Category: Industry

  • Reyes Captures Fifth Derby City Classic All Around Title

    Reyes Captures Fifth Derby City Classic All Around Title Claims 9-Ball Title For Icing Efren Reyes has been considered the best pool players alive for the last decade or so, give or take a few. As the 12th Annual Derby City Classic kicked off, many top handicappers asked if Reyes…

  • Personal Finance: How to dispose of old cell phones

    Chances are you’ve got a few discarded cell phones lying around, gathering dust in a drawer or desk. By some counts, cell-crazed Americans have upward of 100 million wireless phones sitting idle. So many, in fact, it’s been estimated that if all the unused cell phones were laid end to…

  • Day One of the World Team Championships

    Day One of the World Team Championships courtesy of Global Cuesports Touch Magazine Yesterday evening one of the biggest pool tournaments that was ever held in Europe started. Around 40 teams and 200 players from all over the world attended for the first World Team Championship in Hanover, Germany, and…

  • Cordova Turns Back Borrego for Title

    Cordova Turns Back Borrego for Title Lucasi Hybrid All-American Tour / Lakewood, CO by InsidePOOL Staff Sam Cordova triumphed at the January 23 stop on the Lucasi Hybrid All-American Tour, defeating Ed Borrego in the finals to take the title. The $500-added event showcased 30 players in a double-elimination 8-ball…

  • Free Download of January 2010 Issue of Billiards Magazine

    January 2010 Issue of Inside POOL Magazine Available for Free Download Jasmin Ouschan Wins WPBA Tour Championships The January issue of Inside POOL Magazine, which again features Jasmin Ouschan on the cover, has been made available for free download at InsidePOOLmag.com. This month the download features new technology in online…

  • Frost Nips Ochoa for Derby One Pocket Title

    Frost Nips Ochoa for Derby One Pocket Title As evening fell on Elizabeth, IN at the Derby City Classic there was talk of an upcoming storm and how cold the air felt outside. According to the National Weather Service, the storm is scheduled to hit Friday, but nobody watching the…

  • Technology links Sacramento-area first-graders, retirees

    During a video call Wednesday, Kohler Elementary first-graders greet Eskaton Village residents, including Roland Evans, at left on-screen and Betty MacKinnon, center. The kids celebrated their 100th day of school by interviewing Evans while the centenarian wore a hat they made for him. Teacher Bobbi Donovan sits with the kids,…

  • Elk Grove woman falls victim to bogus text message

    Text this message: Your cell phone could be sending you the latest identity theft scam. At least two Sacramento-area residents have recently been targeted by text messages that promised $200 gift cards or alerted them to bank account problems. In both cases, the texts were nothing more than tech-savvy attempts…

  • One Pocket Hall of Fame Inducts Latest Members

    One Pocket Hall of Fame Inducts Latest Members The ambassadors, dignitaries and superstars of billiards gathered Tuesday, January 26, 2010 to induct Jose Parica, Rudolf “Minnesota Fats” Wanderone, Glenn Rogers, and Harry Plattis into the One Pocket Hall of Fame. The ceremony, held at Legends in the Horseshoe Casino, was…

  • SunGard plans big data storage center in Rancho Cordova

    Another data center is coming to the Sacramento area. SunGard Availability Services of Wayne, Pa., said Tuesday it will open a 69,000-square-foot center in Rancho Cordova on May 1. The center at 11085 Sun Center Drive will provide data storage and other information-technology services to companies primarily in the Bay…