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LAMP Development – Backbone of the World Wide Web
The World Wide Web has always been an entity that needed a little bit of help in order to run effectively.
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Microsoft Backs Off BlueJ Patent Claim
A useful piece of functionality in Visual Studio had been incorporated into the product without attribution to its creator, Michael Kölling of the University of Kent. Microsoft then submitted a patent application for the tool, which they have reasonably withdrawn.
LinkedIn Gets “HookedUp” With $13 Million
LinkedIn has been done pretty well for itself; over 9 million "experienced professionals" have joined the online network, and a value of about $250 million was placed on the company. It's surprising, then, that LinkedIn recently went to the trouble of collecting $12.8 million more in a round of financing.
Google Leans On “Old” Blogger Users
Some people are creatures of habit; others are just the tiniest bit afraid of new things. Those who use old versions of Google's Blogger may soon have to embrace some changes, though - Google is going to start, in an entirely non-evil way, forcing them to switch to the new version.
Google Custom SEs Another Trust Source
Recently Bambi Fransisco asked Googler Peter Norvig about using wikis in search, in response to Wikia's search threat.
YouTube Plans To Share The Cash
It's time for Google and YouTube to share the wealth generated through advertising displayed on the video sharing site, though it's a model YouTube's founders may not have wanted to embrace.
