Brits: Little interest
in great view for Prince's to do
It’s
bad enough that the Queen Mother has opted out of the private civil
ceremony officially joining Prince Charles to longtime girlfriend Camilla
Parker-Bowles. But for the royal-loving British public to be indifferent?
This might be the biggest snub yet. The eBay auction of a private room
with balcony boasting unobstructed views of Charles and Camilla’s church
ceremony is getting lukewarm attention at best. Only 59 bids have been
entered since the auction went up Friday. At last check, the price was up
to £460—roughly $868—a modest amount, considering reports that the
hotel across from Windsor Castle, where the ceremony will be held, has
re-priced rooms for the April 8 wedding day to an exorbitant £1000. With
space for up to 20 people, bathroom facilities and the option to bring
your own catering, this auction could turn out to be the best deal yet.
For those interested at least. The auction ends tomorrow.
'Dear Diary, Today I started a new blog on AOL'
A
diary under lock and key is so 1990s. With America Online’s help,
keeping your most personal secrets, well, secret, can be just as easy
through a weblog, or blog. The company has launched a blogging service
targeted at teens whose use of blogs is more akin to “Dear Diary” than
Gawker. Red Blogs, unveiled Tuesday, offers varying levels of privacy
control to teens who can designate their blog as private (locked),
semi-private (open to those invited) or public. And for parents of younger
teens, there’s added security since they must approve those invited to
view a semi-private blogs. Customization tools have also been enhanced,
allowing teens to be more creative with colors and layout, and with adding
content such as polls and news. Other internet companies have jumped on
the blog-wagon, with MSN Spaces and the soon-to-be-launched Yahoo 360.
Blog trackers like BlogPulse 2.0 and PubSub put the number of existing
blogs at anywhere from 8.2 to 9.5 million.
In China, virtual game results in a real-life murder
In China, virtual theft led to an all-too-real murder.
Shanghai online game player Qiu Chengwei, 41, allegedly attacked Zhu
Caoyuan in his home and repeatedly stabbed him in the chest, eventually
killing him. Police say Chengwei was angry because Caoyuan sold the
cyber-sword that he used in the popular online game “Legend of Mir
3." The game features heroes, villains, sorcerers and warriors who
use swords. After winning the virtual sword last February along with a
friend, Chengwei lent it to Caoyuan, who then sold it for $870. Chengwei
filed a police report. After being told virtual theft was not protected by
law, he allegedly took matters into his own hands.
Tech
companies: We're hiring again after layoff
The formerly strained economy has improved, and now
technology companies are hiring again, according to a new study by
Deloitte & Touche. The fastest-growing tech companies are leading the
hiring. About two in five chief executives at those companies plan to add
25 percent or more employees in the next 12 months. About 20 percent plan
to add more than 50 percent. Thirty percent of the executives from the 500
fastest-growing tech companies in North America responded to the survey.
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