Tag: MONSTER

Deleting your account from a social networking site can be as hard as canceling a gym membership or convincing a telemarketer that you're not interested in their product. Social networking sites and other online services don't want you to delete your account. There's value for them in being able to quote huge and growing user numbers, regardless of whether those users are happy to be there (though ...

People applying for federal jobs recently had their personal information stolen by a crafty hacker that nailed the USAJobs web site, operated by the Office of Personnel Management. Some 146,000 job applicants hoping to get a job with the fed instead may find themselves the victims of identity theft. Although the fed insists no social security numbers were compromised, the information stolen is ...

All the Google hype this week is getting downright dizzying, so let's try to consolidate a few of these things. Robert X. Cringely is vehement that Google is about to revolutionize TV advertising. "Google is going to let the telco and cable companies burn their capital building out IP-TV," says Cringely," knowing that Google will still be the only game in town for the crux of the ...