MetroPCS Withdraws Bid for Leap
MetroPCS Communications Inc., a wireless communication services provider, said Thursday it is withdrawing its $4.7 billion bid for Leap Wireless International Inc.
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F.T.C. Member Vows Tighter Controls of Online Ads
Because of the increased tracking of people’s Internet activities by marketing firms, a member of the Federal Trade Commission vowed to exert more controls over online ads.
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Security Concern: Mac OS X Time Machine runs deleted applications
Imagine that you trash an application because of a security flaw. Say, it handles the URL type foofoo, and is proven to be a security risk. But the developer won’t fix it (or hasn’t fixed it yet), so you’ve removed the application from your hard drive to keep yourself safe.
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Everex gPC Loaded with Google Apps for $198 at Wal-Mart
What would you call a PC with a mac-like dock across the bottom of the desktop with icons to Web 2.0 services like Google Docs, Google Maps, Gmail, and YouTube? The Google Computer - the one that was rumored to launch back in 2006? Nope, it’s the Everex Green gPC TC2502, a low …
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Napster Loss Narrows in 2Q
Napster Inc. said Thursday its second-quarter loss narrowed from a year ago as the online music service posted higher revenue from subscriptions and mobile music sales despite a decline in paid subscribers.
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AP Urges News Industry to Embrace Online
Tom Curley, CEO of The Associated Press, called on news executives Thursday to “stop pining” for the past and adapt to the new ways that news is being distributed and consumed.
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Why an FTC ‘Do Not Track’ list is a bad idea
–A first principle of Internet regulation is that what’s routinely done in the offline world should be OK when done online.
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100 Reasons You will Be Speechless - part VIII
In the eight part of the article with the 100 reasons Microsoft thinks you’ll be speechless when you will use Windows Vista you will find out facts like how the Search Folders let you save a search and instantly run it anytime with just a click or how the Windows Internet Explo …
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Groups Seek Stop to Comcast Net Meddling
A coalition of consumer groups and legal scholars on Thursday formally asked the Federal Communications Commission to stop Comcast Corp. from interfering with its subscribers’ file sharing.
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How to: Repair a CD or DVD with a microwave
This simple technique will help you bring those scratched CD’s and DVD’s back to life.
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Apple’s Leopard Demolishes Microsoft Vista
Apple is smart to underpromise and overdeliver. Its approach stands in contrast to that of Microsoft, which trumpets each new version of Windows as an epochal breakthrough, thereby raising expectations so high that it can’t possibly meet them.
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2007 Weblog Awards - Finalists Announced
Here is a complete list of the finalists for The 2007 Weblog Awards. Finalists badges (hosted by Imageshack) will be available Thursday. Voting is scheduled to begin Thursday evening (late), but at this point we can’t pinpoint the exact time polls will open.
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Rate Your Fitness Routine With GPS
After a race through 15 miles of rock-laden, hilly trails in Wyandotte County Lake Park, Byron Rieper went online to discuss the competition with other runners.
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Online Ad Network Raises $100 Million
Internet ad network Specific Media Inc. has raised $100 million to help finance its expansion plans amid a flurry of dealmaking in the advertising industry.
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A dangerous conflict of interest between Firefox and Google (Chris Soghoian/CNET News.com)
A dangerous conflict of interest between Firefox and Google — The Firefox browser may not be as independent as previously thought. Mozilla essentially owns Firefox, and it proved so whenit flexed its muscles last year in forcing Debian to rename its browser IceWeasel.
Source: CNET News.com
Author: Chris Soghoian
Link: http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9776759-7.html
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