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Do You Really Deserve That Job? Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:27PMBy Heather Boerner, for Yahoo! Hot Jobs Applying for your dream job is a thrilling prospect. But if you're like 70 percent of Americans, you may feel like you don't deserve to get that dream job. The application process could make you feel, ironically, like a fraud.
Why cleantech can't afford to ignore Washington, D.C. Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:37AMNECEC President Peter Rothstein: Last July, a price on carbon still seemed like a possibility. Today, no one thinks comprehensive energy legislation will pass in 2011. And yet, I am in Washington, D.C., with dozens of clean energy CEOs and regional leaders who believe that our presence in the capital is more important now than ever.
More Talk About Reforming Prop 13 Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 4:09PMThe drop in home values in California has created an interesting new reality. Very few people are benefiting from the property tax safeguards of Proposition 13. This is something LA Time columnist Steve Lopez has written about , and it seems he’s gotten the attention of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
Yellowstone, Facebook Video Chat: Hot Trends Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 8:19AMPopular searches on the Internet Thursday include 'Yellowstone' after it was revealed that Exxon Mobil didn't accurately disclose how long it took for it to seal a burst pipeline under the Yellowstone River in Montana. Click to view a price quote on XOM . Click to research the Energy industry.
Hackers Attack Apple: Hot Trends Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 8:34AMPopular searches on the Internet Tuesday include 'hackers attack Apple' after Apple became the latest company to reportedly fall victim to online hackers. Click to view a price quote on AAPL . Click to research the Computer Hardware industry.
NUTS: Google Tackles Social Networking, AT&T/T-Mobile Merger Looms Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 10:29AMGoogle entered the social networking space dominated by Facebook, while several groups fought AT&T's proposed merger with T-Mobile.
Charging the Mound: Market watch Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 12:07PMThere's has been very little action on the MLB trade market as teams try to decide if they are contenders or pretenders.
Cloud-computing presents challenges, opportunities for local firms Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 11:24PMIt's a rapidly growing business — mainly because it promises to cut company computing costs.
Obama to Host Twitter Town Hall Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 1:33PMPresident Barack Obama will host a town hall meeting Wednesday on jobs and the economy using Twitter.
Quick: Which Is More Entrepreneurial? Stanford or Harvard? Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 12:12PMShocker. Stanford graduates are more likely to take their chances at a hot startup (i.e. Facebook, G
California Travel & Tourism Commission Launches "Three Days Isn't Enough" Campaign and Sweepstakes in Response to ... Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 12:30PMAs the entertainment capital of the world, it's only natural that California would mark the high-profile arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with a media splash. The California Travel & Tourism Commission introduces a new "Three Days Isn't Enough" national television campaign inviting the royal couple and visitors across the country to explore the stunning scenery and enviable lifestyle ...
Get started with Hadoop: From evaluation to your first production cluster - Best practices for evaluating Hadoop and ... Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 9:13AMFocusing on the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) and MapReduce, this in-depth piece offers tips for organizations that are looking to evaluate Hadoop and deploy an initial cluster.
The Hackers Parade Marches On Saturday, June 25, 2011 @ 7:08AMMany more verses have been added to the ballad of LulzSec lately. The hacker group has partnered with Anonymous for an agenda of world cyberchaos, vowed revenge on other hackers who disrupted an online gaming network -- this is after Lulz itself shot down a couple of other gaming networks -- and flipped off authorities who claimed to have caught one of their members.
Who Wants Hulu? Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 7:49PMHulu might be for sale, but who would buy it?
From "What Do You Do?" To "I Do" Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 8:03AMSingles say ‘No Thanks’ to unemployed engagements.
RIMM, Areva: Hot Trends Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 8:05AMNEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Popular searches on the Internet Friday include "RIMM" after BlackBerry maker Research In Motion lowered its outlook again for the full year and announced plans for unspecified layoffs. RIM, which met earnings expectations for the fiscal first quarter, also announced further delays in its newest line of smartphones. The company said it will attempt to boost results ...
Building a More Resourceful Cloud Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 12:34PMUSENIX researchers are looking at ways to offer more flexible pricing and services for cloud computing services.
'Life, Death And Politics' Treating Chicago's Uninsured Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 10:54AMDr. David Ansell's experiences treating patients at Chicago's public hospital for 17 years turned him into a strong advocate for national health care reform. He details what it was like to work with Chicago's uninsured patient population in a new memoir and social history.
Building a more resourceful cloud Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 3:45AMPORTLAND, OREGON, 14 JUNE 2011-While managers may anticipate how cloud computing will one day ease IT headaches, the purveyors of cloud services themselves still need to further fine-tune the way their cloud services are metered and managed in order to make truly flexible cloud computing a reality.
Usenix researchers tackle building a more resourceful cloud Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 6:28PMWhile managers may anticipate how cloud computing will one day ease IT headaches, the purveyors of cloud services themselves still need to further fine-tune the way their cloud services are metered and managed in order to make truly flexible cloud computing a reality. The first round of papers presented at the Usenix "HotCloud 2011" Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing, held this week in ...
Apple: 37 posts in one day, Microsoft: 3. Here's Why. Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 4:08PMAround 1975, Microsoft Corporation and Apple Inc. were created, kicking off what would become one of the most fascinating times in modern history. During this period both have been significant players in the PC revolution, although recently as businesses they appear heading in opposite directions.
Mark Cuban will pay for your $110,000 bar tab. And your parade Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 11:14AMIn the Dallas Mavericks ' NBA Finals after-party, team owner Mark Cuban bought a bottle of champagne for his team, and then left a 22 percent tip. We also should point out that the bottle was nearly half the size of the 7-foot Dirk Nowitzki , it cost $90,000, and his tip was $20,000. The New York Post reports that this made up the entirety of his tab for the night, but we suspect Cuban bought ...
Virgin flies but Qantas waits amid ash chaos Sunday, June 12, 2011 @ 1:56AMVirgin resumes flights in and out of Melbourne, Tasmania and NZ after a volcanic ash cloud brought chaos to air travel across the region.
First Person: Joplin Rebuilding Stark Contrast Between Corporate, Local Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 11:56AMAs my family drove up Rangeline Road in Joplin, Mo, on Monday, the sun was hot.
Winners And Losers In Silicon Valley's War For Talent Tuesday, June 7, 2011 @ 6:21PMMuch ink has been spilled over the 8.8% unemployment rate around the country, but here in Silicon Valley the talent war rages on. Google recently bumped salaries 10% to quash defections to Facebook and doled out hundreds of millions more to keep just two of its best product managers from going to Twitter. Facebook fired an acquisitions exec last February for buying its stock on secondary markets ...
Which Hot Tech Companies Are Winning the Fight for Top Coders? Tuesday, June 7, 2011 @ 3:42PMThe battle for top sales people and engineers is extraordinary in Silicon Valley and New York City — even if the employment numbers in the rest of the country remain anemic.
How to Spot a Hot Franchise Tuesday, June 7, 2011 @ 7:03AMNEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Franchises, if done right, are extremely lucrative for owners and their franchisees, but both can benefit from tips on how to get started. According to Doug Schadle, a 20-year franchise industry veteran, the 820,000 opened and operating franchises in the U.S. equate to 18 million jobs and are expected to generate $2.1 trillion in revenue this year. ... Click to view a ...
iOs5, E3, D-Day: Hot Trends Monday, June 6, 2011 @ 9:19AMNEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Hot topics on the Internet Monday include "iOS 5," ahead of Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote address at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference. Apple is set to reveal its new mobile operating system for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch -- the iOS 5 -- during the address, as well as take a closer look at MAC OS X 10.7 Lion. The buzz about the conference has been so ...
The Sunday Junkie: June 5 edition Sunday, June 5, 2011 @ 11:06AMAlthough Tony Ferguson was "The Ultimate Fighter 13" winner, Clay Guida's victory over Anthony Pettis at Saturday's live finale was the hot topic in this week's edition of The Sunday Junkie. In addition to the Spike TV event, our weekly reader-feedback feature includes submissions on Georges St-Pierre vs. Nick Diaz, the future of Jon Fitch, and a recent firestorm that includes Quinton Jackson ...
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Bonus spots dunk Oreo’s in hot water with ASB Monday, May 30, 2011 @ 1:32AMIn yet another case of an advertiser landing in hot water for marketing to children, the Advertising Standards Bureau has upheld complaints made against a commercial for Oreo’s that was broadcast around youth-focused content. The ads were bonus spots eroneously given to the advertiser by Nine and Ten. The spot, in which a younger brother [...]
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David Pogue's New Girlfriend May Be A Conflict Of Interest Friday, May 27, 2011 @ 10:39AMPowerful New York Times tech reviewer David Pogue’s new romance with a key Silicon Valley PR executive has many buzzing about a possible conflict of interest.
Gadget God's New Problem Friday, May 27, 2011 @ 2:46AMPowerful New York Times tech reviewer David Pogue’s new romance with a key Silicon Valley PR executive has many buzzing about a possible conflict of interest.
Eddie McGuire’s Between The Lines falls to 24th for Thursday and is beaten by his own gameshow Thursday, May 26, 2011 @ 6:51PMEddie McGuire sports quiz Between The Lines lost another 20% of its audience on Thursday night – dropping to just 518,000 viewers and falling to 24th most watched show of the day. McGuire was even beaten for the second week running by his own teatime gameshow Hot Seat which rated 619,000. Between the Lines made [...]
NewsWatch: U.S. stocks overcome weak data for gain Thursday, May 26, 2011 @ 4:12PMWall Street brushes aside disappointing economic data as tech and consumer-discretionary stocks are led by gains in Microsoft and Tiffany.
Chanos vs. China? Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 11:59PMVia Pension Pulse. Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Matthew Goldstein of Reuters report, Top hedge fund chiefs: short green tech, store gems : Bet against solar energy, says famed short seller James Chanos. Squirrel away gems, advises bond guru Jeffrey Gundlach. Go long on discount retailer Family Dollar, counsels activist investor Bill Ackman. These and other hot -- or unusual -- ideas emerged on ...
Mike Brown's Lakers Coaching Staff Could Include Current Assistant Chuck Person Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 6:11PMThe Los Angeles Lakers have made it clear that Mike Brown is not their new head coach quite yet, but that hasn't stopped those in the media to speculate on his potential coaching staff in Los Angeles. Among those currently being mentioned by Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski and Fox Sports' Sam Amico include current Lakers assistant Chuck Person (currently up for a couple of head coaching ...
It’s a Brand New Me! Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 1:22PMOkay, I think we can all admit that this past season of TV shows ate the b-hole out of a donkey. It LITERALLY was so bad, it LITERALLY asked a donkey if it could feast on its b-hole—because asking a donkey first is the polite thing to do. Don’t ask me how I know this. Anyway, the point is that when a TV season stinks, I sorta kinda stink, too. When left with nothing interesting to say, I often ...
Tech Notebook: Apple confidential: Is a retail redesign imminent? Saturday, May 21, 2011 @ 3:15AMA decade after Apple opened its first retail stores, the company reportedly will be launching an "Apple Store 2.0" redesign, perhaps as soon as this weekend. Plus: Zynga leads the social games market. And: Yahoo finds an "Oprah effect" on Internet search traffic.
LinkedIn Retains Most Gains Second Day After Surging in IPO Friday, May 20, 2011 @ 4:59PMLinkedIn Corp. held most of its gains after more than doubling yesterday in its debut, leaving investors in the first initial public offering of a major U.S. social-media site with a 107 percent gain.
Biz Break: Is Apple about to put iTunes in the cloud? Friday, May 20, 2011 @ 4:30PMToday: Apple reportedly has deals with major music labels for a cloud-based iTunes service. Plus: Silicon Valley's jobless rate dropped in April. And: An Oprah effect for Yahoo?
LinkedIn soars on second trading day Friday, May 20, 2011 @ 2:11PMLinkedIn Corp. soared on its second trading day, after more than doubling yesterday in a show of strong demand for social-media stock and a comeback in venture capital backed initial public offerings
LinkedIn Stock More Than Doubles after IPO Friday, May 20, 2011 @ 11:00AMShares in the first U.S. social network to launch an initial public offering rose 109 percent on their first trading day, auguring well for further Internet IPOs
LinkedIn Surges Second Day After Its IPO Friday, May 20, 2011 @ 11:00AMLinkedIn soared again on its second trading day in a show of strong demand for social-media stocks
LinkedIn Stock Rockets After IPO Thursday, May 19, 2011 @ 11:45PMShares in the first initial public offering from a U.S. social network rose 109 percent on opening day, auguring well for further Web IPOs
LinkedIn Raises $352.8 Million in U.S. Initial Public Offering Thursday, May 19, 2011 @ 7:14PMThe first major U.S. social-media company to go public raised $352.8 million after pricing its shares at the top end of the range
In-Depth Interview with ‘Best of Interop’ Winner NEC on NEC’s OpenFlow strategy Wednesday, May 18, 2011 @ 8:56PMToday I had the chance to sit down with Don Clark, Director of Business Development for NEC, to discuss NEC’s launch of the first commercially available OpenFlow compliant products, @ Interop Las Vegas 2011 Art Fewell: So, if you wouldn’t … Continue reading → In-Depth Interview with ‘Best of Interop’ Winner NEC on NEC’s OpenFlow strategy is a post from: SiliconANGLE We're now available on the ...
On crime, immigration, Athens mosque, Strauss-Kahn, the drachma, Samaras, Greece's lost soul Monday, May 16, 2011 @ 8:49PMWhen? When will we stop blaming the government for everything? When will we stop bribing just about everyone (doctors, licensing agencies, tax officials, to name just a few) to get preferential treatment?