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According to the credo of the Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee, everyone should be entitled to free electricity.

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Sabalcore Computing, Inc., formerly known as Tsunamic Technologies Inc., has opened a new data center in Melbourne.

Panda's new cloud-based antivirus software, Panda Cloud Antivirus, has reached version 1.0 and has exited beta, the company announced on Tuesday. That said, there are already new bugs filed against 1.0 on the Panda Cloud Antivirus support forum.

Following up on an announcement by Microsoft on Monday, in which the company noted it's teamed with JiWire to give free wi-fi minutes to those who perform a Bing search at certain "premium" hotspots, Google made a similar announcement on Tuesday. You have to be flying, however: Google's freebie only applies to airports across the U.S.

European antitrust regulators have formally objected to Oracle Corp.'s $7.4 billion US takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing concerns that the takeover could hurt competition in the database market.

Wall Street increased sharplyon Monday after the world's finance ministers affirmed their support for continued government stimulus efforts until the global economy shows firmer signs of recovery.

A baby stroller company voluntarily recalled about one million strollers Monday after reports that children had had their fingertips severed in a hinge, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said.

Dish Network Corp., the nation's second largest satellite TV operator, said Monday that net income fell 12 percent in the third quarter on the back of higher costs, including a reserve related to a lawsuit by TiVo Inc.

The parties to the Google book settlement, which would legalize the creation of a vast library of digital books, have asked the judge overseeing a revision of the agreement for an extension to this Friday, Nov.

Nov. 9 -- Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu reports on the weekend's breaking media news in today's edition of Media Monday.

On Monday, Nokia said it would recall and replace 14 million chargers made by China's BYD Co Ltd.

A deadline loomed Monday for Kraft Foods Inc. to make a formal offer for British candy maker Cadbury PLC or walk away for six months.

World governments should consider urgently a levy on banks to fund future bailouts, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday, departing from London's longstanding resistance to a global tax.

A- Northrop Grumman said Sunday it agreed to sell its advisory services business TASC Inc.

Verizon isn't scared of AT&T and its lawsuit, apparently. AT&T has sued over Verizon's ads showing comparative maps of Verizon vs. AT&T 3G coverage, stating the maps were confusing, but that hasn't stopped Verizon from airing a whole new series of ads.

EBay says a group of investors who are buying the majority of its telecommunications service, Skype, agreed to settle a legal skirmish with Skype's founders.

Learn how to find and use lists of top job posters, top recruiters, top hiring managers, and get listed as a top job seeker on Twitter.

Twitter just released powerful new capabilities, called Lists - this is a new feature that can really help job seekers. Twitter Lists help the job seeker determine who to follow, and provides an aggregated feed of job ads…by list.

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Hospitals, Federal Government, Nursing Homes, Home Health, Clinics, and Outsourced Health Services top Health Care hiring during November 2009, based on job advertisements open for 30 days from the top job boards.

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Job seekers are notoriously afraid to embrace change…even though their entire goal is based on change (sure - sometimes the change is thrust upon us). Some candidates are afraid to approach new career paths, others afraid to change industry or function, almost all are afraid to change their approach.

So how can candidates break free from the vicious cycle of fear of change?

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Who's Hiring is a weekly survey of companies showing the highest hiring activity for the week of 11/2/09. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies experiencing growth.

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