MDG Xtreme Core Conflict Challenge Winner Announced
Oakville, ON (ContentDesk) August 2, 2006 -- Robert Ritchie has been judged the winner of the MDG Xtreme Core Conflict Challenge held this month at Fragapalooza.Canada's largest gaming event and LAN party, Fragapalooza, was held over the weekend of July 27th30th in Edmonton, Alberta. This year, MDG threw open a challenge to the gaming community to build the Ultimate Gaming PC.
MDG Computers selected five gaming PC enthusiasts from an online campaign where Fragapalooza participants submitted their ultimate Gaming PC design. The five selected contestants moved on to engage in a head-to-head battle to build the Ultimate Gaming PC before the Fragapalooza crowd.A panel of judges rated the games on parameters of innovation, ease of usage, and content among others. Their consensus along with the voting from Fragapalooza crowd finally tilted the scales in Robert Ritchie's favor."Rather than dictate to the gaming community what the Ultimate Gaming PC product line would be, MDG Computers decided to approach the gaming community directly instead to find out what the PC gamers would like to see in the ultimate gaming PC.
Robert Ritchie will influence and participate in the creation of MDG Computers new Gaming PC product line, said Manny Amaral, marketing manager for MDG Computers.Robert Ritchie will get a $5,000 part-time Gaming Consultant contract from MDG Computers. The design concept will be used as a foundation for MDGs new Gaming PC product line code-named :EVOLUTION.About MDG ComputersMDG Computers is the largest Canadian owned PC manufacturer and retailer of desktops, notebooks, LCD and plasma screen televisions. Headquartered in Oakville, Ontario, MDG operates through a network of 29 retail franchise stores throughout Canada. Renowned for its quality products and excellent service, MDG has earned the trust and loyalty of Canadian consumers, having been awarded the Consumers' Choice Award", 8 years in a row.For more information please contact:Marc BoudreauSenior Marketing ManagerMDG Computers CanadaPhone: 905-829-3538 x282.
March Plasma Systems Receives United States Patent Number 6,852,169 for Apparatus and Methods for Processing Optical Fibers with a Plasma
Concord, CA (ContentDesk) December 5, 2005 -- Building on over 20 years of continuous plasma technology innovation, March Plasma Systems announced today that it has been awarded a United States Patent for Apparatus and Methods for Processing Optical Fibers with a Plasma, U.S. Patent Number 6,852,169.
March has always been a technology-driven company, said James Getty, Director of Applications at March Plasma Systems. Our technology gives us a competitive edge in the marketplace with our advanced plasma processes and processing equipment.
Being awarded another U.S.
patent for our plasma expertise is a great honor for March.
The technology described in this patent can be found in many of the products offered by March Plasma Systems, including the award-winning FlexTRAK" plasma processing system.
The FlexTRAK" system can be used for a large number of plasma processing applications, including treatment of optoelectronic, microelectronic, and...
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Plasma HDTV
Plasma televisions are based on a new technology that utilizes a unique display panel that alleviates the need for a cathode-ray picture tube. One of the major benefits of buying these televisions is that they are sized to accommodate new HDTV 16:9 aspect ratios and have a similar pixel resolution to a personal computer monitor. This provides the product the maximum picture clarity. In other words, a plasma display has an emissive flat panel display in which light is created by phosphors that are excited by a plasma discharge between two flat panels of glass. The gas discharge contains no mercury, but instead has a mixture of noble gases.
One of the basic things that the plasma screen does is illuminate the tiny colored fluorescent lights to form an image. Three fluorescent lights are red, green and blue, and constitute each pixel.
Plasma is stated to be the "Fourth State of Matter", after solid, liquid and gas. It is considered a distinct state of matter that contains...
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ForeverGreen Launches New Category Creator
(ContentDesk) October 7, 2005 -- Scientists at NASA theorize that some 3 1/2 billion years ago, the world was changed forever. The appearance of tiny organisms with the ability to convert sunlight, warmth, water and minerals into protein, carbohydrates, vitamins and amino acids marked the beginning of life. Phytoplankton, the single-cell plants are the basis of all other life forms on planet earth, they are the 'vegetation' of the ocean. Marine Phytoplankton are responsible for making up to 90% of Earth's oxygen. Marine phytoplankton are the food utilized by some of the world's largest and longest living animals and fish.
Blue Whales, humpbacks, baleen whales and more all eat plankton and live between 80-150 years while maintaining great strength and endurance and are sexually active until they die. 
Tom Harper, a sea farmer in northern British Columbia, created a 30...
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Plasma Display Retailer envisionTEK Nabs Ad Space on Million Dollar Homepage
Woodbridge, Va., (ContentDesk) March 23, 2006 -- With millions of unique visitors each month and publicity galore, what company wouldnt want to be on the Million Dollar Homepage, a mega pixel advertising site? Plasma display retailer envisionTEK, Inc., did and, despite the fact that the sites operator had sold its last pixels, it managed to nab a spot. The 400-pixel ad went live two weeks ago.Million Dollar Homepage (milliondollarhomepage.com) was conceptualized and developed by Alex Tew, a British student who just wanted to make some extra money to cover college costs. The site launched late last year, and the goal was to sell 1 million pixels to advertisers at the rate of $1 per pixel. The concept the site took off, driven by a surge of publicity and a pack of advertisers who saw it as a one-of-kind opportunity. Tew sold his last block of pixels, 1,000 of them, at an online auction site in January.envisionTEK acquired its spot in January, after Tew had sold his last batch of...
Plasma Display Retailer envisionTEK Nabs Ad Space on Million Dollar Homepage
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The Wholesale Plasma Television Guide
You've finally made the decision to purchase that wholesale plasma television that you have been dreaming of, but you don't want to spend a lot of money. What do you do? Here's a simple, straightforward guide to buying your plasma television at wholesale prices. There are many advantages to owning a wholesale plasma television. They have great resolution and incredible colour definition. You can finally enjoy that big game or your favourite film on a larger than life screen.
But buying one costs a fortune, right. It doesn't have to, if you know the right places- and when- to shop. The first thing that you should do is to check out your local chain television stores, like Best Buys or Circuit City, and see what their prices are. If they are too high for your budget, you might want to sign up to receive their sales fliers, so that you know when they will be on sale. If you don't want to wait for a sale price to purchase your plasma television, you could check to see if there are...
The Wholesale Plasma Television Guide
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Six Ways To Save Time And Money While Holiday Shopping
(ContentDesk) December 18 2003--If you're struggling to finish?or even start?your holiday shopping, if your gift list is growing longer as your wallet and your calendar countdown shrink, and if panic is beginning to set in, you can stop worrying. "If you know where to look, you can still purchase thoughtful, creative gifts and get great deals on them to boot," advises Art Beroff, coauthor of The Bargain Hunter's & Smart Consumer's Field Guide: How To Buy Almost Anything For Next To Nothing! (Avebury Books 2003, available at Amazon.com).
"The trick is use the time factor, coupled with smart shopping tactics, to your advantage."1.???As time goes by. If you can handle the approaching-deadline anxiety, waiting to shop until the season is well under way can be a good thing. "The closer the holiday deadline looms, the more retailers mark down merchandise," Beroff says.
"One week before the big day?or even one day?is a terrific time to pick up bargains on everything from clothing...
Six Ways To Save Time And Money While Holiday Shopping
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