HP to cut nearly 25,000 jobs by 2011

Mergers end bitter. Hewlett Packard merged with Compaq Computer to dominate the market.Result missing innovation drifted to cost cutting of no-milestone products. The last in the innovation curve is the bean...

Wall Street on alert

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Eye Candy - technology revolution for changing your feelings

Eye Candy is a revolutional gadget that by using Sensory Substitution Technology transmits vivid emotive images into your mind’s eye and in this way changes your feelings.Via: Kontrastblog

Canadian Actress in Tech Support Hostage Drama

Haven't we all wanted to do this, at one time or another? This year I had two different internet service providers (one I didn't even use) charge me $150+ each for modems I never asked for...however, I really...

These homes for sale stink

"Why Fannie and Freddie matterMore Videos This boarded-up, bank-owned home is on the market in Milwaukee. On the inside, that Milwaukee home has been picked clean. Never before have there been so many squalid, dilapidated homes...

From 'Consumed to Thrifty' News: From Tech to Fashion

In a number of areas the appetite of either businesses or individuals for new purchases rather than falling off the cliff is (pardon the expression) getting weak in the knees.Richard Waters warns Back to bust? High technology on course for harder times (FT, August 14)...Even...

Iran launches first satellite

Iran has launched its first domestically-produced satellite into orbit, Iranian state television reported Sunday. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ensured the event would carry maximum political symbolism by...

Most firms pay no income taxes - Congress

Study finds that the majority of domestic and foreign corporations in the United States avoid paying federal income taxes."NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Nearly two-thirds of U.S. companies and 68% of foreign corporations do not pay federal income taxes, according to a...

Magic Waterproof Coating Allows Gadgets To Work Underwater

In maritime circles there has been a battle raging for at least one thousand years; water vs equipment. This dilemma was magnified when electrical components where first brought aboard ship requiring electricity...

Drivers shave off 9.6B miles in May

"NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Americans drove 9.6 billion fewer miles in May compared to a year earlier, according to a report from the Federal Highway Administration. The decline was the third-largest monthly drop since the agency, a division of the U.S. Department of...

Where are the Conservative Journalists?

Where are the Conservative Journalists? Over at the Politico, Jonathan Martin writes, "GOP losing the new-media war." The article is generating some thoughtful discussion from conservative tech folks inside...

Ford posts largest quarterly loss ever

Ford Motor Company today announced that they are going to be transforming their vehicle lineup due to the largest reported loss for the company in its 105 year history.Their stock also fell about 16% - which is a...

More Chic than Geek:Marketing at BlogHer

The BlogHer conference is underway in San Francisco (July 18-20), and of course an event like this is huge for companies who want to woo tastemakers and others who, by definition of attending this conference,...

Inflation: Price jump worst since '91

"Record gas and higher food prices drove inflation to the biggest annual jump since 1991 and fanned fears about growing pressures on consumers.The Labor Department reading on Wednesday is another sign, along with mounting job losses and declining home prices, of the economic...

Twitter Acquires Summize; Launches Official Twitter Search

As NowPublic speculated last week, Twitter has been getting set to purchase Summize, a search tool built on the Twitter API. Today, it was announced that the acquisition has been made official -- and Twitter...
 

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