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Google launched their annual Doodle 4 Google competition for K-12 students. Students are encouraged to use their imagination and creativity to design their own Google Logo. This year’s theme is “If I could do anything I would….” The Doodle 4 Google competition is open to all students in U.S. schools from kindergarten to grade 12 (including homeschoolers).

Youlayaway Launches the First Free Online Layaway Service. Former Morgan Stanley Analyst Changes Online Shopping For Consumers.

Da Vinci’s Workshop – Inventor + artist + dreamer
The manuscript pages of Leonardo’s codices, reconstructions of ingenious, never-seen-before machines and the artistic [...]

Windows 7 is now broadly available to the public, and to celebrate this launch Microsoft Hardware is offering deals on some of its innovative products that help make everyday tasks faster and easier with the new operating system. Consumers all over the world are celebrating the availability of Windows 7 by hosting their own [...]

Are You “Knick Knack,” “Fiction Vixen,” or “Relentless Dentist”? Introducing Amazon PayPhrase — the Easy-to-Remember Shortcut to Paying Quickly across the Web and on Amazon.com. Now all you need is a phrase and a PIN to purchase products on the web with the preferred payment and shipping methods you already have on file at Amazon.

The U.S. Olympic Committee  and Comcast Corporation announced today that they have entered into an agreement to form the U.S. Olympic Network, the first-ever cable television network devoted solely to the excitement, competition and values connected with the Olympic Movement.
Expected to launch in 2010, broadcasting year-round, and using multiple platforms, including television, video on [...]

Bob Diener and David Litman, the founders of Hotels.com and pioneers of the online hotel industry, announced today the launch of getaroom.com (www.getaroom.com). With its exclusive money-saving non-published rates travelers booking accommodations with getaroom.com get the benefits of opaque pricing without being kept in the dark about where they will be sleeping.
Unlike other similar [...]

In honor of Mother’s Day, Southwest Airlines is introducing its mommy blogger, Jessica Turner, and launching a campaign called My Peanut and I Fly Southwest. To celebrate the launch, Southwest Airlines also is giving away one family four-pack of airline tickets to any destination the airline serves.
Southwest Airlines has created a variety of My [...]

The Safe Internet Alliance, a nonprofit 501 c4 organization, marked its official formation today with the launch of its website. The organization’s central mission is to promote a safe Internet and better educate and protect all users — especially children, teens and the elderly — from Internet corruption, crime, and abuse.

artnet Launches April in Paris Photographs Sale Featuring Works by Brassaï, Robert Doisneau, André Kertész and Willy Ronis.

100 photographs by 50 artists from 1850 to the present
Estimates from $500 to $50,000
April 24-30, 2009

From April 24-30 artnet Online Auctions will feature April in Paris, a special sale of 100 photographs by 50 renowned artists including [...]

The Detroit Press became the first newspaper to ever publish a song.   The inspirational music behind the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News’ branding campaign has been released as a full song and is now available exclusively on iTunes. The new single, entitled “This Time” features Brian Vander Ark on vocals, front man [...]

The Energy Institute (EI) has launched its new online recruitment service www.yourenergyjobs.com
The energy industry is currently going through a period of unprecedented change with thousands of new jobs likely to be created over the coming years. This is buoyed by government investment in a variety of projects, from the new generation of cleaner nuclear [...]