Join The Chorus (Motors that is)

Major Fuel Savings From Wheel Tug Could be a "Must Have" for Air Frame Manufacturers

Viewing the success of the grueling tests being performed on the WheelTug (a Chorus Motors electric motor that internalizes the ground propulsion of large aircraft) on YouTube, makes this trend tracker anxiously look forward to a brighter tomorrow for thousands of "Greenies" (energy conservationists and bottom line currency cultists). The Cox team (Rodney and Isaiah) have pretty much pulled a rabbit out of the hat. You might want to look into it to see if you think it will jump. Tell them Rhein Watch, Trend Tracker sent you.borealis.com/investor/execs.shtml

iMedium Wave Building Fast

Eighty Percent is a Meaningful Number

With every win must be is a loss- Who loses in the new media context?

"Jeff Hackett, executive vice president of comScore Media Metrix says, “Each year we see more Americans using the Internet as a tool during the holidays, with more than 85 percent of Americans online visiting a retail site in December, up from 80 percent last year.”

Malicious activity on the Web can't be stopped but it can be thwarted by an observant public.
This just in: beware FDIC eMail.

The Trend Tracker says " Watch that ripple"

SA-10-2011
January 12, 2011


TO: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to Security Officer)
SUBJECT: Consumer Alert
Summary: E-mails fraudulently claiming to be from the FDIC are attempting to get recipients to click on a link, which may ask them to provide sensitive personal information. These e-mails falsely indicate that FDIC deposit insurance is suspended until the requested customer information is provided.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has received numerous reports from consumers who received an e-mail that has the appearance of being sent from the FDIC. The e-mail informs the recipient that "in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security, federal, state and local governments…" the FDIC has withdrawn deposit insurance from the recipient's account "due to account activity that violates the Patriot Act." It further states deposit insurance will remain suspended until identity and account information can be verified using a system called "IDVerify." If consumers go to the link provided in the e-mail, it is suspected they will be asked for personal or confidential information, or malicious software may be loaded onto the recipient's computer.

This e-mail is fraudulent. It was not sent by the FDIC. It is an attempt to obtain personal information from consumers. Financial institutions and consumers should NOT access the link provided within the body of the e-mail and should NOT under any circumstances provide any personal information through this media.

The FDIC is attempting to identify the source of the e-mails and disrupt the transmission. Until this is achieved, consumers are asked to report any similar attempts to obtain this information to the FDIC by sending information to alert@fdic.gov.

For your reference, FDIC Special Alerts may be accessed from the FDIC's Web site at www.fdic.gov/news/news/SpecialAlert/2011/index.html. To learn how to automatically receive FDIC Special Alerts through e-mail, please visit www.fdic.gov/about/subscriptions/index.html.

Sandra L. Thompson
Director
Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection
Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)

Note: Paper copies of FDIC Special Alerts may be obtained through the FDIC's Public Information Center, 877-275-3342 or 703-562-220

Watch out PC

Could tablet ripples dwarf the PC wave?

Will the margins be significant enough in the tablet "red ocean" to sustain a meaningful impact on the bottom line? (probably) Its a huge market out there and its not satisfied yet.

Here are the hots and nots for 2010:

1. Smart phones and tablets assaulted the entrenched PC position.
2. Apple launched its juggernaut, iPad, leaving in its vapor trail a host of copy cats: Samsung , Hewlett-Packard and Dell. (look for more red ocean in 2011)
3. Gartner Inc. predicts "media tablets are expected to displace around 10% of PC units by 2014."
4. Demand for lower tech e-readers had a waxing and warnings experience (that's OK in "rippleze"): King Kong Kindle took the crown while rivals Barnes & Noble and Sony launched new stuff to bedazzle the confused consumer. Seeing too much blood in the surf others have swum for the shore, maybe to rethink the whole deal.
5.Smart phones saw a sea saw situation while Apple once again stunned the competition: Microsoft and Palm, who were first in the "Blue Ocean"

Marketers take note and investors "keep watching the waves on the TrendTracker."