As online job boards have grown crowded amid the recession, many big companies, including Microsoft Corp., Verizon Communications Inc., Raytheon Corp. and Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks, now list job openings on the Twitter microblogging site. For employers, Twitter—where users post updates, or "tweets," of no more than 140 characters—offers one more way to find and attract candidates, and a cheaper alternative to big online job boards. It also helps companies target social-media-savvy job hunters and convey an innovative image. For job seekers, Twitter offers the chance to interact one-on-one with companies' recruiters and can be more convenient than job boards. Job hunters can sign up to follow a company's listings on Twitter or receive tweets about jobs through a third-party service. They usually need to click a link in the tweet to access the listing online, where they can submit their résumé or application. They can also reply to the tweet with a question or comment; sometimes, employers tweet back.

Taking the next step toward rebuilding its lineup of smartphones, Palm announced on Wednesday a new cellphone called the Pixi. Palm also announced it was dropping the price of its Pre smartphone by $50 to $150, with a two-year service agreement and after a $150 instant rebate and $100 mail-in rebate. Given the name, the Pixi is aimed at younger customers than those who bought the Pre. The company said the phone would have a smaller touch screen and be slimmer than the Pre, but it would share many of the same features, including eight gigabytes of storage and GPS navigation capabilities. Like the Pre, the Pixi runs on the company’s new operating system, called WebOS, which promises speedy Web browsing. To capture the fancy of younger users, the Pixi will also have a removable backplate that can be swapped with a series of interchangeable panels, the first of which the company plans to commission from illustrators, graphic artists and fashion designers. Instead of having a slide-out keyboard like the Pre, the Pixi has a full, exposed keyboard, which Palm executives hope will attract a younger buyer who favors features like text- messaging.

"Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA), Microsoft's euphemistically named digital restrictions scheme, is the target of another spyware and false advertising lawsuit. 'Microsoft this week was sued in a Washington district court for allegedly violating privacy laws through Windows XP's Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) copy protection scheme. Similar to cases filed in 2006, the new class action case accuses Microsoft of falsely representing what information WGA would send to verify the authenticity of Windows and that it would send back information [daily IP address and other details that could be used to trace information back to a home or user]. The complaint further argued that Microsoft portrayed WGA as a necessary security update rather than acknowledge its copy protection nature in the update. WGA's implementation also prevented users from purging the protection from their PCs without completely reformatting a computer's system drive.' There were at least two other lawsuits launched in 2006 over WGA. According to the Wikipedia article, none of them have been resolved. The system is built into Vista and Windows 7."

"Two teenage girls (aged 10 and 12) found themselves trapped/lost in a stormwater drain in Adelaide, South Australia. The interesting point of this article that makes it FreeFellows Blog worthy, is that although the teenage girls had mobile phones, instead of calling for help using 000 (Australia's 911 number), they decided to notify people through Facebook. My guess is it was something along the lines of 'Jane Doe is like totally trapped in a stormwater drain, really need help, OMG!'. Luckily a young friend of the girls was online at the time and was able to call the proper authorities."

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M Saifur Rahman, veteran BNP leader who was Bangladesh's longest- serving finance minister, died at Brahmanbaria General Hospital following a road accident on Saturday. His sudden death drew condolences from all quarters. President Zillur Rahman and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia were among the first to express their deep shock. Rahman, 77, was critically injured after his car lost control on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway, his personal assistant Shamsul Haque told bdnews24.com. He was rushed to the general hospital, where he was declared dead at around 3pm, doctors said. Local police said the accident occurred at Khariala near Ashuganj when his car lost control and fell into the roadside ditch and went about 4-5 feet under water. Local Awami League MP Lutful Hye Shacchu told bdnews24.com that the car met with accident as it tried to avoid a cow on the highway. "Saifur Rahman was wearing a seat belt. It took 10-12 minutes to get him out of the water by breaking the door of the car and cutting the seat belt," said Sachchu. Five people accompanying the BNP leader were also injured in the accident. Rahman was on his way to Dhaka from his hometown of Moulavi Bazar. He had gone to Sylhet on Friday and offered prayers at Hajrat Shahjalal's shrine, said personal aide Haque. Rahman's body, released from the Brahmanbaria hospital morgue and guarded by police, was brought back to the family home in Dhaka by road. It reached Jalalabad House, in Gulshan-2, at 7:45pm, where public figures from across the political spectrum paid respects alongside family, friends and well-wishers