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In one of the biggest downsizings since the dot.com bust Yahoo has announced plans to lay off about 1000 of it’s 14,300 employees. Columbian.com: “The Sunnyvale-based company disclosed the upcoming 7 percent reduction in its 14,300-employee work force Tuesday while reviewing a 23 percent drop in fourth-quarter profit and a cautious 2008 outlook. The bad…
...Read MoreAn out of control spy satellite that was reported as “crashing to earth” has experts assuring people that the chance you might actually be hit by the pieces of the satellite as “very slim”. BBC: “In reality, a spy satellite heading uncontrollably towards Earth is not an uncommon event, says Dr Ruediger Jehn, a space…
...Read MoreA super fast moving star has proven to be an enigma to scientists but now a new theory has surfaced that the star may actually be alien in origin. Science Daily: “A young star is speeding away from the Milky Way so fast that astronomers have been puzzled by where it came from; based on…
...Read MoreThis morning we were out of our regular coffee so I decided to try this free sample that came in the mail. I’m sure you see where this is going already. I’m not going to mention names but the coffee that came in the mail was from a large chain that is trying to move…
...Read MoreSo I’ve now got OSX Leopard Running on my 15″ PowerBook G4 and it seems to be doing OK. I haven’t really noticed much of a slowdown in performance. In fact, somethings have gotten faster. I did have to disable one application. GROWL doesn’t seem to work under Leopard. Spotlight has finally come of age…
...Read MoreFlickr needs video. No really. Yahoo! has been struggling under the weight of Flickr since they bought it trying to find different ways to monetize but the answer lies in video. Let’s start with a scenario and maybe you’ll get where I’m going with this. Thanksgiving. This year. It’s not yet time to dive into…
...Read MoreIn what looks like a weird chain of events straight out of Independence Day, conspiracy theorists are celebrating today after recently released documents appear to show proof that the CIA was troubled by the threat extra terrestrials could pose to national security. Alien life – General – News – smh.com.au: “A raft of newly unclassified…
...Read MoreIt appears Apple users are no longer immune to the affects of malware. Intego Security has posted information on a trojan for the OS X operating system designed to steal passwords and financial information. This one is totally reliant on the user so if you pay attention you’re probably safe. Intego.com: “A malicious Trojan Horse…
...Read MoreI find it amazing that you can uninstall stuff on a Windows machine but it doesn’t leave. As an example we’ll say…Symantec. I uninstalled the suite because I use AVG (a very nice free antivirus) and it’s still there. Worse yet, it’s now active where before it was turned off. What…the…HELL. My computer. My choice….
...Read MoreThanks to Sam over at Fruitbytes.uk.co I found a really cool plugin for WordPress from ContentRobot that reformats you weblog for the iPhone and iPod Touch. ContentRobot.com: While the iPhone and iPod touch do an amazing job of displaying web pages the way they were designed to be seen, often visitors want quick access to…
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