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Next-Generation Games and Applications Entirely Through the Cloud Business Editors/High-Tech Editors (INO News) (AP:LAS VEGAS--) (BUSINESS WIRE) _ Jan. 08, 2009-- Today at CES, AMD (NYSE: AMD) President and Chief Executive Officer Dirk Meyer and OTOY Chief Executive Officer Jules Urbach unveiled a plan to revolutionize the deployment, development and delivery of HD content through the "AMD Fusion Render Cloud," a massively-parallel supercomputer. Entries open for student biz plan contest (The Capital Times) Entries are being accepted through the end of January for a students' version of the Governor's Business Plan Contest. Students in Dane County high schools and middle schools can enter online to participate in the technology-based business plan contest through 5 p.m. Jan. 31. For initial entries, students will submit idea abstracts up to 250 words in length online at www.DaneCountyYES.com. ... How to Avoid Common Marketing Problems in Small Business (MoreBusiness) Here are some marketing mistakes to avoid. Spending a few thousand dollars to place an ad in the newspaper or to start an email marketing campaign is a huge waste of money if that copy is not well-written. Urgent Deadline for Newspapers: Find a New Business Plan before You Vanish (Knowledge at Wharton) It was a tough year for newspapers. The owner of The Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune declared bankruptcy; The New York Times borrowed against its headquarters and even accepted ads on its front page. Detroit's two dailies announced the end of home delivery on all but three days of the week. According to Wharton faculty, if newspapers can't find a new business model quickly, they ... Desktop Platform Technology Provides Users with Soaring Performance for Less Than $900 USD Business Editors/High-Tech ... (INO News) (AP:LAS VEGAS--) (BUSINESS WIRE) _ Jan. 08, 2009-- Empowering consumers to get elite-level computing performance for under $900 U.S. dollars,2 AMD (NYSE:AMD) today launched "Dragon" platform technology for desktop PCs featuring the new AMD Phenom(TM) II X4 processor. Business : Business Scene, 12/24/08 (Plumas County News) NAVIGATING THROUGH TOUGH TIMES As space permits, I plan to share information and tips gleaned from a variety of sources intended to help us all find our way through these challenging times. Sports Biz: Five sure bets for 2009 (MSNBC) So what's ahead for the year in sports business? Here are five predictions as we enter the last year of the decade. (Hint: Look for Tiger to roar back to the top of the golf rankings.) Opinion: Ad Lib -- By Greg B. Macabenta: "Marketing in hard times" (BusinessWorld Online) For someone like me who witnessed the impact on Philippine business of the declaration of martial law, the oil crisis, the Ninoy Aquino assassination, and the EDSA revolution, as well as the roller-coaster economy of the US in the past decades, it helps to keep old columns and speeches intact. Because problems, like history, have a way of repeating themselves, the old solutions could still apply." Job-less: Steve Jobs's Succession Plan Should Be a Top Priority for Apple (Knowledge at Wharton) Companies with strong corporate cultures can usually count on continued success if they can seamlessly transfer power to an executive from a strong bench of managers. But selecting the successor to Apple CEO Steve Jobs will be tricky, given the degree to which he is tied to Apple's identity, say Wharton faculty. 11 days to Inauguration-Bloomberg: Obama polling data urges ‘recovery' instead of ‘recession' an (Richmond Times-Dispatch) The jobless rate jumps to 7.2 percent and Obama polling data urges "recovery" instead of "recession."
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