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Teaching the Facebook Generation

Yahoo! | 17 minutes ago

Our goal as college professors is to open students minds to new experiences so they can grow intellectually while they mature through the traditional four-year process. But we are also challenged to give students the immediate skills they will need once they graduate so that they can begin their professional careers and move away from the fry-o-later to the cubicle and beyond.... (more)

Intel Antitrust, 'Net Bug, Coding Error

Yahoo! | 1 hour 24 minutes ago

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed federal antitrust charges against Intel this week, with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission expected to follow suit. Security problems yet again snagged a lot of IT headline attention, including news about yet another flaw affecting Facebook and MySpace users. To mix things up, we've got IT angles to Beatles music and the Boston Celtics in there, too.... (more)

EBay settles lawsuit filed by Skype founders

Yahoo! | 1 hour 25 minutes ago

EBay Inc. has settled a legal skirmish with the founders of Skype that threatened to complicate eBay's plans to sell most of the Internet phone service to a group of investors for $2 billion.... (more)

Verizon's 'iDon't' Campaign Creates Humor, Not Sales

NewsFactor Network | 1 hour 25 minutes ago

Verizon Wireless is poking fun at Apple, Inc.'s iPhone with "iDon't" commercials for its DROID smartphone, but the iPhone is so entrenched the ads aren't likely to hurt sales. The $199 DROID from Motorola is powered by Android 2.0 and Verizon has introduced a serious device. But Verizon's "iDon't" ads may benefit Motorola and Google the most.... (more)

Droid joins 'Google phone' army in smart phone war

Yahoo! | 1 hour 25 minutes ago

A Motorola Droid smart phone goes on sale Friday, joining the growing ranks of smart phones on the open-source operating system backed by Google.... (more)

Couple on rescue mission for Paws | Crain's Chicago Business

Crain's Chicago Business | 1 hour 27 minutes ago

Paws was founded by Paula Fasseas, vice-chairman of Metropolitan Chicago Bank & Trust, in 1997. It is the city's largest no-kill humane organization and runs the largest free spay-neuter clinic in the nation. Since its founding, the number of homeless pets killed in the city has been reduced by more than half from 42,561 animals in 1997 to 19,288 in 2008. Ted Souder, head of regional industry and travel for Google, and his wife, Lori, are co-chairing Friday's Fur Ball fundraiser. Crain's ta...... (more)

Taking a step back from overexposure | Crain's Chicago Business

Crain's Chicago Business | 1 hour 28 minutes ago

Carrie Lannon used to go out a lot. Ms. Lannon, vice-president of strategic partnerships at Merchandise Mart Properties Inc., previously owned a boutique public-relations firm for 13 years. During that time, she attended one or two galas a weekend; hectic workdays sometimes required three wardrobe changes. She paid a part-time assistant just to keep track of her social engagements.... (more)

Virtual Goods Start Bringing Real Paydays

New York Times, The | 3 hours 29 minutes ago

SAN FRANCISCO Silicon Valley may have discovered the perfect business: charging real money for products that do not exist.... (more)

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