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Technology Review Published by MIT Friday, July 1, 2011 By Suzanne Berger “Manufacturing is not merely about giving people jobs. The next generation of technological innovations is intimately tied to production processes…hard questions... More

Technology Review Published by MIT By Tom Simonite “The Chrome browser will soon silently fetch pages as you scan search results so that they load without delay. Google is ready to make waiting for Web... More

Gizmo’s Freeware – www.techsupportalert.com – offers excellent information about freeware that is available to all.  Gizmo’s was rated one of The Top 100 Web Sites for 2010 by PC World.  Check out this link to find their latest recommendations for the Best Free Online Applications and Services:  http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/best-free

Careers on msnbc.com recently posted an article concerning the question: “What do I wear to an interview?”. “When it comes to interview attire, the conventional wisdom holds that you dress for the job you want. But in this tough job market, male job seekers may be well-advised to wear a formal business suit to the interview no matter what the prospective position.” Read the full article…

A new report from mfrtech.com states “The Youngstown/Warren Metro area had one of the largest percentage increases in job gains in the U.S. over the last 12 months, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.” Read the full article…

Boomers’ retirements raise skilled labor worry Excerpt of the story provided by Crain’s Cleveland Business. Written by Dan Shingler. This is the year the baby boomers start to retire in earnest — 65 years ... More

Recently, Google Inc. cofounder Larry Page reclaimed the role of CEO at the Internet company. He plans to take the company back to it’s roots…to operate the now 24,000 employee company as if it were a start up.  He has some great ideas that can be used not only at tech companies, but at any company.  They are basic principles; simple, yet effective… Read the full article…

Robots to the Rescue in Japan…wait, not so fast.  “They may help efforts to bring the Fukushima plant under control, but are generally expensive and problematic.” Read the full article to find out just how much today’s robots can really help in a crisis.

IBM started with an intranet directory back in 1997 as a way to connect their thousands of employees.  Through time and experimentation, IBM now has 90% of it’s employees participating in “a truly social community.”  They seem to have taken what they term “social software” and turned into an excellent example of how technology can lead to improved collaboration in the workplace. Read the full article…

Heads up: The best and the brightest are going to get harder to find. The latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) says that the number of people applying for unemployment benefits has... More

Google is working on ways to rid its search results of “content farms”—sites that create many pages of very cheap content crafted to appear high up in Google’s results. Speaking this week at... More

It seems everywhere you look for help on writing a resume, one of the suggestions is to spell check.  Whether it’s a resume writing book or an article on the internet, conducting a spell check... More

If your recruiting efforts attract job applicants with too much experience—a near certainty in this weak labor market—you should consider a response that runs counter to most hiring managers’ MO: Don’t reject those applicants out of hand. Instead, take a closer look. New research shows that overqualified workers tend to perform better than other employees, and they don’t quit any sooner. Read the full article…

The weirdest interview questions of the year — and the companies that asked them — were released Thursday by Glassdoor.com, an online career and jobs community that offers insights on companies and ... More

If imitation is the highest form of flattery, Apple should be blushing at the Consumer Electronics Show this week as a flood of competing iPad-inspired tablets make their debut. Read the full article…

In early December, Google sent out thousands of free laptops as part of a program to test Chrome OS, an operating system that relies on the Internet for all its software applications. Computers... More

Picture it: Glamorous Hannah Montana cleaning toilets. Or even more delicious: Smart-mouthed “American Idol” judge Simon Cowell sorting mail. Before they made gazillions and became gossip-rag fodder, many celebrities had regular jobs. Take a look at some celebs’ early work, and remember: Today’s toilet scrubber could be tomorrow’s star. Read the full article…

Hundreds of thousands of U.S. workers will enjoy a belated Christmas present on Jan. 1, as seven states will increase their minimum wage. Automatic inflation-based adjustments ranging from 9 to 12 cents will boost the incomes of approximately 647,000 workers in Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont and Washington. Read the full article…

The new year is a perfect time to say “hello” to workplace happiness and “good-bye” to the bad habits that make you miserable and hinder your professional success. You’ll enjoy your time in the office a little more — and improve your professional reputation — if you make it your New Year’s resolution to cut down on these 11 counterproductive behaviors: Read the full article…

‘Fess up, now: You checked your work e-mail over the holiday, didn’t you? Check the results of this recent survey:  79% of U.S. employees say they’ve received work-related e-mails on holidays, 59% said they’d be checking their e-mails this holiday season. Read the full article…