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The FSG Goes To Work In Asia
A nonprofit organization trying to prevent the fragmentation of Linux is picking up its activities in Asia. The Free Standards Group (FSG) is standardizing the handling of Chinese characters, and working with the Chinese government to establish the Chinese Linux certification laboratory.
Sony’s Growing Pains
Sony may have gotten too big for its own good. The company has spread well beyond its traditional specialty of high-end electronics into many other business fields. This is evident to some degree in the U.S., but is particularly obvious in Japan, where Sony hawks such things as skin lotion, online banking services, and life insurance.
Opera Brings Browser To Pocket PC
The Opera Mobile browser has become available for the Pocket PC platform and runs on Windows Mobile 5 and 2003 SE.
AOL Employees Don’t Use AOL Search
AOL has been consistently 4th place in terms of search share, and Jason Calacanis thinks he knows why - because AOL sucks to search with. Calacanis, who joined AOL after the company bought his blog network, Weblogs Inc., slammed his parent company's woeful search presentation on his weblog.
Internet Ad Revenue Near $4B For Quarter
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) announced that online ad revenue reached $3.864 billion for the first quarter of 2006.
