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The Facebook/Microsoft Plot Thickens
Monday, it looked like Microsoft was interested in buying 5% of Facebook for a sum of $300-500 million. The following day, the…
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Yahoo Still Top Search Engine In Japan
In many technological aspects, Japan’s got America beat. Hands-down, where-is-my-robot-butler beat. Which makes me wonder about the implications of Yahoo’s continued success in that country.
More Companies Blocking Social Networks
A third of employers are now blocking access to social networking sites according to a new report from Web security firm ScanSafe. Companies blocking such sites has risen 17 percent over the past year.
iPhone Could Be Playground For Attacks
The Metasploit Framework will have iPhone support soon. If that doesn't mean much to you, consider that some people who use Metasploit for security research may use what they find for malicious purposes.
Google Street View Spreads To Europe?
Four days ago, Google’s Global Privacy Counsel wrote a blog post about Street View and respecting other countries’ laws. At the time, we believed his comments were directed at Canada. But they may also apply to England; what appears to be one of Google Street View’s camera cars has been sighted in London.
Google, Yahoo Sued By Tanzanian Tribesman
It's pretty well known in these parts (these United – well, sort of – States) where Google and Yahoo got their names. Google derives from a butchering of googol, a number, an apt moniker for the mathematical types that conceived it; Yahoo, well, everybody between these two shores knows what a yahoo is or has shouted one.
