KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Menacing, metallic and mega-gun brandishing, the cyber super soldier looms over Richard Fleming’s desk. Not exactly stereotypical for a professor’s office at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kan.?
Do we need to go into the office at all any more? Working nine to five, what an archaic way to make a living. Recent research by Microsoft shows that 78% of people believe that traditional office hours no longer exist — and some forward-thinking companies are even dispensing with the office itself.
About three dozen members of the Napa Tea Party rallied outside the Napa Valley Register office Saturday morning, holding up signs protesting the leftward drift of the country and raising concens about issues from increased taxation and President Obama’s place of birth to criticism of the Register and news media over political coverage.
Google and Apple continued to cut their official ties this week while Apple irked musicians with iTunes LP. The company also admitted to a major Snow Leopard bug and may be working on adding FM radio functionality to the iPhone. Catch up with our roundup of the week’s top Apple news: Time Capsule failures lead to opening of virtual cemetery : Is there a Time Capsule pandemic going on? There may …