http://www.takeaplunge.com Ventures, Start Ups, Businesses Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:27:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.takeaplunge.com/blizzard-backs-off-real-name-forum-mandate/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/blizzard-backs-off-real-name-forum-mandate/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 06:23:22 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=3819 Now, you do not have to give your real name for the official online forum of game developer Blizzard. Blizzard has backed down on a plan to require users of its official online forums to register with real names. The shift, announced Friday in a message posted to the company’s forums. The shoft happened after a firestorm of criticism [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/blizzard-backs-off-real-name-forum-mandate/feed/ 0 http://www.takeaplunge.com/skip-the-hand-shake-now-has-a-wristband/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/skip-the-hand-shake-now-has-a-wristband/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:58:40 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=2568 The no-hand shake movement now has an official blue wristband for people who want to show that they support the effort. You can get a ten pack of them for $20. Some of the people, organizations who have pledged their support for the No Handshake cause to date: OpenCandy, Bessemer Venture Partners Some German city CNN, Dalai Lama And [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/skip-the-hand-shake-now-has-a-wristband/feed/ 0 http://www.takeaplunge.com/ebay-gm-set-to-start-car-selling-trial-tuesday/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/ebay-gm-set-to-start-car-selling-trial-tuesday/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:20:50 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=1809 General Motors and eBay Inc. are expected to announce Monday about the previously disclosed trial run. Hundreds of GM’s California dealers will let buyers negotiate the prices of new cars and trucks through eBay’s online marketplace. About 225 of the 250 California GM dealers will take part in the program. Dealer will sell Buick, Chevrolet, GMC and [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/ebay-gm-set-to-start-car-selling-trial-tuesday/feed/ 1 http://www.takeaplunge.com/govt-posts-sensitive-list-of-us-nuclear-sites/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/govt-posts-sensitive-list-of-us-nuclear-sites/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:17:23 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=1305 The US government accidentally posted a list of government and civilian nuclear facilities and their activities in the United States on the Internet. But according to a U.S. official the posting did not include information that compromised national security. It was a 266-page document which was published on May 6. It was supposed to be a [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/govt-posts-sensitive-list-of-us-nuclear-sites/feed/ 0 http://www.takeaplunge.com/its-official-amazon-video-on-demand-goes-hd/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/its-official-amazon-video-on-demand-goes-hd/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:32:10 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=1092 Buy HD movies and TV shows from Amazon. Now it has more than 500 HD movies and TV shows available. You can watch these HD movies and TV shows on TiVo DVRs, the Roku Player, and Sony or Panasonic HDTVs.  Some of the HD movies now available on Amazon are “Frost/Nixon,” “Yes Man,” “Twilight,” “Milk,”  [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/its-official-amazon-video-on-demand-goes-hd/feed/ 0 http://www.takeaplunge.com/rubiks-360-a-next-gen-handheld-mind-bender/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/rubiks-360-a-next-gen-handheld-mind-bender/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:25:28 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=788 You need precision dexterity to play this brain teaser. This new game has better 3D visuals than Crysis. It is a puzzler, a brain teaser. You fiddle with it with your fingers. No batteries needed and you can start with it anytime, anywhere. Remember the Rubik’s Cube? Gyrating three-by-three six-color hexahedron? Probably you all do. It ebuted 35 [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/rubiks-360-a-next-gen-handheld-mind-bender/feed/ 0 http://www.takeaplunge.com/amazon-kindle-2-pictures-and-pricing/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/amazon-kindle-2-pictures-and-pricing/#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:31:02 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=667 Find the official-looking images and pricing of Amazon’s Kindle 2 e-book reader. The information and images have been leaked. The information was seen on a forum late last night. The new images shows a thinner Kindle but without the speculated increase in the price. Amazon is supposed to officially announce the Kindle 2 in a [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/amazon-kindle-2-pictures-and-pricing/feed/ 1 http://www.takeaplunge.com/national-ehealth-collaborative-launched/ http://www.takeaplunge.com/national-ehealth-collaborative-launched/#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:00:44 +0000 admin http://www.takeaplunge.com/?p=418 The official launch of the National eHealth Collaborative, formerly AHIC Successor, Inc., happened today in Washington, D.C. The National eHealth Collaborative is a public-private partnership which aims to create a secure, interoperable, nationwide health information network. The network is created to enhance the interest of American public in health. It wants to improve the quality, [...]]]> http://www.takeaplunge.com/national-ehealth-collaborative-launched/feed/ 1