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Nike Debuts New Technology Marathon Gear

admin — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

As marathon season gets underway, Nike has released some new long distance runner technology. At the top of the list is a new shoe. The LunarGlide 3 is designed to be light, breathable and fashionable. Nike respects the fact that most runners live in their running shoes, so they have designed the LunarGlide 3 to be both functional and stylish.

Another offering this season from Nike is the Nike GPS sport watch. The watch has all of the typical features of a running watch, but there are a few surprises. The ability to track your distances by incorporating TomTom GPS technology is one. The biggest surprise is the USB connection designed into the watch band itself that eliminates the need for external cables when downloading the watches data to your computer.

Additionally, Nike has also released three new additions to its Victory series of sports bras. The new additions further improve the support and comfort options for women performing at the amateur and professional athletic levels. The new sports bras offer proper compression, assisted shaping and comfort motivated styling. The major advantage to the new sports bras is their light weight and breathability. The Victory series now includes five options.

New Technology Building Renovation Grants Up To 150000

admin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The largest startup and innovation conference will be held in the Midwest. Five of the best technology startups will be awarded over 150,000 in cash and prizes. The events will includd panels, workshops and keynotes by the founders of successful technology firms.

Over 150,000 will be split between the five winners in cash and services from conference sponsors. Six months of free office space at the new Sync Technology Center will be awarded to the winners. The Sync Technology Center is a large facility in West Loop that provides mentoring services and office space for local technology startup companies. The conference will be attended by many established and startup companies to demonstrate their products and services. This conference will attract many investors and venture captalists. More than 2,000 attendees are expected to attend the conference. More than sixty speakers and panelists are expected to attend the conference.

This is a new event for the Midwest. Experts from six countries, twenty eight states and the founders of tech startups companies will all be participating. Technology entrepreneurship will be introduced by thousands of investors, industry leaders, entrepreneurs and media.

Registration and conferences passes are requiring for this event. Conference passes cost 50.

Better Laws Needed To Counter Cyber Attacks

admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Cyber attacks can actually be prevented, but it is much up to the law to help prevent them. That is really the only way that they are going to be prevented. In the mean time, pretty much all you can do is try and protect yourself against cyber attacks. You just have to basically be careful of the sites that you visit, as well as other issues that come about a cyber attack. You shouldn’t give out any of your information online that you do not feel comfortable with giving. Cyber attacks happen almost everyday. You can try to limit your usage online if you do not want to get hit with an attack. There are laws that can be passed but they would have to actually sit down and look through the things that can be done. This actually takes a lot of time and research. No matter what the time frame, etc. these things can be prevented. If new and better laws actually went into effect, the number of cyber attacks that have actually been going on can be decreased by a lot. It takes time and patience, but the bottom line is that it can be done.

Best Chicago Parks for Web Surfing

admin — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

There are a lot of great places to enjoy technology in Chicago but with the pervasiveness of mobile internet providers like clear 4g many people are choosing to use their own tech outdoors. If you’re all about getting your work or studying done in one of the Windy City’s best parks, check out our top 3 list for surfing.

Grant Park: The most obvious choice, Grant made the list because it’s massive and boasts one of the best skyline views in the city. There’s always abundant people watching if you get bored and there are fountains and natural water features to boot.

Oak Street Beach: If you’re brave enough to take your laptop out on the sand you’ll find no better place in town than Oak Street. There are lots of non-water activities to partake in and food vendors, too, in case you get hungry.

Chicago Botanic Garden: If you’re looking for something more relaxing, try the Botanic Garden where over 2,000,000 plants are always blooming. It’s private and quieter than the other parks on the list and it’s like a mini-vacation.

Samsung Drops Lawsuit Against Apple: Report

admin — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Competition in the smart phone industry has increased so much with the leading companies releasing high technology handsets that are aimed to outdo the other competitors. However, whoever can take the rights of the smart phone technology is not really clear despite Apple Inc being the first mobile phone company to enter the smart phone market with the iPad and the iPhone. However other competitors followed suit particularly Samsung Electronics Co and released new products as well. At some point Apple had sued Samsung Electronics Co saying that the company copied the same technology of Apple’s iPad and iPhone to develop its Galaxy Line of products. Later on Samsung Electronics Co made a counter suit in April to counter the legal suit made by Apple Inc.
According to a Bloomberg report, Samsung that had filed the suit against Apple Inc claiming that it had been copying its innovations has been dropped. Samsung decided to drop the case against Apple Inc just recently but none of the two companies’ spokespersons have made any comments about the issue. Apple and Samsung are just two of a part of a wide web of litigation among companies making smart phones over who really has the rights over the patents used in making the smart phones and tablets.

Advanced Adwords Seminars At Doubletree Hotel Chicago

admin — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The two days of August 4th 2011 to 5th August 2011 will be the day that a seminar dubbed Advanced Adwords Seminar for Success will be held at the Doubletree Hotel Chicago Magnificent Mile which is located on Ohio Street, Chicago, IL. The training at the seminar will about how to make money while using AdWords which is a product by Google Corp. the people who are invited or who the seminar is intended for are persons like, ppc analysts, ppc specialists, online marketing managers, internet marketing managers, search engine marketing managers, marketing directors and sales managers.
AdWords by Google is a marketing product that enables its users to place advertisements and make revenue from them when they are clicked as for the ppc or Pay Per Click options. The items for discussion will be about; search engine marketing, Paid search, Marketing, Advertising, Internet Marketing Interactive and many more related topics. The seminar is organized by a company known as Certified Knowledge which is run by Brad Geddes who is also its founder. He is a Certified AdWords Trainer by Google and the only one qualified to offer the 301 and 302 AdWords courses. Details on how to register and get admission are available online.Take a look here to learn more: Sponsor message: Sign up for AdWords Advantage Online Seminar

Video Game Summit 2011 To Be Held In Chicago

admin — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The Video Game Summit that is going to be held in Chicago on the July 16th 2011 from 11am to 6pm is the eighth one since it began about 8 years ago. It is going to be held at the Heron Point Convention Center, 665 West North Avenue, Lombard, IL which is adjacent to the Fairfield Inn and Suites hotel. The event brings together both the classic and modern generation gamers from around the country to share stories, mingle with each other, exchange games and even compete at sanctioned tournaments and raffle games.
The event is generally open to the public with admission of about 3.00 per person. There are booths which consist of three 2×5 tables , 2 side tables and one front one all going for 25.00. Registration began in November 6th, 2010 and still continuing. All enthusiasts of all ages of computers and games are welcomed to come and learn from other like minded people and even probably make money. There will be memorabilia that is on offer for exchange and if you might be having vintage game equipment that is being sort for, like an Atari cartridge, you could just sell it or exchange for something more modern and usable for you.

Chicago Area DotNetNuke Users Group Convention

admin — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The Chicago area DotNetNuke Users Group is a group in Chicago that supports users both individual and organizations, developers and other related users of DotNetNuke and those that develop websites for DotNetNuke too. The convention is run by professional based in Chicago and other locations but the User Group is based in Chicago where it holds its meetings and workshops. DotNetNuke is an open source web management system that is based on Miscosoft.NET technology and written in VB.NET. The system allows its users be able to create a personal look and feel to their websites. They can also add content and customize it using DotNetNuke. There are about 8, 000 apps that can be accessed at selected apps store and be purchased for use with this system.
The convention is organized with an aim of attracting more members to it by registration and addressing issues like use of the DotNetNuke system to add some personal touches to websites, teach people/members how to purchase the apps available to add value using the system, and for those that are new, they are taught how to build websites and so on. The convention runs a website through which they communicate with the members and let them where and when meetings are held.