Proteas maintan their focus amid Flintoff mania: related news

Proteas maintan their focus amid Flintoff-mania

Flintoff-mania has arrived at Headingley Carnegie, the setting for Friday’s second Test match between South Africa and England, but it is not being allowed to detract from the Proteas’ principle focus of playing a lot better than they did in the first Test at Lord’s.

Proteas maintain focus despite Flintoff-mania

LEEDS: Flintoff-mania has arrived at Headingley, the setting for today's second Test match between South Africa and England, but it is not being allowed to detract from the Proteas' principal focus of playing a lot better than they did in the first Test at Lord's.

Media Cybernetics Offers Free Image Processing Consultations

Researchers learn sophisticated image analysis techniques using their own images BETHESDA, Md.--(Business Wire)-- Media Cybernetics, the scientific imaging software company, has added an exciting, new tool to their website that enables individuals to upload their images and receive a free image processing consultation. This new image upload feature gives researchers the opportunity to describe their imaging challenge and receive feedback on how they can accomplish their desired outcome using image processing tools. This tool allows Media Cybernetics' representatives to consult with and train researchers-using their own images- resulting in a significantly reduced learning curve. Researchers benefit immediately, improving their research processes through the use of advanced image analysis techniques, including counting objects, tracking th

Etisalat's Online Services leaves positive impact on customers during the holiday season

Etisalat today announced that its online services continue to receive positive feedback from customers during the holiday season by helping them to conduct transactions at their own convenience even when they are on holiday abroad. Etisalat services allow customers to automatically pay their bills when it is due; renew their ‘Wasel’ balance automatically or manually through their mobile by dialing *122# , along with access to many other services that are available on www.etisalat.ae/online. Customers can easily manage their account through the online services; check the value and details of their bills, make payments online, recharge their ‘Wasel’ account and carry out many transactions quickly and safely at any time with one single click.

Farmers Recognised for Their Commitment to Wildlife ; East Yorks: Farmers Who Encourage Wildlife Have Been Recognised for Their Exceptional Efforts to Help Birds and Animals on Their Farms.

East Yorks: Farmers who encourage wildlife have been recognised for their exceptional efforts to help birds and animals on their farms.

MapusoftMapuSofts Solutions Give Tecnobit the Ability to Move their Code to the Linux Operating System MapuSoft Technologies (MT) announced that Tecnobit, of Valdepeas, Spain has selected MTs OS Changer software reuse product for their current mig

MapuSoft Technologies (MT) announced that Tecnobit, of Valdepeñas, Spain has selected MT´s OS Changer software reuse product for their current migration project. Tecnobit is using OS Changer to move their legacy software to the Linux operating system. The application that uses OS Changer is a simulator of a navigation console for a tactical data system for the Spanish Armada. By implementing MT´s solution, and recycling their original software, Tecnobit will save valuable development resources and eliminate an expensive and time consuming code rewrite.

Subject to Change

prostoalex writes "Most companies would call themselves innovative and would claim they're delivering an above-average service to their customers. Yet, their customers opinions might differ. If you drill a company on their innovation practices, they would probably mention two approaches they employ: 1. Their research department meets with target groups, compiles presentations for the upper management, which then occasionally hands those reports over to the development department. 2. Their research or marketing department comes up with competitive matrix of the products available from competition. In a meeting then, executives see that their product is missing a feature, and hence the development department is assigned the task of adding 'an Internet-enabled installer' to the product, since everybody else offers them, thereby creating mark

iPhone mania travels to India from US: D Day nears

ImageNew Delhi, Aug 9, 2008: iPhone mania seems to have traveled to India from US of A. As D day nears the iPhone enthusiasts are doing their every bit to put their hands on the gizmo as soon as it reaches the shelf. Many call it apple of their eyes.

T-Mobile To Open App Store For All of Their Phones

tsa brings news that T-Mobile will be developing their own application store to compete with Apple's popular distribution scheme. Their aim is to be capable of bringing new services to all of their customers. Excerpting: "Developers will submit their applications online; the revenue-share agreement will be based on how much the application uses the network; and the applications will be presented to the user in order of popularity, not according to T-Mobile's preferences. It's all pretty straightforward, but the more interesting aspect is that this will apply to all the carrier's platforms from upcoming Android to Java to Sidekick and Windows Mobile."

Genetic Glitch May Prevent Kids from Learning from Their Mistakes

jamie pointed out an interesting piece being featured in Newsweek that claims a "genetic glitch" may prevent some kids from learning from their mistakes to the same degree as others. "If there is one thing experts on child development agree on, it is that kids learn best when they are allowed to make mistakes and feel the consequences. So Mom and Dad hold back as their toddler tries again and again to cram a round peg into a square hole. [...] But not, it seems, all kids. In about 30 percent, the coils of their DNA carry a glitch, one that leaves their brains with few dopamine receptors, molecules that act as docking ports for one of the neurochemicals that carry our thoughts and emotions. A paucity of dopamine receptors is linked to an inability to avoid self-destructive behavior such as illicit drug use.

New Zealand 266-5 England 215: Miserable England in need of Flintoff lift

The highlight of a miserable week for the England cricket team, a week that has seen the morality and ability of the one-day side questioned, took place in Brighton yesterday morning. It was the sight of a fit Andrew Flintoff (right) running up the hill at Hove and bowling for Lancashire in the LV Championship First Division match against Sussex. Flintoff has had his moments off the field but very few modern cricketers encapsulate what is meant by the "Spirit of Cricket" better than him. Flintoff plays hard but fair and it is difficult to believe England's appeal for the run out of New Zealand's Grant Elliott would have been carried out at The Oval on Wednesday had he been playing. England need Flintoff back, not just to bowl hostile overs, give the ball an almighty smack and take breathtaking catches at slip but to provide the dressing r

Ruby Tuesday To Blow Up Its Store Live Online

Dining chain Ruby Tuesday will blow up their site - literally! According to their website, they will demolish their "last old" restaurant and they will broadcast the spectacle live online. The eatery announces the "brand new Tuesday" ad campaign that they are about to launch after they demolish their last old Ruby Tuesday. The location is still a secret but patrons can watch it live on their website on August 5 at 3 p.m. EST.

Chinese leading folk artists have been demonstrating their skills in Olympic Village since it was opend early August, making it a place for foreign athletes to feast their eyes on Chinese culture.

Kong Bingzhang, a Chinese kite artist, shows his works at the Olympic Village in Beijing, China, Aug. 21, 2008. Chinese leading folk artists have been demonstrating their skills in the village since the village was opend early August, making it a place for foreign athletes to feast their eyes on Chinese culture.(Xinhua Photo/Li Ziheng)

Playstation Blog: The Eye of Judgment: Official Online Tournaments Begin Next Week

We hope people have been working on their summoning skills since our last post because we are happy to announce that the Official North American EOJ Tournaments starts this month! You may have noticed our friends in Japan and UK been having their own, now North American players get their chance to prove their skills and their decks!

Study: Some doctor bloggers tell all

Although doctor or nurse bloggers might think they're anonymous, they sometimes inadvertently end up revealing their identities and, as a result, their patients', according to a study. Researchers reviewed five entries each for 271 blogs written by people who said they were a physician or a nurse, and they found that 114 of the blogs described patients. More than half of the bloggers provided enough information in their text or images to reveal their identities, and 45 of the blogs that described interactions with individual patients included enough information for them to identify their doctors or themselves. Three blogs went so far to show recognizable photos of patients.

Workplace BlackBerry Use May Spur Lawsuits

An anonymous reader writes "From an article on cnbc.com: 'As employers hand out electronic devices to their employees at a greater pace, there are growing concerns that workers eligible for overtime pay, known as non-exempt employees, could begin suing their employers for overtime hours earned while tapping on their devices during after-work hours. As a result, lawyers are advising their corporate clients to update their policies and handbooks related to BlackBerry use and reconsider who gets a device.'"

More Than Just a Game: The Science of Fantasy Football

Across the country, millions of people have spent the last few weeks feverishly studying figures, boldly predicting future performance, and deciphering bewildering trends. Armed with reams of research, they congregate in meeting rooms and living rooms, in person and on their computers, where they will test their theories and attempt to outmaneuver their adversaries. The best of them will earn the begrudging respect of their foes, and may even earn significant financial rewards. Using the same skills that breed success in the stock and real estate markets, people across the country are preparing for the fantasy football season. This is a key weekend for fantasy drafts as fans select their teams before the kickoff of the NFL season on September fourth.

South Africa desperate to fight back

And so, the Kevin Pietersen fairytale continues. England took an unassailable 3-0 lead at The Oval, but for England's new and irrepressibly positive captain, he and his team have greater goals in their sights: a 5-0 whitewash. It may have seemed an implausible task before the series, but such has been England's dominance that Pietersen's ambition is perfectly achievable. Sunday's match represents another chance for South Africa to turn around their short-term fortunes, yet the poor form of their senior players - Jacques Kallis and Mark Boucher in particular - has prompted their coach, Mickey Arthur, to look ahead to the future. He wants the younger generation to stake a claim for their own futures, but also sees Lord's as the beginning of a new era.

Online Privacy Versus Piracy

Millions of YouTube enthusiasts - including many in Singapore - should be relieved the video-sharing website's owner Google has to hand over only anonymised viewer logs in media giant Viacom's US$1 billion copyright lawsuit. Viacom and other plaintiffs may be suing only for payment of fair value of their content YouTube has made freely available online. They may have no wish to go after individual uploaders or viewers. Another, less obvious, motive might be that the usage data may come in handy in carving out their own online video market share and in boosting their own advertising revenues. Stripping out users' names and their Internet protocol addresses from the evidence allows the plaintiffs a chance to prove their case without compromising US privacy protection law.

Proteas new batting coach?

The Proteas have the services of a batting coach with impeccable credentials at their disposal on their cricket tour of England.

Flintoff thrills the British

England's cricket supporters may have nodded off during South Africa's stonewalling rearguard action that deprived their team of victory in the first Test, but they are getting very excited about the return of their all-rounder Andrew Flintoff.

Flintoff's fireworks eclipsed by mastery of Middlesex's Malan

If the England selectors must have been purring over the all-round contribution of Andrew Flintoff last night, they may also have raised half an eyebrow at the performance of the 20-year-old Dawid Malan. Flintoff held a bucket-like catch at first slip, took three for 17 in four overs, registered 92.3mph on the speedgun, then walloped 53 off 41 balls as his preparation for next week's second Test at Headingley continued apace, but Malan's innings of 103 from 54 deliveries was the work of a special talent. Middlesex have a lot more to celebrate than their first finals-day appearance in the Twenty20 Cup.

'Proteas must adapt quickly'

The Castle Proteas Test squad return to their “home from home” when they start their eagerly anticipated series against England at Lord’s on Thursday.

'Proteas must adapt quickly'

The Castle Proteas test squad return to their “home from home� when they start their eagerly anticipated series against England at Lord’s on Thursday.

Fiery Flintoff gets England right back in contention

England's Andrew Flintoff (L) celebrates after taking the wicket of South Africa's Neil McKenzie. Flintoff took his 200th Test wicket as England tried to claw their way back into contention on the second day of the third Test against South Africa at Edgbaston.

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