By LAUREN WEBER Many job seekers have long suspected their online employment applications disappear into a black hole, never to be seen again. Their fears may not be far off the mark, as more companies rely on technology to winnow out less-qualified candidates. Recruiters and hiring managers are overwhelmed by the volume of résumés pouring [...]
By JIM FUSILLI New York With the release of “Arkeology” (Seaview), World Party has doubled its output: Since Karl Wallinger formed the band in 1986 after leaving the Waterboys, it has released five studio albums. “Arkeology” is a five-disc set of B-sides, covers, demos and live recordings cut in the studio and in concert. It’s [...]
An email landed in the wheels inbox proclaiming to contain the first ever spy shots of the upcoming Porsche halo car, the 918 Spyder. We promptly needed a new keyboard after drooling all over one and short-circuiting it. The spy managed to snap the shots using an extra long lens to zoom into the test [...]
By ERIC FELTEN Christchurch, New Zealand, where an earthquake last year killed 185 people, is still struggling with how to treat another of its casualties, the city’s Anglican cathedral. Built of stone in the 19th century, the church has been damaged repeatedly by earthquakes over the years, and repeatedly repaired. But with its spire and [...]
A California jury has retired to consider claims that Google has violated patents belonging to software developer Oracle. Google is accused of using the Java programming language in its Android mobile operating system unlawfully. The internet search giant maintains Android was built "from scratch". Last week the jury ruled that Google had infringed Oracle's copyright [...]
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – “We can see the light of a new day on the horizon,” the president said. “Our goal is to destroy al-Qaeda, and we are on a path to do exactly that,” Obama said in his speech, broadcast from the Bagram air base to an American audience halfway around the [...]
Story By: by Dan Raby Maybe YACHT wouldn’t be that sad if the complete and total annihilation of the human race happened tomorrow. The video for their song “Beam Me Up,” off their recent album Shangri-La, finds the band playing around with the upsides of doomsday in a laser tag arena. Think of a future [...]
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Story By: by David Edelstein July 17, 2009 Baron Cohen loves portraying anti-Semites as imbeciles. The title links the film to Chaplin’s Hitler satire The Great Dictator. But my guess is that there’s also a process at work here that psychiatrists call identifying with the aggressor: You assume the role of people that you fear. [...]
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