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October 12, 2009 |

Over half of companies ban Facebook and Twitter

access_denied Count your blessings if you can check your Facebook or get to Twitter through your company’s network, because more than half of companies won’t allow it. And those companies see a measurable gain in productivity from their workers.

October 11, 2009 |

Barnes & Noble to release Amazon Kindle competitor

Barnes & Noble to release Amazon Kindle competitorThe Barnes & Noble e-bookstore has been available for a number of portable devices for some time. Now, it is believed that the bookstore chain will soon unveil a hardware competitor to the Kindle.

October 11, 2009 |

Facebook fights new patent lawsuit it calls “without merit”

Facebook fights new patent lawsuit it calls "without merit"Facebook wasn’t the first social network to exist on the Web, nor was it the first site to allow users to set up a personal page containing details about themselves. But it is the biggest social networking site in the world, and consequently is the one that seems destined to fight off lawsuits left, right, and center for the next few years.

October 11, 2009 |

Microsoft’s Sidekick cloud outage gets worse

Microsoft's Sidekick cloud outage gets worseMicrosoft’s cleverly named “software plus services” strategy would probably work better with users if their cloud computing centers would stop turning into smoke and mirrors.

October 11, 2009 |

Rumors circulate that Twitter wants to add video

Rumors circulate that Twitter wants to add videoRumors have begun to circulate that Twitter is preparing to add video Tweets to the service, much to the chagrin, we’re sure, of some of the third-party developers who work with the site.

October 11, 2009 |

Ralph Lauren admits to shoddy Photoshop job despite its DMCA takedown letter

Ralph Lauren admits to shoddy Photoshop job despite its DMCA takedown letter Recently some sparks have been flying across the fashion and photoshop worlds when a controversial Ralph Lauren ad surfaced on two blogs. The picture depicted a woman with an inhumanly skinny body. Ralph Lauren went as far as to issue a DMCA letter to the sites ordering that the picture be taken down.

October 11, 2009 |

FCC investigates Google Voice – AT&T’s revenge

FCC investigates Google Voice - AT&T's revenge In the continuing saga between Google and AT&T, the FCC has now stepped in and is asking the search giant some serious questions. AT&T alleges that Google is violating net neutrality rules with its voice service. The allegations made by AT&T have caused the FCC to set in motion a probe into Google’s voice service.

October 11, 2009 |

QuinStreet buys Insure.com for $16 million

QuinStreet buys Insure.com for $16 millionAre we entering another dot-com bubble? I only ask because it seems as though domain names are being bought up in their droves and new Web properties are also appearing by the dozen. And now comes news that QuinStreet is buying the Insure.com domain name for a pricey $16 million. Which could well be the most money ever paid for a domain name.

October 10, 2009 |

Cisco builds in new filters for Dark Websites

Cisco builds in filters for Dark WebsitesMajor router hardware player Cisco Systems is talking aim at sites in the Web that corporate managers would like to keep employees out of but have been unable to with conventional technology.

October 10, 2009 |

Netflix CEO predicts DVD has two years of life left

Netflix CEO predicts DVD has two years of life leftIf Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is to be believed, DVD is preparing to go the way of the VHS cassette.

October 10, 2009 |

Microsoft seeks more social networking involvement

Microsoft seeks more social networking involvementUnsatisfied with their corporate involvement in social networking, Microsoft has created a brand new research group intended to take the company to social places that they have never gone before.

October 10, 2009 |

Amazon admits international Kindle eBooks to cost more

Amazon admits international Kindle eBooks to cost moreMany of us who are not residents in the U.S. have been enviously looking on at the Amazon Kindle and annoyed that we haven’t been given the opportunity to buy one of the eBook readers. But that all changed a few days ago with the introduction of an international Kindle for all. Unfortunately, the joy was short-lived as it looks though international buyers are being royally shafted when it comes to pricing.

October 9, 2009 |

UK hacker heads to Europe to avoid enforced US trip

UK hacker heads to Europe to avoid enforced US tripA man accused of unlawfully hacking into NASA’s computer systems has been refused permission to appeal to Britain’s supreme court against extradition to the United States. Gary McKinnon’s only remaining option, an appeal to European courts, appears unlikely to succeed.

October 9, 2009 |

YouTube serving up 1 billion videos daily, but how many are spam?

YouTube serving up 1 billion videos daily, but how many are spam?While YouTube is enjoying the success of averaging 1 billion videos viewed per day, spammers appear set to start invading the service in earnest.

October 9, 2009 |

NASA’s near-infrared spectrometer may have captured first glimpse of moon collision

moon NASA’s space probe, LCROSS, intentionally crashed into the south pole of the moon around 7:30 am EDT this morning in hopes to retrieve data from the dust and particles that were kicked up from the event.

October 9, 2009 |

Ad-supported Office 2010 Starter is a downgrade from Microsoft Works

Ad-supported Office 2010 Starter 2010 is a downgrade from Microsoft Works Microsoft Office 2010 Starter Edition will begin shipping on new PCs with an ad-supported revenue model until a user buys a key to the full version. This new strategy offers the limited functionality of Works with the annoyance of ad interruptions.

October 9, 2009 |

FBI director almost falls for online banking phishing scam

FBI director almost falls for online banking phishing scamThere are some very basic rules for venturing online, such as installing anti-virus software and a firewall, and keeping your wits about you at all times. But anyone can fall victim to a cleverly designed piece of malware or phishing scam. And I mean anyone. Even the director of the FBI isn’t immune, though his wife seems to be.

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