Xi3 starts Piston pre-orders: buy an early Steambox for under $1,000

NEWS RELEASE: With Demand Growing, Xi3 Corporation Opens Pre-Orders for its PISTON Console (PC)

Xi3 Corporation also plans to disclose additional details about its forthcoming PISTON Console at the Gaming Expo held March 8-10 during the 2013 South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas

SALT LAKE CITY and AUSTIN, Texas - March 8, 2013 - Xi3 Corporation today announced it will begin accepting pre-orders for its PISTON? Console (PC) at the Gaming Expo held today, tomorrow and Sunday during the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas.

The list price of Xi3's PISTON Console starts at $999.99. Any PISTON Console pre-order placed between now and the end of SXSW 2013 (11:59 p.m. CST, Sunday, March 17, 2013), will receive a $100 discount off the list price, with pre-ordered PISTON Consoles shipped in time for the 2013 Holiday Season. (The special PISTON Console pre-order page is found at http://xi3.com/buy_now-piston.php.)

"Given the amount of awards, media attention and gamer interest the PISTON Console has generated since it was unveiled at CES 2013 in January, we've become seriously concerned that we will not be able to meet the demand for PISTON Consoles this year," said Jason A. Sullivan, founder, president and CEO of Xi3 Corporation. "That's why we have decided to begin accepting pre-orders on our PISTON Console, beginning today with the start of the SXSW Gaming Expo. Gaming Expo attendees will also get the benefit of being the first to see the PISTON Console in action."

Additional PISTON Console Details Forthcoming

Xi3 will showcase "live" gameplay on alpha versions of its PISTON Console at the 2013 SXSW Gaming Expo in Xi3's booth (#400). Additionally, Xi3 is slated to deliver a "live" on-stage presentation at the Gaming Expo on Saturday, March 9 beginning at 7 p.m.

"Clearly, the computer/video gaming market is huge, both in the personal computer and traditional console markets," Sullivan stated. "That being said, we believe there is a crying need for a machine that captures the best of both worlds, with the upgradeability of computer gaming rigs and the design and form factor of consoles. We believe our PISTON Consoles do exactly that-deliver the beauty and small size of consoles with the upgradeability of computers."

The grapefruit-sized Xi3 PISTON Console was announced at the 2013 International CES trade show in January as a "development stage system optimized for computer gameplay on large high-definition television monitors." This January announcement generated massive interest in the worldwide computer/video game industry, and Xi3 garnered several notable awards and honors for its PISTON efforts, even as a development stage product.

The PISTON Console is derived from the forthcoming X7A Modular? Computer, Xi3's first power user computer. Xi3 will reveal additional product details about the PISTON Console and its plans for formally entering the game marketplace at the 2013 SXSW Gaming Expo.

NOTE: The 2013 SXSW Gaming Expo is being held March 8-10, 2013 in the Palmer Event Center at 900 Barton Springs Road in Austin, Texas. The hours for the Gaming Expo are as follows:

Friday, March 8: 3-9 p.m.
Saturday, March 9: 12 Noon-8 p.m.
Sunday, March 10: 12 Noon-8 p.m.

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/10/xi3-starts-piston-pre-orders/

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Ch?vez funeral: How do you spot a true Ch?vista? (+video)

For millions of Hugo Ch?vez?s supporters, waiting in line for 12 hours or more is a small sacrifice for the opportunity to spend a few seconds in front of his coffin.

By Ezra Fieser,?Correspondent, Andrew Rosati,?Correspondent / March 8, 2013

Supporters of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez hold a poster reading in Spanish 'Move forward commander!' outside the military academy where the late president's funeral ceremony took, in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday.

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They spend all day in line in the searing heat for a chance to pay their respects. For Hugo Ch?vez?s supporters, waiting in line for 12 hours or more to spend a few seconds in front of his coffin has become something of a required pilgrimage.

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?It?s something that all Chavistas should do. Something they need to do,? says Higdalia Az?car, who was not deterred by stories of daylong waits ?We came here for the love. We wouldn?t miss it.?

The line stretches for miles, weaving through shade and sunlight, past public parks and in front of the bleachers where Venezuelans watched Ch?vez salute military parades.

On Friday morning, state-run television said more than 2 millions Venezuelans had made the trip to the low-slung military academy where Ch?vez?s open casket has been since Wednesday.

Vice President Nicolas Maduro, who will be sworn in as interim president this evening, on Thursday extended the viewing for an additional seven days due to the response. Thereafter, Ch?vez?s body will be embalmed, much the way Russia?s Vladmir Lenin and China?s Mao Zedong were, and displayed in a glass case for eternity, Mr. Maduro says.

Once inside, visitors said they saw Ch?vez wearing his signature red beret and sash. Photography was not permitted, but visitors say that on Wednesday and Thursday, Ch?vez was dressed in a blue suit. That was swapped out this morning ? before his funeral ? for his military fatigues.

?I was filled with sadness when I approached his casket,? says Juana Uscategui, an elementary school teacher. She waited 15 hours in a wheelchair to catch a glimpse. ?When I finally saw, I was overcome with joy, as he was finally resting. He wore his red hat, his suit and medals. He was beautiful.?

For Lenin Benitez, a political organizer, it was a two-day journey.

After driving overnight from the state of Lara in the northwest, he queued up because it was ?necessary to see him again and to show to the world that Venezuela stood with their president.?

He adored the idea of embalming the president.

?In the rest of the world, people tell their children stories about fictitious heroes, like Batman and Robin,? Mr. Benitez says. ?Here in Venezuela, we can tell our story of Hugo Ch?vez and his deeds. But more than that, we can show him to our children and continue to inspire the revolution.?

Source: http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/csmonitor/globalnews/~3/TpleUIIhdak/Chavez-funeral-How-do-you-spot-a-true-Chavista-video

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Violent protests rage on in Egypt's Port Said | Morocco World News

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In Egypt, violent clashes have continued in the city of Port Said. A football riot there last year left 74 Cairo fans dead, and after the trials of the alleged perpetrators, the government has struggled to maintain order. Now what some locals see as a heavy-handed police crackdown is adding to the city?s tensions. Al Jazeera?s Anita McNaught reports from Port Said.

Source: http://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2013/03/81557/violent-protests-rage-on-in-egypts-port-said/

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daydaily ? Blog Archive ? Effective Uses Of Various Online ...

Written on March 9, 2013 ? 6:06 pm | by universe |

There are various through which you can advertise and promote your company online. There are lots of social as well as business networking websites, for example, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter along with email marketing, with the help of which various business associations get a chance to display their originality and innovativeness, along with increasing the perceptibility of their businesses.

It is a very efficient process for several business establishments to differentiate themselves categorically and increase the traffic in individual websites. There are various marketing tools which help to promote a company and most significantly, they are time saving internet marketing tools.

Email marketing

There are various case studies which are done in the case of email marketing, which shows that it is a very efficient technique to indicate the effort of a company in solving the different problems which are faced by the clients. The email marketing also helps in addressing the particular challenges and arranges the work which is done. If the process of email marketing is done in a proper manner, then it will help to create the perfect relationship which a marketer will like to have with their customers. Now-a-days, it is very obvious that every company would have its online presence. Hence, it is necessary for you to decide the place where your potential customers must go in order to search the right type of services and products.

Blogging Tool

The use of a blog is a very effective procedure for reasonable promotion and advertising. You need to provide with valuable and beneficial information in your blog posts to your target audience. It is very essential that you keep on posting new and informational posts in your blog on a regular basis. The probable and potential customers will gain more knowledge and information about your company with the help of your blog. Since most of the business is operated online now-a-days, hence the customers feel the need to connect with you. In fact, the process of blogging will make the feeling that the client is familiar with you.

E-book

You will have the facility to propose your e-book without any charge, or you can also fix a price for it. An e-book is an effective tool which you can use for the purpose of advertising and promotion. An e-book also helps in generating good revenue for you, and with the help of it you will be recognized as a professional in your respective field. This type of online marketing tool is very reasonable and affordable and also, it is one of the time saving internet marketing tools.

Google Adwords

Google Adwords is a type of pay per click program where the webmasters have the option to create their individual advertisements. They are also referred as the sponsored links that are visible on the right hand side of a search engine page. It is also a very affordable type of marketing techniques.

Source: http://daydaily.com/2013/03/09/effective-uses-of-various-online-marketing-tools-for-businesses/

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Preston man awarded for early detection of skin cancer scheme ...

Skin Cancer Specialist Billy Hefferon, who lives in Preston, was presented with a NHS Innovation Challenge Prize in London recently.

The award was for his work on the team that is helping detect early signs of skin cancer. The project was Highly Commended for Earlier Cancer Diagnosis -?A ?beautiful? approach to detecting skin cancer earlier.? The event was attended by??Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, ?Secretary of State for Health.

Also part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Cancer Network and Preston College team was NHS Central Lancashire public health associate, Kerry Crooks.

Billy, who works at the Burnley General and Royal Blackburn Hospitals, has been working with Preston College, local hair and beauty salons, training assessors and hair and beauty students, delivering skin cancer training sessions to highlight the specialist role hair and beauty professionals can play ? being in that prime position to spot any changes to skin lesions on their clients and encourage clients to see their GP.

Billy states: ?The students would be in a unique position to spot skin cancer lesions on their clients, Billy pointed out, and they could help get problems diagnosed more quickly. A large proportion of the people I see have something called basal cell carcinoma (BCC).

?Although this is not as dangerous as a melanoma, a BCC can cause severe disfigurement, and they usually need surgical removal. Almost all of them appear on the face or neck ? the areas which are always exposed to sunlight, no matter what the weather is like.

?Hairdressers and beauty therapists have anecdotally spotted things for years but we wanted to formalise it and help them understand what they might see.

?They?re not expected to diagnose things but can point people in the right direction.?

The East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Clinical Nurse previously ran sessions at Preston college and is now looking to take the scheme out to the Blackburn and Burnley areas.

Despite skin cancer being one of the most common types there is real nationwide skin cancer screening programme in the UK, with many cases going undetected until it is too late.

Skin cancer is caused by too much exposure to UV light from the sun or sunbeds, so most cases are preventable, though rates have been increasing in recent years.

Experts recommend sun protection, such as clothes, hats, sunglasses, and using sun cream of at least factor 30. Keep an eye on your skin, and report to a doctor, without delay, any changes in the size, shape, or colour, of a mole, or other patch of skin.

Source: http://blogpreston.co.uk/2013/03/preston-man-awarded-for-early-detection-of-skin-cancer-scheme/

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Bunny lost 'n' found: Instagram rescues toddler's toy from trash

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When a tourist took a photo of an abandoned plush bunny on a side street in Los Angeles, he didn't realize he was providing the key clue to help reunite a young boy with a precious gift from his dearly departed grandmother. The result was a small social-media miracle.

The bunny, which doesn't have a name, belongs to two-and-a-half-year-old Max. "It's never taken outside of the house," Frances Page, Max's mom, told TODAY. "He must've snuck it into the stroller and dropped it."

As soon as the bunny's absence was noted, a frantic search began. After all, it was a gift from Max's grandmother, who had passed away. "I decided to go the traditional route and put up posters," Page said. "My husband put a photo of the poster on Twitter and Instagram."

At the same time that Matt Ross, Max's dad, was uploading a photo of the poster to Instagram, a Minneapolis resident, visiting Los Angeles for the first time, posted a photo of a sad stuffed bunny, lying in the road, that he'd spotted during a stroll.

"The fur matted down from hugs and squeezes, I could tell this little guy laying in the sun had been much loved," Jason Ho wrote in a post on his personal blog. "But by it's whimsical position on the ground he must have been abandoned on accident."

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"I collect a lot of toys and I love childhood memory type things," Ho told TODAY, elaborating on how he felt when he saw the bunny. "Oh, let's take a shot of this."

So why didn't he pick it up? "I kinda debated ? I didn't want to touch it. People usually come back for these things," he added. "And I didn't even know where I would take it."

He heard some kids playing nearby, so he figured chances were good that the bunny belonged to one of them.

By the time Ho arrived at his temporary L.A. lodging, he noticed that he'd been tagged on a stranger's Instagram photo. An eagle-eyed user commented on Ross' photo to say that Ho "just posted something that looks like what [he's] looking for."

Ho quickly shared the geotag information from his photo of the bunny with Max's parents and then spoke to them on the phone, describing the spot where he'd encountered it in more detail. Page and her son set out to retrieve the precious plush.

Alas, it wasn't where Ho had last seen it.

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"We ended up asking around," Page said. A kind man working on a nearby home had seen the bunny as well, hours earlier. He helped Page check trashcans, in case someone had callously chucked the bunny into one. And what do you know? That's where the bunny was found.

"We put him into the wash, cleaned him up and he's back with us," Page concludes a retelling of the adventure. "It's so sweet that people we don't know at all ? helped us."

"It's so weird how someone was able to locate someone so fast, especially though a random picture of a bunny," Ho remarked to TODAY in a separate phone call. "It was just so weird ... to have this cool little story happen. It sends chills up the spine."

Want more tech news or interesting links? You'll get plenty of both if you keep up with Rosa Golijan, the writer of this post, by following her on Twitter, subscribing to her Facebook posts, or circling her on Google+.

Source: http://www.today.com/tech/bunny-lost-n-found-instagram-rescues-toddlers-toy-trash-1C8773767

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Dell's special committee defends sale of company

(Reuters) - A special committee of Dell Inc's board of directors said the pending sale of the PC maker was the best alternative for shareholders, despite opposition from its largest outside shareholder.

The committee, which had been analyzing Dell's situation for more than five months, said in a statement on Wednesday that it had "negotiated aggressively" to ensure shareholders got the best possible value in agreeing to founder Michael Dell's $13.65 per share offer to take the company private.

Other alternatives the special committee said it looked at besides a sale included a leverage recapitalization, changing the dividend policy, selling parts of the business and working with the company's current business plan.

The committee said that investment bank Evercore is still soliciting potential alternative proposals in a process that ends March 22.

Michael Dell said in February he had struck a deal to take Dell private, partnering with private equity firm Silver Lake and Microsoft Corp . The goal is to facilitate Dell's difficult transition from a commodity maker of computers into a provider of services to enterprises as a private company, away from Wall Street's scrutiny.

But since the deal was announced, a steady stream of investors have said the price was too low.

On Tuesday, Dell's largest external shareholder, Southeastern Asset Management, demanded that Dell open its books, signaling it could become more active in opposing the offer.

Shareholders representing almost 14 percent of Dell shares, led by Southeastern with a stake of more than 8 percent, including options, have said they will vote against the proposed buyout. No. 3 shareholder T. Rowe Price has also spoken out against the deal.

(Reporting By Liana B. Baker; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick and Grant McCool)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/dells-special-committee-recommends-sale-131716867--finance.html

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