy skulls
British artist Damien Hirst recently sold a human skull cast in 8,601 diamonds for $100 million. Also available: a Theo Fennell skull ring sold for about $18,800, and a sterling silver King Baby Studio skull bracelet sold for $725 at Neiman Marcus.Or, save yourself a few bones and buy a pair of $4.99 skull shoelaces from Hot Topic. .
Technology The Downside to Apple's Frequent Product Updates
If there is a downside to the pace of innovation at Apple Inc., the Fox comedy show "MADtv" captured it recently in a spoof of an iPod advertising campaign featuring the musician Feist. In the segment, a look-alike for the Canadian singer croons about her unhappiness after a $400 iPod purchase at an Apple store. (See video clip.) .
SAP Americas Announces Small and Midsize (SME) Partner Award Winners ...
LAS VEGAS, Nev., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SAP America, Inc. and SAP Canada, Inc., subsidiaries of SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) , named the winners of its 2007 Small and Midsize Enterprise (SME) Business Partner Awards, recognizing the top-performing partners in the United States and Canada within the SAP(R) PartnerEdge(TM) program, an innovative global framework that recognizes and rewards partners for their commitment and success in serving small businesses and midsize companies. SAP presented the awards in Las Vegas, Nevada during its 2008 Field Kick Off Meeting (FKOM), an annual gathering of the company's field employees and partners to learn about SAP's sales methodology, best practices and new developments regarding its complete roster of business solutions for small businesses and midsize companies, including SAP(R) Business One, SAP(R) Business All-in-One and the recently announced SAP(R) Business ByDesign(TM).
Zoning Vote Expected
Today's vote comes a year after an emergency ordinance was narrowly approved that zoned areas on the outskirts of the county's cities and towns.The zoning expansion is sponsored by Justice of the Peace David Daniel, R-Springdale. Daniel said expanding zoning countywide will protect farmers' property from losing value by keeping out industrial developments such as red dirt pits or smelting operations."If something tries to come out in the county at least it will be reviewed by a group of our peers to see if it is compatible," Daniel said.Today's vote requires at least seven of the 13 Quorum Court members to approve the ordinance. Last year's vote required nine votes in favor because it was an emergency ordinance. That vote was divided largely among justices of the peace representing rural and urban districts.Daniel said Wednesday he did not know if today's ordinance would pass.
Top marketers held at GUN POINT and forced to make $1,000 in 48hrs.
Thats the exact scenario put before a few top Internet Marketers. With such a motivating challenge they "spilled the beans" about there top secrets for generating insane sales on the internet. All the marketers were asked to document what they did and how they did it on screen shot videos as they placed ads and used various web 2.0 venues to put out the message about the product they were asked to sale. Why would you put forth such a challenge and document it, you ask. Simple to show anyone considering starting or developing a home business that its not as hard as so many people make it out to be. With the right education, training and mentoring you can use an unlimited amount of available tools to promote and successfully build an online business with tools other than Google.
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