Paul McCartney to headline Calif.’s Coachella (Reuters)
Reuters - Paul McCartney will headline the opening day of the Coachella music festival in California this spring, the singer’s Web site said on Friday.
Filed under: Web Mail |
UAC Fix in Windows 7 Creates Security Hole, Blogger Says (PC World)
PC World - A change that Microsoft made in Windows 7 to improve its controversial User Account Control security feature has left the new OS less secure, according to a blogger who follows Microsoft closely.
Filed under: Web Mail |
Free online game lets players be Hudson River hero pilots (AFP)
AFP - A free computer game went online Friday that challenges players to become the next “Hero on the Hudson” by safely landing a virtual passenger jet on the New York City waterway.
Filed under: Web Mail |
Yahoo’s Briefcase to Close March 30 (PC World)
PC World - Yahoo’s Briefcase online storage service, which soldiered on for almost 10 years with a distinctly Web 1.0 capacity of 30MB, is finally being shut down.
Filed under: Web Mail |
Industry Giants to Weigh in on US Privacy Laws (PC World)
PC World - A group of U.S. companies, led by technology giants Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and eBay, is set to outline recommendations for new federal data-privacy legislation that could make life easier for consumers and lead to a standard federal breach-notification law.
Filed under: Web Mail |
US House Passes $819 Billion Stimulus Package (PC World)
PC World - The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an US$819 billion economic stimulus package, with money for broadband deployment, health IT and a national electric smart grid included.
Filed under: Web Mail |
Hollywood studio alliance to deliver online films on demand (AFP)
AFP - A Viacom-led alliance of Hollywood studios says that by year’s end it will launch a website where Internet users can view exclusive films or television shows on demand.
Filed under: Web Mail |
Google lets users search for Internet blockers (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc on Wednesday unveiled a plan aimed at eventually letting computer users determine whether providers like Comcast Corp are inappropriately blocking or slowing their work online.
Filed under: Web Mail |
Google out to expose Internet traffic chokers (AFP)
AFP - Google has begun offering tools to expose Internet service providers (ISPs) that choke traffic or shift users into slow lanes while allowing others to zip along at high speeds.
Filed under: Web Mail |
AOL to cut 700 jobs: internal memo (Reuters)
Reuters - Time Warner Inc’s AOL will cut about 700 jobs, or 10 percent of its workforce, as it copes with an advertising slump, in a move that could make the slimmed-down company more attractive to possible merger partners like Yahoo Inc.
Filed under: Web Mail |