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• Some Union Locals Understand Importance of Oral Fluid

  Published: July 18, 2007, 2:44 pm

  Tags: Drug Testing Technologies, Unions

  While organizations like the AFL-CIO / Building Trades attempt to specify urine laboratory based testing, as well as one laboratory and associated TPA, others unions and even AFL-CIO locals understand the need to improve safety and limit drug abuse thru the use of newer technologies and corresponding best practices.

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• The Importance of Random Testing & Observed Specimen Collection

  Published: July 18, 2007, 2:03 pm

  Tags: Drug Testing Technologies

  Pre-employment drug screening, using traditional lab-based urine tests, is the most widespread method of drug testing. Yet, data shows that this mode of testing is not effective at deterring workplace drug abuse. Scheduled drug screening allows abusers to either temporarily stop using drugs or take advantage of the abundance of products

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• Drug Free Workplace Solutions

  Published: July 18, 2007, 11:55 am

  Tags: Drug Testing Technologies, Blogroll

  A drug free environment is required to assure workplace safety and productivity. Drug abuse in the workplace presents multiple challenges for employers, employees and associated constituencies such as insurers, suppliers, clients and shareholders. According to national data, over 12 million workers are drug abusers. This means that taking a

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• New Button: Avago Creates Hybrid Pointing Device, Destined for Harmony Remotes?

  Published: August 6, 2007, 10:50 am

  Tags: Avago Technologies, Harmony 880, Logitech, New Button, Pointing Device

  in home theaters, Avago Technologies created an input device module that works like a mouse, scroll wheel or joystick depending on your situation and preference. Keep in mind, we're not talking about the picture of the remote here, just that little black circular input device. But this picture above has caused a bit of a stir, because its

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• Apple facing patent lawsuit over iPhone keyboard

  Published: August 6, 2007, 6:47 pm

  Tags: Apple, Federal Court, Federalcourt, Iphone, Lawsuit, Patent, Patent Lawsuit, Patentlawsuit, Sp Technologies, Sptechnologies

  gate, but Florida-based SP Technologies is now taking aim at Apple over the iPhone's touchscreen keyboard, claiming that it infringes on a patent it has held since 2004. According to MacNN, that patent describes a "method and medium for computer readable keyboard display incapable of user termination," and the company is saying that Apple was

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• Before the bell: BX, BRCM, NOK, AAPL, MAT

  Published: August 8, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Aapl, Apple, Brcm, Broadcom Corp, Broadcomcorp, Fisher Price Recall, Fisherpricerecall, Ifx, Infineon Technologies, Infineontechnologies, Mat, Mattel Inc, Mattel Recall, Mattelinc, Mattelrecall, Microsoft, Msft, Nok, Nokia Corp, Nokiacorp, Qcom, Qualcomm Inc, Qualcomminc

  new chip suppliers: Infineon Technologies (NYSE: IFX) and STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM).Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) unveiled its new iMac on Tuesday, which features a slimmer, aluminum casing and a suite of software targeted at winning over users of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)'s Windows.Mattel Inc. (NYSE: MAT) has named the Chinese manufacturer of almost

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• Before the bell: BX, BRCM, NOK, AAPL, MAT

  Published: August 8, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Aapl, Apple, Brcm, Broadcom Corp, Broadcomcorp, Fisher Price Recall, Fisherpricerecall, Ifx, Infineon Technologies, Infineontechnologies, Mat, Mattel Inc, Mattel Recall, Mattelinc, Mattelrecall, Microsoft, Msft, Nok, Nokia Corp, Nokiacorp, Qcom, Qualcomm Inc, Qualcomminc

  new chip suppliers: Infineon Technologies (NYSE: IFX) and STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM).Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) unveiled its new iMac on Tuesday, which features a slimmer, aluminum casing and a suite of software targeted at winning over users of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT)'s Windows.Mattel Inc. (NYSE: MAT) has named the Chinese manufacturer of almost

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• Sun's Plans for Web-based Instant Messaging?

  Published: August 8, 2007, 9:17 pm

  Tags: Communications Technologies

  Francisco Castrillo wrote: Do you know of any deployment or configuration of IM working embedded on Sun Portal? Something like Gmail or Yahoo functionality? The only reference I have found is this:"JWChat Portlet Communicates with an instant-messaging server with Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) over HTTP binding. See

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• Ceragon and Synchronoss: Growth manager's favorites

  Published: August 9, 2007, 8:44 am

  Tags: Aapl, Apple, Ceragon Networks Ltd, Ceragonnetworksltd, Crnt, Jim Oberweis Jr Oberweis Investment Management, Sncr, Steven Halpern, Synchronoss Technologies, The Oberweis Report, Thestockadvisors Com

  CRNT) and Synchronoss Technologies (NASDAQ: SNCR). Ceragon Networks Ltd. he says, is a leading provider of high-capacity wireless backhaul solutions for cellular and fixed wireless operators, enterprises and government organizations. He notes, "Its modular FibeAir product family is recognized as the gold standard for backhaul transmission

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• Instant Messenger Love Song Video

  Published: August 10, 2007, 1:08 am

  Tags: Aim, Aol, Fun, Instant Messenger, Internet, Media 2 0, Social Media, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Technologies, Technology, Video, Vlog, Web 2 0, Web Tech, Weekly Video

  Add Somewhat Frank Weekly Video to your page I recall getting online for the first time and how exciting it was to be on the World Wide Web. I am sure many people have similar stories of your first encounters the WWW. This video of Nick Thune performing his acoustic rendition of his love story "Instant Messenger" live on The Tonight Show which

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• SeeqPod Scouring The Web For Music

  Published: August 10, 2007, 12:36 am

  Tags: Beta, Internet, Music, Music Search, Recommendation Engine, Recommendations, Search, Seeqpod, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Startup, Technologies, Technology, Video, Web 2 0, Web Tech, Iphone

  SeeqPod, a "playable search" product born in the UC's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, offers music search that scours the Web for music in both audio and video formats. Upon finding music you can play it immediately and add it to a playlist which can then be embedded into other pages like the playlist I quickly pulled together

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• Global Grind: Startpage For Hip Hop Gen?

  Published: August 10, 2007, 12:15 am

  Tags: Ajax, Beta, Feeds, Global Grind, Media 2 0, Personal Homepage, Personalization, Personalized, Rss, Recommendations, Social Media, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Startup, Technologies, Technology, Web 2 0, Web Tech, Homepage

  Global Grind, currently in private alpha, is a New York-based web 2.0 personalized home page startup that is said to be focused on the "hip hop" generation. Being a "hip hop" listener I was curious to see what this intriguing value proposition was all about. Driven by curiosity, which was said to have killed the cat, I was expecting Global Grind

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• spigit Simulates To Help Innovation

  Published: August 8, 2007, 12:49 am

  Tags: Beta, Blogging, Blogosphere, Blogs, Business, Community, Content, Data, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Games, Innovation, Media 2 0, Small Business, Social Media, Social Networking, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Startup, Technologies, Technology, Web 2 0

  Spigit launched into beta in mid-July to offer up a startup simulation game to help entrepreneurs showcase new ideas and innovations and in the process connect with a network of professionals. Spigit seems to have blended a multiply player online simulation game with a social network while aimed at creating a new company. Spigit can act as a

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• Contactify For Quick, Easy Contact Forms

  Published: August 7, 2007, 5:11 pm

  Tags: Contactify, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Startup, Technologies, Technology, Web 2 0, Web Tech, Email

  I have been getting lots of people asking me lately, "how do you submit a site for review on Somewhat Frank?" So I decided to make a simple email contact for submitting a new startup, site or service by leveraging a startup called Contactify. It made creating an email form easy. Contactify makes it possible to remain contactable, with never

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• Amazon Buys Into Amie Street Approach

  Published: August 6, 2007, 11:06 pm

  Tags: Amazon, Amie Street, Business, Community, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Funding, Media 2 0, Music, Social Media, Somewhat Frank, Somewhatfrank, Somewhatfrank Com, Startup, Technologies, Technology, Web 2 0, Web Tech

  Amie Street, Rhode Island-based music startup with an interesting online  music business model by allowing prices to be based on artist interest and demand, has taken a Series A round of funding led by Amazon.com. Though many were skeptical of Amie Street's model, I thought Amie Street could disrupt the music industry and it turns out

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