Ok so 3 more posts today that I’ve dug up – I’m an information JUNKIE on this stuff lately. Give em a browse and let me know what ya reckon. They’re just from a few different sites I’ve been surfing lately that are generally good for information like this…

Tech a look ahead

From integrated communication applications like the supposedly email-killing Google Wave to the e-readers which will change how we read books to … Read More…

More Entertainment From The Television People

All broadcasters still face digital shock – digital dividend in reverse. Just as viewers tune into new digital tricks like catch-up TV advertising revenues … Read More…

Google's latest phone pitch: get free voice mail with more features while …

In its latest bid to become a bigger player in telecommunications, the Internet search leader is giving people a chance to send calls to their cell phones … Read More…
That’s all the news for today guys, so until next time, thanks for stopping by.

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Are you spending hours and hours everyday in front of your computer looking for an internet home business? Without clear set criteria, you are simply wasting your time and most likely will fall on a spurious opportunity or an outright scam. With the hundreds of internet home businesses available online, you will literally freeze as to which of these you would join.

Listed below are the most important factors you should consider when choosing your internet home business.

1) Are people buying from this internet home business? Would there be people prepared to pay for this product or service? You may have a very good product with every bells and whistles included in it, but if nobody is buying, then what good is that in your business? How do you know that people are buying? Well, if the business has been running for a while, most likely, people are still buying the product or service. If it’s a newer product then you’ll have to use your guts. If you buy something and feel good about it then the likelihood is high that there will be a lot more people that will feel just as good as you did about buying it.

More competitors on the product or service would mean that you are in a viable market and you’ll just have to learn to be good at selling or promoting your product or service. There are many internet home businesses in which you don’t have to sell anything. Some of the best internet home businesses don’t even require you to sell a product. How is this done? You simply refer potential customers to a company and get paid a commission on each customer you refer or who buys. What makes this kind of business extremely attractive is that you don’t have to deal with customer support, product delivery or any of the normal home business troubles.

2) Training and Support. One of the most important aspects of any business system, especially if it’s new to you, is training and support. At least there should be an email address or a phone number to contact if you need personal help. Some internet home businesses provide a web based training and support to their members. The advantage of the web based training and support is that it is readily available anywhere and anytime as long as there is an internet connection. The training system and support should show all there is to know to make money on the internet and should also be easy to follow.

3) Little Experience Needed. The lack of technical knowledge greatly increases failure rates in internet home business. Imagine a mom whose only experience is tending the family, she decides to start an internet business, the next day, she is introduced to css, html, pop-ups, php, blog, merchant account, hosting, autoresponder, sales copy, etc. Instead of simply marketing her business, she would be buried into the technical stuff. A good internet home business should only require a little experience, say; a working knowledge of the internet and operating a computer should be enough.

4) Income Potential. Will this internet business bring in real money for you? Hey, we’re talking of business here not hobby. So the income potential should not be low. Another thing to inquire is if the income potential sustainable. You may get plenty of sales this month but what about the months that follow? Does it offer multiple streams of income so that when one income stream closes, there are still plenty left? Is the income recurring, that is, you get money every month? A good example is web hosting and subscription based sites. Every month you get paid.

5) Can Be Done Part-Time: This is very important because a lot of programs out there say they’re the perfect part time business but the only way to get any real results is to do it full time. The main reasons you are embarking on an internet home business is the money and freedom that it brings. Freedom to spend your time at things you love. The internet home business you will choose should not tie you up in front of your computer for hours and hours. A good internet home business is pretty automated. Once you set things up, the business runs by itself. You spend a couple of hours a day, tweak and change some things, then leave the system to run.

When talking about internet home business, the second thing that comes to your mind, after money, is the lifestyle. Think of it, if you have to spend 8-10 hours per day in your internet home business, it doesn’t leave much time for fun. That would be more of a job.

6) Company History: With so many scams out there, one thing to look for is a stable opportunity. Look for a business that has been around for a while, say 2 years. Well, there are new opportunities that are worthwhile but you should prefer for an internet home business that has been successful. You are going to invest your own money here so better be sure. You can go to search engines and check. Check the forums. Call the owner over the phone. Send an email to the owner and ask about the business.

These are the six basic things by which you measure an internet home business. Obviously, there are other things but the ones mentioned above are the critical starting points which when used would result in a good business decision.

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For Obama, change begins in minutes – Yahoo! News

Since the time of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, presidents have been judged on their First 100 Days.

But as Barack Obama takes part in one of the nation’s oldest rituals Tuesday, changes will come in the First 100 Minutes – in policy, politics and personalities – that will set a course for a presidency already rich in history and expectations.

As president, he’ll move swiftly, signing documents to formally nominate his Cabinet and appoint interim agency heads, one official said.

His other early moves have been closely guarded, although aides have signaled Obama will wait until later in the week to act on more controversial items, such as ordering the closing of the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay. Obama also hinted he’ll wait for Congress to overturn limits on most federally funded embryonic stem cell research, rather than do it by executive order.

Yet even as Obama gives his inaugural address, vehicles will carry some of his aides to take up positions in the new White House – the vanguard of a new Obama administration, in a peaceful takeover of cubicles and office space held by the opposition for eight years.

Far from the pageantry, another ritual takes place with equal precision – the transformation of the White House residence from one president to the next, so quickly that in Bush’s case, pictures of his own inauguration were already on the walls within hours of the ceremony in 2001.

The two First Families will meet at 10 a.m. – and as soon as the Bushes and Obamas leave around 11 a.m. for the Inauguration ceremony, the clock on the changeover from one administration to the next begins its final countdown. The White House residence staff has about six hours until the new occupants return from the parade about 5 p.m.

“At that point, the White House residence staff goes into what I call organized chaos,” said Gary J. Walters, the chief White House usher from 1986 to 2006.

Moving vans do pull into the driveway. Any remaining Bush items are carried out, the Obamas’ belongings moved in. For the next six hours, the staff will do “whatever the Obamas have directed the chief usher to do to make the house their home,” Walters said.

It means placing the right stuffed animals on the daughters’ beds, and stocking the refrigerator with their favorite breakfast foods. Even if Obama forgoes a complete redecoration of the Oval Office, the staff will switch out paintings, busts and photographs to give it a personal touch.

“There is a transition in the Oval Office,” Walters said. “The Oval Office helps set the tenor for each president and what he wants to do.”

Kaki Hockersmith, a close friend of the Clintons who helped redecorate the White House, said she attended the inauguration ceremony in 1993, but an Air Force colonel whisked her to the residence moments after it concluded, driving her down an empty Washington street along the parade route.

Hockersmith spent the afternoon directing an overhaul. Workers installed new draperies, changed bedspreads and shams, cleaned bathrooms, and hung chandeliers. Hockersmith’s daughter unpacked Chelsea Clinton’s clothes and placed them in the closets and dressers.

Amid a beehive of activity, the usher received notice that the First Family was leaving the parade viewing stand and heading to the White House.

“The word went out all over the White House,” Hockersmith said. “All the volunteers and staff disappear. All the people were out of sight.”

Hockersmith joined Walters at the North Portico to greet the new First Family, unaware of the frenzied hours that preceded their arrival.

This year, a skeleton staff will remain in the working part of the White House through the day, an aide said, as the rest of the staff plans to start Wednesday – which Obama’s team dubbed “Day One.” They’re promising a fast-out-of-the-gate first few days.

Senior adviser David Axelrod said on his first full day in office, Obama will order military leaders to begin planning a pullout of U.S. combat troops from Iraq in 16 months. Obama is also scheduled to meet with his economic team to discuss the stimulus package, even though congressional Democrats’ hope of giving him something to sign on Jan. 20 fell away weeks ago. The new target date is Feb. 13. 

Lifting the stem-cell research limits could take longer, particularly if Obama waits for a congressional vote. Obama’s team also has been careful to avoid getting pinned down on a closing date for the military’s terror prison at Guantanamo Bay, even if he signs the order this week.

Social conservatives expect Obama, at some early point, to reverse an order Bush signed in 2001 blocking U.S. funding of international family planning groups that provide abortion or abortion counseling. Ronald Reagan instituted the policy. Clinton signed an executive order overturning it on January 22, 1993, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. And George W. Bush reinstated the “global gag rule” as one of his earliest acts.

For Bush, he heads to Andrews Air Force Base immediately after the inauguration ceremony. He will appear at a departure ceremony before stopping first in Midland, Texas, and then to his ranch in Crawford.

Bush spokesman Scott Stanzel said he’ll be on the clock until noon, he said.

What happens at 12:01 p.m.?

“Not a whole lot, other than I will stop getting paid,” Stanzel said.

Politico staff writer Jonathan Martin contributed to this story.

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