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Bits: Google Drops News Comment FeatureGoogle has eliminated an experimental feature that allowed people quoted in articles in
google News to post comments on those articles.
New York Times Thursday, July 02, 2009Bits: Bing Now Shows Some Twitter UpdatesBing is adding recent "tweets" from celebrities and other popular Twitter users to its search results. It is the first major search engine to do so.
New York Times Thursday, July 02, 2009Jackson hackers hijack Sydney radio websiteSydney radio show caught up in a global Michael Jackson spam storm after its website was hijacked in a bid to infect users with malware.
TheAge.com.au Thursday, July 02, 2009Facebook changes privacy tools so users feel safe sharingFacebook is streamlining its complicated privacy controls to give its millions of members more control over what photos, comments ...
USATODAY Thursday, July 02, 2009Sun VirtualBox Virtualization Ready for Data CenterSuns VirtualBox virtualization platform, which until now could only run on a single x86 CPU and was good only for desktop applications, can now create and support up to 32 virtual CPUs in a single virtual machine, making it capable of handling server workloads like databases, and putting it in closer competition with virtualization technology from VMware, Citrix and
microsoft. In addition, Sun has improved the graphics capabilities in VirtualBox for desktop applications. - Sun Microsystems VirtualBox virtualization platform is now ready for the data center. VirtualBox 3.0, released by Sun June 30, can now run multi-processor virtual machines for high-end workloads, according to company officials. Where the product in the past could only run on a single x86 processor,...
eWEEK Thursday, July 02, 2009Psystar ships new clone, vows to ''battle Goliath''Despite a recent Chapter 11 filing and the continuing legal battle, Psystar has introduced a new Nehalem-based clone. The company distributed an e-mail introducing its "fastest and most quiet computing configuration available," while reminding customers that the bankruptcy proceedings will not put an end to its continuing operations, according to ChannelWeb....
macnn.com Thursday, July 02, 2009Facebook Activism: Lots of Clicks, but Little SticksFacebook activism, the trendy process by which we do good by clicking often, was in its full glory last week after the death of Iranian student Neda Agha Soltan, killed by gunfire in the streets of Tehran.
Washington Post Thursday, July 02, 2009Biden Announces $4 Billion in Grants and Loans in First Round of Funding for Broadband ExpansionVice President Biden yesterday announced guidelines for $4 billion in stimulus funds to expand high-speed Internet access across the nation, jump-starting a program that has been criticized for taking too long to get off the ground.
Washington Post Thursday, July 02, 2009Gridiron launches Flow product management appGridiron Software has launched its workflow tool for professional product management, Gridiron Flow. The application provides creative professionals and workgroups with the ability to see, access and share project files within one interface. Gridiron Flow was recently available as a public beta and has added several new features with its full
release, such as Share Maps and support for Adobe CS4. ...
macnn.com Thursday, July 02, 2009Electric Rain releases Swift 3D 6.0 updateElectric Rain has released Swift 3D 6.0, the latest update to its standalone 3D modeling and animation tool. Swift 3D allows designers to build and export vector and raster-based 3D animations for Macromedia Flash, as well as QuickTime, AVI and other formats. Version 6 delivers additional support for Boolean Operations, bump map texture, and soft shadow, and is said to provide five-times faster R...
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