Troy Muljat and Andre Molnar have purchased Re/Max Property Management and have changed the name to M&M Property Management.
Muljat and Molnar will retain the four employees at the company, located on 909 Lakeway Dr., near the Re/Max real estate office, and have already hired two more employees since purchasing the company on May 15.
Muljat said with the units he and Molnar will be adding to M&M's portfolio, …
Private services will be held today for Bernard M. Fazio, 61, of Coeymans Hollow who died Wednesday in Albany Memorial Hospital.
He was born in Amityville, Suffolk County, and lived in Coeymans Hollow for 30 years.
Mr. Fazio served in the Army for seven years and was a veteran of the Korean War. He also served in the New York Army National Guard with Company C, First Battalion, 210th Armor in Albany until 1991.
Mr. Fazio was a member of the Teamsters union for 26 years and was employed by the Division of Military and …
ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 1 -- United States Patent no. 7,954,061, issued on May 31, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Creation and Manipulation of Internet Location Objects in a Graphical User Interface Environment" was invented by Peter Joseph McInerney (Cupertino, Calif.).
According to the abstract released by the U.
S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Internet location objects are created and displayed as icons in a graphical user interface environment. When an object is dragged from within an application into a system window, a drag object describing what is being dragged is passed from the application to the operating system. Depending on the drag object, the file manager either causes an Internet location object to be created directly or intelligently parses a text string that has been dragged and dropped onto the user desktop to determine whether the text string is likely a URL. If a text string is found to likely be a URL, then an Internet location object is created to contain a URL by transforming the text string into the URL. When the user "opens" an Internet location object, a browser or other program is launched and retrieves the resource identified by the URL stored as part of the Internet location object."
The patent was filed on April 26, 2004, under Application No. 10/832,769.
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London, Jan. 15 -- Whistle-blower website WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange "do not deserve to be treated like common criminals" for upholding "such precious freedom" that does not exist in many countries, a leading Indian journalist said here.
The US athorities want to charge Assange for revealing state secrets after his website published thousands of documents, including files related to US-led war in Afghanistan and Iraq war and diplomatic cables sent to and from American embassies across glob.
"I daresay, to compromise on the right to expression and freedom is a slippery slope. We need to beware. Ladies and gentleman, I submit that WikiLeaks or Julian Assange do not deserve to be treated like common criminals for upholding such precious freedom," said Ashis Ray, president of the Indian Journalists' Association (Europe).
At an event organised by the Commonwealth Journalists' Association at the Houses of Parliament Friday evening, Ray said the website has the "right to stretch the boundaries of freedom in the revolutionary era of internet technology and new media".
"To me, three things are sacrosanct - my reader, my listener and my viewer. It'stheir interests that guide my principles. My duty is to inform and entertain; as Ibelieve should be the job of all journalists. Never to suppress, unless I am swornnot to disclose," he said.
"It matters little to me whether my exposes embarrass Washington, London or NewDelhi, as long as I am dealing with the truth."
Endorsing Washington's right to prevent WikiLeaks from dabbling in disclosures through lawful, legitimate means, Ray, however, said he "would be concerned if it resorted to dirty tricks to do so, to the extent of endangering Assange's life".
He said: "The fundamental questions that need to be answered are: Were the cables and logs that have been brought to the general public's notice secure? Were these not virtually in the public domain by the fact of their rather wide distribution? Messages that are confidential, classified or top secret are generally not shared beyond a very close circle. The US administration is, therefore, paying the penalty of having a rather loose system. And so, it's ludicrous for it to blame Assange for its troubles."
He ruled out that the that the leaked cables and logs have affected the US security and said that the documents have only revealed red faces in Washington, in US diplomatic and military circles and in some other governments.
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* Information taken off Internet on schools in six states found inJuly; systems put on notice
WASHINGTON - Education officials in six states were put on noticelast month that a computer disc found in Iraq over the summercontained photos, floor plans and other information about schools intheir districts, two U.S. government officials said.
The downloaded data the U.S. military found in July - all publiclyavailable on the Internet - included an Education Department reportguiding schools on how to prepare and respond to a crisis, oneofficial said Thursday, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The officials said it was unclear who downloaded the informationand stressed they had no evidence of any specific threats involvingthe schools.
The districts mentioned were in California, Florida, Georgia,Michigan, New Jersey and Oregon, officials said, adding that the FBIalerted local education and law enforcement authorities of thefinding about three weeks ago.
Officials did not provide the names of the districts. But KayBaker, superintendent of Oregon's Salem-Keizer district, confirmedhers was among them.
"Local law enforcement has no knowledge of a specific threat toany of our school buildings," she said. "We will work collaborativelywith law enforcement on any further developments."
Homeland Security Department spokesman Brian Roehrkasse said, "Weare unaware of any specific information that indicates terrorists areplotting or planning an attack at a school here in the UnitedStates."
San Diego schools also were included, according to The San DiegoUnion-Tribune, and ABC News said there was a second Californiadistrict. The Salem Statesman Journal reported the other districtswere Fort Myers, Fla.; Jones County, Ga.; Birch Run, Mich.; andFranklinville and Rumson, both in New Jersey.
The disc contained an Education Department report called"Practical Information on Crisis Planning: A Guide for Schools andCommunities," published in May 2003, as well as photos and floorplans.
In a separate but more widespread warning put out this week, theEducation Department advised school leaders nationwide to watch forpeople spying on their buildings or buses to help detect anypossibility of terrorism like the deadly school siege last month inRussia.
The warning follows an analysis by the FBI and the HomelandSecurity Department of the siege that killed more than 330 people,nearly half of them children, in the city of Beslan.
"The horror of this attack may have created significant anxiety inour own country among parents, students, faculty staff and othercommunity members," Deputy Education Secretary Eugene Hickok said ina letter sent Wednesday to schools and education groups.
The Education Department's advice is based on lessons learned fromthe Russian siege. But there is no specific information indicating aterrorist threat to any schools or universities in the United States,Hickok and other officials emphasized.
Federal law enforcement officials also have urged local police tostay in contact with school officials and have encouraged reportingof suspicious activities, the letter said.
In particular, schools were told to watch for activities that maybe legitimate on their own - but may suggest a threat if many of themoccur.
Among those activities:
* Interest in obtaining site plans for schools, bus routes andattendance lists.
* Prolonged "static surveillance" by people disguised aspanhandlers, shoe shiners, or newspaper or flower vendors.
"It's a positive sign that they're finally discussing this afteryears of downplaying or denying even the possibility of a terroriststrike on schools," said Kenneth Trump, a Cleveland-based schoolsafety consultant.
CHICAGO, April 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Advertising is looking upin early 2011, according to the STRATA quarterly survey of majoradvertising agencies. STRATA, a leading media buying and sellingsoftware provider, found that new confidence in advertising duringthe first quarter resulted in 56% of respondents reporting anincrease in overall business. TV is the most attractive draw foradvertising dollars, but social media lost ground in the interactivespend category.
As indicated in STRATA's previous quarterly survey, advertisingis steadily rebounding. This quarter, 77.5% of respondents indicatedthat their customers are either increasing budgets or keeping themthe same. This has resulted in an impressive 43% of agenciesplanning to hire staff this year (a 76% increase over last quarterand 72% increase over the first quarter in 2010). The survey alsonoted that most agencies expect the economy and their business toreturn to a strong growth period (31%) by late 2011, with 17%stating that they are already there.
The STRATA survey also found in terms of Interactive Spend,Online Display remains the top choice (76%) followed by Search (57%)and Social Media, which surprisingly fell from second to third(56.3%). Mobile was once again out of step with advertisers, rankeda distant fourth (20.3%) during the first quarter. Facebook is thetop Social Media focus for advertisers (82.7%), followed by YouTube(38%) then Twitter (36%). The iPhone is the top mobile devicetargeted by advertisers for campaigns (76%), followed by Android(46%) and then Blackberry (36%), which is down 31% since the lastpoll. Interestingly, when asked how they purchase their Digitaladvertising, "through traditional media" was the top answer followedby "through an Ad Network" (reverse of last quarter).
When comparing all forms of media, Spot TV lead the charge as 45%of respondents indicated that they focused on it more than anyother. Digital spend ranked next at 22% and Spot Radio was a closethird at 16%. Over 29% of agencies are more focused on Cable than ayear ago, an increase of 88% over last quarter.
"Advertising's rebound in 2010 has continued into early 2011 witheven more confidence building results," said John Shelton, STRATACEO/President. "Agency business is increasing, and the prosperity isspreading as clients look to spread advertising dollars to allmedia. This has greatly benefited Cable, which has increasedconsiderably in the last 12 months. The rest of the year continuesto look positive for advertisers, and even those out of work, as alarge number of agencies expect to hire staff at all levels."
Radio was once again solid during the first quarter, with 32% ofthose surveyed indicating that it is more of a focus than it waslast year (up 36% over last quarter and up 69% over a year ago).Although a majority (56%) stated that they are less focused on printthan last year, it is slowly making a comeback, as 14% say they aremore focused on it than they were in 2010 (54% increase over lastquarter). The survey found that 70% of respondents indicated thatInternet is more of a focus this year, which although impressive, isactually down 10% from last year.
Other key findings of the STRATA survey:
Location-based advertising continues to stay well off the radarfor advertisers; with 63% still saying it is not in their 2011plans. Those few who are interested throw their support behindFacebook Places as the top choice, followed by Foursquare.
Digital spend - 39.4% don't anticipate ever having greaterdigital spend than traditional. (11% noted that they are havinggreater digital spend)
Spot TV - 28% of the survey respondents indicated that Spot TV ismore of a focus this year than last year - up 11%.
Part two of STRATA's agency survey will be released on April 29.The next set of data will provide an update on how traditionaladvertising mixed with digital during Q1.
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The whole-scale changes that are occurring in this fragmentedmedia landscape require a customizable and convergent solution.STRATA provides the technology to enable organizations to leadrather than react. By transforming the way advertisements are placedand tracked, STRATA adds efficiency and precision across traditionaland emerging platforms.
Headquartered in Chicago, STRATA has been supplying solutions tothe media buying and selling industry since 1983. STRATA is owned byComcast Cable http://www.comcast.com/. For more information, visitwww.gotostrata.com or call (800) 9 STRATA
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REDMOND -- Computers and the Internet are still a wonder to manyadults, but to teen-agers, they're simply a part of life. And so theworld's largest software maker is turning to a pair of teens to tellit how to run the company.
Michael Furdyk, 17, and Jennifer Corriero, 19, are the newestconsultants at Microsoft Corp. Of course, teen-age wunderkinder arenothing new in the high-technology industry this summer, many techfirms will play host to whiz kids who can build databases and writefunky programs for Web sites.
But Furdyk and Corriero are different. This isn't just anothercollege internship program. Their generation is growing up with theInternet, and Microsoft believes they will integrate this new mediumthroughout their lives.
The company envisions a generation of people who are nearlyalways connected to the Internet, either through a PC at work orhome, or via a wireless device everywhere else. So, in anexceedingly rare move for a major technology company, Microsoft hasasked Furdyk and Corriero to tell its middle-aged executives how allthis will come to pass.
"It used to be that the knowledge was held at the top of thecompany ladder, but that isn't happening with these new, successfulcompanies," said Bart Wojciehowski, director of strategic marketingfor Microsoft's Business Productivity Group. "Everybody has accessto knowledge via the technology and can run with it. There's a lotmore independence among these workers and we have to give them thetools to make the most of it."
Furdyk and Corriero, who are earning both paychecks andeducational credits for their work at Microsoft, won't be trying totell the company which wireless protocol will work best in local-area networks, or any other kind of technological esoterica. Theirjob is to explain to Microsoft executives the new generation'sphilosophy of work and play.
"People's lives used to be all about education, then work, thenretirement or fun or whatever," Corriero said, quickly drawing threedistinct circles in her notebook to make her point. "But what'shappening with us is that all three of these things are all mixed intogether." She then drew a series of interlocking circles.
"We're always learning, we like our work so we're working moreand we're working when we want to, and we're having fun now asopposed to later," she said.
Jonathan Zittrain, executive director of the Berkman Center forInternet and Society at Harvard Law School, said that while someworkers today might bristle at the constant connectivity and demandsof work, the next generation of workers will thrive on it.
"I do see a revolution in the works here," Zittrain said. "Ifyou're young and you've grown up with this stuff out there, it seemsnatural."
Furdyk is a perfect example. He started his first company,MyDesktop.com, when he was 15 with a friend from Australia whom henever met offline. The company was sold a year later, and he nowworks with his second company, called BuyBuddy.com, which helpsusers understand and purchase technology products. He plans tocontinue working for the Toronto-based company via the Internetwhile working with Microsoft here.
"You can do pretty much anything you need to do to run a companywithout necessarily being there," Furdyk said. "Sometimes it's goodto be face-to-face, but I can do most everything I need from here."
The lanky, sometimes laconic entrepreneur plans on finishing highschool, too, but isn't quite sure when. "I think they'll give me alittle classroom credit for working here," he said.
Corriero, an intense, talkative young woman with near-boundlessenergy, is gaining college credit at York University's SchulichSchool of Business in Toronto while working at Microsoft. However,business may end up taking a back seat to a career in law,communications or computing.
"I don't think they really teach what I want to end up doing,"Corriero said. That, of course, fits right in with the neo-Renassiance view of the future worker.
Tammy Morrison, the Microsoft product manager guiding the twoteen-agers in their work "sometimes they tell me what to do," shesaid saw a good example of new work methods firsthand whilevisiting a company run by twentysomethings.
Two young people at the company were talking nonchalantly about aparticular aspect of their work when they had a good idea anddecided to have a meeting. Instead of heading to the conferenceroom, they headed back to their computers and had their meeting in achat room.
"They preferred running meetings online than in person," Morrisonsaid. "It was a real eye-opener."
The reason for the online meetings were varied. The young workerswanted to have a thoughtful conversation without a lot of wastedtime, and they communicated by writing out their thoughts one at atime. They didn't spend time sitting around during the meeting manyparticipants worked on other projects between chat responses. And atthe end, there was a written record of the decision-making process.
Microsoft has intently studied this integration of technologyinto work and lifestyle. For example, the company recently put anumber of people in their late teens and early 20s into a lab to seehow they used computers and the Internet to fulfill tasks.
But Furdyk and Corriero could be the key. They are now workingfull time, running focus groups, writing reports and attendingseminars, all in hopes of chronicling their generation's shift inthe way they use technology. This, they say, is their opportunity totell Microsoft how they and their generation want to work and play.
