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Kieran McKenna Starts Mastic Hedge Fund
2011-11-05 05:00:00 (Bloomberg) — Kieran McKenna, who traded oil for Credit Suisse AG and JPMorgan Chase & Co., started a hedge fund that will accept money from outside investors next month, according to Mastic Investment Advisory AG, his new company. The Mastic fund will make ?extensive use? of options and has a relative-value biased strategy, according to ...Link More About: Fund
Chuck Norris Trading Facts
2011-11-04 01:30:00 Chuck Norris has no Stop Loss, because he never loses. When Chuck Norris was a Trainee learning to trade, the Markets adapted to him. Chuck Norris doesn?t predict the price of oil. Oil just does whatever the fuck Chuck Norris says! The lie was not that Chuck Norris owned Enron. He did. But he didn?t ... More About: Facts , Misc , Chuck Norris , Trading
Traders: Psychopaths?
2011-10-02 20:33:00 A new study from the University in St. Gallen, Switzerland compares traders with psychopaths: Even the experts were surprised by the result. They attest to the stock market professionals with a penchant for immense destruction. The performance of the 27 dealers is even worse than the psychopaths.Link More About: Traders
Online Poker Sites Charged
2011-04-16 12:03:00 “US prosecutors have charged the founders of three of the world?s largest online poker companies with bank fraud and other offences, in the largest crackdown since Congress banned electronic gambling transactions in 2006. In an indictment unsealed on Friday, the government accused the creators of Full Tilt Poker , PokerStars and Absolute Poker of illegal gambling, ... More About: Sites , Online
Congratulation Inflation
2011-04-11 09:34:00 Congratulation inflation not only damages language, it is bad for us psychologically. Praise is a Class A drug and we crave more and get upset when we don?t get any in sufficiently pure form.Link More About: Inflation , Misc
AJAX Word Counter
2011-03-06 19:58:00 This tool should come in handy for anyone filling in job/university applications. Whether it’s a personal statement or a competency question there’s usually always a word limit. So for those of you who don’t like to use feature-bloated word processors, here’s a simple text box that uses jQuery to give you on-the-fly word count. You ... More About: Tools , Word , Ajax
QR Code Generator
2010-08-16 00:08:00 QR (Quick Response) codes have been extremely popular and widely used in Japan since its inception in 2004. These square ?quick response? codes turn URLS, vCards, or any kind of text into a jumble of pixels that you can scan on your smartphone instantaneously, no typing required. In fact they can do much more than ... More About: Misc , Generator , Code
iPhone Jailbreak (iOS 4.0.1)
2010-08-12 23:28:00 The latest jailbreaking tool, JailBreakme, is now web-based making it easier than ever to open up your devices to non-Apple-approved applications and customisations. The tool exploits a flaw in the iOS PDF viewer in order to gain access to the device. This security vulnerability has now been fixed in the latest firmware (4.0.2), so the ... More About: Iphone
Major Site Redesign
2010-08-02 02:49:00 For reasons unknown (that’s a great song by the way: [link] …but I digress) I’ve recently felt compelled to revitalise this site. In light of this I decided to redesign the site from the ground up. The thumbnail you see for this post is a screenshot of what it used to look like. Much more ... More About: Site , Redesign
Welcome ScT users!
2008-06-02 11:00:00 If you’re here it probably means you read my thread and googled me. As you can see I haven’t haven’t really updated this place since back in August 2007 but feel free to take a look around. Thanks again for stopping by More About: Users
Chat Box Temporarily Removed
2008-05-19 08:27:00 Due to the recent spam I’ve been getting in the shoutbox, I have had to remove it. This will be put back up as soon as I find a viable spam-blocking solution. However, in the mean time, feel free to use the Chat Room (you can find it in the navigational panel at the top) Furthermore ...
Apple Soon to Revamp iPod line
2007-08-30 16:55:00 Apple Inc shares rose more than 5 percent on Wednesday on growing expectations that the company will announce a revamped line of iPods next week. Technology news Web sites have speculated that Apple could launch a new video iPod with a large touch screen similar to the iPhone, and a redesigned iPod nano in time ... More About: Apple , Ipod , Line
O2 Closes In On Exclusive iPhone Deal
2007-07-10 13:23:00 O2 is on the verge of wrapping up a deal to exclusively sell the Apple iPhone in the UK with a view to launching the iPod-based handset by Christmas. A number of Europe’s largest operators have been linked with a deal to sell the iPhone in Europe over recent weeks. It is understood that formal ... More About: Exclusive , Iphone , Deal
FeedBurner Premium News Feed Now Free
2007-07-10 13:14:00 After being acquired by Google a month ago, RSS provider Feed Burner plans to make its premium news feed management services available to publishers at no extra charge (manual activation will be necessary). FeedBurner’s Stats PRO and MyBrand services were previously available for an additional monthly fee of $5. Stats PRO includes tools to allow users ... More About: News , Free , Feedburner , Premium
Microholography: 500GB DVD-sized discs
2007-07-10 13:13:00 A group of scientists working together with the Institute of Optics and Optical Technologies at the Technical University of Berlin claim to have discovered a way to store 500GB worth of data on DVD-sized discs. The scientists are members of the Microholas Project, coordinated by Dr. Susanna Orlic, which plans to double the storage capacity ... More About: Graph , Disc , Discs , Holo
Latest Additions to Leopard OS X
2007-06-12 18:00:00 When OS X 10.5: Leopard debuts in October, it will feature a redesigned Desktop and new Finder. Those new features were among the changes Steve Jobs introduced during a preview of the forthcoming OS X update code-named Leopard during his Worldwide Developers Conference keynote speech Tuesday. Originally slated for a spring 2007 release, OS X 10.5 ... More About: Late
Apple Safari 3 Beta Available on Windows
2007-06-11 17:52:00 Isn?t it ironic? At the end of 2005, Microsoft decides to discontinue Internet Explorer for Mac support and now in mid-2007, Apple Incorporated decides Safari is coming to Window s . Safari will join iTunes and QuickTime as the third Macintosh application officially ported to the Windows platform. At Apple?s World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco today, ... More About: Beta
Firefox Increasingly Popular In Europe
2007-04-18 14:18:00 XiTi Monitor, a Web analytics company based in France, reported that the numbers for Mozilla Fire fox use among Europe ans increased from 19.4% in April 2006 to 24.1% in March 2007. The company draws its data from visitors to Web sites using its analytics service, which collects data such as the visitor’s browser and location, said ... More About: Popular , Asin
Google Apps To Include PowerPoint
2007-04-18 14:13:00 Google CEO Eric Schmidt announced the web search giant will be adding a presentations application to Docs & Spreadsheets. Docs & Spreadsheets will now feature a word processor, a spreadsheet, and a presentations application. However Schmidt said the suite isn’t a direct competitor to Office because Docs & Spreadsheets doesn’t have all of Office’s functionality. Instead, ... More About: Google , Google Apps , Powerpoint , Point , Googl
iPhone Brand Recognition High Among Teens
2007-04-17 12:37:00 A new survey performed by Piper Jaffray shows that 84 percent of their 500 teenagers sampled have heard of the Apple iPhone. According to our resident scientists, the sample size is just large enough to make deductions about the entire teenage population; hooray for statistics! According to a senior Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, some ... More About: Teens , Iphone , Brand , High , Recognition
The Beatles Finally Coming to iTunes?
2007-04-17 12:36:00 It would appear that the final obstacle to get The Beatles music on iTunes, and other services, has finally been overcome. Apple Corps, which is owned by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the widows of John Lennon and George Harrison, has finally settled a £30m royalty dispute with EMI Group. The company began legal proceedings against ... More About: Itunes , Itune , Final , Finally
Mac OS X Leopard Delayed Due to iPhone
2007-04-17 12:22:00 Apple has just issued a press release statement announcing that Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard has been delayed until October. The reason? iPhone: “we had to borrow some key software engineering and QA resources from our Mac OS X team, and as a result we will not be able to release Leopard at our Worldwide ... More About: Iphone , Mac os , MAC OS X
Microsoft Redefines ?Vista Capable?
2007-04-10 20:57:00 Two weeks ago, Dianne Kelley started a class-action lawsuit against Micro soft alleging the software company is engaging in deceptive practices by branding new computers with a Windows Vista Capable logo even if they could only run Vista Home Basic. Although Microsoft strongly refutes Kelley?s claims, the threat of a lawsuit may have caused the software ... More About: Soft , Fine
Apple Sells 100 Millionth iPod!
2007-04-10 15:53:00 Apple has announced it has sold the 100 millionth iPod ? the first iPod was sold five and a half years ago, in November 2001. Since then Apple has introduced more than 10 new iPod models, including five generations of iPod, two generations of iPod mini, two generations of iPod nano and two generations of ... More About: Apple , Ipod , Lion , Sell
Popular IM, Gaim, Forced to Change Name
2007-04-08 19:18:00 It was announced, yesterday, that the popular multi-theaded instant messaging client, Gaim, has undergone a name change. The new name, Pidgin, comes after years of secret discussions and legal issues with internet giant, AOL. The issues revolved around the name “Gaim” and AOL’s defense of their “AIM” trademark. The developers explain in their blog: Many years ago ... More About: Pop , Change , Force , Forced , Popular
Trick To Get Google Pagerank 10
2007-04-08 19:06:00 So you want to get into link exchanging, but no one wants to trade with you because your pagerank sucks? You can now use a technique known as 302 Google Jacking to spoof a google pagerank 10. 1. Buy a domain. 2. 301 Redirect the domain either in your .htaccess, PHP header (anything server side) to a ... More About: Pagerank , Google Pagerank , Rick , Page
Create Your Own Google Maps
2007-04-07 01:33:00 Google Incorporated is now providing free tools designed to make it easy for people to share their local geographical knowledge by creating customized maps that can assemble information from a variety of sources. Thousands of hybrid maps are already available on the Web, documenting everything from local housing markets to active volcanoes. Google has simplified the ... More About: Google , Google Maps , Your , Maps , Create
Forget YouTube: Try These If You Want Hard Core Copyright Infringing Conten
2007-04-07 01:17:00 YouTube is clearly the most popular video sharing site on the web. But limits on video length, DMCA takedown notices and billion dollar lawsuits have damaged YouTube?s ability to facilitate serious copyright infringement. The smaller guys are now stepping in to fill the void. Full length copies of well known TV shows and/or movies are ... More About: Youtube , Hard , Hard-core , Core
Mac OS X Leopard Release in June
More articles from this author:2007-04-04 01:57:00 Apple is currently planning to release Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard in June , mostly likely at or around its Worldwide Developers Conference, reliable sources report. As recently as January, Apple had been targeting a ship date of end March but in recent weeks the company moved the date back. The reason for the delay is ... More About: Release , Lease 1, 2 |
