Wednesday, 24 February 2010

Conviction of Google Execs in Italy Shear Madness

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February 24, 2010
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Conviction of Google Execs in Italy Shear Madness Word comes this morning that a jury in Italy has convicted a trio of Google employees over the posting of a video that showed four boys bullying another.
The Truth About Twitter's 50 Million Daily Tweets Twitter has now grown to a whopping 50 million tweets a day, according to the company's analytics team. But there's something about that number Twitter isn't telling you.
Apple Explains Sexy App Double Standard The ban on "overtly sexual" iPhone apps applies only to indie developers -- not established corporations.
Steam PC Gaming Client Gets Surprise Facelift Valve's digital PC games distribution client undergoes a radical transformation from tip to toe in new opt-in beta.
Europe Launches Antitrust Probe of Google UPDATE: Google is being investigated by antitrust regulators in Europe, the company confirms after reports.
MSI to Launch Big Touchscreen 3D All-In-One PC in June MSI plans to unveil a new All-In-One PC with a 24-inch 3D touchscreen at Cebit next week, designed for 3D games or movies such as Avatar.
Nexus One's Screen is Gorgeous, But With Issues Google's Nexus One smartphone has a few shortcomings, but they're not as bad as you might think.
National Public Radio on Video Game Ratings A recent NPR piece underlines the successes achieved by the industry-governed Entertainment Software Ratings Board.
Apple: iPad Will Beat Netbooks With "Magic" Apple COO Tim Cook says that netbook shoppers who play with an iPad first will buy it. And he might be right.
Twitter Feeds to Show on Yahoo Mail, Homepage, More Yahoo and Twitter are working together in a broad content sharing agreement that puts Twitter feeds on Yahoo pages.
Google Europe: A No Good, Very Bad Week Three execs are convicted of violating privacy laws in Italy, while the EU is investigating allegations of anti-competitive behavior.
RIP, Rickrolling: YouTube Kills Original Video That sound you hear? It's the spirit of the Internet being crushed, after YouTube removed the original Rickrolling video over a terms-of-use violation.
SAP Rolls out SaaS BI for 'casual Users' SAP is rolling out a new on-demand BI (business intelligence) suite aimed at casual users.
Is the End Near for Minute-Based Voice Plans? Cell phone users plagued by hefty overage charges can rest easy: help is on the way.
Security Expert: US Would Lose Cyberwar The U.S. would currently lose a cyberwar, a former U.S. director of national intelligence says.
Yahoo Competes for Social Web with Twitter Tab Yahoo has integrated Twitter tweets into its online search results, but there is still some work to do to make social network integration more functional.
Deals of the Week An HP laptop, a TomTom GPS device, and a Pentax digital camera are all on sale this week.
Unix Server Sales Continue Downward Spiral, Gartner Says Server shipments rose in Q4 2009, although Unix servers continued to decline, Gartner said.
Twitter Comes To Yahoo Yahoo's search engine will now provide integrated Twitter results, and the company's other sites will soon follow suit.
HP's Singapore Lab to Develop Cloud Services Platform HP opened a new research lab in Singapore that will develop an enterprise cloud services platform.
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