Private companies ratchet up lobbying to stay dark

          WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two traditional retailers and a manufacturer have joined the ranks of hot tech companies like Facebook in the debate over a U.S. securities rule that can forceprivately held companies to disclose finances they'd rather keep secret.
The three companies - Wawa Inc, Wegmans Food Markets Inc, andW.L. Gore & Associates, best known as the maker of GORE-TEX clothing - have formed a loose coalition and retained a former U.S. congressman as their lobbyist.
They are lobbying for legislation that would increase the number of shareholders a company can have before it must make detailed disclosures to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and exempt employees from that cap.

Year 2012

Year 2012 is a very mysterious year. Nobody knows for sure what will happen in year 2012. But, the year 2012 has been included in many prophecies and is very important spiritually. Here is the latest information and most informative articles and resources on the year 2012:

The Year 2012 by Adrian Cooper
Our Ultimate Reality

First and foremost we still do not know if anything at all will happen on December 21 2012, or at any time in 2012, or indeed at all. We will examine that more closely in just a moment.

But quite simply, if, and only if the prophesies are true, then one of three fundamental situations will likely result immediately before, during and after the 2012 event based upon what we know to date:

1. Human beings will undergo a massive Spiritual evolutionary transition whereby true, Divine, Spiritual reality will be realised and experienced. Focus and abilities will no longer be materially based, but rather Spiritually based.

If this comes to pass, humans will still inhabit a physical body, but the body will assume its true identity as a vehicle of learning. Material things will be seen for the illusion they truly are, and the emphasis will be on "service to others before service to self", and the building of the biblical "kingdom of heaven on Earth", a paradise where selfishness, war and disharmony will be a thing of the past.

Where is open source heading?

    What a difference time makes! Back in 2001 when I took the job as CEO of MySQL AB, free and open source software (FOSS) was an exciting escapade for the brave ones only. The FOSS movement had been around for some time already, and the communities were not insignificant. But from a perspective of industry, business and common citizens, open source was the brave new thing that many people admired but few were ready to support.

Looking back

Back in Finland, where both Linux and MySQL had originally been developed, a cautious and nervous pride was brewing. Open source was amazing, but would it mesh well with the orderly and institutional instincts of Finnish, and more broadly Nordic, society? Despite the modernity of the Nordic model, it took time for people to get used to the thought of full openness, unlimited participation and the freedom to use, modify and redistribute software code.
But we needed not worry. Open source became one of the leading IT trends of the first decade of this century. Red Hat's stellar growth paved the way for the rest of us, and soon JBoss and MySQL were not just household names among developers but household names among purchasing managers too. The disruption the LAMP stack and others caused to the incumbent players in the software industry was a perfect example of the Innovator's Dilemma as described by Professor Clayton Christensen. No wonder that large corporations were circling around the small and innovative open source companies - trying to figure whether to ignore them, love them, hate them, or try to swallow them.

Buy the Samsung Galaxy Nexus?

If you've already owned the Nexus One or Nexus S, chances are you already know the answer to that question and have dutifully placed your pre-order. The allure of getting the latest flavour of pure Android is temptation enough for many dedicated fans to purchase this year's Nexus device. If the volume bug is quickly fixed, this handset is a truly fearsome contender.

Make no mistake, the Galaxy Nexus is a seriously impressive handset. It trumps the Nexus S in every conceivable manner. That 4.65-inch Super AMOLED screen has to be seen to be believed. It offers a 720p HD resolution with unbeatable viewing angles.

The buttons at the bottom of the screen aren't actually buttons -- they're part of the display, and vanish when it switches off.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Also known as Samsung Google Nexus Prime, Samsung Google Galaxy Nexus I9250, Samsung Google Nexus 3, Samsung Google Nexus 4G, Samsung Nexus Prime 4G LTE

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
	4G Network	LTE 700 (region specific)
	Announced	2011, October
	Status	Available. Released 2011, November

SIZE	Dimensions	135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm
	Weight	135 g

DISPLAY	Type	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	720 x 1280 pixels, 4.65 inches (~316 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes
	Protection	Oleophobic coating
		- Touch-sensitive controls

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

MEMORY	Card slot	No
	Internal	16/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM

DATA	GPRS	Yes
	EDGE	Yes
	Speed	HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
	NFC	Yes
	USB	Yes, v2.0 microUSB

CAMERA	Primary	5 MP, 2592x1936 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
	Features	Touch focus, geo-tagging, face detection
	Video	Yes, 1080p@30fps
	Secondary	Yes, 1.3 MP

FEATURES	OS	Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
	Chipset	TI OMAP 4460
	CPU	Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9
	GPU	PowerVR SGX540
	Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
	Browser	HTML, Adobe Flash
	Radio	No
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
	Colors	Black
		- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - MP4/H.264/H.263 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3 player - Organizer - Image/video editor - Document viewer - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration - Voice memo/dial/commands - Predictive text input

BATTERY		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1750 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 290 h (2G) / Up to 270 h (3G)
	Talk time	Up to 17 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)

MISC	SAR EU	0.30 W/kg (head)
	Price group