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Jobs Admits MobileMe Launch "Not Up to Apple Standards"
August 5, 2008
on Networking
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Jane McEntegart
Steve Jobs has reportedly admitted that Apple was wrong to launch MobileMe at the same time as the 3G iPhone, iPhone 2.0 and the Apps Store. Read more
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Google Announces Acquisition of Omnisio
August 1, 2008
on Networking
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Jane McEntegart
Google-owned YouTube has announced the acquisition of Omnisio, a move that will see some of the latter’s best features incorporated into YouTube. Read more
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Cuil Beats Google ... In One Key Metric
August 1, 2008
on Using the Internet
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Wolfgang Gruener
Cuil launched with a bang this week, but perhaps not quite the bang its creators had hoped for. While Cuil claims to host the largest search index of all search engines currently available, the service does not seem to be mature enough... Read more
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Mediaset Sues YouTube for $779 Million in Damages
July 31, 2008
on Business & Law
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Jane McEntegart
It seems Google and YouTube are facing yet more legal proceedings, this time from an Italian media company. Read more
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Firefox Market Share Exceeds 20 Percent, Internet Explorer Dips Below 70 Percent
July 31, 2008
on Networking
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Wolfgang Gruener
Chicago (IL) - It has been six weeks since Firefox 3 has been released and if we believe market share numbers provided by an ongoing survey of NetApplications, then it appears that Mozilla... Read more
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Apple Completes MobileMe Restoration And Fixes Yet Another Glitch
July 30, 2008
on Networking
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Jane McEntegart
It seems Apple has finally gotten the ducks in line with regard to the whole MobileMe fiasco. Read more
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Mozilla Patches Nine Security Flaws in Thunderbird
July 30, 2008
on Software Miscellaneous
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Christian Zibreg
Chicago (IL) - The hype surrounding recently released Firefox 3 web browser has left Mozilla's popular open-source email client Thunderbird without a significant update since early May. Read more
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Ebay Life Seller, Still Has His Life
July 29, 2008
on Using the Internet
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Humphrey Cheung
Perth (Australia) - 44-year-old Ian Usher tried to sell his life on eBay, but things didn't exactly turn out like he hoped. Read more
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As MobileMe Access Returns, Apple Says Some Mail May Be Lost Forever
July 28, 2008
on Networking
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Jane McEntegart
Apple has announced that MobileMe access is slowly returning of over a week-long outage for a reported 1 percent of customers. Read more
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China Touts More Internet Surfers Than USA
July 28, 2008
on Networking
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Humphrey Cheung
Beijing (China) - China now has more Internet surfers than the United States, according to the China Internet Network Information Center. Read more
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Facebook Recieves Second Take-Down Notice in Relation to Scrabulous Application
July 25, 2008
on Networking
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Jane McEntegart
Some of you may remember the Scrabulous “scandal” that rocked fans’ worlds back in January. Basically you’ve got Scrabulous, an online version of a board game that, in all honesty, doesn’t see much table time nowadays. Read more
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Google Rolls Out the Next Wikipedia
July 25, 2008
on Networking
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Jane McEntegart
A lot of people like Wikipedia for the simple reason that it’s written by normal, average, everyday people like you and me. Anyone can contribute an article and similarly, anyone can edit or change an existing article... Read more
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Spammer Jailed For Four Years
July 24, 2008
on Using the Internet
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Jane McEntegart
Robert Soloway, the man dubbed the Spam King and described by Microsoft as one of the top ten spammers in the world has been jailed for 47 months for his crimes. Read more
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Gmail Going Both Ways In Six Weeks
July 24, 2008
on Networking
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Christian Ziberg
Gears is one of the lesser known technologies from Google but people who live in the cloud have found it invaluable to bridge the divide between offline and online applications. Read more
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Three Out Of Four Banking Websites Have Serious Security Flaws - Study
July 24, 2008
on Networking
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Humphrey Cheung
Ann Arbor (MI) - A soon to be released University of Michigan study will show that more than 75% of banking websites have serious security flaws. Read more