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Wikimedia receives US$500,000 from Hewlett Foundation
News Nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia plans to use grant to improve user-friendliness of Wikimedia's software, among other things.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Training, nonprofit organization, Wikipedia, Wikimedia, San Francisco, director, Web 2.0, executive director
M'sia probe over Web content raises global ire
News International media watchdogs and human rights groups call for Malaysian government to stop "harassment" of local political news site, Malaysiakini.
Tags: Local Government, Politics, Regulations, Web sites, Bangkok, Censorship, Video, Portal, Government, Internet
Mobile app controls won't deter malware
News Application development controls are no "silver bullet" to keeping mobile malware, say industry watchers, but certification--voluntary or otherwise--ought to exist.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Malware, Security, Conference, Cell Phone, San Francisco, mobile application, Mobile platforms
Intel grid-computing app helps scientific research
News Progress Thru Processors application from Facebook site lets people donate their unused processor time to research into climate change, cancer and malaria.
Tags: Components, Intel Corp., Chip, Chip Company, grid computing, processor, Facebook, marketing, general manager, Components
Facebook Connect: Your 8,000 hidden friends
News Do Facebook Connect users understand how extensively their profiles and activities are used by third parties?
Tags: Privacy, MySpace, Site, Google Inc., User Data, Advertisement, social networking, movie, Facebook, network
WiMedia Alliance calls it a day
News The industry group set up to develop and promote ultrawideband technology will close shop, and will pass on its technological specifications to other industry groups.
Tags: Bluetooth, UWB, Wireless USB, Wireless, USB, Bluetooth Special Interest Group, Bluetooth, Personal Area Network, WiMedia Alliance, industry
Aust NBN bill worries infrastructure players
News Critical infrastructure providers express concern amended National Broadband Network legislation could be costly and conflicts with anti-terrorism rules.
Tags: Regulations, Telecommunications, Attorney General, Emergency Management, Australia, Government, energy efficiency, general manager, legislator, executive director
Singapore companies prefer to save jobs
News For most, retrenchment is a last resort when all other cost-cutting efforts fail, say national union, employers' federation and HR grouping.
Tags: Human resources, Career, Singapore, entertainment, Worker, e-mail, Human Resources, job, hiring, firing
Google homepage link mollifies privacy campaigners
News Privacy bodies have welcomed the addition of a link on Google's homepage to the company's Privacy Center Web page.
Tags: Web logs, Policy and management, Privacy, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., Privacy Policy, Ask.com, Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center
CIO appointed for London 2012 Olympics
News Former Co-operative Financial Services exec Gerry Pennell will design, procure and run the Games tech program.
Tags: IT Management, Executive recruiting, Nortel Networks Corp., Technology, Panasonic, CIO, Silicon.com, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., career, information technology
Compliance a CIO's priority but not for peers
News Regulatory compliance ranks high on the agenda of technology heads, but not necessarily so for the rest of top management, a new survey has found.
Tags: IT Governance, Infrastructure/architecture management, Management by objectives, Corporate responsibility, Growth strategies and tools, Leadership techniques, compliance, CIO, performance, high-performance
Google, US authors settle book-digitization lawsuit
News The search giant's US$125 million settlement with authors and publishers has been called "the biggest book deal in U.S. publishing history".
Tags: Copyright, Lawsuits, Google Inc., Officer, Lawsuit, Compensation, Settlement, Advertisement, News.com, U.S.
Campaigners call for Google privacy policy link
News A conglomerate of privacy groups has called for the search giant to link to its privacy policy from its homepage.
Tags: Web services, Web sites, Privacy, Google Inc., Privacy, Privacy Policy, Privacy Information, Advertisement, Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center
Canonical joins Linux Foundation
News The only surprise, says an open source analyst, is that Ubuntu-sponsor Canonical has taken until now to join the foundation.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Hewlett-Packard Co., Google Inc., Red Hat Inc., Ubuntu, Novell Inc., Oracle Corp., Mark Shuttleworth, desktop
Microsoft 'betrayed' MSN Music customers
News MSN Music customers should be compensated over the elimination of the DRM technology from its Zune music player, claims an advocacy group of Internet users.
Tags: Music, Digital rights management (DRM), Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Internet User, Customer, hard drive, digital-rights management, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Internet
