Google Revs App Engine With Availability Focus

With version 1.4 of its cloud-based App Engine, Google is promising to improve the delivery of applications through availability and real-time features.

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WikiLeaks: China Pressured Google on Internet Censorship (PC World)

Google's struggles to operate its search engine in China worsened after a high-ranking Chinese official Googled himself only to find "results critical of him,"...Source : PC WorldExplore : Crises and conflicts, Google, Search Engines, Technology, WikiLeaks

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Tom Steinberg: 'The net can have real impacts, but they aren't necessarily as sexy as we'd like them to be' | Video

Video: Tom Steinberg of mysociety.org talks about doing grassroots politics on the web, and why journalists are so easily seduced by technologyDavid ShariatmadariChristian Bennett

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Merrick Lozano of PRLeap Gives Tips About Press Releases

This is the third time we?re speaking with Merrick Lozano of PRLeap, so let?s dive right in. The last time we talked here was 2007 when we spoke about local search. What?s new in the area of press releases that people should know about? Thank you for having me back Michael. When we last spoke [...]This post originally came from Michael Gray who is an SEO Consultant. Be sure not to miss the Thesis Wordpress Theme review. Merrick Lozano of PRLeap Gives Tips About Press Releases

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Comcast Internet outage affects Minneapolis-St. Paul (StarTribune.com)

It was unclear how many Comcast customers were affected, or when the problem would be fixed.Source : StarTribune.comExplore : Technology

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The Dangers of Having Multiple Website Versions

With the proliferation of smart phones of varying screen sizes, flash compatibility, and most recently apple tv and google tv, many website owners are choosing to solve this problem with multiple sites and domains. While this solution can work, there are plenty of ways it can go wrong. In this post I’ll try to help [...]This post originally came from Michael Gray who is an SEO Consultant. Be sure not to miss the Thesis Wordpress Theme review. The Dangers of Having Multiple Website Versions

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Your iPad Should Be in An Incase Magazine Jacket [GIVEAWAY]

We’ve seen some interesting cases in our ongoing pursuit for perfect iPad protection, but the Incase Convertible Magazine Jacket could be a definite frontrunner. It builds on the Incase Book Jacket by trimming it substantially and adding some…

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Why Categories Matter in a Blog Setup

In this post we’re going to be looking at blog categories, why they matter, and how to use them most effectively as publisher.To be honest, I get asked about date, category, and tag archives fairly regularly. It creates a lot of potential for duplicate content, which is why so many people have things set up [...]This post originally came from Michael Gray who is an SEO Consultant. Be sure not to miss the Thesis Wordpress Theme review. Why Categories Matter in a Blog Setup

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US works to secure networks as hackers advance

(AP) -- It will take several more years for the government to fully install high-tech systems to block computer intrusions, a drawn-out timeline that enables criminals to become more adept at stealing sensitive data, experts say.

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What Are Christmas Seals?

Many organizations offer seals, small stamps that are not valid as postage, to support their cause. These seals are usually issued around a major holiday, such as Easter or Christmas. In 1903, a Danish postmaster named Einar Holboll created the first Christmas Seal as a way to raise money and awareness to help stop the spread of tuberculosis (TB), which was a growing problem during that time. In their...What Are Christmas Seals?

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Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]

Brazil takes home the top Twitter trend this past week, though not for its sports upsets, celebrity gossip, or heated political discussions as we’ve seen in the past. This week, news of escalating violence in the city of Rio…

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Governments worldwide censor Web content: study

Where you live in the world largely determines how freely you can access the internet. The level of cyber censorship in different countries around the world is directly related to how authoritarian the governing regime is, according to Barney Warf from University of Kansas. His comprehensive analysis of the geographical nature of Internet censorship is published online in Springer's GeoJournal.

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How Website Owners and Publishers Can Use Foursquare

While some people consider Foursquare to be nothing more than the latest shiny cat toy for social media gurus and badge collectors, I’ve recently found a few uses for both business and pleasure. I recently took a trip to Disney World in Florida. After checking in at the Orlando Airport, I got a pop up [...]This post originally came from Michael Gray who is an SEO Consultant. Be sure not to miss the Thesis Wordpress Theme review. How Website Owners and Publishers Can Use Foursquare

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Google bid to buy Groupon fails: report

Online discount shopping site Groupon has rejected a multi-billion-dollar takeover bid by Internet search giant Google, the Chicago Tribune reported Friday.

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WikiLeaks shutdown calls spark censorship row

France joins calls for WikiLeaks to be taken offline as liberal activists raise comparisons with China's Google censorshipThe US opened new fronts in its fight against WikiLeaks today as civil rights groups accused the authorities of censorship.The whistleblower's website went offline for the third time in a week this morning ? the biggest threat to its online presence so far. The site re-emerged later on a Swiss domain.France joined international calls for WikiLeaks to be closed down, warning that it was "unacceptable" for a "criminal" site to be hosted in the country.The moves came only days after Amazon pulled the WikiLeaks site from its servers after political pressure from Joe Lieberman, chairman of the Senate homeland security committee.Lieberman is not finished with Amazon, and is planning to write to the organisation within the next 24 hours asking for details of its relationship with WikiLeaks. The issue is fast turning into a row over freedom of speech, as Democratic and Republican politicians joined calls for action against WikiLeaks, including emergency legislation for legal challenge.Liberal activists saw echoes of the row involving China and Google earlier this year, censorship the Obama administration decried at the time.The US civil rights group Human Rights First wrote to Amazon saying that its decision to cease hosting WikiLeaks raised serious concerns and asked the book group to consider this before responding to Lieberman's request for more information.Rainey Reitman and Marcia Hofmann, of the Electronic Freedom Foundation, which campaigns for internet freedom, writing on the organisation's site, said it was "unfortunate that Amazon caved in to unofficial government pressure to squelch core political speech. Amazon had an opportunity to stand up for its customer's right to free expression. Instead, Amazon ran away with its tail between its legs".There have been calls on blogsites for a boycott of Amazon.Leslie Phillips, communications director for the Senate homeland security committee, disputed any parallel with China's censorship of the internet. "It is not at all the same," she said. "In China, there is a fiat from above."Lieberman, she said, does not have the authority to shut down Amazon or tell it who its clients should be.She said Lieberman is to write to Amazon asking for basic facts such as when it first realised that WikiLeaks was disseminating classified information.In a blogpost on Thursday night, Amazon denied giving in to political pressure. It said WikiLeaks was violating its terms of service, which included a provision that the content should not be harmful. "It is not credible that the extraordinary volume of 250,000 classified documents that WikiLeaks is publishing could have been carefully redacted in such a way as to ensure that they weren't putting innocent people in jeopardy," Amazon said.Lieberman and other senators are to introduce legislation that they have named the Shield Act that would allow the administration to go after WikiLeaks. But the bill stands little chance of passage as it would probably go not to the homeland security committee but the Senate judiciary committee, which is headed by Patrick Leahy, a Democrat and long-time champion of liberal issues.WikiLeaksCensorshipThe US embassy cablesUnited StatesInternetEwen MacAskillJosh Hallidayguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds

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Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]

Brazil takes home the top Twitter trend this past week, though not for its sports upsets, celebrity gossip, or heated political discussions as we’ve seen in the past. This week, news of escalating violence in the city of Rio…

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3 Ways to Empower Social Media Giving This Holiday Season

Frank Barry, professional services manager at Blackbaud and blogger at NetWits ThinkTank, helps non-profits use the Internet for digital communication, social media and fundraising so they can focus on making an impact and achieving their missions. Find Frank on Twitter…

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Just As Record Labels Resented Apple For Dragging Them Into The Internet Age, Movie Studios Resenting Netflix (Techdirt)

It's been about five years since we posted a story about how the record labels were pissed off at Steve Jobs and Apple for building such a successful online music store in iTunes. The whole thing sounded counterintuitive. Prior to iTunes, the record labels had tried a series of dreadfully awful online music stores with horrible selection, crippling limitations, and ridiculous prices. While iTunes...Source : TechdirtExplore : Business Blogs, iTunes, Steve Jobs, Tech Dirt, Technology

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Google to Unveil Chrome OS December 7?

Google’s Chrome team has sent out invites to a press event in San Francisco, “where we plan to share some exciting news about Chrome,” the invitation reads.The event will be hosted at DogPatch Labs’ San Francisco office…

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Mobile Devices, Apps Will Explode in 2011: IDC

The proliferation of mobile devices and applications and the services they require will usher in the next dominant computing platform in 2011, according to IDC.

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Online Bingo Board Does the Impossible ? Makes Conference Calls Fun

Every business has them: Monotonous, jumbled travesties during which at least one — if not three or four — employees ramble at length in order to stave off the crushing oppression of the remaining workday. Some of us…

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Time Warner Internet service out across much of California (L.A. Times)

Time Warner Cable said Thursday evening that customers across much of California had been left without Internet service.Source : L.A. TimesExplore : Technology

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Flowchart ? How to Make Money on the Internet (Digital Inspiration)

Give it some time and this complex but neat flowchart from Fast Company will make lot of sense. There?s life beyond Google AdSense. This article, titled Flowchart ? How to Make Money on the Internet , was originally published at Digital Inspiration under Infographics , Money , Wide , Internet .Source : Digital InspirationExplore : Technology

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Warning: Your Information Systems May be Holding You Back

Multiple point systems and spreadsheets impede the roll-out of cross-functional go-to-market changes.

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SoCal residents without Internet after outage (San Fransisco Chronicle)

(12-02) 19:54 PST Los Angeles, CA (AP) -- Scores of Time Warner Cable customers in Southern California are without Internet service after an outage. Company spokesman Darryl Ryan said in a statement Thursday that...Source : San Fransisco ChronicleExplore : Business, Technology

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The 5 Nominees for ?Most Influential Social Good Champion? Are? [MASHABLE AWARDS]

This post is brought to you by Yahoo!, sponsor of the Mashable Awards’ “Most Influential Social Good Champion” Category. Yahoo! is proud to sponsor this Mashable Award because Yahoo! is focused on connecting individuals to a community of millions so…

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Let The ?Billy Ray Don?t Run Me No More? F*ckery Begins: Miley Cyrus Is Nekkid On The Internet (Bossip)

As we expected, Miley Cyrus turning 18 last month has lead to instant f*ckery! Of course the proof that Miley is the sexy sexter in this blurry, headless image is based on a plaid shirt. But we?re gonna take it. This allegedly happened during her working vacaciones in Espa�a; the very trip during which photogs [...]Source : BossipExplore : Celebrity, Miley Cyrus, Technology

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Create Landing Pages for Expired Information

I’ve discussed what to do when you have products that expire. But what do you do when you have services or information that expires? Is there a way to retain and even monetize that traffic? Let’s say your company used to offer a service like computer security scanning or a real world service like car [...]This post originally came from Michael Gray who is an SEO Consultant. Be sure not to miss the Thesis Wordpress Theme review. Create Landing Pages for Expired Information

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Boeing Delays First Dreamliner to ANA

Delay due to a fire that erupted during a test flight

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Fate of Spain's Internet/copyright law depends on El Pais releasing relevant Wikileaks cables NOW (Boing Boing)

... law will not be revealed until it is too late. Javier de la Cueva of the Spanish "Derecho de Internet" site is calling for a "Wikileaks leak," asking for someone to release these cables before his government commits itself to a disastrous and extreme course of action. We need urgently those 115 cables tagged KIPR Madrid Embassy (Thanks, Javier!) Spanish activists issue manifesto on the...Source : Boing BoingExplore : Copyright Law, Crises and conflicts, Law, Technology, Technology Blogs

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YouTube Launches Skippable Ads

YouTube has officially launched its new TrueView ad format, allowing site visitors to avoid watching ads they’re not interested in. Users will now be able to look for a countdown button that will let them skip an ad after it…

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Social Media Marketing According to Dwight Schrute

Want to boost your internet presence while improving customer relations at the same time? Look no further than social media. Seems like Dwight, that lovable, neurotic nerd from NBC’s The Office — and Dunder Mifflin Paper Company’s top salesman — has a few thoughts on it, as well. So let’s see what Dwight says about how you can use social media to market your business.
Get Personal, Get Trust

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“People tell me things. I guess I have a face you can trust. I think it’s because of my low cheekbones.”
Dwight may be a hard-working, no-nonsense salesperson, but he’s trustworthy, and a listener. Moreover, the relationships that Dunder Mifflinites like Dwight have with their clients is sacred: They pride themselves on direct, personalized interaction, giving them an edge over bigger, perhaps sleeker, corporate enterprises. Social media is the most useful, extensive customer service tool in your company’s inventory — so use it well. Tone down the jargon and learn to speak like a fellow human being with your customers (i.e., no spamming twitter feeds with offers, no mass Facebook messages with thinly-veiled sales agendas). Jump into conversations with your followers and fans on all of your social media accounts and be as genuine as possible. Share personal items with your online community — links to news you’re reading, thoughts you’re having, etc. Be authentic, and the rest will follow.
Be Savvy and Tuned Into Your Market

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“I did so well last February that Corporate gave me two plaques in lieu of a pay raise.”
It might seem obvious, but Dwight’s position as the number one salesperson at Dunder Mufflin is a direct result of his business savvy. When “Princess Unicorn” toys were all the rage during Christmas time, Dwight bought out their stock, then sold them all at a higher price (making an insane amount of money in the process) to people he knew would pay big bucks for them: frustrated, tired suburban parents.
It would be similarly wise to be “tuned” into your social media market, and use that knowledge to your company’s advantage — without diminishing your clients’ trust. Follow trends on the internet, and keep up with the latest technological innovations in the news (you never know what new gadget or service might catch your clientele’s interest next.)
Keep Your Enemies Close

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“Jim is my enemy. But it turns out that Jim is also his own worst enemy. And the enemy of my enemy is my friend. So Jim, is actually my friend. But, because he is his own worst enemy, the enemy of my friend is my enemy so actually Jim is my enemy. But-”
Dwight’s arch-enemy, prankster and rival Jim Halpert, is also his closest ally at times. The two leveraged their strengths for a highly successful sales call in which Jim used his “nice-guy” talents to engage the customer, while Dwight used more aggressive means. On another occasion, Dwight attacked Jim’s romantic rival Roy with pepper spray after he attempted to punch Jim in the face. Later on, Jim comforted Dwight after his break-up with co-worker Angela Martin. Seems counter-intuitive, but occasionally teaming up with your competitors is a good idea, especially when they might have access to information that your company doesn’t. If a competitor with a similar mission has a promotional campaign that won’t interfere with your sales, then it may make sense to collaborate (and then reap the benefits when they reciprocate the favor.) Of course, always use your best judgment — you don’t want to inadvertently give them a leg up, after all.
Be Loyal

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“Michael is like Mozart, and I’m like Butch Cassidy. You mess with Mozart and you’re gonna get a bullet in your head, courtesy of Butch Cassidy.”
Dwight’s loyalty to his boss, Michael Scott, is almost unparalleled in its strength. Perfect example: When Michael’s depression about his relationship with former boss Jan Levinson inexplicably led him to take a “wilderness” trip, he instructed Dwight to drop him off and leave — but Dwight secretly stayed, knowing that Michael did not have the necessary survival skills. After witnessing Michael almost eat poisonous mushrooms, he sprang on top of him, saving him (albeit almost injuring him in the process). Dwight also does as many small tasks around the office as possible, and makes sure to keep the office in order when Michael is out (with varying degrees of success.)
Your loyalty to your followers should be similarly strong. Keep your brand consistent, your content polished, and your product updated and you’ll be amazed at their level of devotion. Remember that people will defend and advocate for your business to the bitter end if you just show them that you value their patronage.
Be Prepared — And Ready for Battle

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“When I die I want to be frozen, and if they have to freeze me in pieces, so be it. I will wake up stronger than ever because I will have used that time to figure out exactly why I died and what moves I could have used to defend myself better now that I know what hold he had me in.”

Dwight is always battle-ready, even when it means slightly obsessive over-preparation. He keeps weaponry hidden all around the office — nunchucks, throwing stars, pepper spray, handcuffs, a boomerang, Chinese sword, etc. — just in case an impromptu match occurs (or a grizzly bear walks into the office.) Like Dwight, your company’s social media team should be constantly strategizing. Keep on the offense and you’ll never have to use defense (or at least, you’ll only need to use it rarely.) The best way to do this? Monitor conversations/comments regarding your company. Google alerts will keep you abreast of news and popular blog activity, and google analytics will tell you which sites are sending traffic to your own. Similarly, Backtype is a real-time search engine that indexes online blog conversations — you can monitor keywords, and click on the link to the comments section in which they appear. There. You can manage a PR crisis directly from your computer. It’s just like owning a word. Almost.
Stay Involved In Your Community

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“Volunteerism is important. Every weekend I volunteer at the local animal shelter, they need a lot of help down there. Last Sunday I had to put down 150 pets by myself.”
Dwight knows the importance of staying involved in his community; he’s a former Lackawanna County volunteer sheriff, and a senpai at his local dojo. You should value your community, too: Once you exert all that energy into building a fan/client base, don’t forget to follow up, and continually engage. Customers’ wishes and desires change quite frequently, and ignoring trends among your selected demographic could be detrimental to your company. Example: Dwight, along with boss Michael Scott, went out on a sales trip, presented flower baskets to each and every former client, and asked them to return in exchange for improved customer service. That interaction served a useful purpose: the clients told the pair that they would not return to Dunder Mifflin unless the company updated their technology, which they eventually did. So — ask your clients questions periodically. And allow them to give as much feedback as possible, when appropriate — else risk being left behind in competition.
Use Everything You’ve Got

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“I believe in hunting, but only if you use the entire animal. For instance, instead of a comb I use the rib cage of a squirrel.”
The Schrutes are farm-folk down to the marrow, and “waste” is a not an operative word in their vocabulary. In other words, if you’ve got the resources, use them! Fire on all cylinders, if you must: that is, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Twitter, Foursquare. Get a multi-platform managing system (like Tweetdeck or Hootsuite) in order to fire off content all at once and avoid content “jams” that might annoy potential new fans/customers. Don’t forget to add “follow me” buttons to your blogs, connect Twitter to your Facebook, and maintain active Flickr and YouTube accounts for more multimedia-centric advertising.
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StumbleUpon Poised to Launch Pro Accounts Early Next Year

At the start of next year, businesses, publications and brands will be able to join StumbleUpon as “Pro” users, curating both their own content and suggested content in order to reach a larger audience.The StumbleUpon team — Founder &…

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Microsoft Looks to Advance Display Interface

The software giant files a patent on a kind of "shape-shifting" technology for displays.

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Top 50 iPad Apps for Online Shoppers

The popularity of Apple's iPad has naturally piqued the interest of developers looking to build the apps that users want and need most heading into the holiday shopping season.

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European Commission Should Leave Internet Search Alone (OpenMarket)

... Before resorting to tired old competition laws, European policy makers should remember that the Internet economy is hardly understood by anybody?including by regulators. We are in terra incognita ; no one knows how information markets will evolve. But one thing is for sure: Online search technology cannot evolve properly if it is improperly regulated. Why make risky investments in...Source : OpenMarketExplore : European Commission, Technology

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George Bush to Mark Zuckerberg: you know what it's like to be a president

The former US leader and the Facebook boss compared notes in an hour-long talk and decided they had much in commonWhat does Mark Zuckerberg, the creator and president of Facebook, have in common with that other president, George Bush? Quite a lot, apparently.At least, Bush seems to thinks so. He spent an hour in discussion with Zuckerberg in a Facebook interview streamed live from Palo Alto on Monday night, comparing his time in the White House with Zuckerberg's leadership of the social networking site.They both, Bush said, had had to make quick and difficult decisions based on common sense. They both shared a passion for education, which Zuckerberg has recently embraced, donating $100m (�64m) to state schools in Newark, New Jersey.And they had both faced harsh criticism. "There's a lot of criticism about. You know what I'm talking about?" Bush said, looking Zuckerberg straight in the face.The Facebook chief executive has been attacked for his policies on privacy and received a less than flattering portrayal in the film Social Networking. "We haven't had criticism on the scale of a president, but we've had some," Zuckerberg said.Bush, dressed in a casual shirt and jacket and minus a tie, got brownie points among the techy audience for saying, after he left the White House, "I became a Blackberry person, and now I'm an iPad person."He also endeared himself by saying that he used Facebook to keep in touch with former administration colleagues, though he rather ruined the effect by calling it "the Facebook", seemingly unaware that Zuckerberg dropped the "the" in 2005.Bush needled Zuckerberg over his failure to complete his computer science course at Harvard. For his part, Zuckerberg heaped praise on his fellow president. "It's one of the things I've always admired about you," he said to Bush. "You've always stuck by your principles and pushed through."Bush also gave an impassioned statement against official leaks during the interview. He said leaks were "very damaging and people who leaked ought to be prosecuted".He added that the latest Wikileaks action would make it hard for the US to keep the trust of foreign leaders. "When you have a conversation with a foreign leader and it ends up in a newspaper they don't like it, and I didn't like it. A lot of these relationships depend on trust."George BushMark ZuckerbergFacebookUnited StatesInternetSocial networkingEd Pilkingtonguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds

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Comcast Starts Killing All-You-Can-Eat Internet Access (Efinditnow)

Link: http://www.businessinsider.com/comcas... Just because Internet video is the future, doesn't mean it's going to be cheap. Read More ?Source : EfinditnowExplore : Technology

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World Cup, Miley Cyrus and BP Are Yahoo?s Top Searches of 2010 [INFOGRAPHIC]

Yahoo has released its annual “Year in Review” report, a dive into the top searches and search trends on the world’s second largest search engine.The report, released every year by the Internet giant, determines what queries topped user interest…

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Novell to Retain Unix Copyrights

Following announcement of its sale to Attachmate and plans to divest much of its intellectual property portfolio, Novell confirms that it will hold onto its Unix copyrights.

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6 Essential Steps for Executing Your Social Media Strategy

The Social Media Marketing Series is supported by Webtrends Facebook Analytics, which provides comprehensive tracking and measurement solutions to help you maximize your ROI. To keep up with Webtrends Social products, follow its blog.It’s easy to plan a squeaky…

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EU to launch Google search investigation

Anti-trust inquiry follows allegations that tech giant abused its dominant position in the search and advertising marketThe European Commission today launched a formal investigation into Google following allegations that the internet giant has abused its dominant position in the search and advertising market.Google is facing an EU anti-trust investigation following complaints from rivals about "unfavourable treatment" of their search services within the search engine giant's "natural" unpaid as well as sponsored listings.Complainants, including Microsoft and UK firm Foundem, which is also involved in a US inquiry into Google, allege the company gives "preferential placement" to its own services. The complainants allege that Google unfairly "lowers the ranking" of unpaid search results of some services, such as price comparison websites, in a bid to "shut out competing services".In addition the probe will look at allegations that Google imposes "exclusivity obligations" on advertising partners preventing them from placing "certain types of competing ads on their web sites"."This initiation of proceedings does not imply that the Commission has proof of any infringements," said the Commission. "It only signifies that the Commission will conduct an in-depth investigation of the case as a matter of priority."Google refuted the accusations but admitted that there is "always going to be room for improvement" and pledged to work with the Commission."Since we started Google we have worked hard to do the right thing by our users and our industry, ensuring that ads are always clearly marked, making it easy for users to take their data with them when they switch services and investing heavily in open source projects," said a Google spokesman."But there's always going to be room for improvement, and so we'll be working with the Commission to address any concerns."In September regulators in Texas launched the first broad anti-trust review of Google's search and advertising practices in the US. While federal regulators in Washington have investigated the impact on competition of Google's business deals in the past, Greg Abbott, Texas attorney general, is the first regulator to look more broadly at its core search business, amid growing concerns about the power the online business wields.Getting the Commission to quiz Google is a victory for firms such as Foundem, which has complained for years that the vagaries of its search algorithm have huge consequences for the number of visitors to its website, which compares the prices of anything from flights to microwave ovens.GoogleInternetSearch enginesAdvertisingDigital mediaMedia businessMicrosoftComputingMark Sweneyguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds

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