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- 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
- X Prize Cup brings outer space to New Mexico
- The weekend aerospace event aims to fuel a new age of rocket tourism and orbital entertainment.Photos: Gearing up for the X Prize Cup There will be rockets, more rockets and a moon lander. Space entrepreneurs plan to exhibit a host of new technologies this weekend at the...
- Tags: Team, New Mexico, Rocket, Teacher, Richard Branson, RRL, Team Management, Management, Stefanie Olsen, Aerospace
- News items 2007-10-26
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- News to know: Dell; MinWin; Microsoft's Glasnost; Mozilla
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Dell: We'll save $3 billion; Cut 8,800 positions Ed Bott: Is MinWin really the new Windows 7 kernel? Jason Perlow: Microsoft Meets Open Source: Glasnost 2.0. Dana Blankenhorn: If the birthmark fits, Microsoft will wear it ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Wireless LANs, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- Flight profile (Virgin Galactic models SpaceShipTwo)
- Flight profile Virgin Galactic models SpaceShipTwoSpaceship TwoI think this is great. I am a big fan of Burt Rutan and all of his projects. I cannot wait until SpaceShip Two is complete. I am the academic coordinator for the Aircraft Manufacturing Technology program at a technical school...
- Tags: SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic
- Discussion threads 2008-01-23
- Photos: That's one small step for SpaceShipTwo
- It's been redesigned, rehashed, and delayed. Richard Branson and Burt Rutan unveil mockups of their commercial spacecraft. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Spacecraft, Photograph, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-01-23
- Virgin Galactic unveils SpaceShipTwo; Plans open architecture spaceship
- Virgin Galactic on Wednesday unveiled designs for SpaceShipTwo and the WhiteKnightTwo, two vehicles that are designed to usher in private spaceflight. The technology behind the system will have an open architecture "like Linux," said officials. In an event at the American Museum at Natural History in New...
- Tags: Event, Virgin Galactic, SpaceShipTwo, WhiteKnightTwo, Linux, Government, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Aerospace & Defense, UNIX, Operating Systems, Strategy, Open Source, Software, Manufacturing, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-23
- Why Nerd Blossom's feet matter more than Gates' brain
- Guest post: Chris Matyszczyk considers Mark Cuban's dancing skills and his significance in the tech world, a place where marketing most often lacks the "human" touch. Next Monday, he will be performing the Paso Doble or the Viennese Waltz. With his teeth. ...
- Tags: Mark Cuban, Tech World, Chris, TVs, Gender And Diversity, Tv & Home Theater, Strategy, Marketing Research, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Human Resources, Management, Marketing, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2007-10-12
- Up in the air, is it a bird? A plane? A carbon emitter?
- One of the most impolite questions you could ever ask at any green tech conference has nothing to do with men's room stalls or anything else sexual in nature. It's "How did you get to this meeting?" Most often the honest answer would involve an airplane trip....
- Tags: Airline, Flight, Green Technology, Boeing Co., Government, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-10-10
- Parent praises Virgin
- Hey could not resist that one. But I need to tell you that if you came here looking for an article about teenagers who adhere to abstinence, this article is not about what you are thinking. But hey, stick around. You might be interested. I am...
- Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, Banking, Marketing Research, Investment, Finance, Management, Financial Services, Marketing, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-09-19
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