Comment More security fees (Score 1) 741
I just saw a headline that they may be increasing the security fees.
How high do the fees need to go before the TSA can be charged with prostitution for giving me that oh so thorough massage?
Comment Here is another thought... (Score 1, Interesting) 470
For years, Microsoft has given us products that were 'good enough' to ship. The market may have determined that XP and IE6 are 'good enough' to meet their needs and now have no urgent reason to go through the time and expense of upgrading.
Comment Defibrillator? (Score 0) 383
I can't wait to get my hands on one of these. Maybe it could replace the defibrillator implanted in my chest.
On second thought, I now know what to get Dick Cheney for his birthday.
Submission + - Generalist vs. Niche Job Boards
JamesBruni writes: "There's a big battle brewing in the World of online Classifieds.
Who is winning the war between Generalist and Niche Online Job Boards?
In a word, Niche.
Niche sites controlled about 64% of the online job-search market in 2006, up from 39% in 2004, according to Gordon Borrell, chief executive officer of consultancy Borrell Associates. The rivalry will only accelerate this year, as demand for online recruitment surges. A recent HotJobs.com survey indicates 40% of workers plan to look for a different job in 2007. Much of that searching will happen online.
The Big Three have the most to lose. In the past six months, visits to Monster, HotJobs, and CareerBuilder dropped by 23.7%, 18.4%, and 7.1%, respectively, according to Hitwise. "The generalist site is falling away to that very strong niche," says Borrell.
Who's gaining from the Niche Victory?
New York-based JobThread and other fast-growing startups with "job board in a box" products/services. JobThread dominates the market with thousands of customers, including major Web publishers such as Gawker, PaidContent.org, Gizmodo, and others.
Eric Yoon, founder and CEO of JobThread, predicts that 2007 will be the "Year of the Niche Job Board Network". Many associations and groups of industry-related companies are pooling their job boards into centralized sites. The Open Source Software Association is a great example. It maintains a centralized job board with "separate silos" for its member companies."
Who is winning the war between Generalist and Niche Online Job Boards?
In a word, Niche.
Niche sites controlled about 64% of the online job-search market in 2006, up from 39% in 2004, according to Gordon Borrell, chief executive officer of consultancy Borrell Associates. The rivalry will only accelerate this year, as demand for online recruitment surges. A recent HotJobs.com survey indicates 40% of workers plan to look for a different job in 2007. Much of that searching will happen online.
The Big Three have the most to lose. In the past six months, visits to Monster, HotJobs, and CareerBuilder dropped by 23.7%, 18.4%, and 7.1%, respectively, according to Hitwise. "The generalist site is falling away to that very strong niche," says Borrell.
Who's gaining from the Niche Victory?
New York-based JobThread and other fast-growing startups with "job board in a box" products/services. JobThread dominates the market with thousands of customers, including major Web publishers such as Gawker, PaidContent.org, Gizmodo, and others.
Eric Yoon, founder and CEO of JobThread, predicts that 2007 will be the "Year of the Niche Job Board Network". Many associations and groups of industry-related companies are pooling their job boards into centralized sites. The Open Source Software Association is a great example. It maintains a centralized job board with "separate silos" for its member companies."
Submission + - House Passes Telecom Giveaway
RaVeN writes: "The Communications, Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006 was been quietly passed as a going away present by the last congress, with no public oversight or input. While it is still being appealed, it is currently in effect and completely undermines the municipalities ability to regulate and be compensated for use of the public right of way.
First, the bill strips local governments of their authority to franchise the use of their rights-of-way for video/cable services and gives that authority to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington, D.C. The FCC has never had the authority to regulate local public rights-of-way and has no expertise concerning local streets, sidewalks, public safety or traffic patterns.
Second, it gives the FCC the authority to oversee and second-guess all local rights-of-way management practices and all customer service issues. Incidents occurring in local rights-of-way are public safety concerns and must be addressed immediately and locally. This bill ignores the reality that the FCC is not able to respond in a timely manner to these rights-of-way concerns. The FCC does not have the resources to handle all customer complaints nationwide, and local governments are best situated to respond to their residents' complaints.
Third, the bill allows providers of the broadband-video service, through the national franchise, to use the public rights-of-way in a community but pick and choose which neighborhoods they wish to serve while bypassing all others completely. The bill would even allow broadband/video providers to avoid maintaining or upgrading facilities in poorer neighborhoods while affluent neighborhoods receive cutting-edge services and lower prices. link"
First, the bill strips local governments of their authority to franchise the use of their rights-of-way for video/cable services and gives that authority to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington, D.C. The FCC has never had the authority to regulate local public rights-of-way and has no expertise concerning local streets, sidewalks, public safety or traffic patterns.
Second, it gives the FCC the authority to oversee and second-guess all local rights-of-way management practices and all customer service issues. Incidents occurring in local rights-of-way are public safety concerns and must be addressed immediately and locally. This bill ignores the reality that the FCC is not able to respond in a timely manner to these rights-of-way concerns. The FCC does not have the resources to handle all customer complaints nationwide, and local governments are best situated to respond to their residents' complaints.
Third, the bill allows providers of the broadband-video service, through the national franchise, to use the public rights-of-way in a community but pick and choose which neighborhoods they wish to serve while bypassing all others completely. The bill would even allow broadband/video providers to avoid maintaining or upgrading facilities in poorer neighborhoods while affluent neighborhoods receive cutting-edge services and lower prices. link"
