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Is Google Sexist?
In the movie version of the TV cartoon South Park, the boys ask Chef how to make women happy. Without thinking about…
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Facebook Puts Employee Stock Sale On Hold
If you're friends with any Facebook employees, don't be surprised if your holiday gifts from them wind up being homemade ashtrays instead of multiple DVD sets. The sale of shares that would have allowed some employees to make $900,000 has been postponed.
The Year in Online Video
Now that we are in December, the final month of the year, I thought it would be fun to go back through our archives and take a look at some of the highlights of different sectors of our industry, and reflect on everything that has happened over the year 2008. January seems so long ago. So much has happened.
Online Journalists Now The Most Jailed
More online journalists are in prison globally than any other reporters working in any other medium, according to a new survey by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
Microsoft Hires New Head Of Online Services Group
Given all that's gone on at Microsoft lately, it's hard to believe that the company has been running around without anyone in charge of its Online Services Group. That period is coming to an end, though, as Dr. Qi Lu, a former Yahoo exec, has gotten the job.
Worm Rains on Facebook’s Parade
Just as Facebook unleashes its Facebook Connect program that ties the site in with any other site who wants to be involved, some virus has to come along and rain on the parade. The Koobface virus, which has in actuality been around for the majority of the year, is not directly related to Facebook Connect, but casts a shadow of vulnerability on Facebook in general.…
