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• New Trailer for "Perks" in Call of Duty 4

  Published: August 21, 2007, 12:01 am

  Tags: Videos, Call Of Duty, Activision, Sony, Microsoft, Computer, Modern Warfare, Perks, Trailer

  Warfare. The new “perks” system allows you to give your own character special abilities, which allows you to tailor your character’s skills to your own play style. You’ll be able to choose three from the dozens of perks available, any of which could change the tide of battle. The video shows examples of a few of these

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• Summertime and Friday at work

  Published: June 28, 2007, 6:02 pm

  Tags: Motivate Others, Leadership Qualities, Friday At Work, Leeiwan, Summertime At Work, What To Do On Friday, Things To Do On Friday, Summer Work Environment, Friday Perks, Fun At Work, Happiness At Work, Friday Fun, Perks, Friday, Work Life Balance, Lee Iwan, Leadership Sty

  It’s the end of June, summer is in full swing. For those who live and work in the temperate climates, summer feels different at work. Summer is different. Work is not as important or easy to focus on as it was in February with the snow blowing outside. Work-Life balance becomes a critical issue for many. All you managers and supervisors,

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• Perks: A Wired freelancer profiles the company's ...

  Published: September 20, 2007, 5:48 pm

  Tags: Perks, Phil Ferrato, Wired

  A Wired freelancer profiles the company's in-house cafeteria, which predates Google's overhyped meal-flingers and serves up organic, local fare. And who runs it? Why, real-estate blogger Phil Ferrato. Small world. [Ethicurean]

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• Let's See George Bush Try That

  Published: September 25, 2007, 8:52 pm

  Tags: Politics, Cooper Union, Fifth Avenue, Mayoral Perks, Michael Bloomberg, Presidential Limitations, Tom Brokaw

  Here is a clip of Michael Bloomberg chatting with Tom Brokaw at Cooper Union last night explaining why being mayor in New York is better than being the top official in the country. Bloomberg explained that if, say, he wanted to change the direction of traffic on Fifth Avenue, it may be a dumb idea, but tomorrow morning, there'd be a cop on

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• Hellgate: London Mega-Update: Beta NDA Lifted, Patch 0, More Content Promised, Subscriber Perks Revealed

  Published: October 20, 2007, 9:41 pm

  Tags: Electronic Arts, Game Companies, Content, Content Update, Details, Electronic Arts, Extra Content, Hellgate, Hellgate London, Hellgate London News, Hgl Demo, Hgl News, Info, Information, Namco, News, Patch, Patch Info, Perks, Retail, Subscription

  get confirmation of what perks those paying the $9.95 monthly subscription fee get. I’ve briefly summarized all of that content below: Multiplayer Updates For All Players (Even Non-Subscribers): Buddy Lists - Organize games with your friends. Guilds - Only subscribers can start one. Anyone can join a guild. Special name colors and tags

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• Google passes, Hearst flunks NY cafeteria inspection [Perks]

  Published: November 16, 2007, 1:08 pm

  Tags: Gawker, Google, Hearst, Julia Allison, Media, Perks

  Despite condemnations from Star editor and notorious nobody Julia Allison, who called Google's New York cafeteria "questionable," the New York Department of Health has decided the loudly colored eatery is safe enough for now, according to health-inspection reports found by the Hygenie blog. It's cleaner, even, than old-media stalwart Hearst's

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• Fallout 3 Perk Winner Announced [Winning Has Its Perks]

  Published: November 26, 2007, 3:40 pm

  Tags: Bethesda, Contest, Fallout, Fallout 3, Perks, Winning Has Its Perks

  The good people at Bethesda threw a perk party an everyone was invited. The winner would get their own perk immortalized in Fallout 3 (along with a sweet PC or Xbox 360 pack). 17,000 entered. One won. The grand prize went to: Grim Reaper's Sprint Everytime you kill an opponent, all your action points are automatically restored. And yeah,

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• The Viacom Permalance Slave System [Evil Corporations In Action]

  Published: December 4, 2007, 1:25 pm

  Tags: Additional Reporting By Emily Gould, Benefits, Evil Corporations In Action, Merry Christmas, No More Gold Watches, Perks, Permalance, Top, Vacation, Viacom

  Here's what we hear from what we believe has truly become the Viacom sweatshop. (One Viacom permalancer estimates that almost 50% of the staff are contract workers at this point.) A 50-hour workweek...

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• "The Viacom contractors also lost 401ks. ... [Belt-tightening]

  Published: December 4, 2007, 11:45 am

  Tags: Belt Tightening, Cost Cutting, Perks, Retirement Plan Shmetirement Plan, Viacom

  "The Viacom contractors also lost 401ks. Holiday pay as well as vacation, too," a source confirms. Contractors at Viacom had 401ks and holiday pay? Who knew?

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• We hear that Viacom contractors will be informed ... [Rumors]

  Published: December 4, 2007, 11:10 am

  Tags: Companies To Avoid, Perks, Rumors, Vacation, Viacom

  We hear that Viacom contractors will be informed today that their paltry five days of vacation time have been cut—to zero. Rumor has it other perks are also on the chopping block. Maybe the...

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• Apple workers on Steve Jobs's nice list get MacBook, iPod [Rumormonger]

  Published: December 14, 2007, 1:58 pm

  Tags: Apple, Clips, Gizmodo, Perks, Rumormonger, Steve Jobs, Top

  Ignore PC in Apple's latest TV ad as he tries to wreck Mac's Christmas. There are no Grinches this year in Cupertino. Apple's technical employees, rumor has it, were treated very, very well at a company holiday party. As a bonus, each one got a new MacBook, an 80GB iPod, and a week off. Why pay attention to the holiday gift? Such generosity

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• Bike Racks For All At 'NYTimes' Building—But Are The Stairs Up To Code? [Safety First]

  Published: December 18, 2007, 3:00 pm

  Tags: Building Code, Deathtraps, Elevators, Memos, New York Times, Perks, Safety First, Towering Noninfernos

  Now that New York Times staffers are all settled in their fancy new building with the indoor arboretum and the finicky windowpanes, we wondered what the company might be doing to impress upon...

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• Chemical Explosion At News Corp. Caused By Holiday Party [Holiday Parties]

  Published: December 21, 2007, 2:05 pm

  Tags: Explosion, Going Green, Hazmat, Holiday Parties, Perks, Rupert Murdoch, Top, Wtf

  The real reason behind this week's "slight" chemical explosion at News Corp's midtown office building? Karma is rip-roaring bitch. The theme at the company's overfull holiday shindig at the Hilton...

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• Entry-Level Hires Are Starting Later, Value Old-Fashioned Perks

  Published: February 13, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Entry Level, Hires, Are, Starting, Later, Value, Old Fashioned, Perks, The White House, Merit Systems Protection Board

  People who take entry-level jobs are supposed to be young, inexperienced and just out of college.

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• US Airways Cuts Frequent Flier Perks

  Published: February 18, 2008, 2:09 am

  Tags: Air Travel, Airline Frequent Flier Perks, Frequent Flier Miles, Frequent Flyer Miles, Us Airways Cuts Frequent Flier Miles

  US Airways is announcing what other airlines have been doing all along - making it harder to cash in those frequent flier miles. Of course there’s always those “free”magazines you can cash in your points in for - isn’t that what we all had in mind, magazines for miles? Yeah, right - Linda US Airways is [...]

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