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Background-check kit hits retail shelves

Background-check kit hits retail shelves 03/06/2004 01:59 AM
SiliconValley.com Mar 5 2004 8:36PM GMT

Is A Google Background Check So Odd?

Is A Google Background Check So Odd? 04/12/2004 03:27 PM
Earlier this year we spoke about how the old "references available upon request" line at the end of resumes was incredi bly out-dated in an age when most references are available by Google. It appears that not everyone has received that memo. Over at E-Media Tidbits, they're surprised that a newspaper needed a reader's suggestion to Google the backgrounds of three candidates for the local school superintendent job.

How To Conduct a Background Check

How To Conduct a Background Check 04/13/2005 06:49 AM
How To Conduct a Background Check (Part 2)
http://www.virtualchase.com/articles/background_checks_part2.html

Part two of the Virtual Chase's article, How To Conduct a Background Check, is now available. The fictional Lawyer X walks an associate through the process of investigating a business person's background. The article includes links to many unusual, or uncommon, sources of public records information. This has been added to Finding People Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

Now You Need A Background Check For Your
Online Date

Now You Need A Background Check For Your
Online Date 04/19/2004 10:59 PM
It seems that with the popularity of online dating, a variety of new companies are springing up around the space to offer value-added services in conjunction with online dating services. The most popular seems to be the standard background check to make sure that the person you're about to meet isn't 10 years older than they claim, isn't married, or isn't wanted in multiple states. There are also "authentication" programs that will verify the data about an individual for a price -and they can post that info to their dating profile. One company that does such authentication doubles as a photo studio where they promise to take nice photos of you for the dating site (and will put in a note saying exactly when the photo was taken, so you know it's not from decades past). It's always interesting to see outside companies spring up around successful businesses, and now the question is whether or not any of the dating sites will simply start to offer their own such services (or buy some of these outside providers).

Job Board Lets You Check Your Own
Background

Job Board Lets You Check Your Own
Background 02/18/2004 01:19 PM
As the various internet job sites try to differentiate themselves from each other, HotJobs has now added a feature to let users do a background check on themselves. You assume that someone will know if they're lying on their resume, but the point is (similar to doing a credit check on yourself) to get an idea of what potential employers will see on your background check, and making sure that everything is accurate (or, to make sure that your little untruths aren't revealed).

Minn. Airport Tests New Background Check
(AP)

Minn. Airport Tests New Background Check
(AP) 06/28/2004 01:27 PM
AP - A group of frequent fliers stood in long lines at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Monday, hoping the wait would mean less time queued up in the future.

Who Are You Dealing With? Client
Background Check Essentials

Who Are You Dealing With? Client
Background Check Essentials 04/25/2004 10:07 PM
WebmasterBase Apr 26 2004 1:45AM GMT

Google Background Check On Date Catches
Fugitive

Google Background Check On Date Catches
Fugitive 01/29/2004 02:49 AM
Thanks to John for submitting this story about just how useful it might be to Google your dates. Of course, this has been known for years. It's been more than three years since we first posted stories about Googl ing dates as a poor man's background check. While, for most people, it's just an amusing and quick way to find out a little more about the person you're meeting up with, sometimes you can turn up quite a bit. In this case, a quick Googling turned up the fact that the guy a woman was about to meet was a wanted fugitive who had eluded authorities for over a year. Once again, it appears that Google really is your permanent record. Of course, you have to wonder... if you're a fugitive with the FBI trying to track you down, why are you going to use your real name on a date?

Net Detective Private Investigation
Software Gets Fast Results For
Background Checks Online

Net Detective Private Investigation
Software Gets Fast Results For
Background Checks Online 02/05/2005 09:59 PM
Speed Up The Investigation Process By Finding Information Online [PRWEB Feb 5, 2005]

Slashdot Goes Political: Announcing
politics.slashdot.org

Slashdot Goes Political: Announcing
politics.slashdot.org 09/07/2004 12:10 PM

Working with CSS Background Images-Part
3: Creating Background Images with a
Drop Shadow

Working with CSS Background Images-Part
3: Creating Background Images with a
Drop Shadow 04/18/2005 07:15 PM
Create cool background images in Fireworks and put them in your pages with Dreamweaver.

Retail Stores Trying Software Kiosks...
Again

Retail Stores Trying Software Kiosks...
Again 12/16/2003 04:14 PM
About five years ago, I was involved in a project looking at software kiosks for retail stores. The idea was that a shopper could walk up to the kiosk, select from a bunch of software titles, and the machine would pop out a receipt. Meanwhile, a second machine in the back of the store would get to work burning a CD and related artwork (and, potentially, manuals). This way, the thinking went, any software store (or, really, any store) could hold millions of software titles. However, the more I looked into it, the less exciting the idea became. First, it was just a few years before that the music industry had tried the same sort of thing - putting such kiosks in retail shops. Those kiosk had proven to be a huge failure. They broke down constantly - as publicly pounded machines are known to do. The maintenance fees were ridiculous. They also tied up customers. Depending on how many of these (somewhat expensive) kiosks you had, only one customer could use them at a time - and the process of finding the software you want is time consuming. If they want to sit at a machine and buy some software, they'll do it online at home. So, it's a bit surprising to read this article in USA Today talking about just such a software kiosk at CompUSA and suggesting that it will change the way software is sold. If anything, conditions for these sorts of machines have gotten much worse since when I was looking at them. The software retail business is much less appealing. Fewer and fewer people buy boxed software products. Computers come with much of what you need and you can download most everything else. In the few instances where boxed software is needed, many people just order online to have it shipped. The fact is that there are only a very few boxed software products that sell - so the number of items that will actually sell from such a kiosk are fairly limited - and won't have very much margin. Furthermore, the trend is clear that an increasing number of software applications are moving online to be web-based applications, rather than local applications. I honestly had to double check the date on the USA Today article to make sure it wasn't from five or six years ago when lots of people were talking about this same idea. Why they suddenly believe that everyone is going to use such a device is beyond me.

Microsoft rings up retail software deal

Microsoft rings up retail software deal 02/10/2004 02:50 AM
CNET Feb 9 2004 5:16PM GMT

How to move check for new software.

How to move check for new software. 12/17/2004 06:38 PM
Mostly for my own use, but maybe useful for someone else too? 16:42 < retardo> Why does the Mac OS...

Microsoft: Can we check your software
license?

Microsoft: Can we check your software
license? 09/17/2004 03:51 PM
ZDNet Sep 17 2004 7:57PM GMT

Retail chain Tesco opens software,
accounting office in Bangalore (AFP)

Retail chain Tesco opens software,
accounting office in Bangalore (AFP) 01/06/2005 11:41 AM
AFP - Tesco, Britain's biggest supermarket chain, opened an Indian software development and accounting office that will employ 770 people within a year, the head of the office revealed.

Check software update status at Terminal
launch

Check software update status at Terminal
launch 02/13/2004 11:55 AM
This tip can be nice for those that doesen't have remote GUI control over their computer. Add this line to your .profile file, in your home directory: softwareupdate --list When you log in, you'll see: Welcome to Darwin! Soft...

Check Point Software Trims Forecast
(Reuters)

Check Point Software Trims Forecast
(Reuters) 07/26/2004 12:21 PM
Reuters - Check Point Software Technologies Inc. posted slightly higher second-quarter net profit on Monday, but its shares fell 14 percent on disappointment with the network and Internet security company's third-quarter forecast.

Check Point urges VPN software upgrade
to close hole

Check Point urges VPN software upgrade
to close hole 05/07/2004 10:50 AM
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. is advising all customers not using the latest version of its VPN software to upgrade immediately following the discovery of a security hole that could allow remote system access.

Will code check tools yield worm-proof
software?

Will code check tools yield worm-proof
software? 05/27/2004 12:19 AM
ZDNet Australia May 27 2004 4:27AM GMT

Will code-check tools make for
worm-proof software?

Will code-check tools make for
worm-proof software? 05/26/2004 06:04 AM

EBS Software Releases New Q~Check
Platinum Version for Taking Checks by
Phone or Fax

EBS Software Releases New Q~Check
Platinum Version for Taking Checks by
Phone or Fax 04/12/2005 03:54 AM
EBS Software has released a new Q~Check Platinum version of their popular check by phone or fax software. Q~Check allows businesses to take a check by phone or fax, print the check on their PC, and deposit the check into their bank account immediately – No Signature is Required for Deposit! [PRWEB Apr 12, 2005]

Check Point Software buying firewall
vendor Zone Labs

Check Point Software buying firewall
vendor Zone Labs 12/16/2003 05:18 PM
The deal will add end-user firewall products to the company's network security offerings.

Microsoft and JDA Software Enter
Multiyear Strategic Alliance For
Delivering Retail Demand Chain Solutions

Microsoft and JDA Software Enter
Multiyear Strategic Alliance For
Delivering Retail Demand Chain Solutions 04/26/2004 04:10 PM
Microsoft Corp. and JDA Software Group Inc. have signed a multiyear alliance that will expand their existing relationship and accelerate the development, marketing and sales of the JDA Portfolio® suite based on the Microsoft® platform and Microsoft .NET technologies. Through the alliance, Microsoft and JDA will jointly promote JDA's .NET-based enterprise solutions as a strategic solution for the retail industry. This solution will not only take full advantage of the Microsoft .NET Framework, it will drive sales of JDA products on the Microsoft SQL Server (TM) database platform. JDA and Microsoft also will be closely evaluating the use of BizTalk® Server 2004 within the Portfolio suite of NET-based applications. BizTalk Server 2004, the newest member of Microsoft Windows Server System (TM) , will enable retailers to integrate systems, employees and trading partners through more efficient automation and orchestration of key business processes.

I4 Commerce, Retail Decisions sign large
retail chains for payment services

I4 Commerce, Retail Decisions sign large
retail chains for payment services 09/21/2004 04:26 PM
InternetRetailer.com Sep 21 2004 7:58PM GMT

Retail spending will be up this month,
Retail Forward projects

Retail spending will be up this month,
Retail Forward projects 04/09/2005 02:47 AM
InternetRetailer.com Apr 9 2005 6:29AM GMT

American Port Services Selects HighJump
Software’s Flexible and Affordable RFID
Technology Solution to Empower Customers
to Meet Retail Mandates

American Port Services Selects HighJump
Software’s Flexible and Affordable RFID
Technology Solution to Empower Customers
to Meet Retail Mandates 06/21/2004 02:55 AM
3PL Provider to Incorporate HighJump’s Compliance Advantage in First Stage of Integrating RFID Into Business Processes [PRWEB Jun 21, 2004]

Bankers Exchange Helps Customers
Understand Check 21 Legislation - Public
Service Campaign Explains What Must Be
Done Now Regarding The Check 21 Act

Bankers Exchange Helps Customers
Understand Check 21 Legislation - Public
Service Campaign Explains What Must Be
Done Now Regarding The Check 21 Act 09/13/2004 03:01 AM
The Banker’s Exchange, one of the nation’s leaders in providing new and used bank equipment, today announced the launch of a public service campaign aimed at helping customers understand Check 21 Legislation. Banker’s Exchange unveiled the first in a series of public service announcements to be posted online explaining what must be done now and what can wait regarding the Check 21 Act. [PRWEB Sep 13, 2004]

Adesso's Cameras: Mini? Check. Assy?
Check.

Adesso's Cameras: Mini? Check. Assy?
Check. 07/22/2004 08:19 PM

Kyocera isn't the only camera company taking hot fashion tips from Apple's iPod mini. Adesso has a new line of new cameras that seem to match, at least superficially, the green, pink, and blue colors of the mini. However, in an interesting break from Kyocera's form, the Adesso cameras seem to be exceptionally, well, crappy, with the high end model rolling in with a 1.3-megapixel sensor. I guess hoping for an LCD on the back of these is asking too much, huh? I think this is one time when following the 'smaller is better' ethic is probably a misstep.

Even worse? They're not even out. (Thanks, Justin!)

Read - Product Page [Adesso]

Related
Kyocera Releases iPod mini-Matching Cameras [Gizmodo]

gum, check. household cleaning product,
check.

gum, check. household cleaning product,
check. 04/12/2004 04:46 PM
MacGyverisms

Fun? Check. Interesting? Check.
Something other than Mario o

Fun? Check. Interesting? Check.
Something other than Mario o 08/28/2004 10:00 PM
TechTree Aug 29 2004 2:39AM GMT

Check 21 becomes law, allows electronic
check settlements

Check 21 becomes law, allows electronic
check settlements 11/03/2003 06:00 PM
President Bush signed into law the Check 21 bill, which allows banks to substitute images for paper checks, allowing them to save billions of dollars and speed up check processing.

Fact Check Reality Check

Fact Check Reality Check 01/03/2005 02:18 PM
Ooh I like this, about time fact checking got a reality check. Jason Kottke satirizes anal retentive blogger fact checking...

Background Pi

Background Pi 03/19/2005 02:38 AM
Screen Shots

background/analysis

background/analysis 04/17/2004 10:06 AM
Algeria .. on

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Background tasks possible with PHP
(again)

Background tasks possible with PHP
(again) 01/09/2003 03:30 PM
There is a new function on the block, apache_register_shutdown_function, and it does what register_shutdown_function used to do before PHP 4.1 - execute registered functions in the background.

Blood Background?

Blood Background? 01/25/2003 07:49 PM
Perhaps something 3d, but it wouldn't matter... I searched all around google and could not find one, nor have I been able to make a good one using photoshop... ...

Generate Background 1.0.2

Generate Background 1.0.2 04/12/2004 06:17 PM
A random wallpaper selector.

OBD-II Background Information

OBD-II Background Information 04/17/2005 12:46 PM
since 1996 .. OBD-II

obdii.com/background.html
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