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Ocean waves off of the United States Outer Contintental Shelf (OCS) are a potential form of alternative energy. Ocean waves are a form of renewable energy that is fueled by both natural wind currents and incoming solar energy that is transferred to the water. Additionally, the waves off of the US OCS have the potential to generate 2,100 Terra-Watts of energy.

Ocean waves could provide a clean, renewable energy source that could provide a great amount of energy to the United States. Much of the technology needed to convert waves into energy is still in development but should be available soon commercially. The four technologies are:
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In June 2008, Google and Yahoo announced an agreement that would allow Yahoo to display Google paid advertising in their organic search results. The agreement had a tentative length of up to 10 years depending on Yahoo’s option to renew at two points.

The deal between Google and Yahoo was sent to the Department of Justice for review on grounds of Anittrust. If the Google and Yahoo deal were to be completed it would give Google access to an additional 22% of the paid search market on top of their already 70% dominent market share. These numbers would make it very difficult for another company (Microsoft) to gain ground in the paid search advertising market thus creating an anticompetitive market.
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The impact of technology on the flexibility and mobility of our personal lives has now forged the divide into our work lives. Businesses are now faced with a mobile workforce beyond the classic “road warrior” sales personnel. It is estimated that by the year 2011, nearly 75% of the United States workforce will be mobile (IDC).

The mobile workforce is powered by the Internet and the web-based applications that businesses provide to their employees. These applications allow employees to access emails, internal file servers and complete other important tasks.  

However, a mobile workforce poses a number of risks to a business on numerous operational levels including:
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