New Leader At Yahoo!

Yahoo Inc. has named Carol Bartz as its new chief executive officer. I was reading that she is known as being a very strong leader. And she’s a veteran in the technology world. Yahoo had stole her away from software maker Autodesk Inc. As you should know by now she will be taking over for co-founder Jerry Yang, which will still be in the back group of Yahoo Inc. When Yahoo announced her has the new CEO Yahoo shares dropped a little but recovered in after hour trading. I think she’s what Yahoo needs to move them forward. I don’t think Yahoo will ever be what they once where, but they could get close to that status again. I guess how all this will play out is anyone’s guess.

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GM’s New Line Up!

At the Detroit Auto Show this year General Motors Corp. introduced 17 new and upcoming vehicles. Their planning on releasing their version of the Honda Fit and Toyota Yaris this year in Europe. And they also introduced that the same car will be released in the U.S. by 2011, which is a big step forward. But the big surprise wasn’t the 17 new vehicles it was the introduction of the Cadillac Converj concept car. This car is designed to go 40 miles on electric power. And there is no special way to charge it up, just plug it in the wall at your home and your ready to go. And once your batteries run low you can switch over to gas, which will increase your miles. This new concept car will have the same powertrain technology that’s in the Chevrolet Volt. This new technology is just what GM may need to get them back on track. After all, this is what we’re looking for in our vehicles today, more miles on less gas. So now instead of your gasoline bill going up your home electric bill will. Just doesn’t seem like we can really ever win.

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Joe The Plumber!

Do you all remember this guy? He’s the guy who cornered Barack Obama about his tax plan. Now it seems that Mr. Joe The Plumber is heading to Israel to cover the war for a website I will not name in this post. He’s going has a war correspondent to cover how the “Average Joe’s” are handling the war. He plans to stay over there for about 10 days to cover the war. I would like to know if this guy is nuts, he’s not a reporter nor does he realize what’s he’s getting into. He’s going to get himself killed. When reporters head into a war zone their well funded and well protected. I sure hope the website sending him over there is somewhat funded and will provide him with protection, because he’s going to need it.

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Free Phone Calls!

Now I know what some of you are going to say, nothing is free. And that may the case for most things. But not what I’m about to share with you right now. I came across a site that lets you make free calls using their system. The company or site name if you will is CallingAmerica.com. They offer a completely ad-supported VoIP calling network, which lets you make free calls in the U.S. and Canada. And the thing I like is that you can call any landline number or mobile phone number in the country. And the system works, because I gave it a try, I called my own cell phone number. You simply join as a member and dial the number of choice. And you really can’t beat the price, which is free compared to other VoIP calling networks out there that charge per minute rates.

Now, one thing you need to remember is that this VoIP calling network is ad-supported. So if you really don’t mind all the ads you just might find yourself using the service a lot. So go ahead and check the site out. And while you’re there make a few long distance calls, they are free.

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