Social networking remains headline news as Facebook got a $200 million infusion from a Russian based company while at the same time Iran changed its blocking policy and unblocked Facebook in the midst of a heated June 12th election. Both of these reports demonstrate important messages about social networking in…
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There are reports that Microsoft’s new search engine known as Kumo is about to be released (ultimately it may be called “Bing”) which will replace “Live Search.” Apparently Microsoft leaked copies of Kumo recently and from all reviews there’s nothing too radical, but what is radical is the Wolfram|Alpha search…
Continue Reading SEARCH ENGINE WARS!!! – Microsoft, Yahoo! and Wolfram|Alpha vs. Google
Since Google accounts for more than 63% of all Internet searches, it’s no wonder that Google’s stock fell last week when Google users had significant problems when Google’s servers were overloaded and Google services were operating at a crawl. Google claims that there were problems in 3 of their…
Continue Reading Google’s Future – Outage, Self-Defense, and More Services
Recent reports from the EU potentially impact a number of Internet and IT industry issues of great import, including plans for new laws to protect consumers from IT security breaches, Microsoft’s strategy to defend antitrust claims regarding the Internet Explorer (IE) browser, and a ruling that Intel violates antitrust laws.…
Continue Reading EU Update- IT Security Breaches, Microsoft, and Intel
After a three-year study a panel (of former military leaders and IT professionals) from the National Academy of Sciences reported that the US has no clear military policies for cyberattacks. Notwithstanding a recent blog about the NSA exceeding its authority to intercept email, we are not much safer from…
