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Users are also getting the option to save playlists and notes–the service’s equivalent to a shopping list. Previously these would disappear between sessions, which kept it from doubling as an ad-hoc music streaming tool.
Note: The iTunes plug-in is currently Windows-only. You can download it here (.EXE [...]
Meanwhile, Vietnamese security firm BKIS says it has come across clues suggesting that the
Conficker worm, which is supposed to start communicating with computers on April 1, may have Chinese origins. BKIS reported Monday that it spotted similarities between Conficker’s code and that of the 2001 Nimda virus, though in both cases the findings are not [...]
The exact number of layoffs is unknown, but job cuts are expected to come from all departments in the 14,300-employee company, according to the report. Yahoo, which is set to announce its third-quarter earnings Tuesday, has reportedly asked managers to identify areas where the company can achieve operating budget reductions of 15 percent. In January, [...]
“It has to happen tomorrow,” Pandora chief technology officer Tom Conrad said in an interview with CNET News on Friday night. The start-up has put up a blog post encouraging fans and users to call their congressional representatives through the night to support the cause. “The timing issue that’s critical here is that many of [...]
Meanwhile, Google is under much less pressure but also grappling with the economy. On Thursday, Google announced a stock-option exchange program that will cost the company about $460 million but allow it to replace stock options made worthless by the company’s stock drop with new ones based on current stock prices.
Freezing salary increases is one [...]
“Reports of Wired.com ‘gutting’ greatly exaggerated,” Hansen wrote on Twitter, presumably referring to published reports about Wired.com’s layoffs. “We cut three staff, five contractors, (and) still have 45 people working for us overall.”
According to a Twitter post from Evan Hansen, the Web site’s editor in chief, the company laid off 3 out of 25 full-time staffers or 12 percent of its workforce.
In November, Wired.com laid off 10 percent of its staff. Wired magazine
