Top Shopping Sites for Your Tech and Office Needs (Small Business Computing)
Even in a down economy you still have to buy the necessities to keep a business running. We trolled the Web to find the best online retailers for everything from technology products to office supplies so you can shop smart.

5 (More) Search Tools You May Not Know … But Should (Search Engine Land)
How would you like to track hot news geographically? Or see where social conversations are happening on a map? Maybe you’d like to find businesses that are open 24 hours a day, or research keywords on a state-by-state basis. If so, read on for a look at five search tools you may not know about, [...]

Year in review: Calaveras' top stories (Calaveras Enterprise)
Year in review: Calaveras' top stories, First in a seriesJanuaryThe new year that was 2008 began with news of gloomier times ahead for the nation, state and county, as economists examined the credit crunch and realized the house of cards was collapsing.“Washington is scrambling to try to prevent the unfolding mortgage crisis from pushing the U.S. into recession during an election year,” said an ...

Weather makes employers make payroll decisions (South Sound Business Examiner)
It's what some are calling the storm of the decade and it seems out of place in the Puget Sound. Unfortunately, the storm is here and businesses are having to make unfamiliar payroll decisions.For example, should employees who can't leave their houses due to the snow be docked a day's pay? Must the employer treat salaried and hourly employees differently? Are employees allowed to make up work ...

Findability: Helping viewers catch what they’d like on PBS (Current (Public Broadcasting))
Last night, I downloaded to my iPhone the latest mobile application from Google. It features a voice-activated search engine. No longer do I manually enter search terms using my phone’s tiny touch-screen keyboard. Now, I just tell Google what I’m looking for and, voila!, up it comes.