Week in Missing Links
From a Steve Jobs paper doll to VC funding for women-run businesses, these are some of the below-the-radar stories from this week.
From a Steve Jobs paper doll to VC funding for women-run businesses, these are some of the below-the-radar stories from this week.
By Michelle Meyers
To say Apple fans were anxiously anticipating Steve Job's keynote on the opening day of this week's developers conference is probably an understatement. But they weren't just waiting for confirmation of news reports that Apple is moving to Intel processors. They were looking for the answer to another important question: Would Jobs deviate from his trademark jeans and black mock turtleneck?
By Leslie Katz
If Bill Clinton's been getting crank calls lately, he shouldn't assume it's Kenneth Starr on the other end. A better bet: pals of a Delray Beach, Fla., busboy who found singer Jimmy Buffett's cell phone outside a jazz club in late May. The Smoking Gun reports that the 22-year-old told police his buddies may have crank-called the former prez, whose number was stored in the $500 phone's directory.
By Michael Kanellos
ZabaSearch has become the embodiment of how the Web will destroy privacy to many. Type in a name and the site will dish up addresses, phone numbers and cheap reports on your credit history and criminal record. See your rap sheet yourself!
By Michelle Meyers
High-tech recruiters planning for their companies' futures ought to start tracking the budding career of 12-year-old Dakota Brown, who has already proven his ingenuity.
By Jennifer Guevin
Well, it looks like the biometric age has finally arrived. Coming soon, passengers at Orlando International Airport can obtain a biometric ID card that grants them speed-through service and the ability to bypass pesky security pat-downs. All that's required is a clean background check and an easy 80 bucks.
By Paul Festa
Tuesday marked the re-opening of the Louvre online. The new site replaces one launched ten years ago.
By Leslie Katz
One in five kids has been bullied or threatened via their mobile phone or computer, according to a study by U.K. children's charity NCH.
By Stephen Shankland
Removing the last shreds of doubt that blogs have become a corporate phenomenon, Sun Microsystems President Jonathan Schwartz included regulatory disclaimers in a Monday posting about his company's planned acquisition of StorageTek for a net sum of about $3.1 billion.
By Paul Festa
A San Francisco group called the Women's Technology Cluster, which describes itself as "the pre-eminent business incubator dedicated to women leaders building technology-driven businesses," on May 25 honored four VCs for doling out the most cash to businesses led by women in 2003 (the most recent year for which data is available).