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Over at the MSDN blogs Virtual Earth program manager Andy McGovern has come up with the following update: "we've been busy poking…
Remember Sesame Street and “One of These Things Is Not Like the Other”? If you were to play that game now with the Yahoo and AOL home pages, you might see that one of these things is a lot like the other. In fact, the AOL page, which is only in beta testing, is alleged to be something of a rip-off.
It’s sometimes best for authority figures to rule from afar - whether it’s a matter of interfering with an efficient routine or just making everyone nervous, direct contact isn’t always a positive thing. Google China may be heaving a sigh of relief, then, as the main corporation takes a few steps back.
Updating software in the middle of the work week during the workday tends to make system administrators much loathed in the eyes of their users. Google decided not to embrace that level of loathing for themselves.
Recent deaths associated with drugs bought at online pharmacies have brought the issue front and center for many Americans. It's still unclear as to whose responsibility it is to police them, but the strongest critics are pointing fingers at search engines and comparison-shopping sites.
The future of finding employment via the Internet will make 'who you know' very important, but getting a start will be a function of 'what you know' and what positions you can find to get in the door.
