“Nokia has announced a cash offer to acquire all the shares of Symbian Limited it does not already own (52%) at a price of 3.647 euros per share, which means that Nokia will spend approximately 264 million euros on the acquisition. Nokia has always been the biggest supporter of the Symbian platform, and all of [...]”
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“In February YouTube began beta-testing its personalized homepages for individual users. Such personalization on YouTube was a long time coming, considering the advancements seen in other social media recommendation services and even third-party recommendation services that pertain directly to YouTube. Based on the feedback received in these past few months of beta-testing, YouTube [...]”
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“People have been wondering about Jerry Yang all week. He’ s been quiet since the NYTimes article calling for his head was published last weekend. This isn’ t an issue of him simply being out of town. He was in Washington D.C. on Wednesday meeting with Congressional members (Sen. Herb Kohl (D., Wis.), Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin [...]”
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“It’ s time to start comparing the big global social networks on something other than unique visitors and page views. I believe an effective way to value a particular user is based on the average Internet advertising spend per person in the country they live in. The higher the spend, the more value the social network [...]”
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“Google Trends, which tracks the popularity of search terms over time, has added another layer: the ability to search on URLs to see traffic trends. For any URL you enter in, Google Trends estimates the amount of unique visitors that the site has received over time and charts it on a graph. You [...]”
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“jsuda writes “At least a half-dozen times in the book ‘Foundations of Mac OS X Leopard Security’ the authors state that there is a misconception that the Macintosh computer is immune from security problems. That allegation may explain why there are very few books published (and nearly none in recent years) about security for the Mac. This book is meant to change all that. The authors acknowledge that the Mac OS X software has had little of the security problem …”
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“An anonymous reader writes “My kid is now 1 year old and I already have 100G of digital video (stored on DVDs, DVD quality) and photos. How should I store it so that it’s still readable 10 to 20 years from now? Will DVDs stil be around, and readable, 10 years from now? Should I plan for technology changes every 5 to 10 years (DVD- Blue-ray- whatever)? Is optical storage better, or should I try to use hard drives (making …”
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“Michael was dragged out of bed at 8AM on Wednesday morning to talk with ABC’ s Vinita Nair about the situation at Yahoo, its deal with Google, and where that leaves Microsoft. He wakes up about a minute into the interview when he starts discussing the talent drain at Yahoo and how the deal gives [...]”
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“loconet writes to tell us that a team of researchers have created the shortest-ever flash of light. Weighing in at just 80 attoseconds, this flash has already been used to capture an image of a laser pulse and could possibly be used in the future to capture the electron movement around large atoms. Read more of this story at Slashdot.”
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“Bimo_Dude writes “Today (June 20), Steny Hoyer is bringing to the House floor the latest FISA bill (PDF), which includes retroactive immunity for the telcos. The bill also is very weak on judicial review, allowing the telcos to use a letter from the president as a ‘get out of liability free’ card. Here are comments from the EFF. Glenn Greenwald, writing in Salon, describes the effect of the immunity clause this way: ‘So all the Attorney General has to do …”
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