It made Messenger a separate app and then turned it into a platform all its own Facebook annoyed and puzzled many people last year when it forced them to download its Messenger app for chats. Its reasons for doing so […]
Russia orders Facebook, Twitter and Google to register as social networks — or be blocked
As ‘organizers of information distribution’ they must store data about users’ communications on servers in Russia Russia’s communications regulator has ordered Facebook, Twitter and Google to join a register of social networks or face being blocked in Russia, according to […]
Online ad group accuses Mozilla of anti-business bias
Analysts say there’s more to the story, contend that users blame browser makers — not advertisers — for over-zealous data collection An online advertising group this week attacked Mozilla, the maker of Firefox, for being anti-business, hiding behind a veneer […]
Microsoft Q3 2011 by the numbers: Record $16.43B, Windows revenue declines
Today, after the closing bell, Microsoft answered an oft-asked question: What would the quarter be with no new major products in the pipeline? Would Windows 7 and Windows Server R2 (released October 2009) and Office 2010 (released May 2010) provide […]
Microsoft Office 2010 takes on all comers
Choosing an office suite If you’re already on Microsoft Office 2007, an upgrade to Office 2010 won’t be as crucial, but for those on previous versions of Office the changes — and the new features — are well worth looking […]
Remember the Milk is fresher on iPad
The online Remember The Milk service is one of the easiest and most popular ways to keep track of shopping lists, manage a list of thing that need to be done and anything else that needs to be remembered. An […]
Intel’s Sandy Bridge issue could affect Apple the most
A design flaw within the chipset supporting its new line of Sandy Bridge processors may delay the launch of next-generation computers, and Apple could find itself affected the most. Intel’s latest chip is the first from the company to include […]
Microsoft, Juniper urged to patch dangerous IPv6 DoS hole
Security experts are urging Microsoft and Juniper to patch a year-old IPv6 vulnerability so dangerous it can freeze any Windows machine on a LAN in a matter of minutes. Microsoft has downplayed the risk because the hole requires a physical […]
Facebook open sources the data center
To figure out how to most efficiently handle the massive amount of traffic to Facebook and its related pages, a team of just three engineers working for the popular social network designed a new style of servers and power management […]
Can Microsoft Truly Issue ‘Open Source’ Licenses?
Yesterday, publisher Tim O’Reilly broke the news that at his company’s own open source convention in Portland, Oregon, Microsoft General Manager of Platform Strategy Bill Hilf is planning to — if it hasn’t already — submit its existing Shared Source […]