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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Struggling electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc. is considering a plan to shut at least 150 stores and cut thousands of jobs to avoid filing for bankruptcy protection...
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Interesting utility, and didn’t know it was there.  I was reviewing an Excel spreadsheet, and couldn’t navigate correctly.  I glanced down in the status area, and noticed that “Scroll Lock” was...
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Anyone else following the Twitter blog?  This one just went up… Stepping into Different Roles Jack and I have worked together since the beginning to define a direction and goals for the future of...
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The last I really hear from someone in their blog they fall on their backside and had a bruise like Mars?   Also, anyone else notice the new version of Windows Live Writer sometimes truncates?
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This is sad.  As the economy stumbles, just like in the depression when folks witnessed others jumping out of windows, CNN posts tragedy throughout the US. http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/13/economy...
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So I’m walking through Home Depot this afternoon (five minutes from my house can cause problems for me), and I’m beginning to notice a pattern.  Workers no longer seem to really want to help customers...
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Looks like Amazon has marked down their Philips digital photo frames at least 20% Eight Great Deals on Philips Frames
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According to a recent study by O2 , Six degrees of separation has fallen to three due to the impact of social networking and developments in technology, according to a study carried out by O2. O2 commissioned...
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I launched Windows Live Writer a bit ago and got a notice that Live Writer will be expiring in 29 days, and to download the new version.  I thought maybe there was a new version but nothing. ...
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I love when Google Reader does this: No explanation for what happened, it eventually goes away, but it just sits there for a few seconds while it pulls an oops.
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So I decided to take the plunge and install Adobe 9.  While I’m installing, the install pauses and gives me this screen: Um…excuse me Adobe…but the application you’re telling me to close is the application...
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Fun-packed 'Burn Notice' rekindles summer romance In Thursday's season two debut, the coolly brainy Jeffrey Donovan is back as Michael Westen, a spy who has been unceremoniously “burned” (as...
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Is this the first of many to go down this path? Starting next month, it will be "TGIT" for Utah state employees. As in: "Thank God It's Thursday." In a yearlong experiment aimed...
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Needless to say I didn't bring the right phone with me. Plenty of photo ops but I need my 3 megapixel camera, not this lousy 1.3. Dang....
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Band is on break. Will get more pictures later but I don't think I can get any closer without being in the band. Last time I heard music like this I needed to breathe out of my mouth.
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I've made it to Nashville...staying at Opryland. Hanging out tonight in Jack Daniels Saloon. Not sure of the name of the band but they are playing some great music.
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I’ll be posting more later on.  I loaded the new Phoenix/Alpha release of RSS Bandit this morning.  I’ve not had time to test the sync to Google Reader but will.  I will say this though...
I’ve been testing several different news readers over the last few days, and watching resource utilization at the same time.  A few days ago, Outlook 2007 slowed to a crawl, only to discover one of...
Hmmm…interesting concept for those that may be a little addicted to Sat TV.  Portable sat TV   DIRECTV® SAT-GO ("Satellite-To-Go") combines a receiver, antenna and TV all in one easy...
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Will it ever end?  Here’s the latest radar: It’s moving northeast so we’re in for it again.  Good grief…this has been a heck of a 36 hour warning frenzy.
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I got an email today from someone who read my blog and sent me a question.  I was a little surprised at the response (no offense to the person who sent me the email…just made me think).  The...
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The end of an era for P&G…just read this in the local press… Jams and jellies company J.M. Smucker is moving to take over more for of the breakfast table, announcing this morning that it will buy Folgers...
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Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Memo #1: Do not let security dudes play video games on their cell phones while guarding nuclear weapons. Last August, airmen of the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force...
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Employers seeking to decrease interruptions may want to have their workers use instant messaging software, a new study suggests. A recent study by researchers at Ohio State University and University of...
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Interesting predictions… We'll live to be 140 -- if we don't kill each other first. We'll still need oil. Water will be scarce and AIDS will be eradicated -- along with a host of chronic diseases...
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One of the best desktop weather products I’ve used, and it’s free.  Tropic Designs has released build 5 of the product.  Why is it the best?  No limits to how many locations you track, no...
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Indiana Jones is at it again. After 19 years he is back for a new adventure. In this newest film he is on the trail of the illusive crystal skulls. As with all episodes in the Indiana Jones series there...
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So this morning I unsub'd from all my myITforum lists with my gmail.com address, and attempted to re-subscribe. Unfortunately, nothing. I received no confirmations that my subscription was accepted...
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How concerned are companies about the content of email leaving their organizations? And how do companies manage the legal and financial risks associated with outbound email? To find out, Proofpoint and...
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