Your Keyboard’s Crappy, Literally

Ready, set, get out the disinfectant. When researchers tested keyboards in a "typical" London office, one of them was removed and quarantined because it was five times as filthy as the office toilet. Bet that guy's popular now.

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Display Ads Working Well For L.A. Paper’s Site

The death of print used to be a hot topic, and after the first signs of a recession appeared, predicting print's downfall became absolutely fashionable.  But an examination of the Los Angeles Times's display ad revenue reveals that it's doing a good job of adapting.

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Tech Founders Not All In Their 20s

The common belief that all entrepreneurs who start tech companies are in their 20s or teens is being challenged by a lengthy study that started in 1995 thru 2005 which found that only 1 percent of American founders were teenagers.The study by Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and researchers at Duke and Harvard found that most U.S. born technology and engineering company founders are middle-aged, with…

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Metallica Changes Download Tune

The old joke is that Metallica sold out in 45 minutes—not a concert, just sold out. The wicked bass and drums didn't score any points with purists when the band did a 180 and decided MTV was good for their career after all, nor were any points scored when they went after Napster. Those who know exactly what I'm talking about will also double-take when…

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