(WIRED-Christina Bonnington) – Our notebooks, ultrabooks and desktop PCs are all getting thinner — thin enough that Kate Moss in her heroin-chic heyday could have sported something like the 13-inch MacBook Air down the runway and it wouldn’t have overwhelmed her almost nonexistent frame. It’s no surprise. We’ve been seeing computers slim down ever since… [Read more…]
July 27, 2011
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July 25, 2011
[Erica Swallow, Mashable] “Google+ hasn’t hit a mainstream audience yet, but it does seem to be romancing the tech geeks with strong force. Yes, I’m talking about you, fellow Mashable readers. Early adopters, social influencers, tech innovators, digital natives — call yourselves what you will. The bottom line is, you understand the value of digital… [Read more…]
July 22, 2011
[Amy-Mae Elliott] It may account for around a third of all U.S. e-commerce sales, boast over 33,000 employees around the world and own such big names as the IMDB, Zappos.com and Woot, but how much do you know about… Related articles Why does IMDb no longer have a DVD release section (wiki.answers.com) Amazon.com offers Texas… [Read more…]
July 21, 2011
[Jennifer Preston, NYtimes] Companies have long used criminal background checks, credit reportsand even searches on Google and LinkedIn to probe the previous lives of prospective employees. Now, some companies are requiring job candidates to also pass a social media background check. A year-old start-up, Social Intelligence, scrapes the Internet for everything prospective employees may have… [Read more…]
July 19, 2011
Related articles It’s not a real spider, it’s just a smartphone (speedofcreativity.org) [Deal Alert] AT&T Samsung Infuse 4G Available For $50 at Target July 17-23 (androidpolice.com) Can Samsung Solve the 5-Inch Tablet’s Identity Crisis? (techland.time.com) AT&T Expands U-Verse Mobile App – Now On The LG Thrive, LG Phoenix, And Samsung Infuse 4G (androidpolice.com)
July 19, 2011
COMPANIES BY RANKING 2011 Company Contracts 2010 1 Lockheed Martin Corp. $17,344,113,000 1 2 Northrop Grumman $10,800,453,000 2 3 Boeing Co. $8,400,115,000 3 4 Raytheon Co. $6,206,515,000 4 5 General Dynamics Corp. $5,493,414,000 6 6 Science Applications International Corp. $5,159,739,000 5 7 Hewlett-Packard Co. $3,831,520,000 11 8 L-3 Communications Corp. $3,815,873,000 8 9 Booz Allen… [Read more…]
July 18, 2011
1. Insurance (example keyword: “auto insurance price quotes”) 2. Loans (example keyword: “consolidate graduate student loans”) 3. Mortgage (example keyword: “refinanced second mortgages”) 4. Attorney (example keyword: “personal injury attorney”) 5. Credit (example keyword: “home equity line of credit”) 6. Lawyer 7. Donate 8. Degree 9. Hosting 10. Claim 11. Conference Call 12. Trading 13.… [Read more…]
July 18, 2011
[CNN] The Army is wrapping up a six-week program to test the viability of using touchscreen phones and tablets in combat. The pilot program began on June 6 within the White Sands and Fort Bliss training areas in New Mexico and Texas…
July 28, 2011
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