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Hiring the wrong person for key company positions can cost a business thousands — or tens of thousands — of dollars and man hours.…

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Karen Butler maintains that after being heavily sedated she awoke speaking with a thick British accent. Can it be true?

He showed a clip from a local news station that equated the portrayal of homosexuality on 'Glee' to product placement. "You throw a soda in a movie and within a few seconds everybody in the theater is thirsty for that particular brand," the woman in the clip said.

London is unprepared for a terrorist attack on the 2012 Olympics because of a chronic shortage of air ambulance crews and other fast response teams, Lady Justice Hallett warned in her report into the July 7, 2005 terrorist attacks.

Joystick Division looks at gamers' reactions to the PSN hack and outage.

Here’s a headline you don’t see too often: “Rubber Chicken Turned NASA Mission Mascot Embarks on a Flight to Space.” Seriously, this is a true story.

New data from comScore for this past March has pointed to Apple nearly passing RIM in smartphone market share for the US. Shipping 18.65 million iPhones helped Apple gain half a point since December to hit 25.5 percent share in its home country.

Trash talking and sports go together like apples and pie. They are synonymous like chicken and dumplings. They mix beautifully like peanut butter and jelly!

The Long Island Serial Killer may one day take his place alongside the Gacys and the Bundys. Or he may be all but forgotten like these poor lunatics.

Looks like Skype is in play, again. Unlike last time, both the suitors have good business reasons. Between Google and Facebook, the social networking giant makes perfect sense. We actually suggested this deal six months ago. Question is: why does Skype want to sell?

Golfing legend Severiano Ballesteros died Saturday from complications related to a brain tumor, according to his official website. He was 54.

Alexander can turn his head 180 degrees. Apparently?

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WANT.

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Not quite as dignified as many of his peers.

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Bwooooooom ?

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As with any product of this kind, there's always a balance and trade-offs between functionality and aesthetics. Sometimes you have to learn the hard way.

'The industry estimates are wrong. They're low. You can write that down.'

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Report: Condé Nast Springs Ahead of Hearst With iPad Subscription Pact  —  Welcome to the future — it only costs $19.99.  —  Condé Nast, the publisher of Vogue, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, GQ and Wired, is on the verge of announcing a pact with Apple to begin selling digital subscriptions …

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PSN reactivation delayed for ‘further testing,’ likely not coming back this week  —  On Sunday, Sony announced that “some” PSN services, including online play, would come back this week.  With very little of this week remaining, you might be wondering if it's still going to happen.  Well, it isn't.

This past November, the blogosphere was briefly set on fire when a comment Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak made in passing stated that Apple had acquired the voice recognition company Nuance. Wozniak quickly came out and corrected that comment, and most believed that he had simply confused Nuance with the company he mentioned right afterwards, Siri — a company that Apple actually did acquire in April 2010. But as it turns out, Wozniak's comment, whether he knew it or not at the time, may not have been as off as it seemed. Apple has been negotiating a deal with Nuance in recent months, we've heard from multiple sources. What does that mean? Well, it could mean an acquisition, but that is looking fairly unlikely at this point, we hear. More likely, it means a partnership that will be vital to both companies and could shape the future of iOS.

Google has begun testing a new design for its search engine results page, one that sports a new color scheme and a lot more white space. A Googl…

By now it’s common knowledge that the news of Osama Bin Laden’s death broke on Twitter. Donald Rumsfeld’s Chief of Staff, the…

For many of us a morning without coffee or tea is a like the proverbial day without sunshine. For me much of it is about the ritual. Okay, who am I kidding?

Pole dancing is on the rise as a form of fitness, but calling it a sport may still be a stretch. Or is it?

Kamel Makhloufi created this simple yet stunning visualization of Iraq war casualties using just pixels to represent deaths.

Apartment renters are the angriest and most jaded people on the planet. On one hand, I see where they're coming from: Every day, dozens of people call a renter and visit his/her apartment. The renter has to answer the same questions over and over again, they need to tour people around, and they need to feign excitement.

Think you've mastered Apple's iTunes app? Not so fast. Here are some expert tips guaranteed to help you get even more out of the media database powering your iPhone or iPad.

Your overall happiness may depend in part on whether you drew the long or short version of a gene, say researchers.

Apple reportedly made an extremely interesting move recently. when it hired audio engineer and THX sound system inventor Tomlinson Holman to head up audio at Apple.

At the state level, the GOP's attacks on reproductive rights may widen the already huge gulf between red and blue states in health, family stability, and education.

Smartphones’ share of the global cell phone market is poised to explode over the next four years, according to market research firm Pyramid Research.

No games have been played -- or even any offseason practices held -- but the Green Bay Packers remain a favorite to win Super Bowl XLVI.

Maker Faire Bay Area is approaching fast – only 15 days! And this means that you have only one more week to score Early Bird ticket discounts. If you order before midnight PDT on Wednesday, May 11, you’ll get $5.00 off all ticket prices. Order yours here, and we’ll see you there!

"My life is over," my friend wailed into the phone after greeting me. Usually upbeat and not prone to dramatics, her unusual mood was startling. "What's going on?" I cried.

"It's my Mom," she said sadly. Immediately, I began to panic. I had known my friend-- and her mother-- for more than 25 years. They were like family to me.

"What happened?"

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Statistics overwhelming say you will have to help a friend who is depressed...are you up to the task?

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I'm seeing an epidemic of "porn addiction" in my office. Not of porn addiction, but of "porn addiction."

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"How much alcohol can a woman safely drink during pregnancy?" The answer is we don't know. But if it's your daughter, your granddaughter, or friend, or patient, the most caring answer is, "No amount is safe."

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During Saturday's White House correspondents dinner, "Saturday Night Live's" Seth Meyers jokingly scolded members of Congress for passing legislation they might never ever read. And he did so using a tech metaphor.

In the aftermath of the successful Osama bin Laden operation, President Barack Obama has come out looking strong and determined on national security. Where the administration has often been accused of dithering, the narrative, at least for now, has shifted.

New Bieber, y'all. From Australia. All the new Biebers are from Australia these days. What a set of pipes on this kid.

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CULTURE BUZZ: Portal 2, gloriously re-imagined by Tristan Reidford as a sci-fi flick from the '70s. ( Via )

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B is for Beard by BT Livermore is an ABC experience for fans of facial hair! Here's a selection. Informative AND fun! (Via Buy Me Stuff )

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How about a nice hot cup of evil?!

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These are the top posts from Friday, May 6, 2011.

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Check out the music video for “Reds” by Houses. It features timelapses of melting ice sculptures! (Via officialhype )

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She rails against the dying of her youth.

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Metal mouth!

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