Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 1:14 am, Over one day old
Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. told lawmakers Wednesday that Congress should pass basic privacy legislation to protect information about consumers, such as the data being gathered about people's Web surfing habits in order to pinpoint Internet advertising....
Read Microsoft, Google push for broad Web privacy laws / Users should control how information is used, companies say (Links)
Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 1:14 am, Over one day old
A Japanese labor bureau has ruled that one of Toyota's top car engineers died from working too many hours, the latest in a string of such findings in a nation where extraordinarily long hours for some employees has long been the norm. The man who died was 45...
Read Man, 45, died of overwork, Japanese labor bureau says (Links)
Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 1:14 am, Over one day old
When temperatures soar past the century mark around the Bay Area, people head for the beach with all of the usual gear in tow. Think towels, Frisbees, coolers, umbrellas. And sunscreen. Oceans of it. Americans will spend...
Read 4 out of 5 sunscreens inadequate, study finds (Links)
Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 1:14 am, Over one day old
China's Youku.com granted license Beijing's Youku.com, a Chinese-language site, said it was granted a license this week to operate its popular YouTube-like video-sharing site. The Chinese government started taking a closer look at the explosion of online...
Read TECH CHRONICLES / A daily dose of postings from The Chronicle's technology blog (sfgate.com/blogs/tech) (Links)
Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 1:14 am, Over one day old
A federal mortgage rescue to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners avoid foreclosure is in limbo, with the Senate about to pass a bill that has no chance of winning House approval. Democratic divisions over small but significant details are delaying the...
Read Mortgage rescue bogs down in Congress / Bill expected to be delayed over revisions (Links)
Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 1:14 am, Over one day old
The chief executive officers of a dozen U.S. airlines, beset by record fuel costs that have caused several to cut jobs, reduce capacity and impose higher fees on customers, are now asking for their customers' help to curb the rise of oil prices. They have co-...
Read Airlines appeal to customers on oil speculation / Frequent fliers being asked to contact Congress (Links)
Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 1:14 am, Over one day old
Flickr, an online photo-sharing site owned by Yahoo Inc., is teaming up with Getty Images to offer shutterbugs a chance to turn their hobby into a moneymaking endeavor. Under a partnership announced this week, Getty's editors will peruse Flickr to find...
Read Flickr joins Getty to sell photos (Links)
Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 12:15 am, Over one day old
A Japanese labor bureau has ruled that one of Toyota's top car engineers died from working too many hours, the latest in a string of such findings in a nation where extraordinarily long hours for some employees has long been the norm. The man who died was...
Read Labor bureau: Japanese man, 45, died of overwork (Links)
Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 12:15 am, Over one day old
Residents in once-sleepy Thomasville have started complaining about traffic jams on Route 43, which runs right through the town. Much of the new traffic is coming from shoppers, squeezed by $4-per-gallon gas, who are staying closer to home instead of driving...
Read $4 gas may help rural towns as shoppers stay local (Links)
Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 12:15 am, Over one day old
Wall Street wavered Wednesday as a mild recovery in oil prices sapped the momentum from the previous day's big stock rally. Following Tuesday's 152-point gain in the Dow Jones industrial average, investors were cautiously watching oil again. Having dropped by...
Read Stocks fluctuate as oil prices rebound (Links)
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