Seems like every day there's more news of layoffs in the tech sector and beyond, and if you're one of the survivors worried about your job security, startup founder and CEO Kevin Merritt offers some pointers on what to do before the pink slip lands on your desk. His most unexpected piece of advice? Start exercising. We all know that discrimination is illegal for most reasons and unethical for other reasons. But if you’ve watched 60 Minutes, you know that’s not how humans behave. With comparably qualified candidates, the attractive, fit people are usually offered the job. What are...
Think of the new Sling.com as the cloud destination for all of your Slingbox content. If you're used to receiving your Slingbox video subscriptions wherever you are around the world, the new video website, opening today, gives you the opportunity to check it out on one more platform: the browser. Basically, the box will still be doing its regular job of pushing through your favorite video, but instead of just streaming it to your specified hardware (like your PC notebook) via the web, it will actually be available on the web. Slingbox on the web leads the new site's...
Props to CBS for knowing exactly how to clip segments from its programming. This bit from last night’s 60 Minutes pits Anderson Cooper against an out-of-shape Michael Phelps in “a little pool competition.” It goes about how you’d imagine. And today is the third day of a remarkable charity event that indulges the sadistic streak of video gamers for a good cause — the sketch comedy group Loading Ready Run is playing Desert Bus, the world’s worst video game, and livestreaming the fun on Ustream. Why is something so awful so watchable? Find out at NewTeeVee Station!...
Could Open ID have received the change it needs to finally break out from the domain of open source nerds and open platform zealots? You don’t get much higher than President-elect Barack Obama, and the change Open ID may need comes from Change.gov, the official website of the Office of the President Elect. The transition team added the ability to comment on blog posts using Open ID this week as part of its installation of Intense Debate. Not all blog posts have comments points out Marshall at RWW, but those that do can now be commented on while logged...
Crystal Disk Info has been covered before at Ghacks as a tool to display the hours a hard drive has been running. The hard drive diagnostic tool can do a lot more than that however but more about that later in the article. The software program is a portable application that can immediately displays information about connected hard drives (IDE, SATA and SSD) like the current transfer mode, the power on count and the power on hours. Other important information include the hard drive’s temperature, the health status, the drive letters and supported features. The tool is displaying the S.M.A.R.T....
No this isn’t news of an asteroid or comet on an imminent path to hit the moon. A couple weeks back I watched two great programs on man’s exploration of the moon and since my mind has been a whirlwind of thought on a variety of subjects. As you’d imagine most centering around photography. Click to Enlarge The programs viewed were IMAX: Magnificent Desolation and In The Shadow of the Moon. I received these movies via NetFlix and they sat idle on my home theater cabinet for over a month. I’m embarrassed to admit it, but in the vein of...
Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-Free At 7, ABC has the American Music Awards Red Carpet, followed by the American Music Awards. CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7, then new episodes of The Amazing Race, Cold Case, and The Unit. NBC has Football Night In America at 7, followed by the Colts/Chargers game. At 8, FOX has 24: Redemption. Disney has a new Hannah Montana at 9, then the movie Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds. Showtime has a new Brotherhood at 8, followed by new episodes of Dexter and Californication. At 9,...
I led a press conference this morning, packed with television cameras at The Humane Society of the United States' headquarters in Washington, D.C., to announce the results of a new eight-month investigation into puppy mill cruelty. The HSUS investigated more than 20 Petland stores and found that these stores, part of the nation's largest puppy-selling retail chain, are selling dogs from abusive puppy mills in Missouri and across the Midwest, while assuring consumers that they only buy puppies from good breeders with the highest standards of care. Some Petland stores even buy puppies from brokers and middlemen, and may not...
