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Google Says Behave On Political Ads
Every candidate wants to find an advantage over the opponents. Those who choose to use Google's ad products will have to mind…
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ICANN Asks For Independence
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is requesting that the U.S. government allow it to become independent. ICANN made the request in a detailed report sent to the U.S. Department of Commerce. The report will be the topic of a meeting to decide ICANN's progress on objectives the U.S. government has put in place that would lead to the organizations independence.
Microsoft: Vista (Comparatively) Invulnerable
Imagine that a company built a car out of foam. Not a working car, of course - just a full-scale model. And then that company started trumpeting stuff about having no safety-related recalls. Well, Microsoft is proud to announce that Vista has fewer security vulnerabilities than its competitors.
JCPenney & M&Ms Get it, Scrabble and Target Don’t
Here are two Goofus and Gallants in one post as marketers continue to demonstrate how to and how not to.
Last.FM Adds On-Demand Service
Last.FM has added a new on demand song streaming service with the support from all four major labels and 150,000 indie labels and artists from distributors including The Orchard, CD Baby, IODA, Naxos. Users can listen to a track free up to three times, after which they are pointed iTunes, Amazon or 7Digital for purchase.
Google Software Engineer Explains MapReduce Concept
Mark Chu-Carroll is a Google software engineer, and in a personal blog post this week explained the concept of one of Google’s programming models: MapReduce, which splits a task onto many computers on Google’s server farm (server farm, or single super computer, depending on how you look at it) to be quickly crunched.
