InfoWorld:
The governor of the State of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm, met with Japanese biotechnology and life sciences companies this week as part of an effort to turn [Michigan] into a biotech hub.
[The initiatives] include the creation of 11 geographic zones attached to universities in which startups will be created to develop commercial products from research. There [...]
I’m happy to see that one of the top items on the IE team’s list is standards support, right behind improving security. Also, they finally added alpha channel support in PNG images! No more javascript workarounds… Until this thing is released, I recommend Firefox.
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Forbes:
Studio execs may say they hate seeing ads in theaters, but they continue to make deals to provide promo content for the pre-show blurb parade.
Who wants to pay ~$8 for a movie ticket, another $8-10 for popcorn and a drink, only to be bombarded with 20 minutes of ads before the movie finally [...]