[TechRepublic] Comic-Con photos; four resume tips for older workers

July 31, 2009

TechRepublic Daily Digest Trouble viewing this mail? Read it online | Manage my newsletters | Unsubscribe Welcome: TechRepublic Member Update my profile | Unsubscribe from this mail Blogs | Photos | Downloads | Forums Four resume tips for older workers People aged 55 and older are twice as likely to experience age barriers in employment than any other discrimination. Career blogger Toni Bowers offers some resume tips on how older workers can get around this issue. Subscribe to TechRepublic's Career Management RSS Feed Bookmark the Career Management blog Sponsored Acquiring Top Talent for Your Company Finding, hiring, and keeping top talent is a challenge for any company. Authors of this white papers discuss why and how to address these issues. Geekend Picks of the Week Comic-Con 2009 photos: Iron Man 2, Zombieland, and geeks in costumes Even though TechRepublic editors didn't make it to Comic-Con 2009, we compiled a gallery of great photos from the event, thanks to some of our CBS Interactive colleagues. Our gallery features geeks in costumes, celebrities, collectibles, and, of course, zombies. Gallery: Branson takes off in Eve At the Airventure 2009 air show, Sir Richard Branson, flew Virgin Gallactic's mother ship, WhiteKnightTwo aka VMS Eve, for the first time. The plane is designed to launch an aircraft, SpaceShipTwo, into space - 50,000 miles above the Earth. Geek Gifts 2009: Logitech diNovo Mini keyboard with media remote The Logitech diNovo Mini keyboard with media remote and ClickPad consolidates the mouse and keyboard of the media PC, into one wireless device - or at least that is what it tries to do. Warcraft heads to the big screen, while World of Warcraft toons defect Blizzard Entertainment is partnering with Legendary Pictures to make a live-action motion picture based on the immensely popular World of Warcraft franchise. Blizzard also recently announced a service in development that will allow WoW players to "defect" to the other faction. 10 low-cost, high-value Web 2.0 strategies Innovation around Web 2.0 technologies continues to pick up steam as companies look for ways to cut spending and get more from the solutions they choose. Polly Traylor outlines some of the top cost-effective Web-oriented tools and strategies. Low-budget science-fiction films: What are your favorites? Edmond Woychowsky reveals three of his favorite low-budget science-fiction films. List your movie picks in the discussion. Five classic adventure games that need to be re-released as digital downloads Like classic films finally being released on DVD, you can now play great (and not-so-great) games from the '80s and '90s via the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo Wii, as well as on your PC. Here are a few that warrant a re-release. Photos: Mintpad media player The Mintpad is a pocket-size portable media player that measures 3 inches across, 2.5 inches tall, and half an inch thick. Inside, you'll find a Wi-Fi-enabled Web browser, 1.3 megapixel camera (photo/video), drawing pad, video player, music player, calendar, and more. Find more optical distractions in the TechRepublic gallery collection and the TR video channel. WHITE PAPERS FROM OUR SPONSORS 10 Questions to Ask When Choosing an ERP Solution (Inside ERP) Moving beyond tracking contacts and leads (Inside CRM) IT Briefing: Building a Mobility Strategy that Optimizes Your Operations (Wonderware) On-Premise CRM Comparison Guide (Inside CRM) Solving the Fax-to-Order Problem (Esker) TWiT 205: Has Microsoft's fate been sealed? Jason Hiner: I appeared on This Week in Tech (TWiT), episode 205 on July 26 and we discussed a lot of topics from the Palm Pre's iTunes sync battle to Mac dominating sales of $1000+ computers, but the topic we spent the most time debating was the fate of Microsoft. Listen to the full show. Synaps 11010220Y3 19 LCD - Rating: Vendor: Buy now, only: $109.99 Apple iPhone 3G (refurb) Rating: Vendor: Price drop! only: $49.00 TechRepublic Newsletters Get the latest news, Vista/Windows 7 updates, useful downloads, and techy photos in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! IT News Digest Windows Vista and Windows 7 Report Downloads Photo Galleries Sign up for more free newsletters from TechRepublic. To manage your account settings or to remove yourself from all TechRepublic communications, please visit our Subscription Center. The e-mail address for your subscription is cpedley@churchpower.com Unsubscribe from this e-mail | FAQ | Advertise | Privacy Policy   Copyright © 2009 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. TechRepublic, TechRepublic.com and the TechRepublic logo are registered trademarks of CBS Interactive Inc. Used by permission. CBS Interactive Inc. 235 Second Street San Francisco, CA 94105 U.S.A.