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Portucel lança edição de papel limitada na Europa

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Entre as novidades que a Portucel vai apresentar na feira, destacam-se o lançamento de um novo tipo de papel - o Navigator Limited Edition - e a entrada em funcionamento da nova fábrica de papel do grupo no complexo industrial de Setúbal.

A nova gama de papel é uma edição limitada, recentemente lançada na Europa, que visa "estabelecer uma relação privilegiada com uma nova geração de consumidores, altamente sofisticados e que partilham o gosto por produtos especiais e com distinção, embora acessível para o utilizador-final".

A Portucel explica que para esta edição foi "concebido um grafismo sofisticado e um 'packaging' especial de abertura fácil e mais resistente, com possibilidades de reutilização".

Além do papel Navigator, marca 'premium' de papel de escritório mais vendida no mundo, o grupo levará à Paperworld diversas marcas de papéis 'Office' como Pioneer, Discovery, Inacopia, Explorer, Target e Multioffice.

http://economia.publico.clix.pt/noticia.aspx?id=1420466

A Vision of Students Today

Textbook Publishers Embrace iPad Apps for Education

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Textbook publishers have already enlisted the third-party services of developers to build adaptations of textbooks for the iPad, the Wall Street Journal reports.

McGraw-Hill, Houghton Mifflin, Pearson and Kaplan have struck deals with iPhone and iPod touch developers ScrollMotion Inc. to build applications for the iPad that bring test preparation, study guides and new types of instructional materials to the classroom.

Among the many industries potentially revolutionized by the Apple iPad, the publishing industry has been one of the early front-runners. We’re already seeing that start to play out in the e-books market with the Amazon and Macmillan dispute.

But galvanizing publishers to re-envision textbooks for new interactive devices could have a huge impact not only on Apple’s bottom line, but on education as a whole. “People have been talking about the impact of technology on education for 25 years. It feels like it is really going to happen in 2010,” said executive Rik Kranenburg of McGraw-Hill’s higher education unit.

Despite Apple’s relative lack of commentary on the iPad’s potential for the educational sector during its iPad announcement last week, it appears that textbook publishers aren’t waiting to be invited. Still, it’s yet unclear how or even if the iPad or other upcoming tablet devices will achieve wide adoption in the clhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/11/IPhonehomescreen.PNG/75px-IPhonehomescreen.PNGassroom, considering the cost of employing new technologies and the competition with other portable computing tools, particularly netbooks. But no matter what device ecosystem ends up holding sway, it’s potentially great news to students who stand to benefit from an emerging renaissance in digital learning materials.

9 Upcoming Tablet Alternatives to the Apple iPad

The Apple iPad cat is officially out of its bag, but it’s not going to be the only tablet game in town. There are a number of other devices out there in various stages from “barely announced” to “working prototype,” many of which were shown off at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show.

Apple may have snagged first-mover advantage in this year’s tablet renaissance, and we have scant few details on things like pricing and release date for some of its upcoming competitors. Still, it’s worth a look at what other tablet contenders are going to be emerging with in the near near future. It might be worth reigning in that Steve Jobs-induced credit card trigger finger for a bit.

Let’s have a look at what alternatives to the iPad are likely literally just around the corner.

http://mashable.com/2010/01/27/9-upcoming-tablet-alternatives-to-the-apple-ipad/

Apple IPad ... Jesus

MusicDNA pode vir a ser o herdeiro directo do mp3

O grande sucessor do mp3 já tem nome: MusicDNA. A grande inovação do formato é disponibilizar, a par com a música, outro tipo de material, tal como fotografias, letras de canções e calendário de espectáculos. Só há uma condição: que a música tenha sido descarregada de forma legal.

[@From : http://www.publico.clix.pt/Tecnologia/musicdna-pode-vir-a-ser-o-herdeiro-directo-do-mp3_1419526 on Mon Jan 25 2010 11:53:10 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time)]

New Apple Tablet Details Leaked

TEDMED... is a must see.

Report: Skype Now Accounts For 12% Of All International Calling Minutes

Report: Skype Now Accounts For 12% Of All International Calling Minutes

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I.B.M. Joins Pursuit of $1,000 Personal Genome

By JOHN MARKOFF
Published: October 5, 2009

One of the oldest names in computing is joining the race to sequence the genome for $1,000. On Tuesday, I.B.M. plans to give technical details of its effort to reach and surpass that goal, ultimately bringing the cost to as low as $100, making a personal genome cheaper than a ticket to a Broadway play.
The project places I.B.M. squarely in the middle of an international race to drive down the cost of gene sequencing to help move toward an era of personalized medicine. The hope is that tailored genomic medicine would offer significant improvements in diagnosis and treatment.
Continue reading here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/science/06dna.html?_r=2&scp=3&sq=markoff%20&st=cse

Indústria alimentar vai restringir já este ano anúncios prejudiciais para crianças na TV - Media - PUBLICO.PT

Indústria alimentar vai restringir já este ano anúncios prejudiciais para crianças na TV - Media - PUBLICO.PT

The Best Tv Ad of 2009 according to Time

What's coming...is Fun tastic

Happy 2010

Facebook fuelling divorce, research claims

clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk Facebook is being cited in almost one in five of online divorce petitions, lawyers have claimed. The social networking site, which connects old friends and allows users to make new ones online, is being blamed for an increasing number of marital breakdowns. Divorce lawyers claim the explosion in the popularity of websites such as Facebook and Bebo is tempting to people to cheat on their partners. Suspicious spouses have also used the websites to find evidence of flirting and even affairs which have led to divorce. One law firm, which specialises in divorce, claimed almost one in five petitions they processed cited Facebook. Mark Keenan, Managing Director of Divorce-Online said: "I had heard from my staff that there were a lot of people saying they had found out things about their partners on Facebook and I decided to see how prevalent it was I was really surprised to see 20 per cent of all the petitions containing references to Facebook.

Pepsi to Skip Super Bowl Ads in Favor of $20M Social Media Campaign

Pepsi to Skip Super Bowl Ads in Favor of $20M Social Media Campaign

Pepsi to Skip Super Bowl Ads in Favor of $20M Social Media Campaign

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Défice da CP já ultrapassa os três mil milhões de euros

clipped from economia.publico.clix.pt Verba dava para construir TGV que vai ligar Lisboa à fronteira com Espanha e para fazer a nova travessia do Tejo 08.12.2009 - 08h05 Por Carlos Cipriano  PÚBLICO (arquivo) A CP tem a decorrer o maior concurso de sempre para a compra de material circulante O défice da CP, a transportadora ferroviária pública de Portugal, é actualmente de 3,1 mil milhões de euros, verba equivalente à que vai custar a linha de TGV entre Lisboa e Elvas, com a terceira travessia do Tejo incluída.

Rwanda's laptop revolution Upgrading the children

clipped from www.economist.com TINY, landlocked Rwanda is sometimes touted as Africa’s high-tech economy. It is still a bit early for that, however. Neighbouring Uganda produces far more computer-science graduates. Countries such as Nigeria and Kenya are even further ahead. South Africa is out of sight. But technology is the core of Rwanda’s plan to transform its economy by 2020. The country seems ready to back its ambition with money and policies. A pioneering scheme to computerise a whole people By 2012, for instance, Rwanda wants every child in the country between the ages of nine and 12, 1.3m children in all, to have a laptop, each with an internet or intranet connection to download free educational software and electronic books. “We estimate the start-up cost will be $313m,” says Richard Niyonkuru of Rwanda’s education ministry. If all goes well, the programme will embrace children between six and eight by 2015.