eBook pirates cash in on Kindle boom
Increasing sales of eReaders is good news for Amazon, which produces the best-selling Kindle and
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Intel ships new Atom processors to PC makers
Global chip maker Intel Corporation began shipping its new mobile Atom processors with more features
Smartphones eating into camera sales in US
Smartphones are eating into sales of basic cameras and camcorders in the US, BBC reported citing a
1 in 4 employees prefer texting bosses rather than calling to say they’re ill
More workers are ditching the traditional telephone call, and are texting their bosses instead to take a sick leave, a new survey has found
Shoppers warned against ‘fake and cheap’ gadgets that can kill
A consumer group investigating fake items in the market has warned that cheap, counterfeit consoles and other electrical goods flooding in from the Far East could kill a person
Brit employees waste 2 weeks a year looking up lost information
Office workers in Britain waste almost two weeks a year sifting through emails and electronic documents searching for lost information on their computers
Teleworking ‘not a family-friendly arrangement’
Teleworking can stress out parents to the point of burnout or exhaustion, as they have to work under a lot of domestic pressure
Two-thirds of employees ‘badvocate’ their employers
A new survey has revealed that a majority of employees in Australia aren’t satisfied with their companies, and so wouldn’t recommend their employer to anyone else
Online interaction may lead to risky financial decision-making
People who participate in online communities, which deal with lending and auctions, have greater chances of taking risky financial decisions, a new study including an Indian origin researcher has suggested
Law firms rate men jurors higher based on stereotypes
A new study has found that partners in Wall Street law firms write equally nice things about the work of their male and female junior lawyers, but when it comes to using hard numbers