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Microsoft reacts to the launch of Google Buzz, which allows Gmail users to post status updates and swap media, by insisting that the Windows maker had already been aggregating user posts from Facebook, Twitter and other services for some time. Many features of Google Buzz seem to present a direct competitive counterpoint to their equivalents on Twitter and Facebook. Between Microsoft, Google, Facebook and a number of smaller companies, the battle for social networking users and the advertising dollars that come with them is fiercer than ever.
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Google makes its most aggressive move against Facebook and Twitter yet, launching Google Buzz to let users post status updates and share Picasa photos, YouTube videos, links and other content inside Gmail. Google Buzz will automatically push updates to Gmail users from fellow users with whom they exchange e-mail and engage in chat sessions. Responses to Buzz posts appear in real time, making the feature more relevant now that users have become accustomed to instant feedback on Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed and other messaging and collaboration sites.
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Managing the boundaries, practices, policies and technology associated with a shift to Internet applications raises questions around the growing overlap between personal and corporate identity.
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Google has cut a fee charged to users who cease using its Nexus One smartphone before four months from $350 to $150. The move comes in the wake of a broad probe into ETFs by the Federal Communications Commission, which Jan. 26 sent letters to AT&T, Google, Sprint and T-Mobile asking how ETFs are charged and if consumers are adequately informed of the ETFs. Spotty 3G is one reason Nexus One users might cite as reason to void their contracts with Google and T-Mobile. To help mediate the 3G service and other complaints, Google expanded its service for the Nexus One to include phone support: 888-48-NEXUS (63987) is now live from Google.
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Facebook will no longer be serving banner ads from Microsoft, but this isn't a sign that relations between the companies have grown cold. A Facebook spokesperson said ad formats that feature social actions, or social ads, perform better and can be targeted to the site's 400 million users based on the info they provide about themselves on the site. Altimeter Group analyst Charlene Li wondered if and when Microsoft and Facebook will partner to let Facebook offer social ads, via the Facebook Connect application to extend the social network to third parties, to partner publishers that want to serve social ads on their sites.
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China officials have shut down Black Hawk Safety Net, the country's biggest hacker training Website, and arrested three people for making hacker tools available online.
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Linus Torvalds, the man who created the Linux operating system on which Android is based, said he likes using the Google Nexus One smartphone for its Google Maps Navigation turn-by-turn GPS software. Torvalds said he "generally hates phones because they are irritating and disturb you as you work or read or whatever," but is intrigued by Linux-based phones. The Google navigation Torvalds enjoys is the Google Maps Navigation turn-by-turn GPS feature so many users have found useful since it launched on the Motorola Droid in November.
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BrightMove's recruiting software gets an added boost from resume spidering specialists TalentHook, aimed at cost-conscious companies.
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The amended Google Book Search agreement to scan millions of books online and sell them to readers remains in limbo in the wake of the Department of Justice's statement that the deal stands to make Google a monopoly in the digital book market. Not only did the DOJ conclude that the deal would make Google a monopoly power in the nascent e-book space, but it questioned whether the lower court even has the authority to preside over the case. Google, authors and publishers may find themselves back at the bargaining table later this month.
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At Black Hat DC, security researchers present a way to hack the connection between Web applications and the database, a method they call connection string parameter pollution.
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Google's YouTube video-sharing service announces support for IPv6.
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Siri's application that lets users ask their phones to complete e-commerce transactions and other tasks is now available for the Apple iPhone 3GS smartphone. Siri's technology recalls speech recognition technologies Google uses for its search by voice feature, or speech input technologies for smartphones based on Android. Dig a little deeper and it's clear there is more to Siri than basic speech recognition and search. Siri takes into account users' locations, pointing them to local services. Moreover, once users set up their accounts, the app picks up info and stores it for context.
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The HTML5 specification is the much-discussed, much-anticipated follow-on to HTML4, which has grown a little long in the tooth for the kinds of Web applications developers are creating today and aspire to create in the future. HTML5 will enable a whole new class of Web applications that support multimedia content and offline capability without the need for proprietary plug-in technology.
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Apple CEO Steve Jobs reportedly visited New York City to talk with New York Times executives about porting their content onto the company's iPad tablet PC, which is widely expected to be a formidable competitor in the e-reader arena. Companies such as Amazon.com have previously signed deals with The New York Times and other media companies to port media onto their e-readers, although recent tussles between Amazon and book publishers suggest that more deal-wrangling is imminent as the iPad heads towards release.
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Google this: Microsoft and Facebook are broadening their search pact to let Bing power Facebook's Web search return universal features such as images, maps and other information. Facebook will also regain total control over selling its display ads, signaling that the world's leading social network is ready to strike on its own in the competitive display ad market versus Google, Yahoo and, yes, even Microsoft. Jon Tinter, general manager for Microsoft, said in a blog post Feb. 5 that Microsoft will in 2010 provide "full access to great Bing features beyond a set of links, including richer answers combined with tools that help customers make faster, smarter decisions."
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eWEEK Chief Technology Analyst Jim Rapoza was "saddled" with reviewing then-nascent Web technology when he started in the Labs. This was a lucky break for him, as he got to start working with Web technology very early in its development. And it's pretty safe to say that the the World Wide Web is one of the most important technologies of the century, let alone the last 25 years.
Less than a year old and already at the 3.0 beta stage, Google Chrome is quickly gaining on its rivals in the browser market. However, in this case haste isn't making waste: The Google Chrome 3.0 beta showcases several new features that catch the browser up with competitors, and, if we see a few more additions by the time it releases, Chrome 3.0 looks like it will be a worthwhile upgrade.
REVIEW: eWEEK Labs' tests of the Opera 10 beta show that the browser's tradition of innovation continues. The Opera 10 beta includes new features—including a Turbo mode that aims to speed slow connections—that will likely find their way into rival browsers in the future.
Web bugs are small bits of code embedded in Websites that add functionality and share information. They're almost impossible to ignore, but Jim Rapoza has some advice for keeping your privacy healthy nonetheless.
Web browsers have become increasingly important to the enterprise with the advent of cloud computing. With all of the major Web browser makers releasing new versions of their wares in the last year, there are several very good and innovative choices out there. eWEEK Labs recommends ways to pick the best browser for accessing enterprise applications and general Web browsing.
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