Google competitor off to rocky start

UPDATE July 29, 2008:The new search engine that launched yesterday, Cuil, didn't fare well on its first day despite considerable hype:"On Day 1 yesterday of its attempt to dethrone Google Inc. as king of the...

HP Unveils New Touch-Screen Desktops

This looks pretty cool." YORK, Pa. (AdAge.com) -- Following the wave of awe and acclaim over the iPhone's distinctive touch-screen, PCs are joining the latest "hands-on" revolution in tech, led by Hewlett-Packard. The question is whether the innovation will catch on as well...

News river is a good idea

Got this via Paul Bradshaw's "The Flow of News" piece in poynteronline. The longer explanation by Wilbert Baan is here. The news river is a horizontal graph currently, but it comes out of the idea that news is a river of information, which is correct today. You can scroll...

Reinventing Retirement - Make the Most of a Post-Retirement Job

"As you look ahead to retirement -- or, if you've already entered those years, consider ways to reshape it -- odds are you may think about some kind of employment, not just to keep the paychecks coming but to stay busy, productive, and involved. Don't be put off by rampant...

Reinventing Retirement - Women Underserved in Financial Planning

"Decades of steady gains in education and clout in the workplace by women are paying off for them in a big way:b Women are on track to control 60 percent of wealth in the United States by 2010.Yet, amazingly, these strides haven't made women feel financially secure. Indeed,...

Are College News Editors Ready for Digital Age?

"Yesterday I gave a talk to some 50 college student newspaper editors and managers about Reinventing Newspapers. Most had not heard of citizen journalism projects like OhmyNews, Northwest Voice or MyMissourian....

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