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...budget $11,000 - yes, thousand - is the new overnight sensation. Opening two weeks ago at midnight shows in 16 college towns, Oren Peli's haunted-house thriller expanded on Friday to full playdates at 159 venues and scared up a phenomenal $7.1 million. That's $44,475 per screen, making this the highest-ever average for a medium-size release. Paramount Pictures' clever viral media campaign helped, but credit the movie's breakout status to old-fashioned word of mouth and newfangled word of thumb. Twitter strikes again. (See 10 ways Twitter will change American business...
...Christmas. South Korea's two powerhouse consumer-electronics companies, Samsung and LG Electronics, are wading in too. Samsung earlier this year introduced a reader called the Papyrus in South Korea; reports circulating in the technology blogosphere say LG is developing a prototype with a large, 11.5-in.(diagonal) flexible screen. Meanwhile, Japan's Fujitsu has released the world's first dedicated e-reader with a color screen, although so far the device is only available in Japan. (See the top 10 James Bond gadgets...
...Legitimate companies and even the Federal Government make it a lot harder for job searchers to be cautious on this count by requesting Social Security numbers to screen applicants. Wary job hunters have been known to do battle with corporate recruiters on this point. But if you've been out of work for months and are starting to panic, you might be far from enthusiastic about the prospect of antagonizing a prospective employer. Still, it's at least worth a call to the human-resources department to make sure the policy is etched in stone...
...foolishness as the lives of my students,” he explains. He recalls an incident last year when, late to class, he hastily hooked up his computer to the projector, only to display his desktop background—a flirty picture of Jake Gyllenhaal—onto the screen. “Instead of acting embarrassed, I greeted him. ‘Why hello Jake! Class, meet Jake. Jake, class’” Jenkins recalls. “Teachers are human beings...
...Defensive coordinator Scott] Larkee had us well-prepared this week,” Takamura said. “So I just saw the fullback flare out for a screen, and I just read it, got under it, got lucky. The quarterback threw the ball, and I just surrounded the ball and ended up in the endzone...