New language in the third draft of the GNU General Public License (define), GPL v3, has the potential to reach beyond big Linux vendors with its proposed licensing rules that govern how most open source software is deployed and modified.
Some of the terms in the just-released draft also have the potential to adjust software [...]
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GPL v3 Not a Concern For Google
Posted in HOT OR NOT on March 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Web ad spend overtakes newspapers
Posted in Quick Info on March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Spending on UK internet advertising surged in 2006, overtaking newspaper ads for the first time, a report says. Online advertising expenditure jumped 41.2% to £2.01bn during the year, the report by the Internet Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers said.
In contrast, spending on national newspaper ads grew just 0.2% to £1.9bn, taking a 10.7% share [...]
US ‘no longer technology king’
Posted in HOT OR NOT on March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The US has lost its position as the world’s primary engine of technology innovation, according to a report by the World Economic Forum.
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An Accenture on Health IT
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An Accenture on Health IT
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Web-Over-Airwaves Device
Posted in Quick Info on March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
he Federal Communications Commission is expected to release findings this summer on whether a new device can deliver high-speed Internet service over unused airwaves without disrupting television programming.
Scott Blake Harris, the attorney for a coalition of technology companies that developed the device, said Tuesday the FCC is expected to issue its test results by July.
He [...]
Call for blogging code of conduct
Posted in HOT OR NOT on March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The support for a blogger hounded by death threats has intensified with some high profile web experts calling for a code of conduct in the blogosphere. The female blogger at the centre of the row has been shocked to discover that hers is not an isolated incident.
It has led her and others to [...]
20 million copies of Vista sold
Posted in HOT OR NOT on March 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
First month ‘stronger than expected,’ analysts say should have been more
Microsoft Corp. said Monday it sold 20 million consumer copies of the new Windows Vista operating system worldwide in February, but analysts said the data shed little light on the program’s popularity during its first month on the market.
By comparison, Windows XP, Vista’s predecessor, sold [...]
Researchers Untangle the Junk Web
Posted in Quick Info on March 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
According to the new study by Microsoft Research and the University of California at Davis, a small group of as few as three operators create most of the spammy Web pages on the Internet. Search engines are continually changing tactics to avoid such spam Web sites, but the spamming can still be effective, as anybody [...]
Web Audience Climbs 10% in Last Year
Posted in HOT OR NOT on March 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Think a lot of people are using the Internet? You’re right.
Some 747 million people aged 15 or older used the Internet worldwide in January 2007, a 10 percent increase from the same month a year ago, according to new research from comScore Networks.
But among the top 15 countries (ranked by [...]
Russia’s Latest Export To America: Malware
Posted in Quick Info on March 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Russia may deserve its reputation as ‘virus central.’ After all, it’s the place where viruses are made and sold, complete with a service contract. But where do you suppose all that malicious code ends up? According to security provider Finjan, more of that code ends up on American servers than anywhere else.
In its Q1 [...]
Yahoo Cranks Up Mobile Ad Push
Posted in HOT OR NOT on March 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Yahoo launched Yahoo Mobile Publisher Services to take advantage of the potential multi-billion-dollar market for delivering content over mobile phones.
The services, which include the Mobile Ad Network, Mobile Content Engine, Mobile Media Directory and Mobile Site Submit, will let publishers and advertisers in 19 countries boost the distribution and money-making potential of content [...]
Adobe announces Creative Suite 3.0
Posted in Quick Info on March 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Adobe today released details of a complete revamp of its Creative Suite – the market-leading software package for high-end photographers, graphics- and web-designers. Adobe revealed that it has combined, for the first time, products from its aquisition of Macromedia with its own portfolio.
Adobe has created six different versions of Creative Suite 3.0. Each is [...]
Blog death threats spark debate
Posted in HOT OR NOT on March 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Prominent blogger Kathy Sierra has called on the blogosphere to combat the culture of abuse online. It follows a series of death threats which have forced her to cancel a public appearance and suspend her blog.
Ms Sierra described on her blog how she had been subject to a campaign of threats, including a [...]
YouTube presents awards in seven categories to its first stars
Posted in Quick Info on March 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Online video-sharing Web site YouTube on Monday announced the winners of its inaugural awards, paying tribute to the wannabe stars who have used the site as a launching pad to fast fame.
The winners ranged from the Chicago band OK Go dancing across treadmills, to a Sydney man who hugged strangers in the street, [...]
Google: AJAX is All About Abusing Standards
Posted in HOT OR NOT on March 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
One application that propelled the term AJAX into the mainstream is Google Maps.
Google project manager Bret Taylor said AJAX has become a mainstream development approach since he and his team rolled out the first AJAX version of Google Maps in 2005, with sites big and small implementing the technology.
“AJAX has revolutionized the way people [...]
Get ready for next-gen browser Firefox 3.0
Posted in Quick Info on March 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Next-generation Firefox 3.0 browser with the Alpha 3 release, adding more under-the-hood improvements to security and its offline capabilities.
Alpha 3 release includes support for animated PNG graphics, which would mark the first new browser to include a default animated file format in more than a decade. Animated GIFs and JPEGs were a common [...]
Hundreds Of Gmail, Yahoo, MSN Passwords Exposed…
Posted in HOT OR NOT on March 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A Los Angeles publisher of online lifestyle and entertainment magazines has inadvertently exposed the personal e-mail addresses and passwords for hundreds of its subscribers.
Victims are all members of sites operated by Splash Magazines Worldwide under URLs like NYCSplash.com and LASplash.com.
The list of e-mail addresses and passwords for members’ Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, and other accounts [...]
Oracle alleged, SAP engaged in corporate theft on a grand scale
Posted in Quick Info on March 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
SAP Could be ‘In a World of Trouble’
Oracle alleged that SAP engaged in “corporate theft on a grand scale” by engaging in “systematic, illegal access to –- and taking from –- Oracle’s computerized customer support systems.”
The lawsuit alleges that TomorrowNow (TN), an SAP subsidiary that provides maintenance and support for Oracle-owned PeopleSoft and J.D. [...]
Google changing strategy , Pay-Per-Click to Pay-Per-Action
Posted in HOT OR NOT on March 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Google is beta testing a different business formula for its AdSense product that eases up on its lucrative pay-per-click model in favor of a pay-per-action model. The new program could help address the click fraud problem that dogs the per-per-click sector of the online ad industry. (making it HOT for online ad industry) ,
The idea [...]
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