Archive for January, 2008

House panel postpones Clemens’ personal appearance

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee announced Wednesday it will delay next week's scheduled Mitchell Report hearing featuring the personal appearance of witnesses Roger Clemens and his former personal trainer, Brian McNamee, until Feb. 13. The committee, after discussions with the Justice Department, opted to move the hearing on performance-enhancing ...

USPTO Accepts ContractCentral Trademark Application

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has accepted ContractCentral's application for Trademark effective January 9, 2008 and has issued serial #77367787.

Frustrated employees lay down rules for cranky customers

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Frustrated employees have banded together on the popular social networking site Facebook to give cranky customers the basic rules on how to order their daily fix if they want to get good service. A trip to Tim Hortons is part of the daily routine for many Canadians, but it doesn't necessarily ...

Newport Beach home sells for record $35 million

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Nicolas Cage sold his Newport Beach, Calif., house last week for $35 million — a new record for Orange County, local brokers say. The movie star, who has bought and sold many houses, paid $25 million for the nearly 0.6-acre property in 2005. The contemporary house on Newport Bay has a ...

Audi R8 the Ant’s Pants and the Bee’s Knees

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Among a passel of other international pubs, Automobile, Playboy, and Autobild have all named the R8 the ant's pants and the bee's knees, or something like that. Latest to sign the R8 Fan Register is the Robb Report, which has placed the R8 on the top step of its Car ...

Young Boy Finds Way to Feed the Homeless

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Jack Davis is only 11, but he had a pretty grown-up idea: He was disturbed to learn that Florida restaurants throw out food that could be given to the hungry and the homeless -- because the restaurant owners could be sued if anyone who ate the food became ill or ...

Under pressure from EMI, RIAA could disappear

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

EMI is unhappy with its contributions to music trade groups. Now, the IFPI confirms to Ars that the organization is taking a hard look at its own budget and mission, with a special eye to its relationship with national groups like the RIAA. The RIAA as we know it might ...

Download Music From Any Shared iTunes Library with OurTunes

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Windows/Mac only: Freeware application ourTunes downloads music from any shared iTunes library on your network to any folder on your computer. There's a good chance you've heard of ourTunes (or a similar app, myTunes) before, as it used to be the go-to app for sharing music with your peers using ...

ContractCentral Celebrating 10-Great-Years

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

It was 1998 when we had the idea to bring great value to customers seeking legal forms, contracts, and agreements. We registered the domain name ContractCentral.com, and our dream came alive... 1998 2008 The website may not look very different from ten years ago, but a lot has changed. We've incorporated Contract Central, ...