Southern Tier New York [NY] Web Development & Technology News

Southern Tier New York Web Development & Technology News

Friday, Jul 4, 2008

Bits: Google Puts Privacy Link on Main Page
The move brings Google into clear compliance with a California law that requires many Internet sites to have a link to their privacy policy on their home page.

Google Told to Turn Over User Data of YouTube
The order raised concerns that the online video viewing habits of tens of millions of people could be exposed.

Bits: What Is Facebook Worth? (Part 37)
A document in the settled Facebook ConnectU litigation reveals that Facebook’s common shares are worth a quarter of the value of the stock Microsoft purchased when it invested in the social network.

Bits: Justice Looks Further at Google-Yahoo Deal
The Justice Department’s antitrust division has begun issuing subpoenas as it probes further into whether a planned Google-Yahoo partnership in search advertising is anticompetitive.

Nvidia Reports Problem With Laptop Chips
Nvidia will take a charge against second-quarter earnings to cover the expected cost of repairing and replacing the products, which include graphics processing units and media and communications processors.

Business Briefing | Acquisitions: Vodafone Acquires Majority Stake of Ghana Telecom
The Vodafone Group said it had agreed to acquire a 70 percent stake in Ghana Telecom, the African country’s third-largest mobile phone operator, for $900 million.

Apple to .Mac Subscribers: Sync Bookmarks by Sunday
The warning came as part of Apple’s transition from .Mac to the new MobileMe online service, which was announced at last month’s Worldwide Developers Conference.

Bits: A Sucker Is Converted Every Minute
Those ads for the free digital TV signal converter box? Beware.

Obama Voters Protest His Switch on Telecom Immunity
Thousands of Barack Obama’s backers are using the online organizing tools his campaign created to protest his recent support for expanding government surveillance powers.

Bits: Former H.P. Executive Indicted for Leak of Secrets
Atul Malhotra joined Hewlett-Packard in May 2006. His employment ended four months later. In between he got himself into hot water with H.P., and, now, the federal government.

Cyberfamilias: See Spot Run. Now Find Out Where He Went.
This summer, a new generation of pocket-size gadgets offer anyone willing to spend $129.99 or more a way to use the Global Positioning System to track the people, pets and possessions they love.

Apple’s Video of iPhone 3G Shows Its Marketing Prowess
A slick 30-minute online video narrated by Bob Borchers offers a guided tour of the iPhone 3G coming July 11.

Bits: Our Paradoxical Attitudes Toward Privacy
A forthcoming study from Carnegie Mellon shows that people are more inclined to divulge private information online in some contexts than others.

Bits: Making Music With Verizon Wireless
John Harrobin of Verizon Wireless sees music distribution via cellphone becoming more important as artists leave the big record labels.

Microsoft Buys Online Concern
Microsoft said on Tuesday that it would buy Powerset Inc., an Internet search company, the latest in a string of acquisitions aimed at bolstering its position online.

Blockbuster Drops Bid for Circuit City
Blockbuster said on Tuesday that it was withdrawing its proposal to acquire Circuit City Stores.

European Regulators Clear Navteq Sale to Nokia
The European Commission said Nokia’s takeover of the U.S. digital mapmaker would be unlikely to shut off rivals’ access to digital maps.

Microsoft to Sell Office Software for $70 a Year
Microsoft will begin selling its Office programs to consumers on a subscription basis starting mid-July, in a bid to reach thrifty PC buyers who would otherwise pass on productivity software.

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