The key for any company’s success is nabbing key personnel from other companies. Normally the immediate goal is to fish for the employees of a rival company and it looks like Shuttle has done just that. Though unconfirmed, rumor has it that Shuttle is planning to invade the netbook market thanks to their newly formed team mostly coming from rival Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS).

Shuttle has been known to deliver small form factor desktops but it looks like they are on the verge of expanding. Shuttle has made various experiments to get into the laptop scene but it looks like they lack the manpower to support the development for such. But now, it looks like all that has changed with the said raid of manpower from ECS. ECS of course denied losing any employees or perhaps they have just lost count.

(Source) Slashgear

Tags: Business, desktops, elitegroup computer systems, fish, invasion, Laptops, manpower, market thanks, rival company, shuttle, verge

Wine lovers need not despair anymore. If you want to find the perfect wine for your taste buds, you can do it using your iPhone. Thanks to this new app by Snooth, users can access their database which houses over 1 million wines and 11,000 merchants from their mobile device. Wine buying has just been made easy and surely, this new app makes it easier to decide on what wine to get for the right occasion.

• Download the app from the iTunes store for free
• Find where their favorite wines are available for purchase in their neighborhood, using the device’s location-aware functionality
• Update their tasting notes, ratings, and reviews as they are dining
• Access personal wine wish lists while out and about

“We’re committed to translating the Web experience of Snooth to other innovative mediums,” said Philip James, founder and CEO of Snooth. “The feedback from our mobile-optimized site has been great, but now with iPhone’s location-aware functionality, users can now type in ’spicy Shiraz’, or ‘Chardonnay under $20 for fish’ and we’ll give you wines in-stock in your neighborhood. It is then simple to then click and call the store to hold the item, or to get directions. You can also keep track of what you tried and enjoyed while dining out.”

(Source) PR Web

Tags: Apple, Cell Phones, chardonnay, fish, iPhone, iPhone, mobile device, Mobile Software, neighborhood, personal wine, philip james, shiraz, snooth, taste buds, web experience, wine lovers, wines

Ordinarily, when you drop or lose a mobile phone in the water, it is as good as gone. But here is a rare instance where the phone which was swallowed by a fish was retrieved and yet still working!

A mobile phone which spent a week inside the stomach of a massive cod was still working when it was returned to its owner.

Businessman Andrew Cheatle had lost the Nokia on a beach, but a week later his girlfriend’s mobile rang and it was fisherman Glen Kerley saying he had found the phone in the fish - which weighed 25 pounds.

Incredibly, the handset still worked after being dried out. Andrew, 45, said: “I was messing about with my dog and my phone must have fallen out and been swept out in the swell. I kept calling it but I gave up hope after a couple of days.” He was amazed when he discovered it still worked, and added: “I know it sounds a fishy tale but it is 100 percent true.”

(Source) Bild.com

Tags: businessman, Cell Phones, fish, fisherman, handset, Mobile News, mobile phone, Nokia, Nokia