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- Social-networking sites work to turn users into profits
(USATODAY.com)
Mon, 12 May 2008 12:21:29
USATODAY.com - SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook, MySpace and other social-networking sites have been the rage of the tech industry for more than a year. Following investments by Microsoft and News Corp., the companies are valued in the billions of dollars and are considered blueprints for how to build a website. Yet a deeper question lingers: How are they going to consistently produce profits to match their soaring valuations? - Can Sun rejuvenate Java?
(InfoWorld)
Mon, 12 May 2008 10:00:00
InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems is trying to rejuvenate Java, using the JavaOne conference last week to position the 13-year-old Java platform as a foundation for next-generation technologies in such spaces as rich Internet applications and cloud-based services. - Kimball University: Better Business Skills for BI and Data Warehouse Professionals
(TechWeb)
Mon, 12 May 2008 01:47:00
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - To deliver better intelligence, BI and data warehousing teams need business acumen, interpersonal skills and communication competencies. Here are helpful tips and 12 invaluable resources for career development and success. - Hacker splashes data from six million Chileans on Internet: report
(AFP)
Mon, 12 May 2008 01:29:56
AFP - A hacker broke into Chile’s government sites mining data from six million people which he then posted on the Internet on two popular servers for several hours, the El Mercurio daily have said.
- Google, IBM Join Forces To Offer Cloud Computing Services
(TechWeb)
Sat, 10 May 2008 04:01:30
TechWeb - InformationWeek - “The cloud has higher value in business,” says Google CEO Schmidt. - SAP Embraces Software-Plus-Services Vision
(TechWeb)
Sat, 10 May 2008 04:01:25
TechWeb - Intelligent Enterprise - Enterprise apps vendor envisions selling “component” services to its largest customers beginning next year. - 70 people sickened during San Francisco conference
(AP)
Fri, 09 May 2008 23:12:50
AP - It’s a new kind of virus for Sun Microsystems Inc. - Executive Briefing
(Investor’s Business Daily)
Fri, 09 May 2008 21:51:19
Investor’s Business Daily - A global study from IBM says that top executives are eyeing major investments in the next three years to meet changing customer demands. - Report: More Than 550 Million GPS Handsets To Ship By 2012
(TechWeb)
Fri, 09 May 2008 20:20:00
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Service providers are helping drive GPS handset sales by including community and social networking functionality in their handheld devices, says ABI Research. - Sun exec ponders OpenSolaris, Linux
(InfoWorld)
Fri, 09 May 2008 17:53:02
InfoWorld - Ian Murdock is vice president of developer and community marketing at Sun Microsystems. Prior to that, he was the founder of the Debian Linux distribution and CTO at the Linux Foundation. InfoWorld Editor at Large Paul Krill met with Murdock at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco this week to talk about open source and how Sun, with its OpenSolaris version of the Solaris Unix platform, will fare in the open-source arena versus Linux. - MySpace Makes Data Portable to Other Web Sites
(NewsFactor)
Fri, 09 May 2008 16:26:04
NewsFactor - The move toward data portability for denizens of social-networking sites gained more momentum Thursday with MySpace’s announcement of its Data Availability project. - Sun: Java ubiquity an advantage in RIA battle
(InfoWorld)
Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:00
InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems is counting on the ubiquitous nature of Java to help its JavaFX technology compete in the rich Internet application (RIA) space against rivals Adobe Systems and Microsoft. - Facebook, states set bullying, predator safeguards
(AP)
Fri, 09 May 2008 06:52:32
AP - Facebook, the world’s second-largest social networking Web site, is adding more than 40 new safeguards to protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies under an agreement with officials nationwide that was announced Thursday.
- MySpace lets users take profile data outside site’s walls
(AFP)
Thu, 08 May 2008 23:23:31
AFP - MySpace announced Thursday it is opening the gates of its popular online community by letting users automatically transfer profile information to other social-networking websites.
- Intel, Sun: So Happy Together, When It Comes To Software
(TechWeb)
Thu, 08 May 2008 22:30:00
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The joint development efforts have been broader and deeper than anticipated, company executives reveal. - JavaFX Set To Jazz Up Mobile Devices
(NewsFactor)
Thu, 08 May 2008 22:20:50
NewsFactor - Anyone who still doubts there is a bright future for technologies that create hybrid, online/offline applications need only consider Sun’s JavaFX announcement at JavaOne this week. The Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:JAVA) event demonstrates that JavaFX, which was announced last year, is closing in on, or at least gunning for Adobe’s AIR and Microsoft’s Silverlight, as a developer’s tool for producing new applications. - MySpace to allow users to share data with Yahoo, others
(AP)
Thu, 08 May 2008 21:21:19
AP - Social networking site MySpace said Thursday it will soon enable users to quickly share profile data with Web sites operated by Yahoo Inc., eBay Inc. and others. - Free software takes on Microsoft Office
(Reuters)
Thu, 08 May 2008 19:50:40
Reuters - Pierre Avignon is no pirate, but he does
not believe in paying for software. His computer is filled with
programs like Symphony — a free suite that he downloaded from
an International Business Machines Corp website
(http://symphony.lotus.com).
- Facebook Commits To Stronger Safety And Privacy Measures
(TechWeb)
Thu, 08 May 2008 18:20:00
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Facebook is working with state officials to protect young users of its social networking service. - Facebook, 49 U.S. states agree on Web safety steps
(Reuters)
Thu, 08 May 2008 17:50:55
Reuters - Social networking site Facebook
announced an agreement on Thursday with 49 U.S. state attorneys
general and the District of Columbia to increase efforts to
protect its youngest members from sexual predators.
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