| University of Michigan's Zell Lurie Institute Awards $85,000 to ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business today announced the recipients of the 2008 Eugene Applebaum Dare to Dream Grant Program and 2008 Michigan Business Challenge award. Grant recipients and award winners were presented with resources in the form of advice and counsel and funding totaling $85,000 for excellence in new business plans and concepts. Bringing together entrepreneurial-minds from business, engineering, medicine and other departments at the University of Michigan, Dare to Dream and Michigan Business Challenge offer students the opportunity to develop and present their business plans, receive feedback from skilled entrepreneurs and faculty, and be rewarded with funding and support.
George Ou
George Ou Latest Post | Last 10 Posts | Archives Microsoft's free enterprise search is a must try Posted in: Infrastructure Servers News Vista Desktop Microsoft At the Heroes Happens {here} event in LA yesterday which saw the launch* of Windows Server 2008, one of the relatively hidden gems of the event in my opinion was Microsoft's free** Search Server 2008 Express. It's is a streamline install of Office SharePoint Server 2007 with almost all the enterprise search features that most users would want and is a must download for any Windows Server shop. Even if you didn't own Windows Server 2003, 2003 R2, or 2008, it would seem like a great way to build a very cheap enterprise search engine appliance with a minimal Windows Server 2003 or above license and a simple 1U server for less than $2000 which is a LOT less than a $30K starting price Google Search Engine appliance with a 500K document cap.
Strengthening Fluids With Nanoparticles
ScienceDaily (Feb. 20, 2008) Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have demonstrated that liquids embedded with nanoparticles show enhanced performance and stability when exposed to electric fields. The finding could lead to new types of miniature camera lenses, cell phone displays, and other microscale fluidic devices. .
Olympics beware, rednecks going for gold
Blake Harris belly flops into the mud pit during the Texas Redneck Games at the Pool Ranch in Athens, Texas, last week. For three days, hordes of legit and wannabe rednecks convene to drink, race their ATVs, and compete in events such as spam eating and mattress throwing. .
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