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Archive for January, 2010

Save Space writing campaign sends 500,000 letters to Washington in … – TCPalm

Robin Fisher has a message for President Barack Obama: Save NASA jobs. “To retain our nation’s leading science and technological standing in the world, it is necessary that we take steps now to retain this unique workforce,” Fisher, a Brevard …

Film editor killed by getaway car in NYC – LoHud.com

NEW YORK (AP) — An award-winning film editor who worked on many of Errol Morris’ documentaries, including “The Fog of War,” was struck and killed by a getaway car speeding from a Manhattan drugstore robbery, police and her mother said on Saturday …

Taking note of a new competitor – Honolulu Advertiser

That makes sense in that there has been an explosion in those using social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. “The insight we had early on was that a large majority of people actually get their news through social connections …

Google joins the ‘kill-IE6′ campaign – Network World Fusion

“We’re going to begin phasing out our support, starting with Google Docs and Google Sites,” said Rajen Sheth, senior product manager for Google Apps, in a Friday entry on the company’s enterprise blog . “As a result, you may find that from March 1 …

When is one more gadget just too many? – Buffalo News

Kira Marchenese works in online communications, and so she arrived on a business trip to New York earlier this week equipped with all the gadgets you might expect: personal smart phone, work smart phone, laptop, iPod touch. Problem is, her hotel room …

China activist to end protest at Tokyo airport – MSNBC

TOKYO – A Chinese activist who spent nearly 90 days camping out at Tokyo’s international airport after being barred from going home said Sunday that he was ending his protest after Chinese officials visited him. Feng Zhenghu had stayed at Narita …

Retailers must understand the power of ‘Gen Y’ – Asheville Citizen-Times

In “GenBuY: How Tweens, Teens and Twenty-Somethings Are Revolutionizing Retail,” Kit Yarrow and Jayne O’Donnell provide insight as to what members of “Generation Y” (those born between 1978 and 2000) want, why they buy and what marketers can …

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand promises to make Syracuse-area job growth her … – Syracuse Post-Standard

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says the biggest challenge facing Central New York is the economy, and promised this week to make job growth for the Syracuse region her top local priority. “The biggest issue is jobs,” Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said in an …

WE NEEDED MANAGERIAL CHANGE – CALDWELL – Sporting Life

FOOTBALL NEWS Gary Caldwell – Burley dismissal right. WE NEEDED MANAGERIAL CHANGE – CALDWELL Click here to follow us on Twitter! Click here for our special Transfer Centre! Click here for more football headlines! Gary Caldwell believes George Burley …

Sunkids and courtroom shadows – Sydney Morning Herald

… more encouraging news has emerged out of the US profit reporting season. The toymaker Mattel reported it had managed to brainwash the latest generation of young girls into buying Barbie dolls – partly with the help of Facebook and Twitter. ”