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bMighty News Flash: Wednesday April 1, 2009
Today's top tech news for small and midsize businesses: April Fools' day pranks, SBA confirmation hearings, small business employment, broadband usage metering, Facebook CFO bails, IT spending predictions, SGI bought for cheap, Twitter book, Microsoft SMB server, Android netbooks, BlackBerry app store, WiMax Wi-Fi access points, Yahoo mobile, Conficker, Zoho chat, DynaSis SaaS, WebVisibile ad services, Wikia search dies, Twitter auto follow no more, LotusLive Engage. . .
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"The thinking was that more and more people maintain these social networks, invest in them, and therefore there are ways to find high-quality candidates without necessarily having to advertise for the job."
-- Dan Finnigan, president and CEO of Jobvite
APRIL FOOLS' DAY 7 fantastic internet hoaxes Google takes annual hoax to China 10 most hilarious April Fool's pranks Top 10 April Fool's day fake news items
BUSINESS & E-BUSINESS SBA appointee Karen Gordon Mills faces Senate confirmation hearing today ADP reports 284,000 small business jobs lost in March Time Warner Cable imposes premium rates for broadband users in Texas, New York, and North Carolina Facebook CFO departure prompts questions Forrester predicts decline in IT spending for 2009 Rackable Systems buys bankrupt SGI Twitter book by former Valleywag editor nets $50k advance
HARDWARE & SOFTWARE Microsoft's simple server for SMBs Android coming to netbooks
MOBILE RIM's BlackBerry app store launches Clearwire's new Clear Spot Personal Hotspot allows WiMAX subscribers to create up to 8 personal Wi-Fi access points Yahoo launches new mobile site and iPhone app
SECURITY Conficker communicates with command; Conficker media communicators miss an opportunity
SERVICES Zoho updates its free chat application DynaSis announces SaaS e-mail, network security, data backup, and applications hosting for SMBs WebVisible launches advertising and marketing services for Microsoft Office Live Small Business customers Wikipedia ends Wikia Search Twitter will shut down auto follow IBM moves into online collaboration with LotusLive Engage
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