Sunday, February 4, 2007

Another venerable name fades away Xycom Automation has changed its name to Pro-face America. The name Xycom has become a product brand name. Pro-face America was the US division of Digital, a Japanese computer and HMI company that uses the Pro-face brand throughout most of the world. It purchased Xycom Automation and merged the operations. Digital is now a unit of Schneider Electric. 9:41:25 PM    comment []

Super Bowl, less than super ads It's about the end of the 3rd quarter (of the Super Bowl, of course) and I'm far from blown away by the commercials this year. One FedEx spot had some humor. The Bud Light ads are more of the same (geared toward guys around 25 going on 15 who've already had a few of the product). Chicago's defense is paying a big price for the lack of offense. Still a good game. 9:13:50 PM    comment []