In its own stylistic way, Google has 'officially' confirmed the addition of another Android Operating System by the somewhat unceremonious installation of a giant gingerbread man statue on its campus lawn. One would have to be grateful Google doesn't make sex toys. Comments
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Facebook Sues Faceporn Over Trademark Infringement
In a lawsuit filed October 15th, Facebook is taking look-alike site Faceporn to task and to court. The sites are designed in a similar fashion and the names are close, but the content is very, very different. Faceporn may have gotten the message. The website has been down since October 20th. "Where there is brand tarnishment, dilution, or confusion as there is with Faceporn and Facebook, we must enforce our rights to protect the integrity of our trademark." Comments
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The Internet Belongs to Netflix
Netflix has been in the news lately due to several outages and a cause may have been found. It could be that the problem is Netflix itself. According to Sandvine, Netflix is responsible for 20.6% of all peak period traffic in North America. Be careful of success, it may be your undoing. You may think of Netflix as that mail-order DVD business, but the company's growth as an Internet video-on-demand (VoD) service has been explosive. Now, if only the Internet can keep up with the demand. Comments
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Google Wires Faculty Houses with 1Gbps Fiber
It's a very good time to be a staff member at Stanford University. Google will be field testing its 1Gbps fiber network in a neighborhood of 850 homes. I hope all those folks living in that neighborhood are geeky enough to appreciate it and maybe have a house for rent. "The layout of the residential neighborhoods and small number of homes make it a good fit for a beta deployment. And its location, just a few miles up the road from Google, will make it easier for our engineers to monitor progress." Comments
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Get Ready for the Microsoft Kinect Media Blitz
Microsoft warned there may be a shortage of Kinect boxes earlier in the month, so why is Microsoft ramping up a $500 million ad campaign to promote a product in short supply? I guess upper level corporate business strategy is a difficult concept to grasp by mere mortals. Strategically we believe Xbox has made the correct decision in focusing on non-traditional segments with Kinect (while at the same time strengthening the roster of hardcore games to appease the traditional segment) as this approach has the greatest potential for expanding its console footprint. Comments
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Texas Sends Amazon.com a $269 Million Tax Bill
It has been said everything is bigger in Texas and looks like Texas is out to prove that fact. Claiming the company failed to collect sales tax on items it sold, the state billed Amazon for the back payment. In the vernacular of the state, don't mess with Texas, boy. Amazon.com Inc said in a filing on Friday that the state sent the company an assessment in September for uncollected sales taxes from December 2005 to December 2009, including interest and penalties. Comments
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Apple Is No Longer Bundling Flash Player with Mac OS X
Starting with the release of the new MacBook Air, which did not include Flash, Apple will no longer bundle Adobe's Flash with new production models. Apple spokesperson Bill Evans told me: "We're happy to continue to support Flash on the Mac, and the best way for users to always have the most up to date and secure version is to download it directly from Adobe." Comments
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Backing Up the Human Brain
Raymond Kurzweil is a visionary scientist with an uncanny ability to predict future technology successfully. He is also an accomplished inventor in his own right. Recently he talked of nanobots, brains and the future. 'That means they would back up every thought, every experience, everything that makes us an individual. It may sound far-fetched but in the early 1980s, people thought I was crazy for predicting the emergence of the world wide web by the middle of the 1990s; but it happened, and on the schedule I predicted.' Comments
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FCC Says New Wireless Spectrum is Worth $120 Billion
According to Fierce Wireless, an FCC report states that plans to auction off blocks of newly freed wireless bands in the 300 and 500 MHz ranges. The move will generate revenue for the government and increase bandwidth for the ever expanding mobile data industry. It's all about money, and the FCC is looking to rake it in for the government. Valuing this first 300 MHz spectrum release at $120 billion, the FCC hopes to make some serious cash when the auctions start Comments
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No More Windows XP Preloads
Signaling the end of an era, Microsoft will no longer allow XP to be installed on new netbook computers. This will effectively remove Windows XP from the market after a nine year run. XP preloads are done, but XP downgrades are not, by the way. Best any of us Microsoft watchers can tell, it looks like XP downgrades will be allowed up until 2015. Comments
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12-Year-Old Finds Critical Firefox Flaw
A 12 year old 7th grader was awarded $3000 for exposing a security hole in Firefox. That's not too bad for 15 hours work. You go kid. The seventh grader, described as a "Firefox loyalist," had previously reported a Firefox vulnerability but that one did not qualify for the cash payout. Comments
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