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Why You Should Learn Math: Mathematicians Have the Best Job 
Alex via Neatorama on Wed, 07 Jan. 2009
Sarah Needleman of The Wall Street Journal wrote an interesting article about a new CareerCast.com study from Les Krantz, author of Jobs Rated Almanac, about the best and worst jobs in the U.S.
The study evaluated 200 jobs according to environment, income, employmen
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The Nicest and Naughtiest CEOs of 2008
Alex via Neatorama on Sat, 27 Dec. 2008
Glassdoor.com, a website that lets employees anonymously rate and review their employers, has released its list of the nicest and naughtiest CEOs of 2008. The nicest CEO is Genentech’s Art Levinson with a 92% approval rating and the least popular CEO is Steve Odland of
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Larry Ellison speaks 2008
Shayna Garlick via OraNA :: Oracle News Aggregato on Tue, 23 Dec. 2008
If there’s one thing that Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is known for, it’s his willingness to share what’s on his mind.
The last time we looked at some of Ellison’s most quotable moments, we found he was candid on everything from business to parenting to being filthy rich. And since 2008 was
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Dear God,
hahanu via haha.nu on Sun, 21 Dec. 2008
When the kids write to God… Click to see more, and see also the God’s inbox.
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Windows Live Sync vs. Live Mesh vs. SkyDrive: Which is Right for You?
Amit Agarwal via Digital Inspiration - Technolo on Sun, 21 Dec. 2008
The new Windows Live suite includes three different services for file storage and online synchronization. They are called Live Mesh, Windows Live Sync and Windows Live SkyDrive - all apps are available for free and you just need a Windows Live account to get started.
Windows
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Turn your Computer Screen Upside Down
Amit Agarwal via Digital Inspiration - Technolo on Thu, 18 Dec. 2008
Turning the computer display upside-down has quite a few legit uses, on wall mounted LCDs for example, but you may also use this as a office prank on some unsuspecting colleague.
So if you have a Windows PC with an Intel chipset, press CTRL+ALT+Down Key to turn the display upside do
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If u cn rd this quickly, gd 4 u
(unknown author) via doggdot.us on Thu, 11 Dec. 2008
Mobile phone text-message abbreviations and simplifications are not ruining our spelling, but they do take much longer to read and understand than conventional English, a small Australian study has shown. University of Tasmania...
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Privacy, tabs and web content overhaul in Firefox 3.1 Beta 2
Percy Cabello via Mozilla Links on Tue, 09 Dec. 2008
Mozilla has released Firefox 3.1 Beta 2, the second development release of the first major update to Firefox 3, released about six months ago.
Firefox 3.1 will bring several new features (most of them pulled back from Firefox 3), along with significant performance, usability, and web standards support improvements.
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What You Should Tip [Tipping]
Ben Popken via Consumerist on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Ever wonder what the "right" tip was to give a service provider? Well, wonder no longer as Yahoo Hotjobs offers the following tip suggestions for a variety of workers: * Bartender: 10-15 percent
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Learn How To Pronounce Foreign Names Correctly
Amit Agarwal via Digital Inspiration - Technolo on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
If you ever happen to interact with individuals from different countries who have unfamiliar names, the audio pronunciation guide from HowToSayThatName.com will come pretty handy.
"How to Say that Name&qu
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The Best Online Storage Service - Windows SkyDrive
Amit Agarwal via Digital Inspiration - Technolo on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Windows Live SkyDrive - Your Internet Hard Drive
One needs to be extremely careful when choosing an online file storage service because you never know how long will a company survive if they offer everything for free.
There’re so
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50 Incorrect Pronunciations That Make You Look Dumb
Maeve via Daily Writing Tips on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Fred Astaire drew laughs back in the Thirties with his song “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” in which the lovers can’t agree on the pronunciation of words like either, neither, and tomato.
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10 of the Best Adobe AIR Applications
Sean P. Aune via Mashable! on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Are you getting the most out of your Adobe AIR installation? Are you one of those people that installed it for one specific application and never explored what else was out there? Well, it’s time to get more out of AIR, and here are 10 apps that will make yo
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MySQL creator: version 5.1 released with "fatal bugs"
segphault@arstechnica.com (Rya via Ars Technica on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
MySQL 5.1 has been released, but MySQL cofounder Michael Widenius says that the new version isn't ready yet and has serious bugs. He says that the software was released prematurely because MySQL management no longer treats quality as the highest priority.Read More...
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Gmail Google Desktop Gadget Now Available [Featured Windows Download]
Gina Trapani via Lifehacker on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Windows only (running Google Desktop): If you want access to your Gmail on your desktop (literally) without running a full-blown email client, now you can download the Gmail Google Desktop gadget. You'll need the free Google Desktop software installed first, and then you ca
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SMS Touch: Send Free Text Messages Through Email [IPhone Apps]
Mark Wilson via Gizmodo on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
From the maker of handy iPhone landscape typing program TouchType, SMS Touch is an iPhone app that allows users to send unlimited text messages without paying for an SMS plan. It
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Chrome Extensions On the Way, Adblock Imminent [Google Chrome]
Adam Pash via Lifehacker on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
Google has published official documentation detailing their plans to bring extensions to their beta web browser Chrome. When we asked you a few months back whether Chrome with extensions would convinc
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How Many Hours Does It Take To Tell Comcast That You Can't Make Local Calls? [Comcatastrophe]
Meg Marco via Consumerist on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
Reader Brad forwarded some links to chat transcripts in which he tries to tell Comcast that he can't make local calls, during which he alternates from incredulity to despair then back to incredulity again. He even sings to the CSR. Here is a brief excerpt. Theories are proposed
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No more alphabet-soup news
Jeff Jarvis via BuzzMachine on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
CNN is heading 180 degrees in the wrong direction with its attempt to start a wire service to compete with the Associated Press, I think. CNN is just trying to amortize the cost of its existing coverage by reselling it and it may find a few clients. But I’m dubious because newspapers and news sites are canc
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Animated Typewriter Effect for your Text
Amit Agarwal via Digital Inspiration » feature on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
Screedbot is an online tool that adds the scrolling typewriter effect to any block of text. The output image is rendered as an animated GIF file that you can easily embed in web pages.
Screedbot is a
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