Mix Turtle - The Music Search Engine

TechJaws.com searches the internet looking for the tastiest sites that offer up some of the coolest stuff and we found a good one in Mix Turtle.

You can play your favorite songs by searching by artist or song title. It serves up the best of what you like when you are in the mood to listen to your favorite songs.

The downside is that there’s no about or help pages that explain how to upload your own play-lists. I am sure this is in beta and there’s more to come from this music search site. They have been live since August 17th, 2008, so I am sure they have more in the works, but I wish they updated their blog more often.

I searched for 3 artists and found the songs I enjoy and played them all for free!

From Mix Turtle:

Do you want to see live broadcasts of what other users are currently listening to on Mix Turtle? Well now you can with the all new and shiny button “Live”. This one is just an image so don’t be fooled. You can find the real one on the top right corner of the home page. Click on the ‘HOME’ link above then look top right.

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Tech Sector Feeling the Crunch

The economy is feeling the affects of the banking woes over the last month as Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, Bank of America acquired Merrill Lynch and companies ranging from Washington Mutual to AIG are at the point of no return.

This crunch is now making its way over to the tech sector. The latest news on AMD splitting off its manufacturing operations, Yahoo shares hit lowest in 5 years (closing at $15.31), Ebay to layoff 10% of its workforce and HP cuts 25,000 jobs.

Can the tech sector survive?

In most cases some jobs will be in demand, such as;

Infrastructure consolidation projects will last for years. IT spending surveys indicate a demand for consultants.

Project managers will be in demand. Systems integration skills will be critical and you’ll need project managers to consolidate all of those applications and data centers as well as re-architect systems according to ZDNet Larry Dignan.

The bad news:

There will be an increase in available technology professionals which will potentially drive down wages. Developers, engineers and data center workers will all be looking for jobs as many of the hard hit Wall Street firms begin to consolidate systems and infrastructure. This may be the best time to hire If you’re in the market for talent.

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AMD to spin off manufacturing units

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will announce Tuesday it is spinning off its manufacturing operations as part of its cost saving strategy, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Sunnyvale-based AMD said it will make a “significant corporate announcement” and hold a conference call with industry analyst Tuesday hosted by Chief Executive Dirk Meyer. It did not give details on the announcement.

The Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, said the chip maker will say it is spinning off its manufacturing operations into a new joint venture that will make chips for AMD, as well as other companies.

With funding from investment groups associated with the government of Abu Dhabi, the new venture will take over AMD manufacturing facilities, including large plants in Germany, the Journal reported.

Last year, the Abu Dhabi government’s investment arm, the Mubadala Development Co., took an 8.1 percent stake in AMD.

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Obama accused of palling around with terrorists

Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin said Saturday, October 4, that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is “someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect that he’s palling around with terrorists who would target their own country.”

According to CNN:

Verdict: False. There is no indication that Ayers and Obama are now “palling around,” or that they have had an ongoing relationship in the past three years. Also, there is nothing to suggest that Ayers is now involved in terrorist activity or that other Obama associates are.

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