| Football Manager goes MMO!
Sports Interactive and Sega have blown the lid off Football Manager Live, a new direction for the acclaimed football management sim that kicks it into the world of massively multiplayer online gaming.Scheduled to release in spring 2008, the game lets you create a football club from scratch and pit it against other virtual managers over the 'net. Sega describes it as "the definitive test of football management skills, allowing you to set-up mini-leagues amongst your friends, bid in player auctions and compete in live matches 24 hours a day, 365 days a year." Matches in Football Manager Live occur in real-time with games watched via a 2D match engine, and managers are given a range of tactical options with which to switch team play during on-pitch confrontations. You can also hurl ridicule at your manager opponent via in-game chat while on the virtual touchline, and managers can watch competitors play to scout out enemy strategy and tactics.
cMarket Cements Its Position as Largest Provider of Online Charity ...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--cMarket, the nation's largest provider of online fundraising auction events and parent to www.BiddingForGood.com, today announced that it has launched its 2,000th auction, making it the "category leader" as the company that has run the most fundraising auction events on the web. The company is set to keep this mantle, with a pipeline of another 500 online auction events scheduled to run over the next 90 days. The 2,000 auctions ultimately represent thousands of children who've received a better education, hungry people who've been fed, environmentally beneficial programs that have been implemented, and medical research that has been funded. Fundraising through auctions is also big business and cMarket believes it can be even bigger.
Bids opened for landfill expansion
In the discussion and planning stages for years, Defiance County's landfill expansion turned from words to action Thursday when bids were opened for the project. Three bidders offered estimates for the first six-acre expansion on 78 acres due south of the existing landfill. The last area on the current landfill is expected to be filled in December, according to Defiance County Environmental Services director Tim Houck. The lower bidder for general work was Melco Inc., Archbold, at $1,739,756. That firm also had the low alternate bid ($223,620) for such things as topsoil removal, fence construction and surface water diversion. Other bids were received from R.P. Jergens, Vandalia, $1,820,254 for general work, $271,016 for the alternate bid; and Comanco Environmental Corp., Plant City, Fla., $3,199,016 for general work, $343,925 for the alternate bid.
Intelsat auction
Intelsat, the world's largest operator of commercial satellites, has hit the auction block, say people familiar with the matter. Its private equity owners, who bought the company just three years ago, hope to fetch an equity value of as much as $6bn (4.4bn) for the company, which already carries an $11bn debt load. .
Oltiby.com Announces Technical Partnership With TeleSign For its ...
Oltiby.com and Telesign Corp have partnered in an advance phone verification of Oltiby's reverse online auction platform. This high-tech service will help prevent potential fraudulent online auction activities. Any serious member will be able to gain trust from the entire reverse auction marketplace. Jupiter, FL (PRWeb) April 4, 2007 -- Oltiby Inc. (www.oltiby.com) recently announced a technical partnership, whereby TeleSign Corp. (www.telesign.com) will provide Oltiby with an advanced security feature for the verification of its online auction members. "Our reverse auctions marketplace needs to gain trust from the online community. We are a growing business and our members' security is our first priority" said Sylvain Reiter, VP at Oltiby Inc. "Introducing an additional layer of security was essential.
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