Its Live Theater Not Pajama Party
- May
- 19
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I went to a show the other night and stood in the will-call line for my tickets. In front of me was a woman, who I remember nothing about, other than the fact she was wearing pajama bottoms — to the theater!
My heart sank. Have we really come to this? I felt like that when [...]
Customer Data and Snooping Employees
- March
- 18
Wealth of Information
Vast computer databases give curious employees the ability to look up sensitive information on people with the click of a mouse. The WE Energies database includes credit and banking information, payment histories, Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers and energy usage. In some cases, it even includes income and medical information.
Experts say some [...]
After Bear Stearns Rescue Whos Next?
- March
- 18
“It’s my first job out of school. I thought it was a big company — it would be good experience,” said Ki Byung, who works for a division of Bear Stearns. “Now after a couple of months something like this happens.”Instead of making money, Bear Stearns employees trudged boxes of their personal belongings out of [...]
After Bear Stearns rescue whos next?
- March
- 18
Billionaire investor Joseph Lewis lost $1.16 billion — nearly half his $2.5 billion fortune — as a result of the deal, according to Bloomberg News. Lewis, Bear Stearns’ second-largest stakeholder, paid about $107 each for his 11 million shares and 9.4 percent stake in the company. Bloomberg News also reported that money manager Barrow Handley [...]
Customer Data and Snooping Employees
- February
- 26
Wealth of Information
Vast computer databases give curious employees the ability to look up sensitive information on people with the click of a mouse. The WE Energies database includes credit and banking information, payment histories, Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers and energy usage. In some cases, it even includes income and medical information.
Experts say some [...]
MAC BLOG SAFARIScrutinizing Shuffle, Pining for iPhone SDK, Head-Scratching Over Media Event
- February
- 23
Tiny Tunes
Apple gave its low-end, super-small 1 GB iPod shuffle a sizable price drop — from US$79 to $49 — and introduced a 2 GB shuffle that’ll sell for $69. Most every blog site quickly noted the news, with most reader comments expressing a bit of joy. “$49! I know what everyone’s getting for Christmas [...]
Customer Data and Snooping Employees
- February
- 23
Wealth of Information
Vast computer databases give curious employees the ability to look up sensitive information on people with the click of a mouse. The WE Energies database includes credit and banking information, payment histories, Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers and energy usage. In some cases, it even includes income and medical information.
Experts say some [...]
MAC BLOG SAFARIScrutinizing Shuffle, Pining for iPhone SDK, Head-Scratching Over Media Event
- February
- 23
Tiny Tunes
Apple gave its low-end, super-small 1 GB iPod shuffle a sizable price drop — from US$79 to $49 — and introduced a 2 GB shuffle that’ll sell for $69. Most every blog site quickly noted the news, with most reader comments expressing a bit of joy. “$49! I know what everyone’s getting for Christmas [...]
With Romney out Utahns in quandary
- February
- 12
LDS Church members gamely took it on the chin during Mitt Romney’s failed attempt to win the Republican presidential nomination.
National polls early in the campaign revealed Americans to have reservations about a Mormon as president. Anti-Mormon sentiment, especially among evangelical Christians, ran high. At least [...]
Heath Ledger: Campaign to bury drug video
- February
- 3
But they were not alone, PR firms representing Sean Penn, Mike Myers and Jake Gyllenhaal also registered their dismay at plans to air the video.
Ledger, 28, died in his Manhattan apartment last week. The cause of his death is still pending the outcome of toxicology tests.
Police have said several prescription drugs - but nothing [...]
