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2K opened up digital pre-orders today for Firaxis Games' Civilization: Beyond Earth, revealing the bonuses one will get for committing early to the anticipated strategy game.
By pre-ordering the game, you'll receive the Exoplanets Map Pack, a bundle of six custom maps "inspired by real-world exoplanets." Each map features a specialized script that produces randomized geographic layouts each time you start a new game, allowing for tons of replayability. Below are 2K's descriptions of the six exoplanets:
- Kepler 186f: This lush forest planet is one of the oldest known Earth-like planets.
- Rigil Khantoris Bb: Orbiting the closest star to the solar system, the historical records of this arid continental planet's settlement are well-preserved.
- Tau Ceti d: This planet of seas and archipelagos features a booming biodiversity and a wealth of resources.
- Mu Arae f: Tidally locked in orbit around a weak star, the southern hemisphere of this planet is a blistering desert where the sun never sets, while the northern hemisphere is perpetually in frozen darkness.
- 82 Eridani e: An alien world of scarce water and wracked by tectonic forces.
- Eta Vulpeculae b: A mysterious new discovery with unknown terrain.
Civilization: Beyond Earth is available for pre-purchase at Steam, which unlike some retailers will charge you full price at checkout.


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All the candidates who are preparing to get a bank job eagerly waiting for India's one of the major bank job recruitment, SBI recruitment 2014 which includes Clerical, Specialist Officer, Probationary Officer and their Associate Bank's. Since SBI not recruits candidates based on IBPS CWE score, their recruitment does not have any specific order like Clerical or PO or SO recruitment in each year. SBI will announce their recruitment notification once a certain number of vacancies occur. But still candidates wait every year for SBI recruitment and it may or may not happen. Last year there was no SBI Clerical recruitment, but candidates expected a lot, State Bank of India notified PO and SO recruitment notification when the previous year started.
We are here to let you know the possible dates of SBI Clerical, PO, SO and Associate Bank's recruitment in the year 2014. But we still cannot assure you that SBI recruitment 2014 dates we are providing here are exact. There may be some changes, but still you can take it as expected dates which will be really helpful for your exam preparation. We are also providing the screen shot of eligibility criteria which SBI notified in the previously done Clerical, PO and SO recruitment.
SBI Clerk Recruitment 2014-15
IBPS Clerical recruitment procedure is almost getting over, they have already started providing the interview call letters. We are expecting that once IBPS has been done their clerical recruitment procedures SBI will release their clerical recruitment notification for the year 2014. So that candidates who appeared for IBPS Clerical recruitment also can participate in SBI Clerk recruitment 2014. Expected release date of SBI Clerk recruitment 2014 notification is either in the month of May or June 2014. Below you can see the eligibility criteria of previously held SBI clerical recruitment.
Last time +2 (Higher Secondary) with 60% marks is enough for SBI clerk recruitment, it may change this time to minimum graduation, but the info is not yet confirmed. Last year there was a rumor that SBI going to recruit 19000 candidates in the clerical recruitment, SBI probably has their clerical vacancies almost equal to that or may be more in this recruitment 2014.
SBI Probationary Officer (PO) Recruitment 2014-15
Note: SBI PO Recruitment 2014 Announced
SBI conducted PO recruitment for the previous year at the starting itself and the vacancies were 1500. Employees count who retired after the previous recruitment is a little bit high. So we can expect higher number of vacancies than the previous in SBI PO recruitment 2014 and the possible dates are either in the month of March or April 2014. We have given below the eligibility criteria of previous PO recruitment, it may be same for the upcoming one.
SBI Specialist Officer (SO) Recruitment 2014-15
There may be a chance that SBI SO and Clerical recruitment 2014 notification will get released almost at the same time. So the expected date of SBI SO recruitment 2014 is either in the month of May or June 2014. Eligibility Criteria for various Specialist Officer posts are different, if you want to know further, we have given below the notification file of previous year SBI SO recruitment.
SBI SO Recruitment Eligibility Criteria
SBI Associate Banks Recruitment 2014-15
SBI has 5 associate banks which are also conduct recruitment for the posts of Clerks, PO and SO based on exams and interview similar to SBI recruitment. There may be a chance that SBI Associate Banks PO recruitment 2014 will be announced in the month of June or July. We will update the recruitment dates of other posts once we got the info.
State Bank of India's official website also provides information about SBI recruitment 2014, if you want it know the info via their official web portal, navigate to the link given below.
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In the HOH Bath...
Amanda & McCrae.
Discussing how McCrae has done on comps
Amanda wonders why she does so bad on comps
McCrae you and Andy
Amanda says she thought McCrae was being portrayed as genus.
McCrae, nope just a pizza boy
On the hammock...
Candice talking about how she ended up in Calli.
And all feeds cut upstairs...
McCrae tells Amanda he has a situation.
Amanda talking about Howard and how she can't stand him. He's such a liar.
Four feeds of Showmance....
BB - Howard please go to the DR
Amanda telling McCrae about a talk she had with Helen earlier.
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Judd And Aaryn talking in design room.
Aaryn telling Judd a story about Howard, and keeps playing with her mic, so impossible to understand her.
Sounded like something about if Aaryn agreed to work with them they would keep her safe
Aaryn says she's been telling people she doesn't know what Judd wants, or he wants Kaitlin here.
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SJU's Dunlap to Bobcats, Twitter Reacts
The Charlotte Bobcats shocked many with the hire of St. John's assistant coach Mike Dunlap as their head coach after flirting with the likes of Jerry Sloan and Patrick Ewing.
The Bobcats, who set an NBA record for futility by percentage last season, obviously didn't want to break the bank for a big-time coach if no one on the sideline could immediately help this team. On top of it all, Charlotte landed the second overall pick in this month's draft, missing out on consensus top pick Anthony Davis.
For what it's worth, many on Twitter - including Denver Nuggets coach George Karl, under whom Dunlap worked - praised Dunlap as a great basketball mind. But that didn't stop the jokes from rolling in on Twitter about the inexperienced hire.
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The multinational technology company Dell, Inc. develops, manufactures, sells, and supports personal computers and other computer-related products. Based in Round Rock, Texas, Dell employs more than 88,000 people worldwide.
Dell grew during the 1980s and 1990s to become (for a time) the largest seller of PCs and servers. it held the second spot in computer-sales within the industry behind the Hewlett-Packard Company. The company currently sells personal computers, servers, data storage devices, network switches, software, computer peripherals and televisions.
In 2006, Fortune magazine ranked Dell as the 25th-largest company in the Fortune 500 list, 8th on its annual "Top 20" list of the most-admired companies in the United States. In 2007 Dell ranked 34th and 8th respectively on the equivalent lists for the year. A 2006 publication identified Dell as one of 38 high-performance companies in the S&P 500 which had consistently out-performed the market over the previous 15 years.
In 1985, the company produced the first computer of its own design — the "Turbo PC", sold for US$795 — which contained an Intel 8088-compatible processor running at a speed of 8 MHz. PC's Limited advertised the systems in national computer-magazines for sale directly to consumers, and custom-assembled each ordered unit according to a selection of options. This offered buyers prices lower than those of retail brands, but with greater convenience than assembling the components themselves. Although not the first company to use this model, PC's Limited became one of the first to succeed with it. The company grossed more than $73 million in its first year.
The company changed its name to "Dell Computer Corporation" in 1988. In 1989, Dell Computer set up its first on-site-service programs in order to compensate for the lack of local retailers prepared to act as service centers. Also in 1987, the company set up its first operations in the United Kingdom; eleven more international operations followed within the next four years. In June 1988, Dell's market capitalization grew by $30 million to $80 million from its initial public offering of 3.5 million shares at $8.50 a share. In 1990, Dell Computer Corporation tried selling its products indirectly through warehouse clubs and computer superstores, but met with little success, and the company re-focused on its more successful direct-to-consumer sales model. In 1992, Fortune magazine included Dell Computer Corporation in its list of the world's 500 largest companies.
In 1996, Dell began selling computers via its web site.
In 1999, Dell overtook Compaq to become the largest seller of personal computers in the United States of America with $25 billion in revenue reported in January 2000.
In 2002, Dell attempted to expand by tapping into the multimedia and home-entertainment markets with the introduction of televisions, handhelds, and digital audio players. Dell has also produced Dell-brand printers for home and small-office use.
In 2003, at the annual company meeting, the stockholders approved changing the company name to "Dell Inc." to recognize the company's expansion beyond computers.
In 2004, the company announced that it would build a new assembly-plant near Winston-Salem, North Carolina; the city and county provided Dell with $37.2 million in incentive packages; the state provided approximately $250 million in incentives and tax breaks. In July, Michael Dell stepped aside as Chief Executive Officer while retaining his position as Chairman of the Board. Kevin Rollins, who had held a number of executive posts at Dell, became the new CEO.
In 2005, the share of sales coming from international markets increased, as revealed in the company's press releases for the first two quarters of its fiscal 2005 year. In February 2005 Dell appeared in first place in a ranking of the "Most Admired Companies" published by Fortune magazine. In November 2005 BusinessWeek magazine published an article titled "It's Bad to Worse at Dell" about shortfalls in projected earnings and sales, with a worse-than-predicted third-quarter financial performance — a bad omen for a company that had routinely underestimated its earnings. Dell acknowledged that faulty capacitors on the motherboards of the Optiplex GX270 and GX280 had already cost the company $300 million. The CEO, Kevin Rollins, attributed the bad performance partially to Dell's focus on low-end PCs.
In 2006, Dell purchased the computer hardware manufacturer Alienware. Dell Inc.'s plan anticipated Alienware continuing to operate independently under its existing management. Alienware expected to benefit from Dell's efficient manufacturing system.
On January 31, 2007, Kevin B. Rollins, CEO of the company since 2004, resigned as both CEO and as a director, and Michael Dell resumed his former role as CEO. Investors and many shareholders had called for Rollins' resignation because of poor company performance. At the same time, the company announced that, for the fourth time in five quarters, earnings would fail to reach consensus analyst-estimates.
In February 2007 Dell became the subject of formal investigations by the US SEC and the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. The company has not formally filed financial reports for either the third or fourth fiscal quarter of 2006, and several class-action lawsuits have arisen in the wake of its recent financial performance. Dell Inc's lack of formal financial disclosure would normally subject the company to de-listing from the NASDAQ, but the exchange has granted Dell a waiver, allowing the stock to trade normally.
On March 1, 2007, the company issued a preliminary quarterly earnings report which showed gross sales of $14.4 billion, down 5% year-over-year, and net income of $687 million (30 cents per share), down 33%. Net earnings would have declined even more if not for the effects of eliminated employee bonuses, which accounted for six cents per share. NASDAQ extended the company's deadline for filing financials to May 4.
When Dell acquired Alienware early in 2006, some Alienware systems had AMD chips. On August 17, 2006, a Dell press-release stated that starting in September 2006, Dell Dimension desktop computers would have AMD processors and that later in the year Dell would release a two-socket, quad-processor server using AMD Opteron chips, moving away from using Dell's traditional Intel processors.
CNet's News.com on August 17, 2006 cited Dell's CEO Kevin Rollins as attributing the move to AMD processors to cost-advantage and to AMD technology. AMD's senior VP in commercial business, Marty Seyer, stated: "Dell's wider embrace of AMD processor-based offerings is a win for Dell, for the industry and most importantly for Dell customers."
On October 23, 2006, Dell announced new AMD-based servers — the PowerEdge 6950 and the PowerEdge SC1435.
On November 1, 2006, Dell's website began offering notebooks with AMD processors (the Inspiron 1501 with a display) with the choice of a single-core MK-36 processor, dual-core Turion X2 chips or Mobile Sempron.
The reason(s) for such a quick reversal remain the subject of debate. Court documents accused Microsoft of coercing OEMs to drop Linux:
Microsoft executive Joachim Kempin described his plan of retaliation and coercion to shut down competition from Linux: "I am thinking of hitting the OEM harder than in the past with anti-Linux actions" and will "further try to restrict source code deliveries where possible and be less gracious when interpreting agreements — again without being obvious about it," continuing "this will be a delicate dance"
While in a 2003 interview Michael Dell denied that Microsoft pressured Dell Inc. into doing an about-face with regard to desktop Linux, citing a lack of sales: "unfortunately the desktop Linux market didn't develop in volume. It's more of a server opportunity" but adding: "We continue to offer Linux on the desktop and there is nothing else to say. However, a 2004 report noted that Dell no longer offered pre-installed desktop Linux:
So what does it mean "factory installed Linux"? If you want Dell to install Linux for you, first add on $119. But here is the annoying part. They won't send you a computer with Linux pre-installed. They sell you the computer and the boxes of software on the side, and then they make an appointment to send you someone who comes to your house or business and installs it there.
On February 26, 2007 Dell announced that it had commenced a program to sell and distribute a range of computers with pre-installed Linux distributions as an alternative to Microsoft Windows. Dell indicated that Novell's SUSE Linux would appear first. However, Dell on February 27, 2007 announced that its previous announcement related to certifying the hardware as ready to work with Novell SUSE Linux and that it (Dell) had no plans to sell systems pre-installed with Linux in the near future. On March 28, 2007, Dell announced that it would begin shipping some desktops and laptops with Linux pre-installed, although it did not specify which distribution of Linux or which hardware would lead. On April 18, 2007 a report appeared suggesting that Michael Dell used Ubuntu on one of his home systems. On May 1, 2007, Dell announced it will ship the Ubuntu Linux distribution. On May 24, 2007, Dell started selling models with Ubuntu Linux 7.04 pre-installed: a laptop, a budget computer, and a high-end PC.
On June 27, 2007, Dell announced on its Direct2Dell blog that it planned to offer more pre-loaded systems (the new Dell Inspiron desktops and laptops). After the IdeaStorm site supported extending the bundles beyond the US market, Dell later announced more international marketing. On August 7, 2007, Dell officially announced that it would offer one notebook and one desktop in the UK, France and Germany with Ubuntu "pre-installed". At LinuxWorld 2007 Dell announced plans to provide Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop on selected models in China, "factory-installed". On November 30, 2007 Dell reported shifting 40,000 Ubuntu PCs. On January 24, 2008 Dell in Germany, Spain, UK and France launched a second laptop, a XPS M1330 with Ubuntu 7.10, for 849 euro or GBP 599 upwards. On February 22, 2008 Dell announced plans to sell Ubuntu in Canada and in Latin America
On January 31, 2007 Michael Dell returned to the company as CEO. As chairman of the board, Mr. Dell had significant input into the company's operations during Rollins' years as CEO. However with the return of Michael Dell as CEO, the company saw immediate changes in operations, the exodus of many senior vice-presidents and new blood brought in from outside the company.
Departures announced include:
Additions announced include:
Mr. Dell announced a number of initiatives and plans (part of the "Dell 2.0" initiative) to improve the company's financial performance. These include:
On April 23, 2008, Dell announced the closure of one of its biggest Canadian call-centers in Kanata, Ontario — terminating approximately 1100 employees, with 500 of those redundancies effective on the spot, and with the official closure of the center scheduled for the summer. (The call-center had opened in 2006 after the city of Ottawa won a bid to host it. Less then a year later, Dell Inc planned to double its workforce to nearly 3,000 workers and to add a new building. Journalists cited a high Canadian dollar and suggested high pay-rates as among the reasons for the cuts. The company had also announced the shutdown of its Edmonton, Alberta office, losing 900 jobs. In total, Dell announced the ending of about 8,800 jobs in 2007-2008 — 10% of its workforce.
Dell also offers Red Hat and SUSE Linux for servers; as well as "bare-bones" computers without pre-installed software (available on n Series by default and by request on XPS and Inspiron systems) at significantly lower prices. Due to Dell's licensing contract with Microsoft, Dell allegedly cannot offer those systems on their website and customers have to request them explicitly. (Dell does offer those systems on their web site at http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/precn_n?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&redirect=1 ). Dell has to ship such systems with a FreeDOS disk included in the box and must issue a so-called "Windows refund" or a merchandise credit after sale of the system at the "regular" retail price.
Dell has a general policy of manufacturing its products close to its customers, implementing just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing. Assembly of desktop computers for the North American market takes place at Dell plants in Lebanon TN, Austin TX, and Winston-Salem NC; with servers built in Austin TX. Dell assembles computers for the EMEA market at Limerick in the Republic of Ireland, and employs about 4,500 people in that country. European Manufacturing Facility 1 (EMF1, opened in 1990) and EMF3 form part of the Raheen Industrial Estate near Limerick. EMF2 (previously a Wang facility, later occupied by Flextronics, situated in Castletroy) closed in 2002, and Dell Inc has consolidated production into EMF3 (EMF1 now contains only offices). Construction of EMF4 in Łódź, Poland has started, with production planned to start there in autumn 2007.
Dell's assembly-plants in China and Malaysia assemble 95% of Dell notebooks. Dell Inc has invested an estimated (U.S.) $60 million in a new manufacturing unit in Chennai, India, to support the sales of its products in the Indian subcontinent. Indian-made products will bear the "Made in India" mark on them. In 2007 the Chennai facility has the target of producing 400,000 desktop PCs, and in the later half of 2007 it will start producing notebook PCs and other products.
Dell has a Brazilian plant in the city of Eldorado do Sul, close to the state capital Porto Alegre, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul — that assembles the PowerEdge server line.
According to a front-page article in the September 5, 2008 issue of the Wall Street Journal, Dell has factories in the following locations: Austin, Texas; Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Lebanon, Tennessee; Limerick, Ireland; Penang, Malaysia; Xiamen, China; Hortolandia, Brazil; Chennai, India; Lodz, Poland; Miami, Florida; Athlone, Ireland.
Dell's Consumer division offers 24x7 phone based and online troubleshooting rather than only during business hours. Gold Technical support is not offered for customers purchasing through the consumer department, and neither is Same-Day Onsite response.
On February 4, 2008 Dell launched a revamped services-and-support scheme for businesses named "ProSupport", offering customers more options to tailor services to fit their needs. Rather than take a one-size-fits-all approach, Dell has put together packages of options for each category of its customers: small and medium-sized businesses, large businesses, government, education, and health-care- and life-sciences.
Dell now offers separate support options for IT staff and for non-IT professionals. For the latter, the company offers "how-to" support for software applications, such as Microsoft Office. Dell also offers collaborative support with many third-party software vendors. For IT departments, Dell offers "fast-track dispatch" of parts and labor and access to a crisis-center to handle major outages, virus-attacks, or problems caused by natural disasters.
Besides offering response-options for handling problems, Dell has launched "Proactive Maintenance", which offers assessment and recommendations for updating drivers and firmware and for the application of customer-approved patches and system-updates. Dell also offers assessment-services for storage area networks, as well as for Dell's computing hardware.
The new offerings replace Dell's tiered services-structure in which customers could choose from a variety of service levels, such as platinum, gold, or silver. The latest system takes a more customizable approach to support.
Dell associates a Service Tag, a unique alpha-numeric identifier, with most of its products, which resembles a serial number. The Service Tag number, represented in base 36, has a length of five or seven characters. Software can read the Service Tag in a computer's DMI table. Monitors bought as part of a computer system get support via the Service Tag of the computer. Monitors bought separately get support via the Dell Order Number or via the monitor's serial number.
Dell links its Service Tags to Express Service Codes, usually found together with the service tag on a sticker physically attached to a system. Computer-owners can usually find this tag on the bottom of laptops; or on the side or on the back of the computer tower of desktops. The Express Service Code, a purely numerical conversion of the service tag, serves for use in Dell's trunkline for routing a customer to the appropriate phone-technician. Dell's technical support for consumers requires the customer to enter in their Express Service Code into their touch-tone phone and if they do not provide it when prompted customers will experience increased hold-time before reaching a support-representative.
As of 2007 Dell Inc replaced its proprietary remote-access tool with the newer DellConnect 2.0 manufactured by Citrix — a Dell-branded GoToAssist. After reaching the website, customers simply run this software, which can permit a support technician to view and work on their computer from a remote location; including the ability to reboot the computer remotely and continuing the same session, to share clipboards, and to redirect customers to a specific website.
In the Asia-Pacific region Dell provides customer support from Pasay City and Quezon City, Philippines; Cyberjaya and Penang, Malaysia; and Xiamen and Dalian, China.
In India, Dell has customer support centers in the northern cities of Gurgaon and Mohali; and in the southern cities of Hyderabad and Bangalore.
On January 31, 2008 Dell announced that it would close its call center in Edmonton, Alberta effective May 2, 2008, laying off over 900 workers and abandoning the sweetheart-deal it had agreed to with the city of Edmonton. The company planned to close the Ottawa center in July 2008, leaving no support centers in Canada.
A Dell executive writes:
Analysts say : They (Dell) have a negative 45 days CCC, which means that their sales are converted in hard cash 45 days BEFORE the sale.
I say : They have a negative 45 days CCC, which means that their sales are converted in hard cash 45 days BEFORE Dell needs to pay for purchase invoices to vendors.
Dell has also sold at retail, as explained in the "Marketing" section of this article.
A board of directors of nine people runs the company. Michael Dell, the founder of the company, serves on the board. Other board members include Don Carty, William Gray, Judy Lewent, Klaus Luft, Alex Mandl, Michael A. Miles, and Sam Nunn. Shareholders elect the nine board members at meetings, and those board members who do not get a majority of votes must submit a resignation to the board, which will subsequently choose whether or not to accept the resignation. The board of directors usually sets up five committees which have oversight over specific matters. These committees include the Audit Committee, which handles accounting issues, including auditing and reporting; the Compensation Committee, which approves compensation for the CEO and other employees of the company; the Finance Committee, which handles financial matters such as proposed mergers and acquisitions; the Governance and Nominating Committee, which handles various corporate matters (including nomination of the board); and the Antitrust Compliance Committee, which attempts to prevent company practices from violating antitrust laws.
The corporate structure and management of Dell extends beyond the board of directors. The Dell Global Executive Management Committee sets the strategic direction for how the corporation keeps customers at the forefront, from designing and manufacturing computer systems to offering products that meet customers' requirements to providing sufficient service and support. Dell has regional senior vice presidents for countries other than the United States, including David Marmonti for EMEA and Stephen J. Felice for Asia/Japan. As of 2007, other officers included Martin Garvin (senior vice president for worldwide procurement) and Susan E. Sheskey (vice president and chief information officer).
Dell advertisements have appeared in several types of media including television, the Internet, magazines, catalogs and newspapers. Some of Dell Inc's marketing strategies include lowering prices at all times of the year, offering free bonus products (such as Dell printers), and offering free shipping in order to encourage more sales and to stave off competitors. In 2006, Dell cut its prices in an effort to maintain its 19.2% market share. However, this also cut profit-margins by more than half, from 8.7 to 4.3 percent. To maintain its low prices, Dell continues to accept most purchases of its products via the Internet and through the telephone network, and to move its customer-care division to India and El Salvador.
A popular United States television and print ad campaign in the early 2000s featured the actor Ben Curtis playing the part of "Steven", a lightly mischievous blond-haired kid who came to the assistance of bereft computer purchasers. Each television advertisement usually ended with Steven's catch-phrase: "Dude, you're gettin' a Dell!"
A subsequent advertising campaign featured interns at Dell headquarters (with Curtis' character appearing in a small cameo at the end of one of the first commercials in this particular campaign).
A Dell advertising campaign for the XPS line of gaming computers featured in print in the September 2006 issue of Wired Magazine. It used as a tagline the common term in Internet and gamer slang: "FTW", meaning "For The Win". However, Dell Inc. soon dropped the campaign.
In the first-person shooter game F.E.A.R. Extraction Point, several computers visible on desks within the game have recognizable Dell XPS model characteristics, sometimes even including the Dell logo on the monitors.
In 2007 Dell switched advertising agencies in the US from BBDO to Mother. In July 2007, Dell released new advertising created by Mother to support the Inspiron and XPS lines. The ads featured music from the Flaming Lips and Devo who re-formed especially to record the song in the ad "Work it Out".
Recently Dell has received a lot of press coverage over its claim of having the world's most secure notebooks, specifically, its Latitude D630 and Latitude D830.
According to a National Advertising Division (NAD) report released in late June 2008, Dell did not have enough evidence to support its claim as maker of the "world's most secure laptops" within its marketing campaign. Lenovo filed the complaint to NAD accusing Dell of making unverified claims.
Most of the criticism made by NAD relates to data encryption, both disk-encryption software and disk-encryption hardware, used in Dell's commercial notebooks. Dell uses hardware-based full disk encryption and software-based full disk encryption from third-party vendors such as Seagate Technology.
"Although NAD determined that the advertiser could truthfully advertise its position as the first in the industry to combine these particular third-party components in creating secure systems for large businesses, NAD observed the distinction between the security provided to the individual computers and the security provided to a large network of computers." "Since not all of the components of the FDE Encryption Solution are equally relevant for all sizes of business, NAD recommended the advertiser make this distinction to the extent it intends to make broad security claims." "On the basis of the evidence in the record, NAD determined that advertiser demonstrated that it offered features of computer security that were both unique and meaningful to consumers."
The market expects laptops with full disk encryption to have data-at-rest (DAR) protection, but they remain vulnerable to cold boot attack, a type of side channel attack, which takes advantage of data remanence "However, it also determined that the broad claim "World's Most Secure" was not adequately supported and was appropriately discontinued.
Dell voluntarily discontinued the "world's most secured laptops" advertisement after the announcement of the NAD investigation.
Dell's original claim included:
"The industry-first solution delivers improved performance versus software-based encryption and automated compliance reports so customers are confident that encryption is enabled." "'Dell is at the forefront of laptop security because it ranks as a top concern for customers in an environment where more data is produced by an increasingly mobile work force,' said Margaret Franco, director, Dell Product Group. 'The industry-first solution we're announcing today adds to our multi-pronged approach to security that delivers an ironclad assurance of protection.'"
Starting in 2002, Dell opened kiosk locations in shopping malls across the United States in order to give personal service to customers who preferred this method of shopping to using the Internet or the telephone-system. Despite the added expense, prices at the kiosks match or beat prices available through other retail channels. Starting in 2005, Dell expanded kiosk locations to include shopping malls across Australia, Canada, Singapore and Hong Kong.
On January 30 2008 Dell shut down all 140 kiosks in the US due to expansion into retail stores such as Wal-Mart, Best Buy, and Staples.
Dell Inc planned to use the Dallas store to house about three times as many products as it displayed in more than 160 kiosks in malls and airports. In addition to showcasing products, the stores also support on-site warranties and non-warranty service ("Dell on Call"). Services offered include repairing computer video-cards and removing spyware from hard drives.
On Valentine's Day, February 14, 2008, Dell closed the Service Center in its Dallas NorthPark store and laid off all the technical staff there.
In late 2007 Dell Inc announced that it planned to expand its program to value-added resellers (VARs), giving it the official name of "Dell Partner Direct" and a new website Dell Inc realized that this program, once a small factor in Dell Inc sales, had become a growing sector of its business and it desired to leverage this growing outlet for its products. It promised VARs who joined this program increased discounts on product and the ability to use the Dell name and logo in their marketing efforts. ConnectU became an early member of the program.
The overall success of this program — as a new development for Dell Inc — remains unclear.
Dell in late 2006 lost its lead in the PC-business to Hewlett-Packard. Both Gartner and IDC estimated that in the third quarter of 2006, HP shipped more units worldwide than did Dell. Dell's 3.6% growth paled in comparison to HP's 15% growth during the same period. The problem got worse in the fourth quarter, when Gartner estimated that Dell PC shipments declined 8.9% (versus HP's 23.9% growth). As a result, at the end of 2006 Dell's overall PC market-share stood at 13.9% (versus HP's 17.4%).
IDC reported that Dell lost more server market share than any of the top four competitors in that arena. IDC's Q4 2006 estimates show Dell's share of the server market at 8.1%, down from 9.5% in the previous year. This represents a 8.8% loss year-over-year, primarily to competitors EMC and IBM.
Dell became the first company in the information technology industry to establish a product-recycling goal (in 2004) and completed the implementation of its global consumer recycling-program in 2006. On February 6 2007, the National Recycling Coalition awarded Dell its "Recycling Works" award for efforts to promote producer responsibility. On July 19 2007, Dell announced that it had exceeded targets in working to achieve a multi-year goal of recovering 275 million pounds of computer equipment by 2009. The company reported the recovery of 78 million pounds (nearly 40,000 tons) of IT equipment from customers in 2006, a 93-percent increase over 2005; and 12.4% of the equipment Dell sold seven years earlier.
On June 5 2007 Dell set a goal of becoming the greenest technology company on Earth for the long term. The company launched a zero-carbon initiative that includes:
The company introduced the term "The Re-Generation" during a round table in London commemorating 2007 World Environment Day. "The Re-Generation" refers to people of all ages throughout the world who want to make a difference in improving the world's environment. Dell also talked about plans to take the lead in setting an environmental standard for the "technology industry" and maintaining that leadership in the future.
On August 17 2007, the Dell Inc announced that after an internal investigation into its accounting practices it would restate and reduce earnings from 2003 through to the first quarter of 2007 by a total amount of between $50 million and $150 million, or 2 cents to 7 cents per share. The investigation, begun in November 2006, resulted from concerns raised by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over some documents and information that Dell Inc. had submitted.
In the 1990s Dell switched from using primarily ATX motherboards and PSU to using boards and power-supplies with mechanically identical but differently wired connectors. This meant customers wishing to upgrade their hardware could encounter unforeseen problems. However, company practice in this respect changed in 2003.
In 2005, according to the Better Business Bureau, complaints about Dell more than doubled, to 1,533 after earnings grew 52% that year.
Consumer complaints about the quality of customer-service mounted, and in 2006, Dell acknowledged that it had problems with customer-service. Issues included call-transfers of more than 45% of calls and long wait-times. Dell's blog detailed the response: "We're spending more than a $100 million — and a lot of blood, sweat and tears of talented people — to fix this." Later in the year, the company increased its spending on customer-service to $150 million.
In May, 2008 the New York Supreme Court ruled that Dell and Dell Financial Services "engaged in fraud, false advertising, deceptive business practices, and abusive debt collection practices." The relevant lawsuit aimed primarily to highlight and seek restitution for a lack of technical support given to customers by Dell. The court plans to hold further proceedings to determine how much money Dell has to pay out to customers and how much profit Dell made unlawfully in New York.


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The experience of purchasing fine art photography online is about to change drastically thanks to the launch of an awesome new site called PurePhoto. PurePhoto is the brainchild of a group of world renowned photographers who came to the realisation that the process of purchasing fine art photography online could be so much more enjoyable and rewarding. Choosing to purchase fine art online is a great alternative for those who prefer not to be exposed to the snobbery of the gallery world – however, the trade-off has has been lack of interaction with the artist and their work that one would usually receive when visiting a gallery, but not online. That is, until now. What PurePhoto have done is create a platform that not only gives buyers the freedom to browse the fantastic offerings at their leisure, but also gives buyers the opportunity to interact with a community of other buyers and artists in a social network style setting. If you have ever been too intimidated to enter a pretentious gallery space, or felt disillusioned by an uninspiring and cold experience with an online gallery, then PurePhoto is the place for you.
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Not only is PurePhoto very attractive and easy to navigate, there are also many fantastic features integrated into the site that make finding the right photograph to turn your interior space into a special place a great experience. If you are looking for a photo to complement a particular decor then you will definitely be interested in the sort by colour feature. Looking for an image to continue an interior theme or indulge a personal passion? Then you will love the ability to search by subject category. If you just feel like browsing through a range of beautiful and awe inspiring images then you can do so at your leisure. Fine art photography collectors will feel more than at home in the special section for internationally recognized photographers with a demonstrated history of gallery exhibits, awards, or publications. As well as being able to choose from an awesome range of highly collectable works by world renowned photographers, collectors also have the advantage of being able to interact with other collectors who share the same passion and motivation as well as with the artist's themselves. If being able to discuss an amazing photograph with the artist who took the photo sounds like a great opportunity, and being able to share your passion for photography with other passionate photophiles sounds like fun, then you know where you need to head.
I am particularly pleased to see that PurePhoto have taken every effort to ensure that the prints they are selling are of the absolute highest quality and standard with all prints made using professional, museum-grade archival paper with a lustre finish. For all the fine art photography connoisseurs out there, PurePhoto have taken great care to ensure that a range of awesome limited edition prints are available for purchase that will satisfy even the most fussy collector. To be honest, I could rabbit on about the benefits of the PurePhoto concept for many more pages (and will write more soon) but for now will instead leave you to join the site and experience the benefits of being part of the PurePhoto movement for yourself.
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http://www.keithdotson.com Keith Dotson
I just discovered and thoroughly enjoy your blog. I must disagree that Pure Photo is a new concept however. Sites like Etsy have been combining social and art for years. Perhaps that's a little down-market for your readership. But the key to success is visibility and I know tons of art buyers, interior designers and gallery people shop on Etsy. However, as a fine art photographer I joined Pure Photo, so we'll see if it delivers on the promise.
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Within gamer circles, "Gears of War" was approaching the kind of supernatural hype hoops fans had for LeBron James before he broke into the NBA. Like Bron, fans never really questioned whether "Gears" was going to be good — it was just a matter of how good. Like King James, we had been hearing about the supposed greatness of "Gears" for a while — in this case, about a year.
So, how good is it? After a full day and night of playing it at the Arena Lounge, I can sum up my first-day feeling in five words …
Wow. This game's for real.
Rarely — and I mean "struck-by-lightning rarely" — does a game live up to massive amounts of pre-release hype. A good point was brought up on the Wednesday AGI about that. The hype for "Gears" didn't come from the designers, really. We didn't get any two-page magazine ads telling us how much a game was going to "kick our ass," nor did were we bombarded with self-promoting soundbites. At least I didn't witness anything like that — I just got the vibe that Epic was making something they were proud of, and that we as gamers would really enjoy. And enjoying it I am.
All right, onto the game. Warning … I mention a few creatures and weapons, so if those count as spoilers, then perhaps you should stop now, or at least tread VERY carefully.
I think perhaps most stunning part of the game has been the visuals. I haven't seen any other game on the 360 approach the level of detail you'll see in everything from the landscapes you fight in to the little grooves on the armor of the soldiers. This is after seeing screens, trailers, art and reading features about the game for a year — and I was still impressed by the eye candy. Even the blood that splatters on the game camera seems to have its own visual life. Sick, but impressive at the same time.
Equally pleasing to me was the framerate. A lot of games look outstanding with cinema screens, or if no one's really moving. "Gears" manages to maintain its visual integrity AND move at a brisk pace. That was a big question for me at the beginning … how is the action going to flow? And I also remember thinking when looking at the screens — "if the game moves as well as it looks, then we're onto something." Well, we're onto something.
Of course, gameplay is the glue that holds all game elements together, so let's discuss that. The control scheme hovers very closely near "pick-up-and-play" territory, at least for veteran gamers. I needed minimal-to-no training at all before I was taking cover, diving out the way of grenades and using my chainsaw on the enemy. Almost every button has a function, but it felt oddly natural to me, to the point where I didn't even really think about what I was doing — I just did it. That's actually a pretty valuable battle skill.
Both the A and X buttons serve multiple purposes. The "A" button deals mostly with mobility tasks — diving, taking cover, and running when you hold it down. By the way, I really enjoy the "Saving Private Ryan"-esque jiggling camera action whenever you run. A clever, gritty touch. The "X" button is the object interaction button — you kick a lot of doors with it, as well as push movable objects and hit some switches.
I've heard some complaints about the multipurposing of the buttons, and I could see why that would be a problem. If a new gun is right under a switch, you might have a second or two or frustration, picking up said gun just to "move" it out of the way. Instead of running, you might accidentally take cover near a rock or something and get slaughtered by a creature coming at you.
However, there are some advantages. The run-and-cover move is a lot more effective — simply power-run into a wall or fallen rock and you'll brace against it automatically. Pretty invaluable when you're getting shot at. Plus, simplistic control schemes, in my opinion, allow the player to focus more on the game and their intuitive battle skills.
Another thing I like the "look" button, which adds an on-demand cinematic "zoom" whenever you use it. When the look icon pops up, you can zoom in on injured squadmates, key items and places of interest on the fly. This was a big help when I ran into something called the Berzerker, which bashed me into bloody chunks about seven times in a row before I figured out I couldn't fight it. I had to lure this beast outside of a tomb, and the only way I could do that was to get it to chase me, Juggernaut style, through a series of breakable doors. That was pretty nerve-wracking. Until I got outside.
I'm a big fan of the weapons. They're different and unusually designed, but not flashy-looking. We all know about the assault rifle with the built-in chainsaw, which leads to possibly one of the most satisfying melee attacks in gamer history. I won't describe it — you really have to see it for yourself. To quote the mighty Gamer Andy — "Blood. Everywhere."
Other intriguing weapons were the Torque Bow, which uses exploding arrows that can stick to the enemy. Perhaps the sickest one is the Hammer of Dawn, which is what I used against the Berzerker when I went outside –because outside, there are satellites. With lasers.
The Hammer fires a simple red beam that essentially tells a satellite where to fry a target with a REALLY POWERFUL space laser. This means you have to hold the red beam on the target as long as you can. I remember having to take out a few underground Sarlacc-style monsters with this thing. Definitely a "kneel before Zod" weapon.
Oh, I just looked at the time. I wanted to talk more about vehicles and others bits of innovative gameplay, as well as some more creatures. If I don't get to talk about it on AGI, I'll resume where I left off here.
'Til then, chainsaws up.


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One of the most shocking things to see as a new poultry keeper is chickens going through a moult. Most chickens shed their feathers in late Summer or early Autumn.
Chickens that go into moult will slowly lose their old feathers and new feathers will grow in the place of old. It can be shocking because birds will often look very scruffy and some will look pretty much 'oven ready' which can be quite alarming to see. A partial moult can sometimes take place earlier on in the year although this is usually just the neck feathers that are replaced.
Young birds will shed their feathers twice during the first 6 months of their life although this is a much more gradual process and normally it is only the feathers lying around the run that gives this away, visually, youngsters still carry plenty of feathers. When new feathers are growing through (called 'pin' feathers) it can be painful for a bird to be handled so take care if you need to catch or hold them.
Feathers are 85% protein so when birds moult, replacing their feathers, laying hens will usually stop producing eggs. Eggs are made up mainly of protein and it is too much for a hen to produce new feathers as well as eggs.
Pure breeds usually take longer to moult than hybrid hens. Occasionally hens will lay the odd egg during the moult but most will take a break. When a hen is going to moult, her plumage will take on a very dull appearance. It normally takes about 6 weeks for a young healthy pure breed hen to complete a moult. Older hens will take longer.
During a moult, birds do not lose all of their feathers at the same time. This is because in nature, they still need to be able to escape from predators so they do not lose all of their flight feathers at the same time.
Some poultry keepers supplement their birds diets with additional protein. Amino acids, vitamins and minerals are the basic building blocks of protein, so using vitamin supplements during the moult will help. 'Old timers' often recommend dried cat food as a good source of protein and a handful of this a few times a week can help top up your birds protein levels. Dog food also contains protein but this comes from grains. Cat food protein comes from animals and is rich in amino acids. This additional protein will help them to get back into lay after they have finished their moult but most hens moult in the autumn and early winter so daylight hours will be short and they may not come back into lay until the early spring.
Apple Cider Vinegar is a great help to chickens at times of stress and is packed with vitamins and minerals. It can easily be added to their water to help them through this difficult time. Read more about Apple Cider Vinegar here.
Ensure you don't overdo the mixed corn (called scratch in the U.S.) during the moulting period. Feeding too much corn will reduce the overall protein intake of your birds when they ideally need it to be increased. Chickens will usually prefer eating mixed corn to their layers feed so it is necessary to keep this as a treat.
You can read more about the correct Feeding of Chickens here.
In extreme cases if chickens are not getting enough protein, they will peck at other birds feathers and eat them in order to increase their protein levels. Birds are very vulnerable at this time since it doesn't take much for a wound to appear and chickens love to peck at red blood exasperating the problem. You should always separate a bird if blood is visible.
Remember if you have clipped a wing to stop your chickens from flying, you will need to do this again after the feathers have re-grown. Be very careful not to clip the feathers too early since there is blood inside the quill of a feather when it is growing and if it is cut too soon, it will bleed profusely and be very difficult to stop. Feathers whose quills are full of blood will appear very dark almost black instead of clear / white. Read How to Clip a Chickens Wing for further information on how to do this.
If you think your chickens have finished moulting and should be laying eggs again, then read 'Why have my Chickens Stopped Laying' which could be useful.


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Birth of a Standard: The Intel 8086 Microprocessor
From Chip to Standard
How did the 8086
Gradually, however, the disparate parts of the PC universe fell into orbit around the 5150. One big reason for its success was the IBM name on the box. The brand had more cachet among business buyers than rival companies such as Radio Shack or Apple. The question of the day was, "Do you want to buy a computer from International Business Machines or from a company named after a fruit?" Bradley says.
And because IBM had used off-the-shelf components, other companies could produce clones--and clone they did.
With the IBM PC quickly becoming dominant, Intel capitalized on the trend by developing improved versions of the 8086 over the years, starting with the 80186 and
Right Place, Right Time
According to Morse and Bradley, our current x86-dependence mostly came down to chance. "I was just lucky enough to have been at the right place at the right time," says Morse. "Any bright engineer could have designed the processor. It would probably have had a radically different instruction set, but all PCs today would be based on that architecture instead." In a similar vein, IBM veteran Bradley jokes, "If IBM had chosen the Motorola 68000 for the IBM PC (as some wanted), we would have had the WinOla duopoly rather than the Wintel duopoly."
The true power of x86 lies not in the particular operation codes that make our CPUs run, but in the momentum of common computer standards. The 8086 paved the way for rapid, exponential progress in computer speed, capacity, and price-performance--all driven by fierce competition among hundreds of companies vying to improve the same thing.
Morse's humble 8086 instruction set still lies at the heart of nearly every modern PC CPU, from the Opteron to the Athlon to the Core 2 Quad. For a practical demonstration of just how powerful the x86 standard is, consider this: Any assembly-language program written as far back as 1978 for the Intel 8086 microprocessor will run, unmodified, on Intel's latest Core 2 Extreme CPU--just 180,000 times faster.


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I have been taking xanax for about 5 months. I am now up to taking 3 mg a day, 1.5 in the morning 1.5 at night for anxiety/panic attacks. I was given lexapro to help since I started with only taking .5mg of xanax a day and it kept going up. The lexapro made me gain weight so I asked to be taken off. I started with 5 mg, went to 10 mg, and I'm back to 5 mg for now. I told my therapist lately I feel like I'm going to explode and need a little more xanax for the day. He told me he normally doesn't prescribe more than 3 a day because of the DEA. Is that a good reason? I know some lady who gets about 90 2 mg prescribed to her a month. If he wont prescribe me more than I ask for, should I look for a new doctor? I pay $140 for 30 minutes of talk and getting refills so shouldn't he be doing what I need? I understand that people abuse xanax, but does the DEA really control the daily allowance?
Does the DEA limit the amount of xanax that's allowed to be prescribed daily?
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- 10 Dec 2007 by cherryc0kex
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11 Dec 2007
Xanax is a poor drug for anxiety unless you suffer from quick attacks that don't last long.Xanax doesn't last very long so if you have lasting anxiety issues then Klonopin is a much better drug or even valium as they both have long half lives.The problem with these drugs (benzodiazepines) is they don't work long and you get a tolerance to them quickly.They were designed only to be taken for 2 weeks max.After that all your doing is getting depended on them.
Withdrawls from benzodiazepines can be fatal due to siezures!! So when a patient is taken off them they need to wean down slowly, never just stop taking a benzo or you run the risk of withdrawls.
There are far better drugs for anxiety that aren't near as dangerous or addictive as benzodiazepines.>.Good luck... Dave
11 Dec 2007
Thanks for the reply! I was given Klonopin to try before the Lexapro but it didn't do anything for some reason. I haven't tried Valium. Well I have, but that was before I actually had anxiety and that made me pass out. Ativan also did the same thing. I have tried so many anti-depressants that I have been allergic to or had other weird symptoms, or there are just some things I don't want to take, like Zoloft, so my doctor has no idea what to put me on now.
My boyfriend is pretty much addicted to Xanax now. We both go to the same therapist and I have mentioned that he abuses them, so that's why I'm thinking he wont prescribe me anymore than 3 because my boyfriend will get into my bottle.
I go to him this week so I'm going to try to find something else.
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The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO, is the British government department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom overseas, created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.
The head of the FCO is the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, commonly abbreviated to Foreign Secretary (currently David Miliband). This position is regarded as one of the three most prestigious appointments in the cabinet, alongside those of Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary. Together with the Prime Minister, these comprise the Great Offices of State.
Ministers at the FCO, as of 5 October 2008, are as follows:
The Permanent Under-Secretary and Head of the Diplomatic Service is Sir Peter Ricketts, KCMG, a senior civil servant.
The FCO was formed in 1968, from the merger of the short-lived Commonwealth Office and the Foreign Office. The Commonwealth Office had been created only in 1966, by the merger of the Commonwealth Relations Office and the Colonial Office, and the Commonwealth Relations Office had been formed by the merger of the Dominions Office and the India Office in 1947—with the Dominions Office having been split from the Colonial Office in 1925.
The Foreign Office was formed in March 1782 by combining the Southern and Northern Departments, each of which covered both foreign and domestic affairs in their parts of the Kingdom. The two departments' foreign affairs responsibilities became the Foreign Office, whilst their domestic affairs responsibilities were assigned to the Home Office.
In August 2005, a report by management consultant group Collinson Grant was made public by Andrew Mackinlay. The report criticised the management structure of the department, noting that:
The Foreign Office commissioned the report to highlight areas which would help it achieve its pledge to reduce spending by £87 million pounds over three years. In response to the report being made public, the Foreign Office stated it had already implemented the report's recommendations.
In April 2006 a new executive agency was established, FCO Services, to provide corporate service functions. In April 2008 it moved to Trading Fund status so it had the ability to provide similar services which it already offers to the FCO, to other government departments and even outside businesses.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office occupies a building which originally provided premises for four separate government departments: the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Colonial Office, and the Home Office. Construction on the building began in 1861 and finished in 1868, and it was designed by the architect George Gilbert Scott. Its architecture is in the Italianate style; Scott had initially envisaged a Gothic design, but the then Foreign Secretary Lord Palmerston insisted on a classical style. (Palmerston was Prime Minister at the time the building was begun, in 1861, not Foreign Secretary, a post that he had not held since 1851.) English sculptor John Birnie Philip produced a number of allegorical figures ('Art', 'Law', 'Commerce', etc) for the exterior.
In 1925, the Foreign Office played host to the signing of the Locarno Treaties, aimed at reducing tension in Europe. The ceremony took place in a suite of rooms that had been designed for banqueting, which subsequently became known as the Locarno Suite. During the Second World War, the Locarno Suite's fine furnishings were removed or covered up, and it became home to a foreign office code-breaking department.
Due to increasing numbers of staff, the offices became increasingly cramped and much of the fine Victorian interior was covered over—especially after World War II. In the 1960s, demolition was proposed, as part of major redevelopment plan for the area drawn up by architect Sir Leslie Martin. A subsequent public outcry prevented these proposals from ever being implemented. Instead, the Foreign Office became a Grade 1 listed building in 1970. In 1978, the Home office moved to a new building, easing overcrowding.
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