Saturday, August 29, 2009

updates

ESPN jumps into local fray with website
While discussing the flurry of transactions in the local sports media, a source at a popular Boston website recently mused,

GOP group registers websites in Norton's name
She said if Norton decides to get into the race, she would need to purchase the sites from the NRSC and run her own website.


Social networking websites used by burglars
burglars are using social networking websites such as Facebook to target homes, new research has claimed. A study by Legal & General (L&G)


Lib Dem MPs targeted by Nazi spoof websites
County Times has noted the sudden spate of spoof websites linking some 90 Lib Dem MPs and candidates to the Nazis: Every Lib Dem MP in the UK has fallen foul of one political blogger, who goes under the tag 'Illiberal Democrat'

Ashoka and Google's Million Dollar Friendship
Ashoka is one of the leading organizations supporting innovative social entrepreneurs. Google is one of the most innovative for-profit organizations of our time, and although their focus isn't exp
Translate Google Docs And Share Them Around
google docs is a useful application for sharing documents, but previously didn't allow for sharing across different languages.

Nokia "evolves" away from Internet Tablets with new N900
nokia is dropping the "Internet Tablet" label with the announcement of the N900, its new Linux handheld. The N900 has built-in 3G, an 800x480 3.5" display,


IBM X-Force Report Exposes the Vulnerabilities of the Internet
TMCnet Contributor The X-Force 2009 mid-year trend and risk report from IBM states that the risk factor in browsing the Internet


Yahoo! still intends to compete with Microsoft on internet search
Bing search technology soon to power the internet searches across its vast empire. That doesn't mean that Yahoo! still won't compete with google

Internet Explorer 8 The League of Ordinary Gentlemen
If you are having difficulties with posts being cut off and you are using Internet Explorer, please download the latest version - IE 8 - which should take care


Yahoo Adds Products, Businesses, Events, Discussions & News To ...
If it sometimes seems that there's no rhyme or reason to the various tools and products Google adds to its properties, this one will change your mind a bit: Google has (finally, some would say) brought together its local business

Microsoft's secret 'screw Google' meetings in D.C. -- DailyFinance
maybe the boys at Microsoft should better spend their time improving their software and own search engine and then they could have a better product than google.Sort of reminds me of the American auto companies bashing the Japaneese car

Google Docs Adds Translation
Google continues to work on its machine translation—both the quality of the translations and the number of their products

New myTouch phone takes big step forward
Nonetheless, the myTouch 3G is a great phone for T-Mobile customers and for those whose lives revolve around Google products and services including Gmail,

Microsoft Holds Secret 'Screw Google' Meetings In D.C.
Post News Editors Google is something of a poster child for the power of the free market. A dominant market share, a series of products that make people's lives better, excellent working conditions. Should it turn to the dark side

Microsoft Holds Weekly "Screw Google" Meetings In DC -- Report ...
Daily Finance: Microsoft's chief Washington lobbyist has been convening regular meetings attended by the company's outside consultants that have become known by some beltway insiders as "screw Google" meetings, DailyFinance has learned. ... CopyPaste Journalism: Thanks for reading, sounds like you could be helpful. How about giving me a call? 646-484-6438. Shame said: Aug 28, 7:09 PM. It's a shame. MS has become one large legal agreement. Do they make
products anymore?


Official Google SketchUp Blog: Coming Soon in Google SketchUp...
In the next release of Google SketchUp, our free modeler, we've decided to remove the dwg/dxf importers. We know how important these importers are to our professional customers, especially those who depend on CAD products in their daily


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Thursday, August 27, 2009

updates

Facebook to boost staff by 50% in 2009:
ReutersThe company, which counts venture capitalist Peter Thiel, Accel Partners, Microsoft Corp and Russian Internet investment firm Digital Sky Technologies


Free e-Book: Drive Traffic With Web 2.0
Web 2.0 sites can hugely benefit you as they rank high in the search engines, and this report offers something for everyone, no experience necessary with chapters on.

20 Websites that can make Better Web Developer
They showcase truly innovative and skillfully-crafted designs and they abstain from showcasing the “yet another recycled web 2.0 look” websites. It might not be updated with hundreds of websites everyday, but having a strict guideline

updates

IBM X-Force(R) Report Reveals Unprecedented State of Web InsecurityPR Newswire (press release)According to the report, there has been a 508 percent increase in the number of new malicious Web links discovered in the first half of 2009

New Web Browser Offers Improved Browsing SafetyIndividual and enterprise Web users alike are encouraged to consider the benefits of Jungle-safe browsing – which enables any Dolphin3D user to explore new

Cyberattacks lay more 'stepping stones' : News : Security - ZDNet (
In addition, the host country of new malicious Web sites are now more likely to differ from what the registered top-level or country-code domains suggest, said MessageLabs.

BBC - Magazine Monitor: Web MonitorWeb Monitor is touched to see Paper Monitor's new co-workers - the readership - unite against possible treading on toe action. Paper Monitor reads papers. Web Monitor reads the web.

Gmail's task list now e-mailable... (WebWare) »
AMGoogle has enhanced the task feature that's integrated into Gmail and other Google products to let users share their lists with others. Gmail users can now choose to share an entire task list in a new e-mail message

Google Apps Connector for Blackberry Enterprise Now Available ...By MJK Google got its access into the Blackberry devices, which now form a major portion of global smart phones while Blackberry will facilitate its users who frequently use Google products on their laptops.

Britain clamps down on Internet
Internet users beware: if you continue to illegally download movies and music, we'll find you and shut down your Internet connection.

IEBlog :
Internet Explorer 8 is now available via Windows Server ...
If you manage your organization's PCs using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) I'm pleased to announce that we have made Internet Explorer 8 available via this technology for the following languages and platforms: Internet Explorer 8