Archive for June, 2011

Lawyer leaves career to spice things up

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

After a decade as a divorce attorney, Alexander Rhoads grew weary of “seeing people in conflict,” he says. “It took a toll on me.”

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Vince Camuto: Nine West’s founder looks back

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

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Microsoft Patent Points to Skype Snooping

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Microsoft patent points to Skype snooping

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OpenOffice.org Site Goes Offline, Oracle Declines to Comment

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

OpenOffice.org site goes offline, Oracle declines to comment

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Small business whiplashed in debit fee fight

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Small businesses were looking for a big break Wednesday from Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve.

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Yahoo! Seeds Hadoop Startup On Open Source Dream

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Yahoo! seeds Hadoop startup on open source dream

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Gay weddings mean big business

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Gays and lesbians are not the only ones celebrating the recent passage of same-sex marriage legislation in New York. Companies big and small are gearing up to what they hope is going to be a bonanza in new business from the expected deluge of gay and lesbian wedding ceremonies once it becomes legal. Here are a few.

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Google in Preemptive Strike on Microsoft Office 365

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Google in preemptive strike on Microsoft Office 365

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Your company’s own app store

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Want to develop a small-molecule-based drug? There’s an app for that. But you won’t find it in Apple’s App Store — it’s available only through a private storefront run by biotech giant Genentech. The company, based in South San Francisco, Calif., has created some 20 mobile apps for its employees — and a dozen more are in the works. In addition to highly specialized applications like Small Molecule Data Integration (a database of molecular compounds) there are generic ones such as the aptly named Get a Room, used for finding and booking conference rooms, and Peeps, an employee directory.

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Actor Simon Pegg Warns Over Banking Trojan Twitter Hack

Wednesday, June 29th, 2011

Actor Simon Pegg warns over banking Trojan Twitter hack

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