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Monthly Archives: November 2007

Facebook does about-face on privacy policy

Facebook.com's mastermind, Mark Zuckerberg smiles at his office in Palo Alto, Calif., Monday, Feb. 5, 2007. Facebook Inc. has overhauled a new advertising system that sparked privacy complaints by turning its users into marketing tools for other companies. Under the changes outlined late Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007 Facebook's 55 million users will be given greater control over whether they want to participate in a three-week-old program that circulates potentially sensitive information about their online purchases and other activities.   Seeking to keep the peace in its popular online hangout, Facebook Inc. has overhauled a new advertising system that sparked privacy complaints by turning its users into marketing tools for other companies.

Motorola CEO Zander To Be Replaced By COO Brown

Motorola CEO Zander To Be Replaced By COO Brown

Mobile phone maker Motorola
Inc said Friday that Chief Executive Ed Zander will
step down on Jan. 1 and be replaced by Chief Operating Officer
Greg Brown.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showA

Worldwide Server Revenues Up Slightly, But Shipment Growth Slows

Worldwide Server Revenues Up Slightly, But Shipment Growth Slows

If economic worries stay with buyers, then spending on new systems could continue to slow, analysts with IDC lament.

http://www.informationweek.com/research/showArticle.jhtml?arti

WebEx launches the Green Guide to your Office

Core Facts:
· WebEx, the leader in on-demand collaboration applications and services, today launched the Green Guide to your Office - a free booklet designed to give businesses advice on how to be more environmentally friendly when using technology at …

Web site sued for posting O.J. Simpson’s book

Ronald Goldman’s father is taking legal action to stop a file-sharing Web site from posting O.J. Simpson’s book, “If I Did It,” about the slaying of his son and Simpson’s ex-wife.

Worldwide Server Revenues Up Slightly, But Shipment Growth Slows

Worldwide Server Revenues Up Slightly, But Shipment Growth Slows

If economic worries stay with buyers, then spending on new systems could continue to slow, analysts with IDC lament.

http://www.informationweek.com/research/showArticle.jhtml?arti

Mobile Phone Death A Ruse, South Korea Police Say

Mobile Phone Death A Ruse, South Korea Police Say

South Korean police say what they
thought had been a death caused by an exploding mobile phone
was actually a ruse used by a co-worker to cover up an
accidental vehicular homicide.

http://www.in

Scientists use dogs as doo-doo detectives

A growing number of scat-detection dogs used to track wildlife by land and by sea are showing that no technology can outdo their know-how for doo-doo.

Google Unleashes Orkut Scrap Alerts, Kills Off Competition


Some genes get shushed along the way

Usually, people inherit a copy of each gene from each parent. But scientists found a twist:  Some of those genes arrive switched off, so there is no backup if the other copy goes bad.