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From ReportOnBusiness.com: Sure, they say they have an open-door policy. Some even work in cubicles, just like everyone else in the firm. But don’t let the optics fool you. Two-thirds of executives prefer e-mail to other forms of communication with employees, according to a survey released Thursday. Staffing agency OfficeTeam, which routinely conducts surveys on …
From CBS News: No one would set a scrapbook filled with pictures and memories on the tombstone of a loved one. But what about a high-tech, weatherproof version, with digital images powered by a solar cell? That innovation is available now – but finding customers so far has proven slow going. “I haven’t sold any,” …
From CNN: Like a first love or a first car, a first computer can hold a special place in people’s hearts. For millions of kids who grew up in the 1980s, that first computer was the Commodore 64. Twenty-five years later, that first brush with computer addiction is as strong as ever. “There was something …
From BBC News: Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has said teachers who refuse students access to the site are “bad educators”. Speaking at the Online Information conference at London’s Olympia, he dismissed the long-running controversy over the site’s authority. He said he now thinks that students should be able to cite the online encyclopaedia in their …
From Wired Blog Network: Will Mac OS X one day run Windows apps without the need for dual booting or virtual machines? That’s the question/rumor currently making the rounds after Wine developer Steven Edwards discovered Leopard contains an undocumented loader for Portable Executables, a filetype used in Windows applications. When Apple made the switch to …
From the New York Times: Cellphones, laptops, digital cameras and MP3 music players are among the hottest gift items this year. For preschoolers. Toy makers and retailers are filling shelves with new tech devices for children ages 3 and up, and sometimes even down. They say they are catering to junior consumers who want to …
From Silicon.com: Take a look at your keyboard. Is last week’s lunch still decorating the space bar? What about your phone? Does the earpiece look as greasy as a spoon in a truckers’ café? Office equipment harbours millions of germs – with telephones, keyboards and mice particularly fertile breeding grounds for nasties, claims IT equipment …
From InformationWeek: Apple CEO Steve Jobs, the man behind the popular iPod, is the world’s most powerful businessman, according to Fortune Magazine’s list of the 25 most influential executives. PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, who reshaped the soft drinks giant, is the most powerful businesswoman, said the magazine, which made its selection partly based on executives’ …
From USA Today: Greenpeace gave Microsoft and Nintendo abysmal rankings Tuesday on their efforts to phase out toxic chemicals from their game consoles. Nintendo became the first company to score zero out of a possible 10 points in the Greenpeace ranking of 18 leading electronics companies. It provided no information to consumers on the substances …
From MSNBC: In 2003, Los Angeles Times photographer Brian Walski caused an uproar when it was discovered that his picture of a British soldier yelling at fleeing residents in Iraq, published prominently by many U.S. newspapers, had been altered. Walski had combined two snapshots taken moments apart of the British soldier urging residents to take …