Monday, July 25, 2011

Business Doings

Fuentek, an Apex technology consulting firm that provides intellectual property and technology management services, has designed a new website for Georgia Tech's technology commercialization services, which is supported by the Office of Technology Licensing, Enterprise Innovation Institute, and Industry Contracting Office at the university. Privacy tools don't prevent tracking A new study by Stanford University researchers has found many online advertising companies continue to follow people's Web activity even after users believe they have opted out of tracking. Companies have long used criminal background checks, credit reports and even searches on Google to probe the previous lives of prospective employees. Now, some companies are requiring job candidates to also pass a social media background check. A guilty plea this month by a man who was texting behind the wheel when he struck and killed a motorcyclist may be the first case involving the 2-year-old texting ban to make its way through North Carolina's courts, highway safety officials said. CNBC's Cramer is high on Red Hat Jim Cramer of CNBC's "Mad Money" talked up Red Hat's present and future Thursday and interviewed the CEO of the Raleigh-based company, Jim Whitehurst.

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