Month: December 2009
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Social Technologies – Facebook and Privacy
If you are a regular Facebook user, you will have noticed that they upgrade the privacy features a couple of weeks ago. We were given a much wider ability to select what we want to expose publicly and to whom. Of course, some people were annoyed because the default setting if you took no action…
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Breakfast briefing: Twitter cashes in, Google opens up
The year ends with a shock as reports suggest that Twitter may be making a profit after deals with Google and Microsoft. read more
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The BBC’s digital rights plans will wreak havoc on open source software
The BBC is trying to dictate what kinds of televisions and set-top boxes we use to watch its programmes read more
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Breakfast briefing: Dark matters for physicists, but a burst of light for BlackBerry
Scientists think they may have detected dark matter for the first time; More than 10m BlackBerry handsets were sold in the last three months; and Ubuntu’s benevolent dictator steps back. read more
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MySQL founder protests against Oracle takeover
One of the creators of a technology that underpins millions of websites is asking people to protest against Oracle’s attempted takeover of Silicon Valley rival Sun Microsystems. read more