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Free Books : Download & Streaming : Ebook and Texts Archive ... I tablet? Più una consolle per videogames che un eBook reader. Mercato U.S.A.: eBook il prodotto editoriale più venduto. In India, Traffic to Business and Finance Web Sites Surged 45 Percent ... August 18, 2010 In India, Traffic to Business and Finance Web Sites Surged 45 Percent in Past Year Banking Sites See Strong Growth as More Indians Turn to the Web for their Personal Financial Needs Mumbai, India, August 18, 2010 – comScore, Inc.

(NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its June 2010 ranking of the top Business/Finance sites in India based on data from its comScore Media Metrix service. “With India emerging as a vibrant global financial center, online finance is beginning to attract significantly more attention and drive more transactions than ever before in this market,” said Will Hodgman, comScore executive vice president for the Asia-Pacific region. ICICI Ranks as Most Visited Bank in India In June 2010, 19.7 million people age 15 and older visited a Business/Finance site from a home or work location in India, an increase of 45 percent from the previous year. Visitors Show Strong Engagement at MoneyControl.com and Bombay Stock Exchange. UK Steampunk Network. SteamPunk Magazine. Steampunk culture. Ian Crichton, aka inventor Herr Doktor, takes us around the Steampunk party for period 'scientists' The Great Exhibition of 2010 was held at London's La Scala club - though on a smaller scale than the 19th Century original.

This one was a party for steampunks where they could come together to show off their creations and costumes. Steampunk has rapidly grown as a sub-culture among makers, hackers and crafters the world over. It takes the Victorian era as its inspiration, but imagines how it might have been had technology been more advanced during the days of Empire. "It's a highly literate art," said Tobias Slater of White Mischief, which organised the night. For him, steampunk is all about "raiding the garret of the past to make something new". The exquisite steampunk models of Ian Crichton (aka Herr Doktor) were on show, including his Thunderbuss - an elaborate 'sonic gun' intended to scare off birds. Most popular was his "portable information cabinettes". 'Eclectic taste'