Tech Update: Germany Plans Limits on Facebook Use in Hiring

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August 26, 2010 Tech Update

Germany Plans Limits on Facebook Use in Hiring By DAVID JOLLY The German government proposed new restrictions on employers' use of Facebook profiles when recruiting. Dell Raises Its Bid for 3Par By THE NEW YORK TIMES After a bidding war with Hewlett-Packard, Dell raised its offer for the data-storage company to about $1.5 billion and said that 3Par had accepted the offer. DealBook:How Matching Rights Give Dell an Edge ADVERTISEMENT Military Computer Attack Confirmed By BRIAN KNOWLTON A foreign intelligence agent infected computers in "the most significant breach of U.S. military computers ever." Google Is Offering Phone Calls via Gmail By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Google could become a bigger part of social interactions by uniting phone calls with e-mail, text messages and video chats. A High-Tech Titan Plagued by Potholes By VIKAS BAJAJ India, which is flooded with software engineers, lacks skilled professionals interested in overhauling the nation's decaying highways, power plants and railroads. Continuing Education: A Special Section Social Networking Your Way to a New Job By FARHAD MANJOO Job hunters must learn to navigate the social protocol of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social networking sites. Foreign Language Courses, Brushing Up or Immersion By PHYLLIS KORKKI For continuing education students, a variety of options for foreign language classes are available, including online learning. Technology Most E-Mailed Your Brain on Computers: Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime State of the Art: New Kindle Leaves Rivals Farther Back Military Computer Attack Confirmed Google Is Offering Phone Calls via Gmail Gadgetwise: How to Make Phone Calls From Inside Gmail Your Brain on Computers: Outdoors and Out of Reach, Studying the Brain Your Brain on Computers: Attached to Technology and Paying a Price An Ugly Toll of Technology: Impatience and Forgetfulness A Simple Wireless Network? Not Likely Bits: Replacing a Pile of Textbooks With an iPad ADVERTISEMENT Get home delivery of The New York Times for as low as $3.15 a week.

Personal Tech State of the Art New Kindle Leaves Rivals Farther Back By DAVID POGUE Amazon introduces an e-book reader that everyone (except Amazon) calls the Kindle 3. It's a response to the iPad, with improved E Ink screen technology. A Simple Wireless Network? Not Likely By ERIC A. TAUB Setting up a reliable wireless home network is still a more daunting task than most home improvement projects. App Smart Took a Bad Photo? Paint, Sketch or Distort It, Beautifully By BOB TEDESCHI A variety of effects may help you escape with art of a different sort, or at least a laugh. Technology Headlines From Around the Web What's This? Official Google Blog Call phones from Gmail All about Microsoft Is this Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 9 interface? mocoNews Mobile Maps Are Moving Indoors To Pinpoint Specific Items On Store Shelves CNET Google testing voice calling in Gmail TechCrunch Motorola Snaps Up 280 North For $20 Million More at Blogrunner » Bits Pics: Kodak's 1975 Model Digital Camera August 26, 2010, 11:17 AM Bits Pics: Visualizing the Web's Icons August 26, 2010, 8:36 AM Tech Talk Podcast: The Facebook Movie August 25, 2010, 5:27 PM The Apple Guessing Game Commences August 25, 2010, 4:05 PM Go to the Bits Blog » ADVERTISEMENT

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