Instant messengers give mixed review
One in five Americans who use instantmessaging programs do so at work and most consider it a mixed blessing that can encourage gossip or add stress a survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project finds
Overall the experience is positive 11 percent of the atwork instant messengers consider the tool essential Twothirds consider mostly positive but not completely Half say it helps them save time and 40 percent credit it with improving teamwork
But 32 percent say it encourages gossip 29 percent consider it a distraction and 11 percent complain its stressinducing...
Business: Microsoft launches challenge to iTunes
Microsoft played catchup again with a tech rival Thursday unveiling Music to challenge Apple Computers dominant iTunes Music Store
Music debuted with songs to grow to 1million after the sites official rollout next month 99cent per song pricing and some exclusive deals with bands that had not previously allowed their music to be downloaded such as Metallica
Then a key comparison battle kicks in says its songs will play on more than 70 portable players but not the hotselling iPod which is the only player that works with iTunes...
Google up in market debut after bumpy IPO
Google up in market debut after bumpy
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47 Google Inc shares jumped 18 percent in their longawaited stock market debut on Thursday after a scaleddown 167 billion marked by missteps and lackluster market conditions
Google cofounder Larry Page and chief executive Eric Schmidt guarded tightly by security were at the Nasdaq stock markets broadcasting facility in Manhattan as the Webs most popular search engine began trading as a public company
After ending its unconventional auction to price and sell the shares on Wednesday Google sold 196 million shares at 85 each raising 1...