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Hacker Faces 60 Years
A Los Angeles computer security consultant has admitted to hijacking more than 250,000 PCs to steal money and identities.
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Michelin Guide Ratings Leaked Online
The Michelin guide ratings for restaurants in Los Angeles and Las Vegas were mistakenly posted on its Web site before Monday's scheduled announcement.
Google & the Future of TV
There’s a story in the Guardian today that says Google is working with American Idol creator and producer Simon Fuller — who also gave the world the Spice Girls — on some sort of top-secret TV project that will apparently revolutionize the medium as we know it. Is Google going to get into the creation of content?
Mobile Web Usage Indicators
Some interesting posts and discussion on the BBC Internet blog centered around Linux and how open source the BBC is with regard to its sites and its content. What I found interesting are these stats included in Martin Bellam’s related post:
Facebook Introduces Product Pages
Facebook’s Social Ads program already has some people upset, and at first glance, new product pages just look like another way in which users might be turned into billboards. But whether this is or isn’t the case, the pages are already catching on.
Google Looks To Green Energy Sources
Google is exploring the use of a variety of forms of renewable energy in an effort to reach its goal of creating 50 megawatts of renewable generating capacity for its operations by 2012.
