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Did E-mail and the Internet Kill the 9-5 Workday?

Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:03
A recent survey indicates that the 9-5 workday and the 5-day workweek are both dead as workers no longer know when to disconnect and walk away.



Workweek - United States - Labor - Social Sciences - Arts

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Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:03

Android Snags More of Apple's Market Share

Sat, 09/04/2010 - 13:00
While Apple's iOS is still the dominant player within the U.S. mobile market, it's been on a pretty steady roller coaster ride downward in terms of share.



Roller coaster - Apple - Recreation - Theme Parks - Attractions

Duke Nukem Forever Promised in 2011

Sat, 09/04/2010 - 12:20
Duke Nukem Forever gets a new lease in life, and even makes an appearance on the PAX show floor.



Duke Nukem - Duke Nukem Forever - 3D Realms - United States - Gearbox

Watch for Duke Nukem Forever in 2011

Sat, 09/04/2010 - 12:20
Duke Nukem Forever gets a new lease in life, and even makes an appearance on the PAX show floor.



Duke Nukem - Duke Nukem Forever - 3D Realms - Gearbox - George Broussard

Is Apple's Ping a Haven for Spammers?

Sat, 09/04/2010 - 10:00
Analysis: Apple's Ping is a new iTunes-based social network. Unfortunately, it's already beset with a very old problem: rampant comment spam.



Apple - iTunes - Social network - Spam - E-mail

Bless These Gadgets

Sat, 09/04/2010 - 09:15
Anglican church invites all to a blessing of the tools of their 21st century trades, agnostic of their operating system.



Anglicanism - Christianity - Religion and Spirituality - Denominations - Anglican

Investigators Find Famous DJ's Credit Card Details for Sale

Sat, 09/04/2010 - 07:48
UPDATE: Armin Van Buuren is one of the world's best-known trance music DJs. He also apparently has had his credit card details stolen.



Armin van Buuren - Disc jockey - Trance music - Music - dj

Texas Conducting Antitrust Review of Google

Sat, 09/04/2010 - 07:30
UPDATE: Texas joins the European Union and others with gripes against Google's practices; a coming of age or web bully?



Google - Searching - Search Engines - Companies - Web search engine

Disk Storage Still Bouncing Back, IDC Says

Sat, 09/04/2010 - 00:46
UPDATE: The enterprise disk storage market is continuing to bounce back from the depths of the recession, IDC says.



International Data Corporation - Hardware - Storage - Information technology - Hewlett-Packard

Google Settles Privacy Lawsuit Over Buzz

Sat, 09/04/2010 - 00:02
Google agrees to pay $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over privacy problems with Google Buzz.



Google - Google Buzz - Class action - Searching - Search Engines

Google Settles Buzz Privacy Lawsuit

Sat, 09/04/2010 - 00:02
Google agrees to pay $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over privacy problems with Google Buzz.



Google - Class action - Google Buzz - Searching - Search Engines

Early Ping Reviews Strike Sour Note

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 22:00
Spam is already clogging Ping's boards, and many bloggers aren't thrilled with Ping's implementation.



Apple - Spam - iTunes - E-mail - Social network

IBM Code Unfetters Virtual Workloads

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 21:40
New IBM research shows a way to move live cloud deployments across different storage networks.



IBM - Hardware - Mainframe - Operating Systems - Historical

Apple Browsing Share Tops Linux, Android Steals Share Everywhere

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 21:22
Apple scores a first: More people browsed the Net last month with its mobile operating system than used Linux to do so.



Linux - Android - Mobile operating system - Operating system - Apple

Apple's Latest IPods: What You Need to Know

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 21:20
The latest batch of iPods unveiled by Apple earlier this week are about to begin shipping, and this latest generation brings some pretty big changes across...



Apple - IPod - IpodTouch - Steve Jobs - IpodNano

Rounding up the New iPod Touch and iPod Nano Cases

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 21:00
An iPod event is always followed by some cases, and here are some of the highlights of the first batch.



IPod - IpodTouch - IpodNano - Shopping - Digital Portable Players

Shorten URLs With an Automator Service

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 20:50
Twitter and other online services have made shortening URLs a regular chore; such URLs are handy not only on social networks, but anytime you need to share links...



Twitter - Social network - Uniform Resource Locator - Online Communities - Trending and Popularity

To Watch 'Avatar' on 3D Blu-ray, You’ll Need a Panasonic TV

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 20:32
TV makers lock down these deals to convey the idea that 3D content actually exists, and Hollywood studios like the deals because they provide a guaranteed return on the 3D investment.



Television - Avatar - Blu-ray Disc - Panasonic Corporation - Movies

Consumer Watchdog Thinks Google's Schmidt Is a Data Perv

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 20:21
A consumer rights group has created a cartoon showing Google CEO Schmidt as an child-baiting ice cream truck driver and put it on a billboard in Times Square. Who's being evil here?



Google - Times Square - Consumer Watchdog - Ice cream - Eric E. Schmidt