Archive for March, 2010

The #@*!#*! office copier turns 50

It has saved workers countless hours, been cursed by anyone who’s faced a paper jam on deadline, been used by office pranksters to copy body parts and been immortalized on “Saturday Night Live.” It’s the plain-paper office copier, and it’s 50 years old.
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  • Ten million Americans a year are victims of identity theft. It’s a growing problem in the United States, but fighting it doesn’t appear to be a priority, a new report says.
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  • Twitter’s homepage got a new look Tuesday, featuring a scrolling list of “top tweets” designed to give non-members a look at what they’re missing.
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  • The game begins with a teenage girl on a subway platform. She notices you are looking at her and asks, “Can I help you with something?”
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  • The world’s largest particle accelerator was set to enter a “new territory” in physics Tuesday by attempting to make two proton beams collide at high energy.
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  • When the e-mail arrived the other day, I knew instantly who it was from.
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  • As more hiring managers screen candidates by checking their online profiles, young job-seekers are changing their names on Facebook or tightening privacy settings to hide personal information.
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  • A fight between a technology titan and the world’s fastest-growing economy. Trade war tensions rising between Beijing and Washington. Google’s China flap is all too familiar for Microsoft.
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  • ‘Flying’ boat to circle globe

    The captain of a huge “flying” boat that has smashed world records for speed on water now plans to sail round the world in under 40 days.
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  • Facebook on Friday proposed creating a way for people to add their locations to pages on the social-networking site but released almost no details about how the feature will work.
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