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Providing a Common Language for Video Experts Improves Development Cycle Time The 3D@Home Consortium and the MPEG Industry Forum (MPEG IF) today announced the release of a new glossary of terms for providing a common language for discussing, identifying and improving the subjective quality of stereoscopic (i.e. 3D) video. Over 235 terms are defined within [...]
50th IFA IN BERLIN TO SHOWCASE THE LATEST CE PRODUCTS AND HOME APPLIANCES With Exhibit Space Sold-Out and Partner Conferences, 50th Edition to Break Records Once Again The 50th edition of IFA promises to achieve record growth when the largest international tradeshow for consumer electronics and home appliances takes place September 3 – 8 at [...]
Free Registration Available for Early Signups 2011 International CES The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced that registration is open for the 2011 International CES®, the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow, scheduled January 6-9, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. “The new Connected Home Appliances and Broadband Telecommunications TechZones are two of many new attractions at [...]
Leading Proponent of Immigration Reform and Workers’ Rights Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez in Las Vegas to Support Workers at Station Casinos U.S. Representative Luis V. Gutierrez will address hundreds of Station Casinos workers and their union supporters during an indoor rally at the Culinary Workers Union. The Illinois Congressman is a leading proponent of comprehensive [...]
Nation’s Oldest And Largest Civil Rights Groups Ask Tea Party To Repudiate Racist Factions Over 2,000 NAACP delegates unanimously passed a resolution—as amended—called “The Tea Party Movement,” asking for the repudiation of racist Tea Party leaders. The resolution condemns the bigoted elements within the Tea Party and asks for them to be repudiated. The NAACP [...]
The 25th Annual Game Developers Conference, GDC 2011, Opens Its Call for Submissions Now Through August 25 Proposals to be Reviewed by Advisory Board Including New Members From Microsoft, Playfish, EA Maxis, Media Molecule & More SAN FRANCISCO, July 13 /PRNewswire/ — The call for submissions to present lectures, roundtables and panel sessions at the [...]
SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association, urged the United States Senate to pass H.R. 5297, the “Small Business Jobs and Credit Act.” The House passed the bill in June. The legislation would create a $30 billion fund to provide banks with less than $10 billion in assets access to capital to lend to small businesses. [...]
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the nation’s largest and oldest Hispanic civil rights organization, challenged the federal government and Corporate America to appoint more Latinos to higher positions. The call to action was made today at this year’s 81st Annual LULAC National Convention taking place in Albuquerque July 12 – July 17. [...]
First Tax Increase in the New Healthcare Law The tanning tax was added very late to the healthcare bill without any analysis of how it would affect the indoor tanning industry, comprised primarily of small businesses. The new tax amounts to a 10 percent increase in the cost of doing business, making it even harder [...]
N.C. Aizenman of the Washington Post reported that… One of the less publicized measures in the new health-care law, the tax imposes a 10 percent surcharge on the use of ultraviolet indoor tanning beds. Supporters — including the Obama administration, congressional Democrats and dermatologists — have argued that the tax will raise an estimated $2.7 [...]
