Sunday, May 31, 2009
Who is Al Koch? - (GM to file for Chapter 11)
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Hybrid Assistive Limb 5 (HAL 5) From CYBERDYNE Inc
"Robot Suit HAL" is a cyborg-type robot that can expand and improve physical capability.
Photo essay on Cyberdyne's Real Robot at Time.com
Friday, May 29, 2009
Market Gained over 1 Pct in the last 22 mins
On 29 may 2009 market moved up towards the end of the market after a choppy day.
From Marketwatch.com
U.S. stocks post firm gains for the month of May
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks finished the week and the month of May on a high note, as rallying commodities led the market to higher ground on Friday and helped give the broad market a 5.3% gain for the month. After a late rally on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDU 8,500, +96.69, +1.15%) gained 96 points, or 1.1%, to end at 8,500. Shares of General Motors Corp. (GM 0.78, +0.03, +4.00%) still slumped 33% as markets braced for the auto giant's bankruptcy. The S&P 500 index (SPX 919.14, +12.31, +1.36%) rose 12 points, or 1.4%, to 919, while the Nasdaq Composite (COMP 1,774, +22.54, +1.29%) rose 22 points, or 1.3%, to 1,774. For the week, the Dow gained 2.7%, the S&P rose 3.6%, and the Nasdaq gained 4.9%. For the month, the Dow rose 4%, the S&P gained 5.3%, and the Nasdaq rose 3.3%.
Rethink your email, IM, Text Messaging - With Google Wave
Other E Reader -readius
Weight:
Ultra light. At 115g just one third the average weight of current eBook readers
Display size:
Large 5" display, 16 greyscales
Device size:
The only pocket sized eReader
Battery life:
30 hours of continuous reading
Connectivity:
Global wireless connectivity, with the greatest coverage of any eReader (Tri Band/3.5G HSDPA)
Supporting ActiveSync and USB mass storage (USB FS)
Communication with accessories and other devices (Bluetooth 2.0)
Processor:
Powerful processing engine (ARM11 400MHz)
Storage:
Flexible, today commercially available up to 8GB (High Capacity Micro SD)
User Interface:
Just 8 SimpleTouch Buttons
New E Readers' - Kindle take note
The deal is, ebook competitors can come up with platforms which slice bread and take you out dancing. It won't matter. Amazon has become the iTunes of the electronic book world, and its competitors are destined to fates comparable to those of the iPod's mp3-player alternatives. Namely, miniscule market shares.
The company hopes to carve out a niche with its touch-based interface.
As with both the Kindle and the Sony Reader, Plastic Logic's display is built using E-ink: black and white microcapsules are suspended in a liquid and controlled using an electric charge. When a charge is applied, the microcapsules assume their position and form black text on a white background. However, in Plastic Logic's reader, the E-ink is deposited on a lightweight plastic backplane instead of on a glass backplane. Plastic Logic says that the plastic backplane allows for a larger reading area without adding more weight or bulk, and this makes the device more robust.Plastic Logic hopes to further distinguish its reader from Amazon's Kindle and the Sony Reader by targeting those who read business documents created using Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat, as well as image files and standard e-reader files. The goal is to eliminate "the huge stack of papers that people take with them when they travel," says Glass. Many people need to sort through thousands of documents quickly, he adds, and want to mark them up by circling or underlining items or by adding notes.
What's the next holy grail for e-reader "Color Display"
U.S. stocks pointing higher with data, GM in view - MarketWatch
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S&P Futures up 4.5 (0.5%), Nasday Futures up 4.25 points (0.3%) and Dow futures up 37 points (0.44%) on June 09 contracts. (9.08 AM)
Thursday, May 28, 2009
PC Mag Bing Screen Print -- Who is Sascha Segan?
Lazy to do another print screen. In slide show related to today's (05/28) PC magazine article " Hands On with Microsoft's Bing Search" you can see a Microsoft outlook notification at the bottom of the screen from Sascha Segan.
Futures up
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
FDIC - Report more banks in problem list
list of failed banks since 2000
NAR Survey - Rises for existing homes - Most Sales in Lower end
“Most of the sales are taking place in lower price ranges and activity is beginning to pick up in the midprice ranges, but high-end home sales remain sluggish,”An NAR practitioner survey in April showed first-time buyers declined to 40 percent of transactions, implying more repeat buyers are entering the traditional spring home-buying season.Total housing inventory at the end of April rose 8.8 percent to 3.97 million existing homes available for sale, which represents a 10.2.-month supply3 at the current sales pace, compared with a 9.6-month supply in March. “The gain in inventory is largely seasonal from sellers entering the spring market. Even with the rise, inventory over the past few months has remained consistently lower in comparison with a year earlier ...read more original press release
For Data Junkies: 30yrs Fixed-Rate Mortgages since 1971
Monthly Average Commitment Rate And Points On 30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgages Since 1971
January | 5.05 | 0.7 | 5.76 | 0.4 | 6.22 | 0.4 | 6.15 | 0.5 | 5.71 | 0.7 |
February | 5.13 | 0.7 | 5.92 | 0.5 | 6.29 | 0.4 | 6.25 | 0.6 | 5.63 | 0.7 |
March | 5.00 | 0.7 | 5.97 | 0.5 | 6.16 | 0.4 | 6.32 | 0.6 | 5.93 | 0.7 |
April | 4.81 | 0.7 | 5.92 | 0.4 | 6.18 | 0.5 | 6.51 | 0.6 | 5.86 | 0.6 |
May | 6.04 | 0.5 | 6.26 | 0.4 | 6.60 | 0.5 | 5.72 | 0.6 | ||
June | 6.32 | 0.7 | 6.66 | 0.4 | 6.68 | 0.5 | 5.58 | 0.6 | ||
July | 6.43 | 0.6 | 6.70 | 0.4 | 6.76 | 0.5 | 5.70 | 0.5 | ||
August | 6.48 | 0.7 | 6.57 | 0.4 | 6.52 | 0.4 | 5.82 | 0.5 | ||
September | 6.04 | 0.7 | 6.38 | 0.5 | 6.40 | 0.5 | 5.77 | 0.6 | ||
October | 6.20 | 0.6 | 6.38 | 0.5 | 6.36 | 0.4 | 6.07 | 0.5 | ||
November | 6.09 | 0.7 | 6.21 | 0.4 | 6.24 | 0.5 | 6.33 | 0.6 | ||
December | 5.29 | 0.7 | 6.10 | 0.5 | 6.14 | 0.4 | 6.27 | 0.5 | ||
Annual Average | 6.03 | 0.6 | 6.34 | 0.4 | 6.41 | 0.5 | 5.87 | 0.6 |
January | 5.71 | 0.7 | 5.92 | 0.6 | 7.00 | 0.8 | 7.03 | 0.9 | 8.21 | 1.0 |
February | 5.64 | 0.7 | 5.84 | 0.6 | 6.89 | 0.7 | 7.05 | 1.0 | 8.33 | 1.0 |
March | 5.45 | 0.7 | 5.75 | 0.6 | 7.01 | 0.7 | 6.95 | 0.9 | 8.24 | 1.0 |
April | 5.83 | 0.7 | 5.81 | 0.6 | 6.99 | 0.7 | 7.08 | 0.9 | 8.15 | 1.0 |
May | 6.27 | 0.7 | 5.48 | 0.6 | 6.81 | 0.7 | 7.15 | 1.0 | 8.52 | 1.0 |
June | 6.29 | 0.6 | 5.23 | 0.6 | 6.65 | 0.6 | 7.16 | 1.0 | 8.29 | 0.9 |
July | 6.06 | 0.6 | 5.63 | 0.5 | 6.49 | 0.6 | 7.13 | 0.9 | 8.15 | 0.9 |
August | 5.87 | 0.7 | 6.26 | 0.7 | 6.29 | 0.6 | 6.95 | 0.9 | 8.03 | 1.0 |
September | 5.75 | 0.7 | 6.15 | 0.6 | 6.09 | 0.6 | 6.82 | 0.9 | 7.91 | 1.0 |
October | 5.72 | 0.7 | 5.95 | 0.6 | 6.11 | 0.6 | 6.62 | 0.9 | 7.80 | 1.0 |
November | 5.73 | 0.6 | 5.93 | 0.6 | 6.07 | 0.6 | 6.66 | 0.8 | 7.75 | 0.9 |
December | 5.75 | 0.6 | 5.88 | 0.7 | 6.05 | 0.6 | 7.07 | 0.8 | 7.38 | 1.0 |
Annual Average | 5.84 | 0.7 | 5.83 | 0.6 | 6.54 | 0.6 | 6.97 | 0.9 | 8.05 | 1.0 |
January | 6.79 | 0.9 | 6.99 | 1.4 | 7.82 | 1.8 | 7.03 | 1.8 | 9.15 | 1.8 |
February | 6.81 | 1.0 | 7.04 | 1.2 | 7.65 | 1.7 | 7.08 | 1.7 | 8.83 | 1.9 |
March | 7.04 | 0.9 | 7.13 | 1.2 | 7.90 | 1.8 | 7.62 | 1.8 | 8.46 | 1.8 |
April | 6.92 | 1.0 | 7.14 | 1.0 | 8.14 | 1.7 | 7.93 | 1.8 | 8.32 | 1.9 |
May | 7.15 | 1.0 | 7.14 | 1.1 | 7.94 | 1.7 | 8.07 | 1.7 | 7.96 | 1.8 |
June | 7.55 | 1.0 | 7.00 | 1.0 | 7.69 | 1.7 | 8.32 | 1.7 | 7.57 | 1.8 |
July | 7.63 | 1.0 | 6.95 | 1.1 | 7.50 | 1.8 | 8.25 | 1.8 | 7.61 | 1.8 |
August | 7.94 | 1.0 | 6.92 | 1.1 | 7.48 | 1.7 | 8.00 | 1.7 | 7.86 | 1.8 |
September | 7.82 | 1.0 | 6.72 | 1.0 | 7.43 | 1.7 | 8.23 | 1.7 | 7.64 | 1.8 |
October | 7.85 | 1.0 | 6.71 | 0.9 | 7.29 | 1.7 | 7.92 | 1.7 | 7.48 | 1.9 |
November | 7.74 | 1.0 | 6.87 | 0.9 | 7.21 | 1.7 | 7.62 | 1.8 | 7.38 | 1.8 |
December | 7.91 | 1.0 | 6.74 | 1.0 | 7.10 | 1.8 | 7.60 | 1.7 | 7.20 | 1.8 |
Annual Average | 7.44 | 1.0 | 6.94 | 1.1 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 7.81 | 1.7 | 7.93 | 1.8 |
January | 7.07 | 1.7 | 7.99 | 1.6 | 8.43 | 1.8 | 9.64 | 2.1 | 9.90 | 2.1 |
February | 7.15 | 1.8 | 7.68 | 1.5 | 8.76 | 1.8 | 9.37 | 2.0 | 10.20 | 2.1 |
March | 7.68 | 1.7 | 7.50 | 1.6 | 8.94 | 1.9 | 9.50 | 2.1 | 10.27 | 2.1 |
April | 8.32 | 1.8 | 7.46 | 1.7 | 8.85 | 1.7 | 9.50 | 2.0 | 10.37 | 2.1 |
May | 8.60 | 1.8 | 7.47 | 1.8 | 8.67 | 1.7 | 9.47 | 2.0 | 10.48 | 2.0 |
June | 8.40 | 1.8 | 7.42 | 1.6 | 8.51 | 1.7 | 9.62 | 2.1 | 10.16 | 2.0 |
July | 8.61 | 1.8 | 7.21 | 1.6 | 8.13 | 1.6 | 9.58 | 2.0 | 10.04 | 2.0 |
August | 8.51 | 1.8 | 7.11 | 1.5 | 7.98 | 1.7 | 9.24 | 1.9 | 10.10 | 2.0 |
September | 8.64 | 1.8 | 6.91 | 1.5 | 7.92 | 1.7 | 9.01 | 1.9 | 10.18 | 2.1 |
October | 8.93 | 1.8 | 6.83 | 1.5 | 8.09 | 1.8 | 8.86 | 1.9 | 10.17 | 2.2 |
November | 9.17 | 1.8 | 7.16 | 1.6 | 8.31 | 1.9 | 8.71 | 1.8 | 10.01 | 2.1 |
December | 9.20 | 1.8 | 7.17 | 1.7 | 8.21 | 1.6 | 8.50 | 1.8 | 9.67 | 1.9 |
Annual Average | 8.38 | 1.8 | 7.31 | 1.6 | 8.39 | 1.7 | 9.25 | 2.0 | 10.13 | 2.1 |
January | 10.73 | 2.1 | 10.38 | 2.0 | 9.20 | 2.2 | 10.89 | 2.3 | 13.08 | 2.5 |
February | 10.65 | 2.2 | 9.89 | 2.1 | 9.08 | 2.1 | 10.71 | 2.3 | 12.92 | 2.4 |
March | 11.03 | 2.2 | 9.93 | 2.0 | 9.04 | 2.1 | 10.08 | 2.3 | 13.17 | 2.6 |
April | 11.05 | 2.2 | 10.20 | 2.1 | 9.83 | 2.3 | 9.94 | 2.2 | 13.20 | 2.6 |
May | 10.77 | 2.1 | 10.46 | 2.1 | 10.60 | 2.3 | 10.15 | 2.3 | 12.91 | 2.5 |
June | 10.20 | 2.1 | 10.46 | 2.0 | 10.54 | 2.2 | 10.69 | 2.3 | 12.22 | 2.5 |
July | 9.88 | 2.1 | 10.43 | 2.0 | 10.28 | 2.2 | 10.51 | 2.2 | 12.03 | 2.5 |
August | 9.99 | 2.1 | 10.60 | 2.2 | 10.33 | 2.1 | 10.20 | 2.1 | 12.19 | 2.6 |
September | 10.13 | 2.0 | 10.48 | 2.1 | 10.89 | 2.2 | 10.01 | 2.2 | 12.19 | 2.6 |
October | 9.95 | 2.0 | 10.30 | 1.9 | 11.26 | 2.2 | 9.98 | 2.1 | 12.14 | 2.5 |
November | 9.77 | 2.0 | 10.27 | 2.1 | 10.65 | 2.1 | 9.70 | 2.0 | 11.78 | 2.4 |
December | 9.74 | 2.0 | 10.61 | 2.1 | 10.64 | 2.1 | 9.32 | 2.1 | 11.26 | 2.3 |
Annual Average | 10.32 | 2.1 | 10.34 | 2.1 | 10.21 | 2.2 | 10.19 | 2.2 | 12.43 | 2.5 |
January | 13.37 | 2.3 | 13.25 | 2.2 | 17.48 | 2.2 | 14.90 | 2.0 | 12.88 | 1.6 |
February | 13.23 | 2.4 | 13.04 | 2.0 | 17.60 | 2.2 | 15.13 | 2.0 | 13.04 | 1.6 |
March | 13.39 | 2.4 | 12.80 | 2.2 | 17.16 | 2.2 | 15.40 | 2.0 | 15.28 | 2.0 |
April | 13.65 | 2.4 | 12.78 | 2.1 | 16.89 | 2.3 | 15.58 | 2.0 | 16.32 | 1.9 |
May | 13.94 | 2.5 | 12.63 | 2.1 | 16.68 | 2.3 | 16.40 | 2.1 | 14.26 | 1.9 |
June | 14.42 | 2.5 | 12.87 | 2.1 | 16.70 | 2.2 | 16.70 | 2.1 | 12.71 | 1.8 |
July | 14.67 | 2.6 | 13.43 | 2.2 | 16.82 | 2.2 | 16.83 | 2.1 | 12.19 | 1.8 |
August | 14.47 | 2.6 | 13.81 | 2.2 | 16.27 | 2.3 | 17.28 | 2.1 | 12.56 | 1.7 |
September | 14.35 | 2.6 | 13.73 | 2.2 | 15.43 | 2.3 | 18.16 | 2.1 | 13.20 | 1.7 |
October | 14.13 | 2.6 | 13.54 | 2.1 | 14.61 | 2.2 | 18.45 | 2.3 | 13.79 | 1.7 |
November | 13.64 | 2.5 | 13.44 | 2.1 | 13.82 | 2.2 | 17.82 | 2.1 | 14.21 | 1.7 |
December | 13.18 | 2.5 | 13.42 | 2.2 | 13.62 | 2.2 | 16.95 | 2.1 | 14.79 | 1.7 |
Annual Average | 13.88 | 2.5 | 13.24 | 2.1 | 16.04 | 2.2 | 16.63 | 2.1 | 13.74 | 1.8 |
January | 10.39 | 1.5 | 9.01 | 1.3 | 8.72 | 1.1 | 9.02 | 1.1 | 9.43 | 1.2 |
February | 10.41 | 1.5 | 9.14 | 1.3 | 8.67 | 1.1 | 8.81 | 1.0 | 9.10 | 1.2 |
March | 10.43 | 1.5 | 9.20 | 1.3 | 8.69 | 1.2 | 8.76 | 1.3 | 8.89 | 1.1 |
April | 10.50 | 1.5 | 9.35 | 1.3 | 8.75 | 1.1 | 8.73 | 1.3 | 8.82 | 1.0 |
May | 10.69 | 1.6 | 9.57 | 1.3 | 8.83 | 1.1 | 8.76 | 1.3 | 8.91 | 1.1 |
June | 11.04 | 1.6 | 9.71 | 1.4 | 8.86 | 1.1 | 8.85 | 1.3 | 8.89 | 1.0 |
July | 11.09 | 1.7 | 9.74 | 1.4 | 8.94 | 1.1 | 8.93 | 1.2 | 8.89 | 1.1 |
August | 11.09 | 1.7 | 9.78 | 1.3 | 8.94 | 1.1 | 9.00 | 1.2 | 8.94 | 1.1 |
September | 11.30 | 1.6 | 9.76 | 1.3 | 8.90 | 1.1 | 8.98 | 1.2 | 9.12 | 1.1 |
October | 11.64 | 1.7 | 9.86 | 1.2 | 8.92 | 1.2 | 8.92 | 1.2 | 9.22 | 1.1 |
November | 12.83 | 1.7 | 10.11 | 1.2 | 8.92 | 1.1 | 8.81 | 1.3 | 9.15 | 1.1 |
December | 12.90 | 1.6 | 10.35 | 1.4 | 8.96 | 1.2 | 8.79 | 1.2 | 9.10 | 1.1 |
Annual Average | 11.20 | 1.6 | 9.64 | 1.3 | 8.85 | 1.1 | 8.87 | 1.2 | 9.05 | 1.1 |
January | 8.54 | 1.0 | 7.44 | 0.9 | 7.44 | 1.0 | na | na |
February | 8.46 | 1.0 | 7.44 | 1.0 | 7.32 | 0.9 | na | na |
March | 8.41 | 1.0 | 7.46 | 0.9 | 7.29 | 0.9 | na | na |
April | 8.58 | 1.0 | 7.54 | 0.9 | 7.29 | 0.9 | 7.31 | na |
May | 8.97 | 1.1 | 7.65 | 0.9 | 7.37 | 0.9 | 7.43 | na |
June | 9.09 | 1.2 | 7.73 | 0.9 | 7.37 | 0.9 | 7.53 | na |
July | 9.28 | 1.3 | 8.05 | 1.0 | 7.40 | 0.9 | 7.60 | na |
August | 9.59 | 1.3 | 8.50 | 1.0 | 7.40 | 0.9 | 7.70 | na |
September | 9.96 | 1.4 | 8.82 | 1.1 | 7.42 | 1.0 | 7.69 | na |
October | 9.98 | 1.5 | 8.77 | 1.1 | 7.42 | 1.0 | 7.63 | na |
November | 9.79 | 1.4 | 8.58 | 1.0 | 7.43 | 1.0 | 7.55 | na |
December | 9.62 | 1.3 | 8.54 | 1.0 | 7.44 | 1.0 | 7.48 | na |
Annual Average | 9.19 | 1.2 | 8.04 | 1.0 | 7.38 | 0.9 | na | na |