Google Wins $35 Million U.S. Government Contract Over Microsoft

Google and its partner Onix Networking just won a $35 million contract to run the U.S. Department of the Interior's new cloud-based email and collaboration system. This wasn't always a sure bet for Google. In 2010, the Department of the Interior awarded Microsoft a $59.3 million contract to run its email and collaboration system. Google and its Ohio-based partner Onix Networking quickly filed a suit to block this contract. In Google's view, the Interior Department's procurement process unfairly favored Microsoft and never gave it a fair chance. Google finally withdrew its lawsuit last September after the Department scrapped its plans to use Microsoft's solution because its original decision was "now stale in light of new developments in technology and entrants into the market."

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Mancini warns Man City players title race isn't over

Roberto Mancini challenged Manchester City to finish the job after a win over Manchester United that left his side just two wins away from the Premier League crown.

A 1-0 win over United saw City return to the top of the table on goal difference, and maximum points from their remaining games at Newcastle and at home to QPR will almost certainly seal the club's first title since 1968.

However as Manchester City's fans and players celebrated after a raucous title decider at Eastlands hyped as the biggest match in Premier League history, Mancini's eyes remained firmly on the prize.

"It is not finished," Mancini warned his players after Vincent Kompany's header clinched a famous win. "If we think it is finished, we will be making a big mistake."

"It is important that we are on the top now but it is more important to be there after May 13."

If City win their final two games, Manchester United would only be able to overhaul their bitter rivals by racking up big victories over Swansea and Sunderland. City's goal difference now stands at plus eight.

Monday's triumph capped a remarkable turnaround in the championship race, which appeared to be done and dusted as recently on April 8 when United went eight points clear after City's defeat at Arsenal.

But a disastrous run of results from United which has seen them take only four points from a possible 12 following one win, two defeats and a draw means the destiny of the title is now back in City's hands.

Mancini warned his players that United's stumble illustrated how quickly fortunes can change as they steeled themselves for their final two tests.

"Football is crazy," Mancini said. "It is important to always believe in yourself when you have a bad moment.

"We were on the top for 28 games and I think we deserve another chance.

"But in two games, anything can happen.

"It is enough for my players that they remember six weeks ago and we were four points ahead of United. In two games we lost everything. Up to now, we have done nothing."

United manager Sir Alex Ferguson had earlier been embroiled in a spectacular touchline bust-up with Mancini which saw the two managers need to be separated by the fourth official and staff from both clubs.

The pair clashed after Ferguson took exception to a rough challenge on Danny Welbeck by City hardman Nigel De Jong. Welbeck later hobbled away from Eastlands with his leg in a protective boot.

"He was out on that touchline the whole game haranguing the referee, the fourth official and the linesmen," Ferguson said of Mancini.

"The minute I come off the bench for a bad tackle by De Jong on Welbeck, he was out again. He can't have it both ways.

"He's been complaining about referees this season but he won't be complaining tonight that's for sure."

Ferguson had no complaints with Monday's defeat however and said his side were paying the price for blowing leads of 3-1 and 4-2 in their 4-4 draw with Everton at Old Trafford on April 22.

"You can look back at all sorts of games but you've got to look at the Everton one," he said.

"That was a ridiculous performance for the last seven minutes to lose two goals. That's maybe cost us the league."

United legend Gary Neville said Ferguson was now faced with the "worst nightmare" of losing the title on goal differenece.

"I know -- I've been in that changing room for 20 years -- it's his worst nightmare," Neville told Sky Television.

"Losing a championship on goal difference is what he always talks about, every single season.

"In January, in February, in March, whatever month it is going for a championship, he will say if you're 1-0, 2-0 up, 'score three, score four'.

"You never know whether it's going to get to goal difference.

"It is his worst nightmare."

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'Dancing With The Stars': Maria Menounos Scores Season's First Perfect Score

'Extra' host and dance partner Derek Hough earned three 10s for their paso doble in Monday night's competition.
By Kelley L. Carter

Maria Menounos on "Dancing With The Stars"
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It was classical night on ABC's hit dance-competition show, "Dancing With the Stars." The Monday night telecast challenged the celebrities to step up their games, and it paid off: The judges finally gave out their first perfect score of the season.

Similar to last week, after the individual dances, the couples split off into two teams — Team Paso and Team Tango — to get a second score.

The season's first perfect score came when TV journalist Maria Menounos and her pro partner Derek Hough performed the paso doble and judges were in love with what she turned in. Carrie Ann Inaba joked "that dance sucked!" before chasing it with "You were so on fire!" Their score was 30/30 for a total of 57/60 including the bonus dance.

Here's how the others fared:

Katherine Jenkins and Mark Ballas
The opera singer took over the dance floor with her rumba. The judges thought her performance was elegant. Judge Bruno Tonioli said that Jenkins was the "embodiment of the power of beauty" and joked that her dance could have been raunchier. 27/30, for a total of 54/60 with the bonus dance.

Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd
The NFL player took on the Viennese waltz and the athlete scored big points with the live audience, judging by their hoots and hollering. Hard-to-please head judge Len Goodman said that the performance was terrific and praised Driver's footwork. 27/30 for a total of 53/60.

William Levy and Cheryl Burke
The Latin heartthrob also danced the Viennese waltz. Judges thought this was one of his best nights ever. Inaba shrieked, saying, "That is true content! That is true dancing!" 27/30, for a total of 53/60.

Roshon Fegan and Chelsea Hightower
The Disney star danced the Argentine tango (and to a classical spin on Lady Gaga's hit "Bad Romance" at that!) and the judges thought the performance came off a bit wobbly. Goodman told him that he "looked a little bit awkward," but added that it was "clean and competent." 25/30, for a total of 52/60.

Jaleel White and Kym Johnson
The former child star danced the Viennese waltz, and judges weren't too impressed with what he brought to the ballroom. Goodman said his footwork wasn't up to par but that he did enjoy the "fairy" feel to his routine. But that was about it. 24/30 for a total of 51/60.

Melissa Gilbert and Maks Chmerkovskiy
Both partners were plagued by injuries — Chmerkovskiy had a cyst in his foot — but he stepped it up as best he could for their Argentine tango. In spite of working through the pain, judges really weren't all that impressed. Goodman said that their routine wasn't clean, and Inaba said that the dance was "Cirque du Soleil gone terribly wrong." Ouch. 21/30, for a total of 47/60.

Which of the remaining stars are you rooting for on "Dancing With the Stars"? Tell us in the comments!

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3 Proven Email Marketing Strategies for Higher Response ...

For as long as the internet has existed, online businesses have used email marketing. Online marketers with a variety of products and services sell millions of items daily through email campaigns. There are some tricks to learning how to do it profitably, however. You will be able to launch profitable email campaigns if you keep the following advice in mind. One thing that is frustrating for beginners is sometimes reading about IM, but the person who wrote it thinks the audience has a knowledge base already created. Just imagine taking a complete newbie and trying to explain absolutely everything on App Empire review.

You or anybody else can get in trouble if you try to use that in your marketing without fully knowing what to expect or do.

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The most irritating factor about many promotional emails, newsletters, ezine, etc. is that they don?t offer their subscribers an easy way to unsubscribe from their list.

They think that including a un-subscription link will bring down the subscribers number. Also, maybe they have not considered that if their emails are good, then most people will not want to leave their list. What they may not realize, also, is that an unsub link has to be included in each email ? at least that?s the way it is in the US. Furthermore, if anyone should want to unsubscribe from your list, then your link needs to take them to a page that will allow them to permanently unsubscribe from your list. If you want, you can force people to do the double opt-in because the thinking is that it will weed out those who are too lazy to do the double opt-in.

In each email, just keep your focus on a topic, or theme, in each one and be consistent. If you try to hit more than one topic you?ll only cause confusion with your readers. You never want to do anything that will cause your readers to stop opening and reading your emails. The best approach is focus on one topic, then put the main benefit in your subject line, and then say it upfront in your opening paragraph. When you do this, you?ll be conditioning your readers and it will be remembered when future emails arrive. But this approach is not necessarily the best one for full-blown newsletter type emails ? it?s only for promotional emails. Still though, with something like a newsletter email, it?s a good idea to focus only on a few topics. We all have our favorite methods to use in our net businesses, but we urge you to look at the bigger picture when you are being introduced to new things that really could prove to work well. You should have that perspective all the time no matter how good or bad you feel about it. If you have tried and tested http://www.robselaney.com/consumer-wealth-system-2011-review in your business, then how did that go for you? All businesses have to set their limits concerning how they want to promote themselves, and that fact is not lost on us.

In fact, it is those who skip over their homework who are at most risk and for obvious reasons. There really are a lot of people, we assume based on what we have read, who just blindly buy things they think will work great and maybe never even try them. What causes possible problems is that it all is mixed together, the good with the bad, and you have to figure out which is which. What can also muddle the whole picture are those who had bad results using solid methods, and then those people can malign the method as being bad. This all goes along with the thought of an ounce of prevention, and it is an ounce well spent, possibly.

Every email that you send out should have a strong call to action. When you do that you?ll actually be telling the reader to do something specific, whether to do it right now or to plant something in their mind. If it involves clicking on a link, then tell them where it is and what to do. Also don?t be shy about telling them to do it in more than one place in your email copy. You never want to overdo it, probably twice is good enough and won?t annoy anyone. Any message that you send out without instructions will give you a poor conversion rate. You do not ever want to make the assumption that people will figure stuff out on their very own. It?s a direct marketing rule to give them clear benefits and then clear calls to action. That?s why, to become a good email marketer, you must keep a couple things in mind. Now you see why it?s necessary to do email marketing correctly. As long as your email campaign never changes, you will make more money than you ever thought possible. Even if all three tips cannot be immediately useful to you, or implemented right away, we feel you can use at least one or two of them. You do not have to start promoting a new product to add more to your business; all you have to do is promote it in a different way. Those who lose that fire in the belly are often the ones who get caught flat-footed when something major happens. But so it goes, and it is a form of survival of the fittest in business and in life. The fabled ?autopilot? internet business based on Affiliate revolution or anything else is a myth, number one, and it is also playing with fire for reasons we have just talked about. A successful business will keep you occupied and filled with a positive purpose for as long as you care to stay in the game.

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