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(Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve)

(Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve)Miles?Probably should be 50,000 feet, not miles.RE: (Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve)280 dollars???RE: (Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve)50,000 miles above the earth?? I think not. SpaceShipOne was required to pass 328,000 feet to capture the Ansari X Prize -- about...

Tags: Branson, Gallery

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Virgin Mobile offers 'Pink Slip Protection' for the unemployed

Virgin Mobile offers 'Pink Slip Protection' for the unemployedwish my water company would do the same thing. nt.It's "lose", not "loose"N/T

Tags: Pink Slip Protection, Virgin Mobile, Pink

Discussion threads 2009-04-09

Branson hopes to use Google Earth to find Fossett

Branson hopes to use Google Earth to find FossettBranson hopes to use Google Earth to find FossettThey would have better luck not using any of Google's products to find Steve. Google's satellite images are very inaccurate and out of date. When you have something as serious as this which...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc., Fossett, Branson, Google Earth

Discussion threads 2007-09-05

Gore, Branson: $25M will go to the best greenhouse gas sucker

Gore, Branson: $25M will go to the best greenhouse gas suckerMaybe that breakthroughWill go to making up for all the CO2 Al is burning flying around "warning" people about global warming. Really, if he's so darned concerned about things then he should be lobbying Hollywood to give up private...

Tags: greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, Branson, Al Gore, global warming

Discussion threads 2007-02-11

Gore, Branson: $25M will go to the best greenhouse gas sucker

Former vice president Al Gore, who scored a home run with his Oscar-nominated movie An Inconvenient Truth is apparently hanging on to the global warming issue like a pit bull thats not prepared to let go. Gore and Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson announced today that they would reward $25...

Tags: General, Government, Al Gore

Blog posts 2007-02-09

Additional Resources

Branson Street Map 1.1 (Mobile)

Branson Street Map is a complete map for your iPhone. The entire map is stored on your iPhone, so it works where you have no access to the Internet - it works where Google Maps is inaccessible. This prevents expensive data roaming charges by loading all the map data to...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Network, Dubbele.com, Branson Street Map, Smart Phones, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-08-29

Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve

At the Airventure 2009 air show, Virgin Galactic chief, Sir Richard Branson, showed off its mother ship, WhiteKnightTwo aka VMS Eve. by Andy Smith

Tags: Mother, Virgin Galactic, Richard Branson, Virgin Gallactic, Andy Smith

Image galleries 2009-07-29

Virgin Galactic unveils Eve; Snares Abu Dhabi investment

Sir Richard Branson unveiled his latest aircraft, or rather spacecraft. In a few years, for $200,000, thrill seekers will be able to ride into sub-orbit space. Separately, Virgin Galactic landed a $280 million investment from Abu Dhabi's Aabar Investments. In this raw video, you get a look at...

Tags: Virgin Group, Investment, Virgin Galactic, Aabar Investments, Business Structures, Aerospace & Defense, Network Technology, Finance, Manufacturing, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-28

(Photos: At Air Force Academy, a B-52 tells the story)

(Photos: At Air Force Academy, a B-52 tells the story)B-52 tells a storyI enjoyed the photos of the B-52 at the academy. Your descriptive information gives the impression that the B-52 served for 27 years. The B-52B Entered service in June of 1955. The B-52 is...

Tags: photograph, Air Force, B-52, B52

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

Airlines on Climate: Don't blame us blame the Banks

I've posted before in these pages about how the business lobby, under pressure to respond to climate change, is starting to fracture. There was another dramatic example of this yesterday in Kuala Lumpur at the annual general meeting of the International Air Transport Association IATA when the CEO, Giovanni Bisignani, took an...

Tags: Bank, Carbon, Climate, Climate Group, Government, James Farrar, Management, Strategy, UK Air Passenger Duty

Blog posts 2009-06-09

Sage and the Economy â€" Two things that should turn around

Sage is a large, albeit understated, software provider that sells a multitude of applications that a significant number of people and firms use. Through acquisitions, the company has amassed a large portfolio of products that include brands such as AccPac, ACT, Timberline, MAS, Abra and many more. ...

Tags: Brand, Channel Partner, North America, Sage, Sue, Public Relations, Sales Strategy, Branding, Sales Force Management, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Sales, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-05-17

FaceBook Virgin Airlines Fiasco

There was a fairly major example of how external social networks can spin out of control last week: Virgin Atlantic which despite its name is a major international airline that flies all over the world have a FaceBook presence, with 6,944 members as I write this. ...

Tags: Facebook, Virgin Atlantic, Social Networking, Corporate Governance, Marketing Research, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-11-02

The Road to Success When Simulations Fail: A Thoughtful Look at Finding the Good in Simulation Failure

Planning for failure goes against probably every business-related brain cell one has, right? But think about the most successful business people and corporations in the world. Soichiro Honda, founder of Honda Corporation, built his worldwide automobile company on the premise that "Success can only be achieved through repeated failure and...

Tags: Failure, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

White papers 2008-10-07

Photos: Virgin Galactic's faces of Eve

WhiteKnightTwo "mothership," named for Branson's own mother, includes the new Galactic Girl icon. by CNET News.com

Tags: Photograph, Virgin Galactic, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-07-28

Google's Brin plots space jaunt; Is this a problem?

Google co-founder Sergey Brin plans to head to space. According to the New York Times, Brin, an investor in Space Adventures, a Virginia-based space tourism outfit, is likely to hitch a ride on a Russian Soyuz en route to the International Space Station in 2011. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Sergey Brin, Virgin, RealMoney, Financial Accounting, Insurance, Financial Planning, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-11

A brief summary

A brief summaryCompare with CFOIn many parts of the world, the CFO must be a chartered/certified accountant. In the US, this is now also essentially the case, due to SOx, and SOx is there as a result of accounting scandals.IT continues to disregard formal qualifications and licencing. Maybe the CIO...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Databases, IBM AIX, SOx, shareholder, AIX 5.3, Schwartz, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-05-09

How big can Ubuntu get?

If you think desktop Linux has a future then Ubuntu is Da Bomb and Mark Shuttleworth is Da Man. Nearly half the Linux machines checked so far in the Open Source Census are running Ubuntu, and a new, even easier-to-use release comes out tomorrow. ...

Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Linux, Desktops, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-23

Oh Noes, April Fools has lost it's mojo

Oh Noes, April Fools has lost it's mojoOur coffee pots have a sign about trimethylxanthineSome joker posted official-looking signs on our coffee pots stating they had high levels of trimethylxanthine. Not high enough, in my opinion.RE: Oh Noes, April Fools has lost it's mojoTake a look at the gmail...

Tags: OH NOES, April Fool

Discussion threads 2008-04-01

An April Fool's Day Tour de Farce

It's April Fool's Day and the technology industry is going nuts trying to top the next farce. It's pretty bad when you don't trust information from legit sources and you almost think one of your favorite Wall Street prognosticators has changed his bear stripes. Here's the tour of...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Facebook, April Fool, Virgle, Arrington, Channel Management, Branding, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-01

Google's blast from the past

Google has launched a new feature called "Custom Time" that lets you manipulate the headers on your email so it appears to have been sent in the past. The email will show up in the proper chronological order in your recipients inbox, and you can even have it marked as...

Tags: Google Inc., Virgin Galactic, E-mail, Online Communications, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-04-01