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Forget about globalization studies or underwater archaeology, the hot majors for 2011 are still some of the most traditional. Of the 1.5 million bachelor's degrees awarded in the United States in recent years, business degrees were No. 1, followed by those in social sciences/history, health...

If you want something badly enough, you'll pay for it, right? Apparently business schools across the nation have gotten the memo and are willing to give their alumni a little reward for referring qualified candidates to their executive master's of business administration programs. Several are now...

After months of late nights, nutritionally suspect meals and a lot of socializing, it's bound to happen. Whether it's a cold, the flu or an unknown bug you got from that guy down the hall, you will need to take a sick day from class, your friends and maybe even the cafeteria. Chances are you may...

A group frustrated by Facebook's every-changing privacy policy has proclaimed May 31 as "Quit Facebook Day" and so far have signed more than 11,000 users pledging to leave the social networking site. However, with more than 400 million users already on Facebook, that number looks rather small....

Apparently thousands of Facebook users were struck again by messages from friends claiming "sexiest video ever" and referring to a thumbnail of a woman riding a bike. But they were fake messages hoping to lure users into clicking the link and infecting their computer with malware, or spamming it...

Are you ready to give up cash and checks and start using your credit card exclusively? You might just be able to do that -- if you own a smartphone. Seems that now that almost everyone with a cell phone is quickly exchanging it for a smartphone, several companies are betting good money that these...

Leave it to the Japanese to figure out a solution to our most vexing tech problems. Annoyed that you have to pop for $150 to $200 glasses just to watch your newfangled 3D TV? Check out the "naked eye" 3D television. Sure, 3D television is in its infancy and right now there's no real reason to...

Would you be OK with retailers knowing your exact location? Best Buy and Macy's will start using an application that will allow them to know when people are nearby and offer rewards in hopes of luring them inside to make a purchase. This kind of fishing for customers is courtesy of Shopkick, a Palo...

Getting mail on Saturday and the convenience of your local post office may soon be a thing of the past. The U.S. Postal Service is dealing with a $297 million loss in the first quarter of its fiscal year and needs to make deep cuts in jobs, wages and outsource operations, the Government...

If CDs are priced at $9.99 or less, would you buy them instead of downloading them? The Universal Music Group plans to test that premise by dropping prices on new CDs to $10 or lower -- hoping to reignite the world's love affair with the compact disc. Suggested list prices range from $6 to $10....