Originally called Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Company), Sony’s roots go back over half a century to 1946 when it was founded by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita. In the crippled post-war Japanese economy Ibuka and Morita made their living repairing radios and manufacturing small numbers of voltmeters whilst looking to develop a future in designing and manufacturing new electronics. Perhaps surprisingly, their first electronic innovation was an automatic rice cooker. Its success was limited but it was the first in a long line of innovations which continue today.
28 Eylül 2007 Cuma
cumhur poyraz-ah neyleyim gönlün senin elinden
cumhur poyraz-ah neyleyim gönlün senin elindenhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UHWLD1kUT4
29 Ağustos 2007 Çarşamba
mortgage
Mortgage(tutsat) Nedir?
Mortgage(tutsat), insanların kolayca hatta kira öder gibi ev almalarını sağlamak amacıyla kurulmuş bir Gayrimenkul Finansman sistemidir. Mortgage konut kredisi değildir hukuki bir evraktır.
Bu evrak, finans kuruluşundan aldığınız konut kredisine karşılık, evinizi ipotek eden ve sizden, borcunuzu ödeme taahüdü alan kıymetli bir dokümandır. Bu evrakın amacı ise konut kredisinin güvence altında tutulmasıdır. Bu evrak ile finansman kuruluşu, ödemediğiniz borca karşılık, ipotekli konutu satışa cıkarıp ve kalan borcu tahsil etme hakkına sahip olmaktadır.
Mortgage(tutsat), insanların kolayca hatta kira öder gibi ev almalarını sağlamak amacıyla kurulmuş bir Gayrimenkul Finansman sistemidir. Mortgage konut kredisi değildir hukuki bir evraktır.
Bu evrak, finans kuruluşundan aldığınız konut kredisine karşılık, evinizi ipotek eden ve sizden, borcunuzu ödeme taahüdü alan kıymetli bir dokümandır. Bu evrakın amacı ise konut kredisinin güvence altında tutulmasıdır. Bu evrak ile finansman kuruluşu, ödemediğiniz borca karşılık, ipotekli konutu satışa cıkarıp ve kalan borcu tahsil etme hakkına sahip olmaktadır.
26 Ağustos 2007 Pazar
Xbox 360
Microsoft Lowers Xbox 360 Price
Published August 6, 2007
Redmond, Washington—Microsoft today kicked off the greatest holiday lineup in videogame history by announcing it will reduce the retail price of Xbox 360™ by $50 beginning August 8 at United States retailers nationwide. Soon to follow, Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) will release its blockbuster video game title Madden NFL 08 on August 14. This important mass-appeal franchise was the top-selling game of 2006 and is the top-selling franchise of the past 10 years. Only Xbox 360 offers a console for all interests and budgets.
Score Xbox 360 at a new low price.
"The fact that we have been able to keep our launch price longer than any other console while retaining our leadership position demonstrates that consumers believe in the value of Xbox 360," said Mitch Koch, corporate vice president, Global Retail Sales and Marketing Group, Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft. "On the eve of the best holiday games lineup ever, and the launch of Madden NFL 08, there has never been a better time to jump into Xbox 360."
Family of Consoles
Xbox 360 will enhance the value of its entire family of consoles beginning on August 8. At a new price of $349.99, Xbox 360 offers an unsurpassed experience right out of the box with a 20 GB hard drive, Wireless Controller, Xbox 360 Headset, and more.
If you're looking for the ultimate value and the freedom to customize your console as you see fit, Xbox 360 Core System now has an estimated retail price of $279.99. Xbox 360 Core System provides everything you need to hit the ground running, while giving you the ability to expand with new features and accessories you want.
Dressed in black and equipped with a 120GB hard drive, Xbox 360 Elite will be priced at $449.99 if you want the premium games and entertainment experience. In anticipation of this year's largest blockbuster game launch, the Xbox 360 Halo 3 Special Edition Console will hit store shelves in September with a price of $399.99. Featuring an authentic Spartan green-and-gold finish, this console includes a matching Xbox 360 Wireless Controller, 20GB hard drive, Xbox 360 Headset, 360 Play & Charge Kit, and more.
Chinese Seek to Buy a U.S. Maker of Disk Drives
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24 — A Chinese technology company has expressed interest in buying a maker of computer disk drives in the United States, raising concerns among American government officials about the risks to national security in transferring high technology to China.
The overture, which was disclosed by the chief executive of one of the two remaining drive makers in the United States, William D. Watkins of Seagate Technology, has resurrected the issues of economic competitiveness and national security raised three years ago when Lenovo, a Chinese computer maker, bought I.B.M.’s personal computer business.
Tensions have been increasing lately between the countries over China’s ambitions in developing its military abilities and advanced technologies for industrial and consumer uses.
Although disk drives do not fall under a list of export-controlled technologies, the attempted purchase of an American disk drive company would require a security review by the federal government, according to several government officials.
In recent years, modern disk drives, used to store vast quantities of digital information securely, have become complex computing systems, complete with hundreds of thousands of lines of software that are used to ensure the integrity of data and to offer data encryption.
That could raise the prospect of secret tampering with hardware or software to make it possible to pilfer information via computer networks, intelligence officials have warned.
Seagate has recently begun selling drives with hardware encryption abilities.
Mr. Watkins did not identify the Chinese company. But he said that the possibility of an acquisition had sent alarm bells ringing at some government agencies.
“The U.S. government is freaking out,” Mr. Watkins said during an interview on Thursday.
Reached Friday night, Treasury officials declined to comment on possible Chinese overtures for an American maker.
While Mr. Watkins said that Seagate, which is the largest drive maker in the United States, was not for sale, he also said that if a high enough premium was offered to shareholders it would be difficult to stop.
Seagate’s shares rose 1.05 percent Friday to close at $24.96 and were up about 4 percent for the week after news that it might enter the flash memory market. There does not appear to have been any significant increase in trading of Seagate options.
With a booming economy and $1.33 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves, Chinese companies are in a position to acquire American companies, as Japanese and West European companies were several decades ago. While those earlier acquisitions were often opposed out of fears that they would damage American economic competitiveness, the acquisition of American companies by Chinese companies is regarded with more suspicion, particularly in the high-tech sector.
Since the Lenovo sale, the government has become increasingly concerned about technology security, according to members of federal advisory committees.
“Seagate would be extremely sensitive,” said an industry executive who participates in classified government advisory groups. “I do not think anyone in the U.S. wants the Chinese to have access to the controller chips for a disk drive. One never knows what the Chinese could do to instrument the drive.”
The transfer of advanced disk drive manufacturing technology would give the Chinese a major leg up in competing in information technologies. China, however, still lags in basic manufacturing skills like semiconductor design and manufacturing.
“This is clearly a critical component of a computer system and the purchase by the Chinese or other nations merits a full review to determine what our risks are,” said Michael R. Wessell, a commissioner of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a group that monitors the national security implications of trade with China for Congress.
I.B.M., which invented the disk drive in the 1950s and which dominated the industry through the 1990s, sold its disk drive business to the Japanese computer maker Hitachi in 2002, leaving just two American companies: Seagate, based in Scotts Valley, Calif., and Western Digital, based in Lake Forest, Calif.
Two other Japanese makers, Fujitsu and Toshiba, and a division of Samsung, a South Korean electronics conglomerate, are also major manufacturers of the storage devices.
Western Digital executives declined to comment.
Kenneth Lieberthal, the senior director for Asia at the National Security Council during the later years of the Clinton administration, expressed strong doubt that the Chinese government would allow a technology company to pursue an acquisition if the transaction were likely to draw criticism from the United States government, even if that criticism did not reach the level of an actual prohibition on a deal.
“The Chinese have been very concerned about how to invest in the United States without producing the kind of political firestorm they ran into when they tried to buy Unocal,” said Mr. Lieberthal, a professor of politics and business administration at the University of Michigan. “The government really does not want to confront the kind of situation it ran into with Unocal.”
Commodore xx
It was back at this year's CeBit tradeshow when we came across the reintroduction of the Commodore brand, and this was probably one use most akin to the heart of the name without having to suffer the cut throat market that is the modern day console war. Instead, by offering a gaming PC and riding on the brand that Commodore made for itself, it puts the company in a good position to take on the likes of Dell and Alienware when offering the complete kit for those that want something a little different.
The available options have changed quite a bit from when we first saw them; now, partly thanks to the recent Intel price cuts, the quad-core Q6600 is the minimum you can buy across the entire range. There is not a single AMD machine in sight at the moment, meaning that there is nothing available for the budding AMD enthusiast. The lowest graphical option is also an Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB as well, which means DirectX 10 support is guaranteed from the bottom up, but there are no ATI cards are included - does Commodore not like the new AMD/ATI then?
We asked the same question to Commodore's representatives, and this was what we were told: "Our aim is to offer the best technology and products for our customers. We feel that Intel and Nvidia are the leaders for the moment but we have good relationships with AMD and certainly remain open to the possibility of offering their products in the future."
Although the XX will in this configuration will set you back around £2,750, the "low-end" G configuration is just a shade over £1,000 and looks just as enticing, with the same case and looks but without the heavy price tag.
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As well as a full two-year parts and service warranty, the system comes preloaded with an emulator so you play over 50 classic C64 games as well. They may not stress the likes of the hardware inside, but it sure as hell beats the integrated Vista games for some top quality retro action. The warranty covers the parts inside as well as the C-Kin quality on the outside should there be a problem.
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But is 50 Commodore games and a few logos slapped to a case worth the near £3,000 investment? Or would your money be better spent on the likes of a jet engined Dell XPS and half an hour on the Internets, plugging in "Commodore emulator" into Google.
And It seems that's exactly whatCommodore ClickGamer did! We tried out a few ROMs from the CD and to our surprise (and mild amusement) there were 'scene' messages throughout: the one above was more tame than others. Incidentally there's a disclaimer at the end of the CD insert warning that because some of the games are over 15 years old, the originals were not available so "other" sources were required.
The available options have changed quite a bit from when we first saw them; now, partly thanks to the recent Intel price cuts, the quad-core Q6600 is the minimum you can buy across the entire range. There is not a single AMD machine in sight at the moment, meaning that there is nothing available for the budding AMD enthusiast. The lowest graphical option is also an Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB as well, which means DirectX 10 support is guaranteed from the bottom up, but there are no ATI cards are included - does Commodore not like the new AMD/ATI then?
We asked the same question to Commodore's representatives, and this was what we were told: "Our aim is to offer the best technology and products for our customers. We feel that Intel and Nvidia are the leaders for the moment but we have good relationships with AMD and certainly remain open to the possibility of offering their products in the future."
Although the XX will in this configuration will set you back around £2,750, the "low-end" G configuration is just a shade over £1,000 and looks just as enticing, with the same case and looks but without the heavy price tag.
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As well as a full two-year parts and service warranty, the system comes preloaded with an emulator so you play over 50 classic C64 games as well. They may not stress the likes of the hardware inside, but it sure as hell beats the integrated Vista games for some top quality retro action. The warranty covers the parts inside as well as the C-Kin quality on the outside should there be a problem.
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But is 50 Commodore games and a few logos slapped to a case worth the near £3,000 investment? Or would your money be better spent on the likes of a jet engined Dell XPS and half an hour on the Internets, plugging in "Commodore emulator" into Google.
And It seems that's exactly what
23 Ağustos 2007 Perşembe
intel motherboards
 If you've got the POWER…the SPEED…the PERFORMANCE on your team, then you've got the WINNING EDGE. With the Intel® Desktop Board D975XBX2, supporting the Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme processor, your desktop PC will become the ultimate weapon. You will scream through the latest games, level after level. Add the world's best gaming processor and the D975XBX2 to your game strategy - a combination so BAD that it's GOOD. The Intel® Desktop Board D975XBX2 is Microsoft Windows Vista* Premium Ready. The Intel® 975X Express Chipset fully supports the visually stunning Windows Aero* user interface with amazing transition effects and realistic animations. | ||
20 Ağustos 2007 Pazartesi
Nuclear Medicine
Nuclear medicine is a branch of medicine and medical imaging that uses the nuclear properties of matter in diagnosis and therapy. Many procedures in nuclear medicine use radionuclides, or pharmaceuticals that have been labeled with radionuclides (radiopharmaceuticals). In diagnosis, radioactive substances are administered to patients and the radiation emitted is measured. The majority of these diagnostic tests involve the formation of an image using a gamma camera. Imaging may also be referred to as radionuclide imaging or nuclear scintigraphy. Other diagnostic tests use probes to acquire measurements from parts of the body, or counters for the measurement of samples taken from the patient. In therapy, radionuclides are administered to treat disease or provide palliative pain relief. For example, administration of Iodine-131 is often used for the treatment of thyrotoxicosis and thyroid cancer.
Nuclear medicine differ from most other imaging modalities in that the tests primarily show the physiological function of the system being investigated as opposed to the anatomy In some centres, the nuclear medicine images can be superimposed on images from modalities such as CT or MRI to highlight which part of the body the radiopharmaceutical is concentrated in. This practice is often referred to as image fusion or co-registration.
Nuclear medicine diagnostic tests are usually provided by a dedicated department within a hospital and may include facilities for the preparation of radiopharmaceuticals. The specific name of a department can vary from hospital to hospital, with the most common names being the nuclear medicine department and the radioisotope department.
General electric
The Power That Turns the World More people around the world turn to us for advanced power systems and around-the-clock energy services than any other company. Since we installed our first steam turbine in 1901, our installed base of steam and heavy-duty gas turbines has grown to over 10,000 units, representing over a million Megawatts (MW) of installed capacity in more than 120 countries. With over 5,500 wind and 3,600 hydro turbines, the installed capacity of renewable energy exceeds 160,000 MW.
19 Ağustos 2007 Pazar
logitech
QuickCam® Pro 9000
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- HD video: Video calling and sharing has never looked so real at 960 by 720 pixels.
- Higher megapixel performance: A true two-megapixel sensor. Up to eight-megapixel* photos (enhanced).
- RightLight™2 Technology: Adjusts intelligently to produce the best possible images in dimly lighted or poorly backlighted settings.
- Integrated microphone with RightSound™ Technology: Enjoy crystal clear conversations, free from echo** and annoying background noise.
- Ultra-wide field of view and intelligent face tracking: Keeps you right in the middle of the action.
coca-cola
The world's most recognized trademark in the World!It is recognized by 94% of the world's population.
The world has changed in many ways since pharmacist, John Styth Pemberton first introduced the refreshing taste of Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Georgia. However, the pure and simple magic of one thing remains the same - Coca-Cola. The name and the product mean so many things to hundreds of millions of consumers around the globe. Coca-Cola products are served more than 705 million times every day, quenching the thirsts of consumers in more than 195 countries in every climate. That's a long way to come after such a modest beginning...
| May 1886 | - | Pemberton concocted a caramel-colored syrup in a three-legged brass kettle in his backyard. He first "distributed" the new product by carrying Coca-Cola in a jug down the street to Jacobs Pharmacy. For five cents, consumers could enjoy a glass of Coca-Cola at the soda fountain. Whether by design or accident, carbonated water was teamed with the new syrup, producing a drink that was proclaimed "Delicious and Refreshing." Dr. Pemberton's partner and bookkeeper, Frank M. Robinson, suggested the name and penned, in the unique flowing script that is famous worldwide today, " ". |
| 1886 | - | Sales of Coca-Cola averaged nine drinks per day. That first year, Dr. Pemberton sold 25 gallons of syrup, shipped in bright red wooden kegs. Red has been a distinctive color associated with the No. 1 soft drink brand ever since. |
| 1891 | - | Atlanta entrepreneur Asa G. Candler had acquired complete ownership of the Coca-Cola business. Pemberton was forced to sell because he was in a state of poor health and was in debt. He had paid $76.96 for advertising, but he only made $50.00 in profits. Candler acquired the whole company for $2,300. Within four years, Candler's merchandising flair helped expand consumption of Coca-Cola to every state and territory. |
| 1893 | - | In January "Coca-Cola" was registered in the U.S. Patent office. |
| 1894 | - | The first syrup plant outside of Atlanta was opened in Dallas. |
| 1899 | - | Chandler's great achievement -- large scale bottling of Coca-Cola |
| 1906 | - | The first two countries outside the United States to bottle Coca-Cola were Cuba and Panama |
| 1915 | - | The Root Glass company created the Coca-Cola contour glass bottle. |
| 1917 | - | 3 Million Coke's sold per day. "" is the worlds most recognized trademark. |
| 1919 | - | The Coca-Cola Company was sold to a group of investors for $25 million. |
| 1923 | - | The Coca-Cola Company was sold after the Prohibition Era to Ernest Woodruff for 25 million dollars. He gave Coca-Cola to his son, Robert Woodruff, who would be president for six decades. |
| Woodruff's leadership took the business to unrivaled heights of commercial success, making Coca-Cola an institution the world over. Woodruff was an influential man in Atlanta because of his contributions to area colleges, universities, businesses and organizations. When he made a contribution, he would never leave his name, this is how he became to be known as "Mr. Anonymous." During the Woodruff era, Mr. Woodruff made a promise to the armed forces of the United States to supply Coca-Cola to every serviceperson. He said that costs and location did not matter, he supplied 5 billion bottles to the service. Robert Woodruff did have one dubious distinction, he raised the syrup prices for distributors. But he improved efficiency at every step of the manufacturing process. Woodruff also increased productivity by improving the sales department, emphasizing quality control, and beginning large-scale advertising and promotional campaigns. Woodruff made Coke available in every state of the Union through the soda fountain. For all of these achievements he earned the name, "The Boss" | ||
| 1923 | - | Woodruff introduced the six bottle carton |
| 1925 | - | 6 Million Coke's sold per day. |
| 1927 | - | The first Coca-Cola radio advertisement. |
| 1928 | - | Sales of bottled Coca-Cola surpassed fountain sales for the first time. |
| 1929 | - - | Coca-Cola was made available through vending machine The Coca-Cola bell glass was made available |
| 1931 | - | The Coke Santa was introduced as a Christmas promotion |
| 1934 | Johnny Weissmuller, and Olympic champion swimmer, and Maureen O'Sullivan, a motion-picture star, appeared on a metal serving tray for Coca-Cola. | |
| 1940 | - | Coke is bottled in over 40 countries. |
| 1943 | On June 29, an urgent cablegram arrived from General Dwight Eisenhower's Allied Headquarters in North Africa, requesting 10 Coca-Cola bottling plants to serve American servicemen overseas. Eventually, 64 plants were set up during WWII. | |
| 1950 | - | Advertising on on the television began. Currently Coca-Cola is advertised on over five hundred TV channels around the world. |
| 1952 | - | "The Big Beverage", the first novel about Coca-Cola, was written by William T. Campbell. |
| 1960 | - | The twelve ounce Coke can was introduced. |
| 1961 | - | Sprite was introduced. |
| 1971 | - | The song "I'd like to Buy the World a Coke" was released. |
| 1977 | - | The Coca-Cola contour bottle was patented |
| 1978 | - | The two liter bottle was introduced, and during that same year the company also introduced plastic bottles |
| 1979 | - | Fifteen hundred employees moved to the new corporate headquarters in Atlanta located on North Avenue. The new corporate headquarters came to be known as "The Tower." |
| 1982 | - | Diet Coke was introduced in July. |
| 1985 | - | The Coca-Cola Company made what has been known as one of the biggest marketing blunder. They stumbled onto a new formula in efforts to produce diet Coke. They put forth 4 million dollars of research to come up with the new formula. |
| The decision to change their formula and pull the old Coke off the market came about because taste tests showed a distinct preference for the new formula. The new formula was a sweeter variation with less tang, it was also slightly smoother. Robert Woodruff's death was a large contributor to the change because he stated that he would never change Coca-Cola's formula. Another factor that influenced the change was that Coke's market share fell 2.5 percent in four years. Each percentage point lost or gain meant 200 million dollars. This was the first flavor change since the existence of the Coca-Cola company. The change was announced April 23, 1985 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at the Lincoln Center. Some two hundred TV and newspaper reporters attended this very glitzy announcement. It included a question and answer session, and a history of Coca-Cola. The debut was accompanied by an advertising campaign that revived the Coca-Cola theme song of the early 1970s, "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke" The change to the world's best selling soft drink was heard by 81 percent of the United States population within twenty-four hours of the announcement. Within a week of the change, one thousand calls a day were flooding the company's eight hundred number. Most of the callers were shocked and/or outraged, many said that they were considering switching to Pepsi. Within six weeks, the eight hundred number was being jammed by six thousand calls a day. The company also fielded over forty thousand letters, which were all answered and each person got a coupon for the new Coke. Many American consumers of Coca-Cola asked if they would have the final say. When Pepsi heard that the Coca-Cola company was changing its secret formula they said that it was a decision that Pepsi tastes better. Roger Enrico, the president and CEO of Pepsi-Cola wrote a letter to every major newspaper in the U.S. to declare the victory. Coca-Cola management had to decide: Do nothing or "buy the world a new Coke". They decided to develop the new formula. | ||
| 1985 | - | July 10, eighty-seven days after the new Coke was introduced, the old Coke was brought back in addition to the new one. This was greatly due to dropping market share and consumer protest. The market share fell from a high of 15 percent to a low of 1.4 percent. This was said to be a classic marketing retreat. Coca-Cola executives admitted that they had goofed by taking the old Coke off the market. The Coca-Cola company's eight hundred number received eighteen thousand calls of gratitude. One caller said they felt like a lost friend had returned home. The comeback of old Coke drove stock prices to the highest level in twelve years. This was said to be the only way to regain the lead on the cola wars. |
| 1988 | - | Coca-Cola was the first independent operator in the Soviet Union. |
| 1993 | - | Coca-Cola exceeds 10 Billion cases sold worldwide. |
| 1993 | - | Advertising slogan -"Always Coca-Cola". |
| 1995 | - | Coke was consumed aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery -- marking the third trip into space for Coca-Cola and the first for Diet Coke. |
| 1996 | - | The Summer Olympics will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, the home of Coca-Cola. For more than 65 years, Coca-Cola has been a sponsor of the Olympics. |
One great earmark that the Coca-Cola Company has is helping the people of Atlanta. They accomplish this through scholarships, hotlines, donations and contributions. Another large accomplishment that the Coca-Cola has, is being the first company to make and use recycled plastic bottles. One way to see all of the achievements of the Coca-Cola company is to visit the World of Coke in Atlanta. It houses a collection of memorabilia, samples of the products, exhibits, and many other exciting items. All of what has been said is the basis of what Coca-Cola was built on. Without societies help, Coca-Cola could not have become over a 50 billion dollar business. Keep on consuming the world's favorite soft drink, Coca-Cola.
Until the 1960s, both small town and big city dwellers enjoyed carbonated beverages at the local soda fountain or ice cream saloon. Often housed in the drug store, the soda fountain counter served as a meeting place for people of all ages. Often combined with lunch counters, the soda fountain declined in popularity as commercial ice cream, bottled soft drinks, and fast food restaurants came to the fore.
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The term "soda water" was first coined in 1798.
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In 1810, the first U.S. patent was issued for the manufacture of imitation mineral waters.
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The first soda fountain patent was granted to Samuel Fahnestock in 1819.
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In 1858, G.D. Dows invented and operated the first marble soda fountain, which he patented in 1863.
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In 1883, James W. Tufts patented a soda fountain, which he called the Arctic. Tufts went on to become a huge soda fountain manufacturer.
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On January 25, 1870, Gustavus Dows patented a modern form of the soda fountain.
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In October of 1874, Robert M. Green created the first ice cream soda.
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In 1903, a revolution in soda fountain design took place with the front service fountain patented by Dr. Heisinger.
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Coca-Cola can be used to bake a ham. Pour one can into the baking pan, rap the ham in aluminum foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before the ham has finished cooking, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coca-Cola to make a delicious brown gravy.
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Mexico and Iceland have the highest per capita consumption of Coca-Cola.
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Coca-Cola translated to Chinese means, "To make mouth happy".
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Every second over 7,000 Coca-Cola products are consumed.
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The tallest Coca-Cola bottling plants are in Hong Kong. The plant in Quarry Bay is 17 floors, and the plant in Shatin is 25 floors.
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The bottling plant at the highest elevation in the world is located in Bolivia, at 12,000 feet.
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The world's longest Coca-Cola truck is in Sweden. It is 79 feet long with a four-azle trailer.
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The best selling non-carbonated soft drink in Japan is a product of The Coca-Cola Company named "Georgia", a coffee flavored beverage.
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Coca-Cola first crossed the Atlantic on board the Graf Zeppelin, the German dirigible.
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The Varsity Restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, has earned the distinction of serving the highest volume of Coca-Cola anywhere. It dispenses nearly 3 million servings of Coca-Cola annually.
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If the Coca-Cola company constructed a sign like the ones McDonald's uses to count their millions of customers, by 1983 it would have read "over 1 trillion served."
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If all the Coca-Cola ...
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ever produced were in 6 1/2 oz. bottles and placed end to end they would wrap around the earth more than 11,863 times.
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sold in 1994 were in 8-ounce bottles laid end-to-end, those bottles would reach to the moon and back 76 times.
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vending machines in the U.S. were stacked one on top of each other, the pile would be over 450 miles high.
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ever produced were to erupt from "Old Faithful" at its normal rate of 14,000 gallons per hour, the geyser would flow continually for 1,577 years.
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products sold in 1994 were flowing over Niagara Falls at its normal rate of 1.5 billion gallons per second, the falls would flow for three hours.
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| The Coca-Cola Company began bottling operations in ... | ||
| ... | 1907 | in Hawaii. |
| ... | 1912 | in the Philippines. |
| ... | 1920 | in France. |
| ... | 1927 | in Belgium, Bermuda, Colombia, Honduras, Italy, Mexico, Haiti and Burma. |
| ... | 1928 | in Antigua, China, Guatemala, Holland, Spain, Venezuela, and the Dominican Republic. |
| ... | 1929 | in Germany and Spanish Morocco. |
| ... | 1938 | Australia, Austria, Gutana, Surinam, Jamaica, Curacao, Luxembourg, Norway, Scotland, South Africa, The Virgin Islands, and Trinidad. |
| ... | 1940 | in Ecuador, and El Salvador. |
| ... | 1942 | in Nicaragua, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Iceland, and Uruguay. |
| ... | 1945 | in Egypt, and Martinique |
| ... | 1946 | in Barbados, Japan, and Okinawa |
| ... | 1947 | in Morocco and Tangier |
| ... | 1948 | in Liberia, Rhodesia, and Guadeloupe |
 | What's in a Coke???
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asus
Asus officially unveils its G1 and G2 gaming notebooks
SAMSUNG
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With the start of the second millennium, SAMSUNG begins its second century.
The digital age has brought revolutionary opportunities and changes to global business. The SAMSUNG Group has responded to these changes and is currently upgrading its business structure, management perspective, and corporate culture to meet global standards.
At SAMSUNG, we see every challenge as an opportunity, and believe that we are perfectly positioned to be one of the world's recognized leaders in digital technology.
Our commitment to being "World's Best" has won us the number one global market share for thirteen of our products. Our target is to have thirty of our products rated "number one in world products" by 2005, adding digital TVs, IMT 2000, and printers to our current list of world market leaders: semiconductors, TFT-LCDs, monitors and CDMA mobile phones.
Always a step ahead, we're making historic advances in research and development of our overall semiconductor line, including flash memory and non-memory, custom semiconductors, DRAM and SRAM. An example of this is SAMSUNG Electronics, which remains one of the world's "top 10" in US patents for four consecutive years, with 13,000 researchers representing a US$ 1.7 billion investment in Research and Development.
Financially, SAMSUNG is committed to being the World's Best, with the SAMSUNG Card, a payment solution selected as the "Best Card Company in the New Millennium" by Master
Card. The SAMSUNG Card secured more than 1 million members within one year through the release of "Aha Loan Pass," the first loan-only card in Korea. Euromoney has also selected SAMSUNG Securities as the "Best Security Company" for the 3rd consecutive year, and SAMSUNG Life Insurance was ranked as "10th Largest Company" by Fortune's "Global 500" in the Life/Health insurance category.
We are also actively promoting our brand value, a key engine of business growth. SAMSUNG's brand value increased to US$8.31 billion in 2002 from US$6.37 billion in 2001 and was recognized by Interbrand Corporation as the fastest growing global brand.
Our success in achieving global competitiveness is achieved through continually improving our financial structure and profitability, as we examine the structure of our own organization. Reducing production costs and working hard to maintain our brand image has greatly contributed to our progress, and SAMSUNG Electronics has secured a nation's credit rating from S&P and Moody's, while SAMSUNG Fire also has been recognized by S&P for its stability and growth potential, receiving its second consecutive A rating.
The quick pace of our development is reflected in our management philosophy "We will devote our human resources and technology to create superior products and services, thereby contributing to a better global society."
Our active participation in sporting events has helped promote community spirit, as well as returning corporate profits to society. As a Worldwide Olympic partner in the wireless equipment sector for the 2000 Sydney Olympics, SAMSUNG provided 25,000 advanced digital wireless telecommunication devices including mobile phones. We have also served in that capacity at the 1999 Nagano Winter Olympics, and will be a Worldwide Olympic Partner in the 2006 Torino Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympics. SAMSUNG is an active contributor to the Asian Games, SAMSUNG Nations Cup Riding Competition, SAMSUNG Running Festival, SAMSUNG World Championship (a U.S. LPGA Tour), and many other sporting events around the world.
In 2000, SAMSUNG started its management program with a new twist and aimed to stay ahead of the great waves of digital changes now engulfing the world. We expect nothing less than to lead the digitalization of society with our advanced technologies, competitive products, and professional human resources.
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shell
Looking back over 100 years of history, it’s been an amazing journey. Mankind has managed to adapt, time and time again, through a century of rapid change and periodic upheaval. So has Shell.
In 1907 the world swarmed with oil companies, all full of ambitions to grow. Over the next 100 years many of them saw those ambitions shattered as events galloped forward and they failed to keep up. Little wonder, really, given everything the planet has gone through in the past century: two world wars, the spread and then decline of communism, deep economic recessions, de-colonisation, the rise of a cartel of oil-exporting countries, the use of oil as a political weapon, rocketing growth in energy consumption, mass mobility, accelerating globalisation, and more.
There are big challenges in the century ahead, as well. Shell and other energy companies must find more energy to help keep the world’s economy humming, as places like China and India expand at a rapid clip. And they must do so in ways that safeguard society and the environment.
17 Ağustos 2007 Cuma
microsoft
Windows Products and Technologies History
Windows Overview & History
Published: June 30, 2003
Overview
Over the past two decades, Microsoft Windows® products have evolved from a single, one-size-fits-all desktop operating system into a diverse family of operating systems and mobile technologies. Today, Windows products help people worldwide achieve their potential at work, home, and just about anyplace in between.
This article summarizes milestones in the development of the following:
bridgestone
100 Years of Firestone.
It started with fire. It was a time when a national passion burned for invention, for doing a better job, for creating a better world. One of the foremost keepers of that new industrial flame, ironically, was an Ohio farm boy. Even his name, Firestone, evoked the burning spirit of the new age.
Harvey S. Firestone was one of three men who epitomized the spirit of a nation awakening to its potential and who changed America. Firestone, along with friends Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, took annual camping trips where ideas were shared to pull the world out of its horse-and-buggy pace and thrust it into an era of speed.
As the new century arrived, Firestone was convinced automobiles were the future. In 1900, he moved to Akron, Ohio, which was soon to become the rubber capital of the world, and began manufacturing his own tires in a small old foundry. In just six years, sales of Firestone tires surpassed $1 million.
As the demand for tires grew, Firestone set the pace with innovations that included the pneumatic tire, an improvement over the difficult-to-mount clinchers then in use; the demountable rim, which for the first time made it easy for drivers to change their own tires; the first angular non-skid tread, which made automobiles easier to control; the gum-dipping process, which guarded against heat build-up; and the first successful set of low-pressure balloon tires that allowed cars to travel at faster speeds with greater safety and comfort.
In 1911, the first Indy 500® was held and Firestone tires were on the winning car. Since then, Firestone-equipped racers have maintained a strong presence in the Sunday races. From 1920 through 1966, every winner at the Indy 500® had one thing in common - Firestone tires.
Firestone became a household name as the company continued to grow and make its mark on the country. People began shopping at Firestone one-stop service centers that sold not only tires, but car service and batteries. Within 13 years of opening the first store, the Firestone network of stores grew to 575 and offered 2,200 different items. In homes across America, people tuned in each week to hear the "Voice of Firestone" radio program that started in 1928 and ran for the next 36 years. And, Americans followed the footsteps of Harvey Firestone as he championed the drive to improve the infrastructure of the country with modern highways and better roads.
As the century began to draw to a close, the company, which had long held a strong international presence, began looking for an international partner to help it compete more effectively on a global scale. In 1988, the Bridgestone Corporation of Japan purchased the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. It was the largest investment ever of a Japanese company in an American company.
At first glance, it might appear the two companies sprang from divergent roots, but in more ways than one, they are remarkably similar.
At the same time Firestone was becoming established in America in the early 1900s, a young man named Shojiro Ishibashi purchased a Studebaker in 1912, using it in his family business.
Ishibashi later became president of Nihon Tabi Company, and purchased the development of a tire manufacturing operation--the first successful tire was finished April 9, 1930. The following year, Ishibashi founded the Bridgestone Tire Company, Ltd.
Since there was a strong preference at the time for imported products, Ishibashi took the direct English translation of his family name (which means "stone bridge"), and reversed it to form the name "Bridgestone." The resulting name had an English sound that might appeal more to the Japanese public. Ishibashi instilled in his employees a relentless insistence on superior products which echoed the philosophy of Firestone.
The merger created a truly new global company that brought Firestone's manufacturing capabilities and production operations to Bridgestone. The merger positioned the company to sell tires internationally and leveraged technological advances that included UNI-T®, which improves tire traction on wet surfaces, and UNI-T AQ™, which keeps performance at optimum levels even as tires wear.
In 1995, the Firestone name returned to Indy racing after an absence of more than two decades and soon reclaimed some familiar territory - the winner's circle.
A decade after the two companies merged, sales and net earnings of Bridgestone/Firestone have reached all-time highs.
Bridgestone/Firestone has entered the new century just as it began - with fire: to continually innovate, to offer the best, to win the race and to make the lives of people safer and easier. Harvey S. Firestone would have been proud.
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| Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and Harvey S. Firestone were not only some of the century's greatest inventors, they were also friends. (Bridgestone/Firestone Collection) |
Harvey S. Firestone was one of three men who epitomized the spirit of a nation awakening to its potential and who changed America. Firestone, along with friends Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, took annual camping trips where ideas were shared to pull the world out of its horse-and-buggy pace and thrust it into an era of speed.
As the new century arrived, Firestone was convinced automobiles were the future. In 1900, he moved to Akron, Ohio, which was soon to become the rubber capital of the world, and began manufacturing his own tires in a small old foundry. In just six years, sales of Firestone tires surpassed $1 million.
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| Harvey S. Firestone makes a tire in Akron, Ohio tire plant. (Bridgestone/Firestone Collection) |
In 1911, the first Indy 500® was held and Firestone tires were on the winning car. Since then, Firestone-equipped racers have maintained a strong presence in the Sunday races. From 1920 through 1966, every winner at the Indy 500® had one thing in common - Firestone tires.
Firestone became a household name as the company continued to grow and make its mark on the country. People began shopping at Firestone one-stop service centers that sold not only tires, but car service and batteries. Within 13 years of opening the first store, the Firestone network of stores grew to 575 and offered 2,200 different items. In homes across America, people tuned in each week to hear the "Voice of Firestone" radio program that started in 1928 and ran for the next 36 years. And, Americans followed the footsteps of Harvey Firestone as he championed the drive to improve the infrastructure of the country with modern highways and better roads.
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| Firestone advertisement featuring messages of appreciation to Firestone from winner Jules Goux and runner-up Spencer Wishart. (Bridgestone/Firestone Collection) |
At first glance, it might appear the two companies sprang from divergent roots, but in more ways than one, they are remarkably similar.
At the same time Firestone was becoming established in America in the early 1900s, a young man named Shojiro Ishibashi purchased a Studebaker in 1912, using it in his family business.
Ishibashi later became president of Nihon Tabi Company, and purchased the development of a tire manufacturing operation--the first successful tire was finished April 9, 1930. The following year, Ishibashi founded the Bridgestone Tire Company, Ltd.
Since there was a strong preference at the time for imported products, Ishibashi took the direct English translation of his family name (which means "stone bridge"), and reversed it to form the name "Bridgestone." The resulting name had an English sound that might appeal more to the Japanese public. Ishibashi instilled in his employees a relentless insistence on superior products which echoed the philosophy of Firestone.
The merger created a truly new global company that brought Firestone's manufacturing capabilities and production operations to Bridgestone. The merger positioned the company to sell tires internationally and leveraged technological advances that included UNI-T®, which improves tire traction on wet surfaces, and UNI-T AQ™, which keeps performance at optimum levels even as tires wear.
In 1995, the Firestone name returned to Indy racing after an absence of more than two decades and soon reclaimed some familiar territory - the winner's circle.
A decade after the two companies merged, sales and net earnings of Bridgestone/Firestone have reached all-time highs.
Bridgestone/Firestone has entered the new century just as it began - with fire: to continually innovate, to offer the best, to win the race and to make the lives of people safer and easier. Harvey S. Firestone would have been proud.
sony
The History of the Sony Corporation
Originally called Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo (Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Company), Sony’s roots go back over half a century to 1946 when it was founded by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita.
History of the Sony Corporation
Ibuka and Morita were global thinkers. They realised the need for a global brand which crossed cultural and language borders in order to expand the business in the US and later Europe. TTK was already being used by another company so a new name, Sony, was conceived. The name Sony derives from the Latin word sonus meaning sound and the English word sonny-boy - a term used by the Americans in the 1950's to denote a bright youngster.
Although the name of the company was not officially changed to Sony Corporation until 1958, the first Sony branded product was the TR-55 transistor radio which went on sale in 1955. This was shortly followed by Sony’s world first "pocketable" transistor radio. Sony’s UK history began in 1968 when Sony United Kingdom was founded in London. Six years later Sony became the first major Japanese company to open a factory in the UK. Today there are two factories, both in Wales, at Bridgend and Pencoed, which between them manufacture broadcast cameras, television sets and components for the UK and export to other countries around the world. Indeed, Sony was awarded the prestigious Queens Award for Export on four occasions in the 80s and 90s. Today Sony UK employs around 4,500 people in functions including Manufacturing, Sales and Marketing. Sony’s UK Headquarters are located at Brooklands, near Weybridge, in Surrey, on the site of the old Brooklands Racing Circuit, just inside the M25.
citibank
The timeline below represents the history of this business until it became a part of the Citigroup family.
On June 16, 1812, with $2 million of capital, City Bank of New York (now Citibank) opened for business in New York City. Through many different leaders and economic environments over the course of its rich history, Citibank continues to grow and prosper.
In 1968, First National City Corporation (later renamed Citicorp), a bank holding company, became the parent of Citibank.
In 1998, all Citicorp divisions merged with all divisions of Travelers Group to form Citigroup Inc. Citibank continues as a strong brand under the Citigroup umbrella.
HSBC
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Worldwide Assistance
From working overseas to moving abroad, wherever life takes you, HSBC Premier is right by your side. Learn how we can set up your account and credit quickly while offering mortgage advice, online banking and the individual support of an HSBC Premier Relationship Manager.
Privileges and Rewards
With HSBC Premier, one card is all it takes to access a wealth of financial privileges. Discover how your HSBC Premier Credit Card comes complete with a great rewards programme, special offers on life's little luxuries, and the security of our emergency support.
Investment Expertise
When it comes to considering new international investments, it pays to put global insight and financial experts on your side. Whatever your plans, find out how your HSBC Premier Relationship Manager and our expert advisers can help fulfil your financial ambitions.
Reebok
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| WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. (To access color photos of the following recalled products, see CPSC’s Web site at www.cpsc.gov.) Name of product: Reebok Children’s Windsuit Units: About 55,000 Manufacturer: Adjmi Apparel Group, of New York, N.Y. (Adjmi is an authorized licensee of children’s apparel products of Reebok International Ltd., of Canton, Mass.) Hazard: The Reebok logo appliqué on the clear rubber zipper pull on the jacket can detach, posing a choking or aspiration hazard to young children. Incidents/Injuries: Reebok has received one report of a child that began to choke from a detached Reebok logo appliqué. No injuries have been reported. Description and Models:The recalled Reebok children’s windsuits are full-zip boys polyester jacket and pants sets with a cotton lining and the name “Reebok” and/or Reebok’s Vector logo embroidered on the chest of the jacket. The suits were sold in eight different color combinations: orange/navy, light blue/royal blue, red/navy, yellow/gunmetal, yellow/navy, blue/navy, green/navy and red/black. Sold exclusively: Mervyns and Toys “R” Us/Babies “R” Us nationwide from December 2005 through May 2006. The suits were priced by size including: newborn/infant about $18, toddler between $22 and $28 and ages 4 to 7 about $24. Manufactured in: Bangladesh. Remedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled product away from young children. Consumers have a choice of either (1) returning the recalled suit in exchange for receiving a free replacement suit or (2) cutting off and discarding the clear rubber zipper pull and continuing to use the original suit. Consumer Contact: For additional information or to receive instructions on receiving a replacement product, contact Adjmi at (800) 873-5570 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.    |
16 Ağustos 2007 Perşembe
pepsi
Pepsi-Cola North America, headquartered in Purchase, N.Y., is the refreshment beverage unit of PepsiCo Beverages and Foods North America, a division of PepsiCo, Inc. PepsiCo Beverages and Foods North America also comprises PepsiCo's Tropicana, Gatorade and Quaker Foods businesses in the United States and Canada.
Pepsi-Cola North America's carbonated soft drinks, including: Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Twist, Mountain Dew, Mountain Dew Code Red, Sierra Mist, and Mug Root Beer account for nearly one-third of total soft drink sales in the United States.
Pepsi-Cola North America's non-carbonated beverage portfolio includes Aquafina, which is the number one brand of bottled water in the United States, Dole single-serve juices and SoBe, which offers a wide range of drinks with herbal ingredients. The company also makes and markets North America's best-selling, ready-to-drink iced teas and coffees via joint ventures with Lipton and Starbucks, respectively.
To see all Pepsi-Cola North America brands, click here.
PepsiCo, Inc. is one of the world's largest food and beverage companies. The company's principal businesses include:
- Frito-Lay snacks
- Pepsi-Cola beverages
- Gatorade sports drinks
- Tropicana juices
- Quaker Foods
PepsiCo, Inc. was founded in 1965 through the merger of Pepsi-Cola and
For investor information on PepsiCo, Inc, including press and earnings releases, analyst presentations and downloadable annual reports visit www.pepsico.com.
DURACELL
The story of Duracell begins in the early 1920's with an inventive scientist named Samuel Ruben and an eager manufacturer of tungsten filament wire named Philip Rogers Mallory. Ruben came to the P.R. Mallory Company seeking a piece of equipment he needed for an experiment. But Ruben and Mallory saw an opportunity: uniting the one's inventive genius with the other's manufacturing muscle. Their partnership, which would last until 1975 with Mallory's death, was the bedrock of Duracell International.
Samuel Ruben's inventions revolutionized battery technology. Amidst World War II, for instance, Ruben devised the mercury cell, which packed more capacity in less space and was durable enough for the harsh climates of wartime theaters like North Africa and the South Pacific — places where ordinary zinc carbon batteries used in flashlights, mine detectors, and walkie-talkies couldn't hold up. P.R. Mallory manufactured millions of mercury cells for the war effort. The Mallory Battery Company was formed shortly thereafter.
In the 1950's, Samuel Ruben went on to improve the alkaline manganese battery, making it more compact, durable, and longer lasting than anything before it. At about the same time, Eastman Kodak introduced cameras with a built-in flash unit that required more power than zinc carbon cells could provide. The cameras needed alkaline manganese cells but in a new size, the AAA. Mallory made them, and also licensed the technology to others because the company, at that time, had no consumer distribution.
The photographic demand for power put alkaline cells on the map — and the DURACELL brand was introduced in 1964. Soon, the consumer market for DURACELL batteries rocketed and supplies had to be rationed in the 1970's as manufacturing capacity caught up.
Today, Duracell is the world's leading producer of high-performance alkaline batteries. The tradition of innovation started by Ruben and Mallory is still evident in new DURACELL batteries such as DURACELL ULTRA with M3 Technology. Duracell believes there is no limit to the potential of portable power — and as a company we will always strive to find innovative and efficient ways to power your life in the future.
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