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Yesterday, Michael Arrington (TechCrunch) posted a desperate, impassioned entry about his immediate departure from blogging.
Whether it was that last straw that broke the camel’s back (the spitting), or the gradual escalation of confrontations, or just the increasing ennui of blogging about tech in this economic atmosphere, Michael has decided to take a 6-month hiatus (or [...]
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Earlier today, AOL [TWX] has announced laying off another 700 employees from its workforce. In this era of massive job losses, it does not seem as massive as in years past, but nevertheless, with only about 7,000 workers remaining since the last wave of AOL layoffs, the number is still a very large one.
In the [...]
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Twenty-five years ago, when the Apple II series and IBM PC’s were fighting out their battles for dominance, Apple [AAPL] introduced a new microcomputer to the world in the form of the Macintosh, a strongly visual-oriented computer designed to make the concepts from its Xerox PARC inspired design readily accessible to the public.
Now, at a [...]
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In yet another sign of the economic times, Google [GOOG] has announced that about 100 of its in-house recruiters are being terminated from employment. This follows a long procession of recruiters and headhunters getting fired.
Although the job applicant pool continues to rise precipitously, many employers have argued that their recruiters and outsourced employee searcher are [...]
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Quite a sensational post title, right?
When I was watching the first day of the confirmation proceeding for Tim Geithner, in which Tim was apologizing for his fiscal wrongdoings and lack of attention to his tax debts, he had essentially responded to the question as to how his taxes were being prepared: “TurboTax”.
Wow.
Intuit’s TurboTax remains one [...]
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As of 12:00 noon EST today, the replacement Xbox 360 Elite comes online.
Long live the Xbox 360 console!
Now I just to figure out how to use the content from my old 360 hard drive without the dreaded DRM problems that a lot of 360 owners have struggled with…
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As the change of power in the U.S. Presidency occurs at 12:00 noon EST today (in a mere 30 minutes), it is interesting to see the whole array of past surviving Presidents stroll toward the dais in preparation for Barack Obama’s inaugural speech and the swearing ceremony.
For those of us who have lived through all [...]
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Well, it seems that yes, in fact, yesterday was quite an interesting traffic-laden day as people struggled with rushing to and from Circuit City stores, jamming roads and doing circles in parking lots while waiting for their accomplices within the stores rummaging around and looking for some sort of “special deals” to be found.
Given that, [...]
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As of last Thursday, the “Obamarama” (also known as “inauguration festivities-goers”) have begun descending upon the Washington DC area en masse.
It was initially (and painfully) noticeable on a lot of the smaller traffic arteries and side streets, as people unfamiliar with the lay of the land were milling about, driving around aimlessly, and congesting the [...]
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In a few minutes, or in some cases a few hours, Circuit City stores nationwide will be starting their liquidation “sales”, as the implementation of Circuit City storefront closures begins.
Since the company’s bankruptcy announcement yesterday, people have been chomping at the bit to find out what kind of discounting would occur during the liquidation process. [...]
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