SanDisk to Buy M-Systems in $1.35B Deal

July 31st, 2006

MILPITAS, Calif. (AP) - Flash memory maker SanDisk Corp. said Monday it agreed to buy Israeli competitor M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Ltd. for $1.35 billion in stock.The deal values M-Systems at $36 per share, a 26 premium over the average closing price of M-Systems’ shares over the last month. More details… CEO Meg Whitman is finally [...] …details

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), AR - 12 hours ago… com) has a full-color wireless camera with microphone for $200. … The mother lode for remotecontrolled surveillance systems for the home and small business is … More… …details

Whitbread s strategy is now by design not default

July 31st, 2006

Times Online - Home UK Several hotel deals are also possible, including Travelodge, which is worth north of 700m. One of the last disposals of the Details Birmingham Evening Mail - A 60-bed Travelodge hotel will be accommodated with the scheme, complementing the 80-100 bed hotel at Orbital [...] …read more

Colorize your concrete patio

July 30th, 2006

Myrtle Beach Sun News, SC - 21 hours ago… Blotchy concrete can be stained using a penetrating concrete stain or acid-stained for a more durable and decorative finish. Paint … Continue… …continued

eBay to Raise Fees for Its Online Stores

July 29th, 2006

WISH-TV - Wall Street embraced the message as eBay’s shares rose nearly 6 percent in extended trading Wednesday evening. The Excluding its stock option expenses, eBay forecast third-quarter earnings 1 to 2 cents below the current average analyst read more Tags: online option stock trading, online stock trading, [...] More details…

6abc.com, PA - 20 hours ago… This is first of 4 camera systems that'll be installed in … Eventually, when the City goes wireless, City Hall plans to post these surveillance cameras all … …continued Cherry Hill Courier Post, NJ - 12 hours ago… His electronic surveillance countermeasures firm, Edwin Steinmetz … camera talks to a wireless router, and [...] More details…

Microcredit Enterprises Approves $500,000 Loan to Cambodian Rural ?

July 28th, 2006

Portsmouth Herald News, NH - 16 hours agoWebster, Mass.-based Commerce Insurance Company, one of the state's largest writer of automobile, home and commercial automobile insurance, is among a growing … More… Tags: home based business, home based business news, home based business opportunity, home based business idea, best home based business, internet [...] Details…

Bandwidth management vendor Packeteer has added application

July 27th, 2006

CRN - In an effort to boost the 802.11x wireless LAN market, Cisco Systems on Monday unveiled a program aimed at moving some of the roadblocks at, among others, businesses and schools in search of affordable campus connectivity, security and surveillance. Details Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - graphic [...] Continue reading…

Unstrung.com - CALABASAS, Calif. — Strix Systems, the leader in high-performance wireless mesh networking, today announced that work with governments and Fortune 1000 companies all over the world, and when it comes to their security and surveillance systems Continue Engineer Live - with the latest digital signal [...] Continue reading…

Small Home-Based Business

July 27th, 2006

Quite a number of you have a home office set up because you’re running a small home based business, right?

If that’s the case, have you written out your small business plan yet?

If you haven’t, you really must get down to it. Right now. You’ll thank me for it later. :-)

West Lake County editions

July 25th, 2006

Highland Parks and Recreation Department sponsors a trip July 29 to German Fest in Milwaukee. Participants will leave at 10 a.m. from Lincoln Center, 245 Lincoln St., and return about midnight. The cost is $35 for residents and $38 for nonresidents. Register. More details… …read more

WIS-TV - camcorder doesn’t feel right and stays in the case rather than traveling with you on vacation or taping your child’s birthday party. To give you an idea how this rating compares to a 35mm camera, Canon states its 22x optical camcorder zoom lenses continued …read more

In brief

July 24th, 2006

A genealogy class, featuring information about Americas fastest-growing hobby, is offered at the Lake County Public Library’s Griffith branch, 940 N. Broad St. The public is invited to either session: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday or 10 a.m. to noon July 7. The class will introduce online and book resources including census, obituary, cemetery and [...] …continued

Country Home Office

July 24th, 2006

If you like the country home look, you’ll probably like this photo of home office.

So cosy, right? :-)