You probably already know about existing employee monitoring software that can capture your keystrokes or screenshots or track which websites you visit while on the clock — but a new patent idea from Microsoft would take workplace surveillance one step further with software that can actually analyze human behavior.
November 18, 2011 I know you've seen hangover drinks on the counter while checking out at your favorite party store. I have always wondered if they work. There is a new one out taking up counter space, it's called NOHO. Strange name but who cares as long as it works.
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November 16, 2011 Have we come to this point with budget shortages? Jefferson County, Colorado apparently has. The county is trying to bridge the gap in their budget, so they sold an ad to a non-profit organization. (Collegeinvest)
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November 15, 2011 A Massachusetts law professor has created a campus firestorm with an email to colleagues that declares it would be 'shameful' to send care packages to U.S. troops who have gone overseas to kill other human beings. Who is this man? Michael Avery, a professor at Suffolk University Law School. Read more about the firestorm and watch the video after the jump.
November 9, 2011 Just in time for the holiday season, deer hunting season, warming up your car season the price of gasoline has taken another sudden leap upward. Most Flint-area stations were selling regular unleaded gas for around 3
November 5, 2011 In an attempt to save water, Levi's is suggesting you freeze your jeans instead of wash them. I'm not sure that would work for those really hard to get out stains. I know that the Levi Strauss company has come a long way since the bell bottom days of the 1970's. The company is on today's cutting edge, totally green. Move the Lean Cuisine out of the way and make room for the jeans.
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November 4, 2011 Here we go, no more blue contact lenses. I'm very surprised this discovery didn't come along sooner. I guess the next logical question would be, are you going to change your eye color to blue? Dr. Gregg Homer has been working on the technology for 10 years.
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Check your tax return from last year. If you paid taxes, you may have paid more, percentage-wise, than some of this country's largest corporations.
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Economy watchers are oohing and aahing over Michigan’s recovery, saying the Great Lakes State is coming out of the recession at the second-fastest rate in the US. The one state outpacing Michigan is North Dakota, where the economy is being fueled by an oil boom.
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November 3, 2011 The Flint Journal, in it's Thursday edition, outlines major changes in news delivery and pricing of the Journal. In their announcement, it was disclosed that they have plans to pursue a fresh, innovative approach to news delivery more closely aligned with the digital future.
In the process, a new company, MLive Media Group, has been formed to carry all the Booth Newspapers and MLive.com into the next era of news media. What does this mean to the local customer? More details after the jump.
November 2, 2011 I don't think these people are dumpster-diving because they can't afford to buy food. I think they're doing it so they can save a little on their grocery bill. I'm not so sure I could do it just to save money or to be a 'Hipster'. But, if it came down to eating or starving to death then all bets are off, I would climb right over you to get at it.
Hit the jump to read more about this new trend in Brooklyn, New York.
November 1, 2011 When you go into a fast food restaurant's play area do you think they're clean? If you said no, you're not alone. Erin Carr-Jordan, a child development specialist and mother of four, has been banned from eight McDonald's in the Phoenix area. Presumably for swabbing the children's play areas for germs.
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