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Comment Please consider (Score 1) 443

by jbertling1960 on Thursday January 25, 2007 @03:56PM (#17757074) Attached to: Dealing w/ Relocation Package Bait and Switch?

Before you go to work for this company, please consider that employees typically must sign a contract agreeing to stay with a company for a specified period or repay all or a portion of company paid relocations expenses.

You can't just cut and run as so many here have suggested.

Wikipedia Used To Spread Virus 116

Posted by Zonk on Sunday November 05, 2006 @03:33PM from the ware-the-internets dept.

eldavojohn writes "The German Wikipedia has recently been used to launch a virus attack. Hackers posted a link to an all alleged fix for a new version of the blaster worm. Instead, it was a link to download malicious software. They then sent e-mails advising people to update their computers and directed them to the Wikipedia article. Since Wikipedia has been gaining more trust & credibility, I can see how this would work in some cases. The page has, of course, been fixed but this is nevertheless a valuable lesson for Wikipedia users."

More Voting Shenanigans in Florida 680

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday November 01, 2006 @02:51PM from the just-don't-feed-them-after-midnight dept.

stewwy writes "It looks like the the shenanigans have started already, the Register is running a story about the difficulty early voters are having with casting votes for Democrats." From the article: "The touch-screen gizmos seem strangely attracted to Republican candidates. One voter needed assistance from an election official, and even then, needed three tries to convince the machine that he wanted to vote for Democrat Jim Davis in the gubernatorial race, not his Republican opponent Charlie Crist."

Lego Christmas Production Shortage 168

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday October 31, 2006 @07:39PM from the mental-blocks dept.

shadowspar writes, "Recent restructuring and production cuts have left Lego unable to fill orders for the upcoming holiday season. Affected products include Duplo bricks, Lego City sets, and (horror of horrors!) Star Wars and Lego Technik sets." According to the article Lego stands to lose $127 million in holiday sales.

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