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15 December – Five Stories You Need to Read

The Wall Street Journal reports that European officials set EU-wide frequencies for short-range wireless products on Thursday. CNetNews.com reveals that ‘[t]he New York City Pension Fund wants shareholders to force Google and Yahoo to refuse Internet censorship requests by governments.” In an unrelated story, CNetNews.com writes that “Google is beefing [...]

By |2006-12-15T10:18:00-05:00December 15th, 2006|Blog, Uncategorized|

14 December – Five Stories You Need to Read

According to SFGate.com, “[t]he Internet accelerates while [the] U.S. trails behind”.  CNetNews.com features an interview with Google’s open source programs manager Chris DiBona in which he talks about how Google, despite being a heavy user of open-source software and an active participant in many projects that develop it, is also [...]

By |2016-12-21T00:15:38-05:00December 14th, 2006|Blog, Uncategorized|

12 December – Five Stories You Need to Read

According to Yahoo!News, security experts predict that “[c]omputer hackers will open a new front in the multi-billion [dollar] ‘cyberwar’ in 2007, targeting mobile phones, instant messaging and community Web sites such as MySpace”.  ZDNet UK reveals that Ultrawideband is to be legalized across Europe within the next six months, but [...]

By |2006-12-12T18:29:26-05:00December 12th, 2006|Blog, Uncategorized|

11 December – Five Stories You Need to Read

According to the New York Times, “smaller online retailers, and those with strong gift-certificate sales, are being especially hard hit” this holiday season by fraudulent orders, which usually involve credit card numbers stolen offline or in email scams. eWeek.com reports that “ICANN officials ended a week-long marathon of meetings in [...]

By |2006-12-11T18:20:22-05:00December 11th, 2006|Blog, Uncategorized|

8 December – Five Stories You Need to Read

The Los Angeles Times reveals that “Russia's Interior Ministry accused executives of IBM Corp. on Thursday of stealing money from the country's $57-billion pension fund.” Forbes.com reports that thousands of legitimate Web sites have become the victims of a new Google policy to wipe out questionable advertisers. According to eWeek.com, [...]

By |2006-12-08T12:24:00-05:00December 8th, 2006|Blog, Uncategorized|
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