68 Million Will Shop For Ideal Gift - At Work (The Tampa Tribune) More than half of office workers with Internet access will shop for gifts from work this holiday season, according to a recent survey....more...'Big Mac' has a whopper of a game (Sun Valley Central) Community School 6-6 senior post Mac Whittington had his game face Wednesday night when the Cutthroat boys' varsity basketball team hosted the Hansen Huskies in a home debut at The Fish Tank in Sun Valley....more... Briefly: Free Apple shipping; German iPhones (MacNN) In brief: Apple is offering free shipping on all orders from its online store as part of "Cyber Monday," German iPhones customers who pay the additional premium are already reaping the benefits of their Apple-unlocked handsets, and Eternal Storms Software today released EPSQuickLookPlugin. An avid Mac developer is offering a sneak peek at WideMail ... ...more... Hitman (Miami New Times) Fresh from creating domestic cyber-anarchy in this summer's Live Free or Die Hard, Timothy Olyphant goes global as top-flight international assassin Agent 47 in producer Luc Besson and director Xavier Gens's bargain-basement adaptation of the titular videogame. Cut loose by his Orwellian parent orga ......more... Cyber Monday Kicks Off Online Holiday Shopping at Barnes & Noble.com (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) NEW YORK----Barnes & Noble, Inc. , the world's largest bookseller, announced that Barnes & Noble.com kicked off the online holiday shopping season on Cyber Monday, November 26....more... Tech Roundup: Dell 3Q Results Mixed (AP via Yahoo! Finance) The last week of November was a spotty one for tech companies: Investors cheered the end of Ed Zander's tenure as Motorola Inc.'s chief executive, while Dell Inc.'s shares tumbled after the computer maker's third-quarter failed to impress investors....more... Briefly: Win apps in OS X without Windows (MacNN) In brief: Apple may be planning to out-Windows Windows, iPhoto Buddy proceeds go to charity, an iPodXtras sale has been announced, and there is a new EMR Map-making contest ... Apple may be planning to build the capability to run Windows applications without Windows into Mac OS X. CrunchGear reports that a user on a WINE mailing list has found tant... ...more... Welcome To The Click Society: The 2008 Mega Trends | By Naseem Javed (Hospitality Net) We are simply not alone any longer, anywhere or anytime... not even in the most private rooms and quiet spaces that we so dearly cherish. All that beautiful décor and openness that we think is filled with fresh air is actually jam packed with zillions of invisible wireless messages, electronic signals, streaming videos and all kinds of pulses that are fast forwarding our cyber-society of today....more... Boardroom boys at play (The Telegraph) The boardroom boys were out, matching their wits and stamina to achieve goals other than annual growth targets. These executives showed that they don?t just work, they play, too. They also demonstrated that companies could think of games other than cricket if they want to sponsor sports....more... |