Facebook Source Code Sees The Light Of Day

For Facebook, it wasn’t a great way to start the weekend - the site’s home page source code was posted online for all to see.  On the bright side, data belonging to Facebook’s many users appears to be completely safe and unaffected.

‘Catch-up’ Packet Takes Shape, ISPs Fire Shots

British Internet service providers are concerned with the BBC's plans to allow viewers to freely download recent broadcasts and view them within 30 days, arguing that "catch-up" TV will eat up bandwidth if enough viewers take advantage of it.

Search in 2010

Over at SearchEngineLand, Gord Hotchkiss has written a very detailed post on what a search engine results page could look like by the year 2010. For this 'Future of Search' post, Gord got insight from the top Search/Usability Experts in the field:

Viral Marketing: Now Less Contagious

Around one-quarter of all online adults are thought to be influential brand advocates, but they spend more time online researching and purchasing than spreading the word according to a new report from JupiterResearch "Brand Advocates; Creating Rewarding Relationships."

StarOffice Stuffed Into Google Pack

As described by Sun, StarOffice 8 is “a full-featured office productivity suite that’s compatible with Microsoft Office at just a slice of the cost.”  That “slice” is normally $70, but, thanks to Google, the software is now free - StarOffice has become available in Google Pack.