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Are Microsoft and Dell dinosaurs in the making?
Gadgets & Tech – Our current computing environment sucks. We buy our own incomprehensively complex and undependable hardware, install a grab-bag of software that conflicts and/or craps out, and spend hours figuring out how to transfer and backup our work. Don't despair though, a better world is just around the corner.
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Voted for on June 09, 2007 01:31am
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Home Depot employees fired for catching shoplifters
Money – Employees of a Home Depot (NYSE: HD) in Midwest City, Oklahoma performed an admirable act in May, when four of them apparently assisted police in catching suspected shoplifters -- and then were fired from their jobs.
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Voted for on June 07, 2007 03:24am
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Whole Foods acquisition of Wild Oats may be blocked by FTC: Monopolistic organics?
Money – Pretend we're still living in the 1960s for a minute, and imagine someone warning of a monopoly on organic and natural food. Everyone around laughing and pointing... Now cut to 2007 and the headline in the Wall Street Journal: "The FTC plans to file a lawsuit to block Whole Foods' $365 million purchase of Wild Oats over antitrust concerns...&q
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Voted for on June 07, 2007 03:21am
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Smartphones, superphones: iPhone, LG Prada, and Treo Foleo compared
Gadgets & Tech – iPhone vs. LG Prada vs. Palm Foleo, which one is the most droolworthy? A photogallery.
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Voted for on June 05, 2007 06:03am
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Peanut butter sickness still coming
Food – Although the entire batch of tainted peanut butter has long been pulled from store shelves, it's difficult to remove from consumer's shelves (especially as the two-dollar refund isn't exactly a money-maker). And processed peanut butter (as we well know) seems to last forever; I wouldn't be surprised if first-graders are still toting contaminated sa
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Voted for on June 05, 2007 06:01am
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Microsoft gets chided over internet user research
Money – Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has seen increased attention into the user information collection and storage it is performing on all those billions of web searches -- nothing new there. Now, however, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is under the gun as well. The "Reporters without Borders" advocacy group has warned that the user profiling data
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Voted for on June 05, 2007 05:58am
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New York legalizes ticket scalping -- why not?
Money – New York Governor Eliot Spitzer signed a bill last week eliminating state-imposed price restriction on reselling event tickets, effectively legalizing scalping. More and more states have been repealing anti-scalping laws in recent years, paving the way for companies like eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) subsidiary StubHub to create a market for the resale
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Voted for on June 05, 2007 05:54am
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Rich kids take private jets to summer camp
Money – Can you afford to send your kids to summer camp? According to the New York Post, New York's tony set can -- and more. Instead of forcing their kids to spend 3.5 hours on a crowded bus into the wilds of Vermont, they pay $8,000 for their kids to fly to camp in a private jet.
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Voted for on June 05, 2007 05:52am
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2% milk to make Starbucks customers skinnier (shhh!) in U.S., Canada
Money – Like your latte skinny? You may not even know it, but Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) will soon replace the whole milk it pours into your coffee drinks by default with 2% low-fat milk in stores throughout the U.S. and Canada.
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Voted for on June 05, 2007 05:50am
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Wal-Mart brands shoplifters with scarlet 'S': 1800s return to retail?
Money – Nathaniel Hawthorne may be dead, but his spirit still lives on at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT), specifically in this store in Attalla, Alabama. You can recognize the store because it's the one with the two petty thieves out front, wearing signs around their necks: "I am a thief, I stole from Wal-Mart."
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Voted for on May 08, 2007 04:41am
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Companies cave into helicopter parents
Money – When I graduated college, the idea of having my parents negotiate a job offer for me would have sent shivers down my spine. Apparently, this current generation has no such qualms.
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Voted for on May 08, 2007 04:40am
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BuyYourFriendADrink.com is the answer -- what's the question?
Money – Every day, the miracle of the internet solves another problem for me that I didn't know I had. Today's example: BuyYourFriendADrink.com. This new service allows me to buy real, physical drinks for friends I may never have met in the flesh. To buymyfriendadrink, I need only log onto their site, upload some cash, and write a personalized message.
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Voted for on April 24, 2007 05:42am
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Super Scare Me! FTC request has restaurant industry worried - BloggingStocks
Money – An attack on core products such as doughnuts, pizzas, burgers and soft drinks would have enormous financial ramifications for businesses such as KFC (YUM Brands, NYSE:YUM) and McDonald's (NYSE: MCD), since those items are the profit margin.
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Voted for on April 24, 2007 05:41am
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A Suze Orman personal finance cruise?
Money – If you can afford a $1,000 Caribbean cruise with Suze Orman, you're probably not needing her financial advice!
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Voted for on April 24, 2007 05:39am
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Steve Jobs' nine lives - Blogging Stocks
Money – He served as CEO of two companies that have been involved in the options backdating scandal, he has been cleared by two boards, but his position in government investigations is not clear. It would appear to increase his jeopardy, at least compared to when the investigations at Apple began.
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Voted for on March 19, 2007 03:44pm
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