Openleaks To Rival WikiLeaks

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Former WikiLeaks deputy, Daniel
Domscheit-Bergto, plans to start
a rival web site, Openleaks. The
web site has no content on it except
a logo and the message "Coming soon!"

In an interview with the OWNI technology
web site, Domscheit-Berg didn't go into
reasons for his disagreement with WikiLeaks
but suggested it strayed from its mission.

"In these last months, the organization has
not been open any more, it lost its open-source
promise," he explained, adding that Openleaks
plans to provide the means for leaked
information to be published, without itself
being a publisher.

Domscheit-Berg, had been involved with
German hacker group the Chaos Computer Club.

Openleaks would begin trials in early 2011 and
turn to bigger media later, Domscheit-Berg
confirmed. It currently has 10 members.

Hackers And Activists Gear-Up For War on "Wikileaks Phenomena"

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Fighting lines between supporters
of the whistle blowing web site
WikiLeaks and its critics began
to form on Sunday. Supporters
raised numerous copies of the
site on the Internet. The United
States put pressure on Switzerland
not to offer a haven to the site's
founder, Julian Assange.

Major Internet companies stopped
services to WikiLeaks. Activists
created hundreds of like sites that
host exact copies of another site's
content, making censorship difficult.

An informal group of hackers and
activists declared war on Sunday
against enemies of Mr. Assange. They
called on supporters to attack
sites/companies that don't support
WikiLeaks and to spread the leaked
material online.

The American ambassador to Switzerland,
Donald S. Beyer Jr., responded in the
weekly magazine NZZ am Sonntag that the
Swiss should carefully consider whether
to provide shelter to someone who is on
the run from the law.

On Friday, WikiLeaks looked for refuge in
a diffuse web of financial and Internet
infrastructure spread across Europe
especially in Switzerland.

Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20101206100112writ.nb/topstory.html

Google's $6 Billion Bid

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Google is willing to pay around $6
billion for e-commerce coupon web
site Groupon per media sources. The
first payment will be 5.3 billion,
and 700 million will be used as
incentive to keep current employees
according to AllThingsD.

This offer comes as it's rumored that
Yahoo would offer $3 billion to $4
billion to purchase the company. It
turned out that the two companies
paired up as partners for Yahoo Local,
details have not been specified.

The social shopping network is two years
old, revenue is about $600 million.
Industry experts feel that figure will
grow.

Groupon's revenue is from offering members
big discounts from retailers. Retailers get
lots of traffic for their inventory.

Groupon is located at Groupon.com that is
localized to many major markets in both the
United States and Canada. Originally, it
launched in November 2008. Groupon first
arrived in Chicago, Illinois. It was off
to Boston, New York City and Toronto. As
of October 2010, Groupon now serves more
than 150 markets in North America as well
as 100 markets in Europe, Asia and South
America.

Groupon is reportedly thinking about Google's
offer.

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Parcel Bombs Designed To Get Pass Detection Devices

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Parcel bombs on UPS and FedEx flights
cost $4,200, per a report in Inspire
magazine that analysts say is published
by al Qaeda's branch in Yemen.

The latest issue is committed to the plot,
which it calls "Operation Hemorrhage."

"The operation has succeeded in achieving
its objectives. We thank Allah for His
blessings," the magazine, released late
Saturday.

On October 29, authorities in the United
Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates
intercepted parcel bombs sent from Yemen,
addressed to U.S. synagogues.

Al Qaeda bomb-makers designed the parcel
bombs to get pass detection devices and
elude sniffer dogs, stated the article.
It lists making the explosive mimic
printer toner and integrating the bombs'
circuits into printer cartridge circuits
as methods to get pass security detection.

Inspire gave adoration for the 2001
September 11 attacks on the United States
for their destruction, and for the high
number of lives they took.

"It is more feasible to stage smaller
attacks that involve less players and
less time to launch and thus we may
circumvent the security barriers America
worked so hard to erect," Inspire.

Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20101122084406writ.nb/topstory.html

Google's Fashion Shopping Web Site

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Google created a new e-commerce web
site that improves how fashion is
presented and sold online.

Boutiques.com is a collection of
hundreds of virtual boutiques
merchandised by designers, retailers,
bloggers, celebrities and just people.

Shop for the style of the actress Carey
Mulligan or Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen
to name a few celebrities who signed up
for the launch.

You can build your own boutique and amass
followers who can comment on your style.

For every boutique on the web site, there
are dozens of additional choices inspired
by a designer's or celebrity's style;
generated by algorithms with product
photos that are much larger/sharper than
on other shopping web sites.

The inspiration panel automatically adjusts
for your style.

The technology was developed by Like.com, a
Silicon Valley company co-founded by Munjal
Shah, which Google acquired last summer for
a reported $100 million.

Mr. Shah leads the team for Boutiques.com.

AOL Advisers Present Merger Options With Yahoo

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AOL is exploring strategic ways for
the company that could include a possible
combination of assets from itself and
Yahoo, per The Wall Street Journal sources
on Sunday.

The report pointed-out a match of AOL and
at least a part of Yahoo's assets are just
one of the directions the company is
exploring through an advisory team.

"Among the scenarios being examined by
AOL are a combination of Yahoo and AOL's
online businesses after a spin-off of
Yahoo's Asian assets that would return
capital to share-holders, people familiar
with the matter said," according to the
paper. "Another scenario would have private
equity firms take a stake in the combined
operations, along with a plan to pay a
dividend to Yahoo share-holders, the people
added."

The firms mentioned by the Journal: Silver
Lake Partners and Blackstone Group, but as
many as three other groups could be included.
In Sunday's report, the paper said that AOL
held merger talks with Yahoo before, but not
this time.

AOL has talked to Yahoo before, but not with
a formal proposal.

Parcel Bomb Plot Uncovered

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Two parcels addressed to Jewish
institutions in Chicago contained
the lethal explosive PETN hidden
in ink toner cartridges, and
uncovered Thursday on cargo planes
headed to the United States in
Britain and Dubai.

The Dubai bomb was composed of a
highly explosive combination of
PETN and lead azide, concealed
inside a computer printer with a
circuit board and mobile phone SIM
card attached, security officials
explained.

The boxes were stopped in transit
and searched," per an official. "At
the time, people obviously took notice,
knowing of the terrorist group's interest
in aviation- considered the possibility
that AQAP might be exploring the
logistics of the cargo system."

ABC News, first broke the news, commented
it had been told by senior officials that
ever since the September discovery of
suspicious packages from Yemen, the U.S.
intelligence agencies had specific concerns
about AQAP's interest in Chicago.

Saudi bombmaker, Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri,
has emerged as a key suspect in the bomb
plot.

The militant, thought to be hiding in Yemen,
was already wanted for crafting the "underwear"
bomb worn by the young Nigerian accused of
trying to bring down a packed airliner as it
landed in Detroit on Christmas Day 2009.

A team of U.S. experts is heading to Yemen to
give screening, training and equipment to examine
cargo shipments at the main international airport
in the capital Sanaa.

LimeWire Shut-Down By Court Injunction

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LimeWire has been shut-down, stopped
its file sharing after a federal
judge signed an injunction to stop
LimeWire from further business.

The suit was filed by the Recording
Industry Association of America in
the U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York,
charged LimeWire with facilitating
"pervasive online infringement."
Also, it accused LimeWire of allowing
and actively encouraging users to
participate in music piracy.

"For the better part of the last decade,
LimeWire and Gorton have violated the
law," the RIAA explained. "The court has
now signed an injunction that will start
to unwind the massive piracy machine that
LimeWire and Gorton used to enrich
themselves immensely."

The lawsuit was filed against the company
in 2006 on behalf of the major record
labels by the Recording Industry
Association of America (RIAA).

LimeWire posted the following on its
web site:

"THIS IS AN OFFICIAL NOTICE THAT
LIMEWIRE IS UNDER A COURT-ORDERED
INJUNCTION TO STOP DISTRIBUTING AND
SUPPORTING ITS FILE-SHARING SOFTWARE.
DOWNLOADING OR SHARING COPYRIGHTED
CONTENT WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION IS
ILLEGAL."

Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange: Living In Fear

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Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange is
living in fear of being arrested,
and has been running since the release
of secret United States military documents
related to the Iraq war via his web site.

Assange checks into hotels with false names,
dyes his hair, sleeps on sofas/floors. He uses
cash instead of credit cards, often borrowed
from friends, a United States daily, which
interviewed him last week, pointed-out.

"They called me the James Bond of journalism...
it got me a lot of fans, and some of them ended
up causing me a bit of trouble," he shared, feared
that the UK may act against him if the United
States decides to prosecute. This course of
action is being looked at.

"When it comes to the point where you occasionally
look forward to being in prison on the basis that
you might be able to spend a day reading a book,
the realization dawns that perhaps the situation
has become a little more stressful than you would
like."

On Friday, his online whistle blower web site leaked
nearly 400,000 secret United States documents on the
Iraq war. They gave graphic accounts of torture,
killing of over 66,000 civilians and Iran's role in
the conflict.

Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20101025063306writ.nb/topstory.html

Facebook Leaks Identifying Information

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Many popular applications, apps, on the
social networking site Facebook Inc. have
been leaking identifying information like:
access to people's names, their friends'
names, to dozens of advertising and Internet
tracking companies, per a Wall Street Journal
investigation.

This wrinkle spreads to millions of Facebook
app users, even those whose profiles are on
Facebook's strictest privacy settings.

"A Facebook user ID may be inadvertently shared
by a user's Internet browser or by an application,"
Facebook's spokesman explained. ID knowledge "does
not permit access to anyone's private information
on Facebook." He added that Facebook would introduce
new technology to contain the problem identified
by the Journal.

"Apps" are software pieces that let Facebook's 500
million users play games/share common interests with
each other. The Journal discovered all of the 10 most
popular apps on Facebook were leaking users' IDs to
outside companies.

Most apps were no longer available to Facebook users
after the Journal told Facebook that apps were leaking
personal information. No reason was given for their
unavailability. Online defenders of tracking point to
the observation as beneficial.

No one knows, for sure, if developers of many of the
apps leaking Facebook ID numbers knew that their apps
were doing so. The apps were using a common Web standard,
known as a referrer, which passes on the address of the
last page viewed when a user clicks on a link. Facebook
as with other social networking sites, referrers can
expose a user's identity.

It's a ballooning concern of companies that store
detailed databases on people to track them online.

Wal-Mart's Cheaper Medicare Drug Plan

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Humana Inc. is combining forces with
Wal-Mart Stores to offer a low cost
Medicare prescription drug plan,
nationwide.

Humana, based in Louisville, Ky., is one
of the largest U.S. health insurers and
second largest provider of privately run
Medicare health plans. It has the highest
exposure to Medicare among the major
national managed care businesses.

A typical Medicare prescription drug
beneficiary could save about $450 a year on
the lower premium, co-payments/cost- shares,
compared with average total costs for
Medicare drug benefit plans, the companies
pointed out. They referred to the U.S.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
figures.

The plan will go into effect next year at a
monthly premium of $14.80, which is the
lowest premium for stand-alone Medicare
prescription drug plans being offered
nationally for 2011 per Humana.

Facebook Refused To Admit It's Making A Smart-Phone

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Yesterday, TechCrunch, technology
site, ran a story pointing-out that
Facebook was developing, through a
third party, mobile phone software.
TechCrunch was going on information
from a "source with knowledge of
the project."

"Specifically, Facebook wants to
integrate deeply into the contacts list
and other core functions of the phone.
It can only do that if it controls the
operating system," explained Michael
Arrington, TechCrunch's editor. Facebook
refused to admit it's making a smart-phone,
but Facebook did receive input from hardware
manufacturers and carriers this summer.

Facebook issued a long denial. According to
reports, the idea is in the early stages and
Facebook has not determined if they want to
proceed.

Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20100920074756writ.nb/topstory.html

Beware of "Here You Have" E-mail Virus

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The virus, called "Here You Have,"
is a simple Trojan Horse that
security companies are calling by
different names.

An e-mail arrives in your in-box with
the subject line "Here You Have." The
body reads: "This is The Document I told
you about, you can find it Here." Or,
"This is The Free Download Sex Movies,
you can find it Here."

It pounded corporate America Thursday,
took down servers at ABC, NASA, Comcast
and Google. It was in Google's top five
searches Friday.

The Internet Storm Center, a free
analysis and warning service that tracks
malicious Internet activity reported that
the application responsible for the spam
choking the servers had been taken down,
but the Web wasn't out of danger.

"New variants may well follow," the Storm
Center warned.

Click on the link and the download will
launch a program that spams the same Trojan
Horse to everyone in your address book.

"It looks like multiple variants may be
spreading and it may take some time to work
through them all to paint a clearer picture,"
Craig Schmugar on McAfee's Threat Response page.

The "Here You Have" worm doesn't attack Norton/
Symantec products, according to Norton. Norton
recommends their Norton Internet Security 2011.

Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20100913052452writ.nb/topstory.html

Microsoft's Halo Reach Game Exposed Too Early

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Halo Reach is scheduled for the
world's eyes on the 14th of
September, but showed-up on file
sharing sites.

The game is about players in the
role of an elite solider battling
for control of planet Reach.

This is the final chapter of the
series, which was developed by
Bungie for Xbox 360.

It's reported that the game was
exposed, leaked, after it was
opened to select journalists/
reviewers through Microsoft's
online Xbox store.

Videos of the game popped-up on
YouTube within hours of being
available.

"We are still investigating details
surrounding a claimed leak of Halo
Reach, and have nothing further to
share," Microsoft remarked.

People attempting to play unauthorized
copies of Halo Reach could face
sanctions, Stephen Toulouse cautioned
on Twitter- Director of Policy and
Enforcement for Xbox Live.

Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20100824084009writ.nb/topstory.html

The End of Google's Wave

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The Wave has not seen the adoption we
would have liked, and elements of Wave's
technology- including drag/drop and
character-by-character live typing are an
open source. Users can "liberate their
content from Wave", Google explained in a
post last night.

Google stated it will stop development on
the Wave cross platform tool that was launched
in May of 2009.

The Wave design appeared to replace e-mail,
and other tools.

The problem was it didn't appeal to many, or
people didn't know about the Wave.

"Remember, we celebrate our failures. This
is a company where it's absolutely okay to
try something that's very hard, have it not
be successful, and learn from that," Eric
Schmidt, Chief Executive.

Unfortunately, The Wave was one of those
failures.

Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20100805090512writ.nb/topstory.html

U.S. Killed 181 Insurgents- WikiLeaks Founder

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Julian Assange's, WikiLeaks founder,
web site stirred up debates about
classified information the public
should/shouldn't know.

"WikiLeaks aims to achieve political
reforms by getting out information
that has been suppressed to the public,"
Assange explained to Voice of America.

WikiLeaks web site posted classified military
documents spelling-out U. S. failures in
Afghanistan.

The documents were first released to The New
York Times, British daily, The Guardian and
German magazine Der Spiegel. They point to
a worse picture of the Afghan war than the
official public account, and include information
that Pakistan's intelligence services have been
helping the Taliban kill U.S. troops. Both ideas
have been discussed in the past.

The report could put U. S. citizens in harm's way,
and hurt national security.

"We have with-held approximately 15,000 reports
for further harm minimization process," he informed.
"We don't see anything here that is of tactical
significance. What we see is a lot of reports of
evidentiary significance that describe the cut/thrust
of the entire war over the last six years."

President Obama found out about the posting of the
documents last week, Robert Gibbs commented Monday-
White House Press Secretary.

The public release of the information was "a breach
of federal law," Gibbs said.

"We authenticate everything," Assange made-clear.
"To our knowledge, we've never been wrong. There
are no allegations by the rest of the press that
we've been wrong. We've never lost a source through
the process we go through."

Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20100727093440writ.nb/topstory.html

Household Cleaning Products Increases Breast Cancer Risk

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A new study pointed out that using
house-hold cleaning products increases
breast cancer.

Brody and her co-researchers conducted
telephone interviews with 787 women who
had been diagnosed with breast cancer,
and 721 women who didn't have breast cancer.
"We asked women about past use of cleaning
products in the past year, their typical
use," Brody explained.

Air fresheners and mold/mildew controlling
products were connected to increasing breast
cancer, Julia Brody, PhD, executive director
of the Silent Spring Institute, Newton
Massachusetts. She led the study.

"We found links to breast cancer for combined
cleaning products used, many different products
taken together, and air fresheners and mold and
mildew control products," she continued.

"For combined cleaning product use, the risk
is about twice as high for breast cancer for
women who said they used the most compared to
women who said they used the least."

Listing exactly how much of exposure could raise
risk is difficult to say, she admitted.

"This is a first look and there are cautions
about interpreting it," Brody said.

The article is published in the journal
Environmental health.

AT&T Faults iPhone

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AT&T faults iPhone for slow upload
speeds on 3G wireless gear from
supplier Alcatel Lucent.

AT&T in a statement, Wednesday, said
the software problem in Alcatel Lucent
is restricting data upload speeds from
smartphones.

"AT&T and Alcatel Lucent jointly identified
a software defect- triggered under certain
conditions- that impacted uplink performance
for Laptop Connect and smartphone customers
using 3G HSUPA capable wireless devices in
markets with Alcatel Lucent equipment,"
explained Jenny Bridges, spokes-woman.

"This happens to less than 2 percent of our
wireless customer base," Bridges continued.
"White Alcatel developed the software fix-
we are providing normal 3G uplink and consistent
performance for affected customers with HSUPA
capable devices."

AT&T isn't using Alcatel Lucent gear in all
of its network. The glitch is in certain regions
of the country like: New York, Philadelphia,
Washington D. C., Salt Lake City and Seattle.

Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20100708060647writ.nb/topstory.html

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will return.

Federal regulators found toxic metal
cadmiun in Shrek drinking glasses -
a definite health risk.

The $2 dollar per glass, at McDonald
restaurants, promotional campaign for
Shrek Forever After movie has sold
millions of glasses.

People are asked to not let children use
them, and return the glasses for a refund.

"We've had a good, constructive two-way
dialogue with Rep. Jackie Speier- D-Hillsborough
office - and with the Consumer Product Safety
Commission," Walt Riker, McDonald's spokesman.

The events surrounding the recall started after
Rep. Jackie Speier was informed anonymously.

"Our children's health should not depend on the
consciences of anonymous sources," Speier declared.
"Although McDonald's did the right thing by recalling
these products, we need stronger testing standards
to ensure that all children's products are proven
safe before they hit the shelves. Cadmium is a toxic
substance that is extremely dangerous to the
developmental health of children."


Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20100604170421writ.nb/topstory.html

Facebook's Unique Security Feature

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Facebook's unique security feature
has the goal of stopping hackers
from exploring user's personal
information.

The feature will recognize computers/
mobile phones that are permitted access
to Facebook accounts.

In case of unauthorized activity, log-ins,
a user is sent an e-mail or text message so
he/she can take action- stop the hacker before
information is stolen.

Let's say you're not at home, but you want to
access your Facebook account. You jump-on aunt
Molly's computer, or cousin's Ada's cell phone,
but worry it's a new device.

You'll, still, be able to access your Facebook
account. You'll, simply, have to answer a security
question.

"We're confident that these new tools and systems
will do a lot to prevent unauthorized logins and
the nuisance they can cause," Lev Popov, a Facebook
software engineer, wrote in a company blog post.
"As always, though, the first line of defense is
you. We need you to help by practicing safe behavior
on Facebook and wherever you go online."

Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20100517090717writ.nb/topstory.html

"Facebook's Glitch"

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On Wednesday, users found a gate-way
to their Facebook friends private chat
conversations. Facebook closed the gate-
way, hole. This new glitch heightened
feelings of mistrust for the service to
safe-guard personal information.

"For a service that has grown as
dramatically as we have grown, that now
assists with more than 400 million people
sharing billions of pieces of content with
their friends and the institutions they care
about, we think our track record for security
and safety is unrivaled," explained Elliot
Schrage, company's vice president for public
policy. "Are we perfect? Of course not."

Readers can submit questions for Mr. Schrage
on Bits, The Times' technology blog.

This latest glitch puts Facebook in the middle of
talks about the use of personal information by web
sites. "While this breach appears to be relatively
small, it's inopportunely timed," declared Augie
Ray, an analyst with Forrester Research. "It
threatens to undermine what Facebook hopes to
achieve with its network over the next few years,
because users have to ask whether it is a platform
worthy of their trust."

Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20100507055441writ.nb/topstory.html

Twitter: To Send Forth A Paid Search

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Twitter, the micro-blogging and social
networking service, allows members to
send/receive a text up to 140 characters.

It's reported that Twitter is setting-up
to add a paid advertising system. The
search will be called Promoted Tweets.
Advertisers will use up to 140 character
ads on top of specific searches. An
advertiser's tweets will be located where
they can be seen easily, and not confused
with information about the company,
its products.

Best Buy, Starbucks and Virginia America
are ready to work with Twitter per reports.
This is Twitter's first attempt at
sending forth a paid search.

There's chatter about a narrowing interest
in micro-blogging.

Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20100423160158writ.nb/topstory.html

How Can Conflict Be Managed In An Organization?

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Conflict is managed in an
organization by having a
mission statement that
stress cooperation while
achieving the organization's
goal. There has to be
consequences for behavior
contrary to the organization's
goals.

Everyone must have their
roles defined, and frequent
meetings point to the
resolution person, department.

Address employee issues at
meetings.

An organization where team-work
lives naturally fair better against
conflict.


Source: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_can_conflict_be_manage_in_an_organisation

Microsoft Office 2010 Give-Away

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It's Microsoft's plan to give-away the
software in hopes of making more money
in the long-run.

"People will be exposed to the Microsoft
Office 2010 experience from the minute
they turn on their computer," Stephen
Elop explained, Microsoft Business
Division President.

Microsoft is predicting 80% of the computers
sold at retail, after the release of Microsoft
Office 2010, will have the starter edition of
Microsoft Office 2010. Microsoft is proposing
to computer makers that they install the basic
version of Microsoft Office 2010 on new machines.

The Office Starter software is the essential
version Excel and Word. There is a fee for the
upgrade of Microsoft Office 2010.

A product key card is available for Microsoft
Office 2010, used to upgrade the basic version
of Excel and Word.

Microsoft Office Starter will take the place of
Microsoft Works.

Computer makers are installing the full version,
which can be unlocked once it's paid for.
Microsoft intends on loading up stores with
boxed copies, key cards and options to buy
Microsoft Office 2010.

Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20100408185036writ.nb/topstory.html

Attention, Wal-mart Customers: "All Black People Leave Now"

A 16-year-old-boy was taken into custody
for saying on a Wal-Mart intercom system,
"Attention, Wal-mart customers: "All
Black people leave now."

"Any statements like these that can cause
harm or grave concern must be addressed
as quickly as we possibly can." Sean
Dalton, Gloucester County Prosecutor
said.

It happened at the Washington Township,
NJ Wal-Mart. Security tapes didn't
pick-up a clear physical likeness of
the suspect.

Authorities scanned sites like Facebook
and You-Tube.

They found kids "boasting" about the
offensive incident. Police were tipped
about it too.

The charges against the teen are
intimidation and harassment. He's in
his parents' custody.

A juvenile court will hear the case,
and he could receive up to a year.

Wal-Mart's intercom system has been
updated at that particular store,
according to a spokesmen.

Brand Ban in Retail Stores

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will return.

Don't be upset, surprised, when a
brand your mother used, and then
you started using, can't be found
at your favorite retailers. The habit
of using the detergent turned into
years. It felt like a fourth cousin,
friendly.

The recession forced you to pick house
brands, store brands, generic brands,
which were within your budget. Of
course, other shoppers, were coerced
into selecting generic brands too.

People, in general, are pleased with
the generic brands. Naturally, brands
people like, they become loyal to. It's
good for the retailer, because house,
store, generic, brands cost less. They
are cheaper to stock. Retailers want to
accommodate customers, but are on the
look-out for bargains too.

Retailers are responding to the recession,
their customers, by providing affordable
house, store, generic, brands. They have
to select which brand names to shelve. It's
a brand ban. Or, some feel it's the "win,
play, show," strategy.

The "win, play, show," strategy means each
department, division, is analyzed for growth
potential, customer confidence, and advantage.

In other words, the retailers on your street
and mine reacted to their customers' behavior
by cutting back on the number of items they
make room for, shelf space nestles top selling
products, and brands crawling to the doors are
reduced. Also, brands will be removed from
shelves permanently.

The strategy remains in effect until it's
no longer feasible to do. There's no
indicator of when retailers will go back
to the "old" way.

Industry experts explained retailers want
to contract lower prices on advertising.
They, too, are looking to stretch their
dollars as far as possible.

It's reported that Wal-Mart(the United
States' largest retailer), Walgreens,
and CVS took the steps to a brand ban.

Source: http://newsblaze.com/story/20100228160350writ.nb/topstory.html

What Is The Format Of A Job Advertisement?

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will return.

Explain what the job is. Leave
nothing for the imagination.

The headline, should be five-seven
words, hooks the reader. The body
is short and to the point.

A job advertisement should include:

1. The title. Explain what the
position is about. Tell the
reader what you want him/her
to do.

2. Express the credentials, experience,
you're looking for in applicants.

3. State the number of references
you want, or other specific
information.

4. Provide the particulars on
payment.

5. Benefits of the position.

6. List your contact information.

Source:

Mission Statement

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will return.

A mission statement explains
an organization's purpose.
It's the guide by which
decisions are made. From
this guide, strategies
are formed.

The mission statement defines
your organization, business.

A mission statement stands the
test of time, recession, and
other such activity.

The mission statement is
changed when it no longer
works for a business,
organization.

It can be as short as
five sentences long.

Write a mission statement
by expressing why your business,
organization, exists.

How will your target market
benefit from your goods,
services?

What will your organization,
business, address?

It's a must to be committed
to your mission statement.

If you're uncomfortable
with any sentence of it,
change it.

Mission statements are
what matters to you.

How do you communicate with a coworker that does not like you?

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will return.

Communicate the organization's
business in a respectful manner.
Get your point across. Make sure
the person understands what you
communicated.

Ask him/her a work-place related
question if necessary.

Take note of body gestures.
A co-worker rolling his/her
eyes means, now is not the
time to ask me a question.

Do your work. Meet the
organization's goals, and that
can possibly change a co-worker's
mind about you.

Do not violate that person's
space unless it's a work related
matter. Continue with
your work-day.

Source:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_communitcate_with_a_coworker_that_does_not_like_you&updated=1&waNoAnsSet=1

G-mail Accounts: Beware

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will return.

The exploit code used to
hack China is a concern,
still.

The code can be plucked
from the Internet, and
used by anyone.

Thirty or more companies
experienced the exploit
code.

The weakness is with the
browser Explorer Six. It's
part of the Windows XP system.

The system is older, but
in use by many businesses
and private people.

The system is in need of
a patch.

Microsoft stated a patch for
the operating system is in
the works, but a specific
date wasn't given.

A few ways to help yourself
is to update Web browsers,
run intrusion software, and
use fire-walls.

It's paramount not to click
on any links, e-mails, that
are unbelievable. Or, avoid
links that are just too good
to be real.

Help Haiti: Avoid Scam Artists

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will return.

Americans want to help Haiti, but
scam artists are looking for ways
to profit.

The donating to Haiti by text-ing
scams are increasing.

The key is to donate to organizations
that are known, trusted.

Usually, catastrophic forces of nature,
home or elsewhere, will bring-out good
people wanting to help victims, and
scam artists waiting to profit.

The Federal Trade Commission is warning
people about fake e-mails promising to
help victims, and how scam artists set-up
web sites that look professional.

The goal is to help victims by putting
funds in the hands of organizations
that understand the unique challenges
of such disasters.

The Better Business Bureau has tips
for those wanting to help. The link is:
www.bbb.org.

Be aware as you step-up to help, and
be mindful of scam artists.

Sarah Palin Joins Fox News

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will return.

Palin, former Alaska governor,
signed a multi-year contract.
The position goes into effect
instantly, immediately.

"It's wonderful to be part of a
place that so values fair and
balance news," Palin said.

Palin hasn't been a fan of the
media.

She clawed-at CBS' Katie Couric,
and ABC's Charles Gibson for
how they treated her during
interviews.

Palin will not have her own show, but
will contribute to other shows. Also,
she'll host specials.

Generally, Networks prefer their on-air
personalities to not run for political
office.

On the other hand, Palin hasn't
always followed the norm.

Palin will give political commentary
and analysis.

Warning Small Businesses: Cyber-Thieves

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will return.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation
and the American Bankers Association
are recommending to small
businesses that process financial
matters, over the Internet, to
designate a specific computer for
it.

Cyber-thieves are using programs
that allow them get into online
accounts.

A computer that isn't used for
Web browsing, e-mail, has a
better chance of not being
attacked by a cyber-thieve.

Hundreds of Trojans, programs,
steal online bank accounts, and
appear daily. Click on one of
the links and your computer
is infected.

An infected computer will
give a cyber-thieve access
to all your banking information.

There is another option to
avoid a cyber-thieve. Close
the commercial account, and
open an individual account.

The law requires banks to
pay-back individuals whose
money is taken by fraud if
it's reported as soon as it
happens.

If banks conclude you were
careless in your financial
affairs, they are not
required to pay you back.

Banks differ on polices. Talk
to your bank on their fraud
policies.

Every small business owner
should make the necessary
changes to stop cyber-thieves.