NABI, a Hungarian bus company, has applied the approach of looking across complementary product and service offerings to the $1 billion U.S. transit bus industry. NABI created a value curve that is radically divergent from the industry’s average curve.

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This is a Big Deal. Now, I want to know: how will Flash files be ranked? Any ideas? Adobe is a major competitor to Microsoft in this front. How will Microsoft make Silverlight searchable? And will Google index all both equally? (My take: Oh yes it will. If it…

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The Rapture’s mix of relentless rhythms, jagged guitars, and pitched vocals gets twisted smartly in W.A.S. works. Instead of the DFA’s true house beats, we get drums that are just wilder and more bloodthirsty than rock–an apt way to consider the whole mad science of the …

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Prostitution on the Internet is hardly a new phenomenon, and shocking as it might be, child prostitution isn’t particularly a new problem in general, either. We’ve been doing the social media crime blotter series for a while now and I really haven’t touched on the prostitution angle in a big way up until this point […]

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For most of us, checking into work on your vacation isn’t any fun, but if it’s a matter of no vacation or a tampered one, we’ll help you find the most efficient ways to do your duty, so you can get back to doing…well, anything else. …

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Yes, apart from the image leak from the German magazine concerning the new Nikon D700 DSLR, here’s a product presentation video (in French) that showcases the D700’s interface, menu system, flash, and even the battery port. Chances are this will be available sometime in July, retailing for approximately €2,600 - that’s roughly a gazillion US dollars if your calculator’s broken. Actually, $4,000 will net you a 12-megapixel shooter complete with a sensor cleaning system.

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Google rebranded its Performics affiliate network, which it acquired as part of Doubleclick, as “Google Affiliate Network,” apparently sometime over the past few days. I say “apparently” because I can’t find any actual Google press release on the subject. It was blogounced, apparenty: Announced on Performics’ blog, and possibly…

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An anonymous reader writes “Just a week after Mozilla shipped Firefox 3.0, the open-source developer has proposed ship dates for the next version that, if approved, would produce an alpha release next month and a final no later than early 2009. According to a draft schedule discussed at a recent meeting, Mozilla wants to have the first Firefox 3.1 developer preview ready by July, then move to a beta by August. The schedule slates final code delivery in the last quarter of this year or the first quarter of 2009. A month ago, when Mozilla first started discussing Firefox 3.1 internally, Mike Schroepfer, the company’s vice president of engineering, said the upgrade’s target ship date was the end of 2008. If Mozilla holds to that plan, Firefox 3.1 would be its first fast-track update. Firefox 3.0, for instance, launched approximately 20 months after its predecessor, Firefox 2.0.”

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Apparently, according to Yahoo, Microsoft is as clever and deceptive as the buff and gun-toting Angelina Jolie in the new film “Wanted.”BoomTown will get to that later. But with Yahoo shares hovering close to $20 a share, Microsoft has certainly got to be thrilled that the sweetened search ad deal it is currently preparing–including forking over about $10 billion for one-third of the company–is getting cheaper by the minute.

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Adobe (ADBE) will make it easier for search engines to index more content in applications built with its Flash software. Previously, Google and Yahoo could index text and links in Flash animations and applications. Now, with some “optimized Adobe Flash Player technology,” they’ll be able to “uncover information” in Flash files “that is currently undiscoverable by search engines.”

This is good news for searchers, who might be able to find more stuff that they’re looking for. And it’s potentially good news for publishers who use dynamic Flash applications: More of their content could be indexed on Google (GOOG) or Yahoo (YHOO) than before, which could increase traffic. It’s also a smart move for Adobe, which is going to see more competition from other Internet application platforms/frameworks — and must give companies every possible reason to keep using Flash.

Why isn’t Microsoft (MSFT) getting a helping hand? We don’t know the official answer, but we bet it has to do with Silverlight, the would-be Flash killer that’s brewing in Redmond.

See Also:
Adobe Flash Coming To Apple’s iPhone — Maybe, Someday
Adobe Q2 Beats Street, Q3 Revenue Guidance A Bit Weak
Adobe CEO Narayen’s Six-Month Review: Thumbs Up

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Man, Tesla’s been busy today — in addition to the announcement of the Model S and Elon Musk’s promise of a sub-$30K electric car in four years, word on the street is that the company’s inked a deal with Daimler AG to supply it with lithium-ion batteries for upcoming electric cars. Daimler’s CEO has said the company was open to leasing battery tech to get out an electric Smart by 2010 and it’s rumored that the German marque is looking to ditch gas entirely by 2015, so going to Tesla, which has been working on battery tech for some time, isn’t a totally out there proposition. Just a rumor for now — given Tesla’s generally-prickly relationships with others, we’d wait for an official announcement before getting too excited about a Roadster-powered SLR, but it’s certainly intriguing.

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If you’re craving HTC’s Diamond or Touch Pro (aka Raphael) it looks you’re going be satisfied no matter what carrier you’re on. Phone Arena says the CDMA flavors of both will hit Sprint AND Verizon, so there’s no need to bounce to another carrier to get your hands on one. No word on the dates. In a side note, Moto’s Blaze is due on Big Red by Sept. 22, if you’re interested in a meh touchscreen phone. [Phone Arena, Thanks Matthew]

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Well, we can finally put the D700 rumors to bed. The beast that houses Nikon’s newest monster (near) full-frame FX format 12.1 megapixel CMOS (not dissimilar from that found in the D3) is officially announced tonight, and it takes UDMA CompactFlash, and comes packing with a live view 3-inch display, 51 point autofocus (with 3D tracking), scene recognition, four-speed active dust reduction, ISO up to 6400, 5 or 8 fps full-res shooting, HDMI out, and a whole lot more. Expect it in July for $3,000 US (for the body).

Also being released are the SB-900 speedlight (August, $500), and the PC-E Micro NIKKOR 45mm f/2.8D ED and PC-E Micro NIKKOR 85mm f/2.8D lenses (August, $1,800 and $1,740, respectively).

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Celleden has just released its Ultra Compact Bluetooth Headset, and you can tell that this is one tiny device by comparing it to the coin beside. Unfortunately, it doesn’t do much for me design-wise (the Aliph Jawbone still gets my vote for being cool), featuring the following specifications :-

• 6.5 grams
• 4 hours of non-stop talk time
• 50 hours of standby time
• 10 meter working range

The Celleden Ultra Compact Bluetooth Headset won’t break the bank at £29.99 apiece.

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