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30 Snapdragon gadgets in the pipeline
News More than 30 products using Qualcomm's next generation Snapdragon chipset are already in the pipeline, chipmaker says.
Tags: Mobile processors, Qualcomm Inc., GUI, Graphics, operating system, ASUS, 3G, High Tech Computer Corp., chipset, spokesman
PayPal suffers from e-commerce outage
News eBay's online payment system suffered outages for about two hours Monday, but the company says it's working for most people again.
Tags: Service level management, Web sites, E-commerce, E-business, PayPal, Web Page, eBay Inc., Online Payment, API, Outage
ACLU chapter flags Facebook app privacy
News Chapter aims to raise awareness of fact that not only can third-party apps on Facebook's platform access your data, they can see some of your friends', too.
Tags: Web 2.0, Security, Privacy, User Data, American Civil Liberties Union, sexual orientation, Northern California, photograph, e-mail, Facebook
Google Apps bug: You've got (my) mail
News Brown University students and a few other Google Apps customers found other peoples' e-mail in their in-box due to glitch in migrating from old e-mail to Gmail.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Director Of Information Technology, Tool, Support Services, e-mail, spokesman, Google Apps, Google Gmail, Web 2.0
Google brewing new architecture with 'Caffeine'
News Developers and "power searchers" are being invited to test out the new search architecture, which Google hopes will be faster, more comprehensive and more accurate.
Tags: Search, Web browsers, Google Search, blog, spokesman, Search, Web, team, Web browsers, Webmaster
Microsoft, Yahoo talking to EU about proceeding on deal
News Microsoft and Yahoo are trying to find out whether to file formal notice of their search deal with the European Commission or with individual countries, Microsoft says.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, European Union, Europe, antitrust, agreement, spokesman
Skype founders file copyright suit against Skype
News Joltid, a company founded by Skype's developers, alleges its P2P software is being infringed upon every time someone downloads and uses the popular VoIP service.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, VoIP, Skype Technologies S.A., eBay Inc., Lawsuit, P2P, Northern California, founder, U.S. District Court, spokesman
Wikipedia to add editing safeguard for the living
News New feature to be deployed soon on a test wiki assigns an experienced editor to sign off on changes to articles on those who are alive and well.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Data Management, Wiki, Wikipedia, Server, New York Times Co., job, spokesman, Web 2.0
Pirate Bay bidder finds new stock exchange
News Global Gaming Factory X was kicked off its former stock exchange for providing the public with false information about its ability to buy The Pirate Bay. But it's found a new one.
Tags: Web 2.0, BitTorrent, software company, Stock, stock exchange, Sweden, spokesman, acquisition, Web 2.0, game
Microsoft gets big patent verdict overturned
News District court vacates an April ruling that would have had Microsoft being forced to pay US$388 million in a patent infringement case.
Tags: Business applications, Business Strategies & Functions, XML, spokesman, Microsoft Corp., Business Strategies & Functions, Business applications, Microsoft Word, Sales, Canada
Report: Acting US cyberspace chief resigns
News Melissa Hathaway, who was considered a leading candidate to fill the post permanently, says she's resigning for personal reasons.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Cybersecurity, cybersecurity strategy, Bush Administration, e-mail, White House, Homeland Security, Wall Street Journal, strategy, spokesman
Microsoft unlikely to let Word injunction stand
News Redmond has options, whether it is creating a technical workaround, appealing, or pursuing settlement talks. Likely, the company is exploring all three options right now.
Tags: tagging, Redmond, Texas, spokesman, federal judge, Microsoft Word, XML
Google announces Project 10^100 themes
News More than 150,000 ideas were submitted following Google's call for world-changing ideas, and the company has finally identified 16 categories of ideas for further voting.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Business Strategies & Functions, Idea, public sector, strategy, sustainability, spokesman, RFP, analysis
Appeals court weighs Word injunction
News Microsoft is hoping to overturn a ruling that versions of Word infringe on a patent held by Canada's I4i. It also faces US$200 million in damages and an injunction.
Tags: Business applications, Business Strategies & Functions, Patent, software company, chairman, Washington D.C., spokesman, Microsoft Word, lawyer, XML
Microsoft granted stay of Word injunction
News Landmark injunction would have required the software giant to stop selling its popular Word in its current form by next month.
Tags: Business applications, Patent, software company, Sales, Toronto, spokesman, federal judge, Microsoft Word, XML
