Search engine giant Google is threatening a lawsuit against a tiny South African website named Doogle. The legal fight may threaten the existence of the company, but has been a short term boon for Doogle, creating so much traffic for the site that it crashed last week. Andries Maree Van Der Merwe, 23, said the free job search site he launched two years ago to help unemployed people ... more→
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Twitter Asks Users to #Reset Passwords
Attention Twitter users: If you’ve been trying to access your Twitter account today, many of you can’t. You’ll have to (this is a good place for a hash tag) #reset your password. Twitter may have had a record 20 million tweets about the election on Tuesday, but now many Twitter users have received an email notification asking them to choose new passwords after an unknown website ... more→
iPad Mini Goes on Sale Today
It might not be a launch on scale with the iPhone 5 or the new iPad, but that might just be appropriate for Apple's small new thing. Apple's iPad Mini, which was announced at a press event last week, goes on sale today starting at 8:00 a.m local time. In New York City and areas hit by superstorm Sandy, Apple is opening stores at 10:00 a.m. ET in some places. The tablet starts at $329 and has a smaller 7.9-inch display (the regular iPad has ... more→
Sweet year-end deals available on some popular cars
2012 Ford Mustang models are being offered with cash-back rebates or zero percent financing. Looking for a bargain on a new car? Buying an outgoing 2012 model may be the way to save money. With most of the 2013 model-year cars rolling onto the lots, dealers are anxious to clear their stock of this year's models by offering great 2012 car deals. Still, even with the discounts, not every deal may be the wisest financial choice. Here are Bankrate's choices of cars that ... more→
Huge combo storm may pummel East Coast next week
WASHINGTON Much of the U.S. East Coast has a good chance of getting blasted by gale-force winds, flooding, heavy rain and maybe even snow early next week by an unusual hybrid of hurricane and winter storm, federal and private forecasters say.Though still projecting several days ahead of Halloween week, the computer models are spooking meteorologists. Government scientists said Wednesday the storm has a 70 percent chance of smacking the Northeast and mid-Atlantic.Hurricane Sandy in the Caribbean, an early winter storm in the West, and ... more→
