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The first line of a fresh Yahoo press release describes the corporation as “a leading global Internet company,” and I have to…
The Department of Justice has reached an agreement with Microsoft that will end a complaint made by Google about a Vista feature.
Google will tap its users for business reviews to complement the ones they collect from other online sources and display.
People sell all kinds of stuff on eBay. The past brings us listings for immortal souls (deleted), Britney Spears hair (mostly deleted), and even cruel Christmas presents (deleted pronto). And now someone is selling his personal data to the highest bidding marketer.
Some time ago, Google announced that it would install a number of solar panels on the much-discussed Googleplex. Those panels are now in place, on, and, according to the company, generating “an electricity output capable of powering approximately 1,000 average California homes.”
Humans change slower – much slower – than technology. That's the guiding conclusion of usability guru Jakob Nielsen, who notes that 80% of Web usability guidelines from the Nineties still hold today.
